Hybrid/Remote Architect Job Trends

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 54 35
Rank change year-on-year +22 -19 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,031 696 1,953
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.18% 5.42% 6.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.59% 5.76% 6.57%
Number of salaries quoted 667 521 1,418
10th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
25th Percentile £71,659 £70,000 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £84,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% +5.63% -5.88%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £96,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £113,979 £110,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 15,645 12,083 29,747
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.75% 94.18% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 11,170 8,922 24,460
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £44,447 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Architect' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Architect job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Architect
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Architect job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Architect job vacancies

Architect
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Architect over the 6 months to 31 March 2026.

Architect salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 31 March 2026, Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Architect in the job title.

1 324 (31.43%) Azure
2 230 (22.31%) Roadmaps
3 200 (19.40%) AWS
4 179 (17.36%) Agile
5 175 (16.97%) Microsoft
6 154 (14.94%) Security Cleared
7 146 (14.16%) TOGAF
8 141 (13.68%) Data Modelling
9 138 (13.39%) AI
10 136 (13.19%) Continuous Improvement
11 134 (13.00%) DevOps
12 126 (12.22%) Enterprise Architecture
13 124 (12.03%) Data Architecture
14 119 (11.54%) Analytics
15 110 (10.67%) SC Cleared
16 105 (10.18%) Mentoring
17 104 (10.09%) Cybersecurity
18 98 (9.51%) GCP
19 97 (9.41%) Migration
20 87 (8.44%) Problem-Solving
21 86 (8.34%) Event-Driven
22 85 (8.24%) Technology Strategy
23 84 (8.15%) CI/CD
23 84 (8.15%) Technology Roadmap
24 81 (7.86%) Microservices
25 80 (7.76%) Stakeholder Management
25 80 (7.76%) Technical Architecture
26 77 (7.47%) Broadband
27 74 (7.18%) SaaS
28 73 (7.08%) Data Management

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 13 (1.26%) JBoss
1 13 (1.26%) WebSphere
2 12 (1.16%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.07%) CMS
4 8 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.58%) Confluence
6 3 (0.29%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.29%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.29%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.29%) SAS
7 2 (0.19%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.097%) Apache
8 1 (0.097%) IIS
8 1 (0.097%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.097%) Strapi
Applications
1 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.19%) ArchiCAD
2 2 (0.19%) Revit
3 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.097%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 13 (1.26%) Oracle General Ledger
1 13 (1.26%) Oracle Payables
1 13 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.16%) Oracle Assets
3 11 (1.07%) Oracle Financials
4 7 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.29%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.19%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.19%) Shopify
8 1 (0.097%) Actimize
8 1 (0.097%) SAP IS-U
8 1 (0.097%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.097%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 324 (31.43%) Azure
2 200 (19.40%) AWS
3 98 (9.51%) GCP
4 74 (7.18%) SaaS
5 63 (6.11%) Snowflake
6 52 (5.04%) Serverless
7 49 (4.75%) Power Platform
8 44 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
9 22 (2.13%) Entra ID
10 20 (1.94%) IaaS
10 20 (1.94%) PaaS
11 19 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
13 13 (1.26%) Azure Machine Learning
13 13 (1.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 12 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
15 10 (0.97%) GitHub
16 8 (0.78%) Azure AI
16 8 (0.78%) dbt
16 8 (0.78%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 77 (7.47%) Broadband
2 27 (2.62%) WAN
3 19 (1.84%) Firewall
4 17 (1.65%) SD-WAN
5 16 (1.55%) VPN
6 14 (1.36%) LAN
7 13 (1.26%) Network Security
8 10 (0.97%) MPLS
9 7 (0.68%) DHCP
9 7 (0.68%) DNS
10 6 (0.58%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.48%) BGP
11 5 (0.48%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (0.48%) HTTP
11 5 (0.48%) SNMP
11 5 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.39%) Kerberos
12 4 (0.39%) SSL
12 4 (0.39%) VoIP
13 3 (0.29%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (5.53%) Data Warehouse
2 38 (3.69%) Metadata
3 24 (2.33%) SQL Server
4 21 (2.04%) Data Lake
5 17 (1.65%) Power BI
6 16 (1.55%) NoSQL
7 13 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (1.16%) BigQuery
9 8 (0.78%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.78%) Tableau
10 7 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.48%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.39%) Data Vault
12 4 (0.39%) DataStage
12 4 (0.39%) QlikView
12 4 (0.39%) RDBMS
13 3 (0.29%) Data Mining
13 3 (0.29%) GIS
13 3 (0.29%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 57 (5.53%) Jenkins
2 42 (4.07%) SonarQube
3 41 (3.98%) GitLab
4 6 (0.58%) ERwin
5 5 (0.48%) Git
6 4 (0.39%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.39%) JIRA
6 4 (0.39%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.19%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.097%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.097%) Subversion
General
1 230 (22.31%) Social Skills
2 169 (16.39%) Finance
3 139 (13.48%) Public Sector
4 99 (9.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 78 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
6 67 (6.50%) Games
7 65 (6.30%) Marketing
8 53 (5.14%) Law
9 46 (4.46%) Retail
10 39 (3.78%) Presentation Skills
11 37 (3.59%) Legal
12 36 (3.49%) Banking
13 22 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
13 22 (2.13%) Telecoms
14 20 (1.94%) Manufacturing
15 16 (1.55%) Back Office
16 10 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
17 9 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
18 7 (0.68%) Financial Institution
19 4 (0.39%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (6.79%) REST
2 62 (6.01%) SOAP
3 44 (4.27%) .NET
4 41 (3.98%) Lightning Web Components
4 41 (3.98%) Visualforce
5 31 (3.01%) Middleware
6 19 (1.84%) GraphQL
7 18 (1.75%) Spring
8 17 (1.65%) Hibernate
9 16 (1.55%) OAuth
9 16 (1.55%) OpenID
10 14 (1.36%) RESTful
11 12 (1.16%) LDAP
11 12 (1.16%) Node.js
11 12 (1.16%) SAML
12 11 (1.07%) Django
13 10 (0.97%) .NET Core
13 10 (0.97%) Web Services
14 7 (0.68%) React
14 7 (0.68%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 56 (5.43%) Product Ownership
2 47 (4.56%) Cloud Native
3 37 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (3.30%) Public Cloud
5 33 (3.20%) Enterprise Software
6 32 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
7 28 (2.72%) Virtual Team
8 27 (2.62%) Management Information System
9 20 (1.94%) Data Centre
10 17 (1.65%) PKI
11 15 (1.45%) Cyberattack
11 15 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (1.45%) IoT
12 14 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
13 13 (1.26%) DataPower
14 12 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
14 12 (1.16%) Operational Technology
15 7 (0.68%) Security Posture
16 5 (0.48%) Low-Code
16 5 (0.48%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.45%) Windows
2 12 (1.16%) Linux
3 8 (0.78%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.29%) OpenWrt
4 3 (0.29%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (22.31%) Roadmaps
2 179 (17.36%) Agile
3 146 (14.16%) TOGAF
4 141 (13.68%) Data Modelling
5 138 (13.39%) AI
6 136 (13.19%) Continuous Improvement
7 134 (13.00%) DevOps
8 126 (12.22%) Enterprise Architecture
9 124 (12.03%) Data Architecture
10 119 (11.54%) Analytics
11 105 (10.18%) Mentoring
12 104 (10.09%) Cybersecurity
13 97 (9.41%) Migration
14 87 (8.44%) Problem-Solving
15 86 (8.34%) Event-Driven
16 85 (8.24%) Technology Strategy
17 84 (8.15%) CI/CD
17 84 (8.15%) Technology Roadmap
18 81 (7.86%) Microservices
19 80 (7.76%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (5.14%) Python
1 53 (5.14%) SQL
2 43 (4.17%) Java
3 41 (3.98%) Apex Code
3 41 (3.98%) SOQL
3 41 (3.98%) SOSL
4 39 (3.78%) C#
5 19 (1.84%) PowerShell
5 19 (1.84%) TypeScript
6 18 (1.75%) JavaScript
7 9 (0.87%) Bash
8 8 (0.78%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.48%) C++
10 4 (0.39%) Bicep
11 3 (0.29%) C
11 3 (0.29%) Go
12 2 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.19%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.19%) Scala
13 1 (0.097%) R
Qualifications
1 154 (14.94%) Security Cleared
2 110 (10.67%) SC Cleared
3 69 (6.69%) Degree
4 48 (4.66%) Azure Certification
5 46 (4.46%) TOGAF Certification
6 40 (3.88%) AWS Certification
7 36 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
8 30 (2.91%) CISSP
9 28 (2.72%) DV Cleared
9 28 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
10 24 (2.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 22 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
12 13 (1.26%) CISM
13 11 (1.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 7 (0.68%) CCNP
14 7 (0.68%) Master's Degree
15 4 (0.39%) CCSP
15 4 (0.39%) DBS Check
16 3 (0.29%) CCIE
17 2 (0.19%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (4.17%) Accessibility
2 32 (3.10%) NIST
3 26 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (2.04%) Data Quality
5 17 (1.65%) GDPR
6 16 (1.55%) NCSC
7 10 (0.97%) PCI DSS
8 8 (0.78%) QA
9 6 (0.58%) GRC
10 5 (0.48%) PMO
10 5 (0.48%) WCAG
11 1 (0.097%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.097%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.097%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 22 (2.13%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.75%) Docker
3 8 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.29%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.19%) vCloud
6 2 (0.19%) vSphere
7 1 (0.097%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (2.04%) Ansible
2 18 (1.75%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.75%) Terraform
3 14 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.58%) Endace
5 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.19%) CASB
7 1 (0.097%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.097%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.097%) Forefront Identity Manager
7 1 (0.097%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.097%) Puppet
7 1 (0.097%) Rancher
Vendors
1 175 (16.97%) Microsoft
2 48 (4.66%) Salesforce
3 42 (4.07%) Splunk
4 37 (3.59%) Google
5 31 (3.01%) Databricks
6 28 (2.72%) SAP
7 24 (2.33%) Oracle
8 22 (2.13%) Cisco
9 13 (1.26%) ServiceNow
10 11 (1.07%) VMware
11 9 (0.87%) Fortinet
12 8 (0.78%) Meraki
13 7 (0.68%) F5
13 7 (0.68%) Juniper
13 7 (0.68%) Okta
14 6 (0.58%) Informatica
14 6 (0.58%) Palo Alto
15 5 (0.48%) Adobe
15 5 (0.48%) IBM
15 5 (0.48%) Sophos