Hybrid/Remote Architect Job Trends

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 July 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 95 29
Rank change year-on-year +70 -66 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,533 628 2,290
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.26% 3.86% 7.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.72% 4.18% 7.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,079 442 1,507
10th Percentile £63,744 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,500 £67,688 £69,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £97,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,950 £116,250
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -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 19,854 15,008 31,425
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.97% 92.32% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 14,461 9,350 24,368
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,400 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +5.13% -9.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 8 July 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 8 July 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.

1 473 (30.85%) Azure
2 351 (22.90%) Roadmaps
3 308 (20.09%) Microsoft
4 275 (17.94%) Agile
5 273 (17.81%) AWS
6 255 (16.63%) Security Cleared
7 237 (15.46%) AI
8 221 (14.42%) Enterprise Architecture
9 209 (13.63%) SC Cleared
9 209 (13.63%) TOGAF
10 176 (11.48%) CI/CD
10 176 (11.48%) DevOps
11 174 (11.35%) Technology Strategy
12 158 (10.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 154 (10.05%) Cybersecurity
14 149 (9.72%) Technical Architecture
15 145 (9.46%) Mentoring
16 138 (9.00%) Continuous Improvement
17 133 (8.68%) Data Architecture
18 132 (8.61%) GCP
19 131 (8.55%) IT Strategy
20 130 (8.48%) Analytics
21 128 (8.35%) Presales
22 126 (8.22%) Data Modelling
23 125 (8.15%) Technical Leadership
24 119 (7.76%) Stakeholder Management
25 112 (7.31%) Event-Driven
25 112 (7.31%) Migration
26 110 (7.18%) Decision-Making
27 108 (7.05%) Problem-Solving

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 10 (0.65%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.52%) CMS
3 6 (0.39%) Confluence
4 5 (0.33%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.20%) Apache
5 3 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.20%) JBoss
5 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.20%) SAS
5 3 (0.20%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.13%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
7 1 (0.065%) Appian
Applications
1 12 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 10 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.46%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.20%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.20%) Revit
6 2 (0.13%) ArchiCAD
6 2 (0.13%) PlantUML
7 1 (0.065%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.065%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.065%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 11 (0.72%) Oracle Assets
1 11 (0.72%) Oracle Financials
1 11 (0.72%) Oracle General Ledger
1 11 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
2 10 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.33%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.13%) Shopify
7 1 (0.065%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.065%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.065%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.065%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.065%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.065%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.065%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.065%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 473 (30.85%) Azure
2 273 (17.81%) AWS
3 132 (8.61%) GCP
4 92 (6.00%) Power Platform
5 81 (5.28%) SaaS
6 70 (4.57%) Microsoft 365
7 61 (3.98%) Serverless
8 51 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
9 49 (3.20%) Entra ID
10 37 (2.41%) PaaS
11 33 (2.15%) Cloud Computing
12 32 (2.09%) Snowflake
13 30 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
13 30 (1.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 17 (1.11%) Anthropic Claude
15 16 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
15 16 (1.04%) Azure Machine Learning
15 16 (1.04%) Azure Service Bus
15 16 (1.04%) IaaS
16 15 (0.98%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 89 (5.81%) WAN
2 76 (4.96%) Broadband
3 62 (4.04%) LAN
4 56 (3.65%) Network Security
5 42 (2.74%) SD-WAN
6 37 (2.41%) Firewall
7 29 (1.89%) MPLS
8 28 (1.83%) VPN
9 18 (1.17%) BGP
10 16 (1.04%) DNS
11 15 (0.98%) HTTP
11 15 (0.98%) SNMP
11 15 (0.98%) WLAN
12 14 (0.91%) IPsec
13 13 (0.85%) SSL
14 12 (0.78%) VSAN
15 11 (0.72%) VLAN
16 10 (0.65%) DHCP
16 10 (0.65%) FTP
16 10 (0.65%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (4.63%) Metadata
2 24 (1.57%) Power BI
2 24 (1.57%) SQL Server
3 22 (1.44%) Data Lake
3 22 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (1.24%) BigQuery
6 16 (1.04%) MongoDB
7 14 (0.91%) NoSQL
8 9 (0.59%) Delta Lake
8 9 (0.59%) Tableau
9 8 (0.52%) Data Vault
10 7 (0.46%) MySQL
10 7 (0.46%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.46%) Semantic Layer
11 6 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.33%) Electronic Patient Records
13 4 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.26%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.20%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 48 (3.13%) Jenkins
2 35 (2.28%) GitLab
2 35 (2.28%) SonarQube
3 25 (1.63%) Snyk
4 7 (0.46%) Git
5 5 (0.33%) Rational Rhapsody
6 3 (0.20%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.13%) MLflow
8 1 (0.065%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.065%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.065%) ERwin
8 1 (0.065%) JMeter
8 1 (0.065%) Maven
8 1 (0.065%) Postman
8 1 (0.065%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.065%) Selenium
8 1 (0.065%) TeamCity
General
1 314 (20.48%) Social Skills
2 264 (17.22%) Finance
3 247 (16.11%) Public Sector
4 176 (11.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 94 (6.13%) Law
6 89 (5.81%) Analytical Skills
7 64 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
8 61 (3.98%) Games
8 61 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
9 51 (3.33%) Marketing
10 50 (3.26%) Legal
11 48 (3.13%) Retail
12 26 (1.70%) Banking
13 21 (1.37%) Manufacturing
14 17 (1.11%) Telecoms
15 9 (0.59%) Back Office
16 8 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
17 7 (0.46%) Aviation
17 7 (0.46%) Financial Institution
18 6 (0.39%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (4.37%) REST
2 51 (3.33%) SOAP
3 38 (2.48%) .NET
4 37 (2.41%) Lightning Web Components
5 34 (2.22%) Visualforce
6 31 (2.02%) OAuth
7 27 (1.76%) Middleware
8 26 (1.70%) SAML
9 25 (1.63%) RESTful
10 20 (1.30%) OpenID
11 16 (1.04%) LDAP
12 12 (0.78%) Node.js
13 10 (0.65%) PySpark
14 9 (0.59%) GraphQL
14 9 (0.59%) OpenAPI
14 9 (0.59%) Swagger
15 8 (0.52%) Spring
16 7 (0.46%) .NET Core
16 7 (0.46%) ARM Templates
16 7 (0.46%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 103 (6.72%) Cloud Native
2 68 (4.44%) Data Centre
3 55 (3.59%) Product Ownership
4 36 (2.35%) Cyberattack
5 32 (2.09%) Management Information System
6 31 (2.02%) Virtual Team
7 28 (1.83%) Public Cloud
8 26 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
9 22 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
10 17 (1.11%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (0.91%) PKI
12 13 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
13 12 (0.78%) Cyber Threat
13 12 (0.78%) IoT
14 11 (0.72%) Low-Code
15 10 (0.65%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 9 (0.59%) Video\Live Streaming
17 8 (0.52%) Onboarding
17 8 (0.52%) Operational Technology
17 8 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.11%) Windows
2 9 (0.59%) Linux
3 4 (0.26%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 351 (22.90%) Roadmaps
2 275 (17.94%) Agile
3 237 (15.46%) AI
4 221 (14.42%) Enterprise Architecture
5 209 (13.63%) TOGAF
6 176 (11.48%) CI/CD
6 176 (11.48%) DevOps
7 174 (11.35%) Technology Strategy
8 158 (10.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 154 (10.05%) Cybersecurity
10 149 (9.72%) Technical Architecture
11 145 (9.46%) Mentoring
12 138 (9.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 133 (8.68%) Data Architecture
14 131 (8.55%) IT Strategy
15 130 (8.48%) Analytics
16 128 (8.35%) Presales
17 126 (8.22%) Data Modelling
18 125 (8.15%) Technical Leadership
19 119 (7.76%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (3.33%) Python
1 51 (3.33%) SQL
2 37 (2.41%) Apex Code
3 36 (2.35%) SOQL
3 36 (2.35%) SOSL
4 28 (1.83%) C#
5 23 (1.50%) Java
6 20 (1.30%) Bicep
7 18 (1.17%) PowerShell
8 11 (0.72%) TypeScript
9 10 (0.65%) Go
10 9 (0.59%) JavaScript
10 9 (0.59%) Scala
11 6 (0.39%) Bash
11 6 (0.39%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.26%) Ruby
13 2 (0.13%) C++
13 2 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.13%) X++
Qualifications
1 255 (16.63%) Security Cleared
2 209 (13.63%) SC Cleared
3 101 (6.59%) Degree
4 50 (3.26%) CISSP
5 44 (2.87%) TOGAF Certification
6 41 (2.67%) Azure Certification
7 33 (2.15%) AWS Certification
8 30 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
9 29 (1.89%) DV Cleared
10 26 (1.70%) CISM
11 23 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
12 17 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
12 17 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (0.85%) CCNP
14 12 (0.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 12 (0.78%) VCAP
14 12 (0.78%) VCDX
14 12 (0.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 10 (0.65%) CCIE
16 9 (0.59%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (5.35%) NIST
2 68 (4.44%) GRC
3 60 (3.91%) Data Quality
4 56 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 28 (1.83%) GDPR
6 27 (1.76%) NCSC
7 18 (1.17%) Accessibility
8 15 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 12 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
9 12 (0.78%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 11 (0.72%) PMO
10 11 (0.72%) QA
11 8 (0.52%) ISO 9001
12 7 (0.46%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.46%) WCAG
13 5 (0.33%) IFRS
14 4 (0.26%) Def Stans
14 4 (0.26%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 3 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (2.54%) Virtual Machines
2 37 (2.41%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.30%) vSphere
5 17 (1.11%) Docker
6 13 (0.85%) VMware NSX
7 9 (0.59%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.46%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 32 (2.09%) Terraform
2 27 (1.76%) Kubernetes
2 27 (1.76%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (0.91%) Ansible
4 11 (0.72%) FortiGate
5 10 (0.65%) CASB
6 6 (0.39%) Avamar
6 6 (0.39%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (0.39%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (0.39%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (0.39%) VxRail
7 5 (0.33%) Endace
7 5 (0.33%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.065%) Argo
Vendors
1 308 (20.09%) Microsoft
2 57 (3.72%) Cisco
3 53 (3.46%) Salesforce
4 47 (3.07%) Databricks
4 47 (3.07%) Palo Alto
5 39 (2.54%) Google
6 37 (2.41%) Oracle
7 36 (2.35%) Splunk
8 30 (1.96%) CrowdStrike
8 30 (1.96%) SAP
9 29 (1.89%) VMware
10 26 (1.70%) ServiceNow
11 25 (1.63%) Tenable
12 23 (1.50%) OpenAI
13 18 (1.17%) Juniper
14 14 (0.91%) Dell
14 14 (0.91%) Fortinet
15 13 (0.85%) NetApp
15 13 (0.85%) Nimble Storage
16 12 (0.78%) Broadcom