Hybrid/Remote Architect Job Trends

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £82,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 January 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 37 36
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 +7
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 811 1,059 1,575
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.26% 6.48% 6.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.61% 6.75% 6.83%
Number of salaries quoted 510 677 1,141
10th Percentile £60,000 £56,809 £60,000
25th Percentile £71,349 £66,250 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,250 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.30% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,539
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £84,707 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% - -7.62%

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 14,449 15,689 23,049
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.69% 96.03% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 9,428 9,427 19,043
10th Percentile £30,125 £35,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,097
% change year-on-year -8.33% +8.90% -8.17%

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 21 January 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 21 January 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.

1 273 (33.66%) Azure
2 180 (22.19%) AWS
3 179 (22.07%) Roadmaps
4 145 (17.88%) Microsoft
5 144 (17.76%) Agile
5 144 (17.76%) Data Modelling
6 125 (15.41%) Security Cleared
7 117 (14.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 114 (14.06%) AI
9 113 (13.93%) Analytics
9 113 (13.93%) Data Architecture
10 98 (12.08%) Enterprise Architecture
10 98 (12.08%) Mentoring
11 95 (11.71%) Cybersecurity
12 90 (11.10%) Problem-Solving
12 90 (11.10%) TOGAF
13 85 (10.48%) SC Cleared
14 84 (10.36%) Technical Leadership
15 82 (10.11%) Microservices
15 82 (10.11%) Migration
16 81 (9.99%) DevOps
17 75 (9.25%) Data Management
18 72 (8.88%) GCP
18 72 (8.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 70 (8.63%) Strategic Thinking
20 69 (8.51%) Degree
20 69 (8.51%) Stakeholder Management
21 68 (8.38%) Technical Architecture
22 67 (8.26%) Decision-Making
23 66 (8.14%) Architectural Patterns

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 12 (1.48%) JBoss
1 12 (1.48%) WebSphere
2 8 (0.99%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.74%) CMS
5 5 (0.62%) Confluence
6 4 (0.49%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.49%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.49%) Oracle Spatial
7 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.12%) Apache
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.12%) IIS
8 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.12%) Strapi
Applications
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.12%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 13 (1.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.23%) Oracle General Ledger
2 10 (1.23%) Oracle Payables
3 9 (1.11%) Oracle Assets
4 7 (0.86%) Oracle Financials
5 6 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.25%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.12%) Actimize
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.12%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 273 (33.66%) Azure
2 180 (22.19%) AWS
3 72 (8.88%) GCP
4 64 (7.89%) SaaS
5 57 (7.03%) Serverless
6 51 (6.29%) Snowflake
7 35 (4.32%) Power Platform
8 29 (3.58%) Microsoft 365
9 19 (2.34%) IaaS
9 19 (2.34%) PaaS
10 15 (1.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 14 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (1.60%) Entra ID
13 12 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
14 11 (1.36%) AWS Lambda
14 11 (1.36%) OCI
15 10 (1.23%) GitHub
16 9 (1.11%) AWS CloudFormation
16 9 (1.11%) dbt
17 8 (0.99%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 43 (5.30%) Broadband
2 23 (2.84%) Firewall
3 15 (1.85%) WAN
4 14 (1.73%) VPN
5 11 (1.36%) LAN
6 10 (1.23%) SD-WAN
7 7 (0.86%) DHCP
8 6 (0.74%) Network Security
8 6 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.62%) DNS
10 4 (0.49%) SSL
11 3 (0.37%) DOCSIS
11 3 (0.37%) DSL
11 3 (0.37%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.37%) IPv4
11 3 (0.37%) IPv6
11 3 (0.37%) MPLS
11 3 (0.37%) PPP
11 3 (0.37%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.37%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (8.01%) Data Warehouse
2 35 (4.32%) Metadata
3 22 (2.71%) Data Lake
4 16 (1.97%) SQL Server
5 15 (1.85%) Power BI
6 13 (1.60%) NoSQL
7 11 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (1.36%) Data Vault
7 11 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (1.23%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.99%) Data Mining
9 8 (0.99%) Tableau
10 5 (0.62%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.62%) Geospatial Data
10 5 (0.62%) GIS
10 5 (0.62%) Metadata Repository
10 5 (0.62%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.49%) DataStage
11 4 (0.49%) QGIS
11 4 (0.49%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 32 (3.95%) Jenkins
2 16 (1.97%) GitLab
2 16 (1.97%) SonarQube
3 6 (0.74%) ER Studio
3 6 (0.74%) ERwin
3 6 (0.74%) JIRA
4 4 (0.49%) Git
4 4 (0.49%) PowerDesigner
5 2 (0.25%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.12%) Subversion
General
1 234 (28.85%) Social Skills
2 128 (15.78%) Finance
3 115 (14.18%) Public Sector
4 79 (9.74%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (7.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 45 (5.55%) Retail
7 42 (5.18%) Marketing
8 38 (4.69%) Law
9 35 (4.32%) Games
10 32 (3.95%) Legal
10 32 (3.95%) Presentation Skills
11 30 (3.70%) Banking
12 20 (2.47%) Telecoms
13 16 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (1.73%) Manufacturing
15 13 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (1.23%) Back Office
17 5 (0.62%) Electronics
17 5 (0.62%) Retail Banking
18 4 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (4.19%) .NET
1 34 (4.19%) REST
2 32 (3.95%) SOAP
3 28 (3.45%) Middleware
4 27 (3.33%) React
5 25 (3.08%) Node.js
6 18 (2.22%) React Native
7 16 (1.97%) GraphQL
7 16 (1.97%) Spring
8 15 (1.85%) Hibernate
8 15 (1.85%) Lightning Web Components
8 15 (1.85%) Visualforce
9 11 (1.36%) Django
10 10 (1.23%) Web Services
11 7 (0.86%) RESTful
12 6 (0.74%) Kafka
13 5 (0.62%) Blazor
13 5 (0.62%) OAuth
13 5 (0.62%) OpenID
13 5 (0.62%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 45 (5.55%) Cloud Native
2 38 (4.69%) Data Centre
3 37 (4.56%) Legacy Systems
4 35 (4.32%) Public Cloud
5 34 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
6 32 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
7 29 (3.58%) Virtual Team
8 25 (3.08%) Hybrid Cloud
8 25 (3.08%) Product Ownership
9 21 (2.59%) Management Information System
10 19 (2.34%) Mobile App
11 12 (1.48%) DataPower
11 12 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (1.36%) PKI
13 9 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
13 9 (1.11%) IoT
13 9 (1.11%) Operational Technology
14 8 (0.99%) Reference Data
15 5 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
15 5 (0.62%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.97%) Linux
2 12 (1.48%) Windows
3 6 (0.74%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.49%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.37%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (22.07%) Roadmaps
2 144 (17.76%) Agile
2 144 (17.76%) Data Modelling
3 117 (14.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 114 (14.06%) AI
5 113 (13.93%) Analytics
5 113 (13.93%) Data Architecture
6 98 (12.08%) Enterprise Architecture
6 98 (12.08%) Mentoring
7 95 (11.71%) Cybersecurity
8 90 (11.10%) Problem-Solving
8 90 (11.10%) TOGAF
9 84 (10.36%) Technical Leadership
10 82 (10.11%) Microservices
10 82 (10.11%) Migration
11 81 (9.99%) DevOps
12 75 (9.25%) Data Management
13 72 (8.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 70 (8.63%) Strategic Thinking
15 69 (8.51%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 62 (7.64%) Python
2 50 (6.17%) Java
3 48 (5.92%) C#
4 47 (5.80%) SQL
5 26 (3.21%) JavaScript
6 25 (3.08%) TypeScript
7 15 (1.85%) Apex Code
7 15 (1.85%) SOQL
7 15 (1.85%) SOSL
8 12 (1.48%) PowerShell
9 7 (0.86%) Bicep
10 6 (0.74%) Bash
10 6 (0.74%) C++
11 5 (0.62%) Go
12 4 (0.49%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.37%) C
14 2 (0.25%) Scala
15 1 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.12%) PHP
Qualifications
1 125 (15.41%) Security Cleared
2 85 (10.48%) SC Cleared
3 69 (8.51%) Degree
4 54 (6.66%) Azure Certification
5 49 (6.04%) AWS Certification
6 42 (5.18%) TOGAF Certification
7 36 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 34 (4.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 32 (3.95%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (2.71%) DV Cleared
11 18 (2.22%) CISSP
12 14 (1.73%) CISM
13 11 (1.36%) Master's Degree
14 8 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 4 (0.49%) DBS Check
16 4 (0.49%) SAP Certification
17 3 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
17 3 (0.37%) PMI Certification
18 2 (0.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.19%) Accessibility
2 26 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (2.96%) NIST
4 16 (1.97%) GDPR
4 16 (1.97%) NCSC
5 12 (1.48%) Data Quality
6 11 (1.36%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.11%) QA
8 3 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.25%) GRC
9 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.12%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.12%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.12%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.12%) PMO
System Software
1 24 (2.96%) Docker
2 9 (1.11%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.37%) Firmware
3 3 (0.37%) GPFS
3 3 (0.37%) Lustre
3 3 (0.37%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 28 (3.45%) Kubernetes
2 24 (2.96%) Terraform
3 22 (2.71%) Ansible
4 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.37%) Endace
5 3 (0.37%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.25%) CASB
6 2 (0.25%) Grafana
7 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.12%) Autotask
7 1 (0.12%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.12%) Forefront Identity Manager
7 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.12%) Puppet
7 1 (0.12%) Rancher
Vendors
1 145 (17.88%) Microsoft
2 30 (3.70%) Databricks
2 30 (3.70%) Google
3 25 (3.08%) SAP
4 24 (2.96%) Oracle
5 18 (2.22%) Salesforce
6 16 (1.97%) Splunk
7 15 (1.85%) Cisco
8 14 (1.73%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.23%) Adobe
10 9 (1.11%) Palo Alto
11 8 (0.99%) Apple
12 6 (0.74%) Fortinet
12 6 (0.74%) Sparx
12 6 (0.74%) VMware
13 5 (0.62%) Informatica
14 4 (0.49%) ESRI
14 4 (0.49%) IBM
14 4 (0.49%) Juniper
14 4 (0.49%) Red Hat