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 11 April 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 53 32
Rank change year-on-year +25 -21 +6
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,112 696 2,047
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.42% 5.35% 6.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.85% 5.71% 6.75%
Number of salaries quoted 733 517 1,419
10th Percentile £60,000 £59,667 £57,500
25th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £83,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.80% +4.38% -5.88%
75th Percentile £96,000 £98,474 £96,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £112,900 £111,250
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,150 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.05% +0.19% -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 16,233 12,194 30,339
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.66% 93.72% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 11,654 8,992 24,790
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,256 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,206 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% +6.45% -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 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 11 April 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 11 April 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.

1 334 (30.04%) Azure
2 238 (21.40%) Roadmaps
3 200 (17.99%) AWS
4 190 (17.09%) Microsoft
5 172 (15.47%) Agile
6 169 (15.20%) Security Cleared
7 159 (14.30%) TOGAF
8 150 (13.49%) AI
9 145 (13.04%) Enterprise Architecture
10 137 (12.32%) DevOps
11 136 (12.23%) Data Modelling
12 124 (11.15%) Data Architecture
12 124 (11.15%) SC Cleared
13 119 (10.70%) Mentoring
14 117 (10.52%) Analytics
15 116 (10.43%) Continuous Improvement
16 115 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
17 102 (9.17%) Migration
18 101 (9.08%) GCP
19 100 (8.99%) Technology Strategy
20 96 (8.63%) Microservices
21 90 (8.09%) Problem-Solving
22 86 (7.73%) CI/CD
23 85 (7.64%) Event-Driven
24 84 (7.55%) Stakeholder Management
25 81 (7.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
26 80 (7.19%) Degree
26 80 (7.19%) Technical Architecture
27 78 (7.01%) Technology Roadmap
28 77 (6.92%) IT Strategy

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 (1.17%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.08%) JBoss
2 12 (1.08%) WebSphere
3 11 (0.99%) CMS
4 8 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.54%) Confluence
6 4 (0.36%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.36%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.36%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.27%) SAS
8 2 (0.18%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.090%) Apache
9 1 (0.090%) IIS
9 1 (0.090%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.090%) Strapi
Applications
1 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.18%) ArchiCAD
2 2 (0.18%) Revit
3 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.090%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 14 (1.26%) Oracle General Ledger
1 14 (1.26%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (1.17%) Oracle Assets
3 12 (1.08%) Oracle Financials
3 12 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.36%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.27%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.18%) Shopify
8 1 (0.090%) Actimize
8 1 (0.090%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.090%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.090%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.090%) SAP IS-U
8 1 (0.090%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.090%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 334 (30.04%) Azure
2 200 (17.99%) AWS
3 101 (9.08%) GCP
4 71 (6.38%) SaaS
5 61 (5.49%) Serverless
5 61 (5.49%) Snowflake
6 52 (4.68%) Power Platform
7 46 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
8 26 (2.34%) Entra ID
9 23 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
10 21 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
11 20 (1.80%) PaaS
12 19 (1.71%) IaaS
13 18 (1.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 17 (1.53%) Azure Machine Learning
15 12 (1.08%) Azure AI
15 12 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
16 10 (0.90%) iPaaS
17 8 (0.72%) dbt
17 8 (0.72%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 69 (6.21%) Broadband
2 27 (2.43%) WAN
3 22 (1.98%) Firewall
4 21 (1.89%) Network Security
5 17 (1.53%) SD-WAN
5 17 (1.53%) VPN
6 15 (1.35%) LAN
7 10 (0.90%) MPLS
8 8 (0.72%) DNS
9 6 (0.54%) DHCP
10 5 (0.45%) BGP
10 5 (0.45%) Cisco Firepower
10 5 (0.45%) HTTP
10 5 (0.45%) Kerberos
10 5 (0.45%) SNMP
10 5 (0.45%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.36%) SSL
11 4 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (0.27%) VoIP
12 3 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (4.50%) Data Warehouse
2 35 (3.15%) Metadata
3 27 (2.43%) SQL Server
4 17 (1.53%) Data Lake
5 16 (1.44%) NoSQL
5 16 (1.44%) Power BI
6 12 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (0.81%) BigQuery
8 7 (0.63%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (0.45%) Tableau
11 4 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.36%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.36%) GIS
11 4 (0.36%) QGIS
11 4 (0.36%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.27%) Data Vault
12 3 (0.27%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.18%) Big Data
13 2 (0.18%) Redis
Development Applications
1 48 (4.32%) Jenkins
2 35 (3.15%) SonarQube
3 34 (3.06%) GitLab
4 7 (0.63%) Git
4 7 (0.63%) Snyk
5 3 (0.27%) ERwin
5 3 (0.27%) JIRA
6 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.090%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.090%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.090%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.090%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.090%) Subversion
General
1 242 (21.76%) Social Skills
2 177 (15.92%) Finance
3 160 (14.39%) Public Sector
4 110 (9.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 73 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
6 60 (5.40%) Games
7 59 (5.31%) Marketing
8 50 (4.50%) Law
9 43 (3.87%) Presentation Skills
9 43 (3.87%) Retail
10 37 (3.33%) Legal
11 32 (2.88%) Banking
12 27 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
13 23 (2.07%) Telecoms
14 19 (1.71%) Manufacturing
15 16 (1.44%) Back Office
16 10 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
17 8 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
18 7 (0.63%) Financial Institution
19 4 (0.36%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (5.67%) REST
2 54 (4.86%) SOAP
3 47 (4.23%) .NET
4 34 (3.06%) Lightning Web Components
4 34 (3.06%) Middleware
4 34 (3.06%) Visualforce
5 18 (1.62%) GraphQL
6 17 (1.53%) OAuth
6 17 (1.53%) OpenID
6 17 (1.53%) Spring
7 16 (1.44%) Hibernate
8 15 (1.35%) RESTful
9 13 (1.17%) LDAP
9 13 (1.17%) SAML
10 10 (0.90%) .NET Core
11 7 (0.63%) OpenAPI
11 7 (0.63%) Swagger
12 6 (0.54%) Django
12 6 (0.54%) Node.js
13 5 (0.45%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 50 (4.50%) Product Ownership
2 48 (4.32%) Cloud Native
3 36 (3.24%) Public Cloud
3 36 (3.24%) Self-Motivation
4 32 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
5 28 (2.52%) Management Information System
6 27 (2.43%) Cyberattack
6 27 (2.43%) Legacy Systems
6 27 (2.43%) Virtual Team
7 25 (2.25%) Data Centre
8 17 (1.53%) PKI
9 14 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
9 14 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
9 14 (1.26%) IoT
10 12 (1.08%) DataPower
10 12 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
10 12 (1.08%) Operational Technology
11 7 (0.63%) Security Posture
12 6 (0.54%) Low-Code
12 6 (0.54%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.44%) Windows
2 12 (1.08%) Linux
3 9 (0.81%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.36%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.18%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (21.40%) Roadmaps
2 172 (15.47%) Agile
3 159 (14.30%) TOGAF
4 150 (13.49%) AI
5 145 (13.04%) Enterprise Architecture
6 137 (12.32%) DevOps
7 136 (12.23%) Data Modelling
8 124 (11.15%) Data Architecture
9 119 (10.70%) Mentoring
10 117 (10.52%) Analytics
11 116 (10.43%) Continuous Improvement
12 115 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
13 102 (9.17%) Migration
14 100 (8.99%) Technology Strategy
15 96 (8.63%) Microservices
16 90 (8.09%) Problem-Solving
17 86 (7.73%) CI/CD
18 85 (7.64%) Event-Driven
19 84 (7.55%) Stakeholder Management
20 81 (7.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 53 (4.77%) SQL
2 47 (4.23%) Python
3 44 (3.96%) Java
4 41 (3.69%) C#
5 34 (3.06%) Apex Code
5 34 (3.06%) SOQL
5 34 (3.06%) SOSL
6 20 (1.80%) PowerShell
6 20 (1.80%) TypeScript
7 19 (1.71%) JavaScript
8 9 (0.81%) Bash
9 8 (0.72%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.36%) Bicep
10 4 (0.36%) C++
11 3 (0.27%) Go
12 2 (0.18%) C
12 2 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.18%) Scala
13 1 (0.090%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 169 (15.20%) Security Cleared
2 124 (11.15%) SC Cleared
3 80 (7.19%) Degree
4 47 (4.23%) Azure Certification
4 47 (4.23%) TOGAF Certification
5 39 (3.51%) AWS Certification
6 37 (3.33%) CISSP
7 32 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (2.61%) DV Cleared
9 28 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
10 24 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
11 23 (2.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 17 (1.53%) CISM
13 13 (1.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 7 (0.63%) CCNP
15 6 (0.54%) CCSP
15 6 (0.54%) Master's Degree
16 3 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
16 3 (0.27%) CCIE
17 2 (0.18%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (4.41%) NIST
2 40 (3.60%) Accessibility
3 30 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (1.80%) GDPR
5 19 (1.71%) Data Quality
6 18 (1.62%) NCSC
7 13 (1.17%) GRC
8 10 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (0.90%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.72%) QA
10 5 (0.45%) PMO
10 5 (0.45%) WCAG
11 4 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.27%) IFRS
13 2 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 1 (0.090%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.090%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 23 (2.07%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
3 17 (1.53%) Docker
4 7 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.27%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.18%) vCloud
6 2 (0.18%) vSphere
7 1 (0.090%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (1.80%) Ansible
2 18 (1.62%) Kubernetes
3 17 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
4 15 (1.35%) Terraform
5 6 (0.54%) Endace
6 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.18%) CASB
8 1 (0.090%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.090%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.090%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.090%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.090%) Puppet
8 1 (0.090%) Rancher
Vendors
1 190 (17.09%) Microsoft
2 42 (3.78%) Salesforce
3 35 (3.15%) Google
3 35 (3.15%) Splunk
4 32 (2.88%) Databricks
5 27 (2.43%) Oracle
6 26 (2.34%) SAP
7 23 (2.07%) Cisco
8 17 (1.53%) ServiceNow
9 13 (1.17%) Palo Alto
9 13 (1.17%) VMware
10 10 (0.90%) Fortinet
11 8 (0.72%) CrowdStrike
11 8 (0.72%) Meraki
12 7 (0.63%) F5
12 7 (0.63%) Juniper
12 7 (0.63%) Okta
12 7 (0.63%) Tenable
13 6 (0.54%) Barracuda Networks
13 6 (0.54%) Sophos