Architect Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect salary for remote or hybrid work is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 26 30
Rank change year-on-year -59 +4 +39
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 663 2,510 3,390
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.99% 7.43% 8.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.39% 7.75% 8.51%
Number of salaries quoted 487 1,421 1,899
10th Percentile £60,746 £56,809 £59,000
25th Percentile £69,250 £68,750 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £98,474 £96,250 £97,290
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £78,250 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -2.19% -5.88% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid 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 15,104 32,408 39,814
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.89% 95.97% 96.00%
Number of salaries quoted 9,947 24,891 28,284
10th Percentile £29,750 £33,127 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £47,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Architect trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Architect
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Architect.

Architect salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Architect
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Architect over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Architect salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Architect in the job title.

1 239 (36.05%) Azure
2 184 (27.75%) Roadmaps
3 178 (26.85%) Agile
4 169 (25.49%) AWS
5 167 (25.19%) Social Skills
6 157 (23.68%) DevOps
7 156 (23.53%) Finance
8 148 (22.32%) TOGAF
9 146 (22.02%) Microservices
10 127 (19.16%) Security Cleared
11 124 (18.70%) Microsoft
12 113 (17.04%) SQL
13 107 (16.14%) Technical Leadership
14 101 (15.23%) SC Cleared
14 101 (15.23%) Analytics
15 100 (15.08%) Problem-Solving
16 93 (14.03%) Mentoring
16 93 (14.03%) Enterprise Architecture
16 93 (14.03%) Stakeholder Management
17 91 (13.73%) Data Architecture
18 89 (13.42%) GCP
19 80 (12.07%) CI/CD
20 79 (11.92%) Banking
21 75 (11.31%) Software Engineering
21 75 (11.31%) Migration
22 74 (11.16%) Degree
23 71 (10.71%) GDPR
24 69 (10.41%) Containerisation
25 67 (10.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
26 66 (9.95%) Docker

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (1.81%) Apache Spark
1 12 (1.81%) OpenEdge
2 11 (1.66%) Umbraco
3 7 (1.06%) SAS
4 5 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.75%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (0.60%) Apache
5 4 (0.60%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.45%) NetWeaver
7 2 (0.30%) Confluence
7 2 (0.30%) IBM Domino
7 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.30%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.30%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.30%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.15%) IIS
8 1 (0.15%) Luigi
8 1 (0.15%) Mendix
8 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.06%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.60%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 25 (3.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (3.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.06%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.75%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.60%) SAP PP
5 4 (0.60%) SAP SD
6 3 (0.45%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.30%) Magento
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.30%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 2 (0.30%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.15%) Odoo
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.15%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.15%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 239 (36.05%) Azure
2 169 (25.49%) AWS
3 89 (13.42%) GCP
4 62 (9.35%) Power Platform
5 54 (8.14%) SaaS
6 52 (7.84%) Azure DevOps
7 49 (7.39%) Azure Service Bus
8 39 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
9 38 (5.73%) Serverless
10 37 (5.58%) PaaS
11 28 (4.22%) Power Automate
12 26 (3.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 26 (3.92%) Entra ID
13 25 (3.77%) IaaS
14 24 (3.62%) SonarCloud
15 22 (3.32%) OCI
16 20 (3.02%) AWS Lambda
17 19 (2.87%) Azure AI
17 19 (2.87%) Azure Key Vault
17 19 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 48 (7.24%) Firewall
2 33 (4.98%) Network Security
3 31 (4.68%) VPN
4 30 (4.52%) WAN
5 21 (3.17%) SD-WAN
6 20 (3.02%) DNS
7 13 (1.96%) LAN
8 8 (1.21%) Unified Communications
8 8 (1.21%) VoIP
9 6 (0.90%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (0.75%) Internet
10 5 (0.75%) MPLS
10 5 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.60%) BGP
11 4 (0.60%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (0.60%) IPsec
11 4 (0.60%) ISDN
11 4 (0.60%) Junos
12 3 (0.45%) DHCP
12 3 (0.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (7.24%) Data Lake
2 43 (6.49%) NoSQL
3 38 (5.73%) Data Warehouse
4 37 (5.58%) Power BI
5 28 (4.22%) SQL Server
6 24 (3.62%) Elasticsearch
7 22 (3.32%) MySQL
8 21 (3.17%) Big Data
9 18 (2.71%) BigQuery
10 12 (1.81%) Relational Database
11 10 (1.51%) Amazon Redshift
11 10 (1.51%) Metadata
11 10 (1.51%) RDBMS
12 7 (1.06%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.90%) Apache Hive
13 6 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.75%) Hadoop
14 5 (0.75%) SAP BW
14 5 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 46 (6.94%) Git
2 37 (5.58%) Visual Studio
3 25 (3.77%) Team Foundation Server
4 24 (3.62%) MSBuild
4 24 (3.62%) Octopus Deploy
5 7 (1.06%) JIRA
6 4 (0.60%) ERwin
6 4 (0.60%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.15%) Selenium
General
1 167 (25.19%) Social Skills
2 156 (23.53%) Finance
3 79 (11.92%) Banking
4 67 (10.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 54 (8.14%) Public Sector
6 48 (7.24%) Retail
7 47 (7.09%) Analytical Skills
8 32 (4.83%) Influencing Skills
9 24 (3.62%) Law
10 21 (3.17%) Marketing
11 18 (2.71%) Manufacturing
12 15 (2.26%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.66%) Legal
14 10 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (1.21%) Aerospace
15 8 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (1.06%) Advertising
16 7 (1.06%) French Language
17 6 (0.90%) Electronics
18 5 (0.75%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (7.99%) CSS
2 51 (7.69%) .NET
3 46 (6.94%) REST
4 44 (6.64%) HTML
5 32 (4.83%) JSON
6 31 (4.68%) XML
7 26 (3.92%) ASP.NET
7 26 (3.92%) Kafka
8 25 (3.77%) Bootstrap
9 24 (3.62%) gRPC
10 20 (3.02%) .NET Framework
11 18 (2.71%) React
12 15 (2.26%) Elastic Stack
13 12 (1.81%) RESTful
14 11 (1.66%) Ajax
14 11 (1.66%) jQuery
14 11 (1.66%) OAuth
14 11 (1.66%) OpenID
14 11 (1.66%) SAML
15 9 (1.36%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 59 (8.90%) Management Information System
2 53 (7.99%) Cloud Native
3 51 (7.69%) Product Ownership
4 48 (7.24%) Data Centre
5 35 (5.28%) Enterprise Software
6 30 (4.52%) Public Cloud
7 17 (2.56%) NHS
8 16 (2.41%) Operational Technology
9 15 (2.26%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (1.66%) IoT
11 10 (1.51%) Private Cloud
12 9 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
13 8 (1.21%) Credit Risk
13 8 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.21%) Distributed Architecture
13 8 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.21%) SCADA
14 7 (1.06%) Market Risk
15 6 (0.90%) DataPower
15 6 (0.90%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.17%) Windows
2 20 (3.02%) Linux
3 6 (0.90%) Android
3 6 (0.90%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.30%) Solaris
4 2 (0.30%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (27.75%) Roadmaps
2 178 (26.85%) Agile
3 157 (23.68%) DevOps
4 148 (22.32%) TOGAF
5 146 (22.02%) Microservices
6 107 (16.14%) Technical Leadership
7 101 (15.23%) Analytics
8 100 (15.08%) Problem-Solving
9 93 (14.03%) Enterprise Architecture
9 93 (14.03%) Mentoring
9 93 (14.03%) Stakeholder Management
10 91 (13.73%) Data Architecture
11 80 (12.07%) CI/CD
12 75 (11.31%) Migration
12 75 (11.31%) Software Engineering
13 69 (10.41%) Containerisation
14 65 (9.80%) Data Modelling
15 64 (9.65%) Architectural Patterns
15 64 (9.65%) Event-Driven
16 63 (9.50%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 113 (17.04%) SQL
2 60 (9.05%) Java
2 60 (9.05%) JavaScript
3 59 (8.90%) C#
4 45 (6.79%) Python
5 23 (3.47%) PowerShell
6 19 (2.87%) Bicep
7 13 (1.96%) C
8 12 (1.81%) C++
9 9 (1.36%) R
10 7 (1.06%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.75%) Bash
11 5 (0.75%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.45%) ABAP
12 3 (0.45%) Scala
13 2 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.30%) PHP
13 2 (0.30%) X++
14 1 (0.15%) COBOL
14 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 127 (19.16%) Security Cleared
2 101 (15.23%) SC Cleared
3 74 (11.16%) Degree
4 44 (6.64%) AWS Certification
4 44 (6.64%) TOGAF Certification
5 39 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 37 (5.58%) Azure Certification
7 29 (4.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 19 (2.87%) DBS Check
9 15 (2.26%) CISSP
10 13 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
11 11 (1.66%) DV Cleared
12 10 (1.51%) Master's Degree
13 9 (1.36%) CCNP
14 7 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.75%) CCNA
15 5 (0.75%) CISM
16 4 (0.60%) ISSAP
16 4 (0.60%) JNCIS
16 4 (0.60%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (10.71%) GDPR
2 35 (5.28%) NIST
3 27 (4.07%) HIPAA
4 22 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (2.41%) QA
6 15 (2.26%) Data Quality
6 15 (2.26%) NCSC
6 15 (2.26%) PCI DSS
7 8 (1.21%) SOC 2
8 7 (1.06%) Accessibility
8 7 (1.06%) Basel II
8 7 (1.06%) Basel III
8 7 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (1.06%) Dodd-Frank
8 7 (1.06%) IFRS
8 7 (1.06%) IFRS 9
9 6 (0.90%) NIST 800
10 4 (0.60%) COBIT
10 4 (0.60%) JSP 440
10 4 (0.60%) SLA
System Software
1 66 (9.95%) Docker
2 18 (2.71%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.21%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.60%) HDFS
6 4 (0.60%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.30%) KVM
7 2 (0.30%) NFS
7 2 (0.30%) SRDF
7 2 (0.30%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 2 (0.30%) Xen
8 1 (0.15%) Forefront TMG
8 1 (0.15%) ISA Server
8 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 50 (7.54%) Kubernetes
2 35 (5.28%) Terraform
3 29 (4.37%) Single Sign-On
4 15 (2.26%) Grafana
4 15 (2.26%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.06%) Ansible
6 4 (0.60%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.30%) Cisco CUCM
7 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.30%) Puppet
7 2 (0.30%) SCCM
8 1 (0.15%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.15%) Istio
8 1 (0.15%) Marathon
8 1 (0.15%) Nessus
8 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 124 (18.70%) Microsoft
2 47 (7.09%) SAP
3 44 (6.64%) Google
4 43 (6.49%) Databricks
5 42 (6.33%) Oracle
6 26 (3.92%) ServiceNow
7 22 (3.32%) Cisco
8 20 (3.02%) Meraki
9 19 (2.87%) Salesforce
10 18 (2.71%) VMware
11 17 (2.56%) IBM
12 12 (1.81%) Apple
13 6 (0.90%) Adobe
13 6 (0.90%) PayPal
14 5 (0.75%) Avaloq
15 4 (0.60%) Juniper
15 4 (0.60%) Teradata
15 4 (0.60%) Zscaler
16 3 (0.45%) Hyperion
16 3 (0.45%) Workday