Hybrid/Remote Senior Architect Job Trends

Senior Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 July 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 226 388 334
Rank change year-on-year +162 -54 +76
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Architect 241 46 252
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.13% 0.28% 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.20% 0.30% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 165 26 190
10th Percentile £63,744 £67,500 -
25th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £56,809
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £95,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +35.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £91,000 £105,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,365 £100,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £82,250 £77,500
% change year-on-year -2.74% +6.13% -6.06%

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 20,064 15,268 30,665
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.98% 92.32% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 14,616 9,503 23,643
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £57,150
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +1.49% -8.56%
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%

Senior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Senior Architect job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Senior Architect
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Senior Architect job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Senior Architect job vacancies

Senior Architect
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Senior Architect over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Senior Architect salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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

For the 6 months to 13 July 2026, Senior 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 Senior Architect in the job title.

1 69 (28.63%) Azure
2 55 (22.82%) AI
3 53 (21.99%) AWS
3 53 (21.99%) CI/CD
4 44 (18.26%) Cybersecurity
5 40 (16.60%) Mentoring
6 36 (14.94%) GCP
7 34 (14.11%) Data Modelling
8 32 (13.28%) GRC
8 32 (13.28%) Security Architecture
9 31 (12.86%) Agile
10 30 (12.45%) CrowdStrike
11 29 (12.03%) Application Security
11 29 (12.03%) Data Architecture
11 29 (12.03%) Decision-Making
11 29 (12.03%) Metadata
11 29 (12.03%) Microsoft
11 29 (12.03%) Palo Alto
12 28 (11.62%) Metadata Management
12 28 (11.62%) Security Cleared
12 28 (11.62%) Serverless
12 28 (11.62%) Threat Modelling
13 27 (11.20%) Data Governance
13 27 (11.20%) DevOps
13 27 (11.20%) IT Strategy
13 27 (11.20%) Technology Strategy
14 26 (10.79%) Cloud Security
14 26 (10.79%) Roadmaps
14 26 (10.79%) Validation
14 26 (10.79%) Virtual Machines

Senior 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 3 (1.24%) SAS
2 2 (0.83%) CMS
2 2 (0.83%) JBoss
2 2 (0.83%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (0.41%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.41%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (0.83%) Shopify
2 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 69 (28.63%) Azure
2 53 (21.99%) AWS
3 36 (14.94%) GCP
4 28 (11.62%) Serverless
5 11 (4.56%) Entra ID
6 8 (3.32%) SaaS
7 6 (2.49%) Google Workspace
7 6 (2.49%) Nutanix
8 5 (2.07%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.66%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (1.66%) OCI
9 4 (1.66%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.83%) Azure AKS
11 2 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.83%) GitHub
12 1 (0.41%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.41%) Azure Functions
12 1 (0.41%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.81%) Broadband
2 7 (2.90%) WAN
3 6 (2.49%) Fibre Channel
3 6 (2.49%) iSCSI
3 6 (2.49%) LAN
3 6 (2.49%) VPN
4 5 (2.07%) DNS
5 4 (1.66%) SD-WAN
6 3 (1.24%) Firewall
6 3 (1.24%) MPLS
6 3 (1.24%) SSL
7 1 (0.41%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (12.03%) Metadata
2 5 (2.07%) MongoDB
2 5 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.66%) Data Lake
3 4 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.66%) Power BI
4 3 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (1.24%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.83%) Metadata Repository
5 2 (0.83%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.41%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.41%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.41%) MySQL
6 1 (0.41%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (10.37%) Snyk
2 1 (0.41%) Git
General
1 51 (21.16%) Public Sector
2 31 (12.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 28 (11.62%) Social Skills
4 21 (8.71%) Finance
5 19 (7.88%) Legal
6 7 (2.90%) Games
6 7 (2.90%) Retail
7 6 (2.49%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.66%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.66%) Marketing
9 2 (0.83%) Banking
9 2 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.83%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.41%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.41%) French Language
10 1 (0.41%) German Language
10 1 (0.41%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.41%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.15%) REST
2 8 (3.32%) .NET
2 8 (3.32%) GraphQL
2 8 (3.32%) SOAP
3 6 (2.49%) LDAP
3 6 (2.49%) OAuth
3 6 (2.49%) OpenID
3 6 (2.49%) SAML
4 5 (2.07%) React Native
4 5 (2.07%) RESTful
5 3 (1.24%) Spring
6 2 (0.83%) Hibernate
6 2 (0.83%) Middleware
7 1 (0.41%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.41%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.41%) Kafka
7 1 (0.41%) Node.js
7 1 (0.41%) React
7 1 (0.41%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.41%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.03%) Data Centre
2 23 (9.54%) Cloud Native
3 12 (4.98%) Public Cloud
4 6 (2.49%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (2.49%) Cyberattack
4 6 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (2.49%) Enterprise Storage
4 6 (2.49%) VxBlock/Vblock
5 4 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (1.66%) Low-Code
5 4 (1.66%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.66%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.66%) Video\Live Streaming
6 3 (1.24%) IoT
6 3 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.24%) PKI
7 2 (0.83%) DataPower
7 2 (0.83%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (0.83%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.83%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.24%) Windows
1 3 (1.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (22.82%) AI
2 53 (21.99%) CI/CD
3 44 (18.26%) Cybersecurity
4 40 (16.60%) Mentoring
5 34 (14.11%) Data Modelling
6 32 (13.28%) Security Architecture
7 31 (12.86%) Agile
8 29 (12.03%) Application Security
8 29 (12.03%) Data Architecture
8 29 (12.03%) Decision-Making
9 28 (11.62%) Metadata Management
9 28 (11.62%) Threat Modelling
10 27 (11.20%) Data Governance
10 27 (11.20%) DevOps
10 27 (11.20%) IT Strategy
10 27 (11.20%) Technology Strategy
11 26 (10.79%) Cloud Security
11 26 (10.79%) Roadmaps
11 26 (10.79%) Validation
12 25 (10.37%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.32%) Python
2 7 (2.90%) SQL
3 6 (2.49%) Bash
3 6 (2.49%) PowerShell
3 6 (2.49%) T-SQL
4 5 (2.07%) C#
5 4 (1.66%) Go
6 3 (1.24%) Java
7 2 (0.83%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.41%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 28 (11.62%) Security Cleared
2 23 (9.54%) SC Cleared
3 9 (3.73%) CIPD
4 6 (2.49%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (2.49%) Dell Certification
5 5 (2.07%) CISSP
5 5 (2.07%) TOGAF Certification
6 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.83%) Degree
8 1 (0.41%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.41%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.41%) CCIE
8 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.41%) JNCIE
8 1 (0.41%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (13.28%) GRC
2 17 (7.05%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.73%) NIST
4 6 (2.49%) GDPR
4 6 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.49%) NCSC
4 6 (2.49%) PMO
5 3 (1.24%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.83%) SLA
7 1 (0.41%) QA
System Software
1 26 (10.79%) Virtual Machines
2 9 (3.73%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.49%) Hyper-V
3 6 (2.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.49%) vSphere
4 5 (2.07%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (3.32%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.49%) Avamar
2 6 (2.49%) Dell DRAC
2 6 (2.49%) EMC NetWorker
2 6 (2.49%) EMC VPLEX
2 6 (2.49%) VxRail
3 3 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.41%) CASB
Vendors
1 30 (12.45%) CrowdStrike
2 29 (12.03%) Microsoft
2 29 (12.03%) Palo Alto
3 25 (10.37%) Tenable
4 19 (7.88%) Google
5 9 (3.73%) VMware
6 7 (2.90%) Oracle
7 6 (2.49%) 3PAR
7 6 (2.49%) Dell
7 6 (2.49%) Isilon
7 6 (2.49%) NetApp
7 6 (2.49%) Nimble Storage
7 6 (2.49%) Veeam
8 5 (2.07%) Salesforce
8 5 (2.07%) SAP
9 4 (1.66%) Cisco
9 4 (1.66%) Databricks
10 3 (1.24%) Meraki
11 1 (0.41%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.41%) IBM