Hybrid/Remote Senior Architect Job Trends

Senior Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 341 370
Rank change year-on-year +70 +29 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Architect 101 91 121
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.68% 0.55% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 0.58% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 80 52 80
10th Percentile £67,750 £52,500 £55,500
25th Percentile £80,000 £56,809 £56,809
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £72,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +37.93% +7.41% -20.59%
75th Percentile £105,000 £97,743 £80,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £106,250 £92,550
UK median annual salary £90,000 £76,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -4.38% -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 13,996 15,789 20,881
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 96.08% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 9,087 9,529 17,098
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,474 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 12 January 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 12 January 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 36 (35.64%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (31.68%) Azure
3 25 (24.75%) Roadmaps
4 22 (21.78%) SQL
5 20 (19.80%) AI
6 18 (17.82%) SaaS
7 17 (16.83%) Microsoft
8 16 (15.84%) Stakeholder Management
9 15 (14.85%) Microservices
9 15 (14.85%) Migration
10 14 (13.86%) Mentoring
11 13 (12.87%) Middleware
11 13 (12.87%) Serverless
12 12 (11.88%) IT Strategy
13 11 (10.89%) Data Warehouse
13 11 (10.89%) GraphQL
13 11 (10.89%) REST
13 11 (10.89%) SOAP
13 11 (10.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 11 (10.89%) Strategic Thinking
13 11 (10.89%) Technical Leadership
14 10 (9.90%) AWS
14 10 (9.90%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 10 (9.90%) Data Lake
14 10 (9.90%) Data Strategy
14 10 (9.90%) Databricks
14 10 (9.90%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 10 (9.90%) Event-Driven
14 10 (9.90%) Integration Patterns
14 10 (9.90%) Java

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 9 (8.91%) JBoss
1 9 (8.91%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 1 (0.99%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (0.99%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (0.99%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.99%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 32 (31.68%) Azure
2 18 (17.82%) SaaS
3 13 (12.87%) Serverless
4 10 (9.90%) AWS
5 9 (8.91%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 6 (5.94%) Entra ID
6 6 (5.94%) OCI
7 4 (3.96%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (3.96%) IaaS
7 4 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (3.96%) PaaS
8 3 (2.97%) GCP
8 3 (2.97%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.98%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.99%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.96%) DHCP
1 4 (3.96%) DNS
2 2 (1.98%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (10.89%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (9.90%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 10 (9.90%) Data Lake
3 9 (8.91%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (7.92%) Data Mining
4 8 (7.92%) Data Vault
5 3 (2.97%) Power BI
6 2 (1.98%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.98%) Tableau
7 1 (0.99%) Big Data
7 1 (0.99%) Metadata
7 1 (0.99%) MySQL
7 1 (0.99%) SQL Server
General
1 21 (20.79%) Social Skills
2 13 (12.87%) Finance
3 10 (9.90%) Public Sector
4 9 (8.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (8.91%) Retail
5 6 (5.94%) Legal
6 4 (3.96%) Games
7 3 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.98%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.99%) Banking
9 1 (0.99%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (12.87%) Middleware
2 11 (10.89%) GraphQL
2 11 (10.89%) REST
2 11 (10.89%) SOAP
3 9 (8.91%) .NET
3 9 (8.91%) Hibernate
3 9 (8.91%) Spring
4 4 (3.96%) FIDO
4 4 (3.96%) SailPoint
5 2 (1.98%) LDAP
5 2 (1.98%) OAuth
5 2 (1.98%) OpenID
5 2 (1.98%) SAML
6 1 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.88%) Cloud Native
2 9 (8.91%) DataPower
3 8 (7.92%) Public Cloud
4 4 (3.96%) Replication
5 2 (1.98%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.98%) Cyberattack
5 2 (1.98%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.99%) PMI
6 1 (0.99%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.96%) Windows
1 4 (3.96%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (35.64%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (24.75%) Roadmaps
3 20 (19.80%) AI
4 16 (15.84%) Stakeholder Management
5 15 (14.85%) Microservices
5 15 (14.85%) Migration
6 14 (13.86%) Mentoring
7 12 (11.88%) IT Strategy
8 11 (10.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 11 (10.89%) Strategic Thinking
8 11 (10.89%) Technical Leadership
9 10 (9.90%) Data Strategy
9 10 (9.90%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 10 (9.90%) Event-Driven
9 10 (9.90%) Integration Patterns
10 9 (8.91%) Data Design
10 9 (8.91%) Enterprise Architecture
10 9 (8.91%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 9 (8.91%) Performance Optimisation
10 9 (8.91%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 22 (21.78%) SQL
2 10 (9.90%) Java
3 2 (1.98%) Bash
3 2 (1.98%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.98%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.99%) C#
4 1 (0.99%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.99%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (8.91%) Azure Certification
2 8 (7.92%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (2.97%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.98%) Degree
4 2 (1.98%) PMP
4 2 (1.98%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.98%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.99%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.99%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.96%) NIST
2 2 (1.98%) NCSC
3 1 (0.99%) EU AI Act
3 1 (0.99%) GDPR
3 1 (0.99%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 6 (5.94%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.99%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.99%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (16.83%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.90%) Databricks
3 7 (6.93%) Oracle
4 4 (3.96%) Okta
5 2 (1.98%) Anaplan
5 2 (1.98%) Genesys
5 2 (1.98%) Google
5 2 (1.98%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.98%) Verint