Software Architecture Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Software Architecture
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Software Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 319 430 446
Rank change year-on-year +111 +16 -60
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 94 161 244
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.63% 0.48% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.52% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 65 135 138
10th Percentile £51,750 £53,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,037 £70,576 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.01% +0.82% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £113,000 £105,000 £101,875
UK median annual salary £68,750 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -1.79% -6.67% +1.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Software Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,938 31,020 41,026
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.13% 91.65% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,733 23,575 28,496
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,800 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Software Architecture
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Software Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Software Architecture trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Software Architecture
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Software Architecture salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Architecture
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Software Architecture over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Software Architecture salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Software Architecture
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 4 (4.26%) CMS
1 4 (4.26%) Headless CMS
Business Applications
1 4 (4.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 36 (38.30%) Azure
2 34 (36.17%) AWS
3 16 (17.02%) GCP
4 11 (11.70%) SaaS
5 7 (7.45%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (6.38%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (5.32%) GitHub
8 4 (4.26%) Contentstack
9 1 (1.06%) Azure Functions
9 1 (1.06%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (1.06%) Azure Stack
9 1 (1.06%) ChatGPT
9 1 (1.06%) Entra ID
9 1 (1.06%) npm
9 1 (1.06%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (13.83%) TCP/IP
2 9 (9.57%) Modbus
3 8 (8.51%) 5G
3 8 (8.51%) SD-WAN
3 8 (8.51%) WAN
4 4 (4.26%) DNS
4 4 (4.26%) HTTP
4 4 (4.26%) Internet
4 4 (4.26%) SMTP
4 4 (4.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.45%) NoSQL
1 7 (7.45%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.38%) MongoDB
3 5 (5.32%) Tableau
4 2 (2.13%) Oracle Database
4 2 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (2.13%) Redis
5 1 (1.06%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 14 (14.89%) Visual Studio
2 8 (8.51%) Git
2 8 (8.51%) Jenkins
3 7 (7.45%) GitLab
4 6 (6.38%) Subversion
5 3 (3.19%) JIRA
6 2 (2.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (2.13%) JUnit
6 2 (2.13%) Maven
6 2 (2.13%) Mockito
6 2 (2.13%) Postman
6 2 (2.13%) REST Assured
6 2 (2.13%) SoapUI
6 2 (2.13%) SonarQube
6 2 (2.13%) Xcode
6 2 (2.13%) XCTest
7 1 (1.06%) Babel
7 1 (1.06%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (1.06%) webpack
General
1 24 (25.53%) Social Skills
2 23 (24.47%) Finance
3 13 (13.83%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (10.64%) Games
4 10 (10.64%) Marketing
5 8 (8.51%) Electronics
6 6 (6.38%) Advertising
7 5 (5.32%) Banking
8 4 (4.26%) Manufacturing
8 4 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (3.19%) Legal
9 3 (3.19%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (2.13%) Back Office
10 2 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.13%) Law
10 2 (2.13%) Public Sector
10 2 (2.13%) Tech for Good
10 2 (2.13%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.06%) Retail
Job Titles
1 38 (40.43%) Senior
2 21 (22.34%) Architect
3 19 (20.21%) Software Engineer
4 18 (19.15%) Embedded Engineer
5 16 (17.02%) Lead
5 16 (17.02%) Senior Architect
6 15 (15.96%) Developer
7 13 (13.83%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 13 (13.83%) Firmware Engineer
7 13 (13.83%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 13 (13.83%) Senior Firmware Engineer
8 11 (11.70%) Solutions Architect
9 10 (10.64%) Senior Software Architect
9 10 (10.64%) Senior Systems Architect
9 10 (10.64%) Software Architect
9 10 (10.64%) Systems Architect
10 8 (8.51%) Embedded C Engineer
10 8 (8.51%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
10 8 (8.51%) Embedded C++ Engineer
11 7 (7.45%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (27.66%) .NET
2 17 (18.09%) HTML
2 17 (18.09%) Kafka
2 17 (18.09%) React
3 15 (15.96%) CSS
4 13 (13.83%) .NET Framework
5 10 (10.64%) Spring
6 9 (9.57%) RESTful
7 8 (8.51%) REST
8 6 (6.38%) OpenAPI
8 6 (6.38%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (4.26%) ASP.NET
9 4 (4.26%) Django
9 4 (4.26%) Express.js
9 4 (4.26%) Flask
9 4 (4.26%) MACH
9 4 (4.26%) Next.js
9 4 (4.26%) Node.js
9 4 (4.26%) SOAP
9 4 (4.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (18.09%) Product Ownership
2 11 (11.70%) Algorithms
3 10 (10.64%) Cloud Native
4 9 (9.57%) Device Driver
5 8 (8.51%) GNSS
5 8 (8.51%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (8.51%) Self-Driving Car
6 7 (7.45%) Mobile App
7 6 (6.38%) Data Structures
7 6 (6.38%) Mobile Games
8 4 (4.26%) FPGA
8 4 (4.26%) Hackathon
8 4 (4.26%) MicroBlaze
8 4 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (4.26%) Tandem
9 3 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (3.19%) Life Science
10 2 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (2.13%) Virtual Reality
10 2 (2.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (18.09%) Linux
2 11 (11.70%) Windows
3 9 (9.57%) Embedded Linux
4 6 (6.38%) Apple iOS
4 6 (6.38%) Unix
5 2 (2.13%) Android
6 1 (1.06%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (61.70%) Software Engineering
2 43 (45.74%) Microservices
3 39 (41.49%) Mentoring
4 35 (37.23%) Agile
5 29 (30.85%) CI/CD
6 27 (28.72%) DevOps
7 26 (27.66%) Multithreading
8 23 (24.47%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (20.21%) Computer Science
9 19 (20.21%) Continuous Integration
10 16 (17.02%) Strategic Thinking
11 15 (15.96%) Architectural Patterns
11 15 (15.96%) SOA
12 14 (14.89%) B2B
12 14 (14.89%) Domain-Driven Design
12 14 (14.89%) Test Automation
13 13 (13.83%) Containerisation
13 13 (13.83%) Design Patterns
13 13 (13.83%) Migration
13 13 (13.83%) OO
Programming Languages
1 40 (42.55%) Java
2 36 (38.30%) C++
3 28 (29.79%) C
3 28 (29.79%) C#
4 24 (25.53%) SQL
5 18 (19.15%) Python
6 16 (17.02%) JavaScript
7 6 (6.38%) TypeScript
8 2 (2.13%) Groovy
8 2 (2.13%) PowerShell
8 2 (2.13%) Shell Script
9 1 (1.06%) Go
9 1 (1.06%) Kotlin
9 1 (1.06%) PHP
9 1 (1.06%) Ruby
9 1 (1.06%) Swift
Qualifications
1 20 (21.28%) Degree
2 9 (9.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (5.32%) SC Cleared
3 5 (5.32%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.06%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.06%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.38%) QA
2 4 (4.26%) PMO
3 2 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.06%) GRC
4 1 (1.06%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (14.89%) Docker
2 13 (13.83%) Embedded Firmware
2 13 (13.83%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (21.28%) Kubernetes
2 6 (6.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (12.77%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.45%) Google
3 4 (4.26%) Intel
4 2 (2.13%) CA Agile Central
4 2 (2.13%) Dynatrace
4 2 (2.13%) Oracle
4 2 (2.13%) SAP
4 2 (2.13%) Splunk