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Architect Career Market Report 2026

3,979 active jobs. 1,039 companies. Median salary $139K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

3,979
Active Job Openings
1,039
Companies Hiring
$139K
Median Salary (US)
77%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Architect market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 77% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $139K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $100K to $208K.

Remote roles pay 9% above the US national median

Remote-first employers competing nationally for talent. The premium reflects company quality (remote-first firms tend to be well-funded), not a work-mode bonus.

AI/LLM is the most-demanded skill at 44%

JavaScript demand rose +9.9pp — fastest-growing skill

Gensler leads hiring with 103 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Mid-Level → Senior (+$45K, +45%)

Salary increase: +$45K · Sample: Mid-Level → Senior

AI automation risk: medium (score 55/100)

Score: 55/100 · AI/LLM demand: 62% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior230$113K$144K$220K
Mid-Level125$60K$99K$196K
Staff74$131K$170K$217K
Lead48$113K$148K$202K
Junior23$87K$87K$130K
Manager10$121K$163K$250K
Director5$163K$179K$205K

What jumps out

Mid-Level → Senior: +$45K (45%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States434$133KUSD
Remote60$145KUSD
Canada18$118KUSD
India7$25KUSD
United Kingdom7$70KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site2.0%
Remote12.5%
Hybrid1.3%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

AI/LLM
44%
AWS
20%
Python
18%
Azure
18%
CI/CD
14%
Java
13%
SQL
12%
GCP
12%
DevOps
12%
Revit
11%
Kubernetes
10%
JavaScript
10%

Skills on the Rise

JavaScript ↑+9.9ppAdobe Creative Suite ↑+8.1ppProject Management ↑+7.4ppEvent-Driven ↑+7.0ppTerraform ↑+6.3pp

Declining in Demand

Agile ↓-14.4ppSustainability ↓-10.5ppJournalism ↓-8.9pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Gensler1032.6%
Nvidia912.3%
Krgtechnology641.6%
Salesforce571.4%
Ra481.2%
Usm441.1%
Soprasteria421.1%
Bah391.0%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States1,604
India317
Remote208
United Kingdom114
Canada67
Germany56
France44
Saudi Arabia41

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree50.4%1,543
Master's Degree17.0%521
Bachelor's Degree12.3%376
PhD / Doctorate3.4%105
MBA0.1%3

Certifications

ITIL (2%)Azure Certified (1%)CISSP (1%)Certified Scrum Master (1%)AWS Certified (1%)

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