Cloud Solutions Architect Job Trends

Cloud Solution Architect
UK

The median Cloud Solution Architect salary in the UK is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 September 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 749 625 703
Rank change year-on-year -124 +78 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Solutions Architect 61 35 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.052% 0.071% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.079% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 42 28 50
10th Percentile £55,000 £44,025 £56,125
25th Percentile £70,000 £51,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £91,750 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.36% +35.93% -22.86%
75th Percentile £98,125 £100,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,875 £102,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -25.29%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 108,916 44,178 72,902
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.10% 89.68% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 74,482 25,948 42,900
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,250
25th Percentile £40,552 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.73% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,769
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

Cloud Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cloud Solutions Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Cloud Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Cloud Solutions Architect
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Cloud Solutions Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Cloud Solutions Architect job vacancies in the UK

Cloud Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Solutions Architect over the 6 months to 24 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Cloud Solutions Architect in the UK

Cloud Solutions Architect
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Solutions Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 24 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -99 51 £90,000 -10.00% 151
London -37 32 £90,000 -8.86% 87
Work from Home -26 25 £90,000 +38.46% 48
UK excluding London -125 20 £70,000 +7.69% 71
North of England -57 9 £70,000 +7.69% 25
Yorkshire - 8 £70,000 - 5
Northern Ireland -86 6 £55,000 +15.18% 4
Midlands - 3 - - 5
West Midlands - 3 - - 4
North West -26 1 - - 18
East of England -33 1 - - 2
South East - 1 £90,000 - 17

Cloud Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 September 2026, Cloud Solutions 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 job ads featuring Cloud Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 16 (26.23%) Microsoft
2 14 (22.95%) Presales
3 13 (21.31%) Azure
4 12 (19.67%) CI/CD
4 12 (19.67%) Cloud Security
5 11 (18.03%) VMware
6 10 (16.39%) AI
6 10 (16.39%) Broadcom
6 10 (16.39%) VCAP
6 10 (16.39%) VCDX
6 10 (16.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 10 (16.39%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (16.39%) VMware NSX
6 10 (16.39%) VSAN
6 10 (16.39%) vSphere
7 8 (13.11%) Kubernetes
7 8 (13.11%) Migration
7 8 (13.11%) Roadmaps
7 8 (13.11%) SQL
8 7 (11.48%) Customer Engagement
8 7 (11.48%) DevOps
8 7 (11.48%) Infrastructure as Code
8 7 (11.48%) SC Cleared
8 7 (11.48%) Security Architecture
8 7 (11.48%) Security Cleared
8 7 (11.48%) Serverless
8 7 (11.48%) Test Automation
9 6 (9.84%) Agile
9 6 (9.84%) Data Modelling
9 6 (9.84%) Observability

Cloud Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 2 (3.28%) IIS
1 2 (3.28%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.64%) CICS
Applications
1 2 (3.28%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (21.31%) Azure
2 7 (11.48%) Serverless
3 5 (8.20%) AWS
3 5 (8.20%) GCP
3 5 (8.20%) Nutanix
4 3 (4.92%) Azure AKS
4 3 (4.92%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (4.92%) IaaS
4 3 (4.92%) PaaS
4 3 (4.92%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.28%) Azure Functions
5 2 (3.28%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.28%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.28%) Power Automate
5 2 (3.28%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.64%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.64%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 10 (16.39%) VSAN
2 4 (6.56%) Broadband
2 4 (6.56%) Firewall
3 3 (4.92%) Network Security
3 3 (4.92%) VPN
4 2 (3.28%) DNS
4 2 (3.28%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.56%) BigQuery
1 4 (6.56%) Semantic Layer
2 2 (3.28%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.64%) Db2
3 1 (1.64%) Power BI
3 1 (1.64%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (6.56%) Jenkins
2 3 (4.92%) Snyk
General
1 8 (13.11%) Finance
2 5 (8.20%) Public Sector
2 5 (8.20%) Social Skills
3 4 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.28%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.64%) Legal
5 1 (1.64%) Legal Technology
5 1 (1.64%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.84%) Terraform
2 4 (6.56%) Node.js
3 3 (4.92%) .NET
4 2 (3.28%) HTML5 Canvas
4 2 (3.28%) YAML
5 1 (1.64%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.64%) Middleware
5 1 (1.64%) React
5 1 (1.64%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.03%) Data Centre
2 5 (8.20%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.28%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.64%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.64%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.64%) IoT
4 1 (1.64%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.64%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.64%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.64%) NHS
4 1 (1.64%) PKI
4 1 (1.64%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.64%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.64%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.64%) Linux
1 1 (1.64%) Windows
1 1 (1.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (22.95%) Presales
2 12 (19.67%) CI/CD
2 12 (19.67%) Cloud Security
3 10 (16.39%) AI
4 8 (13.11%) Migration
4 8 (13.11%) Roadmaps
5 7 (11.48%) Customer Engagement
5 7 (11.48%) DevOps
5 7 (11.48%) Infrastructure as Code
5 7 (11.48%) Security Architecture
5 7 (11.48%) Test Automation
6 6 (9.84%) Agile
6 6 (9.84%) Data Modelling
6 6 (9.84%) Observability
6 6 (9.84%) Performance Tuning
7 5 (8.20%) Application Security
7 5 (8.20%) Requirements Workshops
7 5 (8.20%) SDLC
7 5 (8.20%) Threat Modelling
7 5 (8.20%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 8 (13.11%) SQL
2 4 (6.56%) Bicep
2 4 (6.56%) Python
3 2 (3.28%) C#
3 2 (3.28%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.64%) COBOL
4 1 (1.64%) Java
4 1 (1.64%) JCL
4 1 (1.64%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (16.39%) VCAP
1 10 (16.39%) VCDX
1 10 (16.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 7 (11.48%) SC Cleared
2 7 (11.48%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.28%) DV Cleared
3 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.64%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.64%) CISSP
4 1 (1.64%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.56%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.92%) GRC
3 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.64%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (16.39%) VMware Infrastructure
1 10 (16.39%) VMware NSX
1 10 (16.39%) vSphere
2 5 (8.20%) vCloud
2 5 (8.20%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (6.56%) Docker
4 2 (3.28%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (13.11%) Kubernetes
2 5 (8.20%) vCenter Server
3 4 (6.56%) Ansible
4 1 (1.64%) Grafana
Vendors
1 16 (26.23%) Microsoft
2 11 (18.03%) VMware
3 10 (16.39%) Broadcom
4 5 (8.20%) Dell
4 5 (8.20%) NetApp
4 5 (8.20%) Nimble Storage
5 3 (4.92%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (4.92%) Palo Alto
5 3 (4.92%) Tenable
6 2 (3.28%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.64%) Aderant
7 1 (1.64%) Dynatrace
7 1 (1.64%) Google
7 1 (1.64%) HubSpot
7 1 (1.64%) IBM
7 1 (1.64%) iManage
7 1 (1.64%) Intapp
7 1 (1.64%) Oracle