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 29 May 2026.

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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 659 630 771
Rank change year-on-year -29 +141 +82
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Solutions Architect 78 21 129
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.084% 0.049% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.055% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 50 10 104
10th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £67,875 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £95,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +40.74% -27.42%
75th Percentile £91,875 £99,375 £88,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £86,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -36.05% +27.41% -6.90%

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 87,064 38,294 94,653
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 89.31% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 57,954 21,519 69,253
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.90% +1.93% -6.54%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 -28 63 £87,500 -7.89% 3
London +5 37 £87,500 -23.91% 1
Work from Home +43 30 £90,000 +38.46% 1
UK excluding London -51 26 £55,000 -36.05% 2
Midlands -23 10 £70,000 -26.32%
North West 0 6 - -
East of England -15 6 - -
North of England -47 6 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 6 £55,000 -
East Midlands - 6 - -
West Midlands -33 4 £70,000 -26.32%
South East - 2 £85,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 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 39 (50.00%) Azure
2 23 (29.49%) Microsoft
3 19 (24.36%) DevOps
4 17 (21.79%) Agile
4 17 (21.79%) Roadmaps
5 16 (20.51%) Serverless
6 15 (19.23%) Cloud Security
7 14 (17.95%) CI/CD
8 13 (16.67%) AI
8 13 (16.67%) Presales
8 13 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (15.38%) Microservices
10 11 (14.10%) AWS
10 11 (14.10%) GCP
11 10 (12.82%) Ansible
11 10 (12.82%) Customer Engagement
11 10 (12.82%) Infrastructure as Code
11 10 (12.82%) Kubernetes
11 10 (12.82%) Technology Transformation
11 10 (12.82%) Terraform
11 10 (12.82%) VMware
12 9 (11.54%) Broadcom
12 9 (11.54%) Decision-Making
12 9 (11.54%) Test Automation
12 9 (11.54%) Threat Modelling
12 9 (11.54%) VCAP
12 9 (11.54%) VCDX
12 9 (11.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 9 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
12 9 (11.54%) VMware NSX

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 (2.56%) IIS
1 2 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.28%) CICS
Applications
1 6 (7.69%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 3 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 39 (50.00%) Azure
2 16 (20.51%) Serverless
3 11 (14.10%) AWS
3 11 (14.10%) GCP
4 7 (8.97%) IaaS
4 7 (8.97%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (8.97%) Nutanix
4 7 (8.97%) PaaS
5 6 (7.69%) Power Platform
6 5 (6.41%) SaaS
7 4 (5.13%) Power Automate
7 4 (5.13%) PowerApps
8 3 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (3.85%) Entra ID
9 2 (2.56%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (1.28%) OCI
10 1 (1.28%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 9 (11.54%) VSAN
2 4 (5.13%) Firewall
2 4 (5.13%) VPN
3 3 (3.85%) Broadband
4 2 (2.56%) Internet
4 2 (2.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.85%) BigQuery
1 3 (3.85%) Semantic Layer
2 2 (2.56%) Power BI
3 1 (1.28%) DB2
Development Applications
1 3 (3.85%) Jenkins
1 3 (3.85%) Snyk
General
1 17 (21.79%) Finance
2 11 (14.10%) Social Skills
3 7 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (8.97%) Public Sector
4 6 (7.69%) Banking
5 5 (6.41%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.56%) Legal
8 1 (1.28%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.28%) Marketing
8 1 (1.28%) Retail
8 1 (1.28%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.69%) Middleware
1 6 (7.69%) YAML
2 3 (3.85%) .NET
2 3 (3.85%) Node.js
3 2 (2.56%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (1.28%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.28%) React
4 1 (1.28%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.82%) Data Centre
2 9 (11.54%) Cloud Native
3 7 (8.97%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (5.13%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (2.56%) IoT
7 2 (2.56%) NHS
8 1 (1.28%) Client/Server
8 1 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.28%) Life Science
8 1 (1.28%) Mainframe
8 1 (1.28%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.28%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (24.36%) DevOps
2 17 (21.79%) Agile
2 17 (21.79%) Roadmaps
3 15 (19.23%) Cloud Security
4 14 (17.95%) CI/CD
5 13 (16.67%) AI
5 13 (16.67%) Presales
5 13 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (15.38%) Microservices
7 10 (12.82%) Customer Engagement
7 10 (12.82%) Infrastructure as Code
7 10 (12.82%) Technology Transformation
8 9 (11.54%) Decision-Making
8 9 (11.54%) Test Automation
8 9 (11.54%) Threat Modelling
9 8 (10.26%) Architectural Design
9 8 (10.26%) Architectural Patterns
9 8 (10.26%) Technical Leadership
9 8 (10.26%) Validation
10 7 (8.97%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.41%) Python
1 5 (6.41%) SQL
2 4 (5.13%) Bicep
2 4 (5.13%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.56%) C#
3 2 (2.56%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.28%) COBOL
4 1 (1.28%) Java
4 1 (1.28%) JCL
Qualifications
1 9 (11.54%) VCAP
1 9 (11.54%) VCDX
1 9 (11.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 8 (10.26%) SC Cleared
2 8 (10.26%) Security Cleared
3 5 (6.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (6.41%) Degree
3 5 (6.41%) Master's Degree
4 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.56%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.85%) Data Quality
1 3 (3.85%) GRC
2 2 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.56%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
1 9 (11.54%) VMware NSX
1 9 (11.54%) vSphere
2 7 (8.97%) vCloud
3 6 (7.69%) Active Directory
4 4 (5.13%) Docker
5 3 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (12.82%) Ansible
1 10 (12.82%) Kubernetes
1 10 (12.82%) Terraform
2 2 (2.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 23 (29.49%) Microsoft
2 10 (12.82%) VMware
3 9 (11.54%) Broadcom
4 7 (8.97%) Dell
4 7 (8.97%) NetApp
4 7 (8.97%) Nimble Storage
5 5 (6.41%) Software AG
6 3 (3.85%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (3.85%) Palo Alto
6 3 (3.85%) Tenable
7 1 (1.28%) Google
7 1 (1.28%) IBM
7 1 (1.28%) OpenAI
7 1 (1.28%) Oracle