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 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 618 671 635
Rank change year-on-year +53 -36 +198
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Solutions Architect 33 40 78
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.056% 0.072% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.078% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 25 15 41
10th Percentile £51,000 £65,450 £60,000
25th Percentile £76,250 £76,286 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £90,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +16.13% -13.89%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,625 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,750 £138,500 £103,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £66,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -21.80% -11.33% -14.29%

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 53,514 51,440 48,883
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.46% 93.14% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 32,905 27,168 37,760
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,956 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +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 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cloud Solutions Architect in the UK

Cloud Solutions Architect
Top 11 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 1 January 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 +69 30 £85,000 -5.56% 9
London +22 20 £85,000 -5.56% 5
UK excluding London +64 12 £52,000 -21.80% 4
Work from Home +64 8 £52,000 -38.82% 11
North West +32 7 - -
North of England +28 7 - -
Midlands +24 5 - -
East Midlands - 5 - -
Northern Ireland - 3 £52,000 -
South West +7 1 £100,000 -
East of England - 1 - - 3

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

For the 6 months to 1 January 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 27 (81.82%) Azure
2 19 (57.58%) Roadmaps
3 18 (54.55%) DevOps
3 18 (54.55%) Microsoft
3 18 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (48.48%) Agile
5 15 (45.45%) Decision-Making
6 14 (42.42%) Architectural Design
6 14 (42.42%) Microservices
6 14 (42.42%) Technical Leadership
7 13 (39.39%) SaaS
7 13 (39.39%) Technology Transformation
8 12 (36.36%) Computer Science
8 12 (36.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (36.36%) Data Integration
8 12 (36.36%) Degree
8 12 (36.36%) Master's Degree
8 12 (36.36%) Middleware
8 12 (36.36%) Project Delivery
8 12 (36.36%) Software AG
8 12 (36.36%) Software Engineering
8 12 (36.36%) Validation
9 10 (30.30%) AWS
10 8 (24.24%) GCP
11 5 (15.15%) Business Transformation
11 5 (15.15%) Containerisation
11 5 (15.15%) Enterprise Architecture
11 5 (15.15%) Serverless
11 5 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (15.15%) Strategic Roadmap

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:

Cloud Services
1 27 (81.82%) Azure
2 13 (39.39%) SaaS
3 10 (30.30%) AWS
4 8 (24.24%) GCP
5 5 (15.15%) Serverless
6 4 (12.12%) Entra ID
6 4 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (6.06%) Azure AI
7 2 (6.06%) Copilot Studio
7 2 (6.06%) GitHub
General
1 19 (57.58%) Finance
2 15 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 14 (42.42%) Banking
3 14 (42.42%) Presentation Skills
4 13 (39.39%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (12.12%) Retail
6 2 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (36.36%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (9.09%) Cloud Native
3 2 (6.06%) AI Agents
3 2 (6.06%) AS400
3 2 (6.06%) iSeries
3 2 (6.06%) Life Science
3 2 (6.06%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.06%) Reinsurance
4 1 (3.03%) IoT
4 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (57.58%) Roadmaps
2 18 (54.55%) DevOps
2 18 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (48.48%) Agile
4 15 (45.45%) Decision-Making
5 14 (42.42%) Architectural Design
5 14 (42.42%) Microservices
5 14 (42.42%) Technical Leadership
6 13 (39.39%) Technology Transformation
7 12 (36.36%) Computer Science
7 12 (36.36%) Data Integration
7 12 (36.36%) Project Delivery
7 12 (36.36%) Software Engineering
7 12 (36.36%) Validation
8 5 (15.15%) Business Transformation
8 5 (15.15%) Containerisation
8 5 (15.15%) Enterprise Architecture
8 5 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (15.15%) Strategic Roadmap
9 4 (12.12%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) C#
1 2 (6.06%) Python
1 2 (6.06%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (36.36%) Computer Science Degree
1 12 (36.36%) Degree
1 12 (36.36%) Master's Degree
2 2 (6.06%) MCP
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.03%) AWS Certification
3 1 (3.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (3.03%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) GDPR
1 1 (3.03%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 3 (9.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 12 (36.36%) Software AG
3 2 (6.06%) Databricks
3 2 (6.06%) IBM