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 2 May 2026.

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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 642 614 741
Rank change year-on-year -28 +127 +107
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Solutions Architect 68 23 126
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.076% 0.054% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% 0.061% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 39 12 98
10th Percentile £55,000 - £55,000
25th Percentile £73,125 £62,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £95,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +40.74% -25.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 £101,563 £88,750
90th Percentile £93,000 £120,875 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £75,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -27.15% +11.85% -15.63%

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 83,677 37,745 90,639
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 89.30% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 53,852 23,399 66,743
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,648 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.79% +12.54% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
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 2 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 2 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 -34 57 £87,500 -7.89% 11
London +6 31 £87,500 -19.54% 8
UK excluding London -56 26 £55,000 -27.15% 7
Work from Home +21 24 £90,000 +38.46% 6
Midlands -23 12 £70,000 -26.32%
North of England -52 10 - -
North West - 10 - -
East Midlands - 9 - -
East of England -14 5 - -
Northern Ireland - 4 £55,000 - 3
West Midlands -21 3 £70,000 -26.32%
South East -23 2 £85,000 +60.38% 2

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 42 (61.76%) Azure
2 20 (29.41%) DevOps
2 20 (29.41%) Microsoft
3 17 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 17 (25.00%) Serverless
4 15 (22.06%) Agile
4 15 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (20.59%) AWS
6 13 (19.12%) Microservices
7 12 (17.65%) GCP
8 11 (16.18%) Cloud Security
8 11 (16.18%) Technology Transformation
9 10 (14.71%) Ansible
9 10 (14.71%) Business Transformation
9 10 (14.71%) CI/CD
9 10 (14.71%) Decision-Making
9 10 (14.71%) Infrastructure as Code
9 10 (14.71%) Kubernetes
9 10 (14.71%) Terraform
10 9 (13.24%) AI
10 9 (13.24%) Containerisation
10 9 (13.24%) Enterprise Architecture
11 8 (11.76%) Architectural Design
11 8 (11.76%) Architectural Patterns
11 8 (11.76%) Project Delivery
11 8 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (10.29%) Data Integration
12 7 (10.29%) IaaS
12 7 (10.29%) Middleware
12 7 (10.29%) PaaS

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 1 (1.47%) CICS
Applications
1 6 (8.82%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 42 (61.76%) Azure
2 17 (25.00%) Serverless
3 14 (20.59%) AWS
4 12 (17.65%) GCP
5 7 (10.29%) IaaS
5 7 (10.29%) PaaS
6 6 (8.82%) SaaS
7 5 (7.35%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (7.35%) Nutanix
8 4 (5.88%) Power Platform
9 3 (4.41%) Entra ID
10 2 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (2.94%) Power Automate
10 2 (2.94%) PowerApps
11 1 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (1.47%) OCI
11 1 (1.47%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.35%) VSAN
2 4 (5.88%) Firewall
2 4 (5.88%) VPN
3 2 (2.94%) Network Security
4 1 (1.47%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.94%) Power BI
2 1 (1.47%) BigQuery
2 1 (1.47%) DB2
2 1 (1.47%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.47%) Snyk
General
1 21 (30.88%) Finance
2 10 (14.71%) Social Skills
3 8 (11.76%) Banking
4 7 (10.29%) Public Sector
5 6 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (8.82%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.94%) Legal
7 1 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.47%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.47%) Marketing
7 1 (1.47%) Retail
7 1 (1.47%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.29%) Middleware
2 6 (8.82%) YAML
3 1 (1.47%) .NET
3 1 (1.47%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.47%) Node.js
3 1 (1.47%) React
3 1 (1.47%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.71%) Distributed Systems
2 7 (10.29%) Cloud Native
3 6 (8.82%) Data Centre
3 6 (8.82%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (4.41%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.94%) IoT
6 2 (2.94%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.94%) NHS
7 1 (1.47%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.47%) Life Science
7 1 (1.47%) Mainframe
7 1 (1.47%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.47%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (29.41%) DevOps
2 17 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 15 (22.06%) Agile
3 15 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (19.12%) Microservices
5 11 (16.18%) Cloud Security
5 11 (16.18%) Technology Transformation
6 10 (14.71%) Business Transformation
6 10 (14.71%) CI/CD
6 10 (14.71%) Decision-Making
6 10 (14.71%) Infrastructure as Code
7 9 (13.24%) AI
7 9 (13.24%) Containerisation
7 9 (13.24%) Enterprise Architecture
8 8 (11.76%) Architectural Design
8 8 (11.76%) Architectural Patterns
8 8 (11.76%) Project Delivery
8 8 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (10.29%) Data Integration
9 7 (10.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.88%) Bicep
2 3 (4.41%) Python
3 2 (2.94%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.94%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.47%) COBOL
4 1 (1.47%) Java
4 1 (1.47%) JCL
4 1 (1.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (10.29%) SC Cleared
1 7 (10.29%) Security Cleared
2 6 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (8.82%) Degree
2 6 (8.82%) Master's Degree
3 5 (7.35%) VCAP
3 5 (7.35%) VCDX
3 5 (7.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (1.47%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (2.94%) NCSC
2 1 (1.47%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.47%) GRC
System Software
1 6 (8.82%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.35%) vCloud
2 5 (7.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (7.35%) VMware NSX
2 5 (7.35%) vSphere
3 4 (5.88%) Docker
4 1 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (14.71%) Ansible
1 10 (14.71%) Kubernetes
1 10 (14.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.82%) Software AG
2 6 (8.82%) VMware
3 5 (7.35%) Broadcom
3 5 (7.35%) Dell
3 5 (7.35%) NetApp
3 5 (7.35%) Nimble Storage
4 1 (1.47%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.47%) Google
4 1 (1.47%) IBM
4 1 (1.47%) OpenAI
4 1 (1.47%) Oracle
4 1 (1.47%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.47%) Tenable