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 9 April 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 634 614 741
Rank change year-on-year -20 +127 +120
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Solutions Architect 65 22 121
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.078% 0.054% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.060% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 37 12 90
10th Percentile £66,500 £62,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £63,063 £61,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £90,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.08% +34.07% -25.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 £98,125 £89,688
90th Percentile £91,500 £105,625 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £76,250 £67,500
% change year-on-year -4.92% +12.96% -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 76,620 36,654 87,216
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 89.66% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 49,282 23,303 65,248
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £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 9 April 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 9 April 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 -22 57 £85,000 -6.08% 2
London +12 32 £86,250 -14.81% 2
UK excluding London -56 24 £72,500 -4.92% 1
Work from Home +25 20 £90,000 +38.46% 3
Midlands -30 12 £70,000 -26.32%
North of England -65 12 - -
North West - 12 - -
East Midlands - 10 - -
East of England -22 5 - -
West Midlands -21 2 £70,000 -26.32%
South East -29 2 £85,000 +60.38% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £55,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 9 April 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 45 (69.23%) Azure
2 23 (35.38%) DevOps
3 21 (32.31%) Microsoft
4 20 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (29.23%) Roadmaps
6 18 (27.69%) AWS
6 18 (27.69%) Microservices
7 17 (26.15%) Agile
8 16 (24.62%) Decision-Making
8 16 (24.62%) Serverless
9 15 (23.08%) Technology Transformation
10 14 (21.54%) GCP
11 13 (20.00%) Architectural Design
12 12 (18.46%) Project Delivery
13 11 (16.92%) Business Transformation
13 11 (16.92%) Data Integration
13 11 (16.92%) Middleware
13 11 (16.92%) SaaS
14 10 (15.38%) Computer Science
14 10 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
14 10 (15.38%) Degree
14 10 (15.38%) Master's Degree
14 10 (15.38%) Software AG
14 10 (15.38%) Software Engineering
14 10 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
14 10 (15.38%) Validation
15 9 (13.85%) Architectural Patterns
15 9 (13.85%) Containerisation
15 9 (13.85%) Enterprise Architecture
15 9 (13.85%) Stakeholder Management

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 (1.54%) CICS
Applications
1 5 (7.69%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 45 (69.23%) Azure
2 18 (27.69%) AWS
3 16 (24.62%) Serverless
4 14 (21.54%) GCP
5 11 (16.92%) SaaS
6 6 (9.23%) IaaS
6 6 (9.23%) PaaS
7 5 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (6.15%) Power Platform
9 3 (4.62%) Entra ID
10 2 (3.08%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (3.08%) Nutanix
10 2 (3.08%) Power Automate
10 2 (3.08%) PowerApps
11 1 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (1.54%) OCI
11 1 (1.54%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.08%) Firewall
1 2 (3.08%) Network Security
1 2 (3.08%) VPN
1 2 (3.08%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.08%) Power BI
2 1 (1.54%) DB2
General
1 25 (38.46%) Finance
2 15 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 13 (20.00%) Banking
4 10 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (10.77%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.62%) Retail
7 2 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.08%) Legal
8 1 (1.54%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.54%) Marketing
8 1 (1.54%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (16.92%) Middleware
2 5 (7.69%) YAML
3 1 (1.54%) .NET
3 1 (1.54%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.54%) React
3 1 (1.54%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.92%) Distributed Systems
2 8 (12.31%) Cloud Native
3 5 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (6.15%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (4.62%) Data Centre
5 3 (4.62%) Management Information System
6 2 (3.08%) AS400
6 2 (3.08%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (3.08%) IoT
6 2 (3.08%) iSeries
7 1 (1.54%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.54%) Life Science
7 1 (1.54%) Mainframe
7 1 (1.54%) NHS
7 1 (1.54%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (35.38%) DevOps
2 20 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (29.23%) Roadmaps
4 18 (27.69%) Microservices
5 17 (26.15%) Agile
6 16 (24.62%) Decision-Making
7 15 (23.08%) Technology Transformation
8 13 (20.00%) Architectural Design
9 12 (18.46%) Project Delivery
10 11 (16.92%) Business Transformation
10 11 (16.92%) Data Integration
11 10 (15.38%) Computer Science
11 10 (15.38%) Software Engineering
11 10 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
11 10 (15.38%) Validation
12 9 (13.85%) Architectural Patterns
12 9 (13.85%) Containerisation
12 9 (13.85%) Enterprise Architecture
12 9 (13.85%) Stakeholder Management
13 7 (10.77%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.08%) Bicep
1 2 (3.08%) JavaScript
1 2 (3.08%) PowerShell
1 2 (3.08%) Python
2 1 (1.54%) COBOL
2 1 (1.54%) Java
2 1 (1.54%) JCL
Qualifications
1 10 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
1 10 (15.38%) Degree
1 10 (15.38%) Master's Degree
2 6 (9.23%) SC Cleared
2 6 (9.23%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.08%) VCAP
3 2 (3.08%) VCDX
3 2 (3.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (1.54%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.54%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.08%) Docker
2 2 (3.08%) vCloud
2 2 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.08%) VMware NSX
2 2 (3.08%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (12.31%) Kubernetes
2 7 (10.77%) Ansible
2 7 (10.77%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (32.31%) Microsoft
2 10 (15.38%) Software AG
3 3 (4.62%) IBM
3 3 (4.62%) VMware
4 2 (3.08%) Broadcom
4 2 (3.08%) Dell
4 2 (3.08%) NetApp
4 2 (3.08%) Nimble Storage
5 1 (1.54%) Google
5 1 (1.54%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.54%) Oracle