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 28 March 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 632 621 751
Rank change year-on-year -11 +130 +118
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Solutions Architect 61 21 114
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.078% 0.051% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.057% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 36 11 83
10th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £73,625 £62,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £95,000 £71,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +33.80% -21.11%
75th Percentile £89,063 £101,875 £90,000
90th Percentile £91,875 £160,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £86,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -12.79% +27.41% -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 71,927 36,735 83,837
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 90.01% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 46,076 23,059 63,351
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,608 £72,466
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -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 28 March 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 28 March 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 +8 55 £85,000 -6.08% 2
London +25 32 £85,000 -17.07% 2
UK excluding London -47 21 £75,000 -12.79% 1
Work from Home +10 17 £90,000 +35.34% 3
Midlands -21 11 £70,000 -26.32%
North of England -46 11 - -
North West - 11 - -
East Midlands - 10 - -
East of England -24 5 - -
South East -31 2 £85,000 +60.38% 1
West Midlands -11 1 £70,000 -26.32%

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

For the 6 months to 28 March 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 44 (72.13%) Azure
2 24 (39.34%) DevOps
3 22 (36.07%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (34.43%) Roadmaps
5 20 (32.79%) Microsoft
6 19 (31.15%) Agile
6 19 (31.15%) Microservices
7 17 (27.87%) Technology Transformation
8 16 (26.23%) AWS
8 16 (26.23%) Decision-Making
9 15 (24.59%) Architectural Design
9 15 (24.59%) Serverless
10 14 (22.95%) GCP
10 14 (22.95%) Project Delivery
11 13 (21.31%) Data Integration
11 13 (21.31%) Middleware
11 13 (21.31%) SaaS
12 12 (19.67%) Computer Science
12 12 (19.67%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (19.67%) Degree
12 12 (19.67%) Master's Degree
12 12 (19.67%) Software AG
12 12 (19.67%) Software Engineering
12 12 (19.67%) Technical Leadership
12 12 (19.67%) Validation
13 11 (18.03%) Business Transformation
14 9 (14.75%) Containerisation
14 9 (14.75%) Enterprise Architecture
14 9 (14.75%) Stakeholder Management
15 8 (13.11%) Architectural Patterns

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 (1.64%) CICS
Applications
1 4 (6.56%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 44 (72.13%) Azure
2 16 (26.23%) AWS
3 15 (24.59%) Serverless
4 14 (22.95%) GCP
5 13 (21.31%) SaaS
6 5 (8.20%) IaaS
6 5 (8.20%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (8.20%) PaaS
7 4 (6.56%) Power Platform
8 3 (4.92%) Entra ID
9 2 (3.28%) Nutanix
9 2 (3.28%) Power Automate
9 2 (3.28%) PowerApps
10 1 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (1.64%) OCI
10 1 (1.64%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.28%) Firewall
1 2 (3.28%) VPN
1 2 (3.28%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.28%) Power BI
2 1 (1.64%) DB2
General
1 26 (42.62%) Finance
2 17 (27.87%) Social Skills
3 15 (24.59%) Banking
4 12 (19.67%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (19.67%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (6.56%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.92%) Retail
7 2 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.28%) Legal
8 1 (1.64%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.64%) Marketing
8 1 (1.64%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (21.31%) Middleware
2 4 (6.56%) YAML
3 1 (1.64%) .NET
3 1 (1.64%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.64%) React
3 1 (1.64%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.03%) Distributed Systems
2 8 (13.11%) Cloud Native
3 5 (8.20%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (4.92%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (4.92%) Data Centre
4 3 (4.92%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.28%) AS400
5 2 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (3.28%) IoT
5 2 (3.28%) iSeries
6 1 (1.64%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.64%) Life Science
6 1 (1.64%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.64%) NHS
6 1 (1.64%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (39.34%) DevOps
2 22 (36.07%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (34.43%) Roadmaps
4 19 (31.15%) Agile
4 19 (31.15%) Microservices
5 17 (27.87%) Technology Transformation
6 16 (26.23%) Decision-Making
7 15 (24.59%) Architectural Design
8 14 (22.95%) Project Delivery
9 13 (21.31%) Data Integration
10 12 (19.67%) Computer Science
10 12 (19.67%) Software Engineering
10 12 (19.67%) Technical Leadership
10 12 (19.67%) Validation
11 11 (18.03%) Business Transformation
12 9 (14.75%) Containerisation
12 9 (14.75%) Enterprise Architecture
12 9 (14.75%) Stakeholder Management
13 8 (13.11%) Architectural Patterns
14 7 (11.48%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.28%) Bicep
1 2 (3.28%) JavaScript
1 2 (3.28%) PowerShell
1 2 (3.28%) Python
2 1 (1.64%) COBOL
2 1 (1.64%) Java
2 1 (1.64%) JCL
Qualifications
1 12 (19.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 12 (19.67%) Degree
1 12 (19.67%) Master's Degree
2 3 (4.92%) SC Cleared
2 3 (4.92%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.28%) VCAP
3 2 (3.28%) VCDX
3 2 (3.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (1.64%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.64%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (8.20%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.28%) Docker
2 2 (3.28%) vCloud
2 2 (3.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.28%) VMware NSX
2 2 (3.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (11.48%) Kubernetes
2 6 (9.84%) Ansible
2 6 (9.84%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (32.79%) Microsoft
2 12 (19.67%) Software AG
3 3 (4.92%) IBM
3 3 (4.92%) VMware
4 2 (3.28%) Broadcom
4 2 (3.28%) Dell
4 2 (3.28%) NetApp
4 2 (3.28%) Nimble Storage
5 1 (1.64%) Google
5 1 (1.64%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.64%) Oracle