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 23 January 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 614 659 668
Rank change year-on-year +45 +9 +175
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Solutions Architect 39 34 88
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.063% 0.064% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.069% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 25 11 53
10th Percentile £69,000 £63,250 £49,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £90,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +20.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £88,750 £101,250 £92,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £160,000 £104,700
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £59,750 £75,000
% change year-on-year -12.97% -20.33% -11.76%

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 56,506 49,067 60,891
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.75% 92.30% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 35,084 25,365 47,305
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,500 £29,800
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
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 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -4.94%

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 23 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cloud Solutions Architect in the UK

Cloud Solutions Architect
Top 10 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 23 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 +66 36 £85,000 -5.56% 7
London +40 22 £85,000 -6.85% 4
UK excluding London +43 15 £52,000 -12.97% 4
Work from Home +61 9 £52,000 -42.22% 7
North of England +17 8 - - 1
North West - 8 - - 1
Midlands +26 5 - -
East of England - 5 - - 2
East Midlands - 5 - -
Northern Ireland - 2 £52,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 32 (82.05%) Azure
2 22 (56.41%) Roadmaps
3 21 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (51.28%) DevOps
5 19 (48.72%) Agile
5 19 (48.72%) Microsoft
5 19 (48.72%) Technology Transformation
6 18 (46.15%) Decision-Making
7 17 (43.59%) Architectural Design
8 16 (41.03%) Microservices
9 15 (38.46%) Data Integration
9 15 (38.46%) Project Delivery
9 15 (38.46%) SaaS
10 14 (35.90%) Computer Science
10 14 (35.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (35.90%) Degree
10 14 (35.90%) Master's Degree
10 14 (35.90%) Middleware
10 14 (35.90%) Software AG
10 14 (35.90%) Software Engineering
10 14 (35.90%) Technical Leadership
10 14 (35.90%) Validation
11 10 (25.64%) AWS
12 8 (20.51%) GCP
13 7 (17.95%) Event-Driven
14 5 (12.82%) Business Transformation
14 5 (12.82%) Containerisation
14 5 (12.82%) Enterprise Architecture
14 5 (12.82%) Microsoft 365
14 5 (12.82%) Serverless

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:

Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 32 (82.05%) Azure
2 15 (38.46%) SaaS
3 10 (25.64%) AWS
4 8 (20.51%) GCP
5 5 (12.82%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (12.82%) Serverless
6 4 (10.26%) Entra ID
7 3 (7.69%) Power Platform
8 2 (5.13%) Power Automate
8 2 (5.13%) PowerApps
9 1 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.13%) Power BI
General
1 20 (51.28%) Finance
1 20 (51.28%) Social Skills
2 17 (43.59%) Banking
3 15 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (35.90%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (7.69%) Retail
6 2 (5.13%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.56%) Legal
7 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.56%) Marketing
7 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (35.90%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.95%) Cloud Native
2 5 (12.82%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (7.69%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.13%) AS400
4 2 (5.13%) IoT
4 2 (5.13%) iSeries
4 2 (5.13%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.56%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (56.41%) Roadmaps
2 21 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (51.28%) DevOps
4 19 (48.72%) Agile
4 19 (48.72%) Technology Transformation
5 18 (46.15%) Decision-Making
6 17 (43.59%) Architectural Design
7 16 (41.03%) Microservices
8 15 (38.46%) Data Integration
8 15 (38.46%) Project Delivery
9 14 (35.90%) Computer Science
9 14 (35.90%) Software Engineering
9 14 (35.90%) Technical Leadership
9 14 (35.90%) Validation
10 7 (17.95%) Event-Driven
11 5 (12.82%) Business Transformation
11 5 (12.82%) Containerisation
11 5 (12.82%) Enterprise Architecture
11 5 (12.82%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (12.82%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.13%) JavaScript
1 2 (5.13%) PowerShell
1 2 (5.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (35.90%) Computer Science Degree
1 14 (35.90%) Degree
1 14 (35.90%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.56%) AWS Certification
2 1 (2.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) GDPR
1 1 (2.56%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (48.72%) Microsoft
2 14 (35.90%) Software AG
3 2 (5.13%) IBM
4 1 (2.56%) OpenAI