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 6 October 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 755 636 695
Rank change year-on-year -119 +59 -25
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Solutions Architect 63 30 74
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.053% 0.061% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.067% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 43 25 42
10th Percentile £55,000 £43,050 £56,625
25th Percentile £70,000 £51,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +17.24% -17.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £94,375
90th Percentile £111,500 £105,750 £116,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -31.03%

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 109,799 44,474 69,871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 89.76% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 74,691 25,606 40,305
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £35,718 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,589 £54,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -0.91% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,566 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.11% -6.87% -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 6 October 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 6 October 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 -96 54 £90,000 -10.00% 176
London -47 35 £90,000 -1.37% 103
Work from Home -18 25 £90,000 +73.08% 57
UK excluding London -137 21 £70,000 +7.69% 70
North of England -60 9 £70,000 +7.69% 27
Yorkshire - 8 £70,000 - 8
Northern Ireland -88 6 £55,000 +15.18% 2
Midlands - 3 - - 7
West Midlands - 3 - - 3
East of England - 2 - - 2
North West -32 1 - - 18
South East - 1 £90,000 - 18

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

For the 6 months to 6 October 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 17 (26.98%) Microsoft
2 15 (23.81%) Presales
3 14 (22.22%) Azure
4 13 (20.63%) CI/CD
4 13 (20.63%) Cloud Security
5 11 (17.46%) SQL
6 10 (15.87%) AI
6 10 (15.87%) Broadcom
6 10 (15.87%) Kubernetes
6 10 (15.87%) VCAP
6 10 (15.87%) VCDX
6 10 (15.87%) VMware
6 10 (15.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 10 (15.87%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (15.87%) VMware NSX
6 10 (15.87%) VSAN
6 10 (15.87%) vSphere
7 9 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
7 9 (14.29%) Migration
8 8 (12.70%) DevOps
8 8 (12.70%) Roadmaps
8 8 (12.70%) Security Architecture
8 8 (12.70%) Serverless
8 8 (12.70%) Terraform
8 8 (12.70%) Test Automation
9 7 (11.11%) Customer Engagement
9 7 (11.11%) Data Modelling
9 7 (11.11%) Observability
9 7 (11.11%) SC Cleared
9 7 (11.11%) Security Cleared

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 2 (3.17%) IIS
1 2 (3.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.17%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (22.22%) Azure
2 8 (12.70%) Serverless
3 5 (7.94%) AWS
3 5 (7.94%) Azure AKS
3 5 (7.94%) GCP
3 5 (7.94%) Nutanix
3 5 (7.94%) Power Platform
4 4 (6.35%) Azure Key Vault
4 4 (6.35%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (6.35%) Entra ID
4 4 (6.35%) IaaS
4 4 (6.35%) PaaS
5 3 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (4.76%) Azure Functions
6 2 (3.17%) Azure App Service
6 2 (3.17%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (3.17%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (3.17%) Power Automate
6 2 (3.17%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (15.87%) VSAN
2 6 (9.52%) Firewall
3 4 (6.35%) Broadband
3 4 (6.35%) DNS
3 4 (6.35%) Network Security
3 4 (6.35%) VPN
4 2 (3.17%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.35%) Azure SQL Database
1 4 (6.35%) BigQuery
1 4 (6.35%) Semantic Layer
2 3 (4.76%) Power BI
3 1 (1.59%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.59%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (6.35%) Jenkins
2 3 (4.76%) Snyk
General
1 12 (19.05%) Finance
2 6 (9.52%) Social Skills
3 5 (7.94%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.17%) Police
6 1 (1.59%) Legal
6 1 (1.59%) Legal Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.70%) Terraform
2 4 (6.35%) Node.js
3 2 (3.17%) .NET
3 2 (3.17%) HTML5 Canvas
3 2 (3.17%) Middleware
3 2 (3.17%) YAML
4 1 (1.59%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 12 (19.05%) Data Centre
2 6 (9.52%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.17%) Cloud Security Posture
3 2 (3.17%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (3.17%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.17%) PKI
3 2 (3.17%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.59%) IoT
4 1 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.59%) NHS
4 1 (1.59%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.17%) Linux
1 2 (3.17%) Windows
1 2 (3.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (23.81%) Presales
2 13 (20.63%) CI/CD
2 13 (20.63%) Cloud Security
3 10 (15.87%) AI
4 9 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
4 9 (14.29%) Migration
5 8 (12.70%) DevOps
5 8 (12.70%) Roadmaps
5 8 (12.70%) Security Architecture
5 8 (12.70%) Test Automation
6 7 (11.11%) Customer Engagement
6 7 (11.11%) Data Modelling
6 7 (11.11%) Observability
7 6 (9.52%) Agile
7 6 (9.52%) Performance Tuning
8 5 (7.94%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (7.94%) Requirements Workshops
8 5 (7.94%) SDLC
8 5 (7.94%) Threat Modelling
8 5 (7.94%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 11 (17.46%) SQL
2 6 (9.52%) Bicep
3 5 (7.94%) Python
4 2 (3.17%) C#
4 2 (3.17%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (15.87%) VCAP
1 10 (15.87%) VCDX
1 10 (15.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 7 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 7 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.17%) Azure Certification
3 2 (3.17%) CISSP
3 2 (3.17%) DV Cleared
3 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.17%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.35%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.76%) GRC
3 1 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.59%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (15.87%) VMware Infrastructure
1 10 (15.87%) VMware NSX
1 10 (15.87%) vSphere
2 6 (9.52%) Docker
2 6 (9.52%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (7.94%) vCloud
4 3 (4.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (15.87%) Kubernetes
2 5 (7.94%) vCenter Server
3 4 (6.35%) Ansible
4 2 (3.17%) Grafana
Vendors
1 17 (26.98%) Microsoft
2 10 (15.87%) Broadcom
2 10 (15.87%) VMware
3 5 (7.94%) Dell
3 5 (7.94%) NetApp
3 5 (7.94%) Nimble Storage
4 3 (4.76%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (4.76%) Palo Alto
4 3 (4.76%) Tenable
5 2 (3.17%) CyberArk
5 2 (3.17%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.59%) Aderant
6 1 (1.59%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.59%) iManage
6 1 (1.59%) Intapp