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 8 February 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 622 667 714
Rank change year-on-year +45 +47 +141
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Solutions Architect 44 30 88
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.067% 0.059% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.074% 0.064% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 27 10 59
10th Percentile £69,750 £62,075 £47,500
25th Percentile £75,000 £85,938 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £91,250 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.85% +17.74% -11.43%
75th Percentile £88,750 £103,750 £92,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £162,000 £106,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,500 £59,750 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.28% -20.33% -6.25%

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 59,491 46,587 70,587
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 91.89% 94.95%
Number of salaries quoted 37,142 24,097 55,321
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,520
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 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 8 February 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 8 February 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 +69 42 £85,000 -5.56% 6
London +58 26 £85,000 -8.11% 4
UK excluding London +44 16 £63,500 +6.28% 4
Work from Home +46 10 £75,000 -16.67% 4
North of England 0 9 - -
North West - 9 - -
Midlands +18 6 - - 2
East Midlands - 6 - - 2
East of England - 5 - -
South East +9 1 £75,000 +41.51% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £52,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 8 February 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 37 (84.09%) Azure
2 22 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (47.73%) DevOps
3 21 (47.73%) Roadmaps
4 20 (45.45%) Agile
5 19 (43.18%) Microsoft
5 19 (43.18%) Technology Transformation
6 18 (40.91%) Decision-Making
7 17 (38.64%) Architectural Design
7 17 (38.64%) Microservices
8 16 (36.36%) Project Delivery
9 15 (34.09%) Data Integration
9 15 (34.09%) SaaS
10 14 (31.82%) Computer Science
10 14 (31.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (31.82%) Degree
10 14 (31.82%) Master's Degree
10 14 (31.82%) Middleware
10 14 (31.82%) Software AG
10 14 (31.82%) Software Engineering
10 14 (31.82%) Technical Leadership
10 14 (31.82%) Validation
11 12 (27.27%) AWS
12 10 (22.73%) GCP
13 8 (18.18%) Serverless
14 7 (15.91%) Business Transformation
14 7 (15.91%) Event-Driven
15 6 (13.64%) Containerisation
15 6 (13.64%) Enterprise Architecture
15 6 (13.64%) 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.27%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 37 (84.09%) Azure
2 15 (34.09%) SaaS
3 12 (27.27%) AWS
4 10 (22.73%) GCP
5 8 (18.18%) Serverless
6 5 (11.36%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (6.82%) Entra ID
7 3 (6.82%) Power Platform
8 2 (4.55%) Power Automate
8 2 (4.55%) PowerApps
9 1 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (2.27%) IaaS
9 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (2.27%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.55%) Power BI
General
1 22 (50.00%) Finance
2 20 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 17 (38.64%) Banking
4 15 (34.09%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (31.82%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (6.82%) Retail
7 2 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.55%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.27%) Legal
8 1 (2.27%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.27%) Marketing
8 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (31.82%) Middleware
2 1 (2.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.91%) Cloud Native
1 7 (15.91%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (6.82%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.55%) AS400
3 2 (4.55%) IoT
3 2 (4.55%) iSeries
3 2 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.27%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.27%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (47.73%) DevOps
2 21 (47.73%) Roadmaps
3 20 (45.45%) Agile
4 19 (43.18%) Technology Transformation
5 18 (40.91%) Decision-Making
6 17 (38.64%) Architectural Design
6 17 (38.64%) Microservices
7 16 (36.36%) Project Delivery
8 15 (34.09%) Data Integration
9 14 (31.82%) Computer Science
9 14 (31.82%) Software Engineering
9 14 (31.82%) Technical Leadership
9 14 (31.82%) Validation
10 7 (15.91%) Business Transformation
10 7 (15.91%) Event-Driven
11 6 (13.64%) Containerisation
11 6 (13.64%) Enterprise Architecture
11 6 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
12 5 (11.36%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.55%) JavaScript
1 2 (4.55%) PowerShell
1 2 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (31.82%) Computer Science Degree
1 14 (31.82%) Degree
1 14 (31.82%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.27%) AWS Certification
2 1 (2.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.27%) GDPR
1 1 (2.27%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (6.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.55%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.27%) Ansible
2 1 (2.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (43.18%) Microsoft
2 14 (31.82%) Software AG
3 2 (4.55%) IBM
4 1 (2.27%) OpenAI