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 21 January 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 599 675 664
Rank change year-on-year +76 -11 +179
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Solutions Architect 36 34 87
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.058% 0.064% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.064% 0.069% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 23 11 52
10th Percentile £72,000 £63,250 £55,250
25th Percentile £76,250 £86,250 £65,938
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 £104,850
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £59,750 £75,000
% change year-on-year -12.97% -20.33% -13.04%

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 55,891 49,062 59,885
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.82% 92.63% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 34,637 25,329 46,560
10th Percentile £28,697 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,097
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +8.90% -8.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £95,000
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 21 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 21 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 +65 34 £85,000 -5.56% 8
London +50 20 £85,000 -6.85% 7
UK excluding London +56 15 £52,000 -12.97% 3
Work from Home +56 8 £52,000 -42.22% 5
North of England +22 8 - -
North West - 8 - -
Midlands +27 5 - -
East Midlands - 5 - -
East of England - 5 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 2 £52,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 21 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 30 (83.33%) Azure
2 21 (58.33%) Roadmaps
3 20 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (52.78%) DevOps
4 19 (52.78%) Technology Transformation
5 18 (50.00%) Decision-Making
6 17 (47.22%) Agile
6 17 (47.22%) Architectural Design
6 17 (47.22%) Microsoft
7 16 (44.44%) Microservices
8 15 (41.67%) Project Delivery
8 15 (41.67%) SaaS
9 14 (38.89%) Computer Science
9 14 (38.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (38.89%) Data Integration
9 14 (38.89%) Degree
9 14 (38.89%) Master's Degree
9 14 (38.89%) Middleware
9 14 (38.89%) Software AG
9 14 (38.89%) Software Engineering
9 14 (38.89%) Technical Leadership
9 14 (38.89%) Validation
10 10 (27.78%) AWS
11 8 (22.22%) GCP
12 7 (19.44%) Event-Driven
13 5 (13.89%) Business Transformation
13 5 (13.89%) Containerisation
13 5 (13.89%) Enterprise Architecture
13 5 (13.89%) Serverless
13 5 (13.89%) 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:

Cloud Services
1 30 (83.33%) Azure
2 15 (41.67%) SaaS
3 10 (27.78%) AWS
4 8 (22.22%) GCP
5 5 (13.89%) Serverless
6 3 (8.33%) Entra ID
6 3 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (2.78%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.78%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.78%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) Power BI
General
1 19 (52.78%) Finance
2 18 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 17 (47.22%) Banking
4 15 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (38.89%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.56%) Retail
7 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (38.89%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (19.44%) Cloud Native
2 5 (13.89%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (8.33%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.56%) AS400
4 2 (5.56%) IoT
4 2 (5.56%) iSeries
4 2 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (58.33%) Roadmaps
2 20 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (52.78%) DevOps
3 19 (52.78%) Technology Transformation
4 18 (50.00%) Decision-Making
5 17 (47.22%) Agile
5 17 (47.22%) Architectural Design
6 16 (44.44%) Microservices
7 15 (41.67%) Project Delivery
8 14 (38.89%) Computer Science
8 14 (38.89%) Data Integration
8 14 (38.89%) Software Engineering
8 14 (38.89%) Technical Leadership
8 14 (38.89%) Validation
9 7 (19.44%) Event-Driven
10 5 (13.89%) Business Transformation
10 5 (13.89%) Containerisation
10 5 (13.89%) Enterprise Architecture
10 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (13.89%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.78%) JavaScript
1 1 (2.78%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (38.89%) Computer Science Degree
1 14 (38.89%) Degree
1 14 (38.89%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.78%) AWS Certification
2 1 (2.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.78%) GDPR
1 1 (2.78%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (47.22%) Microsoft
2 14 (38.89%) Software AG
3 2 (5.56%) IBM