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 19 May 2026.

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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 667 633 742
Rank change year-on-year -34 +109 +104
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Solutions Architect 77 21 128
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.084% 0.048% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.053% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 49 10 105
10th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £67,875 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £95,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +40.74% -27.42%
75th Percentile £90,000 £99,375 £90,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £122,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £86,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -36.05% +27.41% -6.90%

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 85,926 39,497 91,995
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.36% 89.64% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 56,850 22,880 67,465
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -5.66%

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 19 May 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 19 May 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 -31 62 £87,500 -7.89% 10
London 0 35 £87,500 -23.91% 6
Work from Home +51 29 £90,000 +38.46% 5
UK excluding London -47 27 £55,000 -36.05% 4
Midlands -20 11 £70,000 -26.32%
North West +12 7 - -
North of England -22 7 - -
East Midlands - 7 - -
East of England -12 6 - -
Northern Ireland - 6 £55,000 -
West Midlands -16 4 £70,000 -26.32%
South East - 2 £85,000 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 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 41 (53.25%) Azure
2 23 (29.87%) Microsoft
3 20 (25.97%) DevOps
4 17 (22.08%) Agile
4 17 (22.08%) Roadmaps
4 17 (22.08%) Serverless
5 15 (19.48%) Cloud Security
6 14 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (16.88%) CI/CD
7 13 (16.88%) Microservices
8 12 (15.58%) AI
8 12 (15.58%) AWS
8 12 (15.58%) Presales
9 11 (14.29%) GCP
9 11 (14.29%) Technology Transformation
10 10 (12.99%) Ansible
10 10 (12.99%) Decision-Making
10 10 (12.99%) Infrastructure as Code
10 10 (12.99%) Kubernetes
10 10 (12.99%) Terraform
11 9 (11.69%) Customer Engagement
11 9 (11.69%) Threat Modelling
11 9 (11.69%) VMware
12 8 (10.39%) Architectural Design
12 8 (10.39%) Architectural Patterns
12 8 (10.39%) Broadcom
12 8 (10.39%) Business Transformation
12 8 (10.39%) Project Delivery
12 8 (10.39%) SC Cleared
12 8 (10.39%) 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 1 (1.30%) CICS
1 1 (1.30%) IIS
1 1 (1.30%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (7.79%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 41 (53.25%) Azure
2 17 (22.08%) Serverless
3 12 (15.58%) AWS
4 11 (14.29%) GCP
5 7 (9.09%) IaaS
5 7 (9.09%) Nutanix
5 7 (9.09%) PaaS
6 6 (7.79%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (7.79%) SaaS
7 5 (6.49%) Power Platform
8 3 (3.90%) Entra ID
8 3 (3.90%) Power Automate
8 3 (3.90%) PowerApps
9 2 (2.60%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (1.30%) OCI
10 1 (1.30%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.39%) VSAN
2 4 (5.19%) Firewall
2 4 (5.19%) VPN
3 2 (2.60%) Broadband
3 2 (2.60%) Network Security
4 1 (1.30%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.60%) BigQuery
1 2 (2.60%) Power BI
1 2 (2.60%) Semantic Layer
2 1 (1.30%) DB2
Development Applications
1 3 (3.90%) Snyk
2 2 (2.60%) Jenkins
General
1 19 (24.68%) Finance
2 11 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 7 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (9.09%) Banking
3 7 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 6 (7.79%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.60%) Legal
6 1 (1.30%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.30%) Marketing
6 1 (1.30%) Retail
6 1 (1.30%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.09%) Middleware
2 6 (7.79%) YAML
3 2 (2.60%) .NET
3 2 (2.60%) Node.js
4 1 (1.30%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.30%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (1.30%) React
4 1 (1.30%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.69%) Data Centre
2 8 (10.39%) Cloud Native
2 8 (10.39%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (7.79%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (5.19%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (3.90%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.60%) IoT
6 2 (2.60%) NHS
7 1 (1.30%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.30%) Life Science
7 1 (1.30%) Mainframe
7 1 (1.30%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.30%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.97%) DevOps
2 17 (22.08%) Agile
2 17 (22.08%) Roadmaps
3 15 (19.48%) Cloud Security
4 14 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (16.88%) CI/CD
5 13 (16.88%) Microservices
6 12 (15.58%) AI
6 12 (15.58%) Presales
7 11 (14.29%) Technology Transformation
8 10 (12.99%) Decision-Making
8 10 (12.99%) Infrastructure as Code
9 9 (11.69%) Customer Engagement
9 9 (11.69%) Threat Modelling
10 8 (10.39%) Architectural Design
10 8 (10.39%) Business Transformation
10 8 (10.39%) Project Delivery
10 8 (10.39%) Technical Leadership
10 8 (10.39%) Test Automation
10 8 (10.39%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.19%) Bicep
1 4 (5.19%) Python
2 3 (3.90%) JavaScript
2 3 (3.90%) SQL
3 2 (2.60%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.30%) C#
4 1 (1.30%) COBOL
4 1 (1.30%) Java
4 1 (1.30%) JCL
Qualifications
1 8 (10.39%) SC Cleared
1 8 (10.39%) Security Cleared
1 8 (10.39%) VCAP
1 8 (10.39%) VCDX
1 8 (10.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 6 (7.79%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (7.79%) Degree
2 6 (7.79%) Master's Degree
3 2 (2.60%) DV Cleared
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.90%) GRC
2 2 (2.60%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.60%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (10.39%) VMware Infrastructure
1 8 (10.39%) VMware NSX
1 8 (10.39%) vSphere
2 7 (9.09%) vCloud
3 6 (7.79%) Active Directory
4 4 (5.19%) Docker
5 3 (3.90%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (12.99%) Ansible
1 10 (12.99%) Kubernetes
1 10 (12.99%) Terraform
2 1 (1.30%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 23 (29.87%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.69%) VMware
3 8 (10.39%) Broadcom
4 7 (9.09%) Dell
4 7 (9.09%) NetApp
4 7 (9.09%) Nimble Storage
5 6 (7.79%) Software AG
6 3 (3.90%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (3.90%) Palo Alto
6 3 (3.90%) Tenable
7 1 (1.30%) Google
7 1 (1.30%) IBM
7 1 (1.30%) OpenAI
7 1 (1.30%) Oracle