Presales Solution Architect Job Trends

Presales Solutions Architect
UK

The median Presales Solutions Architect salary in the UK is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
4 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 654 666 790
Rank change year-on-year +12 +124 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Presales Solution Architect 134 17 27
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.034% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.038% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 117 11 10
10th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £54,875
25th Percentile £73,750 £91,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £95,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% -15.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,938
90th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% -16.67% -

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 97,595 44,677 79,563
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.20% 90.06% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 66,719 26,547 53,755
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,991
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £90,793
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -6.54%

Presales Solution Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Presales Solution Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Presales Solution Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Presales Solution Architect
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Presales Solution Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Presales Solution Architect job vacancies in the UK

Presales Solution Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Presales Solution Architect over the 6 months to 4 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Presales Solution Architect in the UK

Presales Solution Architect
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Presales Solution Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 4 August 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 0 89 £75,000 -21.05% 18
Work from Home +44 73 £90,000 -6.49% 6
UK excluding London -39 47 £65,000 -13.33% 10
London -11 41 £85,000 -10.53% 10
North of England -15 24 £65,000 -13.33% 6
North West - 22 £65,000 - 5
Midlands - 7 £75,000 -
West Midlands - 7 £75,000 -
Wales - 6 £40,000 -
South West -58 4 £80,000 -
East of England - 4 £20,000 -
Yorkshire -33 2 £78,750 +5.00% 1
South East - 2 £85,000 - 2

Presales Solution Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 August 2026, Presales Solution 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 Presales Solution Architect in the job title.

1 134 (100.00%) Presales
2 26 (19.40%) AI
3 22 (16.42%) Dell
4 21 (15.67%) VMware
5 19 (14.18%) Azure
6 18 (13.43%) Broadcom
6 18 (13.43%) Degree
6 18 (13.43%) VMware NSX
6 18 (13.43%) VSAN
7 14 (10.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 13 (9.70%) Cloud Computing
8 13 (9.70%) Innovative Thinking
8 13 (9.70%) Master's Degree
8 13 (9.70%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (8.96%) B2B
9 12 (8.96%) Customer Engagement
9 12 (8.96%) VCAP
9 12 (8.96%) VCDX
9 12 (8.96%) VMware Infrastructure
9 12 (8.96%) vSphere
10 11 (8.21%) Cisco
10 11 (8.21%) Cybersecurity
10 11 (8.21%) Mitel
10 11 (8.21%) Requirements Workshops
11 10 (7.46%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (7.46%) Kubernetes
11 10 (7.46%) Microsoft
11 10 (7.46%) Nutanix
12 9 (6.72%) Meraki
12 9 (6.72%) NetApp

Presales Solution 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 (1.49%) Appian
2 1 (0.75%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 19 (14.18%) Azure
2 13 (9.70%) Cloud Computing
3 10 (7.46%) Nutanix
4 6 (4.48%) AWS
4 6 (4.48%) GCP
5 4 (2.99%) Azure AKS
6 3 (2.24%) Serverless
7 1 (0.75%) Azure AI
7 1 (0.75%) GitHub
7 1 (0.75%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.75%) Rubrik
7 1 (0.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (13.43%) VSAN
2 8 (5.97%) LAN
2 8 (5.97%) WAN
3 7 (5.22%) SD-WAN
4 4 (2.99%) Firewall
4 4 (2.99%) MPLS
4 4 (2.99%) Unified Communications
5 2 (1.49%) VPN
6 1 (0.75%) Broadband
6 1 (0.75%) Network Security
6 1 (0.75%) NGN
6 1 (0.75%) VoIP
6 1 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (2.24%) Snyk
2 1 (0.75%) CircleCI
2 1 (0.75%) GitLab
2 1 (0.75%) Jenkins
General
1 24 (17.91%) Social Skills
2 12 (8.96%) Telecoms
3 4 (2.99%) Advertising
4 3 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (1.49%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.75%) Finance
6 1 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 26 (19.40%) Data Centre
2 1 (0.75%) AI Agents
2 1 (0.75%) Onboarding
2 1 (0.75%) Private Cloud
2 1 (0.75%) Public Cloud
2 1 (0.75%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (100.00%) Presales
2 26 (19.40%) AI
3 13 (9.70%) Innovative Thinking
3 13 (9.70%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (8.96%) B2B
4 12 (8.96%) Customer Engagement
5 11 (8.21%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (8.21%) Requirements Workshops
6 9 (6.72%) Workshop Facilitation
7 8 (5.97%) Customer Requirements
7 8 (5.97%) DevOps
8 7 (5.22%) LLM
8 7 (5.22%) Security Architecture
9 6 (4.48%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (3.73%) Commercial Awareness
10 5 (3.73%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (3.73%) Infrastructure as Code
10 5 (3.73%) Strategic Thinking
11 4 (2.99%) IT Strategy
11 4 (2.99%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.75%) PowerShell
1 1 (0.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (13.43%) Degree
2 14 (10.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 13 (9.70%) Master's Degree
4 12 (8.96%) VCAP
4 12 (8.96%) VCDX
5 10 (7.46%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (3.73%) CCNP
6 5 (3.73%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.49%) CCDA
7 2 (1.49%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.22%) GRC
2 2 (1.49%) GDPR
2 2 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.49%) NIST
3 1 (0.75%) HIPAA
System Software
1 18 (13.43%) VMware NSX
2 12 (8.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (8.96%) vSphere
3 7 (5.22%) vCloud
4 3 (2.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (7.46%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.73%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.75%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.75%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 22 (16.42%) Dell
2 21 (15.67%) VMware
3 18 (13.43%) Broadcom
4 11 (8.21%) Cisco
4 11 (8.21%) Mitel
5 10 (7.46%) Microsoft
6 9 (6.72%) Meraki
6 9 (6.72%) NetApp
7 7 (5.22%) CrowdStrike
7 7 (5.22%) Nimble Storage
8 6 (4.48%) Palo Alto
9 3 (2.24%) Aruba
9 3 (2.24%) Google
9 3 (2.24%) Juniper
9 3 (2.24%) Netskope
9 3 (2.24%) Tenable
9 3 (2.24%) Zscaler
10 2 (1.49%) Micro Focus
10 2 (1.49%) Pega
10 2 (1.49%) Red Hat
28 Presales Solution Architect jobs Nationwide