Presales Solution Architect Job Trends

Presales Solutions Architect
UK

The median Presales Solutions Architect salary in the UK is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 April 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 630 607 825
Rank change year-on-year -23 +218 +112
Permanent jobs requiring a Presales Solution Architect 65 20 39
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.080% 0.049% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% 0.054% 0.045%
Number of salaries quoted 39 15 12
10th Percentile £35,500 £51,500 £55,750
25th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £102,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.39% +24.24% -2.94%
75th Percentile £87,500 £115,250 £95,313
90th Percentile £92,750 £117,750 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £55,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year +36.36% -38.89% +16.13%

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 74,800 36,762 86,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 89.83% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 48,216 23,292 64,576
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,650
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.79% -8.92%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,375
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -4.76%

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 5 April 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 5 April 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 -11 53 £75,000 -26.83% 7
London -3 27 £70,000 -33.33% 5
UK excluding London -50 25 £75,000 +36.36% 6
Work from Home +12 21 £83,750 -18.29% 8
North of England -52 7 £65,000 +18.18% 1
North West -23 6 £65,000 +18.18%
East of England - 6 £20,000 -
West Midlands - 4 £75,000 -
South West - 4 £80,000 -
Midlands - 4 £75,000 -
Wales - 2 £40,000 - 3
South East - 2 £85,000 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 £77,500 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 5 April 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 65 (100.00%) Presales
2 23 (35.38%) Degree
2 23 (35.38%) Dell
3 22 (33.85%) AI
4 17 (26.15%) Cloud Computing
4 17 (26.15%) Innovative Thinking
4 17 (26.15%) Master's Degree
4 17 (26.15%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (18.46%) Cisco
6 11 (16.92%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (13.85%) Meraki
7 9 (13.85%) SD-WAN
7 9 (13.85%) WAN
8 8 (12.31%) LAN
9 6 (9.23%) Azure
9 6 (9.23%) VMware
10 5 (7.69%) CCNP
10 5 (7.69%) NetApp
10 5 (7.69%) Nutanix
10 5 (7.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 5 (7.69%) Zero Trust
11 4 (6.15%) Aruba
11 4 (6.15%) Customer Engagement
11 4 (6.15%) MPLS
11 4 (6.15%) SAP
11 4 (6.15%) Security Cleared
11 4 (6.15%) Workshop Facilitation
11 4 (6.15%) Zscaler
12 3 (4.62%) Broadcom
12 3 (4.62%) CCDA

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:

Business Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (3.08%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 17 (26.15%) Cloud Computing
2 6 (9.23%) Azure
3 5 (7.69%) Nutanix
4 3 (4.62%) SaaS
5 2 (3.08%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.54%) AWS
6 1 (1.54%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.54%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.54%) GCP
6 1 (1.54%) GitHub
6 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 9 (13.85%) SD-WAN
1 9 (13.85%) WAN
2 8 (12.31%) LAN
3 4 (6.15%) MPLS
4 3 (4.62%) Firewall
5 2 (3.08%) VSAN
5 2 (3.08%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.54%) Broadband
6 1 (1.54%) Network Security
6 1 (1.54%) NGN
6 1 (1.54%) VoIP
6 1 (1.54%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.08%) Big Data
1 2 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.54%) CircleCI
1 1 (1.54%) GitLab
1 1 (1.54%) Jenkins
General
1 21 (32.31%) Social Skills
2 4 (6.15%) Finance
3 2 (3.08%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (1.54%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.54%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.08%) Kafka
1 2 (3.08%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 20 (30.77%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.08%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (3.08%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.54%) AI Agents
3 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Licensing
3 1 (1.54%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (100.00%) Presales
2 22 (33.85%) AI
3 17 (26.15%) Innovative Thinking
3 17 (26.15%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (7.69%) Zero Trust
5 4 (6.15%) Customer Engagement
5 4 (6.15%) Workshop Facilitation
6 3 (4.62%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (4.62%) Roadmaps
7 2 (3.08%) AI Transformation
7 2 (3.08%) Big Data Analytics
7 2 (3.08%) Data Analytics
7 2 (3.08%) Data Extraction
7 2 (3.08%) Data Governance
7 2 (3.08%) Data Integration
7 2 (3.08%) Data Migration
7 2 (3.08%) Enterprise Data Management
7 2 (3.08%) Open Source
7 2 (3.08%) Use Case
7 2 (3.08%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (35.38%) Degree
2 17 (26.15%) Master's Degree
3 11 (16.92%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (7.69%) CCNP
4 5 (7.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 4 (6.15%) Security Cleared
6 3 (4.62%) CCDA
7 2 (3.08%) VCAP
7 2 (3.08%) VCDX
8 1 (1.54%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.54%) GDPR
1 1 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.54%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (4.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.08%) vCloud
2 2 (3.08%) VMware NSX
2 2 (3.08%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (3.08%) Ansible
1 2 (3.08%) Grafana
Vendors
1 23 (35.38%) Dell
2 12 (18.46%) Cisco
3 9 (13.85%) Meraki
4 6 (9.23%) VMware
5 5 (7.69%) NetApp
6 4 (6.15%) Aruba
6 4 (6.15%) SAP
6 4 (6.15%) Zscaler
7 3 (4.62%) Broadcom
7 3 (4.62%) Fortinet
7 3 (4.62%) Juniper
7 3 (4.62%) Netskope
7 3 (4.62%) Palo Alto
7 3 (4.62%) Red Hat
8 2 (3.08%) Microsoft
8 2 (3.08%) Nimble Storage
8 2 (3.08%) Oracle
9 1 (1.54%) Ariba
9 1 (1.54%) Google