Presales Solution Architect Job Trends

Presales Solutions Architect
UK

The median Presales Solutions Architect salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 March 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 639 644 777
Rank change year-on-year +5 +133 +161
Permanent jobs requiring a Presales Solution Architect 37 25 42
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.052% 0.055% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.060% 0.056%
Number of salaries quoted 24 13 13
10th Percentile £65,000 £49,500 -
25th Percentile £70,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £102,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.95% +20.59% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £116,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £92,625 £118,250 £99,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £55,000 £92,500
% change year-on-year +36.36% -40.54% +19.35%

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 65,777 41,647 74,342
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.60% 91.11% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 41,594 22,804 57,442
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £39,073
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 £72,624
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% -5.66%

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 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Presales Solution Architect in the UK

Presales Solution 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 Presales Solution Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 5 March 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 +5 31 £80,000 -21.95% 12
Work from Home +33 13 £81,250 -20.73% 9
London +28 13 £70,000 -34.88% 3
UK excluding London -1 12 £75,000 +36.36% 9
South West - 4 £80,000 -
North West -13 3 £65,000 +18.18% 5
North of England -29 3 £65,000 +18.18% 6
Midlands - 2 £75,000 - 2
West Midlands - 2 £75,000 - 2
East of England - 2 £20,000 -
South East -20 1 £75,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 5 March 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 37 (100.00%) Presales
2 8 (21.62%) AI
3 7 (18.92%) Cisco
3 7 (18.92%) Degree
3 7 (18.92%) Dell
3 7 (18.92%) SD-WAN
3 7 (18.92%) WAN
4 5 (13.51%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (13.51%) Zero Trust
5 4 (10.81%) Azure
5 4 (10.81%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (10.81%) Fortinet
5 4 (10.81%) Innovative Thinking
5 4 (10.81%) LAN
5 4 (10.81%) Master's Degree
5 4 (10.81%) MPLS
5 4 (10.81%) SAP
5 4 (10.81%) Security Cleared
5 4 (10.81%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (8.11%) Meraki
6 3 (8.11%) Service Delivery
6 3 (8.11%) Service Management
6 3 (8.11%) VMware
7 2 (5.41%) AI Transformation
7 2 (5.41%) AIOps
7 2 (5.41%) Analytics
7 2 (5.41%) Ansible
7 2 (5.41%) Aruba
7 2 (5.41%) Azure Data Factory

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 (5.41%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (5.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.81%) Azure
1 4 (10.81%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (5.41%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.41%) Nutanix
2 2 (5.41%) SaaS
3 1 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 7 (18.92%) SD-WAN
1 7 (18.92%) WAN
2 4 (10.81%) LAN
2 4 (10.81%) MPLS
2 4 (10.81%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (2.70%) Broadband
3 1 (2.70%) Firewall
3 1 (2.70%) NGN
3 1 (2.70%) VoIP
3 1 (2.70%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) Big Data
1 2 (5.41%) PostgreSQL
General
1 8 (21.62%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.81%) Finance
3 2 (5.41%) Manufacturing
3 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Legal
4 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) Kafka
1 2 (5.41%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.41%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (5.41%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Licensing
3 1 (2.70%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (100.00%) Presales
2 8 (21.62%) AI
3 5 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (13.51%) Zero Trust
4 4 (10.81%) Innovative Thinking
5 3 (8.11%) Service Delivery
5 3 (8.11%) Service Management
6 2 (5.41%) Data Extraction
6 2 (5.41%) Data Integration
6 2 (5.41%) Data Management
6 2 (5.41%) Data Migration
6 2 (5.41%) Data Science
6 2 (5.41%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (5.41%) Enterprise Data Management
6 2 (5.41%) ERP
6 2 (5.41%) ETL
6 2 (5.41%) ITIL
6 2 (5.41%) Logistics
6 2 (5.41%) Migration
6 2 (5.41%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (18.92%) Degree
2 5 (13.51%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (10.81%) Master's Degree
3 4 (10.81%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.41%) CCDA
4 2 (5.41%) CCNP
4 2 (5.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (2.70%) SAP Certification
5 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) GDPR
1 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.70%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) Ansible
1 2 (5.41%) Grafana
Vendors
1 7 (18.92%) Cisco
1 7 (18.92%) Dell
2 4 (10.81%) Fortinet
2 4 (10.81%) SAP
3 3 (8.11%) Meraki
3 3 (8.11%) VMware
4 2 (5.41%) Aruba
4 2 (5.41%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.41%) NetApp
4 2 (5.41%) Oracle
4 2 (5.41%) Red Hat
4 2 (5.41%) Zscaler
5 1 (2.70%) Ariba
5 1 (2.70%) Broadcom
5 1 (2.70%) Juniper
5 1 (2.70%) Netskope
5 1 (2.70%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow