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 2 May 2026.

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

 6 months to
2 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 639 619 823
Rank change year-on-year -20 +204 +79
Permanent jobs requiring a Presales Solution Architect 71 18 44
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.079% 0.043% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.048% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 45 13 15
10th Percentile £40,000 £49,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £100,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.50% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £88,750 £106,250 £95,625
90th Percentile £94,000 £117,850 £112,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year +27.27% -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 83,677 37,745 90,639
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 89.30% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 53,852 23,399 66,743
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,648 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.79% +12.54% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 2 May 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 2 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 -30 56 £76,250 -23.75% 6
Work from Home +26 29 £85,000 -17.07% 6
London +4 29 £85,000 -17.07% 3
UK excluding London -48 28 £70,000 +27.27% 3
North of England -56 7 £65,000 +18.18% 2
North West -18 6 £65,000 +18.18% 2
East of England - 6 £20,000 -
Wales - 5 £40,000 -
West Midlands - 4 £75,000 - 1
Midlands - 4 £75,000 - 1
South West - 4 £80,000 -
South East - 2 £85,000 -
Yorkshire - 1 £77,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 71 (100.00%) Presales
2 26 (36.62%) Dell
3 23 (32.39%) Degree
4 22 (30.99%) AI
5 17 (23.94%) Cloud Computing
5 17 (23.94%) Innovative Thinking
5 17 (23.94%) Master's Degree
5 17 (23.94%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (16.90%) Cisco
7 11 (15.49%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (12.68%) Meraki
8 9 (12.68%) SD-WAN
8 9 (12.68%) VMware
8 9 (12.68%) WAN
9 8 (11.27%) LAN
9 8 (11.27%) NetApp
9 8 (11.27%) Nutanix
9 8 (11.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 7 (9.86%) Customer Engagement
11 6 (8.45%) Broadcom
11 6 (8.45%) VMware Infrastructure
11 6 (8.45%) Zero Trust
12 5 (7.04%) Azure
12 5 (7.04%) CCNP
12 5 (7.04%) Nimble Storage
12 5 (7.04%) Requirements Workshops
12 5 (7.04%) VCAP
12 5 (7.04%) VCDX
12 5 (7.04%) vCloud
12 5 (7.04%) VMware NSX

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:

Cloud Services
1 17 (23.94%) Cloud Computing
2 8 (11.27%) Nutanix
3 5 (7.04%) Azure
4 2 (2.82%) AWS
4 2 (2.82%) GCP
4 2 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.41%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.41%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.41%) GitHub
5 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.41%) Rubrik
5 1 (1.41%) SaaS
5 1 (1.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (12.68%) SD-WAN
1 9 (12.68%) WAN
2 8 (11.27%) LAN
3 5 (7.04%) VSAN
4 4 (5.63%) MPLS
5 3 (4.23%) Firewall
6 2 (2.82%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.41%) Broadband
7 1 (1.41%) Network Security
7 1 (1.41%) NGN
7 1 (1.41%) VoIP
7 1 (1.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.41%) CircleCI
1 1 (1.41%) GitLab
1 1 (1.41%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.41%) Snyk
General
1 21 (29.58%) Social Skills
2 2 (2.82%) Finance
2 2 (2.82%) Public Sector
3 1 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (1.41%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.82%) Kafka
1 2 (2.82%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 23 (32.39%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.41%) AI Agents
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Licensing
2 1 (1.41%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.41%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (100.00%) Presales
2 22 (30.99%) AI
3 17 (23.94%) Innovative Thinking
3 17 (23.94%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (9.86%) Customer Engagement
5 6 (8.45%) Zero Trust
6 5 (7.04%) Requirements Workshops
6 5 (7.04%) Workshop Facilitation
7 4 (5.63%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (4.23%) Enterprise Architecture
9 2 (2.82%) Agile
9 2 (2.82%) CI/CD
9 2 (2.82%) Cloud Security
9 2 (2.82%) Creative Thinking
9 2 (2.82%) DevOps
9 2 (2.82%) Open Source
9 2 (2.82%) Roadmaps
9 2 (2.82%) Service Delivery
9 2 (2.82%) Service Management
9 2 (2.82%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.23%) Python
2 1 (1.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (32.39%) Degree
2 17 (23.94%) Master's Degree
3 11 (15.49%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (11.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (7.04%) CCNP
5 5 (7.04%) VCAP
5 5 (7.04%) VCDX
6 3 (4.23%) CCDA
6 3 (4.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.82%) GDPR
1 2 (2.82%) GRC
1 2 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (2.82%) NIST
2 1 (1.41%) HIPAA
System Software
1 6 (8.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (7.04%) vCloud
2 5 (7.04%) VMware NSX
2 5 (7.04%) vSphere
3 1 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (2.82%) Ansible
1 2 (2.82%) Grafana
2 1 (1.41%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 26 (36.62%) Dell
2 12 (16.90%) Cisco
3 9 (12.68%) Meraki
3 9 (12.68%) VMware
4 8 (11.27%) NetApp
5 6 (8.45%) Broadcom
6 5 (7.04%) Nimble Storage
7 4 (5.63%) Aruba
7 4 (5.63%) Palo Alto
7 4 (5.63%) Zscaler
8 3 (4.23%) Fortinet
8 3 (4.23%) Juniper
8 3 (4.23%) Microsoft
8 3 (4.23%) Netskope
8 3 (4.23%) Red Hat
9 2 (2.82%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (1.41%) Cognizant
10 1 (1.41%) Commvault
10 1 (1.41%) Tenable
10 1 (1.41%) Veritas
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