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 19 April 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 648 628 826
Rank change year-on-year -20 +198 +100
Permanent jobs requiring a Presales Solution Architect 68 19 39
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.078% 0.046% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.084% 0.051% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 41 14 12
10th Percentile £40,000 £50,500 £55,750
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £101,250 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.46% +22.73% -2.94%
75th Percentile £87,500 £112,250 £95,313
90th Percentile £92,500 £118,000 £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 80,529 37,301 89,502
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 89.33% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 51,589 23,381 66,338
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £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 19 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 19 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 -30 55 £75,000 -25.93% 1
London +11 29 £77,500 -24.39% 1
UK excluding London -36 26 £75,000 +36.36% 3
Work from Home +13 23 £83,750 -18.29% 5
North of England -58 7 £65,000 +18.18%
North West -19 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 - 3 £40,000 - 3
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 19 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 68 (100.00%) Presales
2 24 (35.29%) Dell
3 23 (33.82%) Degree
4 21 (30.88%) AI
5 17 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
5 17 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
5 17 (25.00%) Master's Degree
5 17 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (17.65%) Cisco
7 11 (16.18%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (13.24%) Meraki
8 9 (13.24%) SD-WAN
8 9 (13.24%) WAN
9 8 (11.76%) LAN
10 7 (10.29%) VMware
11 6 (8.82%) Azure
11 6 (8.82%) NetApp
11 6 (8.82%) Nutanix
11 6 (8.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (8.82%) Zero Trust
12 5 (7.35%) CCNP
12 5 (7.35%) Customer Engagement
13 4 (5.88%) Aruba
13 4 (5.88%) Broadcom
13 4 (5.88%) MPLS
13 4 (5.88%) Security Cleared
13 4 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
13 4 (5.88%) Workshop Facilitation
13 4 (5.88%) Zscaler
14 3 (4.41%) 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 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.47%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 17 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
2 6 (8.82%) Azure
2 6 (8.82%) Nutanix
3 2 (2.94%) AWS
3 2 (2.94%) GCP
3 2 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.94%) SaaS
4 1 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.47%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.47%) GitHub
4 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (1.47%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 9 (13.24%) SD-WAN
1 9 (13.24%) WAN
2 8 (11.76%) LAN
3 4 (5.88%) MPLS
4 3 (4.41%) Firewall
4 3 (4.41%) VSAN
5 2 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.47%) Broadband
6 1 (1.47%) Network Security
6 1 (1.47%) NGN
6 1 (1.47%) VoIP
6 1 (1.47%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.47%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (1.47%) CircleCI
1 1 (1.47%) GitLab
1 1 (1.47%) Jenkins
General
1 22 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 4 (5.88%) Finance
3 2 (2.94%) Manufacturing
3 2 (2.94%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (1.47%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.94%) Kafka
1 2 (2.94%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 21 (30.88%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.94%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.47%) AI Agents
3 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Licensing
3 1 (1.47%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.47%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.47%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (100.00%) Presales
2 21 (30.88%) AI
3 17 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
3 17 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (8.82%) Zero Trust
5 5 (7.35%) Customer Engagement
6 4 (5.88%) Workshop Facilitation
7 3 (4.41%) Enterprise Architecture
7 3 (4.41%) Requirements Workshops
7 3 (4.41%) Roadmaps
8 2 (2.94%) Agile
8 2 (2.94%) AI Transformation
8 2 (2.94%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (2.94%) Data Governance
8 2 (2.94%) DevOps
8 2 (2.94%) Logistics
8 2 (2.94%) Open Source
8 2 (2.94%) Service Delivery
8 2 (2.94%) Service Management
8 2 (2.94%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.41%) Python
2 1 (1.47%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (33.82%) Degree
2 17 (25.00%) Master's Degree
3 11 (16.18%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (8.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (7.35%) CCNP
6 4 (5.88%) Security Cleared
7 3 (4.41%) CCDA
7 3 (4.41%) VCAP
7 3 (4.41%) VCDX
8 1 (1.47%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.94%) GDPR
1 2 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (2.94%) NIST
2 1 (1.47%) HIPAA
System Software
1 4 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.41%) vCloud
2 3 (4.41%) VMware NSX
2 3 (4.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (2.94%) Ansible
1 2 (2.94%) Grafana
2 1 (1.47%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 24 (35.29%) Dell
2 12 (17.65%) Cisco
3 9 (13.24%) Meraki
4 7 (10.29%) VMware
5 6 (8.82%) NetApp
6 4 (5.88%) Aruba
6 4 (5.88%) Broadcom
6 4 (5.88%) Zscaler
7 3 (4.41%) Fortinet
7 3 (4.41%) Juniper
7 3 (4.41%) Netskope
7 3 (4.41%) Nimble Storage
7 3 (4.41%) Palo Alto
7 3 (4.41%) Red Hat
7 3 (4.41%) SAP
8 2 (2.94%) Microsoft
9 1 (1.47%) Ariba
9 1 (1.47%) Cognizant
9 1 (1.47%) Commvault
9 1 (1.47%) Oracle