Presales Solution Architect Job Trends

Presales Solutions Architect
UK

The median Presales Solutions Architect salary in the UK is £76,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 April 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 635 636 843
Rank change year-on-year +1 +207 +73
Permanent jobs requiring a Presales Solution Architect 68 19 44
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.076% 0.045% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% 0.051% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 42 14 15
10th Percentile £40,000 £50,500 £58,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £101,250 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.69% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £112,250 £96,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £118,000 £112,000
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 82,554 37,391 90,341
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 88.97% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 52,923 23,445 66,615
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,625 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%
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 26 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 26 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 54 £75,000 -25.93% 7
London -2 29 £85,000 -17.07% 2
UK excluding London -50 27 £75,000 +36.36% 6
Work from Home +28 25 £83,750 -18.29% 9
North of England -57 7 £65,000 +18.18% 2
North West -23 6 £65,000 +18.18% 2
East of England - 6 £20,000 -
South West - 4 £80,000 -
Wales - 4 £40,000 - 3
West Midlands - 4 £75,000 - 1
Midlands - 4 £75,000 - 1
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 26 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 25 (36.76%) Dell
3 23 (33.82%) Degree
4 20 (29.41%) 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
9 8 (11.76%) VMware
10 7 (10.29%) NetApp
10 7 (10.29%) Nutanix
10 7 (10.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (8.82%) Customer Engagement
11 6 (8.82%) Zero Trust
12 5 (7.35%) Azure
12 5 (7.35%) Broadcom
12 5 (7.35%) CCNP
12 5 (7.35%) VMware Infrastructure
13 4 (5.88%) Aruba
13 4 (5.88%) MPLS
13 4 (5.88%) Nimble Storage
13 4 (5.88%) Requirements Workshops
13 4 (5.88%) VCAP
13 4 (5.88%) VCDX

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 1 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 17 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
2 7 (10.29%) Nutanix
3 5 (7.35%) Azure
4 2 (2.94%) AWS
4 2 (2.94%) GCP
4 2 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.47%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.47%) GitHub
5 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.47%) Rubrik
5 1 (1.47%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (13.24%) SD-WAN
1 9 (13.24%) WAN
2 8 (11.76%) LAN
3 4 (5.88%) MPLS
3 4 (5.88%) VSAN
4 3 (4.41%) Firewall
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
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 3 (4.41%) Finance
3 2 (2.94%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.47%) Manufacturing
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 22 (32.35%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.47%) AI Agents
2 1 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Licensing
2 1 (1.47%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.47%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (100.00%) Presales
2 20 (29.41%) AI
3 17 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
3 17 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (8.82%) Customer Engagement
4 6 (8.82%) Zero Trust
5 4 (5.88%) Requirements Workshops
5 4 (5.88%) Workshop Facilitation
6 3 (4.41%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (4.41%) Roadmaps
7 2 (2.94%) Agile
7 2 (2.94%) AI Transformation
7 2 (2.94%) Creative Thinking
7 2 (2.94%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (2.94%) DevOps
7 2 (2.94%) Open Source
7 2 (2.94%) Service Delivery
7 2 (2.94%) Service Management
7 2 (2.94%) Technical Leadership
7 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 7 (10.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (7.35%) CCNP
6 4 (5.88%) VCAP
6 4 (5.88%) VCDX
7 3 (4.41%) CCDA
7 3 (4.41%) Security Cleared
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 5 (7.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (5.88%) vCloud
2 4 (5.88%) VMware NSX
2 4 (5.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (2.94%) Ansible
1 2 (2.94%) Grafana
2 1 (1.47%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 25 (36.76%) Dell
2 12 (17.65%) Cisco
3 9 (13.24%) Meraki
4 8 (11.76%) VMware
5 7 (10.29%) NetApp
6 5 (7.35%) Broadcom
7 4 (5.88%) Aruba
7 4 (5.88%) Nimble Storage
7 4 (5.88%) Zscaler
8 3 (4.41%) Fortinet
8 3 (4.41%) Juniper
8 3 (4.41%) Netskope
8 3 (4.41%) Palo Alto
8 3 (4.41%) Red Hat
9 2 (2.94%) Microsoft
10 1 (1.47%) Cognizant
10 1 (1.47%) Commvault
10 1 (1.47%) Google
10 1 (1.47%) SAP
10 1 (1.47%) Veritas