Presales Solution Architect Job Trends

Presales Solutions Architect
UK

The median Presales Solutions Architect salary in the UK is £88,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 September 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 684 654 763
Rank change year-on-year -30 +109 -48
Permanent jobs requiring a Presales Solution Architect 117 19 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.039% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.043% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 110 13 10
10th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £54,875
25th Percentile £75,000 - £60,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £88,750 £95,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,938
90th Percentile £107,750 £142,000 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £73,750
% change year-on-year -13.33% +1.69% -18.06%

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 108,269 43,856 72,591
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.18% 89.61% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 74,176 25,746 43,293
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,258 £74,100
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -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 22 September 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 22 September 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 -72 74 £77,500 -18.42% 61
Work from Home +13 62 £90,000 -30.77% 10
UK excluding London -107 39 £65,000 -13.33% 19
London -42 34 £90,000 -5.26% 41
North of England -42 29 £75,000 - 5
North West -11 28 £70,000 -9.68% 4
Wales - 6 £40,000 -
Midlands - 3 £80,000 - 2
West Midlands - 3 £80,000 - 1
Yorkshire -45 1 £80,000 +6.67% 1
East of England - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 22 September 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.

1 117 (100.00%) Presales
2 22 (18.80%) AI
3 18 (15.38%) Azure
4 17 (14.53%) VMware
5 16 (13.68%) Broadcom
5 16 (13.68%) VMware NSX
5 16 (13.68%) VSAN
6 12 (10.26%) B2B
6 12 (10.26%) Mitel
7 11 (9.40%) Kubernetes
7 11 (9.40%) Microsoft
8 10 (8.55%) Customer Engagement
8 10 (8.55%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (8.55%) VCAP
8 10 (8.55%) VCDX
8 10 (8.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 10 (8.55%) VMware Infrastructure
8 10 (8.55%) vSphere
9 9 (7.69%) Dell
9 9 (7.69%) Requirements Workshops
9 9 (7.69%) Strategic Thinking
10 8 (6.84%) Customer Requirements
10 8 (6.84%) LLM
10 8 (6.84%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (6.84%) Technical Leadership
10 8 (6.84%) Workshop Facilitation
11 7 (5.98%) CrowdStrike
11 7 (5.98%) DevOps
11 7 (5.98%) GRC
11 7 (5.98%) Security Architecture

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.71%) Appian
2 1 (0.85%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 18 (15.38%) Azure
2 6 (5.13%) Nutanix
3 5 (4.27%) AWS
3 5 (4.27%) GCP
4 4 (3.42%) Azure AKS
4 4 (3.42%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (2.56%) Serverless
6 2 (1.71%) Azure AI
6 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (1.71%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.85%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.85%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.85%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 16 (13.68%) VSAN
2 4 (3.42%) Unified Communications
3 3 (2.56%) LAN
3 3 (2.56%) WAN
4 2 (1.71%) Firewall
4 2 (1.71%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.85%) MPLS
5 1 (0.85%) Network Security
5 1 (0.85%) VPN
Development Applications
1 3 (2.56%) Snyk
General
1 14 (11.97%) Social Skills
2 12 (10.26%) Telecoms
3 4 (3.42%) Advertising
4 2 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (1.71%) Public Sector
5 1 (0.85%) Finance
5 1 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.97%) Data Centre
2 1 (0.85%) AI Agents
2 1 (0.85%) Cloud Native
2 1 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (0.85%) Low-Code
2 1 (0.85%) Management Information System
2 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
2 1 (0.85%) Private Cloud
2 1 (0.85%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (100.00%) Presales
2 22 (18.80%) AI
3 12 (10.26%) B2B
4 10 (8.55%) Customer Engagement
4 10 (8.55%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (7.69%) Requirements Workshops
5 9 (7.69%) Strategic Thinking
6 8 (6.84%) Customer Requirements
6 8 (6.84%) LLM
6 8 (6.84%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (6.84%) Technical Leadership
6 8 (6.84%) Workshop Facilitation
7 7 (5.98%) DevOps
7 7 (5.98%) Security Architecture
8 6 (5.13%) Commercial Awareness
9 5 (4.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (4.27%) Mentoring
9 5 (4.27%) Migration
9 5 (4.27%) Roadmaps
9 5 (4.27%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.71%) Python
2 1 (0.85%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (8.55%) VCAP
1 10 (8.55%) VCDX
1 10 (8.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 6 (5.13%) Degree
3 4 (3.42%) Master's Degree
4 3 (2.56%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.71%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.85%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.98%) GRC
2 2 (1.71%) GDPR
2 2 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.71%) NIST
3 1 (0.85%) HIPAA
System Software
1 16 (13.68%) VMware NSX
2 10 (8.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (8.55%) vSphere
3 5 (4.27%) vCloud
4 3 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (9.40%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.27%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.85%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.85%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 17 (14.53%) VMware
2 16 (13.68%) Broadcom
3 12 (10.26%) Mitel
4 11 (9.40%) Microsoft
5 9 (7.69%) Dell
6 7 (5.98%) CrowdStrike
7 5 (4.27%) NetApp
7 5 (4.27%) Nimble Storage
8 4 (3.42%) Palo Alto
9 3 (2.56%) Cisco
9 3 (2.56%) Meraki
9 3 (2.56%) Tenable
10 2 (1.71%) Dynatrace
10 2 (1.71%) Google
10 2 (1.71%) Micro Focus
10 2 (1.71%) OpenText
10 2 (1.71%) OutSystems
10 2 (1.71%) Pega
11 1 (0.85%) Netskope
11 1 (0.85%) Zscaler