Hybrid/Remote Solutions Architect Job Trends

Solution Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Solution Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 August 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 261 73
Rank change year-on-year +148 -188 +51
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 570 180 918
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.47% 1.09% 3.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.63% 1.17% 3.87%
Number of salaries quoted 435 100 471
10th Percentile £65,000 £61,125 £56,809
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,563 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.03%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £112,500
90th Percentile - £105,000 £165,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 21,713 15,328 23,746
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 92.44% 96.33%
Number of salaries quoted 15,509 9,326 16,966
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,840 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Solutions Architect' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Solutions Architect job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Solutions Architect job vacancies

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Solutions Architect over the 6 months to 23 August 2026.

Solutions Architect salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 23 August 2026, Solutions 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 163 (28.60%) Azure
2 113 (19.82%) Presales
3 107 (18.77%) Security Cleared
4 102 (17.89%) Microsoft
5 91 (15.96%) AWS
6 88 (15.44%) AI
6 88 (15.44%) SC Cleared
7 79 (13.86%) Agile
8 73 (12.81%) Roadmaps
9 62 (10.88%) TOGAF
10 60 (10.53%) DevOps
11 54 (9.47%) Stakeholder Management
11 54 (9.47%) Technical Architecture
12 50 (8.77%) Migration
13 48 (8.42%) Problem-Solving
14 47 (8.25%) Technical Leadership
15 46 (8.07%) SaaS
15 46 (8.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 45 (7.89%) Analytics
17 43 (7.54%) Business Development
18 42 (7.37%) Digital Transformation Programme
19 41 (7.19%) GCP
20 39 (6.84%) ERP
21 38 (6.67%) Enterprise Architecture
21 38 (6.67%) Integration Patterns
22 37 (6.49%) Customer Engagement
22 37 (6.49%) Dynamics 365
23 35 (6.14%) Creative Problem-Solving
24 34 (5.96%) Mentoring
25 33 (5.79%) ITIL

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 6 (1.05%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.35%) ArcGIS
2 2 (0.35%) CMS
2 2 (0.35%) GeoServer
2 2 (0.35%) Oracle Spatial
3 1 (0.18%) Apache
3 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.18%) Appian
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.18%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 4 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (0.70%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.18%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.53%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (0.53%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.35%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.35%) Shopify
5 1 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.18%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.18%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 163 (28.60%) Azure
2 91 (15.96%) AWS
3 46 (8.07%) SaaS
4 41 (7.19%) GCP
5 37 (6.49%) Dynamics 365
6 21 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (3.51%) Power Platform
8 19 (3.33%) PaaS
9 14 (2.46%) Serverless
10 13 (2.28%) dbt
11 7 (1.23%) Azure AKS
11 7 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.23%) Nutanix
12 6 (1.05%) Mimecast
13 5 (0.88%) OCI
13 5 (0.88%) SuccessFactors
14 4 (0.70%) Azure Service Bus
14 4 (0.70%) Entra ID
14 4 (0.70%) PowerApps
15 3 (0.53%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.46%) Firewall
1 14 (2.46%) SD-WAN
1 14 (2.46%) WAN
2 13 (2.28%) Broadband
3 12 (2.11%) Network Security
3 12 (2.11%) VSAN
4 9 (1.58%) MPLS
5 7 (1.23%) Unified Communications
6 6 (1.05%) LAN
7 3 (0.53%) Modbus
7 3 (0.53%) SDH
7 3 (0.53%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.53%) WLAN
8 1 (0.18%) VLAN
8 1 (0.18%) VPN
8 1 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.58%) Data Lake
2 6 (1.05%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.88%) Electronic Patient Records
4 4 (0.70%) BigQuery
4 4 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (0.70%) Metadata
4 4 (0.70%) MongoDB
4 4 (0.70%) MySQL
4 4 (0.70%) Semantic Layer
5 3 (0.53%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.35%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (0.35%) GIS
6 2 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.35%) QGIS
7 1 (0.18%) Data Hub
7 1 (0.18%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (2.46%) Jenkins
2 8 (1.40%) GitLab
3 6 (1.05%) SonarQube
4 5 (0.88%) Rational Rhapsody
5 3 (0.53%) Snyk
General
1 123 (21.58%) Finance
2 100 (17.54%) Social Skills
3 66 (11.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 54 (9.47%) Public Sector
5 35 (6.14%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (4.74%) Law
7 24 (4.21%) Retail
8 23 (4.04%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (2.63%) Marketing
10 13 (2.28%) Banking
11 11 (1.93%) Manufacturing
12 10 (1.75%) Back Office
12 10 (1.75%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.23%) Advertising
13 7 (1.23%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.05%) Games
14 6 (1.05%) Legal
15 5 (0.88%) Health Technology
16 4 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
17 3 (0.53%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.16%) RESTful
2 14 (2.46%) .NET
2 14 (2.46%) REST
3 12 (2.11%) Middleware
3 12 (2.11%) OpenAPI
3 12 (2.11%) Swagger
4 10 (1.75%) SOAP
5 8 (1.40%) Lightning Web Components
6 6 (1.05%) Visualforce
7 5 (0.88%) XML
8 4 (0.70%) Node.js
8 4 (0.70%) Terraform
8 4 (0.70%) XBRL
9 3 (0.53%) .NET Core
9 3 (0.53%) gRPC
9 3 (0.53%) JSON
10 2 (0.35%) Django
10 2 (0.35%) OAuth
10 2 (0.35%) OpenID
10 2 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 35 (6.14%) Cloud Native
2 25 (4.39%) Product Ownership
2 25 (4.39%) Virtual Team
3 21 (3.68%) Cyberattack
4 20 (3.51%) Data Centre
5 13 (2.28%) Public Cloud
6 11 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (1.05%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.05%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.05%) Web Conferencing
9 4 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (0.53%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (0.53%) IoT
10 3 (0.53%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.53%) Social Media
10 3 (0.53%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.35%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.05%) Windows
2 4 (0.70%) Linux
3 2 (0.35%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (19.82%) Presales
2 88 (15.44%) AI
3 79 (13.86%) Agile
4 73 (12.81%) Roadmaps
5 62 (10.88%) TOGAF
6 60 (10.53%) DevOps
7 54 (9.47%) Stakeholder Management
7 54 (9.47%) Technical Architecture
8 50 (8.77%) Migration
9 48 (8.42%) Problem-Solving
10 47 (8.25%) Technical Leadership
11 46 (8.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 45 (7.89%) Analytics
13 43 (7.54%) Business Development
14 42 (7.37%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 39 (6.84%) ERP
16 38 (6.67%) Enterprise Architecture
16 38 (6.67%) Integration Patterns
17 37 (6.49%) Customer Engagement
18 35 (6.14%) Creative Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 16 (2.81%) Python
2 15 (2.63%) C#
3 13 (2.28%) SQL
4 8 (1.40%) Apex Code
5 7 (1.23%) Java
6 6 (1.05%) SOQL
6 6 (1.05%) SOSL
7 4 (0.70%) Go
7 4 (0.70%) Rust
8 3 (0.53%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.35%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 107 (18.77%) Security Cleared
2 88 (15.44%) SC Cleared
3 26 (4.56%) Degree
4 16 (2.81%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (2.28%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (2.11%) TOGAF Certification
6 12 (2.11%) VCAP
6 12 (2.11%) VCDX
6 12 (2.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 11 (1.93%) AWS Certification
7 11 (1.93%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.40%) CCNP
8 8 (1.40%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (0.88%) CCIE
10 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.53%) CISSP
12 2 (0.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 1 (0.18%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.68%) NIST
2 11 (1.93%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.23%) GRC
4 6 (1.05%) GDPR
5 4 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.35%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.35%) NCSC
6 2 (0.35%) QA
7 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.18%) GxP
7 1 (0.18%) PERC
System Software
1 17 (2.98%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (2.11%) VMware NSX
2 12 (2.11%) vSphere
3 7 (1.23%) vCloud
4 4 (0.70%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.70%) Docker
4 4 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 17 (2.98%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.88%) vCenter Server
3 4 (0.70%) Ansible
4 3 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.35%) CASB
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 102 (17.89%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.33%) Salesforce
2 19 (3.33%) SAP
3 18 (3.16%) Cisco
4 17 (2.98%) VMware
5 16 (2.81%) Oracle
6 12 (2.11%) Broadcom
7 11 (1.93%) Palo Alto
8 10 (1.75%) Juniper
9 9 (1.58%) Fortinet
10 7 (1.23%) CrowdStrike
10 7 (1.23%) Databricks
10 7 (1.23%) Dell
10 7 (1.23%) NetApp
10 7 (1.23%) Nimble Storage
11 6 (1.05%) Barracuda Networks
11 6 (1.05%) Meraki
11 6 (1.05%) N-able
11 6 (1.05%) Sophos
11 6 (1.05%) Splunk