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 11 July 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 215 83
Rank change year-on-year +103 -132 +41
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 540 236 1,095
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.53% 1.43% 3.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.70% 1.55% 3.55%
Number of salaries quoted 402 128 620
10th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £70,000 £66,567 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £81,250 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% -1.52% +2.75%
75th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £102,500
90th Percentile - £105,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -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 20,031 15,209 30,803
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 92.34% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 14,594 9,441 23,786
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £57,098
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +1.58% -8.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 11 July 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 11 July 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.

1 166 (30.74%) Azure
2 123 (22.78%) Security Cleared
3 111 (20.56%) Microsoft
4 103 (19.07%) Presales
5 101 (18.70%) SC Cleared
6 100 (18.52%) AWS
7 83 (15.37%) Agile
8 79 (14.63%) AI
9 78 (14.44%) TOGAF
10 75 (13.89%) Roadmaps
11 71 (13.15%) DevOps
12 52 (9.63%) Technical Architecture
13 48 (8.89%) Problem-Solving
14 47 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
15 46 (8.52%) Analytics
16 45 (8.33%) SaaS
17 44 (8.15%) Migration
18 43 (7.96%) Digital Transformation Programme
18 43 (7.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 42 (7.78%) Business Development
20 40 (7.41%) Enterprise Architecture
20 40 (7.41%) GCP
21 39 (7.22%) Technical Leadership
22 38 (7.04%) Dynamics 365
23 36 (6.67%) Integration Patterns
24 35 (6.48%) Creative Problem-Solving
25 33 (6.11%) ERP
25 33 (6.11%) Software Engineering
26 32 (5.93%) CI/CD
26 32 (5.93%) Continuous Improvement

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 4 (0.74%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.37%) ArcGIS
2 2 (0.37%) CMS
2 2 (0.37%) GeoServer
2 2 (0.37%) Oracle Spatial
3 1 (0.19%) Apache
3 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.19%) Appian
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.56%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.19%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.37%) Shopify
4 1 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.19%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.19%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.19%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.19%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.19%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 166 (30.74%) Azure
2 100 (18.52%) AWS
3 45 (8.33%) SaaS
4 40 (7.41%) GCP
5 38 (7.04%) Dynamics 365
6 28 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
7 24 (4.44%) Power Platform
8 21 (3.89%) PaaS
9 18 (3.33%) Serverless
10 12 (2.22%) dbt
11 8 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (1.48%) IaaS
12 7 (1.30%) Nutanix
13 6 (1.11%) Mimecast
14 5 (0.93%) Entra ID
14 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (0.93%) PowerApps
15 4 (0.74%) Azure AKS
15 4 (0.74%) Azure Service Bus
15 4 (0.74%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.52%) Broadband
2 17 (3.15%) SD-WAN
2 17 (3.15%) WAN
3 14 (2.59%) Firewall
3 14 (2.59%) Network Security
4 12 (2.22%) VSAN
5 7 (1.30%) LAN
5 7 (1.30%) MPLS
6 3 (0.56%) Modbus
6 3 (0.56%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.56%) WLAN
7 2 (0.37%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.37%) VPN
8 1 (0.19%) AMQP
8 1 (0.19%) NGN
8 1 (0.19%) VLAN
8 1 (0.19%) VoIP
8 1 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.67%) Data Lake
2 5 (0.93%) Electronic Patient Records
3 4 (0.74%) BigQuery
3 4 (0.74%) Metadata
3 4 (0.74%) NoSQL
3 4 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (0.74%) RDBMS
3 4 (0.74%) Relational Database
3 4 (0.74%) Semantic Layer
4 2 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.37%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (0.37%) GIS
4 2 (0.37%) QGIS
4 2 (0.37%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.19%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 18 (3.33%) Jenkins
2 11 (2.04%) GitLab
3 10 (1.85%) SonarQube
4 5 (0.93%) Rational Rhapsody
5 3 (0.56%) Snyk
6 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
General
1 113 (20.93%) Finance
2 94 (17.41%) Social Skills
3 62 (11.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 57 (10.56%) Public Sector
5 35 (6.48%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (5.93%) Law
7 25 (4.63%) Retail
8 21 (3.89%) Marketing
9 19 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
10 17 (3.15%) Legal
11 16 (2.96%) Manufacturing
12 12 (2.22%) Banking
13 11 (2.04%) Games
14 10 (1.85%) Back Office
15 9 (1.67%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.93%) Advertising
16 5 (0.93%) Health Technology
16 5 (0.93%) Legal Technology
16 5 (0.93%) Telecoms
17 1 (0.19%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.96%) REST
1 16 (2.96%) RESTful
2 15 (2.78%) .NET
3 12 (2.22%) SOAP
4 11 (2.04%) Lightning Web Components
4 11 (2.04%) OpenAPI
4 11 (2.04%) Swagger
5 10 (1.85%) Middleware
5 10 (1.85%) Visualforce
6 5 (0.93%) Node.js
6 5 (0.93%) XML
7 4 (0.74%) .NET Core
7 4 (0.74%) OAuth
7 4 (0.74%) OpenID
7 4 (0.74%) XBRL
8 3 (0.56%) gRPC
8 3 (0.56%) JSON
9 2 (0.37%) Django
9 2 (0.37%) GeoJSON
9 2 (0.37%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 40 (7.41%) Cloud Native
2 25 (4.63%) Virtual Team
3 23 (4.26%) Product Ownership
4 22 (4.07%) Data Centre
5 21 (3.89%) Cyberattack
6 11 (2.04%) Public Cloud
7 9 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.11%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.11%) Web Conferencing
10 5 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.74%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (0.56%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.56%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.56%) Security Posture
12 3 (0.56%) Video Conferencing
13 2 (0.37%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.48%) Windows
2 4 (0.74%) Linux
3 2 (0.37%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (19.07%) Presales
2 83 (15.37%) Agile
3 79 (14.63%) AI
4 78 (14.44%) TOGAF
5 75 (13.89%) Roadmaps
6 71 (13.15%) DevOps
7 52 (9.63%) Technical Architecture
8 48 (8.89%) Problem-Solving
9 47 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
10 46 (8.52%) Analytics
11 44 (8.15%) Migration
12 43 (7.96%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 43 (7.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 42 (7.78%) Business Development
14 40 (7.41%) Enterprise Architecture
15 39 (7.22%) Technical Leadership
16 36 (6.67%) Integration Patterns
17 35 (6.48%) Creative Problem-Solving
18 33 (6.11%) ERP
18 33 (6.11%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 12 (2.22%) SQL
2 11 (2.04%) Apex Code
3 10 (1.85%) C#
3 10 (1.85%) SOQL
3 10 (1.85%) SOSL
4 8 (1.48%) Python
5 5 (0.93%) Java
6 2 (0.37%) Bicep
7 1 (0.19%) Scala
7 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 123 (22.78%) Security Cleared
2 101 (18.70%) SC Cleared
3 25 (4.63%) Degree
4 18 (3.33%) TOGAF Certification
5 17 (3.15%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (2.22%) VCAP
7 12 (2.22%) VCDX
7 12 (2.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 10 (1.85%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.85%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.85%) CCNP
9 8 (1.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (1.48%) CISSP
9 8 (1.48%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.93%) CCIE
12 4 (0.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (0.37%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.19%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.89%) NIST
2 9 (1.67%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.48%) GDPR
4 7 (1.30%) GRC
5 5 (0.93%) PMO
6 4 (0.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (0.56%) NCSC
7 3 (0.56%) QA
8 2 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.19%) GxP
9 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.19%) PERC
System Software
1 17 (3.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (2.22%) VMware NSX
2 12 (2.22%) vSphere
3 7 (1.30%) vCloud
4 6 (1.11%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.74%) Docker
5 4 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (1.67%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.93%) Terraform
2 5 (0.93%) vCenter Server
3 4 (0.74%) Ansible
3 4 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 111 (20.56%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.52%) Cisco
3 17 (3.15%) VMware
4 14 (2.59%) Salesforce
4 14 (2.59%) SAP
5 12 (2.22%) Broadcom
6 11 (2.04%) Palo Alto
7 10 (1.85%) Fortinet
7 10 (1.85%) Splunk
8 9 (1.67%) Juniper
8 9 (1.67%) Oracle
9 7 (1.30%) CrowdStrike
9 7 (1.30%) Databricks
9 7 (1.30%) Dell
9 7 (1.30%) NetApp
9 7 (1.30%) Nimble Storage
10 6 (1.11%) Barracuda Networks
10 6 (1.11%) Google
10 6 (1.11%) Meraki
10 6 (1.11%) Sophos