Hybrid/Remote Solutions Architect Job Trends

Solution Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Solution Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 February 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 138 134
Rank change year-on-year -40 -4 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 235 371 673
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.43% 2.41% 2.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.53% 2.53% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 121 219 482
10th Percentile £66,589 £59,168 £62,500
25th Percentile £73,750 £70,097 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £87,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +9.38% -3.03%
75th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year - +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 15,354 14,655 26,616
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.66% 95.36% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 10,279 9,014 22,299
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,231 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 21 February 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 21 February 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 61 (25.96%) Azure
2 60 (25.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 57 (24.26%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (23.83%) Agile
4 56 (23.83%) Roadmaps
5 55 (23.40%) AI
6 53 (22.55%) Security Cleared
7 48 (20.43%) Presales
8 47 (20.00%) AWS
9 46 (19.57%) Analytics
10 41 (17.45%) DevOps
11 40 (17.02%) Project Management
12 37 (15.74%) SaaS
13 36 (15.32%) B2B
13 36 (15.32%) Business Development
13 36 (15.32%) TOGAF
14 35 (14.89%) SC Cleared
14 35 (14.89%) Technical Architecture
15 32 (13.62%) Decision-Making
16 31 (13.19%) Microsoft
16 31 (13.19%) Project Delivery
17 29 (12.34%) Strategic Thinking
18 28 (11.91%) Software Engineering
19 27 (11.49%) Customer Experience
20 26 (11.06%) Creative Problem-Solving
20 26 (11.06%) Power Platform
21 24 (10.21%) Customer Insight
21 24 (10.21%) Due Diligence
21 24 (10.21%) Financial Modelling
21 24 (10.21%) GCP

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 5 (2.13%) CMS
2 3 (1.28%) Confluence
2 3 (1.28%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.85%) JBoss
3 2 (0.85%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.43%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 12 (5.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.28%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (1.28%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.28%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.85%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.43%) Actimize
4 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.43%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.43%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 61 (25.96%) Azure
2 47 (20.00%) AWS
3 37 (15.74%) SaaS
4 26 (11.06%) Power Platform
5 24 (10.21%) GCP
6 19 (8.09%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (4.68%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (4.68%) Serverless
8 9 (3.83%) IaaS
8 9 (3.83%) PaaS
9 7 (2.98%) GitHub
10 6 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.70%) Alation
11 4 (1.70%) Cloud Composer
11 4 (1.70%) Snowflake
12 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (1.28%) OCI
12 3 (1.28%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.85%) ChatGPT
13 2 (0.85%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.96%) Broadband
2 6 (2.55%) SD-WAN
2 6 (2.55%) WAN
3 4 (1.70%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.28%) MPLS
5 2 (0.85%) Firewall
5 2 (0.85%) LAN
5 2 (0.85%) Network Security
5 2 (0.85%) NGN
5 2 (0.85%) VPN
6 1 (0.43%) 5G
6 1 (0.43%) AMQP
6 1 (0.43%) MIMO
6 1 (0.43%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.43%) VoIP
6 1 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.98%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (2.55%) Power BI
3 5 (2.13%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.70%) BigQuery
4 4 (1.70%) DataStage
4 4 (1.70%) Metadata
4 4 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.70%) QlikView
4 4 (1.70%) RDBMS
4 4 (1.70%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.70%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.70%) Tableau
5 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.43%) GIS
5 1 (0.43%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (4.26%) Jenkins
2 9 (3.83%) GitLab
3 8 (3.40%) SonarQube
4 6 (2.55%) ERwin
5 4 (1.70%) ER Studio
5 4 (1.70%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (1.28%) JIRA
7 2 (0.85%) TeamCity
General
1 95 (40.43%) Social Skills
2 72 (30.64%) Finance
3 48 (20.43%) Public Sector
4 35 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (11.06%) Presentation Skills
6 23 (9.79%) Marketing
7 22 (9.36%) Law
7 22 (9.36%) Retail
8 18 (7.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (7.23%) Banking
10 14 (5.96%) Back Office
10 14 (5.96%) Legal
11 10 (4.26%) Games
12 9 (3.83%) Manufacturing
13 6 (2.55%) Financial Institution
14 5 (2.13%) Telecoms
15 4 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.70%) Retail Banking
16 2 (0.85%) Billing
16 2 (0.85%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.68%) Node.js
1 11 (4.68%) React
1 11 (4.68%) REST
2 10 (4.26%) Middleware
2 10 (4.26%) React Native
2 10 (4.26%) RESTful
2 10 (4.26%) SOAP
3 8 (3.40%) .NET
3 8 (3.40%) Lightning Web Components
3 8 (3.40%) Visualforce
4 6 (2.55%) OpenAPI
4 6 (2.55%) Swagger
5 5 (2.13%) SAP Fiori
6 3 (1.28%) Kafka
6 3 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (1.28%) Spring
6 3 (1.28%) Web Services
7 2 (0.85%) Hibernate
7 2 (0.85%) Struts
7 2 (0.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (14.04%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (11.06%) Virtual Team
3 17 (7.23%) Cloud Native
4 15 (6.38%) Product Ownership
5 11 (4.68%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (4.68%) Mobile App
6 7 (2.98%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.55%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.70%) Blog
9 4 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.70%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.70%) Reinsurance
10 3 (1.28%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.85%) DataPower
11 2 (0.85%) IoT
11 2 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.85%) Over-the-Top Content
11 2 (0.85%) Video\Live Streaming
12 1 (0.43%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.85%) Windows
2 1 (0.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (25.53%) Continuous Improvement
2 57 (24.26%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (23.83%) Agile
3 56 (23.83%) Roadmaps
4 55 (23.40%) AI
5 48 (20.43%) Presales
6 46 (19.57%) Analytics
7 41 (17.45%) DevOps
8 40 (17.02%) Project Management
9 36 (15.32%) B2B
9 36 (15.32%) Business Development
9 36 (15.32%) TOGAF
10 35 (14.89%) Technical Architecture
11 32 (13.62%) Decision-Making
12 31 (13.19%) Project Delivery
13 29 (12.34%) Strategic Thinking
14 28 (11.91%) Software Engineering
15 27 (11.49%) Customer Experience
16 26 (11.06%) Creative Problem-Solving
17 24 (10.21%) Due Diligence
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.26%) Java
2 8 (3.40%) Apex Code
2 8 (3.40%) SOQL
2 8 (3.40%) SOSL
3 7 (2.98%) Python
3 7 (2.98%) SQL
4 5 (2.13%) C#
5 2 (0.85%) Scala
6 1 (0.43%) Bicep
6 1 (0.43%) Go
6 1 (0.43%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 53 (22.55%) Security Cleared
2 35 (14.89%) SC Cleared
3 13 (5.53%) Degree
4 12 (5.11%) TOGAF Certification
5 10 (4.26%) DV Cleared
6 9 (3.83%) AWS Certification
6 9 (3.83%) Azure Certification
7 8 (3.40%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (2.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (2.13%) CISSP
10 4 (1.70%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.70%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.85%) CCNP
12 1 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.43%) CCNA
12 1 (0.43%) FFIEC
12 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.13%) Data Quality
1 5 (2.13%) GDPR
1 5 (2.13%) PMO
2 4 (1.70%) QA
3 3 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.85%) GRC
4 2 (0.85%) NCSC
4 2 (0.85%) NIST
5 1 (0.43%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (2.98%) Docker
2 2 (0.85%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.43%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (3.40%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.55%) Terraform
3 2 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.43%) Ansible
Vendors
1 31 (13.19%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.09%) SAP
3 9 (3.83%) Splunk
4 8 (3.40%) Databricks
4 8 (3.40%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.98%) Google
6 5 (2.13%) Oracle
7 4 (1.70%) Ariba
7 4 (1.70%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.70%) IBM
7 4 (1.70%) Informatica
8 3 (1.28%) Cisco
8 3 (1.28%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.85%) BiZZdesign
9 2 (0.85%) Okta
10 1 (0.43%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.43%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.43%) Siemens
10 1 (0.43%) Sparx
10 1 (0.43%) Zscaler