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 22 April 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 152 86
Rank change year-on-year +12 -66 +47
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 345 310 1,067
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.93% 2.32% 3.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.06% 2.50% 3.44%
Number of salaries quoted 214 207 557
10th Percentile £56,505 £60,000 £61,850
25th Percentile £70,000 £70,097 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -3.03%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £96,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £125,000
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 16,732 12,418 31,034
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.65% 92.90% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 12,058 9,097 24,874
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,599 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 22 April 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 22 April 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 98 (28.41%) Azure
2 69 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 67 (19.42%) AWS
4 66 (19.13%) AI
5 64 (18.55%) Problem-Solving
6 62 (17.97%) TOGAF
7 59 (17.10%) Continuous Improvement
8 58 (16.81%) Microsoft
9 56 (16.23%) DevOps
9 56 (16.23%) SC Cleared
10 55 (15.94%) Presales
11 53 (15.36%) Roadmaps
12 52 (15.07%) Agile
13 49 (14.20%) Analytics
14 40 (11.59%) Software Engineering
15 39 (11.30%) Project Management
15 39 (11.30%) SaaS
16 36 (10.43%) Technical Architecture
17 35 (10.14%) Creative Problem-Solving
17 35 (10.14%) Decision-Making
17 35 (10.14%) Stakeholder Management
18 33 (9.57%) Business Development
19 29 (8.41%) Enterprise Architecture
20 28 (8.12%) GCP
20 28 (8.12%) ITIL
20 28 (8.12%) Microsoft 365
20 28 (8.12%) Project Delivery
21 27 (7.83%) Customer Experience
21 27 (7.83%) Strategic Thinking
21 27 (7.83%) Time Management

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 7 (2.03%) CMS
2 4 (1.16%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.58%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.58%) GeoServer
3 2 (0.58%) JBoss
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle Spatial
3 2 (0.58%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.29%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 9 (2.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.58%) Shopify
4 1 (0.29%) Actimize
4 1 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.29%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.29%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 98 (28.41%) Azure
2 67 (19.42%) AWS
3 39 (11.30%) SaaS
4 28 (8.12%) GCP
4 28 (8.12%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (6.67%) Power Platform
6 13 (3.77%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (3.77%) Serverless
7 10 (2.90%) IaaS
8 8 (2.32%) PaaS
9 6 (1.74%) Mimecast
10 5 (1.45%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (1.45%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.16%) ChatGPT
11 4 (1.16%) Nutanix
11 4 (1.16%) OneDrive
12 3 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.87%) OCI
13 2 (0.58%) Entra ID
13 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.93%) Broadband
2 10 (2.90%) SD-WAN
2 10 (2.90%) WAN
3 9 (2.61%) Network Security
4 5 (1.45%) Firewall
4 5 (1.45%) LAN
5 4 (1.16%) MPLS
5 4 (1.16%) VSAN
6 3 (0.87%) Modbus
6 3 (0.87%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.29%) AMQP
8 1 (0.29%) NGN
8 1 (0.29%) VoIP
8 1 (0.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.45%) Data Lake
1 5 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (1.16%) Metadata
2 4 (1.16%) NoSQL
2 4 (1.16%) RDBMS
2 4 (1.16%) Relational Database
2 4 (1.16%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.87%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.58%) GIS
4 2 (0.58%) Power BI
4 2 (0.58%) QGIS
5 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 12 (3.48%) Jenkins
2 10 (2.90%) GitLab
2 10 (2.90%) SonarQube
3 3 (0.87%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (0.58%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.29%) ERwin
5 1 (0.29%) JIRA
General
1 91 (26.38%) Social Skills
2 75 (21.74%) Finance
3 60 (17.39%) Public Sector
4 44 (12.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 43 (12.46%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (8.99%) Presentation Skills
7 29 (8.41%) Marketing
8 25 (7.25%) Law
9 15 (4.35%) Retail
10 14 (4.06%) Banking
10 14 (4.06%) Legal
11 13 (3.77%) Back Office
12 12 (3.48%) Games
13 9 (2.61%) Manufacturing
14 7 (2.03%) Financial Institution
15 5 (1.45%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.87%) Health Technology
17 2 (0.58%) Advertising
17 2 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
17 2 (0.58%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.51%) .NET
2 16 (4.64%) REST
3 12 (3.48%) Middleware
3 12 (3.48%) RESTful
3 12 (3.48%) SOAP
4 10 (2.90%) Lightning Web Components
4 10 (2.90%) Visualforce
5 7 (2.03%) OpenAPI
5 7 (2.03%) Swagger
6 6 (1.74%) XML
7 4 (1.16%) .NET Core
7 4 (1.16%) OAuth
7 4 (1.16%) OpenID
7 4 (1.16%) XBRL
8 3 (0.87%) gRPC
8 3 (0.87%) JSON
8 3 (0.87%) Spring
8 3 (0.87%) Web Services
9 2 (0.58%) Django
9 2 (0.58%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 32 (9.28%) Self-Motivation
2 25 (7.25%) Virtual Team
3 22 (6.38%) Cloud Native
4 21 (6.09%) Cyberattack
5 18 (5.22%) Product Ownership
6 11 (3.19%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (2.90%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.03%) Data Centre
8 7 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.74%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (1.74%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.74%) Web Conferencing
10 4 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.87%) Blog
11 3 (0.87%) Low-Code
11 3 (0.87%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.87%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.87%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.58%) DataPower
12 2 (0.58%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.45%) Windows
2 2 (0.58%) Linux
2 2 (0.58%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (19.13%) AI
2 64 (18.55%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (17.97%) TOGAF
4 59 (17.10%) Continuous Improvement
5 56 (16.23%) DevOps
6 55 (15.94%) Presales
7 53 (15.36%) Roadmaps
8 52 (15.07%) Agile
9 49 (14.20%) Analytics
10 40 (11.59%) Software Engineering
11 39 (11.30%) Project Management
12 36 (10.43%) Technical Architecture
13 35 (10.14%) Creative Problem-Solving
13 35 (10.14%) Decision-Making
13 35 (10.14%) Stakeholder Management
14 33 (9.57%) Business Development
15 29 (8.41%) Enterprise Architecture
16 28 (8.12%) ITIL
16 28 (8.12%) Project Delivery
17 27 (7.83%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 13 (3.77%) C#
2 10 (2.90%) Apex Code
2 10 (2.90%) Java
2 10 (2.90%) SOQL
2 10 (2.90%) SOSL
2 10 (2.90%) SQL
3 5 (1.45%) Python
4 2 (0.58%) Scala
5 1 (0.29%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 69 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 56 (16.23%) SC Cleared
3 22 (6.38%) Degree
4 15 (4.35%) TOGAF Certification
5 12 (3.48%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (2.90%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.03%) CISSP
8 6 (1.74%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.45%) CCNP
10 4 (1.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.16%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.16%) VCAP
10 4 (1.16%) VCDX
10 4 (1.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.58%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.29%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.67%) NIST
2 5 (1.45%) GDPR
2 5 (1.45%) PMO
3 4 (1.16%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.87%) QA
5 2 (0.58%) GRC
6 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.29%) NCSC
6 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.29%) PERC
6 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (2.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.45%) Docker
3 4 (1.16%) vCloud
3 4 (1.16%) VMware NSX
3 4 (1.16%) vSphere
4 3 (0.87%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (1.45%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.58%) Ansible
4 1 (0.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 58 (16.81%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.77%) SAP
3 12 (3.48%) Salesforce
4 11 (3.19%) Cisco
4 11 (3.19%) Splunk
5 8 (2.32%) Fortinet
5 8 (2.32%) VMware
6 6 (1.74%) Barracuda Networks
6 6 (1.74%) Databricks
6 6 (1.74%) Meraki
6 6 (1.74%) N-able
6 6 (1.74%) Oracle
6 6 (1.74%) Sophos
7 4 (1.16%) Broadcom
7 4 (1.16%) Dell
7 4 (1.16%) Google
7 4 (1.16%) NetApp
7 4 (1.16%) Nimble Storage
7 4 (1.16%) Zscaler
8 3 (0.87%) Palo Alto