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 12 April 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 140 100
Rank change year-on-year +2 -40 +33
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 323 318 933
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.86% 2.43% 2.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.98% 2.60% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 197 213 567
10th Percentile £57,467 £60,000 £61,850
25th Percentile £70,000 £70,097 £68,718
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 £95,000
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 16,297 12,239 30,366
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.66% 93.71% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 11,714 9,002 24,806
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,251 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,206 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% +6.45% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 12 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 12 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 91 (28.17%) Azure
2 67 (20.74%) AWS
3 66 (20.43%) AI
4 65 (20.12%) Security Cleared
5 64 (19.81%) Problem-Solving
6 60 (18.58%) TOGAF
7 59 (18.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 55 (17.03%) DevOps
9 54 (16.72%) Roadmaps
10 53 (16.41%) Agile
10 53 (16.41%) Presales
11 51 (15.79%) Microsoft
12 50 (15.48%) SC Cleared
13 46 (14.24%) Analytics
14 39 (12.07%) Software Engineering
15 38 (11.76%) Project Management
15 38 (11.76%) SaaS
16 37 (11.46%) Decision-Making
17 36 (11.15%) Technical Architecture
18 35 (10.84%) Business Development
18 35 (10.84%) Stakeholder Management
19 34 (10.53%) Creative Problem-Solving
20 31 (9.60%) GCP
21 30 (9.29%) Project Delivery
22 28 (8.67%) Enterprise Architecture
22 28 (8.67%) Microsoft 365
23 27 (8.36%) Customer Experience
23 27 (8.36%) Strategic Thinking
24 26 (8.05%) B2B
24 26 (8.05%) 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 7 (2.17%) CMS
2 4 (1.24%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.62%) JBoss
3 2 (0.62%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.31%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.31%) Confluence
4 1 (0.31%) GeoServer
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 4 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.31%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 9 (2.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.93%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.93%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.62%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.62%) Shopify
4 1 (0.31%) Actimize
4 1 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.31%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.31%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 91 (28.17%) Azure
2 67 (20.74%) AWS
3 38 (11.76%) SaaS
4 31 (9.60%) GCP
5 28 (8.67%) Microsoft 365
6 24 (7.43%) Power Platform
7 13 (4.02%) Serverless
8 12 (3.72%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (3.10%) IaaS
10 8 (2.48%) PaaS
11 6 (1.86%) Mimecast
12 5 (1.55%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (1.24%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.24%) ChatGPT
13 4 (1.24%) OneDrive
13 4 (1.24%) PowerApps
14 3 (0.93%) GitHub
14 3 (0.93%) OCI
15 2 (0.62%) Azure Machine Learning
15 2 (0.62%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.95%) Broadband
2 10 (3.10%) SD-WAN
2 10 (3.10%) WAN
3 9 (2.79%) Network Security
4 5 (1.55%) Firewall
4 5 (1.55%) LAN
5 4 (1.24%) MPLS
6 3 (0.93%) Modbus
6 3 (0.93%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.62%) NGN
7 2 (0.62%) VSAN
7 2 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.31%) 5G
8 1 (0.31%) AMQP
8 1 (0.31%) MIMO
8 1 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.31%) VoIP
8 1 (0.31%) VPN
8 1 (0.31%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.86%) Data Lake
2 5 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.24%) NoSQL
3 4 (1.24%) Power BI
3 4 (1.24%) RDBMS
3 4 (1.24%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.93%) Metadata
4 3 (0.93%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.31%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.31%) DataStage
5 1 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.31%) GIS
5 1 (0.31%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.31%) QGIS
5 1 (0.31%) QlikView
5 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (3.72%) Jenkins
2 10 (3.10%) GitLab
2 10 (3.10%) SonarQube
3 3 (0.93%) ERwin
4 2 (0.62%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.31%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.31%) JIRA
5 1 (0.31%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.31%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 92 (28.48%) Social Skills
2 78 (24.15%) Finance
3 59 (18.27%) Public Sector
4 42 (13.00%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (13.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 31 (9.60%) Presentation Skills
6 27 (8.36%) Marketing
7 25 (7.74%) Law
8 16 (4.95%) Retail
9 15 (4.64%) Back Office
9 15 (4.64%) Banking
10 14 (4.33%) Legal
11 12 (3.72%) Games
12 9 (2.79%) Manufacturing
13 7 (2.17%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.55%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.62%) General Ledger
16 1 (0.31%) International Banking
16 1 (0.31%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.26%) .NET
2 16 (4.95%) REST
3 12 (3.72%) Middleware
3 12 (3.72%) RESTful
3 12 (3.72%) SOAP
4 10 (3.10%) Lightning Web Components
4 10 (3.10%) Visualforce
5 7 (2.17%) OpenAPI
5 7 (2.17%) Swagger
6 4 (1.24%) .NET Core
6 4 (1.24%) OAuth
6 4 (1.24%) OpenID
6 4 (1.24%) XML
7 3 (0.93%) gRPC
7 3 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (0.93%) Spring
7 3 (0.93%) Web Services
8 2 (0.62%) Akka
8 2 (0.62%) Kafka
8 2 (0.62%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 33 (10.22%) Self-Motivation
2 25 (7.74%) Virtual Team
3 22 (6.81%) Cloud Native
4 19 (5.88%) Cyberattack
5 18 (5.57%) Product Ownership
6 11 (3.41%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (3.10%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.86%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (1.86%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.86%) Web Conferencing
10 5 (1.55%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.24%) Blog
11 4 (1.24%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.93%) Low-Code
12 3 (0.93%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.93%) Security Posture
13 2 (0.62%) Marketing Technology
13 2 (0.62%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.55%) Windows
2 2 (0.62%) Linux
3 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (20.43%) AI
2 64 (19.81%) Problem-Solving
3 60 (18.58%) TOGAF
4 59 (18.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 55 (17.03%) DevOps
6 54 (16.72%) Roadmaps
7 53 (16.41%) Agile
7 53 (16.41%) Presales
8 46 (14.24%) Analytics
9 39 (12.07%) Software Engineering
10 38 (11.76%) Project Management
11 37 (11.46%) Decision-Making
12 36 (11.15%) Technical Architecture
13 35 (10.84%) Business Development
13 35 (10.84%) Stakeholder Management
14 34 (10.53%) Creative Problem-Solving
15 30 (9.29%) Project Delivery
16 28 (8.67%) Enterprise Architecture
17 27 (8.36%) Customer Experience
17 27 (8.36%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 12 (3.72%) C#
2 11 (3.41%) Java
3 10 (3.10%) Apex Code
3 10 (3.10%) SOQL
3 10 (3.10%) SOSL
4 9 (2.79%) SQL
5 5 (1.55%) Python
6 2 (0.62%) Scala
7 1 (0.31%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 65 (20.12%) Security Cleared
2 50 (15.48%) SC Cleared
3 21 (6.50%) Degree
4 16 (4.95%) TOGAF Certification
5 12 (3.72%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (3.10%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.17%) CISSP
8 6 (1.86%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.55%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.55%) CCNP
10 4 (1.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (1.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.93%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.62%) VCAP
12 2 (0.62%) VCDX
12 2 (0.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.31%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.50%) NIST
2 5 (1.55%) PMO
3 4 (1.24%) GDPR
4 3 (0.93%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.93%) QA
5 2 (0.62%) GRC
6 1 (0.31%) NCSC
6 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (1.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.55%) Docker
3 3 (0.93%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.62%) vCloud
4 2 (0.62%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.62%) vSphere
5 1 (0.31%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (1.55%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.62%) Ansible
3 2 (0.62%) Terraform
Vendors
1 51 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.64%) SAP
3 12 (3.72%) Salesforce
4 11 (3.41%) Cisco
4 11 (3.41%) Splunk
5 8 (2.48%) Fortinet
6 6 (1.86%) Barracuda Networks
6 6 (1.86%) Databricks
6 6 (1.86%) Meraki
6 6 (1.86%) N-able
6 6 (1.86%) Oracle
6 6 (1.86%) Sophos
6 6 (1.86%) VMware
7 5 (1.55%) Google
8 4 (1.24%) Zscaler
9 3 (0.93%) Netskope
9 3 (0.93%) Okta
9 3 (0.93%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.62%) Broadcom
10 2 (0.62%) Nimble Storage