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 29 August 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 248 75
Rank change year-on-year +138 -173 +44
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 578 182 885
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.48% 1.10% 3.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.64% 1.19% 3.79%
Number of salaries quoted 441 102 437
10th Percentile £65,000 £61,375 £56,809
25th Percentile £70,000 £66,522 £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 21,922 15,283 23,324
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 92.60% 96.29%
Number of salaries quoted 15,617 9,338 16,216
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,750
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 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £96,250
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 29 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 29 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.

1 162 (28.03%) Azure
2 115 (19.90%) Presales
3 105 (18.17%) Security Cleared
4 103 (17.82%) Microsoft
5 90 (15.57%) AI
6 88 (15.22%) AWS
7 85 (14.71%) SC Cleared
8 77 (13.32%) Agile
9 75 (12.98%) Roadmaps
10 61 (10.55%) TOGAF
11 58 (10.03%) DevOps
12 55 (9.52%) Technical Architecture
13 53 (9.17%) Stakeholder Management
14 52 (9.00%) Technical Leadership
15 51 (8.82%) Migration
16 48 (8.30%) SaaS
17 47 (8.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 46 (7.96%) Problem-Solving
19 45 (7.79%) Business Development
20 44 (7.61%) Analytics
20 44 (7.61%) Digital Transformation Programme
21 41 (7.09%) ERP
22 38 (6.57%) Dynamics 365
22 38 (6.57%) GCP
22 38 (6.57%) Integration Patterns
23 36 (6.23%) Customer Engagement
23 36 (6.23%) Enterprise Architecture
24 35 (6.06%) Creative Problem-Solving
24 35 (6.06%) Translating Business Requirements
25 34 (5.88%) Mentoring

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 (1.04%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.35%) ArcGIS
2 2 (0.35%) GeoServer
2 2 (0.35%) Oracle Spatial
3 1 (0.17%) Apache
3 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.17%) Appian
3 1 (0.17%) CMS
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.17%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 4 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (0.69%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.17%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.04%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.52%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (0.52%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.35%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.17%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 162 (28.03%) Azure
2 88 (15.22%) AWS
3 48 (8.30%) SaaS
4 38 (6.57%) Dynamics 365
4 38 (6.57%) GCP
5 20 (3.46%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (3.46%) Power Platform
6 19 (3.29%) PaaS
7 13 (2.25%) dbt
7 13 (2.25%) Serverless
8 7 (1.21%) Azure AKS
8 7 (1.21%) Nutanix
9 6 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.04%) Mimecast
9 6 (1.04%) OCI
10 5 (0.87%) PowerApps
10 5 (0.87%) SuccessFactors
11 4 (0.69%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (0.52%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (0.52%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.42%) Firewall
2 13 (2.25%) SD-WAN
2 13 (2.25%) WAN
3 12 (2.08%) Network Security
3 12 (2.08%) VSAN
4 11 (1.90%) Broadband
5 8 (1.38%) MPLS
6 7 (1.21%) Unified Communications
7 5 (0.87%) LAN
8 3 (0.52%) Modbus
8 3 (0.52%) SDH
8 3 (0.52%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.52%) WLAN
9 1 (0.17%) VLAN
9 1 (0.17%) VPN
9 1 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.56%) Data Lake
2 7 (1.21%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.87%) Electronic Patient Records
3 5 (0.87%) MongoDB
3 5 (0.87%) MySQL
4 4 (0.69%) BigQuery
4 4 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (0.69%) Metadata
4 4 (0.69%) Semantic Layer
5 3 (0.52%) 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 (0.17%) Data Hub
7 1 (0.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (2.08%) Jenkins
2 6 (1.04%) GitLab
3 5 (0.87%) Rational Rhapsody
4 4 (0.69%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.52%) Snyk
General
1 130 (22.49%) Finance
2 104 (17.99%) Social Skills
3 66 (11.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 55 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 34 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (5.02%) Law
7 25 (4.33%) Presentation Skills
8 24 (4.15%) Retail
9 16 (2.77%) Banking
10 12 (2.08%) Back Office
10 12 (2.08%) Financial Institution
10 12 (2.08%) Marketing
11 11 (1.90%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.21%) Advertising
12 7 (1.21%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.87%) Health Technology
14 5 (0.87%) Legal
15 4 (0.69%) Games
16 3 (0.52%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.46%) RESTful
2 15 (2.60%) .NET
3 14 (2.42%) OpenAPI
3 14 (2.42%) Swagger
4 12 (2.08%) Middleware
4 12 (2.08%) REST
5 8 (1.38%) SOAP
6 6 (1.04%) Lightning Web Components
7 5 (0.87%) XML
8 4 (0.69%) Node.js
8 4 (0.69%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (0.69%) Terraform
8 4 (0.69%) Visualforce
8 4 (0.69%) XBRL
9 3 (0.52%) .NET Core
9 3 (0.52%) gRPC
9 3 (0.52%) JSON
10 2 (0.35%) Django
10 2 (0.35%) OAuth
10 2 (0.35%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 32 (5.54%) Cloud Native
2 26 (4.50%) Product Ownership
3 25 (4.33%) Virtual Team
4 21 (3.63%) Cyberattack
5 20 (3.46%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.08%) Public Cloud
7 10 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.21%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (1.04%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.04%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.04%) Web Conferencing
10 5 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (0.52%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (0.52%) IoT
11 3 (0.52%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.52%) Social Media
11 3 (0.52%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (0.35%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.87%) Windows
2 4 (0.69%) Linux
3 2 (0.35%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (19.90%) Presales
2 90 (15.57%) AI
3 77 (13.32%) Agile
4 75 (12.98%) Roadmaps
5 61 (10.55%) TOGAF
6 58 (10.03%) DevOps
7 55 (9.52%) Technical Architecture
8 53 (9.17%) Stakeholder Management
9 52 (9.00%) Technical Leadership
10 51 (8.82%) Migration
11 47 (8.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 46 (7.96%) Problem-Solving
13 45 (7.79%) Business Development
14 44 (7.61%) Analytics
14 44 (7.61%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 41 (7.09%) ERP
16 38 (6.57%) Integration Patterns
17 36 (6.23%) Customer Engagement
17 36 (6.23%) Enterprise Architecture
18 35 (6.06%) Creative Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 17 (2.94%) C#
1 17 (2.94%) Python
2 13 (2.25%) SQL
3 8 (1.38%) Java
4 6 (1.04%) Apex Code
5 5 (0.87%) Go
5 5 (0.87%) Rust
6 4 (0.69%) SOQL
6 4 (0.69%) SOSL
7 3 (0.52%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.35%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 105 (18.17%) Security Cleared
2 85 (14.71%) SC Cleared
3 26 (4.50%) Degree
4 16 (2.77%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (2.08%) TOGAF Certification
6 12 (2.08%) VCAP
6 12 (2.08%) VCDX
6 12 (2.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 11 (1.90%) AWS Certification
7 11 (1.90%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.38%) CCNP
8 8 (1.38%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.87%) CCIE
12 3 (0.52%) CISSP
13 2 (0.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 1 (0.17%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.63%) NIST
2 11 (1.90%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.21%) GRC
4 6 (1.04%) GDPR
5 4 (0.69%) 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 (0.17%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.17%) GxP
7 1 (0.17%) PERC
System Software
1 17 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (2.08%) VMware NSX
2 12 (2.08%) vSphere
3 7 (1.21%) vCloud
4 4 (0.69%) Docker
4 4 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.52%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 17 (2.94%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.87%) vCenter Server
3 4 (0.69%) Ansible
4 3 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.35%) CASB
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 103 (17.82%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.29%) Oracle
2 19 (3.29%) SAP
3 17 (2.94%) Cisco
3 17 (2.94%) VMware
4 16 (2.77%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.08%) Broadcom
6 11 (1.90%) Juniper
7 10 (1.73%) Palo Alto
8 9 (1.56%) Fortinet
9 7 (1.21%) CrowdStrike
9 7 (1.21%) Databricks
9 7 (1.21%) Dell
9 7 (1.21%) NetApp
9 7 (1.21%) Nimble Storage
10 6 (1.04%) Barracuda Networks
10 6 (1.04%) N-able
10 6 (1.04%) Sophos
11 5 (0.87%) IFS
11 5 (0.87%) ServiceNow