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 7 January 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 153 119
Rank change year-on-year -28 -34 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 209 350 569
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.38% 2.10% 2.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.47% 2.19% 2.82%
Number of salaries quoted 114 203 393
10th Percentile £61,625 £56,809 £63,631
25th Percentile £75,000 £69,250 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £85,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +3.03% -2.94%
75th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £106,250 £109,500
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £83,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -4.19% -1.76%

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 14,199 16,000 20,145
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.61% 96.14% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 9,188 9,719 16,436
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,344 £46,250 £45,210
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,206 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% +2.01% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £96,288 £97,500 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -3.33%

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 7 January 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 7 January 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 (29.19%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (28.71%) Agile
3 57 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 51 (24.40%) Roadmaps
5 50 (23.92%) Presales
6 49 (23.44%) Azure
7 47 (22.49%) AI
7 47 (22.49%) B2B
8 45 (21.53%) Analytics
9 39 (18.66%) Project Management
10 36 (17.22%) AWS
10 36 (17.22%) Security Cleared
11 35 (16.75%) Technical Leadership
12 34 (16.27%) Technical Architecture
13 33 (15.79%) Business Development
13 33 (15.79%) Decision-Making
14 32 (15.31%) DevOps
15 31 (14.83%) Strategic Thinking
16 28 (13.40%) SaaS
17 27 (12.92%) Project Delivery
17 27 (12.92%) Stakeholder Management
17 27 (12.92%) TOGAF
18 26 (12.44%) Creative Problem-Solving
18 26 (12.44%) Customer Experience
19 24 (11.48%) Customer Insight
19 24 (11.48%) Due Diligence
19 24 (11.48%) Financial Modelling
19 24 (11.48%) Software Engineering
20 23 (11.00%) Node.js
20 23 (11.00%) React

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 (2.39%) CMS
2 4 (1.91%) Confluence
3 2 (0.96%) JBoss
3 2 (0.96%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.48%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 9 (4.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.44%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (1.44%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.44%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.96%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.48%) Actimize
4 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 49 (23.44%) Azure
2 36 (17.22%) AWS
3 28 (13.40%) SaaS
4 20 (9.57%) GCP
5 15 (7.18%) Power Platform
6 9 (4.31%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (3.83%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (3.83%) Serverless
8 7 (3.35%) GitHub
8 7 (3.35%) IaaS
8 7 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (3.35%) PaaS
9 5 (2.39%) Snowflake
10 4 (1.91%) Alation
10 4 (1.91%) Cloud Composer
10 4 (1.91%) Entra ID
11 3 (1.44%) Azure AKS
12 2 (0.96%) Azure App Service
12 2 (0.96%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.96%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.35%) Broadband
2 4 (1.91%) Firewall
3 3 (1.44%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.44%) VPN
3 3 (1.44%) WAN
3 3 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.96%) MPLS
5 1 (0.48%) 5G
5 1 (0.48%) LAN
5 1 (0.48%) MIMO
5 1 (0.48%) NGN
5 1 (0.48%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.48%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.35%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (2.87%) Power BI
3 5 (2.39%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.91%) BigQuery
4 4 (1.91%) DataStage
4 4 (1.91%) Metadata
4 4 (1.91%) QlikView
4 4 (1.91%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.91%) Tableau
5 2 (0.96%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.48%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.48%) GIS
6 1 (0.48%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (2.87%) ERwin
1 6 (2.87%) JIRA
2 5 (2.39%) GitLab
2 5 (2.39%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.91%) ER Studio
3 4 (1.91%) PowerDesigner
3 4 (1.91%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.48%) TeamCity
General
1 99 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 61 (29.19%) Finance
3 46 (22.01%) Public Sector
4 38 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (11.96%) Presentation Skills
6 23 (11.00%) Retail
7 16 (7.66%) Marketing
8 13 (6.22%) Banking
9 10 (4.78%) Law
10 9 (4.31%) Back Office
10 9 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.87%) Manufacturing
13 5 (2.39%) Games
13 5 (2.39%) Retail Banking
14 3 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.44%) Legal
15 2 (0.96%) Billing
15 2 (0.96%) General Ledger
15 2 (0.96%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (11.00%) Node.js
1 23 (11.00%) React
2 22 (10.53%) React Native
3 8 (3.83%) .NET
4 7 (3.35%) Middleware
4 7 (3.35%) REST
5 6 (2.87%) SOAP
6 4 (1.91%) Lightning Web Components
6 4 (1.91%) RESTful
6 4 (1.91%) SAP Fiori
6 4 (1.91%) Visualforce
7 3 (1.44%) Kafka
7 3 (1.44%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (1.44%) Web Services
8 2 (0.96%) Hibernate
8 2 (0.96%) OpenAPI
8 2 (0.96%) Spring
8 2 (0.96%) Struts
8 2 (0.96%) Swagger
8 2 (0.96%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (13.88%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (12.44%) Virtual Team
3 23 (11.00%) Mobile App
4 13 (6.22%) Cloud Native
5 9 (4.31%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (4.31%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.35%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.87%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (2.39%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.91%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.91%) Reinsurance
10 3 (1.44%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.96%) Blog
11 2 (0.96%) CMDB
11 2 (0.96%) DataPower
11 2 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.96%) Onboarding
12 1 (0.48%) Algorithms
12 1 (0.48%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.48%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (29.19%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (28.71%) Agile
3 57 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 51 (24.40%) Roadmaps
5 50 (23.92%) Presales
6 47 (22.49%) AI
6 47 (22.49%) B2B
7 45 (21.53%) Analytics
8 39 (18.66%) Project Management
9 35 (16.75%) Technical Leadership
10 34 (16.27%) Technical Architecture
11 33 (15.79%) Business Development
11 33 (15.79%) Decision-Making
12 32 (15.31%) DevOps
13 31 (14.83%) Strategic Thinking
14 27 (12.92%) Project Delivery
14 27 (12.92%) Stakeholder Management
14 27 (12.92%) TOGAF
15 26 (12.44%) Creative Problem-Solving
15 26 (12.44%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.74%) Python
2 10 (4.78%) Java
3 9 (4.31%) C#
3 9 (4.31%) SQL
4 4 (1.91%) Apex Code
4 4 (1.91%) SOQL
4 4 (1.91%) SOSL
5 3 (1.44%) Go
6 2 (0.96%) Bicep
6 2 (0.96%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.48%) Scala
Qualifications
1 36 (17.22%) Security Cleared
2 20 (9.57%) SC Cleared
3 14 (6.70%) Degree
4 12 (5.74%) Azure Certification
5 11 (5.26%) AWS Certification
6 9 (4.31%) DV Cleared
6 9 (4.31%) Master's Degree
7 8 (3.83%) TOGAF Certification
8 6 (2.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.91%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.91%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.48%) CCNA
12 1 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.48%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.39%) Data Quality
1 5 (2.39%) GDPR
1 5 (2.39%) QA
2 4 (1.91%) NIST
3 3 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.96%) GRC
4 2 (0.96%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.48%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.48%) NCSC
5 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (4.31%) Docker
2 1 (0.48%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (6.22%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.87%) Terraform
3 1 (0.48%) Ansible
3 1 (0.48%) Autotask
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (9.09%) Microsoft
1 19 (9.09%) SAP
2 9 (4.31%) Databricks
3 8 (3.83%) Google
4 6 (2.87%) Workday
5 5 (2.39%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.39%) Splunk
6 4 (1.91%) Fortinet
6 4 (1.91%) IBM
6 4 (1.91%) Informatica
7 3 (1.44%) Ariba
7 3 (1.44%) Cisco
7 3 (1.44%) Oracle
7 3 (1.44%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.96%) BiZZdesign
8 2 (0.96%) Foundry
9 1 (0.48%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.48%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.48%) Sparx
9 1 (0.48%) Ubiquiti