Hybrid/Remote Solutions Architect Job Trends

Solution Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Solution Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 May 2026.

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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 223 87
Rank change year-on-year +115 -136 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 421 224 1,058
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.24% 1.53% 3.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.39% 1.67% 3.39%
Number of salaries quoted 291 133 570
10th Percentile £62,500 £63,400 £56,809
25th Percentile £68,544 £70,097 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -3.03%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £96,539
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £85,000 £79,250 £80,000
% change year-on-year +7.26% -0.94% -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 17,640 13,451 31,238
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.84% 92.05% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 13,016 8,319 24,839
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £100,000 £105,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 May 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 May 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.

1 120 (28.50%) Azure
2 97 (23.04%) Security Cleared
3 86 (20.43%) AWS
4 77 (18.29%) SC Cleared
5 75 (17.81%) Presales
6 73 (17.34%) AI
7 68 (16.15%) Microsoft
8 66 (15.68%) Agile
9 63 (14.96%) TOGAF
10 62 (14.73%) DevOps
11 58 (13.78%) Roadmaps
12 54 (12.83%) Problem-Solving
13 48 (11.40%) Analytics
14 41 (9.74%) SaaS
15 40 (9.50%) Business Development
16 37 (8.79%) Software Engineering
17 35 (8.31%) Creative Problem-Solving
18 34 (8.08%) Technical Architecture
19 33 (7.84%) Project Management
20 31 (7.36%) GCP
21 30 (7.13%) Stakeholder Management
22 29 (6.89%) Continuous Improvement
22 29 (6.89%) Generative AI
23 28 (6.65%) Customer Engagement
23 28 (6.65%) ITIL
23 28 (6.65%) Microsoft 365
24 27 (6.41%) Microservices
24 27 (6.41%) Time Management
25 26 (6.18%) B2B
25 26 (6.18%) Scrum

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 (1.19%) CMS
2 4 (0.95%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.48%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.48%) GeoServer
3 2 (0.48%) JBoss
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle Spatial
3 2 (0.48%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.24%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.48%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.24%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 7 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.48%) Shopify
4 1 (0.24%) Actimize
4 1 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.24%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.24%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 120 (28.50%) Azure
2 86 (20.43%) AWS
3 41 (9.74%) SaaS
4 31 (7.36%) GCP
5 28 (6.65%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (4.28%) Power Platform
6 18 (4.28%) Serverless
7 16 (3.80%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (3.56%) PaaS
9 8 (1.90%) IaaS
10 7 (1.66%) Nutanix
11 6 (1.43%) Mimecast
12 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (1.19%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.95%) ChatGPT
13 4 (0.95%) Entra ID
13 4 (0.95%) OneDrive
14 3 (0.71%) Azure DevOps
15 2 (0.48%) Azure Service Bus
15 2 (0.48%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.51%) Broadband
2 16 (3.80%) SD-WAN
2 16 (3.80%) WAN
3 12 (2.85%) Firewall
3 12 (2.85%) Network Security
4 8 (1.90%) VSAN
5 7 (1.66%) LAN
5 7 (1.66%) MPLS
6 3 (0.71%) Modbus
6 3 (0.71%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.71%) WLAN
7 1 (0.24%) AMQP
7 1 (0.24%) NGN
7 1 (0.24%) VoIP
7 1 (0.24%) VPN
7 1 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.19%) Data Lake
1 5 (1.19%) Electronic Patient Records
2 4 (0.95%) Metadata
2 4 (0.95%) NoSQL
2 4 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (0.95%) RDBMS
2 4 (0.95%) Relational Database
3 3 (0.71%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.48%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.48%) GIS
4 2 (0.48%) QGIS
4 2 (0.48%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.24%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.24%) Power BI
5 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (3.33%) Jenkins
2 10 (2.38%) GitLab
2 10 (2.38%) SonarQube
3 5 (1.19%) Rational Rhapsody
4 3 (0.71%) Snyk
5 2 (0.48%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.24%) JIRA
General
1 74 (17.58%) Finance
2 61 (14.49%) Social Skills
3 57 (13.54%) Public Sector
4 45 (10.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 38 (9.03%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (6.89%) Law
7 25 (5.94%) Marketing
8 15 (3.56%) Legal
8 15 (3.56%) Retail
9 14 (3.33%) Banking
10 12 (2.85%) Games
11 11 (2.61%) Back Office
12 9 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.90%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.66%) Financial Institution
15 5 (1.19%) Health Technology
16 4 (0.95%) Telecoms
17 3 (0.71%) Advertising
18 1 (0.24%) Documentation Skills
18 1 (0.24%) International Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.28%) .NET
2 16 (3.80%) REST
3 12 (2.85%) RESTful
3 12 (2.85%) SOAP
4 11 (2.61%) Middleware
5 10 (2.38%) Lightning Web Components
5 10 (2.38%) Visualforce
6 7 (1.66%) OpenAPI
6 7 (1.66%) Swagger
7 6 (1.43%) XML
8 4 (0.95%) .NET Core
8 4 (0.95%) OAuth
8 4 (0.95%) OpenID
8 4 (0.95%) XBRL
9 3 (0.71%) gRPC
9 3 (0.71%) JSON
9 3 (0.71%) Node.js
9 3 (0.71%) Spring
9 3 (0.71%) Web Services
10 2 (0.48%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.13%) Cloud Native
2 24 (5.70%) Virtual Team
3 21 (4.99%) Cyberattack
4 18 (4.28%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.33%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.38%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.43%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (1.43%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.43%) Web Conferencing
9 4 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (0.95%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (0.71%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.71%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.48%) Blog
11 2 (0.48%) Taxonomies
11 2 (0.48%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.19%) Windows
2 2 (0.48%) Linux
2 2 (0.48%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (17.81%) Presales
2 73 (17.34%) AI
3 66 (15.68%) Agile
4 63 (14.96%) TOGAF
5 62 (14.73%) DevOps
6 58 (13.78%) Roadmaps
7 54 (12.83%) Problem-Solving
8 48 (11.40%) Analytics
9 40 (9.50%) Business Development
10 37 (8.79%) Software Engineering
11 35 (8.31%) Creative Problem-Solving
12 34 (8.08%) Technical Architecture
13 33 (7.84%) Project Management
14 30 (7.13%) Stakeholder Management
15 29 (6.89%) Continuous Improvement
15 29 (6.89%) Generative AI
16 28 (6.65%) Customer Engagement
16 28 (6.65%) ITIL
17 27 (6.41%) Microservices
17 27 (6.41%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (2.85%) SQL
2 11 (2.61%) C#
3 10 (2.38%) Apex Code
3 10 (2.38%) SOQL
3 10 (2.38%) SOSL
4 8 (1.90%) Java
5 7 (1.66%) Python
6 2 (0.48%) Scala
7 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.24%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 97 (23.04%) Security Cleared
2 77 (18.29%) SC Cleared
3 18 (4.28%) Degree
4 16 (3.80%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (3.80%) TOGAF Certification
5 14 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (2.61%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.14%) CCNP
8 8 (1.90%) VCAP
8 8 (1.90%) VCDX
8 8 (1.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 7 (1.66%) CISSP
10 4 (0.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (0.95%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.95%) CCIE
11 3 (0.71%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.24%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.24%) FFIEC
13 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.46%) NIST
2 8 (1.90%) Data Quality
2 8 (1.90%) GRC
3 5 (1.19%) GDPR
3 5 (1.19%) PMO
4 4 (0.95%) QA
5 3 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.24%) NCSC
7 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.24%) PERC
7 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (2.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (1.90%) VMware NSX
2 8 (1.90%) vSphere
3 7 (1.66%) vCloud
4 5 (1.19%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.19%) Docker
5 3 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (1.19%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.48%) Ansible
4 1 (0.24%) Terraform
4 1 (0.24%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 68 (16.15%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.28%) Cisco
3 12 (2.85%) Salesforce
3 12 (2.85%) VMware
4 11 (2.61%) Splunk
5 10 (2.38%) Fortinet
5 10 (2.38%) Palo Alto
5 10 (2.38%) SAP
6 8 (1.90%) Broadcom
6 8 (1.90%) Juniper
7 7 (1.66%) Dell
7 7 (1.66%) NetApp
7 7 (1.66%) Nimble Storage
8 6 (1.43%) Barracuda Networks
8 6 (1.43%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (1.43%) Databricks
8 6 (1.43%) Meraki
8 6 (1.43%) N-able
8 6 (1.43%) Sophos
9 5 (1.19%) Google