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 19 August 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 262 72
Rank change year-on-year +151 -190 +47
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 569 183 929
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.49% 1.11% 3.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.64% 1.20% 3.90%
Number of salaries quoted 434 100 477
10th Percentile £65,000 £61,125 £56,809
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,563 £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 21,531 15,230 23,844
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 92.36% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 15,372 9,276 17,207
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,250
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 £76,840 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £96,000
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 19 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 19 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.

1 166 (29.17%) Azure
2 112 (19.68%) Presales
3 110 (19.33%) Security Cleared
4 102 (17.93%) Microsoft
5 92 (16.17%) AWS
6 91 (15.99%) SC Cleared
7 85 (14.94%) AI
8 78 (13.71%) Agile
9 70 (12.30%) Roadmaps
10 63 (11.07%) TOGAF
11 62 (10.90%) DevOps
12 54 (9.49%) Technical Architecture
13 53 (9.31%) Stakeholder Management
14 49 (8.61%) Problem-Solving
15 48 (8.44%) Migration
16 47 (8.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 47 (8.26%) Technical Leadership
17 45 (7.91%) Analytics
18 44 (7.73%) SaaS
19 43 (7.56%) Business Development
20 42 (7.38%) Digital Transformation Programme
20 42 (7.38%) GCP
21 39 (6.85%) Dynamics 365
21 39 (6.85%) Integration Patterns
22 38 (6.68%) Enterprise Architecture
23 37 (6.50%) ERP
24 36 (6.33%) Customer Engagement
25 35 (6.15%) Creative Problem-Solving
26 34 (5.98%) Mentoring
27 33 (5.80%) 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 5 (0.88%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.35%) ArcGIS
2 2 (0.35%) CMS
2 2 (0.35%) GeoServer
2 2 (0.35%) Oracle Spatial
3 1 (0.18%) Apache
3 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.18%) Appian
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.18%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 4 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (0.70%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.18%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.53%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (0.53%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.35%) Shopify
5 1 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.18%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.18%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.18%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 166 (29.17%) Azure
2 92 (16.17%) AWS
3 44 (7.73%) SaaS
4 42 (7.38%) GCP
5 39 (6.85%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (3.34%) Power Platform
8 18 (3.16%) PaaS
9 14 (2.46%) Serverless
10 13 (2.28%) dbt
11 7 (1.23%) Azure AKS
11 7 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.23%) Nutanix
12 6 (1.05%) Mimecast
13 4 (0.70%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (0.70%) Entra ID
13 4 (0.70%) OCI
13 4 (0.70%) PowerApps
14 3 (0.53%) Azure API Management
14 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.46%) Firewall
1 14 (2.46%) SD-WAN
1 14 (2.46%) WAN
2 13 (2.28%) Broadband
3 12 (2.11%) Network Security
3 12 (2.11%) VSAN
4 9 (1.58%) MPLS
5 7 (1.23%) Unified Communications
6 6 (1.05%) LAN
7 3 (0.53%) Modbus
7 3 (0.53%) SDH
7 3 (0.53%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.53%) WLAN
8 1 (0.18%) VLAN
8 1 (0.18%) VPN
8 1 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.58%) Data Lake
2 5 (0.88%) Electronic Patient Records
2 5 (0.88%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.70%) BigQuery
3 4 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (0.70%) Metadata
3 4 (0.70%) Semantic Layer
4 3 (0.53%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.53%) MySQL
4 3 (0.53%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.35%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (0.35%) GIS
5 2 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.35%) QGIS
6 1 (0.18%) Data Hub
6 1 (0.18%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (2.46%) Jenkins
2 8 (1.41%) GitLab
3 6 (1.05%) SonarQube
4 5 (0.88%) Rational Rhapsody
5 3 (0.53%) Snyk
General
1 122 (21.44%) Finance
2 99 (17.40%) Social Skills
3 65 (11.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 55 (9.67%) Public Sector
5 36 (6.33%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (4.75%) Law
7 24 (4.22%) Retail
8 21 (3.69%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (2.64%) Marketing
10 14 (2.46%) Manufacturing
11 12 (2.11%) Banking
12 10 (1.76%) Back Office
12 10 (1.76%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.23%) Advertising
13 7 (1.23%) Legal
13 7 (1.23%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.05%) Games
15 5 (0.88%) Health Technology
16 3 (0.53%) Aerospace
17 2 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.16%) RESTful
2 14 (2.46%) .NET
2 14 (2.46%) REST
3 12 (2.11%) OpenAPI
3 12 (2.11%) Swagger
4 11 (1.93%) Middleware
5 10 (1.76%) SOAP
6 8 (1.41%) Lightning Web Components
7 6 (1.05%) Visualforce
8 5 (0.88%) XML
9 4 (0.70%) Node.js
9 4 (0.70%) XBRL
10 3 (0.53%) .NET Core
10 3 (0.53%) gRPC
10 3 (0.53%) JSON
11 2 (0.35%) Django
11 2 (0.35%) GeoJSON
11 2 (0.35%) OAuth
11 2 (0.35%) OpenID
11 2 (0.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 35 (6.15%) Cloud Native
2 25 (4.39%) Virtual Team
3 24 (4.22%) Product Ownership
4 21 (3.69%) Cyberattack
5 20 (3.51%) Data Centre
6 13 (2.28%) Public Cloud
7 10 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.05%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.05%) Web Conferencing
10 5 (0.88%) Onboarding
11 4 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (0.53%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (0.53%) IoT
12 3 (0.53%) Security Posture
12 3 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.53%) Social Media
12 3 (0.53%) Video Conferencing
13 2 (0.35%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.05%) Windows
2 4 (0.70%) Linux
3 2 (0.35%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (19.68%) Presales
2 85 (14.94%) AI
3 78 (13.71%) Agile
4 70 (12.30%) Roadmaps
5 63 (11.07%) TOGAF
6 62 (10.90%) DevOps
7 54 (9.49%) Technical Architecture
8 53 (9.31%) Stakeholder Management
9 49 (8.61%) Problem-Solving
10 48 (8.44%) Migration
11 47 (8.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 47 (8.26%) Technical Leadership
12 45 (7.91%) Analytics
13 43 (7.56%) Business Development
14 42 (7.38%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 39 (6.85%) Integration Patterns
16 38 (6.68%) Enterprise Architecture
17 37 (6.50%) ERP
18 36 (6.33%) Customer Engagement
19 35 (6.15%) Creative Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 15 (2.64%) Python
2 14 (2.46%) C#
3 13 (2.28%) SQL
4 8 (1.41%) Apex Code
5 6 (1.05%) Java
5 6 (1.05%) SOQL
5 6 (1.05%) SOSL
6 3 (0.53%) Go
6 3 (0.53%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.53%) Rust
7 2 (0.35%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 110 (19.33%) Security Cleared
2 91 (15.99%) SC Cleared
3 26 (4.57%) Degree
4 16 (2.81%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (2.28%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (2.11%) TOGAF Certification
6 12 (2.11%) VCAP
6 12 (2.11%) VCDX
6 12 (2.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 11 (1.93%) AWS Certification
7 11 (1.93%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.41%) CCNP
8 8 (1.41%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (0.88%) CCIE
10 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.70%) CISSP
12 2 (0.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 1 (0.18%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.69%) NIST
2 11 (1.93%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.23%) GDPR
3 7 (1.23%) GRC
4 4 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (0.35%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.35%) NCSC
5 2 (0.35%) QA
6 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.18%) GxP
6 1 (0.18%) PERC
System Software
1 17 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (2.11%) VMware NSX
2 12 (2.11%) vSphere
3 7 (1.23%) vCloud
4 4 (0.70%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.70%) Docker
4 4 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 17 (2.99%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.88%) vCenter Server
3 4 (0.70%) Ansible
3 4 (0.70%) Terraform
4 3 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.35%) CASB
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 102 (17.93%) Microsoft
2 18 (3.16%) Cisco
2 18 (3.16%) Salesforce
2 18 (3.16%) SAP
3 17 (2.99%) VMware
4 14 (2.46%) Oracle
5 12 (2.11%) Broadcom
6 11 (1.93%) Palo Alto
7 9 (1.58%) Fortinet
7 9 (1.58%) Juniper
8 7 (1.23%) CrowdStrike
8 7 (1.23%) Databricks
8 7 (1.23%) Dell
8 7 (1.23%) NetApp
8 7 (1.23%) Nimble Storage
9 6 (1.05%) Barracuda Networks
9 6 (1.05%) Google
9 6 (1.05%) Meraki
9 6 (1.05%) N-able
9 6 (1.05%) Sophos