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 17 January 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 154 125
Rank change year-on-year -30 -29 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 196 348 584
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.28% 2.12% 2.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.36% 2.21% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 104 198 404
10th Percentile £66,862 £58,667 £63,631
25th Percentile £76,250 £72,125 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £87,500 £81,250
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +7.69% -4.41%
75th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £93,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -3.03% -2.94%

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 14,368 15,773 21,868
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.70% 96.08% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 9,386 9,503 17,972
10th Percentile £30,125 £35,300 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 17 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 17 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 59 (30.10%) Continuous Improvement
2 58 (29.59%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (27.04%) Agile
4 49 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 47 (23.98%) Presales
6 45 (22.96%) Analytics
6 45 (22.96%) Azure
7 44 (22.45%) AI
8 43 (21.94%) B2B
9 40 (20.41%) Project Management
10 38 (19.39%) Security Cleared
11 35 (17.86%) AWS
12 33 (16.84%) Technical Architecture
13 32 (16.33%) Business Development
13 32 (16.33%) Decision-Making
13 32 (16.33%) Strategic Thinking
14 31 (15.82%) Technical Leadership
15 30 (15.31%) DevOps
16 28 (14.29%) Project Delivery
16 28 (14.29%) SaaS
17 27 (13.78%) Customer Experience
18 26 (13.27%) Creative Problem-Solving
19 25 (12.76%) Software Engineering
20 24 (12.24%) Customer Insight
20 24 (12.24%) Due Diligence
20 24 (12.24%) Financial Modelling
21 21 (10.71%) SC Cleared
21 21 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
22 20 (10.20%) Microservices
22 20 (10.20%) TOGAF

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 (2.55%) CMS
2 4 (2.04%) Confluence
3 2 (1.02%) JBoss
3 2 (1.02%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.51%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.51%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 10 (5.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.53%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (1.53%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.53%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.02%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.51%) Actimize
4 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 45 (22.96%) Azure
2 35 (17.86%) AWS
3 28 (14.29%) SaaS
4 19 (9.69%) GCP
5 16 (8.16%) Power Platform
6 9 (4.59%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (3.57%) GitHub
7 7 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (3.57%) Serverless
8 6 (3.06%) IaaS
8 6 (3.06%) PaaS
9 5 (2.55%) Snowflake
10 4 (2.04%) Alation
10 4 (2.04%) Cloud Composer
11 3 (1.53%) Entra ID
12 2 (1.02%) Azure AKS
12 2 (1.02%) Azure Machine Learning
12 2 (1.02%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (1.02%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.59%) Broadband
2 4 (2.04%) Firewall
2 4 (2.04%) SD-WAN
2 4 (2.04%) WAN
3 3 (1.53%) VPN
3 3 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.02%) MPLS
5 1 (0.51%) 5G
5 1 (0.51%) LAN
5 1 (0.51%) MIMO
5 1 (0.51%) NGN
5 1 (0.51%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.51%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (3.06%) Power BI
3 5 (2.55%) Data Lake
4 4 (2.04%) BigQuery
4 4 (2.04%) DataStage
4 4 (2.04%) Metadata
4 4 (2.04%) QlikView
4 4 (2.04%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.04%) Tableau
5 2 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.51%) GIS
6 1 (0.51%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.51%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (3.06%) ERwin
1 6 (3.06%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.55%) GitLab
3 4 (2.04%) ER Studio
3 4 (2.04%) JIRA
3 4 (2.04%) PowerDesigner
3 4 (2.04%) SonarQube
4 2 (1.02%) TeamCity
General
1 93 (47.45%) Social Skills
2 59 (30.10%) Finance
3 47 (23.98%) Public Sector
4 36 (18.37%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (12.76%) Presentation Skills
6 21 (10.71%) Retail
7 17 (8.67%) Marketing
8 14 (7.14%) Banking
9 11 (5.61%) Law
10 10 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (4.59%) Back Office
12 6 (3.06%) Games
12 6 (3.06%) Manufacturing
13 5 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (2.55%) Retail Banking
14 3 (1.53%) Legal
14 3 (1.53%) Telecoms
15 2 (1.02%) Billing
15 2 (1.02%) Financial Institution
15 2 (1.02%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (9.69%) Node.js
1 19 (9.69%) React
2 18 (9.18%) React Native
3 8 (4.08%) .NET
3 8 (4.08%) Middleware
4 7 (3.57%) REST
5 6 (3.06%) SOAP
6 5 (2.55%) RESTful
7 4 (2.04%) Lightning Web Components
7 4 (2.04%) SAP Fiori
7 4 (2.04%) Visualforce
8 3 (1.53%) Kafka
8 3 (1.53%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (1.53%) Web Services
9 2 (1.02%) Akka
9 2 (1.02%) Hibernate
9 2 (1.02%) OpenAPI
9 2 (1.02%) Spring
9 2 (1.02%) Struts
9 2 (1.02%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (15.31%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (13.27%) Virtual Team
3 19 (9.69%) Mobile App
4 13 (6.63%) Cloud Native
5 10 (5.10%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (4.59%) Product Ownership
7 6 (3.06%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (2.55%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.55%) Management Information System
9 4 (2.04%) Low-Code
9 4 (2.04%) Reinsurance
10 3 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (1.02%) Blog
11 2 (1.02%) Data Centre
11 2 (1.02%) DataPower
11 2 (1.02%) Over-the-Top Content
11 2 (1.02%) Video\Live Streaming
12 1 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.51%) IoT
12 1 (0.51%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.51%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (30.10%) Continuous Improvement
2 58 (29.59%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (27.04%) Agile
4 49 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 47 (23.98%) Presales
6 45 (22.96%) Analytics
7 44 (22.45%) AI
8 43 (21.94%) B2B
9 40 (20.41%) Project Management
10 33 (16.84%) Technical Architecture
11 32 (16.33%) Business Development
11 32 (16.33%) Decision-Making
11 32 (16.33%) Strategic Thinking
12 31 (15.82%) Technical Leadership
13 30 (15.31%) DevOps
14 28 (14.29%) Project Delivery
15 27 (13.78%) Customer Experience
16 26 (13.27%) Creative Problem-Solving
17 25 (12.76%) Software Engineering
18 24 (12.24%) Customer Insight
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.10%) Java
1 10 (5.10%) Python
2 8 (4.08%) C#
2 8 (4.08%) SQL
3 4 (2.04%) Apex Code
3 4 (2.04%) SOQL
3 4 (2.04%) SOSL
4 3 (1.53%) Go
5 2 (1.02%) Bicep
5 2 (1.02%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.02%) Scala
6 1 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 38 (19.39%) Security Cleared
2 21 (10.71%) SC Cleared
3 13 (6.63%) Degree
4 12 (6.12%) Azure Certification
5 11 (5.61%) AWS Certification
6 10 (5.10%) DV Cleared
7 9 (4.59%) Master's Degree
8 6 (3.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (2.55%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (2.04%) DBS Check
10 4 (2.04%) SAP Certification
11 2 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.51%) CCNA
12 1 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.51%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.55%) Data Quality
1 5 (2.55%) QA
2 4 (2.04%) GDPR
2 4 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.53%) NIST
4 2 (1.02%) GRC
4 2 (1.02%) NCSC
5 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.51%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.51%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (4.08%) Docker
2 1 (0.51%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (5.61%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.57%) Terraform
3 1 (0.51%) Ansible
3 1 (0.51%) Autotask
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (9.69%) SAP
2 17 (8.67%) Microsoft
3 9 (4.59%) Databricks
4 5 (2.55%) Google
4 5 (2.55%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.55%) Splunk
5 4 (2.04%) Cisco
5 4 (2.04%) Fortinet
5 4 (2.04%) IBM
5 4 (2.04%) Informatica
6 3 (1.53%) Ariba
6 3 (1.53%) Oracle
6 3 (1.53%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.02%) BiZZdesign
8 1 (0.51%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.51%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.51%) Foundry
8 1 (0.51%) Sparx
8 1 (0.51%) Ubiquiti
8 1 (0.51%) Workday