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 22 December 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 168 140 114
Rank change year-on-year -28 -26 +38
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 227 403 564
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.49% 2.34% 2.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.59% 2.43% 2.99%
Number of salaries quoted 118 249 382
10th Percentile £61,250 £56,809 £63,631
25th Percentile £74,063 £68,750 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £87,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +6.06% -2.94%
75th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £96,539
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 14,267 16,602 18,838
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 96.23% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,248 10,274 15,312
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,436 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.86% +0.73% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 22 December 2025.

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 December 2025, 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 64 (28.19%) Agile
1 64 (28.19%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (25.99%) Azure
3 57 (25.11%) Presales
4 56 (24.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 56 (24.67%) Roadmaps
5 47 (20.70%) B2B
6 46 (20.26%) Analytics
7 45 (19.82%) AI
8 43 (18.94%) AWS
9 39 (17.18%) Project Management
10 38 (16.74%) Security Cleared
11 37 (16.30%) TOGAF
12 35 (15.42%) Technical Leadership
13 34 (14.98%) Decision-Making
13 34 (14.98%) DevOps
14 33 (14.54%) Business Development
14 33 (14.54%) Technical Architecture
15 30 (13.22%) Stakeholder Management
15 30 (13.22%) Strategic Thinking
16 28 (12.33%) SaaS
17 26 (11.45%) Creative Problem-Solving
17 26 (11.45%) Project Delivery
18 25 (11.01%) Customer Experience
18 25 (11.01%) GCP
19 24 (10.57%) Customer Insight
19 24 (10.57%) Due Diligence
19 24 (10.57%) Financial Modelling
19 24 (10.57%) Software Engineering
20 23 (10.13%) Enterprise Architecture

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 (2.20%) Confluence
2 4 (1.76%) CMS
3 2 (0.88%) JBoss
3 2 (0.88%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.44%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 10 (4.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.32%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (1.32%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.32%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.88%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.44%) Actimize
4 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.44%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.44%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.44%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.44%) SAP LE
4 1 (0.44%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.44%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.44%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.44%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.44%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 59 (25.99%) Azure
2 43 (18.94%) AWS
3 28 (12.33%) SaaS
4 25 (11.01%) GCP
5 15 (6.61%) Power Platform
6 9 (3.96%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (3.96%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (3.96%) Serverless
7 7 (3.08%) GitHub
7 7 (3.08%) IaaS
7 7 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (3.08%) PaaS
8 5 (2.20%) Snowflake
9 4 (1.76%) Alation
9 4 (1.76%) Cloud Composer
9 4 (1.76%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.32%) Azure AKS
11 2 (0.88%) Azure App Service
11 2 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (0.88%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.20%) Broadband
2 4 (1.76%) Firewall
3 3 (1.32%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.32%) VPN
3 3 (1.32%) WAN
3 3 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.88%) MPLS
5 1 (0.44%) 5G
5 1 (0.44%) DNS
5 1 (0.44%) LAN
5 1 (0.44%) MIMO
5 1 (0.44%) NGN
5 1 (0.44%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.96%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (2.64%) Power BI
3 5 (2.20%) Data Lake
3 5 (2.20%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.20%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.76%) BigQuery
4 4 (1.76%) DataStage
4 4 (1.76%) Metadata
4 4 (1.76%) QlikView
4 4 (1.76%) Tableau
5 2 (0.88%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.44%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.44%) GIS
6 1 (0.44%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (4.85%) JIRA
2 6 (2.64%) ERwin
2 6 (2.64%) GitLab
3 4 (1.76%) ER Studio
3 4 (1.76%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.76%) PowerDesigner
3 4 (1.76%) SonarQube
General
1 101 (44.49%) Social Skills
2 67 (29.52%) Finance
3 48 (21.15%) Public Sector
4 39 (17.18%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (11.01%) Presentation Skills
5 25 (11.01%) Retail
6 15 (6.61%) Marketing
7 11 (4.85%) Banking
8 10 (4.41%) Law
9 9 (3.96%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (3.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (3.52%) Back Office
10 8 (3.52%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.20%) Retail Banking
12 4 (1.76%) Games
13 3 (1.32%) Legal
14 2 (0.88%) Billing
14 2 (0.88%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.88%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (10.13%) Node.js
1 23 (10.13%) React
2 22 (9.69%) React Native
3 10 (4.41%) .NET
4 7 (3.08%) REST
5 6 (2.64%) SAP Fiori
5 6 (2.64%) SOAP
6 5 (2.20%) Middleware
7 4 (1.76%) Kafka
7 4 (1.76%) Lightning Web Components
7 4 (1.76%) RESTful
7 4 (1.76%) Visualforce
8 3 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (1.32%) Web Services
9 2 (0.88%) Hibernate
9 2 (0.88%) OpenAPI
9 2 (0.88%) Spring
9 2 (0.88%) Struts
9 2 (0.88%) Swagger
9 2 (0.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.78%) Self-Motivation
2 27 (11.89%) Virtual Team
3 23 (10.13%) Mobile App
4 16 (7.05%) Cloud Native
5 11 (4.85%) Management Information System
6 10 (4.41%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (3.96%) Product Ownership
8 8 (3.52%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (2.20%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.20%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.76%) CMDB
10 4 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.76%) Reinsurance
11 3 (1.32%) Data Centre
12 2 (0.88%) Algorithms
12 2 (0.88%) Blog
12 2 (0.88%) DataPower
12 2 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.88%) IoT
12 2 (0.88%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.44%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (28.19%) Agile
1 64 (28.19%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (25.11%) Presales
3 56 (24.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 56 (24.67%) Roadmaps
4 47 (20.70%) B2B
5 46 (20.26%) Analytics
6 45 (19.82%) AI
7 39 (17.18%) Project Management
8 37 (16.30%) TOGAF
9 35 (15.42%) Technical Leadership
10 34 (14.98%) Decision-Making
10 34 (14.98%) DevOps
11 33 (14.54%) Business Development
11 33 (14.54%) Technical Architecture
12 30 (13.22%) Stakeholder Management
12 30 (13.22%) Strategic Thinking
13 26 (11.45%) Creative Problem-Solving
13 26 (11.45%) Project Delivery
14 25 (11.01%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.61%) Python
2 14 (6.17%) SQL
3 13 (5.73%) Java
4 12 (5.29%) C#
5 4 (1.76%) Apex Code
5 4 (1.76%) SOQL
5 4 (1.76%) SOSL
6 3 (1.32%) Go
7 2 (0.88%) Bicep
7 2 (0.88%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.44%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (16.74%) Security Cleared
2 21 (9.25%) SC Cleared
3 17 (7.49%) AWS Certification
3 17 (7.49%) Azure Certification
4 16 (7.05%) Degree
5 10 (4.41%) Master's Degree
5 10 (4.41%) TOGAF Certification
6 9 (3.96%) DV Cleared
7 8 (3.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 6 (2.64%) SAP Certification
9 5 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.76%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.44%) CCNA
12 1 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.08%) GDPR
2 5 (2.20%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.20%) NIST
2 5 (2.20%) QA
3 4 (1.76%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.44%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.44%) GRC
5 1 (0.44%) NCSC
System Software
1 11 (4.85%) Docker
2 1 (0.44%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (7.05%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.08%) Terraform
3 1 (0.44%) Ansible
3 1 (0.44%) Autotask
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 20 (8.81%) SAP
2 19 (8.37%) Microsoft
3 15 (6.61%) Workday
4 12 (5.29%) Google
5 10 (4.41%) Databricks
6 6 (2.64%) Ariba
7 5 (2.20%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.76%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.76%) IBM
8 4 (1.76%) Informatica
8 4 (1.76%) Oracle
8 4 (1.76%) Splunk
9 3 (1.32%) Cisco
9 3 (1.32%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.88%) BiZZdesign
10 2 (0.88%) Foundry
11 1 (0.44%) Anaplan
11 1 (0.44%) OpenAI
11 1 (0.44%) Sparx
11 1 (0.44%) Ubiquiti