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 25 February 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 141 130
Rank change year-on-year -33 -11 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 239 367 691
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.45% 2.44% 2.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.55% 2.56% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 123 218 493
10th Percentile £66,771 £59,168 £58,600
25th Percentile £73,375 £70,097 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £87,500 £78,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +11.46% -4.85%
75th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £111,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year - +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 15,401 14,318 26,521
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 95.33% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 10,295 8,900 22,232
10th Percentile £31,175 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 25 February 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 25 February 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 62 (25.94%) Azure
1 62 (25.94%) Continuous Improvement
2 59 (24.69%) Agile
3 57 (23.85%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (23.43%) Roadmaps
5 55 (23.01%) AI
6 54 (22.59%) Security Cleared
7 48 (20.08%) AWS
7 48 (20.08%) Presales
8 46 (19.25%) Analytics
9 44 (18.41%) DevOps
10 40 (16.74%) Project Management
11 37 (15.48%) SC Cleared
11 37 (15.48%) TOGAF
12 36 (15.06%) B2B
12 36 (15.06%) Business Development
12 36 (15.06%) SaaS
13 35 (14.64%) Technical Architecture
14 32 (13.39%) Decision-Making
15 31 (12.97%) Microsoft
15 31 (12.97%) Project Delivery
16 29 (12.13%) Strategic Thinking
17 28 (11.72%) Software Engineering
18 27 (11.30%) Customer Experience
19 26 (10.88%) Creative Problem-Solving
20 25 (10.46%) GCP
20 25 (10.46%) Power Platform
21 24 (10.04%) Customer Insight
21 24 (10.04%) Due Diligence
21 24 (10.04%) Financial Modelling

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 (2.09%) CMS
2 3 (1.26%) Confluence
2 3 (1.26%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.84%) JBoss
3 2 (0.84%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.42%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 11 (4.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.26%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (1.26%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.26%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.84%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.42%) Actimize
4 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.42%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.42%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 62 (25.94%) Azure
2 48 (20.08%) AWS
3 36 (15.06%) SaaS
4 25 (10.46%) GCP
4 25 (10.46%) Power Platform
5 19 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (5.02%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (4.18%) Serverless
8 9 (3.77%) IaaS
9 8 (3.35%) PaaS
10 7 (2.93%) GitHub
11 6 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.67%) Alation
12 4 (1.67%) Cloud Composer
12 4 (1.67%) Snowflake
13 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (1.26%) OCI
13 3 (1.26%) PowerApps
14 2 (0.84%) ChatGPT
14 2 (0.84%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.69%) Broadband
2 7 (2.93%) SD-WAN
2 7 (2.93%) WAN
3 4 (1.67%) MPLS
3 4 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.26%) LAN
5 2 (0.84%) Firewall
5 2 (0.84%) Network Security
5 2 (0.84%) NGN
5 2 (0.84%) VPN
6 1 (0.42%) 5G
6 1 (0.42%) AMQP
6 1 (0.42%) MIMO
6 1 (0.42%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.42%) VoIP
6 1 (0.42%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (2.51%) Power BI
3 5 (2.09%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.67%) BigQuery
4 4 (1.67%) DataStage
4 4 (1.67%) Metadata
4 4 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.67%) QlikView
4 4 (1.67%) RDBMS
4 4 (1.67%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.67%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.67%) Tableau
5 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.42%) GIS
5 1 (0.42%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.42%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 12 (5.02%) Jenkins
2 11 (4.60%) GitLab
3 10 (4.18%) SonarQube
4 6 (2.51%) ERwin
5 4 (1.67%) ER Studio
5 4 (1.67%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (1.26%) JIRA
7 2 (0.84%) TeamCity
General
1 95 (39.75%) Social Skills
2 72 (30.13%) Finance
3 49 (20.50%) Public Sector
4 35 (14.64%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (10.88%) Presentation Skills
6 25 (10.46%) Marketing
7 22 (9.21%) Retail
8 21 (8.79%) Law
9 20 (8.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (7.11%) Banking
11 14 (5.86%) Back Office
12 13 (5.44%) Legal
13 12 (5.02%) Games
14 9 (3.77%) Manufacturing
15 6 (2.51%) Financial Institution
16 5 (2.09%) Telecoms
17 4 (1.67%) Retail Banking
18 3 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
19 2 (0.84%) Billing
19 2 (0.84%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.44%) REST
2 12 (5.02%) SOAP
3 11 (4.60%) Node.js
3 11 (4.60%) React
4 10 (4.18%) Lightning Web Components
4 10 (4.18%) Middleware
4 10 (4.18%) React Native
4 10 (4.18%) RESTful
4 10 (4.18%) Visualforce
5 8 (3.35%) .NET
6 6 (2.51%) OpenAPI
6 6 (2.51%) Swagger
7 4 (1.67%) SAP Fiori
8 3 (1.26%) Kafka
8 3 (1.26%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (1.26%) Spring
8 3 (1.26%) Web Services
9 2 (0.84%) Akka
9 2 (0.84%) OAuth
9 2 (0.84%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 33 (13.81%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (10.88%) Virtual Team
3 17 (7.11%) Cloud Native
3 17 (7.11%) Product Ownership
4 11 (4.60%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (4.60%) Mobile App
5 7 (2.93%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.09%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.67%) Blog
7 4 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.67%) Reinsurance
8 3 (1.26%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.26%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.84%) DataPower
9 2 (0.84%) IoT
9 2 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.84%) Over-the-Top Content
9 2 (0.84%) Video\Live Streaming
10 1 (0.42%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.84%) Windows
2 1 (0.42%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (25.94%) Continuous Improvement
2 59 (24.69%) Agile
3 57 (23.85%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (23.43%) Roadmaps
5 55 (23.01%) AI
6 48 (20.08%) Presales
7 46 (19.25%) Analytics
8 44 (18.41%) DevOps
9 40 (16.74%) Project Management
10 37 (15.48%) TOGAF
11 36 (15.06%) B2B
11 36 (15.06%) Business Development
12 35 (14.64%) Technical Architecture
13 32 (13.39%) Decision-Making
14 31 (12.97%) Project Delivery
15 29 (12.13%) Strategic Thinking
16 28 (11.72%) Software Engineering
17 27 (11.30%) Customer Experience
18 26 (10.88%) Creative Problem-Solving
19 24 (10.04%) Due Diligence
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.18%) Apex Code
1 10 (4.18%) Java
1 10 (4.18%) SOQL
1 10 (4.18%) SOSL
2 7 (2.93%) Python
3 6 (2.51%) SQL
4 5 (2.09%) C#
5 2 (0.84%) Scala
6 1 (0.42%) Bicep
6 1 (0.42%) Go
6 1 (0.42%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.42%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 54 (22.59%) Security Cleared
2 37 (15.48%) SC Cleared
3 13 (5.44%) Degree
4 12 (5.02%) TOGAF Certification
5 10 (4.18%) DV Cleared
6 9 (3.77%) AWS Certification
6 9 (3.77%) Azure Certification
7 8 (3.35%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (2.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (2.09%) CISSP
10 4 (1.67%) DBS Check
11 3 (1.26%) SAP Certification
12 2 (0.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.84%) CCNP
13 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.42%) CCNA
13 1 (0.42%) FFIEC
13 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.09%) Data Quality
1 5 (2.09%) GDPR
1 5 (2.09%) PMO
2 4 (1.67%) QA
3 3 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.84%) GRC
4 2 (0.84%) NCSC
4 2 (0.84%) NIST
5 1 (0.42%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (2.93%) Docker
2 2 (0.84%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.42%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (3.35%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.51%) Terraform
3 2 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.42%) Ansible
Vendors
1 31 (12.97%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.53%) SAP
3 11 (4.60%) Splunk
4 10 (4.18%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.35%) Databricks
5 8 (3.35%) Google
6 5 (2.09%) Oracle
7 4 (1.67%) Ariba
7 4 (1.67%) Cisco
7 4 (1.67%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.67%) IBM
7 4 (1.67%) Informatica
8 3 (1.26%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.84%) BiZZdesign
9 2 (0.84%) Okta
10 1 (0.42%) Meraki
10 1 (0.42%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.42%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.42%) Sparx
10 1 (0.42%) Zscaler