Hybrid/Remote Solutions Architect Job Trends

Solution Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Solution Architect salary for remote or hybrid work is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 254 79 120
Rank change year-on-year -175 +41 +83
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 179 831 671
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.11% 3.57% 2.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.19% 3.71% 2.77%
Number of salaries quoted 101 376 520
10th Percentile £61,250 £56,809 £62,250
25th Percentile £66,589 £70,000 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.03% -2.94%
75th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £165,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% +1.37%

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 WFH or hybrid 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 15,013 22,405 24,213
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 96.27% 96.50%
Number of salaries quoted 8,958 14,401 20,076
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,500 £47,429
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Solutions Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Solutions Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Solutions Architect trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for remote Solutions Architect job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Solutions Architect job vacancies

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Solutions Architect over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Solutions Architect salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, Solutions Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 78 (43.58%) Agile
2 73 (40.78%) Azure
3 65 (36.31%) Social Skills
4 56 (31.28%) Roadmaps
5 55 (30.73%) TOGAF
6 45 (25.14%) AWS
7 39 (21.79%) DevOps
8 36 (20.11%) Finance
9 35 (19.55%) Enterprise Architecture
10 31 (17.32%) Microservices
10 31 (17.32%) Technical Leadership
11 30 (16.76%) Presales
12 27 (15.08%) Architectural Design
12 27 (15.08%) Azure Certification
13 26 (14.53%) Problem-Solving
13 26 (14.53%) Security Cleared
14 25 (13.97%) Microsoft
14 25 (13.97%) Python
14 25 (13.97%) AWS Certification
15 24 (13.41%) GCP
16 23 (12.85%) Kubernetes
16 23 (12.85%) Management Information System
16 23 (12.85%) CI/CD
17 21 (11.73%) Business Strategy
17 21 (11.73%) Stakeholder Management
17 21 (11.73%) Google
17 21 (11.73%) B2B
17 21 (11.73%) SQL
17 21 (11.73%) React
17 21 (11.73%) SC Cleared

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.23%) Confluence
2 1 (0.56%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (0.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.12%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.56%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 11 (6.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.79%) Shopify
3 3 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.68%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (1.12%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (1.12%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (1.12%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (1.12%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.12%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.12%) SAP SCM
4 2 (1.12%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.56%) Magento
5 1 (0.56%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.56%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.56%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.56%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.56%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.56%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.56%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 73 (40.78%) Azure
2 45 (25.14%) AWS
3 24 (13.41%) GCP
4 17 (9.50%) SaaS
5 13 (7.26%) Dynamics 365
5 13 (7.26%) Power Platform
6 10 (5.59%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (4.47%) IaaS
7 8 (4.47%) PaaS
8 6 (3.35%) Serverless
9 5 (2.79%) Entra ID
9 5 (2.79%) OCI
9 5 (2.79%) PowerApps
10 4 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (1.68%) Azure AKS
11 3 (1.68%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (1.68%) Azure Storage
11 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (1.12%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.47%) Firewall
2 3 (1.68%) VPN
3 1 (0.56%) DNS
3 1 (0.56%) SAN
3 1 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.26%) NoSQL
2 7 (3.91%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.35%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.12%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.56%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.56%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.56%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 10 (5.59%) JIRA
2 2 (1.12%) GitLab
2 2 (1.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 2 (1.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 65 (36.31%) Social Skills
2 36 (20.11%) Finance
3 18 (10.06%) Retail
4 17 (9.50%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (8.38%) Public Sector
6 12 (6.70%) Banking
7 10 (5.59%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (5.03%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (3.35%) Manufacturing
9 6 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.79%) Law
11 4 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.68%) Local Government
13 2 (1.12%) Billing
13 2 (1.12%) Investment Banking
13 2 (1.12%) Legal
13 2 (1.12%) Marketing
14 1 (0.56%) Advertising
14 1 (0.56%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (11.73%) Node.js
1 21 (11.73%) React
2 20 (11.17%) React Native
3 9 (5.03%) SAP Fiori
4 6 (3.35%) RESTful
5 5 (2.79%) .NET
6 4 (2.23%) Kafka
7 2 (1.12%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.12%) HTML
7 2 (1.12%) JSON
7 2 (1.12%) PySpark
8 1 (0.56%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.56%) ADO
8 1 (0.56%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.56%) CSS
8 1 (0.56%) EDI
8 1 (0.56%) Entity Framework
8 1 (0.56%) IDoc
8 1 (0.56%) Web Services
8 1 (0.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (12.85%) Management Information System
2 20 (11.17%) Mobile App
3 19 (10.61%) Cloud Native
4 8 (4.47%) Greenfield Project
4 8 (4.47%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (3.35%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (2.79%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.23%) CMDB
7 4 (2.23%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.23%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.68%) Low-Code
9 2 (1.12%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.12%) Derivative
9 2 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.12%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.12%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.12%) Linux
2 1 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (43.58%) Agile
2 56 (31.28%) Roadmaps
3 55 (30.73%) TOGAF
4 39 (21.79%) DevOps
5 35 (19.55%) Enterprise Architecture
6 31 (17.32%) Microservices
6 31 (17.32%) Technical Leadership
7 30 (16.76%) Presales
8 27 (15.08%) Architectural Design
9 26 (14.53%) Problem-Solving
10 23 (12.85%) CI/CD
11 21 (11.73%) B2B
11 21 (11.73%) Business Strategy
11 21 (11.73%) Stakeholder Management
12 20 (11.17%) B2C
13 19 (10.61%) Containerisation
14 18 (10.06%) Technology Roadmap
15 17 (9.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 16 (8.94%) Analytics
17 15 (8.38%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 25 (13.97%) Python
2 21 (11.73%) SQL
3 19 (10.61%) C#
4 17 (9.50%) Java
5 3 (1.68%) Go
6 2 (1.12%) Bicep
6 2 (1.12%) C
6 2 (1.12%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.12%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.12%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.12%) X++
7 1 (0.56%) Bash
7 1 (0.56%) COBOL
7 1 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.56%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.56%) R
Qualifications
1 27 (15.08%) Azure Certification
2 26 (14.53%) Security Cleared
3 25 (13.97%) AWS Certification
4 21 (11.73%) SC Cleared
5 18 (10.06%) TOGAF Certification
6 16 (8.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 13 (7.26%) Degree
8 7 (3.91%) SAP Certification
9 5 (2.79%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.12%) CCNA
11 2 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.56%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.38%) GDPR
2 12 (6.70%) HIPAA
2 12 (6.70%) NIST
3 3 (1.68%) QA
4 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.56%) Def Stans
4 1 (0.56%) GRC
4 1 (0.56%) ISO 15022
4 1 (0.56%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.56%) NCSC
System Software
1 19 (10.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 23 (12.85%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.23%) Terraform
3 1 (0.56%) Autotask
3 1 (0.56%) Grafana
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.56%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 25 (13.97%) Microsoft
2 21 (11.73%) Google
3 16 (8.94%) SAP
4 15 (8.38%) Workday
5 8 (4.47%) Oracle
6 6 (3.35%) Ariba
7 5 (2.79%) Avaloq
7 5 (2.79%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.68%) Databricks
9 2 (1.12%) BiZZdesign
9 2 (1.12%) Cisco
9 2 (1.12%) Foundry
9 2 (1.12%) IBM
9 2 (1.12%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.56%) Anaplan
10 1 (0.56%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.56%) HP
10 1 (0.56%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.56%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.56%) Ubiquiti