Hybrid/Remote Solutions Architect Job Trends

Solution Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Solution Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 May 2026.

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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 182 85
Rank change year-on-year +62 -97 +47
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 401 282 1,067
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.19% 1.96% 3.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.33% 2.13% 3.42%
Number of salaries quoted 274 181 564
10th Percentile £62,075 £61,250 £56,809
25th Percentile £67,500 £70,097 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -3.03%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £96,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £137,500
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -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 17,176 13,242 31,169
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.65% 92.14% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 12,581 8,981 24,884
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,047
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £52,777
% change year-on-year -5.17% +9.90% -12.04%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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.

1 114 (28.43%) Azure
2 89 (22.19%) Security Cleared
3 81 (20.20%) AWS
4 70 (17.46%) AI
5 69 (17.21%) SC Cleared
6 66 (16.46%) Presales
7 65 (16.21%) Microsoft
8 64 (15.96%) TOGAF
9 63 (15.71%) Agile
10 62 (15.46%) DevOps
11 59 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
12 52 (12.97%) Roadmaps
13 49 (12.22%) Analytics
14 41 (10.22%) SaaS
15 39 (9.73%) Business Development
16 38 (9.48%) Software Engineering
17 36 (8.98%) Technical Architecture
18 35 (8.73%) Creative Problem-Solving
18 35 (8.73%) Project Management
19 32 (7.98%) GCP
20 31 (7.73%) Stakeholder Management
21 30 (7.48%) Continuous Improvement
21 30 (7.48%) Microsoft 365
22 28 (6.98%) Enterprise Architecture
22 28 (6.98%) Generative AI
22 28 (6.98%) ITIL
23 27 (6.73%) Customer Engagement
23 27 (6.73%) Microservices
23 27 (6.73%) Time Management
24 26 (6.48%) B2B

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 7 (1.75%) CMS
2 4 (1.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.50%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.50%) GeoServer
3 2 (0.50%) JBoss
3 2 (0.50%) Oracle Spatial
3 2 (0.50%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.25%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 7 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.50%) Shopify
4 1 (0.25%) Actimize
4 1 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.25%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.25%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 114 (28.43%) Azure
2 81 (20.20%) AWS
3 41 (10.22%) SaaS
4 32 (7.98%) GCP
5 30 (7.48%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (4.99%) Power Platform
7 19 (4.74%) Serverless
8 18 (4.49%) Dynamics 365
9 15 (3.74%) PaaS
10 10 (2.49%) IaaS
11 6 (1.50%) Mimecast
11 6 (1.50%) Nutanix
12 5 (1.25%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (1.25%) PowerApps
13 4 (1.00%) ChatGPT
13 4 (1.00%) OneDrive
14 3 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (0.75%) Entra ID
15 2 (0.50%) Azure Service Bus
15 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.24%) Broadband
2 14 (3.49%) SD-WAN
2 14 (3.49%) WAN
3 11 (2.74%) Network Security
4 9 (2.24%) Firewall
5 7 (1.75%) LAN
6 6 (1.50%) MPLS
6 6 (1.50%) VSAN
7 3 (0.75%) Modbus
7 3 (0.75%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.50%) WLAN
9 1 (0.25%) AMQP
9 1 (0.25%) NGN
9 1 (0.25%) VoIP
9 1 (0.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.25%) Data Lake
1 5 (1.25%) Electronic Patient Records
2 4 (1.00%) Metadata
2 4 (1.00%) NoSQL
2 4 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (1.00%) RDBMS
2 4 (1.00%) Relational Database
2 4 (1.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.50%) GIS
3 2 (0.50%) QGIS
4 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.25%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.25%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.25%) Power BI
4 1 (0.25%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (3.24%) Jenkins
2 10 (2.49%) GitLab
2 10 (2.49%) SonarQube
3 5 (1.25%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (0.50%) Snyk
4 2 (0.50%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.25%) JIRA
General
1 71 (17.71%) Finance
2 64 (15.96%) Social Skills
3 60 (14.96%) Public Sector
4 43 (10.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 41 (10.22%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (7.23%) Law
7 28 (6.98%) Marketing
8 15 (3.74%) Legal
9 14 (3.49%) Retail
10 13 (3.24%) Banking
11 12 (2.99%) Back Office
11 12 (2.99%) Games
12 9 (2.24%) Manufacturing
13 8 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.50%) Financial Institution
15 5 (1.25%) Health Technology
15 5 (1.25%) Telecoms
16 2 (0.50%) Advertising
17 1 (0.25%) Electronics
17 1 (0.25%) International Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.74%) .NET
2 16 (3.99%) REST
3 12 (2.99%) SOAP
4 11 (2.74%) Middleware
4 11 (2.74%) RESTful
5 10 (2.49%) Lightning Web Components
5 10 (2.49%) Visualforce
6 6 (1.50%) OpenAPI
6 6 (1.50%) Swagger
6 6 (1.50%) XML
7 4 (1.00%) .NET Core
7 4 (1.00%) OAuth
7 4 (1.00%) OpenID
7 4 (1.00%) XBRL
8 3 (0.75%) gRPC
8 3 (0.75%) JSON
8 3 (0.75%) Spring
8 3 (0.75%) Web Services
9 2 (0.50%) Django
9 2 (0.50%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.48%) Cloud Native
2 25 (6.23%) Virtual Team
3 21 (5.24%) Cyberattack
4 17 (4.24%) Product Ownership
5 11 (2.74%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.49%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.50%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (1.50%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.50%) Web Conferencing
10 4 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.75%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.75%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.75%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.50%) Low-Code
12 2 (0.50%) Marketing Technology
12 2 (0.50%) Taxonomies
12 2 (0.50%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.25%) Windows
2 2 (0.50%) Linux
2 2 (0.50%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (17.46%) AI
2 66 (16.46%) Presales
3 64 (15.96%) TOGAF
4 63 (15.71%) Agile
5 62 (15.46%) DevOps
6 59 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
7 52 (12.97%) Roadmaps
8 49 (12.22%) Analytics
9 39 (9.73%) Business Development
10 38 (9.48%) Software Engineering
11 36 (8.98%) Technical Architecture
12 35 (8.73%) Creative Problem-Solving
12 35 (8.73%) Project Management
13 31 (7.73%) Stakeholder Management
14 30 (7.48%) Continuous Improvement
15 28 (6.98%) Enterprise Architecture
15 28 (6.98%) Generative AI
15 28 (6.98%) ITIL
16 27 (6.73%) Customer Engagement
16 27 (6.73%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (2.99%) C#
2 11 (2.74%) SQL
3 10 (2.49%) Apex Code
3 10 (2.49%) SOQL
3 10 (2.49%) SOSL
4 9 (2.24%) Java
5 7 (1.75%) Python
6 2 (0.50%) Scala
7 1 (0.25%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 89 (22.19%) Security Cleared
2 69 (17.21%) SC Cleared
3 19 (4.74%) Degree
4 16 (3.99%) TOGAF Certification
5 14 (3.49%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (2.74%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.75%) CCNP
7 7 (1.75%) CISSP
8 6 (1.50%) VCAP
8 6 (1.50%) VCDX
8 6 (1.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 5 (1.25%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (1.00%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.50%) CCIE
12 2 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.25%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.74%) NIST
2 7 (1.75%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.50%) GRC
4 5 (1.25%) GDPR
4 5 (1.25%) PMO
5 3 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.75%) QA
6 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.25%) NCSC
6 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.25%) PERC
6 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (2.49%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (1.50%) vCloud
2 6 (1.50%) VMware NSX
2 6 (1.50%) vSphere
3 5 (1.25%) Docker
4 4 (1.00%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (1.25%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.50%) Ansible
4 1 (0.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 65 (16.21%) Microsoft
2 15 (3.74%) Cisco
3 12 (2.99%) Salesforce
4 11 (2.74%) SAP
4 11 (2.74%) Splunk
5 10 (2.49%) Fortinet
5 10 (2.49%) VMware
6 7 (1.75%) Palo Alto
7 6 (1.50%) Barracuda Networks
7 6 (1.50%) Broadcom
7 6 (1.50%) Databricks
7 6 (1.50%) Dell
7 6 (1.50%) Meraki
7 6 (1.50%) N-able
7 6 (1.50%) NetApp
7 6 (1.50%) Nimble Storage
7 6 (1.50%) Sophos
8 5 (1.25%) Blue Prism
8 5 (1.25%) Google
8 5 (1.25%) Juniper