Hybrid/Remote Solutions Architect Job Trends

Solution Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Solution Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 April 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 152 88
Rank change year-on-year +16 -64 +39
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 353 308 1,075
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.96% 2.28% 3.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.10% 2.49% 3.45%
Number of salaries quoted 221 203 562
10th Percentile £58,750 £60,250 £62,250
25th Percentile £70,000 £70,097 £69,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -3.03%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £96,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £125,000
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 16,841 12,392 31,156
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.62% 91.74% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 12,152 9,073 24,954
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £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 £103,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 April 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 April 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 97 (27.48%) Azure
2 71 (20.11%) Security Cleared
3 67 (18.98%) AWS
4 65 (18.41%) AI
5 62 (17.56%) Problem-Solving
6 61 (17.28%) TOGAF
7 57 (16.15%) Microsoft
8 56 (15.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 56 (15.86%) DevOps
8 56 (15.86%) Presales
8 56 (15.86%) SC Cleared
9 53 (15.01%) Agile
10 52 (14.73%) Roadmaps
11 48 (13.60%) Analytics
12 38 (10.76%) Project Management
12 38 (10.76%) SaaS
12 38 (10.76%) Software Engineering
13 35 (9.92%) Creative Problem-Solving
13 35 (9.92%) Decision-Making
13 35 (9.92%) Technical Architecture
14 33 (9.35%) Business Development
15 32 (9.07%) Stakeholder Management
16 29 (8.22%) Microsoft 365
17 28 (7.93%) ITIL
17 28 (7.93%) Project Delivery
18 27 (7.65%) Customer Experience
18 27 (7.65%) Strategic Thinking
18 27 (7.65%) Time Management
19 26 (7.37%) B2B
19 26 (7.37%) 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 7 (1.98%) CMS
2 4 (1.13%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.57%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.57%) GeoServer
3 2 (0.57%) JBoss
3 2 (0.57%) Oracle Spatial
3 2 (0.57%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.28%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 9 (2.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.57%) Shopify
4 1 (0.28%) Actimize
4 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.28%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.28%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 97 (27.48%) Azure
2 67 (18.98%) AWS
3 38 (10.76%) SaaS
4 29 (8.22%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (7.37%) GCP
6 21 (5.95%) Power Platform
7 14 (3.97%) Dynamics 365
8 13 (3.68%) Serverless
9 10 (2.83%) IaaS
10 9 (2.55%) PaaS
11 6 (1.70%) Mimecast
12 5 (1.42%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (1.42%) PowerApps
13 4 (1.13%) ChatGPT
13 4 (1.13%) Nutanix
13 4 (1.13%) OneDrive
14 3 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
15 2 (0.57%) Azure Sentinel
15 2 (0.57%) Entra ID
15 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.82%) Broadband
2 11 (3.12%) SD-WAN
2 11 (3.12%) WAN
3 10 (2.83%) Network Security
4 6 (1.70%) Firewall
4 6 (1.70%) LAN
5 5 (1.42%) MPLS
6 4 (1.13%) VSAN
7 3 (0.85%) Modbus
7 3 (0.85%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.28%) AMQP
9 1 (0.28%) NGN
9 1 (0.28%) VoIP
9 1 (0.28%) VPN
9 1 (0.28%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.42%) Data Lake
2 4 (1.13%) Metadata
2 4 (1.13%) NoSQL
2 4 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (1.13%) RDBMS
2 4 (1.13%) Relational Database
2 4 (1.13%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.85%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.57%) GIS
4 2 (0.57%) QGIS
5 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.28%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.28%) Power BI
5 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 12 (3.40%) Jenkins
2 10 (2.83%) GitLab
2 10 (2.83%) SonarQube
3 3 (0.85%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (0.57%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.28%) JIRA
General
1 88 (24.93%) Social Skills
2 71 (20.11%) Finance
3 60 (17.00%) Public Sector
4 42 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (11.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 31 (8.78%) Presentation Skills
6 29 (8.22%) Marketing
7 24 (6.80%) Law
8 14 (3.97%) Legal
8 14 (3.97%) Retail
9 13 (3.68%) Banking
10 12 (3.40%) Back Office
10 12 (3.40%) Games
11 9 (2.55%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.70%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.42%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.85%) Health Technology
15 2 (0.57%) Advertising
15 2 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
16 1 (0.28%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.10%) .NET
2 16 (4.53%) REST
3 12 (3.40%) SOAP
4 11 (3.12%) Middleware
5 10 (2.83%) Lightning Web Components
5 10 (2.83%) RESTful
5 10 (2.83%) Visualforce
6 6 (1.70%) OpenAPI
6 6 (1.70%) Swagger
6 6 (1.70%) XML
7 4 (1.13%) .NET Core
7 4 (1.13%) OAuth
7 4 (1.13%) OpenID
7 4 (1.13%) XBRL
8 3 (0.85%) gRPC
8 3 (0.85%) JSON
8 3 (0.85%) Spring
8 3 (0.85%) Web Services
9 2 (0.57%) Django
9 2 (0.57%) Struts
Miscellaneous
1 32 (9.07%) Self-Motivation
2 25 (7.08%) Virtual Team
3 22 (6.23%) Cloud Native
4 21 (5.95%) Cyberattack
5 17 (4.82%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.83%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.55%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (2.27%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.70%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (1.70%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.70%) Web Conferencing
10 4 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.85%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.85%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.85%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.57%) IoT
12 2 (0.57%) Over-the-Top Content
12 2 (0.57%) Taxonomies
12 2 (0.57%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.42%) Windows
2 2 (0.57%) Linux
2 2 (0.57%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (18.41%) AI
2 62 (17.56%) Problem-Solving
3 61 (17.28%) TOGAF
4 56 (15.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 56 (15.86%) DevOps
4 56 (15.86%) Presales
5 53 (15.01%) Agile
6 52 (14.73%) Roadmaps
7 48 (13.60%) Analytics
8 38 (10.76%) Project Management
8 38 (10.76%) Software Engineering
9 35 (9.92%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 35 (9.92%) Decision-Making
9 35 (9.92%) Technical Architecture
10 33 (9.35%) Business Development
11 32 (9.07%) Stakeholder Management
12 28 (7.93%) ITIL
12 28 (7.93%) Project Delivery
13 27 (7.65%) Customer Experience
13 27 (7.65%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 12 (3.40%) C#
2 10 (2.83%) Apex Code
2 10 (2.83%) SOQL
2 10 (2.83%) SOSL
2 10 (2.83%) SQL
3 8 (2.27%) Java
4 5 (1.42%) Python
5 2 (0.57%) Scala
6 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 71 (20.11%) Security Cleared
2 56 (15.86%) SC Cleared
3 20 (5.67%) Degree
4 14 (3.97%) TOGAF Certification
5 12 (3.40%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (2.83%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.98%) CISSP
8 5 (1.42%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.42%) CCNP
9 4 (1.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (1.13%) VCAP
9 4 (1.13%) VCDX
9 4 (1.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.85%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.28%) FFIEC
12 1 (0.28%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.52%) NIST
2 5 (1.42%) GDPR
2 5 (1.42%) PMO
3 4 (1.13%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.57%) GRC
5 2 (0.57%) QA
6 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.28%) NCSC
6 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.28%) PERC
6 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.42%) Docker
3 4 (1.13%) vCloud
3 4 (1.13%) VMware NSX
3 4 (1.13%) vSphere
4 3 (0.85%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.28%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (1.42%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.57%) Ansible
4 1 (0.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 57 (16.15%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.68%) SAP
3 12 (3.40%) Cisco
3 12 (3.40%) Salesforce
4 11 (3.12%) Splunk
5 9 (2.55%) Fortinet
6 8 (2.27%) VMware
7 6 (1.70%) Barracuda Networks
7 6 (1.70%) Meraki
7 6 (1.70%) N-able
7 6 (1.70%) Sophos
8 5 (1.42%) Databricks
8 5 (1.42%) Oracle
9 4 (1.13%) Broadcom
9 4 (1.13%) Dell
9 4 (1.13%) Google
9 4 (1.13%) NetApp
9 4 (1.13%) Nimble Storage
9 4 (1.13%) Zscaler
10 3 (0.85%) Palo Alto