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 15 April 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 141 93
Rank change year-on-year -4 -48 +43
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 328 315 997
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.88% 2.40% 3.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.00% 2.57% 3.24%
Number of salaries quoted 203 210 568
10th Percentile £58,750 £59,917 £61,950
25th Percentile £70,000 £70,097 £68,718
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 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,375 £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 16,367 12,269 30,813
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 93.63% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 11,764 8,999 24,805
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £32,874
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +6.14% -8.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,550 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 15 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 15 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 92 (28.05%) Azure
2 67 (20.43%) AI
2 67 (20.43%) AWS
3 65 (19.82%) Security Cleared
4 63 (19.21%) Problem-Solving
5 61 (18.60%) TOGAF
6 59 (17.99%) Continuous Improvement
7 55 (16.77%) DevOps
8 53 (16.16%) Agile
8 53 (16.16%) Presales
8 53 (16.16%) Roadmaps
9 52 (15.85%) Microsoft
10 51 (15.55%) SC Cleared
11 47 (14.33%) Analytics
12 39 (11.89%) Software Engineering
13 38 (11.59%) Project Management
13 38 (11.59%) SaaS
14 37 (11.28%) Decision-Making
15 36 (10.98%) Technical Architecture
16 35 (10.67%) Stakeholder Management
17 34 (10.37%) Business Development
17 34 (10.37%) Creative Problem-Solving
18 31 (9.45%) GCP
19 29 (8.84%) Enterprise Architecture
19 29 (8.84%) Project Delivery
20 28 (8.54%) Microsoft 365
21 27 (8.23%) Customer Experience
21 27 (8.23%) Strategic Thinking
22 26 (7.93%) B2B
22 26 (7.93%) ITIL

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 (2.13%) CMS
2 4 (1.22%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.61%) JBoss
3 2 (0.61%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.30%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.30%) Confluence
4 1 (0.30%) GeoServer
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.30%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 9 (2.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.91%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (0.91%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.91%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.61%) Shopify
4 1 (0.30%) Actimize
4 1 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.30%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.30%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 92 (28.05%) Azure
2 67 (20.43%) AWS
3 38 (11.59%) SaaS
4 31 (9.45%) GCP
5 28 (8.54%) Microsoft 365
6 24 (7.32%) Power Platform
7 13 (3.96%) Serverless
8 12 (3.66%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (3.05%) IaaS
10 8 (2.44%) PaaS
11 6 (1.83%) Mimecast
12 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.22%) ChatGPT
13 4 (1.22%) OneDrive
13 4 (1.22%) PowerApps
14 3 (0.91%) GitHub
14 3 (0.91%) Nutanix
14 3 (0.91%) OCI
15 2 (0.61%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.88%) Broadband
2 10 (3.05%) SD-WAN
2 10 (3.05%) WAN
3 9 (2.74%) Network Security
4 5 (1.52%) Firewall
4 5 (1.52%) LAN
5 4 (1.22%) MPLS
6 3 (0.91%) Modbus
6 3 (0.91%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.91%) VSAN
7 2 (0.61%) NGN
7 2 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.30%) 5G
8 1 (0.30%) AMQP
8 1 (0.30%) MIMO
8 1 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.30%) VoIP
8 1 (0.30%) VPN
8 1 (0.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.83%) Data Lake
2 5 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.22%) NoSQL
3 4 (1.22%) Power BI
3 4 (1.22%) RDBMS
3 4 (1.22%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.91%) Metadata
4 3 (0.91%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.61%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.30%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.30%) DataStage
6 1 (0.30%) GIS
6 1 (0.30%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.30%) QGIS
6 1 (0.30%) QlikView
6 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (3.66%) Jenkins
2 10 (3.05%) GitLab
2 10 (3.05%) SonarQube
3 3 (0.91%) ERwin
4 2 (0.61%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (0.61%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.30%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.30%) JIRA
5 1 (0.30%) PowerDesigner
General
1 92 (28.05%) Social Skills
2 78 (23.78%) Finance
3 60 (18.29%) Public Sector
4 42 (12.80%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (12.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 31 (9.45%) Presentation Skills
6 27 (8.23%) Marketing
7 25 (7.62%) Law
8 16 (4.88%) Retail
9 15 (4.57%) Back Office
9 15 (4.57%) Banking
10 14 (4.27%) Legal
11 12 (3.66%) Games
12 9 (2.74%) Manufacturing
13 7 (2.13%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.52%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.61%) General Ledger
15 2 (0.61%) Health Technology
16 1 (0.30%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.18%) .NET
2 16 (4.88%) REST
3 12 (3.66%) Middleware
3 12 (3.66%) RESTful
3 12 (3.66%) SOAP
4 10 (3.05%) Lightning Web Components
4 10 (3.05%) Visualforce
5 7 (2.13%) OpenAPI
5 7 (2.13%) Swagger
6 4 (1.22%) .NET Core
6 4 (1.22%) OAuth
6 4 (1.22%) OpenID
6 4 (1.22%) XML
7 3 (0.91%) gRPC
7 3 (0.91%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (0.91%) Spring
7 3 (0.91%) Web Services
8 2 (0.61%) Akka
8 2 (0.61%) Kafka
8 2 (0.61%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 33 (10.06%) Self-Motivation
2 25 (7.62%) Virtual Team
3 22 (6.71%) Cloud Native
4 19 (5.79%) Cyberattack
5 18 (5.49%) Product Ownership
6 11 (3.35%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (3.05%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.83%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (1.83%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.83%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.83%) Web Conferencing
10 4 (1.22%) Blog
10 4 (1.22%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.91%) Low-Code
11 3 (0.91%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.91%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.61%) Marketing Technology
12 2 (0.61%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.52%) Windows
2 2 (0.61%) Linux
3 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (20.43%) AI
2 63 (19.21%) Problem-Solving
3 61 (18.60%) TOGAF
4 59 (17.99%) Continuous Improvement
5 55 (16.77%) DevOps
6 53 (16.16%) Agile
6 53 (16.16%) Presales
6 53 (16.16%) Roadmaps
7 47 (14.33%) Analytics
8 39 (11.89%) Software Engineering
9 38 (11.59%) Project Management
10 37 (11.28%) Decision-Making
11 36 (10.98%) Technical Architecture
12 35 (10.67%) Stakeholder Management
13 34 (10.37%) Business Development
13 34 (10.37%) Creative Problem-Solving
14 29 (8.84%) Enterprise Architecture
14 29 (8.84%) Project Delivery
15 27 (8.23%) Customer Experience
15 27 (8.23%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 12 (3.66%) C#
2 11 (3.35%) Java
3 10 (3.05%) Apex Code
3 10 (3.05%) SOQL
3 10 (3.05%) SOSL
4 9 (2.74%) SQL
5 5 (1.52%) Python
6 2 (0.61%) Scala
7 1 (0.30%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 65 (19.82%) Security Cleared
2 51 (15.55%) SC Cleared
3 21 (6.40%) Degree
4 17 (5.18%) TOGAF Certification
5 12 (3.66%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (3.05%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.13%) CISSP
8 6 (1.83%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.52%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.52%) CCNP
10 4 (1.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.91%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.91%) VCAP
11 3 (0.91%) VCDX
11 3 (0.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.30%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.40%) NIST
2 5 (1.52%) PMO
3 4 (1.22%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.22%) GDPR
4 3 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.91%) QA
5 2 (0.61%) GRC
6 1 (0.30%) NCSC
6 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.52%) Docker
3 3 (0.91%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.91%) vCloud
3 3 (0.91%) VMware NSX
3 3 (0.91%) vSphere
4 1 (0.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (1.52%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.61%) Ansible
3 2 (0.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 52 (15.85%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.27%) SAP
3 12 (3.66%) Salesforce
4 11 (3.35%) Cisco
4 11 (3.35%) Splunk
5 8 (2.44%) Fortinet
6 7 (2.13%) VMware
7 6 (1.83%) Barracuda Networks
7 6 (1.83%) Databricks
7 6 (1.83%) Meraki
7 6 (1.83%) N-able
7 6 (1.83%) Oracle
7 6 (1.83%) Sophos
8 5 (1.52%) Google
9 4 (1.22%) Zscaler
10 3 (0.91%) Broadcom
10 3 (0.91%) Netskope
10 3 (0.91%) Nimble Storage
10 3 (0.91%) Okta
10 3 (0.91%) Palo Alto