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 July 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 231 75
Rank change year-on-year +122 -156 +46
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 556 221 1,008
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.56% 1.34% 3.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.72% 1.46% 3.78%
Number of salaries quoted 425 126 555
10th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £56,809
25th Percentile £70,000 £66,200 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -6.06% +2.75%
75th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £105,000
90th Percentile - £105,000 £142,500
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 20,451 15,158 26,649
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 92.16% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 14,782 9,415 20,081
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,872 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 July 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 July 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.

1 167 (30.04%) Azure
2 120 (21.58%) Security Cleared
3 113 (20.32%) Presales
4 108 (19.42%) Microsoft
5 99 (17.81%) SC Cleared
6 97 (17.45%) AWS
7 80 (14.39%) AI
8 79 (14.21%) Agile
9 74 (13.31%) TOGAF
10 71 (12.77%) Roadmaps
11 69 (12.41%) DevOps
12 55 (9.89%) Technical Architecture
13 51 (9.17%) Stakeholder Management
14 48 (8.63%) Problem-Solving
15 47 (8.45%) Migration
16 45 (8.09%) Analytics
16 45 (8.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 43 (7.73%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 43 (7.73%) SaaS
18 41 (7.37%) Business Development
19 40 (7.19%) Technical Leadership
20 39 (7.01%) Enterprise Architecture
20 39 (7.01%) GCP
21 37 (6.65%) Dynamics 365
21 37 (6.65%) Integration Patterns
22 35 (6.29%) Creative Problem-Solving
22 35 (6.29%) ERP
22 35 (6.29%) Mentoring
23 34 (6.12%) ITIL
24 33 (5.94%) CI/CD

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 3 (0.54%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.36%) ArcGIS
2 2 (0.36%) CMS
2 2 (0.36%) GeoServer
2 2 (0.36%) Oracle Spatial
3 1 (0.18%) Apache
3 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.18%) Appian
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.54%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.18%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.36%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.36%) Shopify
4 1 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.18%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.18%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.18%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 167 (30.04%) Azure
2 97 (17.45%) AWS
3 43 (7.73%) SaaS
4 39 (7.01%) GCP
5 37 (6.65%) Dynamics 365
6 24 (4.32%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (3.78%) PaaS
8 19 (3.42%) Power Platform
9 18 (3.24%) Serverless
10 13 (2.34%) dbt
11 8 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (1.44%) IaaS
12 7 (1.26%) Nutanix
13 6 (1.08%) Azure AKS
13 6 (1.08%) Mimecast
14 5 (0.90%) Entra ID
15 4 (0.72%) Azure Service Bus
15 4 (0.72%) PowerApps
16 3 (0.54%) Azure Logic Apps
16 3 (0.54%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.06%) Broadband
2 16 (2.88%) SD-WAN
2 16 (2.88%) WAN
3 14 (2.52%) Firewall
3 14 (2.52%) Network Security
4 12 (2.16%) VSAN
5 8 (1.44%) MPLS
6 7 (1.26%) LAN
7 5 (0.90%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.54%) Modbus
8 3 (0.54%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.54%) WLAN
9 2 (0.36%) VPN
10 1 (0.18%) AMQP
10 1 (0.18%) NGN
10 1 (0.18%) SDH
10 1 (0.18%) VLAN
10 1 (0.18%) VoIP
10 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.62%) Data Lake
2 5 (0.90%) Electronic Patient Records
3 4 (0.72%) BigQuery
3 4 (0.72%) Metadata
3 4 (0.72%) NoSQL
3 4 (0.72%) Semantic Layer
4 3 (0.54%) RDBMS
4 3 (0.54%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.54%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.36%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (0.36%) GIS
5 2 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.36%) QGIS
6 1 (0.18%) Data Hub
6 1 (0.18%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.18%) MySQL
6 1 (0.18%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 18 (3.24%) Jenkins
2 12 (2.16%) GitLab
3 10 (1.80%) SonarQube
4 5 (0.90%) Rational Rhapsody
5 3 (0.54%) Snyk
General
1 114 (20.50%) Finance
2 95 (17.09%) Social Skills
3 62 (11.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 55 (9.89%) Public Sector
5 35 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (5.22%) Law
7 24 (4.32%) Retail
8 20 (3.60%) Marketing
8 20 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (2.70%) Manufacturing
10 12 (2.16%) Legal
11 10 (1.80%) Back Office
11 10 (1.80%) Banking
11 10 (1.80%) Games
12 9 (1.62%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.26%) Advertising
14 6 (1.08%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.90%) Health Technology
16 3 (0.54%) Legal Technology
17 1 (0.18%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.24%) REST
2 16 (2.88%) RESTful
3 14 (2.52%) .NET
4 13 (2.34%) SOAP
5 12 (2.16%) Lightning Web Components
6 11 (1.98%) OpenAPI
6 11 (1.98%) Swagger
7 10 (1.80%) Visualforce
8 9 (1.62%) Middleware
9 5 (0.90%) Node.js
9 5 (0.90%) XML
10 4 (0.72%) .NET Core
10 4 (0.72%) XBRL
11 3 (0.54%) gRPC
11 3 (0.54%) JSON
11 3 (0.54%) OAuth
11 3 (0.54%) OpenID
11 3 (0.54%) Web Services
12 2 (0.36%) Django
12 2 (0.36%) GeoJSON
Miscellaneous
1 38 (6.83%) Cloud Native
2 26 (4.68%) Product Ownership
3 25 (4.50%) Virtual Team
4 22 (3.96%) Data Centre
5 21 (3.78%) Cyberattack
6 11 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (1.98%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (1.08%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.08%) Web Conferencing
9 4 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (0.72%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (0.54%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.54%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.54%) Social Media
10 3 (0.54%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.36%) CMDB
11 2 (0.36%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.26%) Windows
2 4 (0.72%) Linux
3 2 (0.36%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (20.32%) Presales
2 80 (14.39%) AI
3 79 (14.21%) Agile
4 74 (13.31%) TOGAF
5 71 (12.77%) Roadmaps
6 69 (12.41%) DevOps
7 55 (9.89%) Technical Architecture
8 51 (9.17%) Stakeholder Management
9 48 (8.63%) Problem-Solving
10 47 (8.45%) Migration
11 45 (8.09%) Analytics
11 45 (8.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 43 (7.73%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 41 (7.37%) Business Development
14 40 (7.19%) Technical Leadership
15 39 (7.01%) Enterprise Architecture
16 37 (6.65%) Integration Patterns
17 35 (6.29%) Creative Problem-Solving
17 35 (6.29%) ERP
17 35 (6.29%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 12 (2.16%) Apex Code
1 12 (2.16%) SQL
2 11 (1.98%) Python
3 10 (1.80%) C#
3 10 (1.80%) SOQL
3 10 (1.80%) SOSL
4 3 (0.54%) Java
5 2 (0.36%) Bicep
6 1 (0.18%) Go
6 1 (0.18%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.18%) Rust
6 1 (0.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 120 (21.58%) Security Cleared
2 99 (17.81%) SC Cleared
3 25 (4.50%) Degree
4 16 (2.88%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (2.88%) TOGAF Certification
5 14 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (2.16%) VCAP
6 12 (2.16%) VCDX
6 12 (2.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 10 (1.80%) CCNP
8 9 (1.62%) AWS Certification
8 9 (1.62%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (1.08%) CISSP
10 6 (1.08%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.90%) CCIE
11 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (0.36%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.78%) NIST
2 9 (1.62%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.26%) GDPR
3 7 (1.26%) GRC
4 4 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.54%) PMO
6 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.36%) NCSC
6 2 (0.36%) QA
7 1 (0.18%) GxP
7 1 (0.18%) PERC
System Software
1 17 (3.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (2.16%) VMware NSX
2 12 (2.16%) vSphere
3 7 (1.26%) vCloud
4 5 (0.90%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.90%) Docker
5 4 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (2.52%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.90%) vCenter Server
3 4 (0.72%) Ansible
3 4 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.72%) Terraform
4 2 (0.36%) CASB
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 108 (19.42%) Microsoft
2 18 (3.24%) Cisco
3 17 (3.06%) VMware
4 16 (2.88%) Salesforce
5 14 (2.52%) SAP
6 12 (2.16%) Broadcom
7 11 (1.98%) Oracle
7 11 (1.98%) Palo Alto
8 10 (1.80%) Fortinet
8 10 (1.80%) Splunk
9 8 (1.44%) Juniper
10 7 (1.26%) CrowdStrike
10 7 (1.26%) Databricks
10 7 (1.26%) Dell
10 7 (1.26%) NetApp
10 7 (1.26%) Nimble Storage
11 6 (1.08%) Barracuda Networks
11 6 (1.08%) Meraki
11 6 (1.08%) N-able
11 6 (1.08%) Sophos