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 27 August 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 248 75
Rank change year-on-year +140 -173 +50
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 575 180 906
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.47% 1.09% 3.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.63% 1.18% 3.79%
Number of salaries quoted 438 100 457
10th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £56,809
25th Percentile £70,000 £66,438 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.03%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £112,500
90th Percentile - £105,000 £165,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -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 21,863 15,308 23,912
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 92.50% 96.32%
Number of salaries quoted 15,593 9,345 16,881
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,840 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 27 August 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 27 August 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.

1 163 (28.35%) Azure
2 115 (20.00%) Presales
3 106 (18.43%) Security Cleared
4 102 (17.74%) Microsoft
5 90 (15.65%) AWS
6 89 (15.48%) AI
7 86 (14.96%) SC Cleared
8 75 (13.04%) Agile
9 74 (12.87%) Roadmaps
10 61 (10.61%) TOGAF
11 57 (9.91%) DevOps
12 55 (9.57%) Technical Architecture
13 54 (9.39%) Stakeholder Management
14 51 (8.87%) Migration
14 51 (8.87%) Technical Leadership
15 48 (8.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 47 (8.17%) Problem-Solving
16 47 (8.17%) SaaS
17 44 (7.65%) Analytics
17 44 (7.65%) Business Development
18 43 (7.48%) Digital Transformation Programme
19 41 (7.13%) ERP
20 40 (6.96%) GCP
21 38 (6.61%) Dynamics 365
21 38 (6.61%) Enterprise Architecture
21 38 (6.61%) Integration Patterns
22 37 (6.43%) Customer Engagement
23 35 (6.09%) Creative Problem-Solving
24 34 (5.91%) Mentoring
25 33 (5.74%) 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 6 (1.04%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.35%) ArcGIS
2 2 (0.35%) CMS
2 2 (0.35%) GeoServer
2 2 (0.35%) Oracle Spatial
3 1 (0.17%) Apache
3 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.17%) Appian
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.17%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 4 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (0.70%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.17%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.04%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.52%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (0.52%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.35%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.35%) Shopify
5 1 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.17%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 163 (28.35%) Azure
2 90 (15.65%) AWS
3 47 (8.17%) SaaS
4 40 (6.96%) GCP
5 38 (6.61%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (3.48%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (3.48%) Power Platform
7 18 (3.13%) PaaS
8 14 (2.43%) Serverless
9 13 (2.26%) dbt
10 7 (1.22%) Azure AKS
10 7 (1.22%) Nutanix
11 6 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.04%) Mimecast
11 6 (1.04%) OCI
12 5 (0.87%) PowerApps
12 5 (0.87%) SuccessFactors
13 4 (0.70%) Azure Service Bus
14 3 (0.52%) Azure API Management
14 3 (0.52%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.43%) Firewall
2 13 (2.26%) SD-WAN
2 13 (2.26%) WAN
3 12 (2.09%) Network Security
3 12 (2.09%) VSAN
4 11 (1.91%) Broadband
5 8 (1.39%) MPLS
6 7 (1.22%) Unified Communications
7 5 (0.87%) LAN
8 3 (0.52%) Modbus
8 3 (0.52%) SDH
8 3 (0.52%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.52%) WLAN
9 1 (0.17%) VLAN
9 1 (0.17%) VPN
9 1 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.57%) Data Lake
2 6 (1.04%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.87%) Electronic Patient Records
4 4 (0.70%) BigQuery
4 4 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (0.70%) Metadata
4 4 (0.70%) MongoDB
4 4 (0.70%) MySQL
4 4 (0.70%) Semantic Layer
5 3 (0.52%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.35%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (0.35%) GIS
6 2 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.35%) QGIS
7 1 (0.17%) Data Hub
7 1 (0.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (2.09%) Jenkins
2 6 (1.04%) GitLab
3 5 (0.87%) Rational Rhapsody
4 4 (0.70%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.52%) Snyk
General
1 128 (22.26%) Finance
2 102 (17.74%) Social Skills
3 66 (11.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 55 (9.57%) Public Sector
5 34 (5.91%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (4.87%) Law
7 25 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
8 24 (4.17%) Retail
9 14 (2.43%) Banking
10 13 (2.26%) Marketing
11 11 (1.91%) Back Office
11 11 (1.91%) Financial Institution
11 11 (1.91%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.22%) Advertising
12 7 (1.22%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.87%) Health Technology
14 5 (0.87%) Legal
15 4 (0.70%) Games
16 3 (0.52%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.30%) RESTful
2 15 (2.61%) .NET
3 13 (2.26%) OpenAPI
3 13 (2.26%) Swagger
4 12 (2.09%) REST
5 11 (1.91%) Middleware
6 8 (1.39%) SOAP
7 6 (1.04%) Lightning Web Components
8 5 (0.87%) XML
9 4 (0.70%) Node.js
9 4 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (0.70%) Terraform
9 4 (0.70%) Visualforce
9 4 (0.70%) XBRL
10 3 (0.52%) .NET Core
10 3 (0.52%) gRPC
10 3 (0.52%) JSON
11 2 (0.35%) Django
11 2 (0.35%) OAuth
11 2 (0.35%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 33 (5.74%) Cloud Native
2 25 (4.35%) Virtual Team
3 24 (4.17%) Product Ownership
4 21 (3.65%) Cyberattack
5 20 (3.48%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.09%) Public Cloud
7 10 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.22%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (1.04%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.04%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.04%) Web Conferencing
10 5 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (0.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (0.52%) IoT
12 3 (0.52%) Security Posture
12 3 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.52%) Social Media
12 3 (0.52%) Video Conferencing
13 2 (0.35%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.87%) Windows
2 4 (0.70%) Linux
3 2 (0.35%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (20.00%) Presales
2 89 (15.48%) AI
3 75 (13.04%) Agile
4 74 (12.87%) Roadmaps
5 61 (10.61%) TOGAF
6 57 (9.91%) DevOps
7 55 (9.57%) Technical Architecture
8 54 (9.39%) Stakeholder Management
9 51 (8.87%) Migration
9 51 (8.87%) Technical Leadership
10 48 (8.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 47 (8.17%) Problem-Solving
12 44 (7.65%) Analytics
12 44 (7.65%) Business Development
13 43 (7.48%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 41 (7.13%) ERP
15 38 (6.61%) Enterprise Architecture
15 38 (6.61%) Integration Patterns
16 37 (6.43%) Customer Engagement
17 35 (6.09%) Creative Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 16 (2.78%) C#
1 16 (2.78%) Python
2 13 (2.26%) SQL
3 7 (1.22%) Java
4 6 (1.04%) Apex Code
5 4 (0.70%) Go
5 4 (0.70%) Rust
5 4 (0.70%) SOQL
5 4 (0.70%) SOSL
6 3 (0.52%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.35%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 106 (18.43%) Security Cleared
2 86 (14.96%) SC Cleared
3 26 (4.52%) Degree
4 16 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (2.26%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (2.09%) TOGAF Certification
6 12 (2.09%) VCAP
6 12 (2.09%) VCDX
6 12 (2.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 11 (1.91%) AWS Certification
7 11 (1.91%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.39%) CCNP
8 8 (1.39%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.87%) CCIE
12 3 (0.52%) CISSP
13 2 (0.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 1 (0.17%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.65%) NIST
2 11 (1.91%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.22%) GRC
4 6 (1.04%) GDPR
5 4 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.35%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.35%) NCSC
6 2 (0.35%) QA
7 1 (0.17%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.17%) GxP
7 1 (0.17%) PERC
System Software
1 17 (2.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (2.09%) VMware NSX
2 12 (2.09%) vSphere
3 7 (1.22%) vCloud
4 4 (0.70%) Docker
4 4 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.52%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 17 (2.96%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.87%) vCenter Server
3 4 (0.70%) Ansible
4 3 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.35%) CASB
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 102 (17.74%) Microsoft
2 20 (3.48%) SAP
3 18 (3.13%) Oracle
4 17 (2.96%) Cisco
4 17 (2.96%) Salesforce
4 17 (2.96%) VMware
5 12 (2.09%) Broadcom
6 11 (1.91%) Juniper
7 10 (1.74%) Palo Alto
8 9 (1.57%) Fortinet
9 7 (1.22%) CrowdStrike
9 7 (1.22%) Databricks
9 7 (1.22%) Dell
9 7 (1.22%) NetApp
9 7 (1.22%) Nimble Storage
10 6 (1.04%) Barracuda Networks
10 6 (1.04%) N-able
10 6 (1.04%) Sophos
11 5 (0.87%) IFS
11 5 (0.87%) ServiceNow