Hybrid/Remote Solutions Architect Job Trends

Solution Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Solution Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 October 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 251 109
Rank change year-on-year +135 -142 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 572 178 641
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.30% 1.06% 2.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.45% 1.14% 3.04%
Number of salaries quoted 409 102 335
10th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £56,809
25th Percentile £71,085 £68,319 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - +5.59%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £106,125 £165,000
UK median annual salary £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% +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 23,358 15,599 21,120
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.84% 93.05% 96.50%
Number of salaries quoted 16,151 8,737 13,136
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,225
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,589 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.50% -0.91% -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 6 October 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 6 October 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.

1 157 (27.45%) Azure
2 112 (19.58%) Presales
3 110 (19.23%) Microsoft
4 108 (18.88%) Security Cleared
5 99 (17.31%) AI
6 93 (16.26%) Roadmaps
7 86 (15.03%) SC Cleared
8 75 (13.11%) Agile
8 75 (13.11%) AWS
9 72 (12.59%) Technical Leadership
10 61 (10.66%) Migration
11 60 (10.49%) Technical Architecture
12 56 (9.79%) SaaS
12 56 (9.79%) Stakeholder Management
13 55 (9.62%) DevOps
14 52 (9.09%) ERP
15 50 (8.74%) Business Development
15 50 (8.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 50 (8.74%) TOGAF
16 48 (8.39%) Digital Transformation Programme
16 48 (8.39%) Translating Business Requirements
17 44 (7.69%) Analytics
18 42 (7.34%) Dynamics 365
18 42 (7.34%) Integration Patterns
19 37 (6.47%) Mentoring
20 36 (6.29%) Cybersecurity
20 36 (6.29%) Software Engineering
21 35 (6.12%) Enterprise Architecture
22 33 (5.77%) Problem-Solving
23 32 (5.59%) Architecture Governance

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 4 (0.70%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.17%) Apache
3 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.17%) Appian
3 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.17%) CMS
3 1 (0.17%) Confluence
3 1 (0.17%) GeoServer
3 1 (0.17%) JBoss
3 1 (0.17%) Oracle Coherence
3 1 (0.17%) Oracle Spatial
3 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (0.70%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.17%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 10 (1.75%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (1.40%) 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
5 1 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite
5 1 (0.17%) Infor LN
5 1 (0.17%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 157 (27.45%) Azure
2 75 (13.11%) AWS
3 56 (9.79%) SaaS
4 42 (7.34%) Dynamics 365
5 32 (5.59%) GCP
6 26 (4.55%) Power Platform
7 22 (3.85%) PaaS
8 17 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
9 15 (2.62%) Serverless
10 13 (2.27%) dbt
11 10 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (1.57%) Azure AKS
12 9 (1.57%) Entra ID
12 9 (1.57%) Power Automate
12 9 (1.57%) PowerApps
13 8 (1.40%) OCI
14 7 (1.22%) Azure Monitor
15 5 (0.87%) Azure Key Vault
15 5 (0.87%) Azure Service Bus
15 5 (0.87%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.45%) Firewall
2 11 (1.92%) Network Security
3 10 (1.75%) VSAN
4 9 (1.57%) SD-WAN
4 9 (1.57%) WAN
5 7 (1.22%) Broadband
5 7 (1.22%) Unified Communications
6 6 (1.05%) MPLS
7 4 (0.70%) LAN
7 4 (0.70%) VPN
8 3 (0.52%) DNS
8 3 (0.52%) SDH
8 3 (0.52%) WLAN
9 2 (0.35%) Wireless
10 1 (0.17%) DHCP
10 1 (0.17%) HTTP
10 1 (0.17%) Internet
10 1 (0.17%) SSL
10 1 (0.17%) VLAN
10 1 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.05%) Data Lake
1 6 (1.05%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (0.87%) MongoDB
2 5 (0.87%) MySQL
3 4 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (0.70%) BigQuery
3 4 (0.70%) Electronic Patient Records
3 4 (0.70%) Semantic Layer
4 3 (0.52%) Metadata
5 2 (0.35%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.17%) Big Data
6 1 (0.17%) Data Hub
6 1 (0.17%) GIS
6 1 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.17%) Power BI
6 1 (0.17%) QGIS
6 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (1.40%) Jenkins
2 4 (0.70%) Rational Rhapsody
3 3 (0.52%) Snyk
4 2 (0.35%) GitLab
5 1 (0.17%) JIRA
General
1 157 (27.45%) Finance
2 119 (20.80%) Social Skills
3 68 (11.89%) Public Sector
4 53 (9.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (4.90%) Law
5 28 (4.90%) Presentation Skills
5 28 (4.90%) Retail
6 27 (4.72%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (4.37%) Banking
8 17 (2.97%) Back Office
8 17 (2.97%) Financial Institution
9 9 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (1.57%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.22%) Advertising
10 7 (1.22%) French Language
10 7 (1.22%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.05%) Legal
12 5 (0.87%) Marketing
13 4 (0.70%) Health Technology
13 4 (0.70%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (4.55%) RESTful
2 19 (3.32%) OpenAPI
2 19 (3.32%) Swagger
3 16 (2.80%) Middleware
4 14 (2.45%) .NET
5 11 (1.92%) Oracle Fusion
6 9 (1.57%) Terraform
7 6 (1.05%) REST
8 4 (0.70%) Node.js
8 4 (0.70%) SOAP
9 3 (0.52%) XML
10 2 (0.35%) GeoJSON
10 2 (0.35%) JSON
10 2 (0.35%) Kafka
10 2 (0.35%) LDAP
10 2 (0.35%) Lightning Web Components
10 2 (0.35%) Web Services
10 2 (0.35%) XBRL
11 1 (0.17%) JWT
11 1 (0.17%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 31 (5.42%) Cloud Native
2 28 (4.90%) Product Ownership
3 25 (4.37%) Virtual Team
4 19 (3.32%) Data Centre
5 15 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.05%) Cyberattack
7 6 (1.05%) Management Information System
8 5 (0.87%) AI Agents
8 5 (0.87%) Onboarding
9 4 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (0.70%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (0.70%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.52%) CMDB
10 3 (0.52%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (0.52%) IoT
10 3 (0.52%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.52%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.87%) Windows
2 4 (0.70%) Linux
3 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (19.58%) Presales
2 99 (17.31%) AI
3 93 (16.26%) Roadmaps
4 75 (13.11%) Agile
5 72 (12.59%) Technical Leadership
6 61 (10.66%) Migration
7 60 (10.49%) Technical Architecture
8 56 (9.79%) Stakeholder Management
9 55 (9.62%) DevOps
10 52 (9.09%) ERP
11 50 (8.74%) Business Development
11 50 (8.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 50 (8.74%) TOGAF
12 48 (8.39%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 48 (8.39%) Translating Business Requirements
13 44 (7.69%) Analytics
14 42 (7.34%) Integration Patterns
15 37 (6.47%) Mentoring
16 36 (6.29%) Cybersecurity
16 36 (6.29%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 18 (3.15%) C#
2 17 (2.97%) Python
3 12 (2.10%) SQL
4 9 (1.57%) Java
5 7 (1.22%) Bicep
6 5 (0.87%) Go
6 5 (0.87%) JavaScript
6 5 (0.87%) Rust
7 2 (0.35%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 108 (18.88%) Security Cleared
2 86 (15.03%) SC Cleared
3 21 (3.67%) Azure Certification
3 21 (3.67%) Degree
4 19 (3.32%) TOGAF Certification
5 15 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (1.92%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.75%) VCAP
8 10 (1.75%) VCDX
8 10 (1.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 8 (1.40%) DV Cleared
10 7 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (0.87%) CCIE
11 5 (0.87%) CCNP
11 5 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.17%) CISSP
12 1 (0.17%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.17%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (1.92%) Data Quality
2 9 (1.57%) GRC
3 7 (1.22%) GDPR
3 7 (1.22%) NIST
4 4 (0.70%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.35%) NCSC
5 2 (0.35%) QA
6 1 (0.17%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.17%) GxP
6 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.17%) PERC
6 1 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (1.75%) VMware NSX
2 10 (1.75%) vSphere
3 6 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.87%) Docker
4 5 (0.87%) vCloud
5 4 (0.70%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (3.32%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.87%) Grafana
2 5 (0.87%) vCenter Server
3 3 (0.52%) Ansible
4 2 (0.35%) CASB
4 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 110 (19.23%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.72%) Oracle
3 20 (3.50%) SAP
4 13 (2.27%) VMware
5 12 (2.10%) Juniper
6 11 (1.92%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.75%) Broadcom
7 10 (1.75%) Cisco
7 10 (1.75%) ServiceNow
8 8 (1.40%) Palo Alto
9 7 (1.22%) CrowdStrike
10 6 (1.05%) Databricks
10 6 (1.05%) Dynatrace
11 5 (0.87%) Blue Prism
11 5 (0.87%) Dell
11 5 (0.87%) Fortinet
11 5 (0.87%) Google
11 5 (0.87%) IFS
11 5 (0.87%) NetApp
11 5 (0.87%) Nimble Storage