Solutions Architect Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Solution Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Solution Architect salary for remote or hybrid work is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 82 113
Rank change year-on-year -71 +31 +76
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 303 1,264 1,250
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.03% 3.74% 2.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.24% 3.89% 3.04%
Number of salaries quoted 199 562 803
10th Percentile £61,000 £58,200 £61,194
25th Percentile £70,097 £69,063 £70,735
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -3.03% -
75th Percentile £98,474 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £106,500 £132,488 £103,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid 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 13,554 32,482 41,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.99% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 24,960 29,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Solutions Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Solutions Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Solutions Architect trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Solutions Architect.

Solutions Architect salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Solutions Architect over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Solutions Architect salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Solutions Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 121 (39.93%) Azure
2 92 (30.36%) Agile
2 92 (30.36%) Microsoft
3 91 (30.03%) Finance
4 85 (28.05%) Microservices
4 85 (28.05%) Roadmaps
5 81 (26.73%) TOGAF
6 71 (23.43%) Social Skills
7 68 (22.44%) AWS
8 61 (20.13%) Security Cleared
8 61 (20.13%) Banking
9 60 (19.80%) GCP
10 54 (17.82%) Analytics
11 53 (17.49%) Stakeholder Management
12 52 (17.16%) DevOps
13 48 (15.84%) Containerisation
14 44 (14.52%) Domain-Driven Design
14 44 (14.52%) SC Cleared
15 41 (13.53%) Product Ownership
16 39 (12.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 37 (12.21%) SQL
18 36 (11.88%) Enterprise Architecture
18 36 (11.88%) Technical Leadership
19 35 (11.55%) Architectural Design
19 35 (11.55%) Cybersecurity
20 34 (11.22%) NoSQL
20 34 (11.22%) Mentoring
21 33 (10.89%) TOGAF Certification
21 33 (10.89%) Dynamics 365
22 31 (10.23%) API Design

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (4.29%) OpenEdge
2 11 (3.63%) Umbraco
3 7 (2.31%) SAS
4 3 (0.99%) NetWeaver
4 3 (0.99%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.66%) Confluence
5 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.66%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.66%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.66%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 8 (2.64%) Chatbot
1 8 (2.64%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.66%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 16 (5.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (3.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.32%) SAP PP
3 4 (1.32%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.66%) Magento
4 2 (0.66%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.33%) Odoo
5 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.33%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.33%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.33%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.33%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 121 (39.93%) Azure
2 68 (22.44%) AWS
3 60 (19.80%) GCP
4 33 (10.89%) Dynamics 365
5 27 (8.91%) Power Platform
6 16 (5.28%) SaaS
7 13 (4.29%) PaaS
8 11 (3.63%) PowerApps
9 9 (2.97%) OpenShift
10 8 (2.64%) Power Automate
11 7 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (2.31%) Azure Service Bus
11 7 (2.31%) GitHub
12 6 (1.98%) Apigee
12 6 (1.98%) OCI
13 5 (1.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 5 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
13 5 (1.65%) Serverless
14 4 (1.32%) Azure Functions
14 4 (1.32%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.31%) Firewall
2 4 (1.32%) LAN
3 2 (0.66%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (0.66%) DHCP
3 2 (0.66%) DNS
3 2 (0.66%) FCoE
3 2 (0.66%) Fibre Channel
3 2 (0.66%) iSCSI
3 2 (0.66%) Multicast
3 2 (0.66%) NAS
3 2 (0.66%) SAN
3 2 (0.66%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.66%) VPN
3 2 (0.66%) WAN
3 2 (0.66%) Wireless
4 1 (0.33%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (11.22%) NoSQL
2 18 (5.94%) Data Lake
3 14 (4.62%) SQL Server
4 12 (3.96%) Big Data
5 11 (3.63%) BigQuery
6 9 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.32%) Power BI
8 3 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.99%) SAP HANA
8 3 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.66%) MySQL
9 2 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.33%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.33%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
10 1 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (1.98%) JIRA
2 2 (0.66%) Git
2 2 (0.66%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 2 (0.66%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.33%) ERwin
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
General
1 91 (30.03%) Finance
2 71 (23.43%) Social Skills
3 61 (20.13%) Banking
4 39 (12.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (5.28%) Public Sector
6 15 (4.95%) Retail
7 13 (4.29%) Marketing
8 12 (3.96%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (3.96%) Law
9 9 (2.97%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (2.97%) Manufacturing
10 7 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.98%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.98%) Games
12 4 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.99%) Advertising
13 3 (0.99%) Automotive
13 3 (0.99%) French Language
13 3 (0.99%) Legal
14 2 (0.66%) Swedish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.94%) React
2 17 (5.61%) REST
3 13 (4.29%) CSS
4 12 (3.96%) jQuery
5 11 (3.63%) Ajax
5 11 (3.63%) OAuth
5 11 (3.63%) OpenID
5 11 (3.63%) RESTful
5 11 (3.63%) SAML
6 10 (3.30%) .NET
7 8 (2.64%) AngularJS
8 7 (2.31%) Kafka
9 6 (1.98%) OpenAPI
9 6 (1.98%) RabbitMQ
9 6 (1.98%) React Native
10 4 (1.32%) .NET Framework
10 4 (1.32%) HTML
10 4 (1.32%) JSON
10 4 (1.32%) Spring
10 4 (1.32%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (13.53%) Product Ownership
2 29 (9.57%) Cloud Native
3 28 (9.24%) Management Information System
4 18 (5.94%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (4.29%) Public Cloud
6 9 (2.97%) Private Cloud
7 8 (2.64%) Credit Risk
7 8 (2.64%) Distributed Architecture
7 8 (2.64%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.31%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (2.31%) Market Risk
9 6 (1.98%) DataPower
9 6 (1.98%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.98%) Mobile Games
9 6 (1.98%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.65%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.32%) IoT
12 3 (0.99%) CMDB
13 2 (0.66%) CCTV
13 2 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.98%) Android
1 6 (1.98%) Apple iOS
2 5 (1.65%) Linux
2 5 (1.65%) Windows
3 2 (0.66%) Solaris
4 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (30.36%) Agile
2 85 (28.05%) Microservices
2 85 (28.05%) Roadmaps
3 81 (26.73%) TOGAF
4 54 (17.82%) Analytics
5 53 (17.49%) Stakeholder Management
6 52 (17.16%) DevOps
7 48 (15.84%) Containerisation
8 44 (14.52%) Domain-Driven Design
9 36 (11.88%) Enterprise Architecture
9 36 (11.88%) Technical Leadership
10 35 (11.55%) Architectural Design
10 35 (11.55%) Cybersecurity
11 34 (11.22%) Mentoring
12 31 (10.23%) API Design
13 30 (9.90%) Software Engineering
14 29 (9.57%) Risk Management
15 28 (9.24%) Presales
16 27 (8.91%) CI/CD
16 27 (8.91%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 37 (12.21%) SQL
2 29 (9.57%) Java
3 27 (8.91%) JavaScript
3 27 (8.91%) Python
4 19 (6.27%) C#
5 9 (2.97%) R
6 5 (1.65%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.99%) ABAP
7 3 (0.99%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.66%) Bash
8 2 (0.66%) Bicep
8 2 (0.66%) C
8 2 (0.66%) X++
9 1 (0.33%) COBOL
9 1 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.33%) PHP
9 1 (0.33%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (20.13%) Security Cleared
2 44 (14.52%) SC Cleared
3 33 (10.89%) TOGAF Certification
4 23 (7.59%) Degree
5 20 (6.60%) AWS Certification
6 12 (3.96%) Azure Certification
7 9 (2.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 7 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.33%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.95%) GDPR
2 10 (3.30%) NIST
3 8 (2.64%) PCI DSS
4 7 (2.31%) Basel II
4 7 (2.31%) Basel III
4 7 (2.31%) Dodd-Frank
4 7 (2.31%) IFRS
4 7 (2.31%) IFRS 9
5 6 (1.98%) HIPAA
6 5 (1.65%) QA
7 4 (1.32%) JSP 440
7 4 (1.32%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.66%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.66%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.33%) GRC
9 1 (0.33%) ISO 15022
9 1 (0.33%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 24 (7.92%) Docker
2 16 (5.28%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.32%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.66%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.66%) KVM
5 2 (0.66%) NFS
5 2 (0.66%) SRDF
5 2 (0.66%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 2 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.66%) Xen
Systems Management
1 27 (8.91%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.29%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.99%) Terraform
4 2 (0.66%) Ansible
4 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.66%) Puppet
4 2 (0.66%) SCCM
4 2 (0.66%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.33%) Grafana
5 1 (0.33%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 92 (30.36%) Microsoft
2 28 (9.24%) Google
3 22 (7.26%) Apple
4 18 (5.94%) SAP
5 17 (5.61%) IBM
6 16 (5.28%) Adobe
7 14 (4.62%) Oracle
7 14 (4.62%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.98%) PayPal
8 6 (1.98%) VMware
9 4 (1.32%) Avaloq
9 4 (1.32%) Databricks
10 2 (0.66%) Cisco
10 2 (0.66%) EMC
10 2 (0.66%) F5
10 2 (0.66%) iManage
10 2 (0.66%) NetApp
10 2 (0.66%) TOWER Software
10 2 (0.66%) Workday
11 1 (0.33%) Zoho