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 7 August 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 245 71
Rank change year-on-year +137 -174 +49
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 565 199 953
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.50% 1.21% 3.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.66% 1.31% 3.94%
Number of salaries quoted 432 112 504
10th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £56,809
25th Percentile £70,000 £66,088 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.03% +2.75%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £110,000
90th Percentile - £105,000 £142,500
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 21,266 15,177 24,186
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 92.06% 96.30%
Number of salaries quoted 15,298 9,387 17,778
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £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 £77,500
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 7 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 7 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.

1 170 (30.09%) Azure
2 122 (21.59%) Security Cleared
3 116 (20.53%) Presales
4 107 (18.94%) Microsoft
5 101 (17.88%) SC Cleared
6 95 (16.81%) AWS
7 81 (14.34%) Agile
8 80 (14.16%) AI
9 71 (12.57%) TOGAF
10 69 (12.21%) Roadmaps
11 67 (11.86%) DevOps
12 55 (9.73%) Technical Architecture
13 52 (9.20%) Stakeholder Management
14 48 (8.50%) Migration
14 48 (8.50%) Problem-Solving
15 47 (8.32%) Analytics
16 45 (7.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 43 (7.61%) Digital Transformation Programme
18 42 (7.43%) Technical Leadership
19 41 (7.26%) Business Development
19 41 (7.26%) GCP
19 41 (7.26%) SaaS
20 40 (7.08%) Enterprise Architecture
20 40 (7.08%) Integration Patterns
21 38 (6.73%) Dynamics 365
22 37 (6.55%) ERP
23 36 (6.37%) Mentoring
24 35 (6.19%) Creative Problem-Solving
25 34 (6.02%) Customer Engagement
26 33 (5.84%) 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 3 (0.53%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.35%) ArcGIS
2 2 (0.35%) CMS
2 2 (0.35%) GeoServer
2 2 (0.35%) Oracle Spatial
3 1 (0.18%) Apache
3 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.18%) Appian
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (0.71%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.18%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.53%) Oracle Cash Management
2 3 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.53%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.35%) 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
1 170 (30.09%) Azure
2 95 (16.81%) AWS
3 41 (7.26%) GCP
3 41 (7.26%) SaaS
4 38 (6.73%) Dynamics 365
5 21 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (3.72%) PaaS
6 19 (3.36%) Power Platform
7 16 (2.83%) Serverless
8 13 (2.30%) dbt
9 8 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (1.42%) IaaS
10 7 (1.24%) Nutanix
11 6 (1.06%) Azure AKS
11 6 (1.06%) Mimecast
12 5 (0.88%) Entra ID
13 4 (0.71%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (0.71%) OCI
14 3 (0.53%) Azure API Management
14 3 (0.53%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.83%) Broadband
2 15 (2.65%) SD-WAN
2 15 (2.65%) WAN
3 14 (2.48%) Firewall
3 14 (2.48%) Network Security
4 12 (2.12%) VSAN
5 9 (1.59%) MPLS
6 7 (1.24%) LAN
7 6 (1.06%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.53%) Modbus
8 3 (0.53%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.53%) WLAN
9 2 (0.35%) SDH
9 2 (0.35%) VPN
10 1 (0.18%) NGN
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 (1.59%) Data Lake
2 5 (0.88%) Electronic Patient Records
3 4 (0.71%) BigQuery
3 4 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (0.71%) Metadata
3 4 (0.71%) Semantic Layer
3 4 (0.71%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.53%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.35%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (0.35%) GIS
5 2 (0.35%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.35%) MySQL
5 2 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.35%) QGIS
5 2 (0.35%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.35%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.18%) Data Hub
6 1 (0.18%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 16 (2.83%) Jenkins
2 10 (1.77%) GitLab
3 8 (1.42%) SonarQube
4 5 (0.88%) Rational Rhapsody
5 3 (0.53%) Snyk
General
1 117 (20.71%) Finance
2 98 (17.35%) Social Skills
3 62 (10.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 56 (9.91%) Public Sector
5 35 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (4.78%) Law
7 24 (4.25%) Retail
8 21 (3.72%) Presentation Skills
9 17 (3.01%) Marketing
10 15 (2.65%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.77%) Back Office
11 10 (1.77%) Banking
11 10 (1.77%) Legal
12 9 (1.59%) Financial Institution
13 8 (1.42%) Games
14 7 (1.24%) Advertising
14 7 (1.24%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.88%) Health Technology
16 2 (0.35%) Aerospace
17 1 (0.18%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.83%) REST
2 15 (2.65%) RESTful
3 13 (2.30%) .NET
4 12 (2.12%) SOAP
5 11 (1.95%) Middleware
5 11 (1.95%) OpenAPI
5 11 (1.95%) Swagger
6 10 (1.77%) Lightning Web Components
7 8 (1.42%) Visualforce
8 5 (0.88%) XML
9 4 (0.71%) Node.js
9 4 (0.71%) XBRL
10 3 (0.53%) .NET Core
10 3 (0.53%) gRPC
10 3 (0.53%) JSON
11 2 (0.35%) Django
11 2 (0.35%) GeoJSON
11 2 (0.35%) OAuth
11 2 (0.35%) OpenID
11 2 (0.35%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 38 (6.73%) Cloud Native
2 25 (4.42%) Virtual Team
3 24 (4.25%) Product Ownership
4 21 (3.72%) Cyberattack
4 21 (3.72%) Data Centre
5 13 (2.30%) Public Cloud
6 11 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (1.06%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.06%) Web Conferencing
9 4 (0.71%) Onboarding
9 4 (0.71%) Social Media
10 3 (0.53%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (0.53%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (0.53%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.53%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.35%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.35%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.06%) Windows
2 4 (0.71%) Linux
3 2 (0.35%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (20.53%) Presales
2 81 (14.34%) Agile
3 80 (14.16%) AI
4 71 (12.57%) TOGAF
5 69 (12.21%) Roadmaps
6 67 (11.86%) DevOps
7 55 (9.73%) Technical Architecture
8 52 (9.20%) Stakeholder Management
9 48 (8.50%) Migration
9 48 (8.50%) Problem-Solving
10 47 (8.32%) Analytics
11 45 (7.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 43 (7.61%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 42 (7.43%) Technical Leadership
14 41 (7.26%) Business Development
15 40 (7.08%) Enterprise Architecture
15 40 (7.08%) Integration Patterns
16 37 (6.55%) ERP
17 36 (6.37%) Mentoring
18 35 (6.19%) Creative Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 13 (2.30%) C#
1 13 (2.30%) Python
1 13 (2.30%) SQL
2 10 (1.77%) Apex Code
3 8 (1.42%) SOQL
3 8 (1.42%) SOSL
4 4 (0.71%) Java
5 3 (0.53%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.35%) Bicep
6 2 (0.35%) Go
6 2 (0.35%) Rust
Qualifications
1 122 (21.59%) Security Cleared
2 101 (17.88%) SC Cleared
3 25 (4.42%) Degree
4 15 (2.65%) BPSS Clearance
4 15 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (2.65%) TOGAF Certification
5 12 (2.12%) VCAP
5 12 (2.12%) VCDX
5 12 (2.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 10 (1.77%) AWS Certification
6 10 (1.77%) Azure Certification
6 10 (1.77%) CCNP
7 7 (1.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 7 (1.24%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.88%) CCIE
8 5 (0.88%) CISSP
8 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.18%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.72%) NIST
2 11 (1.95%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.24%) GDPR
3 7 (1.24%) GRC
4 4 (0.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.35%) NCSC
5 2 (0.35%) QA
6 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.18%) GxP
6 1 (0.18%) PERC
6 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (3.01%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (2.12%) VMware NSX
2 12 (2.12%) vSphere
3 7 (1.24%) vCloud
4 5 (0.88%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.71%) Docker
5 4 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (2.83%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.88%) vCenter Server
3 4 (0.71%) Ansible
3 4 (0.71%) Terraform
4 3 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.35%) CASB
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 107 (18.94%) Microsoft
2 18 (3.19%) Cisco
3 17 (3.01%) Salesforce
3 17 (3.01%) VMware
4 16 (2.83%) SAP
5 12 (2.12%) Broadcom
5 12 (2.12%) Oracle
6 11 (1.95%) Palo Alto
7 9 (1.59%) Fortinet
8 8 (1.42%) Juniper
8 8 (1.42%) Splunk
9 7 (1.24%) CrowdStrike
9 7 (1.24%) Databricks
9 7 (1.24%) Dell
9 7 (1.24%) NetApp
9 7 (1.24%) Nimble Storage
10 6 (1.06%) Barracuda Networks
10 6 (1.06%) Meraki
10 6 (1.06%) N-able
10 6 (1.06%) Sophos