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 10 February 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 141 131
Rank change year-on-year -45 -10 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 214 374 665
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.33% 2.38% 2.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.42% 2.48% 2.51%
Number of salaries quoted 109 215 469
10th Percentile £67,500 £59,168 £62,500
25th Percentile £76,250 £70,097 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £87,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +9.38% -4.59%
75th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £106,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £84,500 £82,500 £81,223
% change year-on-year +2.42% +1.57% -4.44%

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 15,063 15,072 26,521
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.70% 95.82% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 9,889 9,060 22,120
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,725 £33,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,800 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 10 February 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 10 February 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 61 (28.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 58 (27.10%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (26.17%) Agile
4 55 (25.70%) Roadmaps
5 54 (25.23%) AI
6 52 (24.30%) Azure
7 46 (21.50%) Presales
8 45 (21.03%) Analytics
9 42 (19.63%) Security Cleared
10 41 (19.16%) AWS
11 40 (18.69%) Project Management
12 38 (17.76%) B2B
13 37 (17.29%) DevOps
14 34 (15.89%) Business Development
14 34 (15.89%) SaaS
14 34 (15.89%) Technical Architecture
15 32 (14.95%) Decision-Making
15 32 (14.95%) TOGAF
16 30 (14.02%) Strategic Thinking
17 28 (13.08%) Project Delivery
18 27 (12.62%) Customer Experience
18 27 (12.62%) Software Engineering
19 26 (12.15%) Creative Problem-Solving
20 25 (11.68%) SC Cleared
20 25 (11.68%) Technical Leadership
21 24 (11.21%) Customer Insight
21 24 (11.21%) Due Diligence
21 24 (11.21%) Financial Modelling
21 24 (11.21%) Microsoft
22 23 (10.75%) Microservices

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 5 (2.34%) CMS
2 3 (1.40%) Confluence
2 3 (1.40%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.93%) JBoss
3 2 (0.93%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.47%) PlantUML
2 1 (0.47%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 10 (4.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.40%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (1.40%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.40%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.47%) Actimize
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.47%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 52 (24.30%) Azure
2 41 (19.16%) AWS
3 34 (15.89%) SaaS
4 23 (10.75%) Power Platform
5 22 (10.28%) GCP
6 15 (7.01%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (5.14%) Serverless
8 10 (4.67%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (3.27%) GitHub
9 7 (3.27%) PaaS
10 6 (2.80%) IaaS
11 5 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.87%) Alation
12 4 (1.87%) Cloud Composer
12 4 (1.87%) Snowflake
13 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (1.40%) OCI
13 3 (1.40%) PowerApps
14 2 (0.93%) ChatGPT
14 2 (0.93%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.54%) Broadband
2 6 (2.80%) SD-WAN
2 6 (2.80%) WAN
3 4 (1.87%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.40%) MPLS
5 2 (0.93%) Firewall
5 2 (0.93%) LAN
5 2 (0.93%) NGN
5 2 (0.93%) VPN
6 1 (0.47%) 5G
6 1 (0.47%) AMQP
6 1 (0.47%) MIMO
6 1 (0.47%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.47%) VoIP
6 1 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.27%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (2.80%) Power BI
3 5 (2.34%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.87%) BigQuery
4 4 (1.87%) DataStage
4 4 (1.87%) Metadata
4 4 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.87%) QlikView
4 4 (1.87%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.87%) Tableau
5 2 (0.93%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.93%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.47%) GIS
6 1 (0.47%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.47%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (4.67%) Jenkins
2 9 (4.21%) GitLab
3 8 (3.74%) SonarQube
4 6 (2.80%) ERwin
5 4 (1.87%) ER Studio
5 4 (1.87%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (1.40%) JIRA
7 2 (0.93%) TeamCity
General
1 94 (43.93%) Social Skills
2 67 (31.31%) Finance
3 46 (21.50%) Public Sector
4 35 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (12.15%) Presentation Skills
6 23 (10.75%) Marketing
7 21 (9.81%) Retail
8 19 (8.88%) Law
9 17 (7.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (7.48%) Banking
11 12 (5.61%) Back Office
12 10 (4.67%) Games
12 10 (4.67%) Legal
13 7 (3.27%) Manufacturing
14 5 (2.34%) Retail Banking
14 5 (2.34%) Telecoms
15 4 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.87%) Financial Institution
16 2 (0.93%) Billing
16 2 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.54%) Node.js
2 13 (6.07%) React
3 12 (5.61%) React Native
3 12 (5.61%) REST
4 10 (4.67%) SOAP
5 9 (4.21%) Middleware
6 8 (3.74%) .NET
6 8 (3.74%) Lightning Web Components
6 8 (3.74%) RESTful
6 8 (3.74%) Visualforce
7 4 (1.87%) OpenAPI
7 4 (1.87%) SAP Fiori
7 4 (1.87%) Swagger
7 4 (1.87%) Web Services
8 3 (1.40%) Kafka
8 3 (1.40%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (1.40%) Spring
9 2 (0.93%) Akka
9 2 (0.93%) OAuth
9 2 (0.93%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 33 (15.42%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (12.15%) Virtual Team
3 16 (7.48%) Cloud Native
4 14 (6.54%) Product Ownership
5 13 (6.07%) Mobile App
6 11 (5.14%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.80%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (2.34%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.87%) Blog
9 4 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.87%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.87%) Reinsurance
10 2 (0.93%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.93%) DataPower
10 2 (0.93%) IoT
10 2 (0.93%) Over-the-Top Content
10 2 (0.93%) Video\Live Streaming
11 1 (0.47%) CMDB
11 1 (0.47%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.93%) Windows
2 1 (0.47%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (28.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 58 (27.10%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (26.17%) Agile
4 55 (25.70%) Roadmaps
5 54 (25.23%) AI
6 46 (21.50%) Presales
7 45 (21.03%) Analytics
8 40 (18.69%) Project Management
9 38 (17.76%) B2B
10 37 (17.29%) DevOps
11 34 (15.89%) Business Development
11 34 (15.89%) Technical Architecture
12 32 (14.95%) Decision-Making
12 32 (14.95%) TOGAF
13 30 (14.02%) Strategic Thinking
14 28 (13.08%) Project Delivery
15 27 (12.62%) Customer Experience
15 27 (12.62%) Software Engineering
16 26 (12.15%) Creative Problem-Solving
17 25 (11.68%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.14%) Java
2 8 (3.74%) Apex Code
2 8 (3.74%) Python
2 8 (3.74%) SOQL
2 8 (3.74%) SOSL
3 7 (3.27%) SQL
4 6 (2.80%) C#
5 2 (0.93%) Go
5 2 (0.93%) Scala
6 1 (0.47%) Bicep
6 1 (0.47%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 42 (19.63%) Security Cleared
2 25 (11.68%) SC Cleared
3 13 (6.07%) Degree
4 12 (5.61%) TOGAF Certification
5 10 (4.67%) DV Cleared
6 9 (4.21%) AWS Certification
6 9 (4.21%) Azure Certification
7 8 (3.74%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (2.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.87%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.87%) SAP Certification
11 3 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.40%) CISSP
12 2 (0.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 1 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.47%) CCNA
13 1 (0.47%) FFIEC
13 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.34%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.87%) PMO
2 4 (1.87%) QA
3 3 (1.40%) GDPR
3 3 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.93%) GRC
4 2 (0.93%) NCSC
4 2 (0.93%) NIST
5 1 (0.47%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (3.27%) Docker
2 1 (0.47%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.47%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (3.74%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.80%) Terraform
3 2 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.47%) Ansible
Vendors
1 24 (11.21%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.94%) SAP
3 9 (4.21%) Salesforce
3 9 (4.21%) Splunk
4 8 (3.74%) Databricks
5 5 (2.34%) Google
5 5 (2.34%) Oracle
6 4 (1.87%) Fortinet
6 4 (1.87%) IBM
6 4 (1.87%) Informatica
6 4 (1.87%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.40%) Ariba
7 3 (1.40%) Cisco
8 2 (0.93%) BiZZdesign
9 1 (0.47%) Anaplan
9 1 (0.47%) Juniper
9 1 (0.47%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.47%) Siemens
9 1 (0.47%) Sparx
9 1 (0.47%) Zscaler