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 3 May 2026.

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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 162 88
Rank change year-on-year +39 -74 +46
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 381 297 1,065
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.09% 2.18% 3.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.23% 2.38% 3.42%
Number of salaries quoted 243 196 560
10th Percentile £62,000 £60,625 £57,431
25th Percentile £70,000 £70,097 £69,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -3.03%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £96,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,875 £132,625
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +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 17,049 12,490 31,172
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 91.81% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 12,360 9,034 24,946
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £33,007
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% +11.32% -11.67%

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 3 May 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 3 May 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.

1 105 (27.56%) Azure
2 80 (21.00%) Security Cleared
3 74 (19.42%) AWS
4 69 (18.11%) AI
5 63 (16.54%) SC Cleared
6 62 (16.27%) Microsoft
7 61 (16.01%) Presales
7 61 (16.01%) TOGAF
8 60 (15.75%) Problem-Solving
9 58 (15.22%) DevOps
10 57 (14.96%) Agile
11 50 (13.12%) Roadmaps
12 49 (12.86%) Analytics
13 42 (11.02%) Continuous Improvement
14 38 (9.97%) SaaS
15 37 (9.71%) Software Engineering
16 36 (9.45%) Business Development
16 36 (9.45%) Project Management
16 36 (9.45%) Technical Architecture
17 35 (9.19%) Creative Problem-Solving
18 31 (8.14%) Microsoft 365
18 31 (8.14%) Stakeholder Management
19 29 (7.61%) GCP
20 28 (7.35%) Enterprise Architecture
20 28 (7.35%) Generative AI
20 28 (7.35%) ITIL
21 27 (7.09%) Time Management
22 26 (6.82%) B2B
22 26 (6.82%) Customer Engagement
22 26 (6.82%) Project Delivery

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 7 (1.84%) CMS
2 4 (1.05%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.52%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.52%) GeoServer
3 2 (0.52%) JBoss
3 2 (0.52%) Oracle Spatial
3 2 (0.52%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.26%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 7 (1.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.52%) Shopify
4 1 (0.26%) Actimize
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.26%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.26%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 105 (27.56%) Azure
2 74 (19.42%) AWS
3 38 (9.97%) SaaS
4 31 (8.14%) Microsoft 365
5 29 (7.61%) GCP
6 21 (5.51%) Power Platform
7 19 (4.99%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (4.20%) Serverless
9 11 (2.89%) PaaS
10 10 (2.62%) IaaS
11 6 (1.57%) Mimecast
12 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (1.31%) Nutanix
12 5 (1.31%) PowerApps
13 4 (1.05%) ChatGPT
13 4 (1.05%) OneDrive
14 3 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
15 2 (0.52%) Azure Service Bus
15 2 (0.52%) Entra ID
15 2 (0.52%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.46%) Broadband
2 13 (3.41%) SD-WAN
2 13 (3.41%) WAN
3 11 (2.89%) Network Security
4 8 (2.10%) Firewall
5 7 (1.84%) LAN
6 6 (1.57%) MPLS
7 5 (1.31%) VSAN
8 3 (0.79%) Modbus
8 3 (0.79%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.52%) WLAN
10 1 (0.26%) AMQP
10 1 (0.26%) NGN
10 1 (0.26%) VoIP
10 1 (0.26%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.31%) Data Lake
2 4 (1.05%) Electronic Patient Records
2 4 (1.05%) Metadata
2 4 (1.05%) NoSQL
2 4 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (1.05%) RDBMS
2 4 (1.05%) Relational Database
2 4 (1.05%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.52%) GIS
3 2 (0.52%) QGIS
4 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.26%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.26%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.26%) Power BI
4 1 (0.26%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (3.41%) Jenkins
2 10 (2.62%) GitLab
2 10 (2.62%) SonarQube
3 4 (1.05%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (0.52%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.26%) JIRA
5 1 (0.26%) Snyk
General
1 74 (19.42%) Social Skills
2 70 (18.37%) Finance
3 61 (16.01%) Public Sector
4 43 (11.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 42 (11.02%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (7.35%) Marketing
7 26 (6.82%) Law
8 19 (4.99%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (3.94%) Legal
10 14 (3.67%) Retail
11 13 (3.41%) Banking
12 12 (3.15%) Back Office
12 12 (3.15%) Games
13 9 (2.36%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.57%) Financial Institution
15 5 (1.31%) Telecoms
16 4 (1.05%) Health Technology
17 2 (0.52%) Advertising
18 1 (0.26%) Electronics
18 1 (0.26%) International Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.99%) .NET
2 16 (4.20%) REST
3 12 (3.15%) SOAP
4 11 (2.89%) Middleware
4 11 (2.89%) RESTful
5 10 (2.62%) Lightning Web Components
5 10 (2.62%) Visualforce
6 6 (1.57%) OpenAPI
6 6 (1.57%) Swagger
6 6 (1.57%) XML
7 4 (1.05%) .NET Core
7 4 (1.05%) OAuth
7 4 (1.05%) OpenID
7 4 (1.05%) XBRL
8 3 (0.79%) gRPC
8 3 (0.79%) JSON
8 3 (0.79%) Spring
8 3 (0.79%) Web Services
9 2 (0.52%) Hibernate
9 2 (0.52%) Struts
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.82%) Cloud Native
2 25 (6.56%) Virtual Team
3 21 (5.51%) Cyberattack
4 19 (4.99%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (4.46%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.62%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.62%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (2.62%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.57%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (1.57%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.57%) Web Conferencing
9 4 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.79%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.79%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.79%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.52%) Blog
11 2 (0.52%) DataPower
11 2 (0.52%) Taxonomies
11 2 (0.52%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.31%) Windows
2 2 (0.52%) Linux
2 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (18.11%) AI
2 61 (16.01%) Presales
2 61 (16.01%) TOGAF
3 60 (15.75%) Problem-Solving
4 58 (15.22%) DevOps
5 57 (14.96%) Agile
6 50 (13.12%) Roadmaps
7 49 (12.86%) Analytics
8 42 (11.02%) Continuous Improvement
9 37 (9.71%) Software Engineering
10 36 (9.45%) Business Development
10 36 (9.45%) Project Management
10 36 (9.45%) Technical Architecture
11 35 (9.19%) Creative Problem-Solving
12 31 (8.14%) Stakeholder Management
13 28 (7.35%) Enterprise Architecture
13 28 (7.35%) Generative AI
13 28 (7.35%) ITIL
14 27 (7.09%) Time Management
15 26 (6.82%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 12 (3.15%) C#
2 11 (2.89%) SQL
3 10 (2.62%) Apex Code
3 10 (2.62%) SOQL
3 10 (2.62%) SOSL
4 9 (2.36%) Java
5 7 (1.84%) Python
6 2 (0.52%) Scala
7 1 (0.26%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 80 (21.00%) Security Cleared
2 63 (16.54%) SC Cleared
3 19 (4.99%) Degree
4 14 (3.67%) TOGAF Certification
5 13 (3.41%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (2.62%) DV Cleared
7 8 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.84%) CISSP
9 6 (1.57%) CCNP
10 5 (1.31%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.31%) VCAP
10 5 (1.31%) VCDX
10 5 (1.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (1.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.05%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.26%) FFIEC
14 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.26%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.04%) NIST
2 6 (1.57%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.31%) GDPR
3 5 (1.31%) PMO
4 4 (1.05%) GRC
5 3 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.52%) QA
7 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.26%) NCSC
7 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.26%) PERC
7 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (2.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.31%) Docker
2 5 (1.31%) vCloud
2 5 (1.31%) VMware NSX
2 5 (1.31%) vSphere
3 3 (0.79%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (1.31%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.52%) Ansible
4 1 (0.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 62 (16.27%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.67%) Cisco
3 12 (3.15%) Salesforce
4 11 (2.89%) SAP
4 11 (2.89%) Splunk
5 10 (2.62%) Fortinet
6 9 (2.36%) VMware
7 6 (1.57%) Barracuda Networks
7 6 (1.57%) Databricks
7 6 (1.57%) Meraki
7 6 (1.57%) N-able
7 6 (1.57%) Sophos
8 5 (1.31%) Broadcom
8 5 (1.31%) Dell
8 5 (1.31%) Google
8 5 (1.31%) NetApp
8 5 (1.31%) Nimble Storage
8 5 (1.31%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.05%) Juniper
9 4 (1.05%) Oracle