Hybrid/Remote Solutions Architect Job Trends

Solution Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Solution Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £85,170 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 256 78
Rank change year-on-year +146 -178 +41
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 587 181 831
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.43% 1.11% 3.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.60% 1.20% 3.70%
Number of salaries quoted 440 102 376
10th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £56,809
25th Percentile £70,000 £66,589 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,170 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.20% - +3.03%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £103,875 £105,000 £165,000
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 22,608 15,056 22,468
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.78% 92.68% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 15,918 8,997 14,462
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £44,541
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 16 September 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 16 September 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.

1 158 (26.92%) Azure
2 118 (20.10%) Presales
3 106 (18.06%) Microsoft
3 106 (18.06%) Security Cleared
4 94 (16.01%) AI
5 84 (14.31%) AWS
6 83 (14.14%) Roadmaps
6 83 (14.14%) SC Cleared
7 78 (13.29%) Agile
8 62 (10.56%) TOGAF
9 61 (10.39%) Technical Leadership
10 58 (9.88%) Technical Architecture
11 57 (9.71%) DevOps
11 57 (9.71%) Stakeholder Management
12 54 (9.20%) Migration
13 53 (9.03%) SaaS
14 50 (8.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 47 (8.01%) Business Development
16 46 (7.84%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 45 (7.67%) ERP
18 43 (7.33%) Problem-Solving
18 43 (7.33%) Translating Business Requirements
19 41 (6.98%) Analytics
19 41 (6.98%) Dynamics 365
20 38 (6.47%) Integration Patterns
21 37 (6.30%) Customer Engagement
22 35 (5.96%) Enterprise Architecture
23 34 (5.79%) Creative Problem-Solving
23 34 (5.79%) GCP
23 34 (5.79%) Mentoring

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 (0.85%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.34%) ArcGIS
2 2 (0.34%) GeoServer
2 2 (0.34%) Oracle Spatial
3 1 (0.17%) Apache
3 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.17%) Appian
3 1 (0.17%) CMS
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.17%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 4 (0.68%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.17%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (1.36%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.34%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.17%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 158 (26.92%) Azure
2 84 (14.31%) AWS
3 53 (9.03%) SaaS
4 41 (6.98%) Dynamics 365
5 34 (5.79%) GCP
6 22 (3.75%) Power Platform
7 20 (3.41%) PaaS
8 17 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (2.21%) dbt
9 13 (2.21%) Serverless
10 8 (1.36%) OCI
11 7 (1.19%) Azure AKS
11 7 (1.19%) Nutanix
11 7 (1.19%) PowerApps
12 6 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (0.85%) Mimecast
13 5 (0.85%) Power Automate
14 4 (0.68%) Azure Databricks
14 4 (0.68%) Azure Service Bus
14 4 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.21%) Firewall
2 12 (2.04%) VSAN
3 10 (1.70%) Network Security
3 10 (1.70%) SD-WAN
3 10 (1.70%) WAN
4 9 (1.53%) Broadband
5 7 (1.19%) MPLS
5 7 (1.19%) Unified Communications
6 4 (0.68%) LAN
7 3 (0.51%) SDH
7 3 (0.51%) WLAN
8 1 (0.17%) HTTP
8 1 (0.17%) SSL
8 1 (0.17%) VLAN
8 1 (0.17%) VPN
8 1 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.19%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.02%) Data Lake
3 5 (0.85%) Electronic Patient Records
3 5 (0.85%) MongoDB
3 5 (0.85%) MySQL
4 4 (0.68%) BigQuery
4 4 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (0.68%) Metadata
4 4 (0.68%) Semantic Layer
5 2 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.34%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (0.34%) GIS
5 2 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.34%) QGIS
6 1 (0.17%) Big Data
6 1 (0.17%) Data Hub
6 1 (0.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (1.70%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.85%) Rational Rhapsody
3 4 (0.68%) GitLab
4 3 (0.51%) Snyk
5 2 (0.34%) SonarQube
General
1 148 (25.21%) Finance
2 113 (19.25%) Social Skills
3 63 (10.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 62 (10.56%) Public Sector
5 29 (4.94%) Presentation Skills
6 28 (4.77%) Law
7 27 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
8 25 (4.26%) Retail
9 20 (3.41%) Banking
10 14 (2.39%) Back Office
10 14 (2.39%) Financial Institution
11 9 (1.53%) Marketing
12 8 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.36%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.19%) Advertising
13 7 (1.19%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.02%) Legal
15 5 (0.85%) Health Technology
16 4 (0.68%) French Language
17 3 (0.51%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.92%) RESTful
2 16 (2.73%) OpenAPI
2 16 (2.73%) Swagger
3 15 (2.56%) .NET
4 12 (2.04%) Middleware
5 8 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
6 7 (1.19%) REST
7 6 (1.02%) SOAP
8 5 (0.85%) XML
9 4 (0.68%) Lightning Web Components
9 4 (0.68%) Node.js
9 4 (0.68%) Terraform
9 4 (0.68%) XBRL
10 3 (0.51%) JSON
11 2 (0.34%) Django
11 2 (0.34%) GeoJSON
11 2 (0.34%) Visualforce
11 2 (0.34%) Web Services
12 1 (0.17%) AngularJS
12 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 29 (4.94%) Cloud Native
2 27 (4.60%) Product Ownership
3 25 (4.26%) Virtual Team
4 20 (3.41%) Data Centre
5 19 (3.24%) Cyberattack
6 12 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (1.87%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (0.85%) Driving Licence
9 5 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (0.85%) Onboarding
9 5 (0.85%) Web Conferencing
10 4 (0.68%) AI Agents
10 4 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.51%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (0.51%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (0.51%) IoT
11 3 (0.51%) Social Media
11 3 (0.51%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (0.34%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.68%) Linux
1 4 (0.68%) Windows
2 2 (0.34%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (20.10%) Presales
2 94 (16.01%) AI
3 83 (14.14%) Roadmaps
4 78 (13.29%) Agile
5 62 (10.56%) TOGAF
6 61 (10.39%) Technical Leadership
7 58 (9.88%) Technical Architecture
8 57 (9.71%) DevOps
8 57 (9.71%) Stakeholder Management
9 54 (9.20%) Migration
10 50 (8.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 47 (8.01%) Business Development
12 46 (7.84%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 45 (7.67%) ERP
14 43 (7.33%) Problem-Solving
14 43 (7.33%) Translating Business Requirements
15 41 (6.98%) Analytics
16 38 (6.47%) Integration Patterns
17 37 (6.30%) Customer Engagement
18 35 (5.96%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 17 (2.90%) C#
1 17 (2.90%) Python
2 10 (1.70%) SQL
3 8 (1.36%) Java
4 5 (0.85%) Go
4 5 (0.85%) Rust
5 4 (0.68%) Apex Code
5 4 (0.68%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.34%) Bicep
6 2 (0.34%) SOQL
6 2 (0.34%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 106 (18.06%) Security Cleared
2 83 (14.14%) SC Cleared
3 26 (4.43%) Degree
4 16 (2.73%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (2.73%) TOGAF Certification
5 14 (2.39%) Azure Certification
6 12 (2.04%) VCAP
6 12 (2.04%) VCDX
6 12 (2.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 11 (1.87%) AWS Certification
8 9 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.36%) DV Cleared
10 7 (1.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (1.02%) CCNP
12 5 (0.85%) CCIE
13 2 (0.34%) CISSP
14 1 (0.17%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.17%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.24%) NIST
2 11 (1.87%) Data Quality
3 9 (1.53%) GRC
4 6 (1.02%) GDPR
5 4 (0.68%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.34%) NCSC
6 2 (0.34%) QA
7 1 (0.17%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.17%) GxP
7 1 (0.17%) PERC
7 1 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (2.04%) VMware NSX
2 12 (2.04%) vSphere
3 7 (1.19%) vCloud
4 4 (0.68%) Docker
4 4 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.51%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 17 (2.90%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.85%) vCenter Server
3 4 (0.68%) Ansible
4 2 (0.34%) CASB
4 2 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 106 (18.06%) Microsoft
2 23 (3.92%) Oracle
3 19 (3.24%) SAP
4 16 (2.73%) VMware
5 13 (2.21%) Cisco
5 13 (2.21%) Salesforce
6 12 (2.04%) Broadcom
7 11 (1.87%) Juniper
8 9 (1.53%) Palo Alto
9 8 (1.36%) Fortinet
10 7 (1.19%) CrowdStrike
10 7 (1.19%) Databricks
10 7 (1.19%) Dell
10 7 (1.19%) NetApp
10 7 (1.19%) Nimble Storage
11 5 (0.85%) Blue Prism
11 5 (0.85%) IFS
11 5 (0.85%) N-able
11 5 (0.85%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.85%) Sophos