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 15 October 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 241 121
Rank change year-on-year +124 -120 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 564 183 556
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.24% 1.11% 2.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.39% 1.19% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 391 104 323
10th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £56,809
25th Percentile £71,454 £68,525 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £88,750 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.41% +4.41% +5.73%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £109,250 £165,000
UK median annual salary £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% +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 23,615 15,415 20,109
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 93.24% 96.56%
Number of salaries quoted 16,192 8,723 12,727
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.35% -2.73% -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 15 October 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 15 October 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.

1 154 (27.30%) Azure
2 111 (19.68%) Presales
3 109 (19.33%) Microsoft
4 103 (18.26%) AI
5 102 (18.09%) Security Cleared
6 100 (17.73%) Roadmaps
7 79 (14.01%) Agile
7 79 (14.01%) SC Cleared
8 73 (12.94%) Technical Leadership
9 71 (12.59%) AWS
10 62 (10.99%) Migration
10 62 (10.99%) SaaS
11 61 (10.82%) Technical Architecture
12 60 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
13 58 (10.28%) ERP
14 54 (9.57%) DevOps
15 53 (9.40%) Business Development
16 51 (9.04%) Digital Transformation Programme
16 51 (9.04%) TOGAF
17 50 (8.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 48 (8.51%) Translating Business Requirements
19 44 (7.80%) Analytics
19 44 (7.80%) Dynamics 365
20 43 (7.62%) Integration Patterns
21 39 (6.91%) Software Engineering
22 38 (6.74%) Enterprise Architecture
22 38 (6.74%) Mentoring
23 37 (6.56%) Cybersecurity
24 36 (6.38%) Architecture Governance
25 33 (5.85%) CI/CD

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 4 (0.71%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.18%) Apache
3 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.18%) Appian
3 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.18%) CMS
3 1 (0.18%) Confluence
3 1 (0.18%) GeoServer
3 1 (0.18%) JBoss
3 1 (0.18%) Oracle Coherence
3 1 (0.18%) Oracle Spatial
3 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (0.71%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.18%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 13 (2.30%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.53%) Oracle Cash Management
4 3 (0.53%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.35%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.18%) Infor CloudSuite
6 1 (0.18%) Infor LN
6 1 (0.18%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.18%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 154 (27.30%) Azure
2 71 (12.59%) AWS
3 62 (10.99%) SaaS
4 44 (7.80%) Dynamics 365
5 31 (5.50%) GCP
6 27 (4.79%) Power Platform
7 23 (4.08%) PaaS
8 17 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (2.30%) dbt
9 13 (2.30%) Serverless
10 10 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (1.77%) Entra ID
10 10 (1.77%) Power Automate
10 10 (1.77%) PowerApps
11 9 (1.60%) Azure AKS
12 8 (1.42%) OCI
13 7 (1.24%) Azure Monitor
14 5 (0.89%) Azure API Management
14 5 (0.89%) Azure Key Vault
14 5 (0.89%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.30%) Firewall
2 9 (1.60%) Network Security
2 9 (1.60%) SD-WAN
2 9 (1.60%) VSAN
2 9 (1.60%) WAN
3 7 (1.24%) Broadband
3 7 (1.24%) Unified Communications
4 6 (1.06%) MPLS
5 4 (0.71%) LAN
5 4 (0.71%) VPN
6 3 (0.53%) DNS
6 3 (0.53%) SDH
6 3 (0.53%) WLAN
7 2 (0.35%) Wireless
8 1 (0.18%) DHCP
8 1 (0.18%) HTTP
8 1 (0.18%) Internet
8 1 (0.18%) SSL
8 1 (0.18%) VLAN
8 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.24%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.06%) Data Lake
2 6 (1.06%) MongoDB
2 6 (1.06%) MySQL
3 4 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (0.71%) BigQuery
3 4 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (0.71%) Semantic Layer
4 3 (0.53%) Electronic Patient Records
4 3 (0.53%) Metadata
5 2 (0.35%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.18%) Big Data
6 1 (0.18%) Data Hub
6 1 (0.18%) GIS
6 1 (0.18%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.18%) Power BI
6 1 (0.18%) QGIS
6 1 (0.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (1.42%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.53%) Rational Rhapsody
2 3 (0.53%) Snyk
3 2 (0.35%) GitLab
4 1 (0.18%) JIRA
General
1 171 (30.32%) Finance
2 124 (21.99%) Social Skills
3 63 (11.17%) Public Sector
4 52 (9.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 31 (5.50%) Banking
6 30 (5.32%) Law
6 30 (5.32%) Presentation Skills
6 30 (5.32%) Retail
7 29 (5.14%) Analytical Skills
8 20 (3.55%) Back Office
8 20 (3.55%) Financial Institution
9 11 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (1.77%) French Language
10 10 (1.77%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.24%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.06%) Advertising
13 4 (0.71%) Legal
13 4 (0.71%) Marketing
13 4 (0.71%) Police
14 3 (0.53%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.96%) RESTful
2 22 (3.90%) OpenAPI
2 22 (3.90%) Swagger
3 16 (2.84%) Middleware
4 13 (2.30%) Oracle Fusion
5 12 (2.13%) .NET
6 9 (1.60%) Terraform
7 6 (1.06%) REST
8 4 (0.71%) Node.js
8 4 (0.71%) SOAP
9 3 (0.53%) Kafka
9 3 (0.53%) XML
10 2 (0.35%) GeoJSON
10 2 (0.35%) JSON
10 2 (0.35%) LDAP
10 2 (0.35%) Lightning Web Components
10 2 (0.35%) Web Services
10 2 (0.35%) XBRL
11 1 (0.18%) JWT
11 1 (0.18%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 32 (5.67%) Product Ownership
2 30 (5.32%) Cloud Native
3 25 (4.43%) Virtual Team
4 18 (3.19%) Data Centre
5 14 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.06%) AI Agents
7 6 (1.06%) Management Information System
8 4 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (0.71%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (0.71%) Onboarding
8 4 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.53%) CMDB
9 3 (0.53%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (0.53%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (0.53%) IoT
9 3 (0.53%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.53%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.53%) Security Posture
9 3 (0.53%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.89%) Windows
2 4 (0.71%) Linux
3 1 (0.18%) macOS
3 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (19.68%) Presales
2 103 (18.26%) AI
3 100 (17.73%) Roadmaps
4 79 (14.01%) Agile
5 73 (12.94%) Technical Leadership
6 62 (10.99%) Migration
7 61 (10.82%) Technical Architecture
8 60 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
9 58 (10.28%) ERP
10 54 (9.57%) DevOps
11 53 (9.40%) Business Development
12 51 (9.04%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 51 (9.04%) TOGAF
13 50 (8.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 48 (8.51%) Translating Business Requirements
15 44 (7.80%) Analytics
16 43 (7.62%) Integration Patterns
17 39 (6.91%) Software Engineering
18 38 (6.74%) Enterprise Architecture
18 38 (6.74%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 18 (3.19%) C#
1 18 (3.19%) Python
2 12 (2.13%) SQL
3 9 (1.60%) Java
4 7 (1.24%) Bicep
5 6 (1.06%) Go
5 6 (1.06%) Rust
6 5 (0.89%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.35%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 102 (18.09%) Security Cleared
2 79 (14.01%) SC Cleared
3 23 (4.08%) Degree
4 22 (3.90%) Azure Certification
5 20 (3.55%) TOGAF Certification
6 15 (2.66%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (1.95%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.60%) VCAP
9 9 (1.60%) VCDX
9 9 (1.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 8 (1.42%) DV Cleared
11 7 (1.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.89%) CCIE
12 5 (0.89%) CCNP
12 5 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.35%) CISA
13 2 (0.35%) CRISC
14 1 (0.18%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (1.95%) Data Quality
2 9 (1.60%) GRC
3 7 (1.24%) GDPR
4 4 (0.71%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.53%) NIST
6 2 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.35%) NCSC
6 2 (0.35%) QA
7 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.18%) GxP
7 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.18%) PERC
7 1 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (1.60%) VMware NSX
2 9 (1.60%) vSphere
3 6 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.89%) Docker
5 4 (0.71%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.71%) vCloud
6 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (3.37%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.89%) Grafana
2 5 (0.89%) vCenter Server
3 3 (0.53%) Ansible
4 2 (0.35%) CASB
4 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 109 (19.33%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.85%) Oracle
3 20 (3.55%) SAP
4 12 (2.13%) Juniper
4 12 (2.13%) ServiceNow
5 11 (1.95%) Salesforce
5 11 (1.95%) VMware
6 9 (1.60%) Broadcom
6 9 (1.60%) Cisco
7 8 (1.42%) Palo Alto
8 7 (1.24%) CrowdStrike
9 6 (1.06%) Databricks
9 6 (1.06%) Dynatrace
10 5 (0.89%) Google
10 5 (0.89%) IFS
10 5 (0.89%) Infor
11 4 (0.71%) Aruba
11 4 (0.71%) Dell
11 4 (0.71%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.71%) Mitel