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 11 September 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 256 78
Rank change year-on-year +147 -178 +37
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 589 182 853
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.46% 1.12% 3.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.62% 1.21% 3.78%
Number of salaries quoted 445 103 401
10th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £56,809
25th Percentile £70,000 £66,589 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.03%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £104,500 £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 22,509 15,049 22,583
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 92.64% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 15,954 9,078 14,853
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £44,250
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 £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 11 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 11 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.

1 161 (27.33%) Azure
2 119 (20.20%) Presales
3 108 (18.34%) Security Cleared
4 106 (18.00%) Microsoft
5 93 (15.79%) AI
6 86 (14.60%) AWS
7 85 (14.43%) SC Cleared
8 81 (13.75%) Roadmaps
9 78 (13.24%) Agile
10 63 (10.70%) TOGAF
11 58 (9.85%) DevOps
11 58 (9.85%) Technical Leadership
12 57 (9.68%) Technical Architecture
13 56 (9.51%) Stakeholder Management
14 55 (9.34%) Migration
15 53 (9.00%) SaaS
16 51 (8.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 47 (7.98%) Business Development
18 46 (7.81%) Digital Transformation Programme
19 44 (7.47%) ERP
19 44 (7.47%) Problem-Solving
20 42 (7.13%) Analytics
20 42 (7.13%) Translating Business Requirements
21 40 (6.79%) Dynamics 365
22 38 (6.45%) Customer Engagement
22 38 (6.45%) Integration Patterns
23 36 (6.11%) Enterprise Architecture
23 36 (6.11%) GCP
24 35 (5.94%) Creative Problem-Solving
25 34 (5.77%) 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 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
5 1 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 161 (27.33%) Azure
2 86 (14.60%) AWS
3 53 (9.00%) SaaS
4 40 (6.79%) Dynamics 365
5 36 (6.11%) GCP
6 21 (3.57%) Power Platform
7 20 (3.40%) PaaS
8 18 (3.06%) 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
12 6 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (1.02%) Mimecast
12 6 (1.02%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.68%) Azure Databricks
13 4 (0.68%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (0.68%) Power Automate
13 4 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.38%) Firewall
2 12 (2.04%) SD-WAN
2 12 (2.04%) VSAN
2 12 (2.04%) WAN
3 11 (1.87%) Network Security
4 9 (1.53%) Broadband
5 8 (1.36%) MPLS
6 7 (1.19%) Unified Communications
7 5 (0.85%) LAN
8 3 (0.51%) SDH
8 3 (0.51%) WLAN
9 1 (0.17%) Modbus
9 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.17%) VLAN
9 1 (0.17%) VPN
9 1 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.19%) Data Lake
1 7 (1.19%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.85%) Electronic Patient Records
2 5 (0.85%) MongoDB
2 5 (0.85%) MySQL
3 4 (0.68%) BigQuery
3 4 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (0.68%) Metadata
3 4 (0.68%) Semantic Layer
4 2 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.34%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (0.34%) GIS
4 2 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.34%) QGIS
5 1 (0.17%) Data Hub
5 1 (0.17%) NoSQL
5 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
1 145 (24.62%) Finance
2 111 (18.85%) Social Skills
3 66 (11.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 60 (10.19%) Public Sector
5 29 (4.92%) Law
5 29 (4.92%) Presentation Skills
6 28 (4.75%) Analytical Skills
7 26 (4.41%) Retail
8 20 (3.40%) Banking
9 14 (2.38%) Back Office
9 14 (2.38%) Financial Institution
10 10 (1.70%) Marketing
11 9 (1.53%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
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 22 (3.74%) RESTful
2 16 (2.72%) OpenAPI
2 16 (2.72%) Swagger
3 15 (2.55%) .NET
4 12 (2.04%) Middleware
5 8 (1.36%) REST
6 7 (1.19%) Oracle Fusion
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%) .NET Core
12 1 (0.17%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.09%) Cloud Native
2 27 (4.58%) Product Ownership
3 25 (4.24%) Virtual Team
4 21 (3.57%) Cyberattack
5 20 (3.40%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (2.04%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (1.02%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.02%) Web Conferencing
9 5 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (0.85%) Onboarding
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
1 119 (20.20%) Presales
2 93 (15.79%) AI
3 81 (13.75%) Roadmaps
4 78 (13.24%) Agile
5 63 (10.70%) TOGAF
6 58 (9.85%) DevOps
6 58 (9.85%) Technical Leadership
7 57 (9.68%) Technical Architecture
8 56 (9.51%) Stakeholder Management
9 55 (9.34%) Migration
10 51 (8.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 47 (7.98%) Business Development
12 46 (7.81%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 44 (7.47%) ERP
13 44 (7.47%) Problem-Solving
14 42 (7.13%) Analytics
14 42 (7.13%) Translating Business Requirements
15 38 (6.45%) Customer Engagement
15 38 (6.45%) Integration Patterns
16 36 (6.11%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 17 (2.89%) C#
1 17 (2.89%) Python
2 11 (1.87%) SQL
3 8 (1.36%) Java
4 5 (0.85%) Go
4 5 (0.85%) Rust
5 4 (0.68%) Apex Code
6 3 (0.51%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.34%) Bicep
7 2 (0.34%) SOQL
7 2 (0.34%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 108 (18.34%) Security Cleared
2 85 (14.43%) SC Cleared
3 27 (4.58%) Degree
4 16 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (2.55%) TOGAF Certification
6 13 (2.21%) Azure Certification
7 12 (2.04%) VCAP
7 12 (2.04%) VCDX
7 12 (2.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 11 (1.87%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.36%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (1.02%) CCNP
13 5 (0.85%) CCIE
14 2 (0.34%) CISSP
15 1 (0.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 1 (0.17%) ITIL Certification
15 1 (0.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.57%) NIST
2 11 (1.87%) Data Quality
3 9 (1.53%) GRC
4 6 (1.02%) GDPR
5 4 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.34%) Accessibility
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
System Software
1 17 (2.89%) 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 (2.89%) 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 (18.00%) Microsoft
2 22 (3.74%) Oracle
3 20 (3.40%) SAP
4 17 (2.89%) VMware
5 16 (2.72%) Cisco
6 14 (2.38%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.04%) Broadcom
8 11 (1.87%) Juniper
9 10 (1.70%) Palo Alto
10 9 (1.53%) Fortinet
11 7 (1.19%) CrowdStrike
11 7 (1.19%) Databricks
11 7 (1.19%) Dell
11 7 (1.19%) NetApp
11 7 (1.19%) Nimble Storage
12 6 (1.02%) Barracuda Networks
12 6 (1.02%) N-able
12 6 (1.02%) Sophos
13 5 (0.85%) Blue Prism
13 5 (0.85%) IFS