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 7 February 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 141 136
Rank change year-on-year -52 -5 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 205 375 668
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.29% 2.36% 2.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% 2.46% 2.51%
Number of salaries quoted 105 216 472
10th Percentile £69,000 £59,168 £62,500
25th Percentile £77,500 £70,097 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £87,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +9.38% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £98,543 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £108,125 £102,500
UK median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 £80,500
% change year-on-year +3.03% +2.48% -5.29%

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 14,947 15,235 26,590
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.71% 95.93% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 9,800 9,205 22,153
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,231 £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 £78,790 £81,250 £76,000
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 7 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 7 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 59 (28.78%) Continuous Improvement
2 58 (28.29%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (26.34%) AI
4 52 (25.37%) Roadmaps
5 50 (24.39%) Agile
6 48 (23.41%) Azure
7 44 (21.46%) Analytics
7 44 (21.46%) Presales
8 40 (19.51%) Project Management
9 39 (19.02%) AWS
10 37 (18.05%) B2B
10 37 (18.05%) Security Cleared
11 34 (16.59%) Business Development
11 34 (16.59%) SaaS
11 34 (16.59%) Technical Architecture
12 32 (15.61%) Decision-Making
12 32 (15.61%) DevOps
13 30 (14.63%) Strategic Thinking
14 28 (13.66%) Project Delivery
15 27 (13.17%) Customer Experience
15 27 (13.17%) Software Engineering
16 26 (12.68%) Creative Problem-Solving
17 25 (12.20%) Technical Leadership
18 24 (11.71%) Customer Insight
18 24 (11.71%) Due Diligence
18 24 (11.71%) Financial Modelling
18 24 (11.71%) TOGAF
19 23 (11.22%) Microservices
19 23 (11.22%) Power Platform
20 22 (10.73%) Microsoft

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 (2.44%) CMS
2 3 (1.46%) Confluence
2 3 (1.46%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.98%) JBoss
3 2 (0.98%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.49%) PlantUML
2 1 (0.49%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 9 (4.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.46%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (1.46%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.46%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.98%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.49%) Actimize
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.49%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 48 (23.41%) Azure
2 39 (19.02%) AWS
3 34 (16.59%) SaaS
4 23 (11.22%) Power Platform
5 21 (10.24%) GCP
6 15 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (4.88%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (4.39%) Serverless
9 7 (3.41%) GitHub
10 5 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.44%) PaaS
11 4 (1.95%) Alation
11 4 (1.95%) Cloud Composer
11 4 (1.95%) IaaS
11 4 (1.95%) Snowflake
12 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (1.46%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.98%) Azure Machine Learning
13 2 (0.98%) OCI
13 2 (0.98%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.37%) Broadband
2 5 (2.44%) SD-WAN
2 5 (2.44%) WAN
3 3 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.98%) Firewall
4 2 (0.98%) MPLS
5 1 (0.49%) 5G
5 1 (0.49%) AMQP
5 1 (0.49%) LAN
5 1 (0.49%) MIMO
5 1 (0.49%) NGN
5 1 (0.49%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.49%) VPN
5 1 (0.49%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.41%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (2.93%) Power BI
3 5 (2.44%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.95%) BigQuery
4 4 (1.95%) DataStage
4 4 (1.95%) Metadata
4 4 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.95%) QlikView
4 4 (1.95%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.95%) Tableau
5 2 (0.98%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.98%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.49%) GIS
6 1 (0.49%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.49%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (3.90%) Jenkins
2 7 (3.41%) GitLab
3 6 (2.93%) ERwin
3 6 (2.93%) SonarQube
4 4 (1.95%) ER Studio
4 4 (1.95%) PowerDesigner
5 3 (1.46%) JIRA
6 2 (0.98%) TeamCity
General
1 89 (43.41%) Social Skills
2 64 (31.22%) Finance
3 45 (21.95%) Public Sector
4 35 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (12.20%) Presentation Skills
6 21 (10.24%) Marketing
7 20 (9.76%) Retail
8 19 (9.27%) Law
9 16 (7.80%) Banking
10 15 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (5.37%) Back Office
12 10 (4.88%) Legal
13 8 (3.90%) Games
14 6 (2.93%) Manufacturing
15 5 (2.44%) Retail Banking
16 4 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (1.95%) Financial Institution
16 4 (1.95%) Telecoms
17 2 (0.98%) Billing
17 2 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.83%) Node.js
2 13 (6.34%) React
3 12 (5.85%) React Native
4 10 (4.88%) REST
5 9 (4.39%) Middleware
6 8 (3.90%) .NET
6 8 (3.90%) RESTful
6 8 (3.90%) SOAP
7 6 (2.93%) Lightning Web Components
7 6 (2.93%) Visualforce
8 4 (1.95%) OpenAPI
8 4 (1.95%) Swagger
8 4 (1.95%) Web Services
9 3 (1.46%) Kafka
9 3 (1.46%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (1.46%) SAP Fiori
9 3 (1.46%) Spring
10 2 (0.98%) Akka
10 2 (0.98%) OAuth
10 2 (0.98%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 33 (16.10%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (12.68%) Virtual Team
3 13 (6.34%) Cloud Native
3 13 (6.34%) Mobile App
4 12 (5.85%) Product Ownership
5 11 (5.37%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (2.44%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.95%) Blog
7 4 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.95%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.95%) Reinsurance
8 3 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.98%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.98%) DataPower
9 2 (0.98%) IoT
9 2 (0.98%) Over-the-Top Content
9 2 (0.98%) Video\Live Streaming
10 1 (0.49%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.49%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.98%) Windows
2 1 (0.49%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (28.78%) Continuous Improvement
2 58 (28.29%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (26.34%) AI
4 52 (25.37%) Roadmaps
5 50 (24.39%) Agile
6 44 (21.46%) Analytics
6 44 (21.46%) Presales
7 40 (19.51%) Project Management
8 37 (18.05%) B2B
9 34 (16.59%) Business Development
9 34 (16.59%) Technical Architecture
10 32 (15.61%) Decision-Making
10 32 (15.61%) DevOps
11 30 (14.63%) Strategic Thinking
12 28 (13.66%) Project Delivery
13 27 (13.17%) Customer Experience
13 27 (13.17%) Software Engineering
14 26 (12.68%) Creative Problem-Solving
15 25 (12.20%) Technical Leadership
16 24 (11.71%) Due Diligence
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.37%) Java
2 8 (3.90%) Python
3 7 (3.41%) SQL
4 6 (2.93%) Apex Code
4 6 (2.93%) C#
4 6 (2.93%) SOQL
4 6 (2.93%) SOSL
5 2 (0.98%) Go
5 2 (0.98%) Scala
6 1 (0.49%) Bicep
6 1 (0.49%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 37 (18.05%) Security Cleared
2 21 (10.24%) SC Cleared
3 13 (6.34%) Degree
4 10 (4.88%) DV Cleared
5 9 (4.39%) AWS Certification
5 9 (4.39%) Azure Certification
6 8 (3.90%) Master's Degree
6 8 (3.90%) TOGAF Certification
7 6 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (2.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (1.95%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.46%) CISSP
10 3 (1.46%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.49%) CCNA
12 1 (0.49%) FFIEC
12 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.44%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.95%) PMO
2 4 (1.95%) QA
3 3 (1.46%) GDPR
3 3 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.98%) GRC
4 2 (0.98%) NCSC
4 2 (0.98%) NIST
5 1 (0.49%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.49%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (3.41%) Docker
2 1 (0.49%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.49%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (3.90%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.93%) Terraform
3 2 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.49%) Ansible
Vendors
1 22 (10.73%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.80%) SAP
3 8 (3.90%) Databricks
4 7 (3.41%) Salesforce
4 7 (3.41%) Splunk
5 5 (2.44%) Google
6 4 (1.95%) Fortinet
6 4 (1.95%) IBM
6 4 (1.95%) Informatica
6 4 (1.95%) Oracle
6 4 (1.95%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.46%) Cisco
8 2 (0.98%) Ariba
8 2 (0.98%) BiZZdesign
9 1 (0.49%) Anaplan
9 1 (0.49%) Juniper
9 1 (0.49%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.49%) Siemens
9 1 (0.49%) Sparx
9 1 (0.49%) Zscaler