Hybrid/Remote Solutions Architect Job Trends

Solution Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Solution Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 June 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 228 84
Rank change year-on-year +120 -144 +36
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 453 219 1,080
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.29% 1.44% 3.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.44% 1.56% 3.26%
Number of salaries quoted 319 128 609
10th Percentile £63,500 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £69,794 £69,631 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.13% -0.62%
75th Percentile £97,500 £98,474 £97,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +9.68% -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 18,574 14,032 33,079
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 92.07% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 13,556 8,576 25,902
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 13 June 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 13 June 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.

1 137 (30.24%) Azure
2 98 (21.63%) Security Cleared
3 89 (19.65%) AWS
4 84 (18.54%) Microsoft
5 79 (17.44%) Presales
5 79 (17.44%) SC Cleared
6 74 (16.34%) Agile
6 74 (16.34%) AI
7 65 (14.35%) Roadmaps
7 65 (14.35%) TOGAF
8 63 (13.91%) DevOps
9 50 (11.04%) Problem-Solving
10 47 (10.38%) Analytics
11 41 (9.05%) SaaS
12 40 (8.83%) Business Development
13 35 (7.73%) Creative Problem-Solving
13 35 (7.73%) Technical Architecture
14 34 (7.51%) Software Engineering
15 32 (7.06%) GCP
16 31 (6.84%) Project Management
16 31 (6.84%) Stakeholder Management
17 29 (6.40%) Generative AI
18 28 (6.18%) Continuous Improvement
18 28 (6.18%) Digital Transformation Programme
18 28 (6.18%) ITIL
18 28 (6.18%) Technical Leadership
19 27 (5.96%) Enterprise Architecture
19 27 (5.96%) Microsoft 365
19 27 (5.96%) Time Management
20 26 (5.74%) B2B

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 (0.88%) CMS
1 4 (0.88%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.44%) ArcGIS
2 2 (0.44%) GeoServer
2 2 (0.44%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 6 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.44%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.22%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 8 (1.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.44%) Shopify
4 1 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.22%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.22%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.22%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.22%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 137 (30.24%) Azure
2 89 (19.65%) AWS
3 41 (9.05%) SaaS
4 32 (7.06%) GCP
5 27 (5.96%) Microsoft 365
6 24 (5.30%) Dynamics 365
7 19 (4.19%) PaaS
8 18 (3.97%) Power Platform
9 17 (3.75%) Serverless
10 8 (1.77%) IaaS
11 7 (1.55%) Nutanix
12 6 (1.32%) Mimecast
13 5 (1.10%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (1.10%) PowerApps
14 4 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (0.88%) ChatGPT
14 4 (0.88%) Entra ID
14 4 (0.88%) OneDrive
15 2 (0.44%) Azure Sentinel
15 2 (0.44%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.42%) Broadband
2 17 (3.75%) SD-WAN
2 17 (3.75%) WAN
3 13 (2.87%) Firewall
4 12 (2.65%) Network Security
5 11 (2.43%) VSAN
6 7 (1.55%) LAN
6 7 (1.55%) MPLS
7 3 (0.66%) Modbus
7 3 (0.66%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.66%) WLAN
8 1 (0.22%) AMQP
8 1 (0.22%) NGN
8 1 (0.22%) VoIP
8 1 (0.22%) VPN
8 1 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.10%) Electronic Patient Records
2 4 (0.88%) Data Lake
2 4 (0.88%) Metadata
2 4 (0.88%) NoSQL
2 4 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (0.88%) RDBMS
2 4 (0.88%) Relational Database
3 3 (0.66%) BigQuery
3 3 (0.66%) Semantic Layer
4 2 (0.44%) GIS
4 2 (0.44%) QGIS
4 2 (0.44%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (3.31%) Jenkins
2 10 (2.21%) GitLab
2 10 (2.21%) SonarQube
3 5 (1.10%) Rational Rhapsody
4 3 (0.66%) Snyk
5 2 (0.44%) TeamCity
General
1 92 (20.31%) Finance
2 62 (13.69%) Social Skills
3 55 (12.14%) Public Sector
4 46 (10.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 37 (8.17%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (6.18%) Law
7 22 (4.86%) Marketing
8 16 (3.53%) Retail
9 15 (3.31%) Legal
10 13 (2.87%) Banking
11 12 (2.65%) Games
11 12 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (2.43%) Manufacturing
13 10 (2.21%) Back Office
14 7 (1.55%) Financial Institution
15 5 (1.10%) Health Technology
15 5 (1.10%) Legal Technology
16 4 (0.88%) Telecoms
17 3 (0.66%) Advertising
18 1 (0.22%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.31%) .NET
2 14 (3.09%) REST
3 12 (2.65%) RESTful
4 10 (2.21%) Lightning Web Components
4 10 (2.21%) SOAP
4 10 (2.21%) Visualforce
5 9 (1.99%) Middleware
6 8 (1.77%) OpenAPI
6 8 (1.77%) Swagger
7 4 (0.88%) .NET Core
7 4 (0.88%) Node.js
7 4 (0.88%) OAuth
7 4 (0.88%) OpenID
7 4 (0.88%) XBRL
7 4 (0.88%) XML
8 3 (0.66%) gRPC
8 3 (0.66%) JSON
9 2 (0.44%) Akka
9 2 (0.44%) Django
9 2 (0.44%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 32 (7.06%) Cloud Native
2 24 (5.30%) Virtual Team
3 21 (4.64%) Cyberattack
4 19 (4.19%) Product Ownership
5 18 (3.97%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.43%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (1.32%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.32%) Web Conferencing
9 5 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.88%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (0.66%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.66%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.44%) Blog
12 2 (0.44%) Taxonomies
12 2 (0.44%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.10%) Windows
2 2 (0.44%) Linux
2 2 (0.44%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (17.44%) Presales
2 74 (16.34%) Agile
2 74 (16.34%) AI
3 65 (14.35%) Roadmaps
3 65 (14.35%) TOGAF
4 63 (13.91%) DevOps
5 50 (11.04%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (10.38%) Analytics
7 40 (8.83%) Business Development
8 35 (7.73%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 35 (7.73%) Technical Architecture
9 34 (7.51%) Software Engineering
10 31 (6.84%) Project Management
10 31 (6.84%) Stakeholder Management
11 29 (6.40%) Generative AI
12 28 (6.18%) Continuous Improvement
12 28 (6.18%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 28 (6.18%) ITIL
12 28 (6.18%) Technical Leadership
13 27 (5.96%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 10 (2.21%) Apex Code
1 10 (2.21%) C#
1 10 (2.21%) SOQL
1 10 (2.21%) SOSL
1 10 (2.21%) SQL
2 7 (1.55%) Python
3 5 (1.10%) Java
4 2 (0.44%) Scala
5 1 (0.22%) Bicep
5 1 (0.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 98 (21.63%) Security Cleared
2 79 (17.44%) SC Cleared
3 19 (4.19%) Degree
4 17 (3.75%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (3.31%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (3.31%) TOGAF Certification
6 11 (2.43%) VCAP
6 11 (2.43%) VCDX
6 11 (2.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 10 (2.21%) CCNP
8 7 (1.55%) CISSP
9 6 (1.32%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.10%) CCIE
11 4 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (0.66%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.44%) AWS Certification
14 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.22%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.22%) FFIEC
14 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.86%) NIST
2 8 (1.77%) Data Quality
2 8 (1.77%) GRC
3 5 (1.10%) PMO
4 4 (0.88%) GDPR
5 3 (0.66%) QA
6 2 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.44%) NCSC
7 1 (0.22%) GxP
7 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.22%) PERC
7 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (2.43%) VMware NSX
2 11 (2.43%) vSphere
3 7 (1.55%) vCloud
4 5 (1.10%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.10%) Docker
5 3 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (0.88%) Kubernetes
1 4 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
1 4 (0.88%) vCenter Server
2 2 (0.44%) Ansible
2 2 (0.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 84 (18.54%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.19%) Cisco
3 15 (3.31%) VMware
4 12 (2.65%) Salesforce
4 12 (2.65%) SAP
5 11 (2.43%) Broadcom
5 11 (2.43%) Palo Alto
5 11 (2.43%) Splunk
6 10 (2.21%) Fortinet
7 9 (1.99%) Juniper
8 7 (1.55%) CrowdStrike
8 7 (1.55%) Dell
8 7 (1.55%) NetApp
8 7 (1.55%) Nimble Storage
9 6 (1.32%) Barracuda Networks
9 6 (1.32%) Databricks
9 6 (1.32%) Meraki
9 6 (1.32%) N-able
9 6 (1.32%) Sophos
10 5 (1.10%) Google