Hybrid/Remote Solutions Architect Job Trends

Solution Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Solution Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 September 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 252 76
Rank change year-on-year +137 -176 +43
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 582 178 828
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.38% 1.10% 3.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.54% 1.19% 3.71%
Number of salaries quoted 432 102 371
10th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £56,809
25th Percentile £70,000 £67,004 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% - +3.03%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £105,000 £165,000
UK median annual salary £87,500 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.06% +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 22,898 15,017 22,332
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.79% 92.66% 96.33%
Number of salaries quoted 16,035 8,936 14,304
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £44,588
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 £78,531
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 21 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 21 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.

1 155 (26.63%) Azure
2 115 (19.76%) Presales
3 105 (18.04%) Security Cleared
4 104 (17.87%) Microsoft
5 95 (16.32%) AI
6 86 (14.78%) Roadmaps
7 82 (14.09%) SC Cleared
8 80 (13.75%) AWS
9 77 (13.23%) Agile
10 62 (10.65%) Technical Leadership
11 59 (10.14%) TOGAF
12 58 (9.97%) Technical Architecture
13 55 (9.45%) DevOps
13 55 (9.45%) Migration
13 55 (9.45%) Stakeholder Management
14 54 (9.28%) SaaS
15 50 (8.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 48 (8.25%) Business Development
17 46 (7.90%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 46 (7.90%) ERP
18 43 (7.39%) Translating Business Requirements
19 41 (7.04%) Analytics
19 41 (7.04%) Problem-Solving
20 40 (6.87%) Dynamics 365
21 38 (6.53%) Integration Patterns
22 35 (6.01%) Customer Engagement
22 35 (6.01%) Mentoring
23 33 (5.67%) Creative Problem-Solving
23 33 (5.67%) Enterprise Architecture
24 32 (5.50%) GCP

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 (0.86%) 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 (0.69%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.17%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (1.37%) Oracle ERP
1 8 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.52%) Oracle Cash Management
2 3 (0.52%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.34%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite
4 1 (0.17%) Infor LN
4 1 (0.17%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.17%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 155 (26.63%) Azure
2 80 (13.75%) AWS
3 54 (9.28%) SaaS
4 40 (6.87%) Dynamics 365
5 32 (5.50%) GCP
6 22 (3.78%) Power Platform
7 20 (3.44%) PaaS
8 18 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (2.23%) dbt
10 12 (2.06%) Serverless
11 8 (1.37%) OCI
12 7 (1.20%) Azure AKS
12 7 (1.20%) PowerApps
13 6 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
14 5 (0.86%) Nutanix
14 5 (0.86%) Power Automate
15 4 (0.69%) Azure Databricks
15 4 (0.69%) Azure Service Bus
15 4 (0.69%) Mimecast
15 4 (0.69%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.23%) Firewall
2 10 (1.72%) Network Security
2 10 (1.72%) SD-WAN
2 10 (1.72%) VSAN
2 10 (1.72%) WAN
3 9 (1.55%) Broadband
4 7 (1.20%) MPLS
4 7 (1.20%) Unified Communications
5 4 (0.69%) LAN
6 3 (0.52%) SDH
6 3 (0.52%) WLAN
7 1 (0.17%) HTTP
7 1 (0.17%) SSL
7 1 (0.17%) VLAN
7 1 (0.17%) VPN
7 1 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.20%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.03%) Data Lake
3 5 (0.86%) Electronic Patient Records
3 5 (0.86%) MongoDB
3 5 (0.86%) MySQL
4 4 (0.69%) BigQuery
4 4 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (0.69%) Metadata
4 4 (0.69%) 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 (1.72%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.86%) Rational Rhapsody
3 4 (0.69%) GitLab
4 3 (0.52%) Snyk
5 2 (0.34%) SonarQube
General
1 148 (25.43%) Finance
2 113 (19.42%) Social Skills
3 63 (10.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 59 (10.14%) Public Sector
5 29 (4.98%) Law
6 28 (4.81%) Presentation Skills
7 27 (4.64%) Analytical Skills
8 26 (4.47%) Retail
9 22 (3.78%) Banking
10 15 (2.58%) Back Office
10 15 (2.58%) Financial Institution
11 9 (1.55%) Marketing
12 8 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.37%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.20%) Advertising
13 7 (1.20%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.03%) Legal
15 5 (0.86%) French Language
15 5 (0.86%) Health Technology
16 3 (0.52%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (4.12%) RESTful
2 17 (2.92%) OpenAPI
2 17 (2.92%) Swagger
3 14 (2.41%) .NET
4 12 (2.06%) Middleware
5 9 (1.55%) Oracle Fusion
6 7 (1.20%) REST
7 6 (1.03%) SOAP
8 5 (0.86%) XML
9 4 (0.69%) Lightning Web Components
9 4 (0.69%) Node.js
9 4 (0.69%) Terraform
9 4 (0.69%) XBRL
10 3 (0.52%) 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 (4.98%) Cloud Native
2 28 (4.81%) Product Ownership
3 25 (4.30%) Virtual Team
4 18 (3.09%) Data Centre
5 17 (2.92%) Cyberattack
6 12 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (1.55%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (0.86%) Onboarding
10 4 (0.69%) AI Agents
10 4 (0.69%) Driving Licence
10 4 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.69%) Web Conferencing
11 3 (0.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (0.52%) IoT
11 3 (0.52%) Social Media
11 3 (0.52%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (0.34%) CMDB
12 2 (0.34%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.69%) Linux
1 4 (0.69%) Windows
2 2 (0.34%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (19.76%) Presales
2 95 (16.32%) AI
3 86 (14.78%) Roadmaps
4 77 (13.23%) Agile
5 62 (10.65%) Technical Leadership
6 59 (10.14%) TOGAF
7 58 (9.97%) Technical Architecture
8 55 (9.45%) DevOps
8 55 (9.45%) Migration
8 55 (9.45%) Stakeholder Management
9 50 (8.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 48 (8.25%) Business Development
11 46 (7.90%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 46 (7.90%) ERP
12 43 (7.39%) Translating Business Requirements
13 41 (7.04%) Analytics
13 41 (7.04%) Problem-Solving
14 38 (6.53%) Integration Patterns
15 35 (6.01%) Customer Engagement
15 35 (6.01%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 17 (2.92%) Python
2 16 (2.75%) C#
3 10 (1.72%) SQL
4 8 (1.37%) Java
5 5 (0.86%) Go
5 5 (0.86%) Rust
6 4 (0.69%) Apex Code
6 4 (0.69%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.34%) Bicep
7 2 (0.34%) SOQL
7 2 (0.34%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 105 (18.04%) Security Cleared
2 82 (14.09%) SC Cleared
3 25 (4.30%) Degree
4 16 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (2.58%) TOGAF Certification
6 14 (2.41%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.89%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.72%) VCAP
8 10 (1.72%) VCDX
8 10 (1.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 9 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.37%) DV Cleared
11 7 (1.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.86%) CCIE
12 5 (0.86%) CCNP
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 17 (2.92%) NIST
2 11 (1.89%) Data Quality
3 9 (1.55%) GRC
4 6 (1.03%) GDPR
5 4 (0.69%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.69%) 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 14 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (1.72%) VMware NSX
2 10 (1.72%) vSphere
3 5 (0.86%) vCloud
4 4 (0.69%) Docker
4 4 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.52%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 17 (2.92%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.86%) vCenter Server
3 4 (0.69%) Ansible
4 2 (0.34%) CASB
4 2 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 104 (17.87%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.12%) Oracle
3 20 (3.44%) SAP
4 14 (2.41%) VMware
5 13 (2.23%) Cisco
5 13 (2.23%) Salesforce
6 11 (1.89%) Juniper
7 10 (1.72%) Broadcom
8 9 (1.55%) Palo Alto
9 7 (1.20%) CrowdStrike
9 7 (1.20%) Databricks
9 7 (1.20%) Fortinet
10 6 (1.03%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.86%) Blue Prism
11 5 (0.86%) Dell
11 5 (0.86%) Google
11 5 (0.86%) IFS
11 5 (0.86%) Infor
11 5 (0.86%) NetApp
11 5 (0.86%) Nimble Storage