Cloud Solutions Architect Jobs

Architects who design how a system will run in the cloud and make the case for it. The bridge between customer requirements and a buildable platform.

Open roles
31
Salary range
£60k – £120k
Hiring companies
21

Cloud Solutions Architects design cloud systems that meet a set of business requirements: availability, security, cost and how the system will grow. Some work in-house for one organisation; many work for cloud providers, partners and consultancies, designing solutions for clients and supporting the sale.

Adverts usually ask for deep experience of at least one major cloud platform, a background in infrastructure or software engineering, and the ability to explain trade-offs to both engineers and budget holders.

What the role does

Inside the role of a Cloud Solutions Architect

Time divides between designing architectures, reviewing what teams have built, and explaining options to stakeholders.

  1. 01
    Turn business and compliance requirements into a target architecture.
  2. 02
    Review designs and infrastructure code for security and cost.
  3. 03
    Plan migrations from on-premises or between cloud platforms.
  4. 04
    Present options and trade-offs to technical and commercial audiences.
  5. 05
    Build proofs of concept to test a design before it is committed to.
Salary on the board

£60k – £120k

Based on advertised midpoints across the 102 UK listings priced in pounds in the last 12 months. Base salary only.

Salary visibility
27% of listings advertise a salary — up from 0% the year before.
By seniority
£k base
Senior
60
127
56 jobs
Lead
58
100
13 jobs
Skills & tools

What hiring managers ask for

% of 297 listings posted in the last 12 months that mention each skill, extracted from job descriptions.

AWS
32%
Python
25%
Kubernetes
21%
AI
20%
Solution Architecture
17%
Azure
17%
Machine Learning
15%
Cloud Architecture
15%
Networking
13%
Generative AI
12%
Security
12%
HPC
11%
Career ladder

From Junior to Principal

A typical UK progression for cloud solutions architects. Years are guidance — strong people move faster, and many senior folks sidestep into research, product or management.

  1. Level 1

    Associate Solutions Architect

    0–3 yrs

    Supports senior architects on designs and proofs of concept for smaller workloads.

  2. Level 2

    Cloud Solutions Architect

    3–6 yrs

    Designs complete solutions for a team or client and owns the technical recommendation.

  3. Level 3

    Senior Cloud Solutions Architect

    6–10 yrs

    Leads architecture for large or regulated programmes and sets standards others follow.

  4. Level 4

    Principal / Enterprise Architect

    10+ yrs

    Sets cloud strategy across an organisation or a portfolio of major clients.

Pathway

How to become a Cloud Solutions Architect

There's no single route, but most people follow some version of these steps.

  1. 1

    Start in engineering or operations

    Most architects come from infrastructure, DevOps or software engineering roles.

  2. 2

    Go deep on one cloud platform

    Build real systems on one provider and earn its professional-level certification.

  3. 3

    Design for others

    Take on design reviews, migrations and technical pre-sales work.

  4. 4

    Own solutions end to end

    Move into an architect role responsible for whole systems or client engagements.

  5. 5

    Broaden to strategy

    Lead multi-cloud, governance and organisation-wide architecture decisions.

Live jobs

31 live roles

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Vercel

Solutions Architect

  • London
  • Hybrid · 3 days in office
  • Mid-level

You'll act as the trusted technical advisor to enterprise customers across pre-sales and post-sales, qualifying technical fit, designing future-state architectures, and running evaluations and proofs of concept before the deal, then guiding adoption as lead architect afterwards. The role spans AI agent and web workloads on Vercel, with hands-on JavaScript/TypeScript work and close collaboration with Sales, Professional Services, Product, and Engineering.

Vercel · Next.js · React +7

3 days ago

Oscar Technology

Solutions Architect

  • London
  • £85,000 – £95,000 pa
  • Senior

Lead the design of secure, scalable solutions across Microsoft Azure, translating business requirements into high-level and low-level architecture designs. Focus on cloud migration, system integration, API-led connectivity and infrastructure modernisation, with Terraform or Bicep IaC, while providing technical direction to engineering, infrastructure and security teams throughout delivery.

Microsoft Azure · Terraform · Bicep +7

4 days ago

ARM · 11–50 people · Bootstrapped

Solutions Architect

  • London
  • Hybrid · 3 days in office
  • £650 – £675 pd
  • Senior
  • Contract

Hands-on architecture role within a central function supporting digital products and services for Policing. Involves application architecture, solution design, integration, AWS cloud infrastructure and engineering collaboration, producing design artefacts and assuring non-functional requirements across the product lifecycle.

AWS · Terraform

SC clearance 3 weeks ago

83zero

Solutions Architect

  • London
  • Hybrid · 2 days in office
  • £80,000 – £90,000 pa
  • Senior

Client-facing consulting role designing end-to-end solutions across the Microsoft and Azure stack, including cloud architecture, .NET/C#, APIs and integration. You'll produce architecture diagrams and technical documentation, provide technical leadership through delivery, and work with development, data, infrastructure and security teams. Hybrid working from London offices two days a week.

Microsoft Azure · Azure SQL · SQL Server +7

Last month

Lynx Recruitment

Solutions Architect

  • Manchester
  • On-site
  • £60,000 – £80,000 pa
  • Senior
  • Permanent

Lead the design and delivery of secure, scalable cloud-native architectures for a specialist consultancy serving regulated sectors like financial services and central government. The role blends hands-on architecture with client engagement, pre-sales support and RFP responses, focusing on event-driven, decoupled systems across AWS, Azure or GCP.

AWS · Azure · GCP

Last week

Lynx Recruitment

Solutions Architect

  • London
  • On-site
  • £60,000 – £80,000 pa
  • Senior
  • Permanent

Design end-to-end cloud-native architectures across applications, data, integration and platforms, applying cloud-first and user-centred principles to build scalable, secure services. Shape data platforms and automation, support AI-enabled solutions such as analytics and LLM-based services, and define non-functional requirements while providing architectural oversight across delivery and live service environments in government-aligned teams.

AWS · Azure · LLM

Last week
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Databricks · 1001–5000 people · Late stage

Solutions Architect (Media, Entertainment and Agencies) x2 New roles

  • London
  • Senior

Owns the end-to-end technical strategy for enterprise accounts, leading architecture discussions and designing scalable lakehouse, streaming and ML/AI solutions on the Databricks platform. Acts as a trusted advisor to customer architects and engineering leads, driving platform adoption and competitive wins while developing a declared technical specialisation.

Databricks · AWS · Azure +7

2 days ago

ARM · 11–50 people · Bootstrapped

Solutions Architect - Active SC Applications Only

  • London
  • Hybrid · 2–3 days in office
  • £600 pd
  • Senior
  • Contract

Hands-on solution architecture role within a central architecture function supporting digital products and services for Policing. You'll design application, integration, data and cloud (AWS) architectures, work closely with engineering teams on DevOps, CI/CD and Terraform, define non-functional requirements and support architecture governance across multiple products.

AWS · Terraform

NPPV clearance 2 weeks ago
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FAQs

Common questions

  • Many adverts list a professional-level certification from AWS, Azure or Google Cloud as preferred. Hands-on design experience usually matters more.

  • Cloud Engineers mainly build and run infrastructure. Solutions Architects decide what should be built and why, and spend more time with stakeholders.

  • At cloud providers, partners and consultancies, usually yes. In-house roles face internal teams instead.

  • The salary section on this page is drawn from live adverts on the board.

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