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Solutions Architect Career Market Report 2026

3,816 active jobs. 1,072 companies. Median salary $150K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

3,816
Active Job Openings
1,072
Companies Hiring
$150K
Median Salary (US)
81%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Solutions Architect market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 81% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $150K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $119K to $210K.

Remote roles pay 6% above the US national median

Remote-first employers competing nationally for talent. The premium reflects company quality (remote-first firms tend to be well-funded), not a work-mode bonus.

AI/LLM is the most-demanded skill at 59%

Docker demand rose +9.2pp — fastest-growing skill

Amazon leads hiring with 200 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Mid-Level → Senior (+$53K, +45%)

Salary increase: +$53K · Sample: Mid-Level → Senior

AI automation risk: low (score 30/100)

Score: 30/100 · AI/LLM demand: 82% of postings

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior257$136K$169K$219K
Mid-Level90$95K$116K$180K
Manager63$110K$120K$195K
Staff32$147K$170K$228K
Lead23$113K$129K$202K
Director8$163K$165K$225K
Junior5$100K$100K$157K

What jumps out

Mid-Level → Senior: +$53K (45%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States370$150KUSD
Remote104$159KUSD
Canada18$160KUSD
United Kingdom7$76KGBP

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site1.3%
Remote17.2%
Hybrid2.4%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

AI/LLM
59%
AWS
36%
Azure
24%
Python
23%
GCP
18%
DevOps
12%
CI/CD
11%
SQL
11%
Kubernetes
10%
Databricks
10%
Java
10%
Spark
9%

Skills on the Rise

Docker ↑+9.2ppProject Management ↑+8.9ppJavaScript ↑+8.9ppSalesforce ↑+7.7ppR ↑+7.5pp

Declining in Demand

Excel ↓-12.1ppCustomer Success ↓-11.9ppJournalism ↓-11.4ppAgile ↓-10.1pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Amazon2005.2%
Databricks1814.7%
Nvidia1323.5%
Bah371.0%
MongoDB300.8%
Nttlimited260.7%
Redhat240.6%
Paconsulting240.6%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States1,188
Remote400
United Kingdom211
India205
Canada76
Germany74
Japan64
Singapore61

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree65.3%2,012
Master's Degree11.1%341
Bachelor's Degree8.4%260
PhD / Doctorate2.8%85
MBA0.5%15

Certifications

AWS Certified (4%)Databricks Certified (3%)Certified Scrum Master (2%)ITIL (1%)Azure Certified (1%)MBA (1%)

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