#4 by score · #6 editorially · Cloud and Infrastructure

Cloud / Solutions Architect

Tier 1 · AI-era winnersAI risk: lowMixed80 offers on SOLID.Jobs

Design judgement and trade-offs; AI supports, it does not replace

Overall scoreDerived
7.66/ 10
#4 of 63 by score with the default weights. #6 in the editorial ranking.
  • Salary 30% × 6.41.91
  • AI resistance 35% × 9.03.15
  • Demand 20% × 8.01.60
  • Remote work 10% × 8.00.80
  • Low stress 5% × 4.00.20

Salary, k PLN per month

Estimate
05101520253035404550Estimate≈25–42Market B2B25.2–31.2 · 73 offersMarket employment24.8–28.8 · 7 offers

estimate MID → SENIORmarket: middle half of offersmidpoint, medianjunior (derived)

Range MID → SENIOR
≈25–42
Range midpoint
≈33.5
Junior Derived
≈16.8
Take-home, employment (UoP) Derived
≈22.8
Take-home, B2B flat-rate tax Derived
≈27.5

NOTE: this is NOT a junior salary! The bottom of the range = MID level (or just promoted from junior). The top of the range = an experienced SENIOR. Staff/principal/architect levels can earn above it.

Easiest transitions

Estimate

2-3 roles with the shortest path from this one (overlapping skills)

Key certifications

Estimate
AZ-305 / AWS SA Professional / GCP PCA

Scores 1–10

Estimate
  • AI resistance9/10
    10 = rides the AI wave, 1 = highly automatable
  • Demand8/10
    10 = acute shortage of specialists, 1 = shrinking market
  • Remote work8/10
    10 = fully remote is the norm, 1 = mostly on-site
  • Stress6/10
    10 = heavy on-call / shifts / pressure, 1 = calm
  • Entry barrier8/10
    10 = years of prerequisites, 1 = open to beginners
  • Prestige9/10
    10 = elite reputation in the industry, 1 = underrated role; a subjective view of the title among engineers - informational, not part of the Score formula

The market in job ads

From job ads SOLID.Jobs · 30/10/2026
80offers · 15 employers
28.6kB2B median · 25.2–31.2k
26kemployment median · 7 offers
45%remote · 60% hybrid

Most common stack

  • REST
  • Python
  • Java
  • Microservices
  • Cybersecurity
  • Ansible
  • EVPN/VXLAN
  • routing
  • SD-WAN
  • Cloud architecture
  • DDD
  • Solution architecture

requirednice to have% of this role's offers

Experience level

Junior 1%Regular 13%Senior 86%

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Offers per quarter in Architecture · hollow dot = quarter in progress

Matching: 78 by title, 2 by category. Pay is the midpoint of each offer's range in PLN per month (B2B net, employment gross); the median and the band holding the middle half of offers are shown.