solution design jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-30, solution design appears in 637 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Solutions Architect has the most postings mentioning solution design, with demand share down 2.3% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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+Is solution design in demand in 2026?
Yes. solution design appears in 637 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Solutions Architect accounts for the most postings mentioning solution design (11.1% of all postings mentioning solution design).
+What jobs require solution design?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning solution design are Salesforce Solution Architect (20.7% of that role’s postings mention solution design), Success Architect (19.0% of that role’s postings mention solution design), Customer Solutions Architect (13.6% of that role’s postings mention solution design).
+What skills are commonly paired with solution design?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), solution design most often appears alongside enterprise architecture, security, testing, Python, automation.
+Where is solution design most in demand?
As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring solution design are London, Hyderabad, New York City, Bengaluru, Singapore, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new solution design content and jobs?
Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning solution design alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new solution design content from your Skillenai account.
+Which skills come before and after solution design?
The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.
Weekly indexed postings requiring solution design — last 90 days
Career paths around solution design
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Skills before solution design
Skills after solution design
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: sql | 2 |
| Before: business process management | 1 |
| Before: event handlers | 1 |
| Before: assay processing capabilities | 1 |
| Before: Logging | 1 |
| Before: ISMS | 1 |
| Before: procedures | 1 |
| Before: test cases | 1 |
| After: Net Promoter Score (NPS) | 1 |
| After: Project Charter | 1 |
| After: test cases | 1 |
| After: customer health scores | 1 |
| After: predictive analytics | 1 |
| After: Voice of the Customer | 1 |
| After: automation | 1 |
| After: data warehouses | 1 |
Roles most likely to require solution design
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Salesforce Solution Architect | 6 | 20.7% |
| Success Architect | 8 | 19.0% |
| Customer Solutions Architect | 3 | 13.6% |
| GIS Solution Engineer | 3 | 12.5% |
| Agent Product Manager | 5 | 11.6% |
| Sales Systems Engineer | 3 | 10.7% |
| Security Solution Architect | 2 | 9.5% |
| Product Architect | 3 | 9.4% |
| Security Solutions Architect | 2 | 9.1% |
| Solution Consultant | 2 | 9.1% |
Roles with the most solution design postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Solutions Architect | 71 | 11.1% |
| Solution Architect | 59 | 9.3% |
| Business Analyst | 53 | 8.3% |
| Software Engineer | 33 | 5.2% |
| Product Manager | 29 | 4.6% |
| Systems Engineer | 15 | 2.4% |
| Enterprise Architect | 11 | 1.7% |
| Product Owner | 8 | 1.3% |
| Success Architect | 8 | 1.3% |
| Technical Business Analyst | 7 | 1.1% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring solution design
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Gitlab | 26 |
| Ghr | 16 |
| Airkit | 12 |
| Capco | 12 |
| Roboyo | 10 |
| Bet365 | 9 |
| Axon | 8 |
| NetLimiter | 8 |
| Barclays | 6 |
| Salesforce | 6 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring for solution design
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| London | 29 | 4.6% |
| Hyderabad | 21 | 3.3% |
| New York City | 20 | 3.1% |
| Bengaluru | 11 | 1.7% |
| Singapore | 11 | 1.7% |
| Sydney | 9 | 1.4% |
| Chicago | 8 | 1.3% |
| Dublin | 8 | 1.3% |
| Hong Kong | 8 | 1.3% |
Skills commonly paired with solution design
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning solution design by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s solution design postings by all solution design postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.3% to 0.3%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,596 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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