Solutions Architect Jobs in the UK excluding London

Solution Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Solution Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £74,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 152 131 182
Rank change year-on-year -21 +51 +44
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,382 1,554 1,574
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.82% 2.75% 2.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.92% 3.09% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 823 633 664
10th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
25th Percentile £60,250 £67,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £79,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.33% +5.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,082 £97,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £82,510
% change year-on-year -5.88% +3.02% +6.46%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 72,166 50,263 70,760
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.90% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,782 29,433 42,686
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Solutions Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London

Solutions Architect
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +31 430 £75,000 -2.00% 34
South East +2 342 £77,500 -8.82% 36
Midlands -2 295 £67,500 -10.00% 47
North West +12 219 £70,000 -10.90% 19
Yorkshire +48 181 £77,500 +3.33% 13
West Midlands +26 173 £77,500 +3.33% 37
South West -10 172 £70,000 -3.42% 28
East Midlands -35 121 £59,500 -17.93% 10
Scotland -114 90 £71,991 -4.01% 5
North East 0 30 £79,063 -6.98% 2
Wales -32 23 £45,000 -51.35% 2
East of England -90 23 £97,500 +14.71% 5
Northern Ireland +4 22 £87,500 +25.00% 2
Channel Islands - 5 £85,000 -
Solutions Architect
UK

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Solutions Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 414 (29.96%) Agile
2 402 (29.09%) Social Skills
3 341 (24.67%) Azure
4 330 (23.88%) Microsoft
5 279 (20.19%) Roadmaps
6 275 (19.90%) TOGAF
7 261 (18.89%) Finance
8 241 (17.44%) Security Cleared
9 238 (17.22%) AWS
10 220 (15.92%) Enterprise Architecture
11 218 (15.77%) Problem-Solving
12 200 (14.47%) SC Cleared
13 189 (13.68%) Presales
14 187 (13.53%) Microservices
15 183 (13.24%) Degree
16 168 (12.16%) ERP
17 159 (11.51%) Public Cloud
18 156 (11.29%) Actionable Insight
19 154 (11.14%) Architectural Patterns
20 148 (10.71%) Coaching
21 147 (10.64%) Oracle
22 142 (10.27%) Mentoring
23 138 (9.99%) Analytics
24 135 (9.77%) IT Strategy
25 132 (9.55%) DevOps
26 128 (9.26%) Digital Transformation Programme
27 124 (8.97%) SAP
27 124 (8.97%) Migration
28 120 (8.68%) Business Case
29 116 (8.39%) ArchiMate

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 75 (5.43%) SAS
2 40 (2.89%) WebLogic
3 39 (2.82%) SharePoint
4 19 (1.37%) CMS
5 11 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.43%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.36%) Drupal
8 4 (0.29%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.22%) WordPress
10 2 (0.14%) Apache
10 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.072%) Appian
11 1 (0.072%) Umbraco
Applications
1 32 (2.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.43%) Simulink
5 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.072%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 81 (5.86%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 75 (5.43%) SAP ERP
3 24 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
5 12 (0.87%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 7 (0.51%) SAP BPC
7 4 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
8 3 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.22%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.22%) SAP IBP
8 3 (0.22%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.22%) SAP PP
8 3 (0.22%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.072%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.072%) Endur
9 1 (0.072%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.072%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.072%) SAP APO
9 1 (0.072%) SAP WM
9 1 (0.072%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 341 (24.67%) Azure
2 238 (17.22%) AWS
3 98 (7.09%) Dynamics 365
4 94 (6.80%) Power Platform
5 88 (6.37%) Microsoft 365
6 75 (5.43%) GCP
7 72 (5.21%) SaaS
8 57 (4.12%) Azure DevOps
9 49 (3.55%) Amazon SQS
10 40 (2.89%) Amazon EKS
11 37 (2.68%) PowerApps
12 32 (2.32%) PaaS
13 27 (1.95%) IaaS
14 26 (1.88%) Cloud Computing
15 25 (1.81%) AWS CloudFormation
15 25 (1.81%) Serverless
16 23 (1.66%) Power Automate
17 16 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
18 15 (1.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 12 (0.87%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 76 (5.50%) Broadband
2 44 (3.18%) DNS
3 40 (2.89%) BGP
3 40 (2.89%) SSL
3 40 (2.89%) TCP/IP
4 32 (2.32%) SD-WAN
4 32 (2.32%) WAN
5 25 (1.81%) Firewall
6 16 (1.16%) Wireless
7 13 (0.94%) Network Security
8 7 (0.51%) Intranet
9 5 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.29%) VoIP
11 3 (0.22%) 4G
11 3 (0.22%) 5G
11 3 (0.22%) PBX
12 2 (0.14%) LAN
12 2 (0.14%) MPLS
12 2 (0.14%) VPN
13 1 (0.072%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (4.78%) Relational Database
2 51 (3.69%) Amazon RDS
3 42 (3.04%) Data Warehouse
3 42 (3.04%) RDBMS
4 41 (2.97%) Oracle Database
5 40 (2.89%) NoSQL
6 30 (2.17%) SQL Server
7 29 (2.10%) Power BI
8 19 (1.37%) DB2
9 17 (1.23%) Big Data
10 15 (1.09%) MongoDB
11 14 (1.01%) Data Lake
12 11 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (0.51%) SAP BW
14 6 (0.43%) DynamoDB
14 6 (0.43%) GIS
15 5 (0.36%) Metadata
16 4 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
16 4 (0.29%) Geospatial Data
17 3 (0.22%) QualityStage
Development Applications
1 14 (1.01%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (0.43%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.22%) Eclipse
3 3 (0.22%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.22%) Maven
3 3 (0.22%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.072%) JIRA
General
1 402 (29.09%) Social Skills
2 261 (18.89%) Finance
3 105 (7.60%) Retail
4 103 (7.45%) Analytical Skills
5 71 (5.14%) Public Sector
6 51 (3.69%) Legal
7 50 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 39 (2.82%) Banking
8 39 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
9 38 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
10 37 (2.68%) Marketing
11 32 (2.32%) Manufacturing
12 30 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
13 20 (1.45%) Aerospace
14 19 (1.37%) Law
15 14 (1.01%) General Ledger
15 14 (1.01%) Military
16 10 (0.72%) Billing
16 10 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (0.72%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (5.28%) .NET
2 53 (3.84%) Spring Boot
3 40 (2.89%) RabbitMQ
4 19 (1.37%) Kafka
5 12 (0.87%) Node.js
6 10 (0.72%) Middleware
6 10 (0.72%) Spring
7 9 (0.65%) AngularJS
8 7 (0.51%) .NET Framework
9 4 (0.29%) ARM Templates
9 4 (0.29%) EDI
9 4 (0.29%) JSON
9 4 (0.29%) REST
9 4 (0.29%) YAML
10 3 (0.22%) .NET Core
10 3 (0.22%) AWS CDK
10 3 (0.22%) CSS
10 3 (0.22%) HTML
10 3 (0.22%) Vue
10 3 (0.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 159 (11.51%) Public Cloud
2 94 (6.80%) Cloud Native
3 48 (3.47%) Data Centre
4 45 (3.26%) Enterprise Software
5 33 (2.39%) IoT
6 24 (1.74%) PMI
7 21 (1.52%) Mobile App
8 13 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
8 13 (0.94%) Management Information System
9 12 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (0.87%) Robotics
10 11 (0.80%) Operational Technology
11 9 (0.65%) Taxonomies
12 8 (0.58%) FMCG
12 8 (0.58%) Product Ownership
13 7 (0.51%) Biopharmaceutical
13 7 (0.51%) Renewable Energy
13 7 (0.51%) Security Posture
13 7 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (0.43%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 66 (4.78%) Linux
2 41 (2.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 18 (1.30%) Windows
4 8 (0.58%) VME
5 6 (0.43%) Mesosphere
6 4 (0.29%) Android
6 4 (0.29%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.072%) HPUX
7 1 (0.072%) Solaris
7 1 (0.072%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 414 (29.96%) Agile
2 279 (20.19%) Roadmaps
3 275 (19.90%) TOGAF
4 220 (15.92%) Enterprise Architecture
5 218 (15.77%) Problem-Solving
6 189 (13.68%) Presales
7 187 (13.53%) Microservices
8 168 (12.16%) ERP
9 156 (11.29%) Actionable Insight
10 154 (11.14%) Architectural Patterns
11 148 (10.71%) Coaching
12 142 (10.27%) Mentoring
13 138 (9.99%) Analytics
14 135 (9.77%) IT Strategy
15 132 (9.55%) DevOps
16 128 (9.26%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 124 (8.97%) Migration
18 120 (8.68%) Business Case
19 116 (8.39%) ArchiMate
20 114 (8.25%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (3.69%) SQL
2 47 (3.40%) JavaScript
3 40 (2.89%) C#
4 35 (2.53%) Java
5 29 (2.10%) Python
6 11 (0.80%) MATLAB
6 11 (0.80%) PowerShell
7 10 (0.72%) Go
8 8 (0.58%) COBOL
8 8 (0.58%) Micro Focus COBOL
9 7 (0.51%) Bicep
10 6 (0.43%) Bash
10 6 (0.43%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.36%) PHP
12 4 (0.29%) R
13 2 (0.14%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.14%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.072%) C
14 1 (0.072%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 241 (17.44%) Security Cleared
2 200 (14.47%) SC Cleared
3 183 (13.24%) Degree
4 101 (7.31%) TOGAF Certification
5 67 (4.85%) Azure Certification
6 65 (4.70%) AWS Certification
7 64 (4.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 37 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
9 26 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
10 24 (1.74%) PMI Certification
11 21 (1.52%) CCNP
11 21 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (1.30%) CCNA
13 11 (0.80%) DV Cleared
14 9 (0.65%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 5 (0.36%) CEH
15 5 (0.36%) CISM
15 5 (0.36%) CISSP
16 4 (0.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (0.87%) SLA
2 10 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (0.72%) QA
3 9 (0.65%) Accessibility
4 6 (0.43%) GDPR
5 5 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (0.36%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.36%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.29%) NIST
7 3 (0.22%) HMG Infosec
7 3 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.22%) JSP 440
7 3 (0.22%) PMO
7 3 (0.22%) RMADS
8 2 (0.14%) GRC
8 2 (0.14%) SEPA
9 1 (0.072%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.072%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.072%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 43 (3.11%) Docker
2 13 (0.94%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.51%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.072%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 52 (3.76%) Kubernetes
2 35 (2.53%) Terraform
3 15 (1.09%) CASB
4 10 (0.72%) Ansible
5 8 (0.58%) Progress Chef
5 8 (0.58%) Puppet
6 6 (0.43%) Docker Swarm
7 4 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.22%) Grafana
8 3 (0.22%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.22%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.22%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.072%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 330 (23.88%) Microsoft
2 147 (10.64%) Oracle
3 124 (8.97%) SAP
4 81 (5.86%) Sparx
5 75 (5.43%) Anaplan
5 75 (5.43%) Hyperion
6 62 (4.49%) Google
7 33 (2.39%) Cisco
8 29 (2.10%) Apple
9 27 (1.95%) Salesforce
10 24 (1.74%) IBM
11 19 (1.37%) Adobe
12 16 (1.16%) Meraki
12 16 (1.16%) VMware
13 14 (1.01%) Juniper
14 13 (0.94%) MuleSoft
15 11 (0.80%) Fortinet
16 10 (0.72%) Dell
17 8 (0.58%) Micro Focus
18 6 (0.43%) PagerDuty