Solutions Architect Job Trends in England

Solution Architect
UK > England

The median Solution Architect salary in England is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 168 132
Rank change year-on-year +19 -36 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,038 709 1,786
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.38% 1.93% 2.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.49% 2.15% 2.34%
Number of salaries quoted 693 485 1,226
10th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £56,809
25th Percentile £73,500 £65,000 £67,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 69,634 32,966 76,330
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 89.55% 94.40%
Number of salaries quoted 45,755 21,227 59,209
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,650
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.79% -9.29%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Solutions Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in England

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in England

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in England over the 6 months to 13 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in England

Solutions Architect
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 13 April 2026. 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
London +31 448 £95,000 +5.56% 120
North of England -39 164 £77,500 +19.23% 49
Midlands +7 133 £75,000 -2.99% 33
South East +17 127 £85,000 +9.68% 55
North West -5 101 £75,000 +25.00% 27
South West +12 97 £75,000 +4.18% 27
West Midlands +26 90 £75,000 -14.16% 21
East of England -3 53 £90,000 +35.95% 22
East Midlands -30 43 £65,000 -3.70% 12
North East -12 34 £77,500 +19.23% 2
Yorkshire -80 29 £82,500 - 20
Solutions Architect
UK

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 13 April 2026, Solutions Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 242 (23.31%) Azure
2 154 (14.84%) AWS
3 145 (13.97%) AI
4 139 (13.39%) Roadmaps
5 134 (12.91%) DevOps
6 131 (12.62%) Security Cleared
7 129 (12.43%) Agile
8 128 (12.33%) Microsoft
9 121 (11.66%) TOGAF
10 117 (11.27%) Presales
11 109 (10.50%) Enterprise Architecture
12 106 (10.21%) Problem-Solving
13 101 (9.73%) SaaS
14 92 (8.86%) Microservices
15 88 (8.48%) Degree
16 87 (8.38%) SC Cleared
17 82 (7.90%) Stakeholder Management
18 78 (7.51%) Analytics
19 75 (7.23%) SAP
20 69 (6.65%) Technical Leadership
21 65 (6.26%) Decision-Making
22 62 (5.97%) Architectural Design
22 62 (5.97%) ERP
23 60 (5.78%) Architectural Patterns
23 60 (5.78%) Project Delivery
24 59 (5.68%) Power Platform
25 57 (5.49%) Continuous Improvement
25 57 (5.49%) Integration Patterns
26 56 (5.39%) Business Strategy
26 56 (5.39%) Microsoft 365

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 15 (1.45%) Confluence
2 12 (1.16%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.06%) CMS
4 9 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.19%) JBoss
6 2 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.19%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.096%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.096%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.096%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.096%) Camunda
7 1 (0.096%) CICS
7 1 (0.096%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.096%) Strapi
Applications
1 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (0.48%) PlantUML
2 1 (0.096%) Abaqus
2 1 (0.096%) Siemens NX
2 1 (0.096%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 30 (2.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.58%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.48%) Shopify
4 5 (0.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.29%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.19%) Endur
6 2 (0.19%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle Retail
6 2 (0.19%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.19%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.096%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.096%) SAP MDG-F
7 1 (0.096%) SAP MDG-M
7 1 (0.096%) SAP MDG-S
Cloud Services
1 242 (23.31%) Azure
2 154 (14.84%) AWS
3 101 (9.73%) SaaS
4 59 (5.68%) Power Platform
5 56 (5.39%) Microsoft 365
6 45 (4.34%) GCP
7 36 (3.47%) PaaS
8 30 (2.89%) Dynamics 365
8 30 (2.89%) Serverless
9 28 (2.70%) IaaS
10 23 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
11 21 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (1.64%) SuccessFactors
13 16 (1.54%) Entra ID
14 13 (1.25%) PowerApps
15 10 (0.96%) GitHub
16 8 (0.77%) Mimecast
17 7 (0.67%) Azure Logic Apps
17 7 (0.67%) Power Automate
18 5 (0.48%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.93%) Firewall
2 14 (1.35%) Network Security
3 12 (1.16%) Broadband
4 10 (0.96%) WAN
5 9 (0.87%) LAN
5 9 (0.87%) SD-WAN
6 7 (0.67%) Internet
6 7 (0.67%) MPLS
7 5 (0.48%) Radio Access Network
7 5 (0.48%) VPN
8 4 (0.39%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.29%) 3GPP
9 3 (0.29%) SAN
9 3 (0.29%) VoIP
10 2 (0.19%) NGN
10 2 (0.19%) RFID
10 2 (0.19%) VLAN
10 2 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.096%) BIG-IP
11 1 (0.096%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (1.64%) Power BI
2 11 (1.06%) Data Lake
3 10 (0.96%) SQL Server
4 9 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (0.77%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.58%) Metadata
6 6 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.39%) Big Data
7 4 (0.39%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.29%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.29%) DB2
8 3 (0.29%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.19%) GIS
9 2 (0.19%) InfluxDB
9 2 (0.19%) Looker
9 2 (0.19%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.19%) Tableau
10 1 (0.096%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.096%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 16 (1.54%) JIRA
2 5 (0.48%) Balsamiq
3 4 (0.39%) GitLab
3 4 (0.39%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.19%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.096%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.096%) ERwin
6 1 (0.096%) Git
6 1 (0.096%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.096%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.096%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.096%) Visual Studio
General
1 212 (20.42%) Social Skills
2 174 (16.76%) Finance
3 76 (7.32%) Public Sector
4 58 (5.59%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (4.82%) Banking
6 43 (4.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
8 39 (3.76%) Retail
9 31 (2.99%) Manufacturing
10 29 (2.79%) Law
11 28 (2.70%) Marketing
12 26 (2.50%) Back Office
13 24 (2.31%) Legal
14 17 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
15 14 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (0.96%) Financial Institution
17 9 (0.87%) Telecoms
18 7 (0.67%) Aviation
18 7 (0.67%) Military
19 5 (0.48%) Digital Health
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (3.85%) Middleware
2 30 (2.89%) .NET
3 14 (1.35%) RESTful
4 12 (1.16%) Kafka
4 12 (1.16%) Lightning Web Components
5 11 (1.06%) React
6 9 (0.87%) REST
7 7 (0.67%) Model Context Protocol
7 7 (0.67%) OAuth
7 7 (0.67%) OpenAPI
7 7 (0.67%) OpenID
7 7 (0.67%) Swagger
8 6 (0.58%) Node.js
8 6 (0.58%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (0.48%) YAML
10 4 (0.39%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.39%) SOAP
10 4 (0.39%) XML
11 3 (0.29%) AngularJS
11 3 (0.29%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 89 (8.57%) Cloud Native
2 32 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (2.22%) Data Centre
5 21 (2.02%) Product Ownership
6 20 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (1.83%) Cyberattack
7 19 (1.83%) Public Cloud
8 17 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
8 17 (1.64%) Virtual Team
9 14 (1.35%) Management Information System
10 11 (1.06%) IoT
10 11 (1.06%) Operational Technology
11 10 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (0.87%) Low-Code
12 9 (0.87%) Web Conferencing
13 8 (0.77%) Enterprise Cloud
13 8 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
14 6 (0.58%) Cyber Threat
14 6 (0.58%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.83%) Windows
2 5 (0.48%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.39%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (13.97%) AI
2 139 (13.39%) Roadmaps
3 134 (12.91%) DevOps
4 129 (12.43%) Agile
5 121 (11.66%) TOGAF
6 117 (11.27%) Presales
7 109 (10.50%) Enterprise Architecture
8 106 (10.21%) Problem-Solving
9 92 (8.86%) Microservices
10 82 (7.90%) Stakeholder Management
11 78 (7.51%) Analytics
12 69 (6.65%) Technical Leadership
13 65 (6.26%) Decision-Making
14 62 (5.97%) Architectural Design
14 62 (5.97%) ERP
15 60 (5.78%) Architectural Patterns
15 60 (5.78%) Project Delivery
16 57 (5.49%) Continuous Improvement
16 57 (5.49%) Integration Patterns
17 56 (5.39%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 36 (3.47%) Python
2 25 (2.41%) SQL
3 23 (2.22%) C#
4 20 (1.93%) Java
5 12 (1.16%) JavaScript
6 9 (0.87%) PowerShell
7 7 (0.67%) Bicep
8 5 (0.48%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.19%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.19%) Bash
9 2 (0.19%) PHP
9 2 (0.19%) Scala
10 1 (0.096%) COBOL
10 1 (0.096%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.096%) JCL
10 1 (0.096%) R
10 1 (0.096%) SOQL
10 1 (0.096%) SOSL
10 1 (0.096%) X++
Qualifications
1 131 (12.62%) Security Cleared
2 88 (8.48%) Degree
3 87 (8.38%) SC Cleared
4 36 (3.47%) Master's Degree
5 28 (2.70%) TOGAF Certification
6 22 (2.12%) DV Cleared
7 21 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
7 21 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (1.35%) AWS Certification
10 13 (1.25%) Azure Certification
11 11 (1.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (0.58%) CCNP
12 6 (0.58%) CISSP
13 5 (0.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 4 (0.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (0.29%) CCDA
15 3 (0.29%) MBA
16 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (2.31%) NIST
2 11 (1.06%) QA
3 8 (0.77%) Data Quality
3 8 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (0.58%) Accessibility
4 6 (0.58%) GDPR
5 5 (0.48%) NCSC
5 5 (0.48%) PMO
6 4 (0.39%) GRC
7 3 (0.29%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.19%) WCAG
9 1 (0.096%) Basel III
9 1 (0.096%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.096%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.096%) MiFID
9 1 (0.096%) SEPA
9 1 (0.096%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (1.25%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.16%) Docker
3 10 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.58%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.29%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.096%) Firmware
6 1 (0.096%) vCloud
6 1 (0.096%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.096%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (2.31%) Terraform
2 20 (1.93%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.96%) Ansible
3 10 (0.96%) Netcool
4 5 (0.48%) vRealize
5 4 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.19%) Grafana
6 2 (0.19%) Netcool/OMNIbus
7 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.096%) MOM
7 1 (0.096%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 128 (12.33%) Microsoft
2 75 (7.23%) SAP
3 27 (2.60%) Salesforce
4 24 (2.31%) Oracle
5 22 (2.12%) Dell
6 21 (2.02%) VMware
7 15 (1.45%) Cisco
8 12 (1.16%) Siemens
9 11 (1.06%) Ariba
9 11 (1.06%) Fortinet
10 10 (0.96%) Software AG
11 9 (0.87%) Databricks
11 9 (0.87%) Google
11 9 (0.87%) IBM
12 8 (0.77%) Informatica
12 8 (0.77%) MuleSoft
13 7 (0.67%) Barracuda Networks
13 7 (0.67%) N-able
13 7 (0.67%) Sophos
14 6 (0.58%) Workday