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 21 November 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 186 136 112
Rank change year-on-year -50 -24 +68
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 696 1,196 1,317
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.50% 1.98% 2.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.66% 2.10% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 408 743 863
10th Percentile £62,125 £55,000 £63,000
25th Percentile £71,250 £69,875 £72,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £96,539
90th Percentile £108,750 £113,933 £110,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 42,027 56,965 44,328
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.63% 94.37% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 26,978 31,944 34,350
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £53,048 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.74% -4.17% -

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 21 November 2025.

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 21 November 2025. 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 -32 273 £91,250 -1.35% 230
North of England -4 125 £75,000 +7.14% 76
South East -35 102 £75,000 - 113
Midlands +7 93 £77,500 +3.33% 49
North West +26 81 £80,000 +6.67% 57
West Midlands +20 63 £75,000 -3.23% 42
South West -24 56 £80,000 +6.67% 33
East Midlands +1 30 £85,000 +21.43% 7
Yorkshire -34 24 £82,500 +17.86% 18
East of England +25 23 £85,000 +13.33% 17
North East +17 20 £62,500 +2.11% 1
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 November 2025, 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.

1 212 (30.46%) Azure
2 177 (25.43%) Agile
3 153 (21.98%) Roadmaps
4 139 (19.97%) AWS
5 127 (18.25%) DevOps
6 124 (17.82%) TOGAF
7 113 (16.24%) Presales
8 110 (15.80%) Microservices
9 108 (15.52%) Enterprise Architecture
10 101 (14.51%) Problem-Solving
11 93 (13.36%) Technical Leadership
12 92 (13.22%) Business Strategy
13 90 (12.93%) Microsoft
14 85 (12.21%) AI
15 83 (11.93%) Stakeholder Management
16 82 (11.78%) SAP
17 81 (11.64%) Degree
18 79 (11.35%) SaaS
19 78 (11.21%) Security Cleared
20 73 (10.49%) GCP
21 71 (10.20%) Project Management
22 69 (9.91%) Continuous Improvement
23 66 (9.48%) Analytics
24 59 (8.48%) Business Development
24 59 (8.48%) Decision-Making
25 57 (8.19%) ERP
26 55 (7.90%) Architectural Design
26 55 (7.90%) Risk Management
26 55 (7.90%) SAP S/4HANA
27 54 (7.76%) Migration

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 13 (1.87%) CMS
2 6 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.72%) Apache
3 5 (0.72%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.72%) Confluence
3 5 (0.72%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.57%) Apache Synapse
5 2 (0.29%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.14%) Luigi
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (0.57%) PlantUML
2 2 (0.29%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.29%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.29%) Revit
Business Applications
1 55 (7.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (5.60%) SAP MDG
3 37 (5.32%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 20 (2.87%) Dynamics CRM
5 13 (1.87%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.57%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.57%) SAP IBP
6 4 (0.57%) Shopify
7 3 (0.43%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.29%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.29%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.29%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.29%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 212 (30.46%) Azure
2 139 (19.97%) AWS
3 79 (11.35%) SaaS
4 73 (10.49%) GCP
5 34 (4.89%) Dynamics 365
6 27 (3.88%) Power Platform
7 25 (3.59%) OCI
7 25 (3.59%) Serverless
8 24 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
8 24 (3.45%) PaaS
9 23 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (2.44%) GitHub
11 16 (2.30%) Cloud Computing
11 16 (2.30%) IaaS
12 12 (1.72%) Snowflake
13 9 (1.29%) Amazon Bedrock
13 9 (1.29%) Azure AKS
14 7 (1.01%) Azure AI
14 7 (1.01%) Entra ID
15 6 (0.86%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.29%) Firewall
2 6 (0.86%) WAN
3 5 (0.72%) SAN
4 4 (0.57%) LAN
4 4 (0.57%) VoIP
4 4 (0.57%) VPN
4 4 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.43%) DNS
5 3 (0.43%) MPLS
5 3 (0.43%) Network Security
5 3 (0.43%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.29%) PBX
6 2 (0.29%) Skype
6 2 (0.29%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.29%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.29%) VLAN
7 1 (0.14%) Broadband
7 1 (0.14%) MIMO
7 1 (0.14%) NAS
7 1 (0.14%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.16%) NoSQL
2 13 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (1.72%) SQL Server
4 10 (1.44%) Power BI
5 9 (1.29%) BigQuery
6 7 (1.01%) Big Data
6 7 (1.01%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (0.57%) Data Mining
7 4 (0.57%) DataStage
7 4 (0.57%) Metadata
7 4 (0.57%) QlikView
7 4 (0.57%) Tableau
8 3 (0.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (0.29%) GIS
9 2 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.29%) SAP Data Services
10 1 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (1.72%) JIRA
2 4 (0.57%) ER Studio
2 4 (0.57%) ERwin
2 4 (0.57%) GitLab
2 4 (0.57%) Jenkins
2 4 (0.57%) PowerDesigner
3 3 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 254 (36.49%) Social Skills
2 171 (24.57%) Finance
3 120 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (8.62%) Banking
4 60 (8.62%) Public Sector
5 43 (6.18%) Law
6 42 (6.03%) Presentation Skills
7 40 (5.75%) Retail
8 35 (5.03%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (2.87%) Marketing
10 17 (2.44%) Manufacturing
11 15 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (1.87%) Legal
14 10 (1.44%) Billing
15 6 (0.86%) Back Office
15 6 (0.86%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.72%) Retail Banking
17 4 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
18 3 (0.43%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (5.03%) React
2 28 (4.02%) Node.js
3 25 (3.59%) Middleware
4 24 (3.45%) React Native
4 24 (3.45%) REST
5 16 (2.30%) .NET
6 11 (1.58%) Oracle Fusion
7 10 (1.44%) Kafka
8 8 (1.15%) AngularJS
8 8 (1.15%) RESTful
9 7 (1.01%) GraphQL
9 7 (1.01%) Vue
10 4 (0.57%) Apache Beam
10 4 (0.57%) SOAP
10 4 (0.57%) Web Services
11 3 (0.43%) Apollo GraphQL
11 3 (0.43%) Lightning Web Components
11 3 (0.43%) SAP Fiori
12 2 (0.29%) Swagger
12 2 (0.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 70 (10.06%) Cloud Native
2 32 (4.60%) Management Information System
3 30 (4.31%) Product Ownership
4 26 (3.74%) Mobile App
4 26 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (2.87%) Virtual Team
7 16 (2.30%) Reinsurance
8 15 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
9 14 (2.01%) AI Agents
10 12 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (1.72%) Low-Code
11 10 (1.44%) Distributed Computing
11 10 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
11 10 (1.44%) IoT
12 8 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
13 6 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (0.86%) Enterprise Cloud
14 5 (0.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 5 (0.72%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.29%) Windows
1 2 (0.29%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (25.43%) Agile
2 153 (21.98%) Roadmaps
3 127 (18.25%) DevOps
4 124 (17.82%) TOGAF
5 113 (16.24%) Presales
6 110 (15.80%) Microservices
7 108 (15.52%) Enterprise Architecture
8 101 (14.51%) Problem-Solving
9 93 (13.36%) Technical Leadership
10 92 (13.22%) Business Strategy
11 85 (12.21%) AI
12 83 (11.93%) Stakeholder Management
13 71 (10.20%) Project Management
14 69 (9.91%) Continuous Improvement
15 66 (9.48%) Analytics
16 59 (8.48%) Business Development
16 59 (8.48%) Decision-Making
17 57 (8.19%) ERP
18 55 (7.90%) Architectural Design
18 55 (7.90%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (6.32%) C#
2 38 (5.46%) Python
3 34 (4.89%) SQL
4 24 (3.45%) Java
5 9 (1.29%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.29%) PHP
6 8 (1.15%) Bicep
6 8 (1.15%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.86%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.43%) Go
9 2 (0.29%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.29%) X++
10 1 (0.14%) Bash
10 1 (0.14%) C
10 1 (0.14%) C++
10 1 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.14%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 81 (11.64%) Degree
2 78 (11.21%) Security Cleared
3 45 (6.47%) SC Cleared
4 38 (5.46%) TOGAF Certification
5 35 (5.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 33 (4.74%) Azure Certification
7 25 (3.59%) DV Cleared
8 24 (3.45%) AWS Certification
9 18 (2.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 16 (2.30%) Master's Degree
11 14 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (0.72%) MCP
15 4 (0.57%) CCNA
15 4 (0.57%) CISSP
15 4 (0.57%) DBS Check
16 3 (0.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 3 (0.43%) CCSP
16 3 (0.43%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (2.30%) GDPR
2 15 (2.16%) QA
3 9 (1.29%) NIST
3 9 (1.29%) SLA
4 7 (1.01%) HIPAA
5 5 (0.72%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.29%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.29%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.29%) NCSC
8 1 (0.14%) Basel III
8 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.14%) MiFID
8 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.14%) SEPA
8 1 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 23 (3.30%) Docker
2 4 (0.57%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.29%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.14%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 29 (4.17%) Kubernetes
2 24 (3.45%) Terraform
3 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.29%) Ansible
5 1 (0.14%) Autotask
5 1 (0.14%) Netcool
5 1 (0.14%) Netcool/OMNIbus
5 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.14%) VxRail
Vendors
1 90 (12.93%) Microsoft
2 82 (11.78%) SAP
3 39 (5.60%) Oracle
4 37 (5.32%) OpenText
5 27 (3.88%) Salesforce
6 21 (3.02%) ServiceNow
7 19 (2.73%) Google
8 15 (2.16%) Databricks
9 14 (2.01%) Workday
10 10 (1.44%) IBM
11 9 (1.29%) Software AG
12 8 (1.15%) Cisco
12 8 (1.15%) Informatica
13 7 (1.01%) BiZZdesign
13 7 (1.01%) Guidewire
13 7 (1.01%) MuleSoft
13 7 (1.01%) VMware
14 4 (0.57%) Ariba
14 4 (0.57%) Fortinet
14 4 (0.57%) Siemens