Solutions Architect Job Trends in England

Solution Architect
UK > England

The median Solution Architect salary in England is £84,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 April 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 171 131
Rank change year-on-year +22 -40 +26
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,053 710 1,848
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.38% 1.92% 2.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.49% 2.15% 2.39%
Number of salaries quoted 703 482 1,226
10th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,884 £65,000 £66,981
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £84,500 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.63% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,125 £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 70,451 33,096 77,387
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 89.30% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 46,116 21,213 59,594
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,296
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +10.51% -9.51%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,795
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.53% -10.34%

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 16 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 16 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 +38 459 £95,000 +5.56% 138
North of England -33 165 £77,249 +18.84% 54
Midlands +12 134 £75,000 -1.52% 29
South East +7 126 £85,000 +9.68% 49
North West -1 102 £75,000 +25.00% 36
South West +1 101 £75,000 +4.18% 23
West Midlands +24 91 £75,000 -16.43% 20
East of England -4 54 £90,000 +35.95% 14
East Midlands -34 43 £65,000 -3.70% 9
North East -15 33 £77,500 +19.23% 1
Yorkshire -72 30 £82,500 - 17
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 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.

1 243 (23.08%) Azure
2 156 (14.81%) AWS
3 145 (13.77%) AI
4 139 (13.20%) Roadmaps
5 135 (12.82%) Security Cleared
6 134 (12.73%) DevOps
7 129 (12.25%) Agile
8 127 (12.06%) Microsoft
9 125 (11.87%) TOGAF
10 115 (10.92%) Presales
11 110 (10.45%) Enterprise Architecture
12 105 (9.97%) Problem-Solving
13 101 (9.59%) SaaS
14 94 (8.93%) Microservices
15 90 (8.55%) SC Cleared
16 88 (8.36%) Degree
17 83 (7.88%) Stakeholder Management
18 79 (7.50%) Analytics
19 73 (6.93%) SAP
20 69 (6.55%) Technical Leadership
21 65 (6.17%) Architectural Patterns
21 65 (6.17%) Decision-Making
22 62 (5.89%) Architectural Design
22 62 (5.89%) ERP
23 60 (5.70%) Integration Patterns
24 59 (5.60%) Project Delivery
25 57 (5.41%) Power Platform
26 56 (5.32%) Business Strategy
26 56 (5.32%) Continuous Improvement
26 56 (5.32%) 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 15 (1.42%) Confluence
2 11 (1.04%) CMS
2 11 (1.04%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.19%) JBoss
5 2 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
5 2 (0.19%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.095%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.095%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.095%) Camunda
6 1 (0.095%) CICS
6 1 (0.095%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.095%) Strapi
Applications
1 6 (0.57%) PlantUML
2 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.095%) Abaqus
3 1 (0.095%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.095%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 30 (2.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.57%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.47%) Shopify
4 5 (0.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.28%) 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 (0.095%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.095%) SAP MDG-F
7 1 (0.095%) SAP MDG-M
7 1 (0.095%) SAP MDG-S
Cloud Services
1 243 (23.08%) Azure
2 156 (14.81%) AWS
3 101 (9.59%) SaaS
4 57 (5.41%) Power Platform
5 55 (5.22%) Microsoft 365
6 44 (4.18%) GCP
7 37 (3.51%) PaaS
8 30 (2.85%) Serverless
9 29 (2.75%) IaaS
10 28 (2.66%) Dynamics 365
11 23 (2.18%) Cloud Computing
12 19 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
13 17 (1.61%) SuccessFactors
14 16 (1.52%) Entra ID
15 13 (1.23%) PowerApps
16 8 (0.76%) GitHub
16 8 (0.76%) Mimecast
17 7 (0.66%) Azure Logic Apps
18 6 (0.57%) Power Automate
19 5 (0.47%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.90%) Firewall
2 14 (1.33%) Network Security
3 12 (1.14%) Broadband
4 10 (0.95%) WAN
5 9 (0.85%) LAN
5 9 (0.85%) SD-WAN
6 7 (0.66%) Internet
6 7 (0.66%) MPLS
7 5 (0.47%) Radio Access Network
7 5 (0.47%) VPN
8 4 (0.38%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.28%) 3GPP
9 3 (0.28%) SAN
9 3 (0.28%) VoIP
10 2 (0.19%) NGN
10 2 (0.19%) RFID
10 2 (0.19%) VLAN
10 2 (0.19%) VSAN
10 2 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.095%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (1.42%) Power BI
2 10 (0.95%) Data Lake
2 10 (0.95%) SQL Server
3 8 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (0.76%) Relational Database
4 7 (0.66%) Metadata
5 6 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.38%) Big Data
6 4 (0.38%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.28%) DB2
7 3 (0.28%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.19%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.19%) GIS
8 2 (0.19%) InfluxDB
8 2 (0.19%) Looker
8 2 (0.19%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.095%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.095%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.095%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 16 (1.52%) JIRA
2 5 (0.47%) Balsamiq
3 4 (0.38%) GitLab
3 4 (0.38%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.19%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.095%) Git
6 1 (0.095%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.095%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.095%) Visual Studio
General
1 212 (20.13%) Social Skills
2 180 (17.09%) Finance
3 77 (7.31%) Public Sector
4 59 (5.60%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (4.75%) Banking
6 46 (4.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (3.80%) Presentation Skills
8 39 (3.70%) Retail
9 31 (2.94%) Manufacturing
10 29 (2.75%) Law
11 28 (2.66%) Marketing
12 27 (2.56%) Back Office
13 23 (2.18%) Legal
14 18 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
16 11 (1.04%) Financial Institution
17 8 (0.76%) Telecoms
18 7 (0.66%) Aviation
18 7 (0.66%) Military
19 5 (0.47%) Digital Health
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (3.80%) Middleware
2 30 (2.85%) .NET
3 15 (1.42%) RESTful
4 13 (1.23%) Kafka
5 12 (1.14%) Lightning Web Components
6 11 (1.04%) React
7 8 (0.76%) OpenAPI
7 8 (0.76%) REST
7 8 (0.76%) Swagger
8 7 (0.66%) Model Context Protocol
8 7 (0.66%) OAuth
8 7 (0.66%) OpenID
9 6 (0.57%) Node.js
9 6 (0.57%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (0.57%) XML
9 6 (0.57%) YAML
10 4 (0.38%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.38%) SOAP
10 4 (0.38%) XBRL
11 3 (0.28%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 88 (8.36%) Cloud Native
2 32 (3.04%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (2.28%) Data Centre
3 24 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (1.99%) Cyberattack
4 21 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
4 21 (1.99%) Product Ownership
5 19 (1.80%) Public Cloud
6 17 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (1.61%) Virtual Team
7 13 (1.23%) Management Information System
8 11 (1.04%) IoT
8 11 (1.04%) Operational Technology
9 10 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (0.85%) Low-Code
10 9 (0.85%) Web Conferencing
11 8 (0.76%) Enterprise Cloud
11 8 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (0.57%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (0.57%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.80%) Windows
2 5 (0.47%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (13.77%) AI
2 139 (13.20%) Roadmaps
3 134 (12.73%) DevOps
4 129 (12.25%) Agile
5 125 (11.87%) TOGAF
6 115 (10.92%) Presales
7 110 (10.45%) Enterprise Architecture
8 105 (9.97%) Problem-Solving
9 94 (8.93%) Microservices
10 83 (7.88%) Stakeholder Management
11 79 (7.50%) Analytics
12 69 (6.55%) Technical Leadership
13 65 (6.17%) Architectural Patterns
13 65 (6.17%) Decision-Making
14 62 (5.89%) Architectural Design
14 62 (5.89%) ERP
15 60 (5.70%) Integration Patterns
16 59 (5.60%) Project Delivery
17 56 (5.32%) Business Strategy
17 56 (5.32%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 36 (3.42%) Python
2 25 (2.37%) SQL
3 23 (2.18%) C#
4 20 (1.90%) Java
5 12 (1.14%) JavaScript
6 8 (0.76%) PowerShell
7 7 (0.66%) Bicep
8 5 (0.47%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.19%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.19%) Bash
9 2 (0.19%) PHP
9 2 (0.19%) Scala
10 1 (0.095%) COBOL
10 1 (0.095%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.095%) JCL
10 1 (0.095%) R
10 1 (0.095%) SOQL
10 1 (0.095%) SOSL
10 1 (0.095%) X++
Qualifications
1 135 (12.82%) Security Cleared
2 90 (8.55%) SC Cleared
3 88 (8.36%) Degree
4 35 (3.32%) Master's Degree
5 28 (2.66%) TOGAF Certification
6 23 (2.18%) DV Cleared
7 21 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
8 20 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (1.33%) AWS Certification
11 12 (1.14%) Azure Certification
12 11 (1.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (0.57%) CCNP
13 6 (0.57%) CISSP
14 5 (0.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 5 (0.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (0.28%) CCDA
15 3 (0.28%) MBA
16 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.47%) NIST
2 10 (0.95%) QA
3 8 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (0.66%) Data Quality
5 6 (0.57%) Accessibility
5 6 (0.57%) GDPR
6 5 (0.47%) NCSC
6 5 (0.47%) PMO
7 4 (0.38%) GRC
8 3 (0.28%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.19%) WCAG
10 1 (0.095%) Basel III
10 1 (0.095%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.095%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.095%) MiFID
10 1 (0.095%) SEPA
10 1 (0.095%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (1.23%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.14%) Docker
3 11 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.66%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.28%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.19%) vCloud
6 2 (0.19%) vSphere
7 1 (0.095%) Firmware
7 1 (0.095%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (2.09%) Terraform
2 20 (1.90%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.95%) Ansible
4 9 (0.85%) Netcool
5 5 (0.47%) vRealize
6 4 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.19%) Grafana
8 1 (0.095%) MOM
8 1 (0.095%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.095%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 127 (12.06%) Microsoft
2 73 (6.93%) SAP
3 27 (2.56%) Salesforce
4 24 (2.28%) Oracle
5 23 (2.18%) Dell
6 22 (2.09%) VMware
7 15 (1.42%) Cisco
8 12 (1.14%) Siemens
9 11 (1.04%) Ariba
9 11 (1.04%) Fortinet
10 10 (0.95%) Software AG
11 9 (0.85%) Databricks
12 8 (0.76%) Google
12 8 (0.76%) MuleSoft
13 7 (0.66%) Barracuda Networks
13 7 (0.66%) IBM
13 7 (0.66%) Informatica
13 7 (0.66%) N-able
13 7 (0.66%) Sophos
14 6 (0.57%) Workday