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 3 September 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 225 100
Rank change year-on-year +124 -125 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,752 616 1,739
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.80% 1.41% 2.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.92% 1.56% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,226 322 1,000
10th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £69,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
90th Percentile - £108,750 £140,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -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 91,352 39,429 67,522
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 90.48% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 64,592 23,886 43,564
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 3 September 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 3 September 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 +84 847 £100,000 +5.26% 618
North of England +116 372 £80,000 +14.29% 141
North West +99 234 £80,000 - 86
South West +30 174 £73,706 -7.87% 65
Midlands +18 142 £75,000 - 56
South East +16 121 £85,000 +21.43% 116
Yorkshire +40 118 £80,000 +12.28% 48
West Midlands +27 112 £77,477 +3.30% 39
East of England +7 70 £78,738 -4.56% 36
East Midlands -18 30 £60,000 -19.73% 17
North East -49 20 £80,000 +25.49% 7
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 September 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.

1 356 (20.32%) Azure
2 334 (19.06%) AWS
3 313 (17.87%) AI
4 222 (12.67%) Security Cleared
5 220 (12.56%) Microsoft
6 188 (10.73%) Roadmaps
7 181 (10.33%) Presales
8 159 (9.08%) SC Cleared
9 151 (8.62%) Analytics
10 150 (8.56%) Agile
11 123 (7.02%) Enterprise Architecture
12 120 (6.85%) Migration
13 119 (6.79%) DevOps
14 117 (6.68%) Technical Leadership
14 117 (6.68%) TOGAF
15 115 (6.56%) Digital Transformation Programme
16 113 (6.45%) Stakeholder Management
17 110 (6.28%) ERP
18 105 (5.99%) SaaS
19 102 (5.82%) Integration Patterns
20 99 (5.65%) Degree
21 96 (5.48%) SAP
22 95 (5.42%) Microservices
23 86 (4.91%) Mentoring
24 84 (4.79%) Architectural Patterns
24 84 (4.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
25 81 (4.62%) Problem-Solving
26 77 (4.39%) Translating Business Requirements
27 72 (4.11%) Power Platform
28 71 (4.05%) Cloud Computing

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 14 (0.80%) Confluence
2 11 (0.63%) SAS
3 10 (0.57%) SharePoint
4 7 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 7 (0.40%) CMS
5 5 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
6 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.11%) Appian
7 2 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.11%) Camunda
7 2 (0.11%) Drupal
7 2 (0.11%) IIS
8 1 (0.057%) Apache
8 1 (0.057%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.057%) CICS
8 1 (0.057%) JBoss
8 1 (0.057%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.057%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.057%) WebLogic
Applications
1 22 (1.26%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.17%) PlantUML
4 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.11%) PTC Creo
4 2 (0.11%) Windchill
5 1 (0.057%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.057%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 47 (2.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.86%) Endur
3 13 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (0.40%) SAP ERP
5 7 (0.40%) Shopify
6 6 (0.34%) Oracle Retail
7 5 (0.29%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.17%) Infor M3
8 3 (0.17%) Lawson
8 3 (0.17%) Movex
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 2 (0.11%) SAP HCM
9 2 (0.11%) SAP HR
9 2 (0.11%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 356 (20.32%) Azure
2 334 (19.06%) AWS
3 105 (5.99%) SaaS
4 72 (4.11%) Power Platform
5 71 (4.05%) Cloud Computing
6 62 (3.54%) Microsoft 365
7 56 (3.20%) Dynamics 365
8 55 (3.14%) GCP
9 38 (2.17%) Serverless
10 32 (1.83%) PaaS
11 20 (1.14%) Lucidchart
12 18 (1.03%) dbt
13 16 (0.91%) PowerApps
14 15 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
15 13 (0.74%) Azure Service Bus
15 13 (0.74%) SuccessFactors
16 12 (0.68%) Power Automate
17 11 (0.63%) OCI
18 10 (0.57%) Azure Logic Apps
18 10 (0.57%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 53 (3.03%) Internet
2 31 (1.77%) Firewall
3 18 (1.03%) Network Security
4 17 (0.97%) WAN
5 14 (0.80%) LAN
6 12 (0.68%) SD-WAN
7 11 (0.63%) VSAN
8 10 (0.57%) Broadband
9 7 (0.40%) VPN
10 6 (0.34%) MPLS
10 6 (0.34%) RFID
11 5 (0.29%) Wireless
12 4 (0.23%) Unified Communications
13 3 (0.17%) 5G
13 3 (0.17%) Cisco ISE
13 3 (0.17%) Cisco Nexus
13 3 (0.17%) WLAN
14 2 (0.11%) AMQP
14 2 (0.11%) MQTT
15 1 (0.057%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (1.43%) SQL Server
2 16 (0.91%) BusinessObjects
2 16 (0.91%) SAP HANA
3 13 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (0.63%) Db2
5 10 (0.57%) Data Lake
5 10 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (0.57%) DTS
6 9 (0.51%) NoSQL
6 9 (0.51%) Power BI
7 8 (0.46%) Metadata
8 7 (0.40%) Big Data
8 7 (0.40%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.29%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.29%) MySQL
10 4 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.23%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.23%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.23%) Semantic Layer
11 3 (0.17%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 9 (0.51%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.29%) Claude Code
3 4 (0.23%) JIRA
4 3 (0.17%) GitLab
4 3 (0.17%) Snyk
5 1 (0.057%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.057%) Maven
5 1 (0.057%) SonarQube
General
1 324 (18.49%) Finance
2 204 (11.64%) Social Skills
3 94 (5.37%) Public Sector
4 66 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 52 (2.97%) Retail
6 41 (2.34%) Banking
7 40 (2.28%) Analytical Skills
8 39 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
9 38 (2.17%) Law
10 29 (1.66%) Military
11 28 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
11 28 (1.60%) Marketing
12 26 (1.48%) Manufacturing
13 25 (1.43%) Back Office
14 21 (1.20%) Financial Institution
15 20 (1.14%) Telecoms
16 17 (0.97%) Public Speaking
17 15 (0.86%) Legal
18 12 (0.68%) Front Office
19 9 (0.51%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (2.91%) .NET
2 33 (1.88%) Middleware
3 25 (1.43%) Node.js
4 21 (1.20%) Kafka
5 19 (1.08%) RESTful
5 19 (1.08%) Terraform
6 14 (0.80%) OpenAPI
6 14 (0.80%) Swagger
7 13 (0.74%) Spring
7 13 (0.74%) Spring Boot
8 9 (0.51%) Model Context Protocol
8 9 (0.51%) REST
9 8 (0.46%) SOAP
10 7 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
10 7 (0.40%) React
10 7 (0.40%) XML
11 6 (0.34%) Lightning Web Components
12 5 (0.29%) A2A Protocol
12 5 (0.29%) JSON
12 5 (0.29%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 102 (5.82%) Cloud Native
2 74 (4.22%) Onboarding
3 56 (3.20%) Enterprise Software
4 46 (2.63%) Product Ownership
5 43 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
6 35 (2.00%) Data Centre
7 30 (1.71%) Blog
8 23 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
9 22 (1.26%) AI Agents
10 21 (1.20%) Cyberattack
11 20 (1.14%) Public Cloud
12 16 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
12 16 (0.91%) Virtual Team
13 15 (0.86%) IoT
14 12 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
14 12 (0.68%) Operational Technology
15 10 (0.57%) EPoS
15 10 (0.57%) iSeries
15 10 (0.57%) Private Cloud
16 9 (0.51%) Autonomous Agent
Operating Systems
1 16 (0.91%) Windows
2 7 (0.40%) Linux
3 6 (0.34%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.057%) AIX
4 1 (0.057%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (17.87%) AI
2 188 (10.73%) Roadmaps
3 181 (10.33%) Presales
4 151 (8.62%) Analytics
5 150 (8.56%) Agile
6 123 (7.02%) Enterprise Architecture
7 120 (6.85%) Migration
8 119 (6.79%) DevOps
9 117 (6.68%) Technical Leadership
9 117 (6.68%) TOGAF
10 115 (6.56%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 113 (6.45%) Stakeholder Management
12 110 (6.28%) ERP
13 102 (5.82%) Integration Patterns
14 95 (5.42%) Microservices
15 86 (4.91%) Mentoring
16 84 (4.79%) Architectural Patterns
16 84 (4.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 81 (4.62%) Problem-Solving
18 77 (4.39%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 63 (3.60%) Python
2 61 (3.48%) C#
3 50 (2.85%) SQL
4 44 (2.51%) JavaScript
5 36 (2.05%) Java
6 10 (0.57%) RPG
7 8 (0.46%) Go
8 6 (0.34%) Bicep
9 5 (0.29%) Rust
10 3 (0.17%) R
11 2 (0.11%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.11%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.057%) Bash
12 1 (0.057%) COBOL
12 1 (0.057%) JCL
12 1 (0.057%) Scala
12 1 (0.057%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 222 (12.67%) Security Cleared
2 159 (9.08%) SC Cleared
3 99 (5.65%) Degree
4 53 (3.03%) DV Cleared
5 37 (2.11%) AWS Certification
6 34 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 33 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (1.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 23 (1.31%) Azure Certification
9 22 (1.26%) Master's Degree
10 17 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
11 14 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
12 12 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 11 (0.63%) CISSP
13 11 (0.63%) VCAP
13 11 (0.63%) VCDX
14 10 (0.57%) CCNP
15 9 (0.51%) ICAEW
15 9 (0.51%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (1.60%) NIST
2 27 (1.54%) Data Quality
3 15 (0.86%) GDPR
4 12 (0.68%) GRC
5 11 (0.63%) Accessibility
6 8 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.34%) QA
8 4 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.23%) NCSC
9 3 (0.17%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.17%) WCAG
10 2 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.11%) HITRUST
10 2 (0.11%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.11%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.11%) SEPA
11 1 (0.057%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.057%) PERC
11 1 (0.057%) PSD2
System Software
1 25 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (0.74%) Docker
2 13 (0.74%) VMware NSX
3 11 (0.63%) vSphere
4 9 (0.51%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.34%) vCloud
6 5 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.17%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (1.14%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.51%) Ansible
3 5 (0.29%) vCenter Server
4 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.11%) CASB
6 2 (0.11%) Grafana
6 2 (0.11%) vRealize
7 1 (0.057%) Argo
7 1 (0.057%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.057%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 220 (12.56%) Microsoft
2 96 (5.48%) SAP
3 39 (2.23%) Oracle
4 32 (1.83%) VMware
5 30 (1.71%) Salesforce
6 27 (1.54%) Databricks
7 25 (1.43%) Cisco
8 20 (1.14%) Dell
9 17 (0.97%) Juniper
10 16 (0.91%) ServiceNow
11 15 (0.86%) Adobe
11 15 (0.86%) Google
12 14 (0.80%) Guidewire
13 13 (0.74%) IBM
14 12 (0.68%) Mitel
15 11 (0.63%) Broadcom
16 10 (0.57%) Aruba
16 10 (0.57%) Fortinet
17 9 (0.51%) Computacenter
17 9 (0.51%) MuleSoft