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 1 August 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 230 109
Rank change year-on-year +124 -121 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,611 638 1,804
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.76% 1.47% 2.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.87% 1.62% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,112 358 1,113
10th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
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 £98,474 £97,500
90th Percentile - £108,750 £139,500
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 86,335 39,475 70,908
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 90.65% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 60,644 23,957 49,503
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,075 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 1 August 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 1 August 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 +71 791 £100,000 +11.11% 360
North of England +93 297 £80,000 +14.29% 89
North West +99 191 £80,000 +3.23% 41
South West +25 166 £75,000 -6.25% 46
South East +59 137 £85,000 +30.77% 80
Midlands +7 130 £75,000 - 34
West Midlands +20 101 £75,000 -14.29% 29
Yorkshire +20 78 £81,250 +12.86% 33
East of England +13 61 £75,000 -6.25% 14
East Midlands -32 29 £60,000 -19.19% 5
North East -38 28 £80,000 +23.08% 15
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 August 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.

1 350 (21.73%) Azure
2 327 (20.30%) AWS
3 274 (17.01%) AI
4 210 (13.04%) Security Cleared
5 205 (12.73%) Microsoft
6 185 (11.48%) Roadmaps
7 182 (11.30%) Presales
8 158 (9.81%) SC Cleared
9 143 (8.88%) Analytics
10 142 (8.81%) Agile
11 135 (8.38%) DevOps
12 127 (7.88%) TOGAF
13 120 (7.45%) Enterprise Architecture
14 115 (7.14%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 109 (6.77%) Migration
16 103 (6.39%) ERP
17 100 (6.21%) Degree
18 97 (6.02%) SaaS
19 95 (5.90%) Integration Patterns
19 95 (5.90%) Stakeholder Management
20 94 (5.83%) Technical Leadership
21 91 (5.65%) Problem-Solving
22 90 (5.59%) SAP
23 89 (5.52%) Microservices
24 87 (5.40%) Mentoring
25 85 (5.28%) Architectural Patterns
25 85 (5.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
26 75 (4.66%) Cloud Computing
27 69 (4.28%) Microsoft 365
27 69 (4.28%) Power Platform

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 (0.93%) Confluence
2 11 (0.68%) SAS
3 8 (0.50%) CMS
3 8 (0.50%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.12%) Appian
6 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.12%) Drupal
6 2 (0.12%) IIS
7 1 (0.062%) Apache
7 1 (0.062%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.062%) Camunda
7 1 (0.062%) CICS
7 1 (0.062%) JBoss
7 1 (0.062%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.062%) WebLogic
Applications
1 19 (1.18%) MS Visio
2 7 (0.43%) PlantUML
3 6 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.12%) PTC Creo
5 2 (0.12%) Windchill
6 1 (0.062%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.062%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 49 (3.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.93%) Endur
3 14 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.50%) Shopify
5 7 (0.43%) SAP ERP
6 6 (0.37%) Oracle Retail
7 5 (0.31%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.12%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 2 (0.12%) SAP HCM
9 2 (0.12%) SAP HR
9 2 (0.12%) SAP Retail
10 1 (0.062%) SAP MDG-F
10 1 (0.062%) SAP MDG-S
Cloud Services
1 350 (21.73%) Azure
2 327 (20.30%) AWS
3 97 (6.02%) SaaS
4 75 (4.66%) Cloud Computing
5 69 (4.28%) Microsoft 365
5 69 (4.28%) Power Platform
6 55 (3.41%) GCP
7 50 (3.10%) Dynamics 365
8 45 (2.79%) Serverless
9 43 (2.67%) PaaS
10 23 (1.43%) IaaS
11 19 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (1.18%) Lucidchart
12 18 (1.12%) dbt
13 17 (1.06%) SuccessFactors
14 13 (0.81%) Entra ID
14 13 (0.81%) PowerApps
15 11 (0.68%) Azure Logic Apps
16 10 (0.62%) GitHub
17 9 (0.56%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 55 (3.41%) Internet
2 29 (1.80%) Firewall
3 16 (0.99%) Network Security
3 16 (0.99%) WAN
4 14 (0.87%) Broadband
4 14 (0.87%) LAN
5 11 (0.68%) SD-WAN
5 11 (0.68%) VSAN
6 10 (0.62%) VPN
7 8 (0.50%) MPLS
8 6 (0.37%) RFID
9 4 (0.25%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.19%) 3GPP
10 3 (0.19%) 5G
10 3 (0.19%) Radio Access Network
10 3 (0.19%) WLAN
11 2 (0.12%) AMQP
11 2 (0.12%) MQTT
11 2 (0.12%) Wireless
12 1 (0.062%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (0.99%) BusinessObjects
1 16 (0.99%) SAP HANA
2 15 (0.93%) SQL Server
3 13 (0.81%) Db2
3 13 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (0.74%) Data Lake
5 10 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (0.62%) DTS
6 9 (0.56%) Power BI
7 8 (0.50%) Metadata
8 7 (0.43%) Big Data
8 7 (0.43%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.31%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.25%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.25%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.25%) Semantic Layer
11 3 (0.19%) DocumentDB
11 3 (0.19%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 9 (0.56%) Jenkins
2 4 (0.25%) GitLab
2 4 (0.25%) JIRA
3 3 (0.19%) Balsamiq
3 3 (0.19%) Claude Code
3 3 (0.19%) Snyk
4 2 (0.12%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.062%) Maven
5 1 (0.062%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 262 (16.26%) Finance
2 202 (12.54%) Social Skills
3 87 (5.40%) Public Sector
4 60 (3.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 51 (3.17%) Retail
6 49 (3.04%) Analytical Skills
7 37 (2.30%) Law
8 33 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
9 31 (1.92%) Military
10 30 (1.86%) Back Office
11 29 (1.80%) Manufacturing
12 27 (1.68%) Banking
13 22 (1.37%) Legal
14 20 (1.24%) Marketing
15 19 (1.18%) Telecoms
16 18 (1.12%) Financial Institution
16 18 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
17 17 (1.06%) Public Speaking
18 12 (0.74%) Front Office
19 8 (0.50%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (2.98%) .NET
2 28 (1.74%) Middleware
3 25 (1.55%) Node.js
4 23 (1.43%) Kafka
5 15 (0.93%) RESTful
6 13 (0.81%) Model Context Protocol
7 12 (0.74%) Spring
7 12 (0.74%) Spring Boot
8 11 (0.68%) OpenAPI
8 11 (0.68%) Swagger
9 10 (0.62%) Lightning Web Components
10 9 (0.56%) React
11 8 (0.50%) REST
12 6 (0.37%) SOAP
12 6 (0.37%) XML
12 6 (0.37%) YAML
13 5 (0.31%) A2A Protocol
13 5 (0.31%) XBRL
14 4 (0.25%) JSON
14 4 (0.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 114 (7.08%) Cloud Native
2 71 (4.41%) Onboarding
3 46 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
4 42 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
5 38 (2.36%) Data Centre
5 38 (2.36%) Product Ownership
6 30 (1.86%) Blog
7 21 (1.30%) Cyberattack
8 20 (1.24%) AI Agents
8 20 (1.24%) Public Cloud
9 16 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
9 16 (0.99%) Virtual Team
10 15 (0.93%) Operational Technology
11 13 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
12 12 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
13 10 (0.62%) EPoS
13 10 (0.62%) IoT
13 10 (0.62%) iSeries
14 9 (0.56%) Management Information System
15 8 (0.50%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 21 (1.30%) Windows
2 9 (0.56%) Linux
3 6 (0.37%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.062%) AIX
4 1 (0.062%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 274 (17.01%) AI
2 185 (11.48%) Roadmaps
3 182 (11.30%) Presales
4 143 (8.88%) Analytics
5 142 (8.81%) Agile
6 135 (8.38%) DevOps
7 127 (7.88%) TOGAF
8 120 (7.45%) Enterprise Architecture
9 115 (7.14%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 109 (6.77%) Migration
11 103 (6.39%) ERP
12 95 (5.90%) Integration Patterns
12 95 (5.90%) Stakeholder Management
13 94 (5.83%) Technical Leadership
14 91 (5.65%) Problem-Solving
15 89 (5.52%) Microservices
16 87 (5.40%) Mentoring
17 85 (5.28%) Architectural Patterns
17 85 (5.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 66 (4.10%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 60 (3.72%) Python
2 53 (3.29%) C#
3 49 (3.04%) SQL
4 42 (2.61%) JavaScript
5 31 (1.92%) Java
6 10 (0.62%) RPG
7 9 (0.56%) Bicep
8 4 (0.25%) Go
9 3 (0.19%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.12%) R
10 2 (0.12%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.062%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.062%) Bash
11 1 (0.062%) COBOL
11 1 (0.062%) JCL
11 1 (0.062%) Rust
11 1 (0.062%) SOQL
11 1 (0.062%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 210 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 158 (9.81%) SC Cleared
3 100 (6.21%) Degree
4 48 (2.98%) DV Cleared
5 35 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 32 (1.99%) AWS Certification
8 27 (1.68%) Master's Degree
9 21 (1.30%) TOGAF Certification
10 19 (1.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 16 (0.99%) Azure Certification
12 15 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
13 13 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 11 (0.68%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 11 (0.68%) VCAP
14 11 (0.68%) VCDX
15 9 (0.56%) CCNP
15 9 (0.56%) CISSP
15 9 (0.56%) ICAEW
15 9 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (1.80%) NIST
2 26 (1.61%) Data Quality
3 15 (0.93%) GDPR
4 12 (0.74%) Accessibility
5 10 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (0.56%) GRC
7 6 (0.37%) NCSC
7 6 (0.37%) QA
8 4 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.19%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.19%) WCAG
10 2 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.12%) HITRUST
10 2 (0.12%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.12%) PMO
10 2 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.12%) SEPA
11 1 (0.062%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.062%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.062%) PSD2
System Software
1 23 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (0.87%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.81%) VMware NSX
4 11 (0.68%) Docker
4 11 (0.68%) vSphere
5 6 (0.37%) vCloud
6 5 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.19%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 25 (1.55%) Terraform
2 23 (1.43%) Kubernetes
3 15 (0.93%) Ansible
4 5 (0.31%) vCenter Server
5 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.12%) CASB
6 2 (0.12%) Grafana
6 2 (0.12%) vRealize
7 1 (0.062%) Argo
7 1 (0.062%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.062%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 205 (12.73%) Microsoft
2 90 (5.59%) SAP
3 34 (2.11%) Oracle
4 31 (1.92%) VMware
5 28 (1.74%) Salesforce
6 25 (1.55%) Cisco
6 25 (1.55%) Dell
7 21 (1.30%) Databricks
8 13 (0.81%) IBM
9 11 (0.68%) Adobe
9 11 (0.68%) Broadcom
9 11 (0.68%) Fortinet
9 11 (0.68%) Juniper
9 11 (0.68%) Mitel
9 11 (0.68%) ServiceNow
10 10 (0.62%) Google
10 10 (0.62%) Palo Alto
11 9 (0.56%) Ariba
12 8 (0.50%) Computacenter
12 8 (0.50%) NetApp