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 22 April 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 172 120
Rank change year-on-year +24 -52 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,083 715 1,927
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.39% 1.91% 2.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.50% 2.14% 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 722 481 1,222
10th Percentile £63,750 £53,750 £56,809
25th Percentile £73,125 £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 £111,250 £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 72,301 33,434 77,817
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 89.22% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 47,276 21,446 59,559
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.45%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 22 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 22 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 +34 478 £95,000 +5.56% 164
North of England -27 171 £77,500 +19.23% 60
Midlands +3 135 £75,000 - 37
South East +8 127 £85,000 +9.68% 56
North West +3 104 £75,000 +25.00% 40
South West +7 102 £75,000 +4.18% 35
West Midlands +12 90 £75,000 -14.16% 29
East of England +1 57 £90,000 +35.95% 13
East Midlands -30 45 £65,000 -3.70% 8
Yorkshire -74 36 £82,500 - 18
North East -26 31 £78,000 +20.00% 2
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 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.

1 245 (22.62%) Azure
2 157 (14.50%) AWS
3 145 (13.39%) AI
4 137 (12.65%) Roadmaps
4 137 (12.65%) Security Cleared
5 133 (12.28%) DevOps
6 131 (12.10%) Microsoft
7 122 (11.27%) Agile
8 121 (11.17%) TOGAF
9 115 (10.62%) Enterprise Architecture
9 115 (10.62%) Presales
10 102 (9.42%) Problem-Solving
11 97 (8.96%) SaaS
12 93 (8.59%) SC Cleared
13 90 (8.31%) Microservices
14 82 (7.57%) Degree
15 80 (7.39%) Stakeholder Management
16 79 (7.29%) Analytics
17 72 (6.65%) SAP
18 66 (6.09%) Technical Leadership
19 65 (6.00%) Architectural Patterns
20 62 (5.72%) Decision-Making
20 62 (5.72%) ERP
20 62 (5.72%) Integration Patterns
21 61 (5.63%) Architectural Design
22 57 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement
22 57 (5.26%) Migration
22 57 (5.26%) Power Platform
23 55 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
23 55 (5.08%) Project Delivery

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 (1.29%) Confluence
2 12 (1.11%) CMS
3 11 (1.02%) SharePoint
4 9 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.18%) JBoss
6 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.092%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.092%) Camunda
7 1 (0.092%) CICS
7 1 (0.092%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.092%) Strapi
Applications
1 6 (0.55%) PlantUML
2 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.092%) Abaqus
3 1 (0.092%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.092%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 32 (2.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.74%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.46%) Shopify
4 5 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.28%) Endur
5 3 (0.28%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.18%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle Retail
6 2 (0.18%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.092%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.092%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.092%) SAP MDG-F
7 1 (0.092%) SAP MDG-M
7 1 (0.092%) SAP MDG-S
Cloud Services
1 245 (22.62%) Azure
2 157 (14.50%) AWS
3 97 (8.96%) SaaS
4 57 (5.26%) Power Platform
5 55 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
6 41 (3.79%) GCP
7 37 (3.42%) PaaS
8 31 (2.86%) Serverless
9 29 (2.68%) IaaS
10 28 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
11 23 (2.12%) Cloud Computing
12 20 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
13 17 (1.57%) Entra ID
13 17 (1.57%) SuccessFactors
14 13 (1.20%) PowerApps
15 8 (0.74%) GitHub
15 8 (0.74%) Mimecast
16 7 (0.65%) Azure Logic Apps
17 6 (0.55%) Nutanix
17 6 (0.55%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.85%) Firewall
2 14 (1.29%) Network Security
3 13 (1.20%) Broadband
4 10 (0.92%) WAN
5 9 (0.83%) LAN
5 9 (0.83%) SD-WAN
6 7 (0.65%) Internet
6 7 (0.65%) MPLS
7 5 (0.46%) VPN
8 4 (0.37%) Radio Access Network
8 4 (0.37%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.28%) 3GPP
9 3 (0.28%) SAN
9 3 (0.28%) VoIP
9 3 (0.28%) VSAN
10 2 (0.18%) RFID
10 2 (0.18%) VLAN
10 2 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.092%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.092%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (1.39%) Power BI
2 11 (1.02%) SQL Server
3 10 (0.92%) Data Lake
4 8 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (0.74%) Metadata
4 8 (0.74%) Relational Database
5 5 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.37%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.28%) Big Data
7 3 (0.28%) DB2
7 3 (0.28%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.18%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.18%) InfluxDB
8 2 (0.18%) Looker
8 2 (0.18%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.092%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.092%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.092%) GIS
9 1 (0.092%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 15 (1.39%) JIRA
2 5 (0.46%) Balsamiq
3 4 (0.37%) GitLab
3 4 (0.37%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.092%) Git
6 1 (0.092%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.092%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.092%) Visual Studio
General
1 205 (18.93%) Social Skills
2 178 (16.44%) Finance
3 78 (7.20%) Public Sector
4 57 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (4.25%) Banking
6 45 (4.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (3.60%) Retail
8 38 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
9 31 (2.86%) Manufacturing
10 28 (2.59%) Law
10 28 (2.59%) Marketing
11 24 (2.22%) Back Office
12 23 (2.12%) Legal
13 15 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (1.02%) Financial Institution
16 8 (0.74%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.65%) Aviation
18 6 (0.55%) Military
19 5 (0.46%) Digital Health
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (3.51%) Middleware
2 33 (3.05%) .NET
3 14 (1.29%) RESTful
4 13 (1.20%) Kafka
5 12 (1.11%) Lightning Web Components
5 12 (1.11%) React
6 8 (0.74%) Node.js
6 8 (0.74%) REST
7 7 (0.65%) Model Context Protocol
7 7 (0.65%) OAuth
7 7 (0.65%) OpenAPI
7 7 (0.65%) OpenID
7 7 (0.65%) Swagger
7 7 (0.65%) XML
8 6 (0.55%) YAML
9 5 (0.46%) JSON
9 5 (0.46%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (0.46%) XBRL
10 4 (0.37%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.37%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 90 (8.31%) Cloud Native
2 31 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
3 25 (2.31%) Data Centre
4 23 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
5 22 (2.03%) Product Ownership
6 21 (1.94%) Cyberattack
6 21 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
8 18 (1.66%) Public Cloud
9 16 (1.48%) Virtual Team
10 13 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
11 12 (1.11%) Management Information System
12 11 (1.02%) IoT
12 11 (1.02%) Operational Technology
13 9 (0.83%) Low-Code
13 9 (0.83%) Web Conferencing
14 8 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
15 7 (0.65%) Driving Licence
15 7 (0.65%) Enterprise Cloud
16 6 (0.55%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.75%) Windows
2 5 (0.46%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.28%) Linux
4 1 (0.092%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (13.39%) AI
2 137 (12.65%) Roadmaps
3 133 (12.28%) DevOps
4 122 (11.27%) Agile
5 121 (11.17%) TOGAF
6 115 (10.62%) Enterprise Architecture
6 115 (10.62%) Presales
7 102 (9.42%) Problem-Solving
8 90 (8.31%) Microservices
9 80 (7.39%) Stakeholder Management
10 79 (7.29%) Analytics
11 66 (6.09%) Technical Leadership
12 65 (6.00%) Architectural Patterns
13 62 (5.72%) Decision-Making
13 62 (5.72%) ERP
13 62 (5.72%) Integration Patterns
14 61 (5.63%) Architectural Design
15 57 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement
15 57 (5.26%) Migration
16 55 (5.08%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 36 (3.32%) Python
2 26 (2.40%) C#
3 25 (2.31%) SQL
4 19 (1.75%) Java
5 12 (1.11%) JavaScript
6 8 (0.74%) PowerShell
7 7 (0.65%) Bicep
8 6 (0.55%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.18%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.18%) Bash
9 2 (0.18%) PHP
9 2 (0.18%) Scala
10 1 (0.092%) COBOL
10 1 (0.092%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.092%) JCL
10 1 (0.092%) R
10 1 (0.092%) SOQL
10 1 (0.092%) SOSL
10 1 (0.092%) X++
Qualifications
1 137 (12.65%) Security Cleared
2 93 (8.59%) SC Cleared
3 82 (7.57%) Degree
4 33 (3.05%) Master's Degree
5 24 (2.22%) TOGAF Certification
6 23 (2.12%) DV Cleared
7 21 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (1.29%) AWS Certification
11 12 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 10 (0.92%) Azure Certification
13 6 (0.55%) CCNP
13 6 (0.55%) CISSP
13 6 (0.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 5 (0.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.28%) CCDA
15 3 (0.28%) MBA
15 3 (0.28%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.40%) NIST
2 10 (0.92%) QA
3 9 (0.83%) Data Quality
4 8 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (0.65%) Accessibility
5 7 (0.65%) GDPR
6 5 (0.46%) NCSC
6 5 (0.46%) PMO
7 4 (0.37%) GRC
8 3 (0.28%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.28%) WCAG
9 2 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.092%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.092%) Basel III
10 1 (0.092%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.092%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.092%) MiFID
10 1 (0.092%) PERC
10 1 (0.092%) SEPA
10 1 (0.092%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (1.20%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (0.92%) Docker
4 8 (0.74%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.28%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.28%) vCloud
5 3 (0.28%) vSphere
6 1 (0.092%) Firmware
6 1 (0.092%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (2.03%) Terraform
2 18 (1.66%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.83%) Ansible
3 9 (0.83%) Netcool
4 5 (0.46%) vRealize
5 4 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.18%) Grafana
7 1 (0.092%) MOM
7 1 (0.092%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.092%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 131 (12.10%) Microsoft
2 72 (6.65%) SAP
3 27 (2.49%) Salesforce
4 24 (2.22%) Dell
5 23 (2.12%) Oracle
5 23 (2.12%) VMware
6 15 (1.39%) Cisco
7 11 (1.02%) Ariba
7 11 (1.02%) Fortinet
7 11 (1.02%) Siemens
8 10 (0.92%) Databricks
9 8 (0.74%) Google
9 8 (0.74%) Software AG
10 7 (0.65%) Barracuda Networks
10 7 (0.65%) MuleSoft
10 7 (0.65%) N-able
10 7 (0.65%) Sophos
11 6 (0.55%) Meraki
11 6 (0.55%) NetApp
11 6 (0.55%) Workday