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 April 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 171 121
Rank change year-on-year +18 -50 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,080 713 1,926
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 £62,625 £53,750 £56,809
25th Percentile £73,500 £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 £97,500 £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 72,201 33,355 77,747
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 89.27% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 47,190 21,366 59,531
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £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% -10.74%
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 21 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 21 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 +33 476 £95,000 +5.56% 151
North of England -37 167 £77,500 +19.23% 58
Midlands +20 136 £75,000 - 32
South East +13 128 £85,000 +9.68% 49
South West +4 103 £75,000 +4.18% 34
North West -4 102 £75,000 +25.00% 40
West Midlands +15 91 £75,000 -16.43% 23
East of England -7 57 £90,000 +35.95% 16
East Midlands -39 45 £65,000 -3.70% 9
Yorkshire -74 34 £82,500 - 16
North East -22 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 21 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.

1 249 (23.06%) Azure
2 159 (14.72%) AWS
3 146 (13.52%) AI
4 138 (12.78%) Security Cleared
5 137 (12.69%) Roadmaps
6 136 (12.59%) DevOps
7 132 (12.22%) Microsoft
8 125 (11.57%) Agile
9 123 (11.39%) TOGAF
10 115 (10.65%) Enterprise Architecture
11 114 (10.56%) Presales
12 103 (9.54%) Problem-Solving
13 98 (9.07%) SaaS
14 93 (8.61%) SC Cleared
15 92 (8.52%) Microservices
16 85 (7.87%) Degree
17 82 (7.59%) Stakeholder Management
18 78 (7.22%) Analytics
19 70 (6.48%) SAP
20 68 (6.30%) Technical Leadership
21 66 (6.11%) Architectural Patterns
22 64 (5.93%) Decision-Making
23 63 (5.83%) Integration Patterns
24 62 (5.74%) Architectural Design
25 61 (5.65%) ERP
26 58 (5.37%) Continuous Improvement
27 57 (5.28%) Power Platform
28 56 (5.19%) Project Delivery
28 56 (5.19%) Software Engineering
29 55 (5.09%) Microsoft 365

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 (1.30%) Confluence
2 12 (1.11%) CMS
3 11 (1.02%) SharePoint
4 9 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.19%) JBoss
7 2 (0.19%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.093%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.093%) Camunda
8 1 (0.093%) CICS
8 1 (0.093%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.093%) Strapi
Applications
1 6 (0.56%) PlantUML
2 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.093%) Abaqus
3 1 (0.093%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.093%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 30 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.56%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.46%) Shopify
4 5 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.19%) Endur
5 2 (0.19%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 2 (0.19%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle Retail
5 2 (0.19%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.19%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.093%) Actimize
6 1 (0.093%) DELMIA
6 1 (0.093%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.093%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.093%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 249 (23.06%) Azure
2 159 (14.72%) AWS
3 98 (9.07%) SaaS
4 57 (5.28%) Power Platform
5 55 (5.09%) Microsoft 365
6 42 (3.89%) GCP
7 37 (3.43%) PaaS
8 31 (2.87%) Serverless
9 29 (2.69%) IaaS
10 28 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
11 23 (2.13%) 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 (0.56%) Power Automate
18 5 (0.46%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.85%) Firewall
2 14 (1.30%) Network Security
3 13 (1.20%) Broadband
4 10 (0.93%) 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
10 2 (0.19%) RFID
10 2 (0.19%) VLAN
10 2 (0.19%) VSAN
10 2 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.093%) NGFW
11 1 (0.093%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (1.39%) Power BI
2 11 (1.02%) SQL Server
3 10 (0.93%) 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 (0.19%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.19%) GIS
8 2 (0.19%) InfluxDB
8 2 (0.19%) Looker
8 2 (0.19%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.093%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.093%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.093%) Tableau
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 (0.19%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.093%) Git
6 1 (0.093%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.093%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.093%) Visual Studio
General
1 209 (19.35%) Social Skills
2 178 (16.48%) Finance
3 78 (7.22%) Public Sector
4 58 (5.37%) Analytical Skills
5 47 (4.35%) Banking
6 45 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
7 39 (3.61%) Retail
8 29 (2.69%) Manufacturing
8 29 (2.69%) Marketing
9 28 (2.59%) Law
10 24 (2.22%) Back Office
11 23 (2.13%) Legal
12 16 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (1.02%) Financial Institution
15 8 (0.74%) Telecoms
16 7 (0.65%) Aviation
16 7 (0.65%) Military
17 5 (0.46%) Digital Health
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.61%) Middleware
2 33 (3.06%) .NET
3 14 (1.30%) 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 (0.56%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (0.56%) YAML
9 5 (0.46%) JSON
9 5 (0.46%) XBRL
10 4 (0.37%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.37%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 91 (8.43%) Cloud Native
2 31 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (2.22%) Data Centre
4 23 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (1.94%) Cyberattack
5 21 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
5 21 (1.94%) Product Ownership
6 19 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
7 18 (1.67%) Public Cloud
8 16 (1.48%) Virtual Team
9 13 (1.20%) Management Information System
10 11 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
10 11 (1.02%) IoT
10 11 (1.02%) Operational Technology
11 9 (0.83%) Low-Code
11 9 (0.83%) Web Conferencing
12 8 (0.74%) Enterprise Cloud
12 8 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (0.56%) Cyber Threat
13 6 (0.56%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.76%) Windows
2 5 (0.46%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.28%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (13.52%) AI
2 137 (12.69%) Roadmaps
3 136 (12.59%) DevOps
4 125 (11.57%) Agile
5 123 (11.39%) TOGAF
6 115 (10.65%) Enterprise Architecture
7 114 (10.56%) Presales
8 103 (9.54%) Problem-Solving
9 92 (8.52%) Microservices
10 82 (7.59%) Stakeholder Management
11 78 (7.22%) Analytics
12 68 (6.30%) Technical Leadership
13 66 (6.11%) Architectural Patterns
14 64 (5.93%) Decision-Making
15 63 (5.83%) Integration Patterns
16 62 (5.74%) Architectural Design
17 61 (5.65%) ERP
18 58 (5.37%) Continuous Improvement
19 56 (5.19%) Project Delivery
19 56 (5.19%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 36 (3.33%) Python
2 26 (2.41%) C#
3 25 (2.31%) SQL
4 19 (1.76%) Java
5 12 (1.11%) JavaScript
6 8 (0.74%) PowerShell
7 7 (0.65%) Bicep
8 6 (0.56%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.19%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.19%) Bash
9 2 (0.19%) PHP
9 2 (0.19%) Scala
10 1 (0.093%) COBOL
10 1 (0.093%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.093%) JCL
10 1 (0.093%) R
10 1 (0.093%) SOQL
10 1 (0.093%) SOSL
10 1 (0.093%) X++
Qualifications
1 138 (12.78%) Security Cleared
2 93 (8.61%) SC Cleared
3 85 (7.87%) Degree
4 34 (3.15%) Master's Degree
5 26 (2.41%) TOGAF Certification
6 24 (2.22%) DV Cleared
7 20 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 19 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.39%) AWS Certification
9 15 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 12 (1.11%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.56%) CCNP
11 6 (0.56%) CISSP
12 5 (0.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 5 (0.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (0.28%) CCDA
13 3 (0.28%) MBA
14 2 (0.19%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.41%) NIST
2 10 (0.93%) QA
3 8 (0.74%) Data Quality
3 8 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (0.65%) Accessibility
4 7 (0.65%) GDPR
5 5 (0.46%) NCSC
5 5 (0.46%) PMO
6 4 (0.37%) GRC
7 3 (0.28%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.28%) WCAG
8 2 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.093%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.093%) Basel III
9 1 (0.093%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.093%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.093%) MiFID
9 1 (0.093%) PERC
9 1 (0.093%) SEPA
9 1 (0.093%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (1.20%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.02%) Docker
2 11 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.65%) VMware NSX
4 3 (0.28%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.19%) vCloud
5 2 (0.19%) vSphere
6 1 (0.093%) Firmware
6 1 (0.093%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (2.04%) Terraform
2 19 (1.76%) 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 (0.19%) Grafana
7 1 (0.093%) MOM
7 1 (0.093%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.093%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 132 (12.22%) Microsoft
2 70 (6.48%) SAP
3 27 (2.50%) Salesforce
4 23 (2.13%) Dell
4 23 (2.13%) Oracle
5 22 (2.04%) VMware
6 15 (1.39%) Cisco
7 11 (1.02%) Ariba
7 11 (1.02%) Fortinet
7 11 (1.02%) Siemens
8 10 (0.93%) Databricks
9 9 (0.83%) Software AG
10 8 (0.74%) Google
10 8 (0.74%) MuleSoft
11 7 (0.65%) Barracuda Networks
11 7 (0.65%) IBM
11 7 (0.65%) Informatica
11 7 (0.65%) N-able
11 7 (0.65%) Sophos
12 6 (0.56%) Adobe