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 9 April 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 170 133
Rank change year-on-year +13 -37 +26
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 995 699 1,779
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.35% 1.91% 2.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.46% 2.13% 2.35%
Number of salaries quoted 659 487 1,216
10th Percentile £62,450 £53,750 £56,809
25th Percentile £73,000 £65,000 £66,844
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 £110,000 £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 68,051 32,753 75,846
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.40% 89.63% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 44,772 21,239 58,828
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 9 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 9 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 +26 425 £95,000 +5.56% 128
North of England -54 161 £76,919 +15.67% 42
Midlands +4 128 £75,000 -1.52% 27
South East +16 120 £85,000 +9.68% 44
North West -5 101 £75,000 +22.45% 29
South West +17 92 £75,000 +4.18% 35
West Midlands +16 88 £75,000 -14.16% 19
East of England 0 53 £90,000 +35.95% 15
East Midlands -40 40 £65,000 -3.70% 8
North East -12 34 £77,500 +19.23% 3
Yorkshire -84 26 £82,500 - 12
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 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.

1 238 (23.92%) Azure
2 150 (15.08%) AWS
3 142 (14.27%) AI
4 141 (14.17%) Roadmaps
5 133 (13.37%) DevOps
6 131 (13.17%) Agile
7 124 (12.46%) Microsoft
7 124 (12.46%) Security Cleared
8 120 (12.06%) TOGAF
9 118 (11.86%) Presales
10 110 (11.06%) Enterprise Architecture
11 107 (10.75%) Problem-Solving
12 102 (10.25%) SaaS
13 91 (9.15%) Microservices
14 87 (8.74%) Degree
15 83 (8.34%) SC Cleared
15 83 (8.34%) Stakeholder Management
16 75 (7.54%) Analytics
16 75 (7.54%) SAP
17 70 (7.04%) Technical Leadership
18 64 (6.43%) Decision-Making
19 61 (6.13%) Architectural Design
20 60 (6.03%) ERP
20 60 (6.03%) Project Delivery
21 59 (5.93%) Architectural Patterns
21 59 (5.93%) Power Platform
22 56 (5.63%) Continuous Improvement
23 55 (5.53%) Microsoft 365
23 55 (5.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
24 54 (5.43%) Business Strategy

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 16 (1.61%) Confluence
2 11 (1.11%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.01%) CMS
4 8 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.20%) JBoss
6 2 (0.20%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.10%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.10%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.10%) Camunda
7 1 (0.10%) CICS
7 1 (0.10%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.10%) Strapi
Applications
1 5 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (0.50%) PlantUML
2 1 (0.10%) Abaqus
2 1 (0.10%) Siemens NX
2 1 (0.10%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 29 (2.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.50%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.50%) Shopify
3 5 (0.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.30%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.20%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.20%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.10%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.10%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.10%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.10%) SAP MDG-F
6 1 (0.10%) SAP MDG-M
6 1 (0.10%) SAP MDG-S
Cloud Services
1 238 (23.92%) Azure
2 150 (15.08%) AWS
3 102 (10.25%) SaaS
4 59 (5.93%) Power Platform
5 55 (5.53%) Microsoft 365
6 46 (4.62%) GCP
7 37 (3.72%) PaaS
8 32 (3.22%) Dynamics 365
9 29 (2.91%) IaaS
9 29 (2.91%) Serverless
10 23 (2.31%) Cloud Computing
11 21 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (1.71%) SuccessFactors
13 16 (1.61%) Entra ID
14 14 (1.41%) PowerApps
15 10 (1.01%) GitHub
16 8 (0.80%) Mimecast
17 7 (0.70%) Azure Logic Apps
17 7 (0.70%) Power Automate
18 5 (0.50%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.91%) Firewall
2 14 (1.41%) Network Security
3 11 (1.11%) Broadband
4 10 (1.01%) WAN
5 9 (0.90%) LAN
5 9 (0.90%) SD-WAN
6 7 (0.70%) MPLS
7 6 (0.60%) Internet
8 5 (0.50%) Radio Access Network
8 5 (0.50%) VPN
9 4 (0.40%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.30%) 3GPP
10 3 (0.30%) SAN
10 3 (0.30%) VoIP
11 2 (0.20%) NGN
11 2 (0.20%) VLAN
11 2 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.10%) BIG-IP
12 1 (0.10%) Cisco IOS
12 1 (0.10%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (1.71%) Power BI
2 11 (1.11%) Data Lake
3 10 (1.01%) SQL Server
4 8 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (0.80%) Relational Database
5 6 (0.60%) Metadata
5 6 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.40%) Big Data
6 4 (0.40%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.30%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.30%) DB2
7 3 (0.30%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.20%) GIS
8 2 (0.20%) InfluxDB
8 2 (0.20%) Looker
8 2 (0.20%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.20%) Tableau
9 1 (0.10%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.10%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 17 (1.71%) JIRA
2 5 (0.50%) Balsamiq
3 4 (0.40%) GitLab
3 4 (0.40%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.20%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.10%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.10%) ERwin
6 1 (0.10%) Git
6 1 (0.10%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.10%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.10%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio
General
1 209 (21.01%) Social Skills
2 172 (17.29%) Finance
3 73 (7.34%) Public Sector
4 58 (5.83%) Analytical Skills
5 51 (5.13%) Banking
6 40 (4.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (4.02%) Presentation Skills
7 36 (3.62%) Retail
8 31 (3.12%) Manufacturing
9 29 (2.91%) Law
10 28 (2.81%) Marketing
11 26 (2.61%) Back Office
12 23 (2.31%) Legal
13 17 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.01%) Financial Institution
16 9 (0.90%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.70%) Aviation
17 7 (0.70%) Military
18 5 (0.50%) Digital Health
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (4.02%) Middleware
2 27 (2.71%) .NET
3 14 (1.41%) RESTful
4 12 (1.21%) Kafka
5 11 (1.11%) Lightning Web Components
6 10 (1.01%) React
7 9 (0.90%) REST
8 7 (0.70%) Model Context Protocol
8 7 (0.70%) OAuth
8 7 (0.70%) OpenAPI
8 7 (0.70%) OpenID
8 7 (0.70%) Swagger
9 6 (0.60%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (0.50%) Node.js
10 5 (0.50%) YAML
11 4 (0.40%) .NET Framework
11 4 (0.40%) SOAP
11 4 (0.40%) XML
12 3 (0.30%) EDI
12 3 (0.30%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 87 (8.74%) Cloud Native
2 31 (3.12%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (2.31%) Data Centre
5 20 (2.01%) Product Ownership
6 19 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
6 19 (1.91%) Public Cloud
7 17 (1.71%) Virtual Team
8 16 (1.61%) Cyberattack
8 16 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
9 14 (1.41%) Management Information System
10 11 (1.11%) IoT
10 11 (1.11%) Operational Technology
11 10 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (0.90%) Low-Code
12 9 (0.90%) Web Conferencing
13 8 (0.80%) Enterprise Cloud
13 8 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
14 6 (0.60%) Cyber Threat
14 6 (0.60%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.81%) Windows
2 4 (0.40%) Linux
2 4 (0.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (14.27%) AI
2 141 (14.17%) Roadmaps
3 133 (13.37%) DevOps
4 131 (13.17%) Agile
5 120 (12.06%) TOGAF
6 118 (11.86%) Presales
7 110 (11.06%) Enterprise Architecture
8 107 (10.75%) Problem-Solving
9 91 (9.15%) Microservices
10 83 (8.34%) Stakeholder Management
11 75 (7.54%) Analytics
12 70 (7.04%) Technical Leadership
13 64 (6.43%) Decision-Making
14 61 (6.13%) Architectural Design
15 60 (6.03%) ERP
15 60 (6.03%) Project Delivery
16 59 (5.93%) Architectural Patterns
17 56 (5.63%) Continuous Improvement
18 55 (5.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 54 (5.43%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 36 (3.62%) Python
2 26 (2.61%) SQL
3 22 (2.21%) C#
4 20 (2.01%) Java
5 12 (1.21%) JavaScript
6 9 (0.90%) PowerShell
7 7 (0.70%) Bicep
8 5 (0.50%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.20%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.20%) Bash
9 2 (0.20%) PHP
9 2 (0.20%) Scala
9 2 (0.20%) X++
10 1 (0.10%) COBOL
10 1 (0.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.10%) JCL
10 1 (0.10%) R
10 1 (0.10%) SOQL
10 1 (0.10%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 124 (12.46%) Security Cleared
2 87 (8.74%) Degree
3 83 (8.34%) SC Cleared
4 36 (3.62%) Master's Degree
5 29 (2.91%) TOGAF Certification
6 23 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
7 21 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (1.91%) DV Cleared
9 15 (1.51%) AWS Certification
9 15 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (1.31%) Azure Certification
11 12 (1.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (0.60%) CCNP
12 6 (0.60%) CISSP
13 5 (0.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (0.50%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 4 (0.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (0.30%) CCDA
15 3 (0.30%) MBA
15 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (2.11%) NIST
2 11 (1.11%) QA
3 8 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (0.70%) Data Quality
5 6 (0.60%) GDPR
6 5 (0.50%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.50%) NCSC
6 5 (0.50%) PMO
7 4 (0.40%) GRC
8 3 (0.30%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.10%) Basel III
10 1 (0.10%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.10%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.10%) MiFID
10 1 (0.10%) SEPA
10 1 (0.10%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (1.31%) Active Directory
1 13 (1.31%) Docker
2 10 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.50%) VMware NSX
4 3 (0.30%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.10%) Firmware
5 1 (0.10%) vCloud
5 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.10%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (2.41%) Terraform
2 22 (2.21%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.01%) Ansible
3 10 (1.01%) Netcool
4 4 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.40%) vRealize
5 2 (0.20%) Grafana
5 2 (0.20%) Netcool/OMNIbus
6 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.10%) MOM
6 1 (0.10%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 124 (12.46%) Microsoft
2 75 (7.54%) SAP
3 26 (2.61%) Salesforce
4 23 (2.31%) Oracle
5 22 (2.21%) Dell
6 20 (2.01%) VMware
7 15 (1.51%) Cisco
8 13 (1.31%) Siemens
9 11 (1.11%) Ariba
9 11 (1.11%) Fortinet
10 10 (1.01%) Software AG
11 9 (0.90%) Google
11 9 (0.90%) IBM
12 8 (0.80%) Databricks
12 8 (0.80%) Informatica
12 8 (0.80%) MuleSoft
13 7 (0.70%) Barracuda Networks
13 7 (0.70%) N-able
13 7 (0.70%) Sophos
14 6 (0.60%) Meraki