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 2 May 2026.

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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 176 124
Rank change year-on-year +42 -52 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,139 701 1,931
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.42% 1.85% 2.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.53% 2.08% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 755 466 1,239
10th Percentile £65,000 £53,750 £56,809
25th Percentile £73,500 £65,000 £65,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,875 £118,750
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 74,369 33,693 78,830
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.85% 89.14% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 48,888 21,310 60,127
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -11.13%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,648 £53,000
% change year-on-year -7.79% +12.54% -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 2 May 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 2 May 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 +47 522 £95,000 +5.56% 178
North of England -26 173 £79,250 +21.92% 46
Midlands +13 135 £75,000 - 20
South East +27 125 £85,000 +9.68% 61
South West +13 109 £75,000 +4.18% 30
North West +13 108 £75,000 +25.00% 30
West Midlands +21 91 £75,000 -14.16% 15
East of England +13 60 £90,000 +35.95% 16
East Midlands -28 44 £65,000 -3.70% 5
Yorkshire -70 40 £82,500 -1.49% 14
North East -26 25 £78,500 +20.77% 2
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 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.

1 242 (21.25%) Azure
2 168 (14.75%) AWS
3 146 (12.82%) Security Cleared
4 145 (12.73%) AI
5 131 (11.50%) Agile
6 130 (11.41%) DevOps
7 127 (11.15%) Microsoft
8 125 (10.97%) Roadmaps
9 116 (10.18%) Presales
10 114 (10.01%) TOGAF
11 110 (9.66%) Enterprise Architecture
12 98 (8.60%) SC Cleared
13 90 (7.90%) SaaS
14 85 (7.46%) Problem-Solving
15 82 (7.20%) Microservices
16 74 (6.50%) Stakeholder Management
17 71 (6.23%) Degree
18 69 (6.06%) Analytics
18 69 (6.06%) Technical Leadership
19 66 (5.79%) SAP
20 61 (5.36%) Integration Patterns
21 60 (5.27%) Migration
22 58 (5.09%) Architectural Patterns
23 53 (4.65%) CI/CD
23 53 (4.65%) ERP
23 53 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
24 52 (4.57%) Business Strategy
24 52 (4.57%) Power Platform
24 52 (4.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
25 51 (4.48%) Architectural Design

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 (1.23%) Confluence
2 12 (1.05%) CMS
3 11 (0.97%) SharePoint
4 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.18%) JBoss
7 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.088%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.088%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.088%) Camunda
8 1 (0.088%) CICS
8 1 (0.088%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.088%) Strapi
Applications
1 6 (0.53%) PlantUML
2 5 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.088%) Abaqus
3 1 (0.088%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.088%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 29 (2.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.79%) SAP ERP
3 7 (0.61%) Shopify
4 6 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 4 (0.35%) Endur
6 4 (0.35%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle Retail
7 2 (0.18%) SAP Retail
8 1 (0.088%) Actimize
8 1 (0.088%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.088%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.088%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.088%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.088%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.088%) SAP IS-U
8 1 (0.088%) SAP MDG-F
8 1 (0.088%) SAP MDG-M
8 1 (0.088%) SAP MDG-S
Cloud Services
1 242 (21.25%) Azure
2 168 (14.75%) AWS
3 90 (7.90%) SaaS
4 53 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
5 52 (4.57%) Power Platform
6 40 (3.51%) PaaS
7 38 (3.34%) GCP
8 34 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
9 33 (2.90%) Serverless
10 29 (2.55%) IaaS
11 23 (2.02%) Cloud Computing
12 19 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
13 17 (1.49%) Entra ID
13 17 (1.49%) SuccessFactors
14 12 (1.05%) PowerApps
15 8 (0.70%) GitHub
16 7 (0.61%) Azure Logic Apps
16 7 (0.61%) Mimecast
16 7 (0.61%) Nutanix
17 6 (0.53%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.11%) Firewall
2 15 (1.32%) Network Security
3 13 (1.14%) Broadband
4 12 (1.05%) WAN
5 11 (0.97%) LAN
5 11 (0.97%) SD-WAN
6 9 (0.79%) MPLS
7 7 (0.61%) Internet
7 7 (0.61%) VPN
8 4 (0.35%) Radio Access Network
8 4 (0.35%) VSAN
9 3 (0.26%) 3GPP
9 3 (0.26%) SAN
9 3 (0.26%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.18%) RFID
10 2 (0.18%) VoIP
10 2 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.18%) WLAN
11 1 (0.088%) BIG-IP
11 1 (0.088%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.23%) Power BI
2 11 (0.97%) Data Lake
2 11 (0.97%) SQL Server
3 8 (0.70%) Metadata
3 8 (0.70%) Relational Database
4 7 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.35%) RDBMS
6 3 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.26%) DB2
6 3 (0.26%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.18%) Big Data
7 2 (0.18%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.18%) InfluxDB
7 2 (0.18%) Neo4j
7 2 (0.18%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.088%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.088%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.088%) GIS
8 1 (0.088%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (1.23%) JIRA
2 5 (0.44%) Balsamiq
2 5 (0.44%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.35%) GitLab
4 3 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.088%) Git
6 1 (0.088%) Snyk
6 1 (0.088%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.088%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.088%) Visual Studio
General
1 180 (15.80%) Social Skills
2 168 (14.75%) Finance
3 67 (5.88%) Public Sector
4 43 (3.78%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (3.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 41 (3.60%) Banking
6 34 (2.99%) Retail
7 31 (2.72%) Law
8 29 (2.55%) Manufacturing
8 29 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
9 27 (2.37%) Marketing
10 23 (2.02%) Back Office
10 23 (2.02%) Legal
11 11 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (0.97%) Financial Institution
12 10 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (0.79%) Aviation
14 8 (0.70%) Telecoms
15 7 (0.61%) Military
16 5 (0.44%) Digital Health
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (3.25%) .NET
2 35 (3.07%) Middleware
3 13 (1.14%) React
3 13 (1.14%) RESTful
4 12 (1.05%) Lightning Web Components
5 11 (0.97%) Kafka
6 10 (0.88%) Node.js
7 7 (0.61%) Model Context Protocol
7 7 (0.61%) OAuth
7 7 (0.61%) OpenID
7 7 (0.61%) REST
7 7 (0.61%) XML
8 6 (0.53%) OpenAPI
8 6 (0.53%) Swagger
8 6 (0.53%) YAML
9 5 (0.44%) XBRL
10 4 (0.35%) .NET Core
10 4 (0.35%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.35%) JSON
10 4 (0.35%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 89 (7.81%) Cloud Native
2 33 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
3 28 (2.46%) Data Centre
4 23 (2.02%) Product Ownership
5 22 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
6 21 (1.84%) Cyberattack
7 19 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
8 17 (1.49%) Public Cloud
9 15 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (0.97%) Management Information System
11 11 (0.97%) Operational Technology
12 10 (0.88%) IoT
13 9 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (0.79%) Virtual Team
13 9 (0.79%) Web Conferencing
14 7 (0.61%) Driving Licence
14 7 (0.61%) Low-Code
15 6 (0.53%) Cyber Threat
15 6 (0.53%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.67%) Windows
2 5 (0.44%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.26%) Linux
4 1 (0.088%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (12.73%) AI
2 131 (11.50%) Agile
3 130 (11.41%) DevOps
4 125 (10.97%) Roadmaps
5 116 (10.18%) Presales
6 114 (10.01%) TOGAF
7 110 (9.66%) Enterprise Architecture
8 85 (7.46%) Problem-Solving
9 82 (7.20%) Microservices
10 74 (6.50%) Stakeholder Management
11 69 (6.06%) Analytics
11 69 (6.06%) Technical Leadership
12 61 (5.36%) Integration Patterns
13 60 (5.27%) Migration
14 58 (5.09%) Architectural Patterns
15 53 (4.65%) CI/CD
15 53 (4.65%) ERP
16 52 (4.57%) Business Strategy
16 52 (4.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 51 (4.48%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 39 (3.42%) Python
2 29 (2.55%) C#
3 25 (2.19%) SQL
4 16 (1.40%) Java
5 13 (1.14%) JavaScript
6 9 (0.79%) Bicep
7 8 (0.70%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.53%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.18%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.18%) Bash
9 2 (0.18%) PHP
9 2 (0.18%) Scala
10 1 (0.088%) COBOL
10 1 (0.088%) JCL
10 1 (0.088%) R
10 1 (0.088%) SOQL
10 1 (0.088%) SOSL
10 1 (0.088%) X++
Qualifications
1 146 (12.82%) Security Cleared
2 98 (8.60%) SC Cleared
3 71 (6.23%) Degree
4 29 (2.55%) Master's Degree
5 25 (2.19%) DV Cleared
6 23 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
7 22 (1.93%) TOGAF Certification
8 15 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (1.05%) AWS Certification
11 10 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 9 (0.79%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 6 (0.53%) CCNP
14 6 (0.53%) CISSP
15 5 (0.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 5 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 4 (0.35%) VCAP
16 4 (0.35%) VCDX
17 3 (0.26%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.28%) NIST
2 12 (1.05%) Data Quality
3 9 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (0.79%) QA
4 8 (0.70%) Accessibility
5 7 (0.61%) GDPR
6 6 (0.53%) GRC
6 6 (0.53%) NCSC
7 5 (0.44%) PMO
8 4 (0.35%) WCAG
9 3 (0.26%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.088%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.088%) Basel III
11 1 (0.088%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.088%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.088%) MiFID
11 1 (0.088%) PERC
11 1 (0.088%) SEPA
11 1 (0.088%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (1.23%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.05%) Docker
2 12 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (0.79%) VMware NSX
4 4 (0.35%) vCloud
4 4 (0.35%) vSphere
5 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (1.84%) Terraform
2 20 (1.76%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.97%) Ansible
4 9 (0.79%) Netcool
5 5 (0.44%) vRealize
6 4 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.18%) Grafana
8 1 (0.088%) MOM
8 1 (0.088%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.088%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 127 (11.15%) Microsoft
2 66 (5.79%) SAP
3 27 (2.37%) Salesforce
4 25 (2.19%) Dell
5 23 (2.02%) VMware
6 20 (1.76%) Oracle
7 17 (1.49%) Cisco
8 13 (1.14%) Fortinet
9 11 (0.97%) Databricks
9 11 (0.97%) Siemens
10 10 (0.88%) Ariba
11 8 (0.70%) Google
12 7 (0.61%) Barracuda Networks
12 7 (0.61%) N-able
12 7 (0.61%) NetApp
12 7 (0.61%) Sophos
13 6 (0.53%) Juniper
13 6 (0.53%) Meraki
13 6 (0.53%) Software AG
13 6 (0.53%) Workday