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 19 July 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 212 114
Rank change year-on-year +109 -98 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,564 670 1,970
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.77% 1.54% 2.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.88% 1.71% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,076 382 1,245
10th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £56,809
25th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
90th Percentile - £108,750 £130,750
UK median annual salary £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +9.68% -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 83,375 39,258 80,472
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 90.45% 94.65%
Number of salaries quoted 58,739 23,718 58,294
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,000 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75,900 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year - +3.77% -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 19 July 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 19 July 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 +73 788 £95,000 +5.56% 176
North of England +81 281 £80,000 +19.40% 47
North West +71 178 £80,000 +23.08% 19
South West +23 154 £75,000 -3.23% 20
South East +60 133 £85,000 +15.25% 41
Midlands +1 119 £75,000 - 26
West Midlands +22 89 £75,000 -11.76% 22
Yorkshire +6 71 £82,500 +14.60% 19
East of England +7 59 £75,000 +10.13% 11
North East -28 32 £80,000 +23.08% 9
East Midlands -21 30 £60,000 -14.89% 4
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 July 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.

1 345 (22.06%) Azure
2 324 (20.72%) AWS
3 263 (16.82%) AI
4 199 (12.72%) Security Cleared
5 197 (12.60%) Roadmaps
6 196 (12.53%) Microsoft
7 172 (11.00%) Presales
8 146 (9.34%) SC Cleared
9 144 (9.21%) Analytics
10 143 (9.14%) Agile
11 140 (8.95%) DevOps
12 132 (8.44%) TOGAF
13 122 (7.80%) Enterprise Architecture
14 112 (7.16%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 108 (6.91%) Migration
16 105 (6.71%) Degree
17 102 (6.52%) ERP
18 98 (6.27%) SaaS
19 93 (5.95%) Microservices
19 93 (5.95%) SAP
20 91 (5.82%) Problem-Solving
21 89 (5.69%) Integration Patterns
21 89 (5.69%) Technical Leadership
22 87 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
23 83 (5.31%) Architectural Patterns
23 83 (5.31%) Mentoring
23 83 (5.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
24 75 (4.80%) Cloud Computing
25 70 (4.48%) Power Platform
26 68 (4.35%) CI/CD

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 (0.96%) Confluence
2 11 (0.70%) SAS
3 10 (0.64%) CMS
3 10 (0.64%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.38%) Sitecore CMS
5 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.13%) Appian
5 2 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.13%) Camunda
5 2 (0.13%) Drupal
5 2 (0.13%) IIS
6 1 (0.064%) Apache
6 1 (0.064%) CICS
6 1 (0.064%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.064%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.064%) Strapi
Applications
1 17 (1.09%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.45%) PlantUML
4 5 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.13%) PTC Creo
5 2 (0.13%) Windchill
6 1 (0.064%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.064%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 51 (3.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.70%) Endur
3 11 (0.70%) SAP ERP
4 8 (0.51%) Shopify
5 6 (0.38%) Oracle Retail
6 5 (0.32%) SAP MDG
7 4 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 2 (0.13%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.13%) SAP HR
8 2 (0.13%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.13%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.13%) SAP Retail
9 1 (0.064%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.064%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.064%) SAP EWM
9 1 (0.064%) SAP IS-U
9 1 (0.064%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 345 (22.06%) Azure
2 324 (20.72%) AWS
3 98 (6.27%) SaaS
4 75 (4.80%) Cloud Computing
5 70 (4.48%) Power Platform
6 68 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
7 58 (3.71%) GCP
8 49 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
9 47 (3.01%) Serverless
10 41 (2.62%) PaaS
11 20 (1.28%) IaaS
12 19 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
13 18 (1.15%) dbt
14 17 (1.09%) Lucidchart
14 17 (1.09%) PowerApps
15 16 (1.02%) SuccessFactors
16 15 (0.96%) Entra ID
17 11 (0.70%) Azure Logic Apps
17 11 (0.70%) Power Automate
18 10 (0.64%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 55 (3.52%) Internet
2 29 (1.85%) Firewall
3 16 (1.02%) Network Security
4 15 (0.96%) WAN
5 14 (0.90%) Broadband
6 13 (0.83%) LAN
7 11 (0.70%) SD-WAN
7 11 (0.70%) VSAN
8 10 (0.64%) VPN
9 8 (0.51%) MPLS
10 6 (0.38%) RFID
11 4 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
12 3 (0.19%) 3GPP
12 3 (0.19%) 5G
12 3 (0.19%) AMQP
12 3 (0.19%) Unified Communications
12 3 (0.19%) WLAN
13 2 (0.13%) MQTT
13 2 (0.13%) Wireless
14 1 (0.064%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (1.02%) BusinessObjects
1 16 (1.02%) SAP HANA
2 15 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (0.90%) SQL Server
4 13 (0.83%) Data Lake
4 13 (0.83%) Db2
5 12 (0.77%) Power BI
6 10 (0.64%) DTS
7 8 (0.51%) NoSQL
8 7 (0.45%) Big Data
8 7 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.45%) Metadata
9 6 (0.38%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.26%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.26%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.26%) RDBMS
10 4 (0.26%) Semantic Layer
11 3 (0.19%) DocumentDB
11 3 (0.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 9 (0.58%) Jenkins
2 4 (0.26%) GitLab
2 4 (0.26%) JIRA
3 3 (0.19%) Balsamiq
3 3 (0.19%) Claude Code
3 3 (0.19%) Snyk
4 2 (0.13%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.064%) Maven
5 1 (0.064%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 254 (16.24%) Finance
2 204 (13.04%) Social Skills
3 82 (5.24%) Public Sector
4 61 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 53 (3.39%) Retail
6 48 (3.07%) Analytical Skills
7 38 (2.43%) Law
8 31 (1.98%) Military
9 30 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
10 28 (1.79%) Back Office
10 28 (1.79%) Banking
10 28 (1.79%) Manufacturing
11 23 (1.47%) Legal
12 22 (1.41%) Marketing
13 19 (1.21%) Financial Institution
14 18 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
15 17 (1.09%) Public Speaking
15 17 (1.09%) Telecoms
16 9 (0.58%) Aviation
16 9 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (3.07%) .NET
2 34 (2.17%) Middleware
3 27 (1.73%) Node.js
4 24 (1.53%) Kafka
5 17 (1.09%) RESTful
6 13 (0.83%) Model Context Protocol
6 13 (0.83%) Spring
6 13 (0.83%) Spring Boot
7 12 (0.77%) OpenAPI
7 12 (0.77%) Swagger
8 11 (0.70%) Lightning Web Components
9 10 (0.64%) React
10 8 (0.51%) REST
11 6 (0.38%) XML
11 6 (0.38%) YAML
12 5 (0.32%) A2A Protocol
12 5 (0.32%) OAuth
12 5 (0.32%) OpenID
12 5 (0.32%) XBRL
13 4 (0.26%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 117 (7.48%) Cloud Native
2 71 (4.54%) Onboarding
3 46 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
4 44 (2.81%) Enterprise Software
5 38 (2.43%) Data Centre
5 38 (2.43%) Product Ownership
6 32 (2.05%) Blog
7 21 (1.34%) Cyberattack
8 19 (1.21%) AI Agents
8 19 (1.21%) Public Cloud
9 16 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
9 16 (1.02%) Operational Technology
9 16 (1.02%) Virtual Team
10 15 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
11 11 (0.70%) IoT
12 10 (0.64%) EPoS
12 10 (0.64%) iSeries
12 10 (0.64%) Management Information System
13 8 (0.51%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 23 (1.47%) Windows
2 8 (0.51%) Linux
3 7 (0.45%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.064%) AIX
4 1 (0.064%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 263 (16.82%) AI
2 197 (12.60%) Roadmaps
3 172 (11.00%) Presales
4 144 (9.21%) Analytics
5 143 (9.14%) Agile
6 140 (8.95%) DevOps
7 132 (8.44%) TOGAF
8 122 (7.80%) Enterprise Architecture
9 112 (7.16%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 108 (6.91%) Migration
11 102 (6.52%) ERP
12 93 (5.95%) Microservices
13 91 (5.82%) Problem-Solving
14 89 (5.69%) Integration Patterns
14 89 (5.69%) Technical Leadership
15 87 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
16 83 (5.31%) Architectural Patterns
16 83 (5.31%) Mentoring
16 83 (5.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 68 (4.35%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 59 (3.77%) Python
2 46 (2.94%) C#
3 45 (2.88%) SQL
4 36 (2.30%) JavaScript
5 32 (2.05%) Java
6 10 (0.64%) RPG
7 9 (0.58%) Bicep
8 5 (0.32%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.19%) Go
9 3 (0.19%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.064%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.064%) Bash
10 1 (0.064%) COBOL
10 1 (0.064%) JCL
10 1 (0.064%) PHP
10 1 (0.064%) R
10 1 (0.064%) SOQL
10 1 (0.064%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 199 (12.72%) Security Cleared
2 146 (9.34%) SC Cleared
3 105 (6.71%) Degree
4 46 (2.94%) DV Cleared
5 37 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
7 30 (1.92%) AWS Certification
8 29 (1.85%) Master's Degree
9 23 (1.47%) TOGAF Certification
10 20 (1.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 17 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
12 15 (0.96%) Azure Certification
13 13 (0.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 11 (0.70%) CISSP
14 11 (0.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 11 (0.70%) VCAP
14 11 (0.70%) VCDX
15 9 (0.58%) CCNP
15 9 (0.58%) ICAEW
15 9 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (1.85%) NIST
2 23 (1.47%) Data Quality
3 15 (0.96%) GDPR
4 12 (0.77%) Accessibility
5 10 (0.64%) GRC
6 8 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.38%) NCSC
7 6 (0.38%) QA
8 5 (0.32%) PMO
9 4 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 4 (0.26%) WCAG
10 3 (0.19%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.13%) HITRUST
11 2 (0.13%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.13%) SEPA
12 1 (0.064%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.064%) PERC
12 1 (0.064%) PSD2
System Software
1 23 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (1.02%) Active Directory
3 14 (0.90%) VMware NSX
4 11 (0.70%) Docker
4 11 (0.70%) vSphere
5 6 (0.38%) vCloud
6 5 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.13%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 25 (1.60%) Terraform
2 22 (1.41%) Kubernetes
3 15 (0.96%) Ansible
4 5 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.32%) vCenter Server
5 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.19%) vRealize
7 2 (0.13%) Grafana
8 1 (0.064%) Argo
8 1 (0.064%) CASB
8 1 (0.064%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.064%) Netcool
8 1 (0.064%) Netcool/OMNIbus
8 1 (0.064%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 196 (12.53%) Microsoft
2 93 (5.95%) SAP
3 31 (1.98%) Oracle
3 31 (1.98%) VMware
4 26 (1.66%) Salesforce
5 25 (1.60%) Cisco
5 25 (1.60%) Dell
6 20 (1.28%) Databricks
7 14 (0.90%) IBM
8 12 (0.77%) Adobe
9 11 (0.70%) Broadcom
9 11 (0.70%) Fortinet
9 11 (0.70%) Juniper
10 10 (0.64%) Google
10 10 (0.64%) Palo Alto
11 9 (0.58%) Ariba
11 9 (0.58%) ServiceNow
12 8 (0.51%) NetApp
12 8 (0.51%) Workday
13 7 (0.45%) Guidewire