Solutions Architect Job Trends in England

Solution Architect
UK > England

The median Solution Architect salary in England is £85,175 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 September 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 222 95
Rank change year-on-year +122 -127 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,797 626 1,729
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.81% 1.44% 2.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.93% 1.60% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,261 324 963
10th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,175 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.24% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £96,250
90th Percentile - £109,625 £142,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.03% +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 93,097 39,217 65,600
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.75% 90.35% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 65,832 23,570 40,687
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,300 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,886
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 September 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 September 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 +81 860 £100,000 +5.26% 628
North of England +114 389 £80,000 +12.28% 125
North West +102 243 £80,000 - 80
South West +30 183 £73,706 -7.87% 64
Midlands +20 146 £75,000 - 48
Yorkshire +48 126 £80,000 +6.67% 38
South East +12 120 £85,000 +21.43% 123
West Midlands +25 115 £77,477 +3.30% 38
East of England +9 72 £85,000 +3.03% 26
East Midlands -29 31 £60,000 -19.73% 10
North East -55 20 £80,000 +28.00% 7
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 September 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.

1 359 (19.98%) Azure
2 337 (18.75%) AWS
3 322 (17.92%) AI
4 227 (12.63%) Microsoft
5 226 (12.58%) Security Cleared
6 195 (10.85%) Roadmaps
7 183 (10.18%) Presales
8 161 (8.96%) SC Cleared
9 155 (8.63%) Agile
10 151 (8.40%) Analytics
11 124 (6.90%) Technical Leadership
12 123 (6.84%) Enterprise Architecture
12 123 (6.84%) Migration
13 122 (6.79%) DevOps
14 120 (6.68%) TOGAF
15 119 (6.62%) Stakeholder Management
16 116 (6.46%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 110 (6.12%) ERP
17 110 (6.12%) SaaS
18 106 (5.90%) Integration Patterns
19 99 (5.51%) Degree
20 98 (5.45%) SAP
21 97 (5.40%) Microservices
22 86 (4.79%) Mentoring
22 86 (4.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
23 85 (4.73%) Architectural Patterns
23 85 (4.73%) Translating Business Requirements
24 81 (4.51%) Problem-Solving
25 73 (4.06%) Power Platform
26 71 (3.95%) Cloud Computing

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 (0.78%) Confluence
2 11 (0.61%) SAS
3 10 (0.56%) SharePoint
4 7 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 7 (0.39%) CMS
5 5 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
6 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.11%) Appian
7 2 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.11%) Camunda
7 2 (0.11%) Drupal
7 2 (0.11%) IIS
8 1 (0.056%) Apache
8 1 (0.056%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.056%) CICS
8 1 (0.056%) JBoss
8 1 (0.056%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.056%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.056%) WebLogic
Applications
1 22 (1.22%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.17%) PlantUML
4 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.11%) PTC Creo
4 2 (0.11%) Windchill
5 1 (0.056%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.056%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 48 (2.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.83%) Endur
3 13 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (0.39%) SAP ERP
5 7 (0.39%) Shopify
6 6 (0.33%) Oracle Retail
7 5 (0.28%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.17%) Infor M3
8 3 (0.17%) Lawson
8 3 (0.17%) Movex
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 2 (0.11%) SAP HCM
9 2 (0.11%) SAP HR
9 2 (0.11%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 359 (19.98%) Azure
2 337 (18.75%) AWS
3 110 (6.12%) SaaS
4 73 (4.06%) Power Platform
5 71 (3.95%) Cloud Computing
6 62 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
7 57 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
8 55 (3.06%) GCP
9 37 (2.06%) Serverless
10 33 (1.84%) PaaS
11 20 (1.11%) Lucidchart
12 18 (1.00%) dbt
13 17 (0.95%) PowerApps
14 15 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
15 13 (0.72%) Azure Service Bus
15 13 (0.72%) Power Automate
16 12 (0.67%) SuccessFactors
17 11 (0.61%) OCI
18 10 (0.56%) Azure Logic Apps
18 10 (0.56%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 53 (2.95%) Internet
2 31 (1.73%) Firewall
3 18 (1.00%) Network Security
4 17 (0.95%) WAN
5 16 (0.89%) LAN
6 12 (0.67%) SD-WAN
7 11 (0.61%) VSAN
8 10 (0.56%) Broadband
9 7 (0.39%) VPN
10 6 (0.33%) MPLS
10 6 (0.33%) RFID
11 5 (0.28%) Wireless
12 4 (0.22%) Unified Communications
13 3 (0.17%) 5G
13 3 (0.17%) Cisco ISE
13 3 (0.17%) Cisco Nexus
13 3 (0.17%) WLAN
14 2 (0.11%) AMQP
14 2 (0.11%) MQTT
15 1 (0.056%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (1.39%) SQL Server
2 16 (0.89%) BusinessObjects
2 16 (0.89%) SAP HANA
3 13 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (0.61%) Db2
5 10 (0.56%) Data Lake
5 10 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (0.56%) DTS
6 9 (0.50%) NoSQL
6 9 (0.50%) Power BI
7 8 (0.45%) Metadata
8 7 (0.39%) Big Data
8 7 (0.39%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.28%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.28%) MySQL
10 4 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.22%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.22%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.22%) Semantic Layer
11 3 (0.17%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 9 (0.50%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.28%) Claude Code
3 4 (0.22%) JIRA
4 3 (0.17%) GitLab
4 3 (0.17%) Snyk
5 1 (0.056%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.056%) Maven
5 1 (0.056%) SonarQube
General
1 333 (18.53%) Finance
2 210 (11.69%) Social Skills
3 97 (5.40%) Public Sector
4 67 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 55 (3.06%) Retail
6 46 (2.56%) Banking
7 40 (2.23%) Analytical Skills
7 40 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
8 39 (2.17%) Law
9 32 (1.78%) Marketing
10 31 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
11 29 (1.61%) Military
12 26 (1.45%) Back Office
13 25 (1.39%) Manufacturing
14 23 (1.28%) Financial Institution
15 20 (1.11%) Telecoms
16 17 (0.95%) Legal
16 17 (0.95%) Public Speaking
17 12 (0.67%) Advertising
17 12 (0.67%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (2.89%) .NET
2 33 (1.84%) Middleware
3 25 (1.39%) Node.js
4 21 (1.17%) Kafka
5 20 (1.11%) RESTful
6 19 (1.06%) Terraform
7 15 (0.83%) OpenAPI
7 15 (0.83%) Swagger
8 13 (0.72%) Spring
8 13 (0.72%) Spring Boot
9 10 (0.56%) REST
10 9 (0.50%) Model Context Protocol
11 8 (0.45%) SOAP
12 7 (0.39%) Oracle Fusion
12 7 (0.39%) React
12 7 (0.39%) XML
13 6 (0.33%) Lightning Web Components
14 5 (0.28%) A2A Protocol
14 5 (0.28%) JSON
14 5 (0.28%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 103 (5.73%) Cloud Native
2 74 (4.12%) Onboarding
3 58 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
4 49 (2.73%) Product Ownership
5 44 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
6 35 (1.95%) Data Centre
7 30 (1.67%) Blog
8 24 (1.34%) AI Agents
8 24 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
9 21 (1.17%) Cyberattack
9 21 (1.17%) Public Cloud
10 16 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
10 16 (0.89%) Virtual Team
11 15 (0.83%) IoT
12 13 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
12 13 (0.72%) Marketing Technology
13 11 (0.61%) Operational Technology
14 10 (0.56%) Industrial Internet of Things
14 10 (0.56%) iSeries
14 10 (0.56%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (0.89%) Windows
2 7 (0.39%) Linux
3 6 (0.33%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.056%) AIX
4 1 (0.056%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (17.92%) AI
2 195 (10.85%) Roadmaps
3 183 (10.18%) Presales
4 155 (8.63%) Agile
5 151 (8.40%) Analytics
6 124 (6.90%) Technical Leadership
7 123 (6.84%) Enterprise Architecture
7 123 (6.84%) Migration
8 122 (6.79%) DevOps
9 120 (6.68%) TOGAF
10 119 (6.62%) Stakeholder Management
11 116 (6.46%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 110 (6.12%) ERP
13 106 (5.90%) Integration Patterns
14 97 (5.40%) Microservices
15 86 (4.79%) Mentoring
15 86 (4.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 85 (4.73%) Architectural Patterns
16 85 (4.73%) Translating Business Requirements
17 81 (4.51%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 63 (3.51%) Python
2 62 (3.45%) C#
3 50 (2.78%) SQL
4 44 (2.45%) JavaScript
5 36 (2.00%) Java
6 10 (0.56%) RPG
7 8 (0.45%) Go
8 6 (0.33%) Bicep
9 5 (0.28%) Rust
10 3 (0.17%) R
11 2 (0.11%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.11%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.056%) Bash
12 1 (0.056%) COBOL
12 1 (0.056%) JCL
12 1 (0.056%) Scala
12 1 (0.056%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 226 (12.58%) Security Cleared
2 161 (8.96%) SC Cleared
3 99 (5.51%) Degree
4 53 (2.95%) DV Cleared
5 37 (2.06%) AWS Certification
6 34 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
7 33 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (1.34%) Azure Certification
9 23 (1.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 22 (1.22%) Master's Degree
11 18 (1.00%) TOGAF Certification
12 13 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (0.61%) CISSP
14 11 (0.61%) VCAP
14 11 (0.61%) VCDX
14 11 (0.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 9 (0.50%) CCNP
15 9 (0.50%) ICAEW
15 9 (0.50%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (1.56%) NIST
2 27 (1.50%) Data Quality
3 15 (0.83%) GDPR
4 14 (0.78%) GRC
5 11 (0.61%) Accessibility
6 8 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.33%) QA
8 4 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.22%) NCSC
9 3 (0.17%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.17%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.17%) WCAG
10 2 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.11%) HITRUST
10 2 (0.11%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.11%) SEPA
11 1 (0.056%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.056%) PERC
11 1 (0.056%) PSD2
System Software
1 25 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (0.72%) Docker
2 13 (0.72%) VMware NSX
3 11 (0.61%) vSphere
4 9 (0.50%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.33%) vCloud
6 5 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.17%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (1.11%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.50%) Ansible
3 5 (0.28%) vCenter Server
4 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.11%) CASB
6 2 (0.11%) Grafana
6 2 (0.11%) vRealize
7 1 (0.056%) Argo
7 1 (0.056%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.056%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 227 (12.63%) Microsoft
2 98 (5.45%) SAP
3 40 (2.23%) Oracle
4 31 (1.73%) VMware
5 30 (1.67%) Salesforce
6 27 (1.50%) Databricks
7 24 (1.34%) Cisco
8 19 (1.06%) Dell
8 19 (1.06%) Google
9 17 (0.95%) Juniper
9 17 (0.95%) ServiceNow
10 16 (0.89%) Adobe
11 14 (0.78%) Guidewire
12 13 (0.72%) IBM
13 12 (0.67%) Mitel
14 11 (0.61%) Broadcom
15 10 (0.56%) Aruba
15 10 (0.56%) Fortinet
16 9 (0.50%) Computacenter
16 9 (0.50%) MuleSoft