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 28 June 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 211 113
Rank change year-on-year +91 -98 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,392 643 2,074
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.64% 1.57% 2.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.74% 1.75% 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 950 379 1,324
10th Percentile £65,000 £59,000 £56,809
25th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,500
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 £96,250 £95,350
90th Percentile - £108,750 £128,375
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 79,959 36,827 87,668
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.18% 90.00% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 56,236 21,708 64,688
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,869 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £98,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.51% +8.57% -12.50%

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 28 June 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 28 June 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 +75 699 £95,000 +5.56% 167
North of England +30 225 £80,000 +14.29% 56
North West +55 139 £90,000 +44.00% 37
South West +21 139 £75,000 -6.25% 27
South East +56 123 £85,000 +13.33% 47
Midlands +6 114 £75,000 - 16
West Midlands +23 79 £75,000 -11.76% 12
East of England +24 65 £78,738 +18.94% 12
Yorkshire -13 62 £78,750 - 13
East Midlands -19 35 £60,000 -11.11% 3
North East -31 24 £79,250 +21.92% 7
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 June 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.

1 327 (23.49%) Azure
2 266 (19.11%) AWS
3 212 (15.23%) AI
4 181 (13.00%) Microsoft
5 180 (12.93%) Security Cleared
6 167 (12.00%) Roadmaps
7 157 (11.28%) Presales
8 142 (10.20%) Agile
9 129 (9.27%) DevOps
10 126 (9.05%) SC Cleared
11 123 (8.84%) TOGAF
12 108 (7.76%) Enterprise Architecture
13 105 (7.54%) Analytics
14 94 (6.75%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 88 (6.32%) SaaS
16 86 (6.18%) Problem-Solving
17 83 (5.96%) Microservices
17 83 (5.96%) Migration
18 80 (5.75%) Technical Leadership
19 76 (5.46%) Degree
20 75 (5.39%) Architectural Patterns
21 74 (5.32%) Integration Patterns
22 72 (5.17%) SAP
23 70 (5.03%) ERP
24 69 (4.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
25 68 (4.89%) Stakeholder Management
26 65 (4.67%) CI/CD
27 63 (4.53%) Power Platform
28 61 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
29 58 (4.17%) 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 14 (1.01%) Confluence
2 11 (0.79%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.57%) CMS
3 8 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.43%) SAS
5 5 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.14%) Appian
6 2 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.14%) Camunda
6 2 (0.14%) IIS
7 1 (0.072%) Apache
7 1 (0.072%) CICS
7 1 (0.072%) Drupal
7 1 (0.072%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.072%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.072%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.072%) Strapi
Applications
1 11 (0.79%) MS Visio
2 7 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (0.50%) PlantUML
3 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.14%) PTC Creo
4 2 (0.14%) Windchill
5 1 (0.072%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.072%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 39 (2.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.79%) SAP ERP
4 8 (0.57%) Shopify
5 5 (0.36%) Endur
5 5 (0.36%) Oracle Retail
5 5 (0.36%) SAP MDG
6 4 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.14%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.14%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.14%) SAP Retail
8 1 (0.072%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.072%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.072%) SAP IS-U
8 1 (0.072%) SAP MDM
8 1 (0.072%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.072%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.072%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 327 (23.49%) Azure
2 266 (19.11%) AWS
3 88 (6.32%) SaaS
4 63 (4.53%) Power Platform
5 61 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
6 54 (3.88%) GCP
7 47 (3.38%) Dynamics 365
8 41 (2.95%) PaaS
9 40 (2.87%) Cloud Computing
10 39 (2.80%) Serverless
11 20 (1.44%) IaaS
12 19 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
13 17 (1.22%) PowerApps
14 15 (1.08%) Entra ID
15 12 (0.86%) SuccessFactors
16 11 (0.79%) Azure Logic Apps
16 11 (0.79%) Lucidchart
16 11 (0.79%) Power Automate
17 9 (0.65%) Nutanix
18 8 (0.57%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.08%) Firewall
2 26 (1.87%) Internet
3 17 (1.22%) Broadband
4 16 (1.15%) WAN
5 15 (1.08%) Network Security
6 14 (1.01%) SD-WAN
7 12 (0.86%) LAN
8 11 (0.79%) VSAN
9 9 (0.65%) MPLS
10 7 (0.50%) VPN
11 5 (0.36%) RFID
12 4 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
13 3 (0.22%) 3GPP
13 3 (0.22%) WLAN
14 2 (0.14%) SAN
15 1 (0.072%) BIG-IP
15 1 (0.072%) TCP/IP
15 1 (0.072%) VLAN
15 1 (0.072%) Wi-Fi
15 1 (0.072%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
1 12 (0.86%) Power BI
1 12 (0.86%) SQL Server
2 11 (0.79%) Data Lake
3 10 (0.72%) Db2
4 7 (0.50%) BusinessObjects
4 7 (0.50%) DTS
4 7 (0.50%) Metadata
4 7 (0.50%) SAP HANA
5 6 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (0.43%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (0.29%) BigQuery
6 4 (0.29%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.29%) RDBMS
6 4 (0.29%) Semantic Layer
7 3 (0.22%) Big Data
8 2 (0.14%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.14%) InfluxDB
8 2 (0.14%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 11 (0.79%) Jenkins
2 6 (0.43%) JIRA
3 4 (0.29%) GitLab
4 3 (0.22%) Balsamiq
4 3 (0.22%) Snyk
5 2 (0.14%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.14%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.14%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.072%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.072%) Maven
General
1 228 (16.38%) Finance
2 172 (12.36%) Social Skills
3 72 (5.17%) Public Sector
4 48 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 44 (3.16%) Retail
6 34 (2.44%) Banking
7 33 (2.37%) Law
8 29 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
9 26 (1.87%) Manufacturing
10 23 (1.65%) Marketing
11 21 (1.51%) Legal
12 19 (1.36%) Back Office
13 16 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (1.01%) Financial Institution
15 13 (0.93%) Military
16 9 (0.65%) Aviation
16 9 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (0.57%) Telecoms
18 7 (0.50%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (3.16%) .NET
2 34 (2.44%) Middleware
3 22 (1.58%) Node.js
4 17 (1.22%) Kafka
5 15 (1.08%) RESTful
6 11 (0.79%) Lightning Web Components
7 10 (0.72%) React
7 10 (0.72%) Spring
7 10 (0.72%) Spring Boot
8 9 (0.65%) OpenAPI
8 9 (0.65%) Swagger
9 7 (0.50%) Model Context Protocol
10 6 (0.43%) XML
10 6 (0.43%) YAML
11 5 (0.36%) OAuth
11 5 (0.36%) OpenID
11 5 (0.36%) REST
11 5 (0.36%) XBRL
12 4 (0.29%) .NET Core
12 4 (0.29%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 107 (7.69%) Cloud Native
2 40 (2.87%) Data Centre
3 38 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
4 34 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
5 32 (2.30%) Product Ownership
6 31 (2.23%) Onboarding
7 21 (1.51%) Cyberattack
8 17 (1.22%) Public Cloud
9 15 (1.08%) Virtual Team
10 14 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
10 14 (1.01%) Operational Technology
11 13 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
12 12 (0.86%) Blog
12 12 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
13 9 (0.65%) AI Agents
14 8 (0.57%) IoT
14 8 (0.57%) Management Information System
14 8 (0.57%) Reinsurance
14 8 (0.57%) Web Conferencing
15 7 (0.50%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 21 (1.51%) Windows
2 8 (0.57%) Windows Server
3 7 (0.50%) Linux
4 1 (0.072%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (15.23%) AI
2 167 (12.00%) Roadmaps
3 157 (11.28%) Presales
4 142 (10.20%) Agile
5 129 (9.27%) DevOps
6 123 (8.84%) TOGAF
7 108 (7.76%) Enterprise Architecture
8 105 (7.54%) Analytics
9 94 (6.75%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 86 (6.18%) Problem-Solving
11 83 (5.96%) Microservices
11 83 (5.96%) Migration
12 80 (5.75%) Technical Leadership
13 75 (5.39%) Architectural Patterns
14 74 (5.32%) Integration Patterns
15 70 (5.03%) ERP
16 69 (4.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 68 (4.89%) Stakeholder Management
18 65 (4.67%) CI/CD
19 58 (4.17%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 49 (3.52%) Python
2 40 (2.87%) C#
3 38 (2.73%) SQL
4 26 (1.87%) Java
4 26 (1.87%) JavaScript
5 10 (0.72%) Bicep
6 7 (0.50%) RPG
7 6 (0.43%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.22%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.14%) Scala
10 1 (0.072%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.072%) Bash
10 1 (0.072%) COBOL
10 1 (0.072%) Go
10 1 (0.072%) JCL
10 1 (0.072%) PHP
10 1 (0.072%) R
10 1 (0.072%) SOQL
10 1 (0.072%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 180 (12.93%) Security Cleared
2 126 (9.05%) SC Cleared
3 76 (5.46%) Degree
4 35 (2.51%) DV Cleared
5 33 (2.37%) BPSS Clearance
6 28 (2.01%) Master's Degree
7 25 (1.80%) TOGAF Certification
8 19 (1.36%) AWS Certification
8 19 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 17 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (1.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 14 (1.01%) Azure Certification
11 13 (0.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 11 (0.79%) VCAP
12 11 (0.79%) VCDX
13 9 (0.65%) CCNP
13 9 (0.65%) ICAEW
14 8 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (0.50%) CISSP
16 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (2.08%) NIST
2 21 (1.51%) Data Quality
3 12 (0.86%) GDPR
4 11 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (0.72%) GRC
6 9 (0.65%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.50%) NCSC
8 6 (0.43%) QA
9 5 (0.36%) PMO
10 4 (0.29%) WCAG
11 3 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.14%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.14%) SEPA
13 1 (0.072%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.072%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.072%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.072%) PERC
13 1 (0.072%) PSD2
System Software
1 22 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (1.15%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.08%) VMware NSX
4 12 (0.86%) Docker
5 11 (0.79%) vSphere
6 6 (0.43%) vCloud
7 5 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 26 (1.87%) Terraform
2 22 (1.58%) Kubernetes
3 15 (1.08%) Ansible
4 5 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.36%) vCenter Server
5 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.29%) vRealize
6 3 (0.22%) Netcool
7 2 (0.14%) Grafana
8 1 (0.072%) Argo
8 1 (0.072%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.072%) Netcool/OMNIbus
8 1 (0.072%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 181 (13.00%) Microsoft
2 72 (5.17%) SAP
3 32 (2.30%) VMware
4 27 (1.94%) Oracle
5 26 (1.87%) Dell
6 22 (1.58%) Salesforce
7 21 (1.51%) Cisco
8 19 (1.36%) Databricks
9 13 (0.93%) Fortinet
10 12 (0.86%) Broadcom
11 11 (0.79%) Juniper
12 10 (0.72%) Palo Alto
13 9 (0.65%) Adobe
13 9 (0.65%) Google
13 9 (0.65%) IBM
14 8 (0.57%) NetApp
14 8 (0.57%) Workday
15 7 (0.50%) CrowdStrike
15 7 (0.50%) N-able
15 7 (0.50%) Sophos