Solutions Architect Job Trends in England

Solution Architect
UK > England

The median Solution Architect salary in England is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 September 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 226 105
Rank change year-on-year +119 -121 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,809 598 1,636
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.75% 1.38% 2.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.88% 1.53% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,247 326 893
10th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £73,625 £66,250 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
90th Percentile - £109,375 £132,500
UK median annual salary £87,500 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +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 96,283 39,197 64,448
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.02% 90.45% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 67,728 23,386 37,683
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,625
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,589 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.53% - -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 27 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 27 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 +97 870 £100,000 +5.26% 693
North of England +125 400 £80,000 +3.90% 138
North West +98 250 £80,000 - 75
South West +15 174 £75,000 -6.25% 63
Midlands +16 142 £75,000 - 52
Yorkshire +59 129 £80,000 +6.67% 49
South East +2 129 £85,000 +17.24% 146
West Midlands +27 115 £77,477 +3.30% 40
East of England +8 67 £77,477 -6.09% 27
East Midlands -36 27 £60,000 -20.00% 12
North East -52 21 £80,000 +29.55% 14
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 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.

1 362 (20.01%) Azure
2 325 (17.97%) AWS
3 318 (17.58%) AI
4 241 (13.32%) Microsoft
5 228 (12.60%) Security Cleared
6 204 (11.28%) Roadmaps
7 171 (9.45%) Presales
8 162 (8.96%) SC Cleared
9 159 (8.79%) Analytics
10 157 (8.68%) Agile
11 148 (8.18%) Technical Leadership
12 134 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
13 132 (7.30%) Enterprise Architecture
14 126 (6.97%) Migration
15 122 (6.74%) DevOps
16 120 (6.63%) TOGAF
17 116 (6.41%) ERP
18 114 (6.30%) SaaS
19 113 (6.25%) Digital Transformation Programme
20 112 (6.19%) Integration Patterns
21 97 (5.36%) Microservices
21 97 (5.36%) SAP
22 93 (5.14%) Translating Business Requirements
23 88 (4.86%) Degree
23 88 (4.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
24 87 (4.81%) Mentoring
25 85 (4.70%) Architectural Patterns
26 80 (4.42%) Technology Strategy
27 78 (4.31%) Power Platform
28 77 (4.26%) Architecture Governance

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 (0.77%) Confluence
2 11 (0.61%) SAS
3 10 (0.55%) SharePoint
4 7 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 7 (0.39%) CMS
5 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.11%) Appian
6 2 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.11%) Camunda
6 2 (0.11%) Drupal
6 2 (0.11%) IIS
6 2 (0.11%) JBoss
6 2 (0.11%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.055%) Apache
7 1 (0.055%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.055%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.055%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.055%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 22 (1.22%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.17%) PlantUML
3 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.11%) PTC Creo
3 2 (0.11%) Windchill
4 1 (0.055%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.055%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.055%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 53 (2.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.83%) Endur
3 11 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
4 10 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.39%) SAP ERP
6 6 (0.33%) Shopify
7 5 (0.28%) Oracle Retail
8 4 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
8 4 (0.22%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.17%) Distributed Ledger
9 3 (0.17%) Infor M3
9 3 (0.17%) Lawson
9 3 (0.17%) Movex
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.17%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 362 (20.01%) Azure
2 325 (17.97%) AWS
3 114 (6.30%) SaaS
4 78 (4.31%) Power Platform
5 63 (3.48%) Dynamics 365
6 62 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
7 57 (3.15%) Cloud Computing
8 52 (2.87%) GCP
9 38 (2.10%) Serverless
10 32 (1.77%) PaaS
11 20 (1.11%) Lucidchart
12 19 (1.05%) Azure Service Bus
13 18 (1.00%) dbt
14 17 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
15 16 (0.88%) Entra ID
16 15 (0.83%) Azure API Management
17 14 (0.77%) Power Automate
18 13 (0.72%) PowerApps
19 12 (0.66%) OCI
20 11 (0.61%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 52 (2.87%) Internet
2 32 (1.77%) Firewall
3 17 (0.94%) Network Security
4 16 (0.88%) LAN
4 16 (0.88%) WAN
5 11 (0.61%) SD-WAN
6 10 (0.55%) VSAN
7 9 (0.50%) VPN
8 8 (0.44%) Broadband
9 6 (0.33%) Wireless
10 5 (0.28%) RFID
11 4 (0.22%) DNS
11 4 (0.22%) MPLS
11 4 (0.22%) Unified Communications
12 3 (0.17%) 5G
12 3 (0.17%) Cisco ISE
12 3 (0.17%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (0.17%) WLAN
13 2 (0.11%) AMQP
13 2 (0.11%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (1.49%) SQL Server
2 16 (0.88%) BusinessObjects
2 16 (0.88%) SAP HANA
3 13 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (0.61%) Relational Database
5 10 (0.55%) Data Lake
5 10 (0.55%) Db2
5 10 (0.55%) DTS
5 10 (0.55%) Power BI
6 9 (0.50%) Big Data
6 9 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (0.50%) Metadata
6 9 (0.50%) NoSQL
7 8 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (0.28%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.28%) MySQL
9 4 (0.22%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.22%) DynamoDB
9 4 (0.22%) Semantic Layer
10 3 (0.17%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 8 (0.44%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.28%) Claude Code
3 4 (0.22%) JIRA
4 3 (0.17%) Snyk
5 1 (0.055%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.055%) Maven
5 1 (0.055%) MLflow
5 1 (0.055%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.055%) SonarQube
General
1 368 (20.34%) Finance
2 219 (12.11%) Social Skills
3 98 (5.42%) Public Sector
4 59 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 57 (3.15%) Retail
6 52 (2.87%) Banking
7 41 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
8 40 (2.21%) Analytical Skills
9 38 (2.10%) Law
10 37 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
11 36 (1.99%) Marketing
12 32 (1.77%) Military
13 28 (1.55%) Manufacturing
14 26 (1.44%) Back Office
15 24 (1.33%) Financial Institution
16 23 (1.27%) Legal
17 22 (1.22%) Telecoms
18 17 (0.94%) Public Speaking
19 16 (0.88%) Aerospace
20 14 (0.77%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (2.82%) .NET
2 35 (1.93%) Middleware
3 25 (1.38%) Node.js
4 24 (1.33%) Terraform
5 23 (1.27%) RESTful
6 22 (1.22%) Kafka
7 17 (0.94%) OpenAPI
7 17 (0.94%) REST
7 17 (0.94%) Swagger
8 13 (0.72%) Spring
8 13 (0.72%) Spring Boot
9 11 (0.61%) Oracle Fusion
10 9 (0.50%) Model Context Protocol
11 8 (0.44%) SOAP
12 7 (0.39%) XML
13 6 (0.33%) React
14 5 (0.28%) A2A Protocol
14 5 (0.28%) JSON
14 5 (0.28%) LDAP
14 5 (0.28%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 102 (5.64%) Cloud Native
2 74 (4.09%) Onboarding
3 68 (3.76%) Enterprise Software
4 55 (3.04%) Product Ownership
5 47 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
6 30 (1.66%) Blog
7 25 (1.38%) AI Agents
8 24 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
9 21 (1.16%) Data Centre
10 18 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
11 17 (0.94%) Public Cloud
12 16 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
12 16 (0.88%) Virtual Team
13 15 (0.83%) IoT
13 15 (0.83%) Marketing Technology
14 14 (0.77%) Cyberattack
15 10 (0.55%) Industrial Internet of Things
15 10 (0.55%) iSeries
15 10 (0.55%) Management Information System
15 10 (0.55%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.05%) Windows
2 10 (0.55%) Linux
3 8 (0.44%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.055%) AIX
4 1 (0.055%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.055%) Unix
4 1 (0.055%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (17.58%) AI
2 204 (11.28%) Roadmaps
3 171 (9.45%) Presales
4 159 (8.79%) Analytics
5 157 (8.68%) Agile
6 148 (8.18%) Technical Leadership
7 134 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
8 132 (7.30%) Enterprise Architecture
9 126 (6.97%) Migration
10 122 (6.74%) DevOps
11 120 (6.63%) TOGAF
12 116 (6.41%) ERP
13 113 (6.25%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 112 (6.19%) Integration Patterns
15 97 (5.36%) Microservices
16 93 (5.14%) Translating Business Requirements
17 88 (4.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 87 (4.81%) Mentoring
19 85 (4.70%) Architectural Patterns
20 80 (4.42%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 65 (3.59%) Python
2 64 (3.54%) C#
3 57 (3.15%) SQL
4 45 (2.49%) JavaScript
5 39 (2.16%) Java
6 11 (0.61%) Bicep
7 10 (0.55%) RPG
8 8 (0.44%) Go
9 5 (0.28%) Rust
10 3 (0.17%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.17%) R
10 3 (0.17%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.11%) Solidity
12 1 (0.055%) C++
12 1 (0.055%) Scala
12 1 (0.055%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 228 (12.60%) Security Cleared
2 162 (8.96%) SC Cleared
3 88 (4.86%) Degree
4 53 (2.93%) DV Cleared
5 37 (2.05%) AWS Certification
6 36 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 35 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
8 33 (1.82%) Azure Certification
9 23 (1.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 20 (1.11%) TOGAF Certification
11 18 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (0.66%) CISSP
13 11 (0.61%) Master's Degree
14 10 (0.55%) VCAP
14 10 (0.55%) VCDX
14 10 (0.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 9 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (0.50%) ICAEW
15 9 (0.50%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 7 (0.39%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (1.38%) Data Quality
2 22 (1.22%) NIST
3 17 (0.94%) GDPR
4 14 (0.77%) GRC
5 13 (0.72%) Accessibility
6 9 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.39%) QA
8 4 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.22%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.17%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.17%) NCSC
9 3 (0.17%) WCAG
10 2 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.11%) EU AI Act
10 2 (0.11%) HITRUST
10 2 (0.11%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.11%) SEPA
11 1 (0.055%) PERC
11 1 (0.055%) PSD2
System Software
1 23 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (0.94%) Docker
3 14 (0.77%) Active Directory
4 12 (0.66%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.55%) vSphere
6 6 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.28%) vCloud
8 3 (0.17%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.055%) KVM
9 1 (0.055%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (1.33%) Kubernetes
2 8 (0.44%) Ansible
3 6 (0.33%) Grafana
4 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.28%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.11%) CASB
5 2 (0.11%) vRealize
6 1 (0.055%) Argo
6 1 (0.055%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.055%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.055%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 241 (13.32%) Microsoft
2 97 (5.36%) SAP
3 44 (2.43%) Oracle
4 29 (1.60%) Salesforce
4 29 (1.60%) VMware
5 27 (1.49%) Databricks
6 21 (1.16%) Cisco
7 20 (1.11%) Google
8 19 (1.05%) ServiceNow
9 18 (1.00%) Adobe
9 18 (1.00%) Juniper
10 14 (0.77%) Guidewire
11 13 (0.72%) IBM
12 12 (0.66%) Mitel
13 11 (0.61%) Aruba
14 10 (0.55%) Broadcom
14 10 (0.55%) MuleSoft
15 9 (0.50%) Computacenter
16 8 (0.44%) Infor
16 8 (0.44%) Workday