Solutions Architect Job Trends in England

Solution Architect
UK > England

The median Solution Architect salary in England is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 May 2026.

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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 219 119
Rank change year-on-year +83 -100 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,240 592 1,998
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.49% 1.55% 2.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.60% 1.72% 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 846 364 1,260
10th Percentile £65,000 £53,750 £56,809
25th Percentile £73,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £77,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% -3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £109,625 £120,000
UK median annual salary £84,500 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +5.63% - -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 77,713 34,322 82,395
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.42% 89.63% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 52,897 19,727 62,281
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,748 £38,087
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,200 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +9.52% -13.65%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 29 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 29 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 +52 593 £95,000 +5.56% 275
North of England +18 194 £78,500 +12.14% 77
Midlands +27 123 £75,000 - 21
South West +31 122 £75,000 +4.18% 40
South East +45 117 £85,000 +9.68% 104
North West +43 117 £82,500 +37.50% 59
West Midlands +19 83 £75,000 -16.43% 17
East of England +20 67 £90,000 +35.95% 24
Yorkshire -41 52 £76,919 -14.54% 14
East Midlands -24 40 £65,000 -3.70% 4
North East -21 25 £78,500 +16.30% 5
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 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.

1 284 (22.90%) Azure
2 199 (16.05%) AWS
3 167 (13.47%) AI
4 165 (13.31%) Security Cleared
5 147 (11.85%) Microsoft
6 142 (11.45%) Roadmaps
7 140 (11.29%) Agile
8 133 (10.73%) Presales
9 123 (9.92%) DevOps
10 120 (9.68%) TOGAF
11 113 (9.11%) SC Cleared
12 101 (8.15%) Enterprise Architecture
13 89 (7.18%) SaaS
14 88 (7.10%) Problem-Solving
15 81 (6.53%) Analytics
15 81 (6.53%) Microservices
16 74 (5.97%) Migration
17 71 (5.73%) Technical Leadership
18 68 (5.48%) Integration Patterns
19 67 (5.40%) Degree
20 63 (5.08%) Architectural Patterns
21 62 (5.00%) Stakeholder Management
22 60 (4.84%) Microsoft 365
22 60 (4.84%) SAP
23 59 (4.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
24 57 (4.60%) CI/CD
24 57 (4.60%) Power Platform
25 56 (4.52%) Digital Transformation Programme
25 56 (4.52%) ERP
26 54 (4.35%) 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 (1.13%) Confluence
2 12 (0.97%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.81%) CMS
4 7 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.16%) IIS
8 1 (0.081%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.081%) Camunda
8 1 (0.081%) CICS
8 1 (0.081%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.081%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.081%) Strapi
Applications
1 7 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 7 (0.56%) MS Visio
1 7 (0.56%) PlantUML
2 5 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.24%) Windchill
4 2 (0.16%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.081%) Abaqus
5 1 (0.081%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.081%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 29 (2.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.89%) SAP ERP
3 10 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.65%) Shopify
5 5 (0.40%) SAP MDG
6 4 (0.32%) Endur
6 4 (0.32%) Oracle Retail
6 4 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.16%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.16%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.16%) SAP Retail
8 1 (0.081%) Actimize
8 1 (0.081%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.081%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.081%) SAP MDG-F
8 1 (0.081%) SAP MDG-M
8 1 (0.081%) SAP MDG-S
8 1 (0.081%) SAP Travel Management
8 1 (0.081%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 284 (22.90%) Azure
2 199 (16.05%) AWS
3 89 (7.18%) SaaS
4 60 (4.84%) Microsoft 365
5 57 (4.60%) Power Platform
6 44 (3.55%) GCP
6 44 (3.55%) PaaS
7 36 (2.90%) Serverless
8 32 (2.58%) Dynamics 365
9 25 (2.02%) IaaS
10 21 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
11 17 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (1.21%) Entra ID
13 14 (1.13%) PowerApps
13 14 (1.13%) SuccessFactors
14 10 (0.81%) Nutanix
15 9 (0.73%) Lucidchart
16 8 (0.65%) Power Automate
17 7 (0.56%) Azure Logic Apps
17 7 (0.56%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 28 (2.26%) Firewall
2 16 (1.29%) Broadband
2 16 (1.29%) WAN
3 15 (1.21%) Network Security
4 14 (1.13%) SD-WAN
5 12 (0.97%) LAN
6 9 (0.73%) MPLS
7 8 (0.65%) Internet
7 8 (0.65%) VSAN
8 7 (0.56%) VPN
9 4 (0.32%) Radio Access Network
9 4 (0.32%) RFID
10 3 (0.24%) 3GPP
10 3 (0.24%) WLAN
11 2 (0.16%) SAN
12 1 (0.081%) BIG-IP
12 1 (0.081%) NGN
12 1 (0.081%) TCP/IP
12 1 (0.081%) VoIP
12 1 (0.081%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (0.97%) SQL Server
2 11 (0.89%) Power BI
3 9 (0.73%) Metadata
4 8 (0.65%) Data Lake
4 8 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (0.65%) Relational Database
5 7 (0.56%) DB2
6 6 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.32%) DTS
7 4 (0.32%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.24%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.24%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.24%) Semantic Layer
9 2 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.16%) Big Data
9 2 (0.16%) InfluxDB
9 2 (0.16%) Neo4j
9 2 (0.16%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.081%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.081%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 10 (0.81%) JIRA
2 7 (0.56%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.40%) Balsamiq
4 4 (0.32%) GitLab
5 3 (0.24%) Snyk
6 2 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.16%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.081%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.081%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.081%) Visual Studio
General
1 187 (15.08%) Finance
2 172 (13.87%) Social Skills
3 67 (5.40%) Public Sector
4 53 (4.27%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (3.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 36 (2.90%) Banking
6 36 (2.90%) Retail
7 33 (2.66%) Law
8 26 (2.10%) Manufacturing
9 25 (2.02%) Marketing
9 25 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
10 21 (1.69%) Back Office
10 21 (1.69%) Legal
11 13 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (0.97%) Financial Institution
13 10 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (0.73%) Aviation
15 7 (0.56%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.48%) Military
17 5 (0.40%) Digital Health
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.15%) .NET
2 35 (2.82%) Middleware
3 15 (1.21%) Node.js
4 13 (1.05%) RESTful
5 12 (0.97%) Kafka
5 12 (0.97%) React
6 11 (0.89%) Lightning Web Components
7 7 (0.56%) Model Context Protocol
7 7 (0.56%) OpenAPI
7 7 (0.56%) Swagger
8 6 (0.48%) OAuth
8 6 (0.48%) OpenID
8 6 (0.48%) YAML
9 5 (0.40%) REST
9 5 (0.40%) Spring
9 5 (0.40%) Spring Boot
9 5 (0.40%) XBRL
9 5 (0.40%) XML
10 4 (0.32%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.32%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 93 (7.50%) Cloud Native
2 33 (2.66%) Data Centre
3 31 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
4 28 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
5 25 (2.02%) Product Ownership
6 21 (1.69%) Cyberattack
7 19 (1.53%) Public Cloud
8 16 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
9 15 (1.21%) Virtual Team
10 13 (1.05%) Operational Technology
11 12 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
12 10 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (0.73%) IoT
13 9 (0.73%) Web Conferencing
14 8 (0.65%) Management Information System
15 7 (0.56%) Driving Licence
15 7 (0.56%) Low-Code
15 7 (0.56%) Onboarding
15 7 (0.56%) Reinsurance
16 6 (0.48%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.53%) Windows
2 7 (0.56%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.40%) Linux
4 1 (0.081%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (13.47%) AI
2 142 (11.45%) Roadmaps
3 140 (11.29%) Agile
4 133 (10.73%) Presales
5 123 (9.92%) DevOps
6 120 (9.68%) TOGAF
7 101 (8.15%) Enterprise Architecture
8 88 (7.10%) Problem-Solving
9 81 (6.53%) Analytics
9 81 (6.53%) Microservices
10 74 (5.97%) Migration
11 71 (5.73%) Technical Leadership
12 68 (5.48%) Integration Patterns
13 63 (5.08%) Architectural Patterns
14 62 (5.00%) Stakeholder Management
15 59 (4.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 57 (4.60%) CI/CD
17 56 (4.52%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 56 (4.52%) ERP
18 54 (4.35%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 46 (3.71%) Python
2 41 (3.31%) C#
3 35 (2.82%) SQL
4 24 (1.94%) JavaScript
5 18 (1.45%) Java
6 8 (0.65%) Bicep
7 7 (0.56%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.32%) RPG
8 4 (0.32%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.16%) Scala
10 1 (0.081%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.081%) Bash
10 1 (0.081%) COBOL
10 1 (0.081%) JCL
10 1 (0.081%) PHP
10 1 (0.081%) R
10 1 (0.081%) SOQL
10 1 (0.081%) SOSL
10 1 (0.081%) X++
Qualifications
1 165 (13.31%) Security Cleared
2 113 (9.11%) SC Cleared
3 67 (5.40%) Degree
4 30 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
5 29 (2.34%) DV Cleared
6 28 (2.26%) Master's Degree
7 25 (2.02%) TOGAF Certification
8 18 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (0.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 9 (0.73%) CCNP
10 9 (0.73%) ICAEW
11 8 (0.65%) Azure Certification
11 8 (0.65%) VCAP
11 8 (0.65%) VCDX
12 7 (0.56%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (0.48%) CISSP
14 5 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.40%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (2.42%) NIST
2 21 (1.69%) Data Quality
3 12 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (0.89%) GRC
5 9 (0.73%) Accessibility
5 9 (0.73%) QA
6 7 (0.56%) GDPR
7 6 (0.48%) NCSC
8 5 (0.40%) PMO
9 4 (0.32%) WCAG
10 2 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.16%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.081%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.081%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.081%) PERC
System Software
1 17 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (1.29%) Active Directory
3 12 (0.97%) VMware NSX
4 10 (0.81%) Docker
5 8 (0.65%) vSphere
6 6 (0.48%) vCloud
7 4 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.081%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (1.61%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.53%) Terraform
3 13 (1.05%) Ansible
4 7 (0.56%) Netcool
5 4 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.32%) vRealize
6 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.16%) Grafana
7 2 (0.16%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.081%) MOM
8 1 (0.081%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.081%) Netcool/OMNIbus
8 1 (0.081%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 147 (11.85%) Microsoft
2 60 (4.84%) SAP
3 27 (2.18%) Dell
3 27 (2.18%) VMware
4 23 (1.85%) Oracle
5 22 (1.77%) Salesforce
6 21 (1.69%) Cisco
7 13 (1.05%) Databricks
7 13 (1.05%) Fortinet
8 11 (0.89%) Juniper
9 10 (0.81%) Palo Alto
10 9 (0.73%) Ariba
10 9 (0.73%) Broadcom
10 9 (0.73%) NetApp
11 8 (0.65%) Siemens
12 7 (0.56%) Barracuda Networks
12 7 (0.56%) Google
12 7 (0.56%) Guidewire
12 7 (0.56%) Sophos
12 7 (0.56%) Workday