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 16 August 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 235 103
Rank change year-on-year +131 -132 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,683 609 1,745
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.78% 1.39% 2.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.89% 1.53% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,167 328 1,058
10th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £66,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
90th Percentile - £108,750 £140,000
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 89,009 39,723 68,532
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 90.60% 94.95%
Number of salaries quoted 62,517 23,995 46,561
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £56,400 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.55% - -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 16 August 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 16 August 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 +81 810 £100,000 +5.26% 500
North of England +97 332 £80,000 +18.08% 110
North West +102 206 £80,000 +3.23% 62
South West +27 173 £75,000 -6.25% 46
Midlands +24 141 £75,000 - 50
South East +42 133 £85,000 +30.77% 89
West Midlands +25 114 £75,000 -7.69% 32
Yorkshire +46 102 £80,000 +18.52% 41
East of England +7 66 £90,000 +9.09% 23
East Midlands -26 27 £60,000 -19.19% 18
North East -53 24 £80,000 +23.08% 7
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 August 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.

1 360 (21.39%) Azure
2 329 (19.55%) AWS
3 296 (17.59%) AI
4 216 (12.83%) Security Cleared
5 210 (12.48%) Microsoft
6 184 (10.93%) Roadmaps
7 178 (10.58%) Presales
8 159 (9.45%) SC Cleared
9 152 (9.03%) Analytics
10 142 (8.44%) Agile
11 127 (7.55%) DevOps
12 122 (7.25%) Enterprise Architecture
12 122 (7.25%) TOGAF
13 116 (6.89%) Migration
14 114 (6.77%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 106 (6.30%) Technical Leadership
16 105 (6.24%) Stakeholder Management
17 104 (6.18%) Integration Patterns
18 101 (6.00%) ERP
18 101 (6.00%) SaaS
19 99 (5.88%) Degree
20 94 (5.59%) SAP
21 91 (5.41%) Microservices
22 87 (5.17%) Problem-Solving
23 85 (5.05%) Architectural Patterns
23 85 (5.05%) Mentoring
24 84 (4.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
25 71 (4.22%) Cloud Computing
25 71 (4.22%) Power Platform
26 66 (3.92%) Microsoft 365

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 13 (0.77%) Confluence
2 11 (0.65%) SAS
3 9 (0.53%) SharePoint
4 8 (0.48%) CMS
5 6 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
7 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.12%) Appian
8 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.12%) Camunda
8 2 (0.12%) Drupal
8 2 (0.12%) IIS
9 1 (0.059%) Apache
9 1 (0.059%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.059%) CICS
9 1 (0.059%) JBoss
9 1 (0.059%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.059%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.059%) WebLogic
Applications
1 22 (1.31%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.30%) PlantUML
4 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.12%) PTC Creo
5 2 (0.12%) Windchill
6 1 (0.059%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.059%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 47 (2.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.89%) Endur
3 14 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.48%) Shopify
5 7 (0.42%) SAP ERP
6 6 (0.36%) Oracle Retail
7 5 (0.30%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.12%) Infor M3
9 2 (0.12%) Lawson
9 2 (0.12%) Movex
9 2 (0.12%) SAP HCM
9 2 (0.12%) SAP HR
9 2 (0.12%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 360 (21.39%) Azure
2 329 (19.55%) AWS
3 101 (6.00%) SaaS
4 71 (4.22%) Cloud Computing
4 71 (4.22%) Power Platform
5 66 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
6 57 (3.39%) GCP
7 54 (3.21%) Dynamics 365
8 41 (2.44%) Serverless
9 36 (2.14%) PaaS
10 20 (1.19%) Lucidchart
11 18 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (1.07%) dbt
12 17 (1.01%) IaaS
13 15 (0.89%) SuccessFactors
14 14 (0.83%) PowerApps
15 11 (0.65%) Azure Logic Apps
15 11 (0.65%) Azure Service Bus
15 11 (0.65%) Entra ID
16 9 (0.53%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 55 (3.27%) Internet
2 31 (1.84%) Firewall
3 18 (1.07%) Network Security
4 16 (0.95%) WAN
5 13 (0.77%) LAN
6 12 (0.71%) Broadband
7 11 (0.65%) SD-WAN
7 11 (0.65%) VSAN
8 9 (0.53%) VPN
9 7 (0.42%) MPLS
10 6 (0.36%) RFID
11 4 (0.24%) Unified Communications
12 3 (0.18%) 5G
12 3 (0.18%) Wireless
12 3 (0.18%) WLAN
13 2 (0.12%) 3GPP
13 2 (0.12%) AMQP
13 2 (0.12%) MQTT
13 2 (0.12%) Radio Access Network
14 1 (0.059%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (1.31%) SQL Server
2 16 (0.95%) BusinessObjects
2 16 (0.95%) SAP HANA
3 13 (0.77%) Db2
3 13 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (0.65%) Data Lake
5 10 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (0.59%) DTS
6 9 (0.53%) NoSQL
6 9 (0.53%) Power BI
7 8 (0.48%) Metadata
8 6 (0.36%) Big Data
9 5 (0.30%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.30%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.24%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.24%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.24%) Semantic Layer
11 3 (0.18%) DocumentDB
11 3 (0.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 8 (0.48%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.30%) Claude Code
3 3 (0.18%) GitLab
3 3 (0.18%) Snyk
4 2 (0.12%) JIRA
5 1 (0.059%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.059%) Maven
5 1 (0.059%) SonarQube
General
1 289 (17.17%) Finance
2 199 (11.82%) Social Skills
3 89 (5.29%) Public Sector
4 61 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 51 (3.03%) Retail
6 48 (2.85%) Analytical Skills
7 35 (2.08%) Law
8 33 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
9 31 (1.84%) Military
10 30 (1.78%) Manufacturing
11 29 (1.72%) Banking
12 24 (1.43%) Back Office
12 24 (1.43%) Marketing
13 21 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
13 21 (1.25%) Telecoms
14 19 (1.13%) Legal
15 18 (1.07%) Financial Institution
16 17 (1.01%) Public Speaking
17 12 (0.71%) Front Office
18 10 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (2.91%) .NET
2 30 (1.78%) Middleware
3 25 (1.49%) Node.js
4 22 (1.31%) Kafka
5 15 (0.89%) RESTful
6 13 (0.77%) Spring
6 13 (0.77%) Spring Boot
7 11 (0.65%) Model Context Protocol
7 11 (0.65%) OpenAPI
7 11 (0.65%) Swagger
8 10 (0.59%) REST
9 9 (0.53%) Lightning Web Components
10 8 (0.48%) SOAP
11 7 (0.42%) React
12 6 (0.36%) XML
13 5 (0.30%) A2A Protocol
13 5 (0.30%) XBRL
14 4 (0.24%) .NET Core
14 4 (0.24%) Web Services
14 4 (0.24%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 112 (6.65%) Cloud Native
2 74 (4.40%) Onboarding
3 51 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
4 46 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
5 39 (2.32%) Product Ownership
6 33 (1.96%) Data Centre
7 30 (1.78%) Blog
8 22 (1.31%) AI Agents
9 21 (1.25%) Cyberattack
10 20 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
11 19 (1.13%) Public Cloud
12 16 (0.95%) Virtual Team
13 15 (0.89%) Operational Technology
14 14 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
15 13 (0.77%) Distributed Systems
15 13 (0.77%) IoT
16 10 (0.59%) EPoS
16 10 (0.59%) iSeries
16 10 (0.59%) Management Information System
17 8 (0.48%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.31%) Windows
2 9 (0.53%) Linux
3 6 (0.36%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.059%) AIX
4 1 (0.059%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (17.59%) AI
2 184 (10.93%) Roadmaps
3 178 (10.58%) Presales
4 152 (9.03%) Analytics
5 142 (8.44%) Agile
6 127 (7.55%) DevOps
7 122 (7.25%) Enterprise Architecture
7 122 (7.25%) TOGAF
8 116 (6.89%) Migration
9 114 (6.77%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 106 (6.30%) Technical Leadership
11 105 (6.24%) Stakeholder Management
12 104 (6.18%) Integration Patterns
13 101 (6.00%) ERP
14 91 (5.41%) Microservices
15 87 (5.17%) Problem-Solving
16 85 (5.05%) Architectural Patterns
16 85 (5.05%) Mentoring
17 84 (4.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 66 (3.92%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 61 (3.62%) Python
2 58 (3.45%) C#
3 49 (2.91%) SQL
4 43 (2.55%) JavaScript
5 34 (2.02%) Java
6 10 (0.59%) RPG
7 8 (0.48%) Bicep
8 6 (0.36%) Go
9 3 (0.18%) R
9 3 (0.18%) Rust
10 2 (0.12%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.12%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.059%) Bash
11 1 (0.059%) COBOL
11 1 (0.059%) JCL
Qualifications
1 216 (12.83%) Security Cleared
2 159 (9.45%) SC Cleared
3 99 (5.88%) Degree
4 53 (3.15%) DV Cleared
5 34 (2.02%) AWS Certification
5 34 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
5 34 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (1.31%) Master's Degree
7 20 (1.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 20 (1.19%) Azure Certification
8 17 (1.01%) TOGAF Certification
9 14 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 11 (0.65%) VCAP
11 11 (0.65%) VCDX
12 10 (0.59%) CISSP
12 10 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (0.53%) ICAEW
13 9 (0.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 8 (0.48%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (1.66%) NIST
2 27 (1.60%) Data Quality
3 14 (0.83%) GDPR
4 12 (0.71%) Accessibility
5 10 (0.59%) GRC
6 9 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.48%) QA
8 5 (0.30%) NCSC
9 4 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.18%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.18%) WCAG
11 2 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.12%) HITRUST
11 2 (0.12%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.12%) SEPA
12 1 (0.059%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.059%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.059%) PERC
12 1 (0.059%) PSD2
System Software
1 23 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (0.83%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.83%) Docker
3 13 (0.77%) VMware NSX
4 11 (0.65%) vSphere
5 6 (0.36%) vCloud
6 5 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.18%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.059%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 24 (1.43%) Kubernetes
2 22 (1.31%) Terraform
3 13 (0.77%) Ansible
4 5 (0.30%) vCenter Server
5 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.12%) CASB
6 2 (0.12%) Grafana
6 2 (0.12%) vRealize
7 1 (0.059%) Argo
7 1 (0.059%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.059%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 210 (12.48%) Microsoft
2 94 (5.59%) SAP
3 34 (2.02%) Oracle
4 31 (1.84%) Salesforce
4 31 (1.84%) VMware
5 25 (1.49%) Cisco
5 25 (1.49%) Databricks
6 21 (1.25%) Dell
7 14 (0.83%) ServiceNow
8 13 (0.77%) IBM
8 13 (0.77%) Juniper
9 12 (0.71%) Adobe
9 12 (0.71%) Google
9 12 (0.71%) Mitel
10 11 (0.65%) Broadcom
10 11 (0.65%) Fortinet
11 10 (0.59%) Guidewire
11 10 (0.59%) Palo Alto
12 9 (0.53%) Computacenter
12 9 (0.53%) MuleSoft