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 7 October 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 225 113
Rank change year-on-year +119 -112 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,806 587 1,494
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.74% 1.36% 2.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.87% 1.50% 2.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,217 316 851
10th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £75,000 £66,438 £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 £96,250
90th Percentile - £109,375 £125,000
UK median annual salary £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% +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 96,493 39,199 62,408
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 90.51% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 67,696 23,091 35,994
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £41,250
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 £58,750 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.80% -0.91% -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 7 October 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 7 October 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 +93 868 £100,000 +5.26% 827
North of England +119 400 £80,000 +3.23% 134
North West +94 249 £80,000 - 68
South West +25 175 £75,000 -7.69% 65
Midlands +25 139 £75,000 - 59
South East +12 132 £85,000 +13.33% 194
Yorkshire +65 128 £82,500 +10.00% 49
West Midlands +23 114 £80,000 +6.67% 44
East of England +4 67 £75,000 -9.09% 46
East Midlands -33 25 £60,000 -21.31% 15
North East -54 23 £80,000 +32.23% 17
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 October 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 (19.93%) Azure
2 317 (17.55%) AI
3 311 (17.22%) AWS
4 242 (13.40%) Microsoft
5 223 (12.35%) Security Cleared
6 213 (11.79%) Roadmaps
7 167 (9.25%) Presales
8 162 (8.97%) SC Cleared
9 159 (8.80%) Agile
10 156 (8.64%) Analytics
10 156 (8.64%) Technical Leadership
11 136 (7.53%) Stakeholder Management
12 133 (7.36%) Enterprise Architecture
13 129 (7.14%) Migration
14 123 (6.81%) DevOps
14 123 (6.81%) ERP
15 114 (6.31%) SaaS
16 113 (6.26%) Integration Patterns
17 109 (6.04%) TOGAF
18 106 (5.87%) Digital Transformation Programme
19 98 (5.43%) SAP
20 97 (5.37%) Microservices
21 92 (5.09%) Translating Business Requirements
22 89 (4.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
23 87 (4.82%) Mentoring
24 86 (4.76%) Degree
25 83 (4.60%) Architectural Patterns
25 83 (4.60%) Power Platform
26 81 (4.49%) Technology Strategy
27 80 (4.43%) 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 (0.78%) Confluence
2 11 (0.61%) SAS
3 9 (0.50%) 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 3 (0.17%) Camunda
8 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.11%) Appian
8 2 (0.11%) Drupal
8 2 (0.11%) IIS
8 2 (0.11%) JBoss
8 2 (0.11%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.055%) Apache
9 1 (0.055%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.055%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.055%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.055%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.055%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 22 (1.22%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.17%) PlantUML
4 2 (0.11%) PTC Creo
4 2 (0.11%) Windchill
5 1 (0.055%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.055%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.055%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 54 (2.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.83%) Endur
3 13 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
4 11 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.39%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.28%) Oracle Retail
7 4 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.22%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.17%) Distributed Ledger
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 Receivables
8 3 (0.17%) SAP HCM
8 3 (0.17%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 360 (19.93%) Azure
2 311 (17.22%) AWS
3 114 (6.31%) SaaS
4 83 (4.60%) Power Platform
5 71 (3.93%) Dynamics 365
6 61 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
7 57 (3.16%) GCP
8 55 (3.05%) Cloud Computing
9 35 (1.94%) Serverless
10 32 (1.77%) PaaS
11 19 (1.05%) Lucidchart
12 18 (1.00%) Azure Service Bus
12 18 (1.00%) dbt
13 17 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
13 17 (0.94%) Entra ID
14 16 (0.89%) Azure API Management
15 15 (0.83%) Power Automate
15 15 (0.83%) PowerApps
16 12 (0.66%) GitHub
16 12 (0.66%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 51 (2.82%) Internet
2 28 (1.55%) Firewall
3 17 (0.94%) Network Security
4 15 (0.83%) LAN
4 15 (0.83%) WAN
5 11 (0.61%) SD-WAN
6 10 (0.55%) VSAN
7 9 (0.50%) VPN
8 7 (0.39%) Broadband
9 6 (0.33%) Wireless
10 5 (0.28%) DNS
10 5 (0.28%) RFID
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 29 (1.61%) SQL Server
2 16 (0.89%) BusinessObjects
2 16 (0.89%) SAP HANA
3 12 (0.66%) Relational Database
4 11 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (0.61%) Power BI
5 10 (0.55%) Big Data
5 10 (0.55%) Data Lake
5 10 (0.55%) Db2
5 10 (0.55%) DTS
6 9 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (0.50%) NoSQL
7 7 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (0.39%) Metadata
8 6 (0.33%) MongoDB
8 6 (0.33%) MySQL
9 4 (0.22%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.22%) DynamoDB
9 4 (0.22%) Semantic Layer
10 3 (0.17%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 8 (0.44%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.28%) Claude Code
3 4 (0.22%) JIRA
4 3 (0.17%) Snyk
5 2 (0.11%) MLflow
6 1 (0.055%) Maven
6 1 (0.055%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.055%) SonarQube
General
1 388 (21.48%) Finance
2 225 (12.46%) Social Skills
3 99 (5.48%) Public Sector
4 61 (3.38%) Retail
5 56 (3.10%) Banking
6 50 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 41 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
7 41 (2.27%) Marketing
7 41 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
8 40 (2.21%) Law
9 39 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
10 34 (1.88%) Military
11 31 (1.72%) Manufacturing
12 29 (1.61%) Back Office
13 27 (1.50%) Financial Institution
14 23 (1.27%) Legal
14 23 (1.27%) Telecoms
15 17 (0.94%) Aerospace
15 17 (0.94%) Public Speaking
16 16 (0.89%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (2.71%) .NET
2 36 (1.99%) Middleware
3 26 (1.44%) RESTful
4 25 (1.38%) Node.js
5 23 (1.27%) Terraform
6 21 (1.16%) Kafka
7 20 (1.11%) OpenAPI
7 20 (1.11%) Swagger
8 18 (1.00%) REST
9 14 (0.78%) Spring
9 14 (0.78%) Spring Boot
10 13 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
11 9 (0.50%) SOAP
12 8 (0.44%) Model Context Protocol
13 6 (0.33%) LDAP
13 6 (0.33%) XML
14 5 (0.28%) A2A Protocol
14 5 (0.28%) JSON
14 5 (0.28%) React
15 4 (0.22%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 94 (5.20%) Cloud Native
2 73 (4.04%) Onboarding
3 70 (3.88%) Enterprise Software
4 60 (3.32%) Product Ownership
5 47 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
6 30 (1.66%) Blog
7 27 (1.50%) AI Agents
8 25 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
9 22 (1.22%) Data Centre
10 18 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
11 17 (0.94%) Marketing Technology
12 16 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
12 16 (0.89%) Virtual Team
13 13 (0.72%) IoT
13 13 (0.72%) Public Cloud
14 11 (0.61%) Management Information System
15 10 (0.55%) EPoS
15 10 (0.55%) Industrial Internet of Things
15 10 (0.55%) iSeries
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
1 317 (17.55%) AI
2 213 (11.79%) Roadmaps
3 167 (9.25%) Presales
4 159 (8.80%) Agile
5 156 (8.64%) Analytics
5 156 (8.64%) Technical Leadership
6 136 (7.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 133 (7.36%) Enterprise Architecture
8 129 (7.14%) Migration
9 123 (6.81%) DevOps
9 123 (6.81%) ERP
10 113 (6.26%) Integration Patterns
11 109 (6.04%) TOGAF
12 106 (5.87%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 97 (5.37%) Microservices
14 92 (5.09%) Translating Business Requirements
15 89 (4.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 87 (4.82%) Mentoring
17 83 (4.60%) Architectural Patterns
18 81 (4.49%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 66 (3.65%) Python
2 65 (3.60%) C#
3 56 (3.10%) SQL
4 46 (2.55%) JavaScript
5 41 (2.27%) Java
6 12 (0.66%) Bicep
7 10 (0.55%) RPG
8 9 (0.50%) Go
9 6 (0.33%) 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
1 223 (12.35%) Security Cleared
2 162 (8.97%) SC Cleared
3 86 (4.76%) Degree
4 50 (2.77%) DV Cleared
5 39 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 37 (2.05%) AWS Certification
6 37 (2.05%) Azure Certification
7 34 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
8 23 (1.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 22 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (1.22%) TOGAF Certification
10 14 (0.78%) Master's Degree
11 12 (0.66%) CISSP
12 10 (0.55%) VCAP
12 10 (0.55%) VCDX
12 10 (0.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 9 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (0.50%) ICAEW
14 8 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 7 (0.39%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (1.44%) Data Quality
2 19 (1.05%) GDPR
3 14 (0.78%) GRC
3 14 (0.78%) NIST
4 12 (0.66%) Accessibility
5 9 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.39%) QA
7 4 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 4 (0.22%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.17%) EU AI Act
8 3 (0.17%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.17%) NCSC
8 3 (0.17%) WCAG
9 2 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.11%) HITRUST
9 2 (0.11%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.11%) SEPA
10 1 (0.055%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.055%) PSD2
System Software
1 21 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (1.00%) Docker
3 14 (0.78%) 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%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.055%) KVM
10 1 (0.055%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (1.44%) Kubernetes
2 8 (0.44%) Ansible
3 6 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.28%) Grafana
4 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.28%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.11%) CASB
5 2 (0.11%) Kubeflow
5 2 (0.11%) vRealize
6 1 (0.055%) Argo
6 1 (0.055%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.055%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 242 (13.40%) Microsoft
2 98 (5.43%) SAP
3 53 (2.93%) Oracle
4 32 (1.77%) Salesforce
5 28 (1.55%) VMware
6 26 (1.44%) Databricks
7 24 (1.33%) ServiceNow
8 22 (1.22%) Google
9 19 (1.05%) Cisco
10 18 (1.00%) Adobe
11 17 (0.94%) Juniper
12 14 (0.78%) Guidewire
13 13 (0.72%) IBM
14 12 (0.66%) Mitel
15 10 (0.55%) Aruba
15 10 (0.55%) Broadcom
15 10 (0.55%) MuleSoft
16 9 (0.50%) Computacenter
17 8 (0.44%) Infor
17 8 (0.44%) Workday