Solutions Architect Jobs in England

Solution Architect
UK > England

The median Solution Architect salary in England is £71,991 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 220 110 102
Rank change year-on-year -110 -8 +102
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 782 2,179 2,508
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.50% 2.35% 3.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.65% 2.48% 3.50%
Number of salaries quoted 448 1,326 1,270
10th Percentile £60,000 £56,809 £63,750
25th Percentile £62,500 £66,063 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,991 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.01% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £96,250 £96,250
90th Percentile £108,750 £130,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £74,935 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -6.33% -5.88% +3.03%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 47,258 87,857 71,731
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.65% 94.68% 91.19%
Number of salaries quoted 26,026 63,700 49,065
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Solutions Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in England

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in England.

Salary trend for Solutions Architect in England

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in England over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

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 6 July 2025. 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 -75 325 £90,000 -2.70% 998
North of England -43 238 £60,000 -20.00% 267
North West -21 188 £60,000 -14.29% 153
Midlands -65 80 £75,000 +6.38% 194
South West -2 51 £77,500 +9.81% 157
West Midlands -36 42 £87,375 +12.74% 120
South East -143 41 £75,000 -2.44% 294
Yorkshire -59 40 £75,000 -1.32% 96
East Midlands -24 37 £70,500 +17.50% 69
East of England +45 31 £66,200 -32.96% 101
North East +28 10 £65,000 -16.80% 18
Solutions Architect
UK

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 6 July 2025, Solutions Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 238 (30.43%) Agile
1 238 (30.43%) Roadmaps
2 228 (29.16%) Azure
3 187 (23.91%) Finance
4 183 (23.40%) Social Skills
5 166 (21.23%) TOGAF
6 155 (19.82%) AWS
7 153 (19.57%) Enterprise Architecture
7 153 (19.57%) CAD
8 145 (18.54%) ERP
9 136 (17.39%) Business Strategy
10 130 (16.62%) Microsoft
10 130 (16.62%) Degree
11 120 (15.35%) Manufacturing
12 116 (14.83%) PLM
13 113 (14.45%) BPSS Clearance
14 111 (14.19%) GCP
15 107 (13.68%) Microservices
16 93 (11.89%) Stakeholder Management
16 93 (11.89%) Artificial Intelligence
17 92 (11.76%) Presales
18 91 (11.64%) DevOps
19 90 (11.51%) SAP
20 82 (10.49%) SaaS
21 79 (10.10%) Strategic Roadmap
22 75 (9.59%) Computer Science
23 70 (8.95%) Banking
23 70 (8.95%) SQL
24 69 (8.82%) Law
24 69 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 58 (7.42%) Confluence
2 13 (1.66%) CMS
3 8 (1.02%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.64%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.51%) Apache
5 4 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.51%) Apache Synapse
5 4 (0.51%) SAS
6 3 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.38%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.26%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.26%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.26%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
Applications
1 13 (1.66%) Chatbot
2 8 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.90%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.26%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.26%) Oracle Smart View
4 2 (0.26%) Revit
4 2 (0.26%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 13 (1.66%) Oracle ERP
1 13 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.64%) Shopify
4 3 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.38%) Postilion
4 3 (0.38%) SAP IBP
4 3 (0.38%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.26%) Magento
5 2 (0.26%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.26%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.26%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.26%) SAP MDG-S
5 2 (0.26%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.13%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 228 (29.16%) Azure
2 155 (19.82%) AWS
3 111 (14.19%) GCP
4 82 (10.49%) SaaS
5 39 (4.99%) Dynamics 365
6 31 (3.96%) PaaS
7 25 (3.20%) Power Platform
8 24 (3.07%) Cloud Computing
9 23 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
10 22 (2.81%) OCI
11 20 (2.56%) IaaS
11 20 (2.56%) Serverless
12 17 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
13 16 (2.05%) Azure AI
14 14 (1.79%) Entra ID
15 13 (1.66%) GitHub
16 11 (1.41%) Microsoft Copilot
17 9 (1.15%) Snowflake
18 8 (1.02%) Azure Logic Apps
18 8 (1.02%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 34 (4.35%) Firewall
2 25 (3.20%) LAN
2 25 (3.20%) WAN
3 7 (0.90%) DNS
4 3 (0.38%) ATM
4 3 (0.38%) SAN
4 3 (0.38%) VPN
5 2 (0.26%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.26%) DHCP
5 2 (0.26%) FCoE
5 2 (0.26%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (0.26%) iSCSI
5 2 (0.26%) Multicast
5 2 (0.26%) NAS
5 2 (0.26%) PBX
5 2 (0.26%) Skype
5 2 (0.26%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.26%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.26%) VoIP
6 1 (0.13%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (6.39%) NoSQL
2 24 (3.07%) SQL Server
3 23 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (2.56%) Big Data
5 16 (2.05%) Data Lake
6 10 (1.28%) BigQuery
7 8 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (0.90%) Power BI
9 6 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (0.77%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.64%) Data Vault
11 4 (0.51%) Cloud Spanner
11 4 (0.51%) Data Mining
11 4 (0.51%) GIS
11 4 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
12 3 (0.38%) SAP Data Services
13 2 (0.26%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.26%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 68 (8.70%) JIRA
2 7 (0.90%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.38%) Git
3 3 (0.38%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.13%) ERwin
5 1 (0.13%) GitLab
General
1 187 (23.91%) Finance
2 183 (23.40%) Social Skills
3 120 (15.35%) Manufacturing
4 70 (8.95%) Banking
5 69 (8.82%) Law
6 55 (7.03%) Analytical Skills
7 46 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
8 34 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 31 (3.96%) Retail
10 28 (3.58%) Public Sector
11 24 (3.07%) Influencing Skills
12 20 (2.56%) Marketing
13 15 (1.92%) Electronics
14 14 (1.79%) Legal
15 11 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
16 9 (1.15%) Financial Institution
17 8 (1.02%) Billing
17 8 (1.02%) Retail Banking
18 6 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
19 5 (0.64%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (3.71%) .NET
2 16 (2.05%) REST
2 16 (2.05%) RESTful
3 15 (1.92%) React
4 13 (1.66%) Kafka
4 13 (1.66%) React Native
5 8 (1.02%) Middleware
6 7 (0.90%) AngularJS
6 7 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
7 6 (0.77%) Node.js
7 6 (0.77%) SOAP
8 5 (0.64%) XML
9 4 (0.51%) .NET Core
9 4 (0.51%) Apache Beam
9 4 (0.51%) Express.js
9 4 (0.51%) HTML
9 4 (0.51%) Lightning Web Components
10 3 (0.38%) JSON
10 3 (0.38%) SAP Fiori
10 3 (0.38%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 60 (7.67%) Cloud Native
2 49 (6.27%) Management Information System
3 46 (5.88%) Product Ownership
4 25 (3.20%) Legacy Systems
5 21 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (1.53%) Algorithms
7 11 (1.41%) Reinsurance
8 10 (1.28%) Distributed Computing
8 10 (1.28%) Mobile App
9 9 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.02%) Low-Code
10 8 (1.02%) Operational Technology
10 8 (1.02%) Security Posture
11 7 (0.90%) CMDB
12 6 (0.77%) DataPower
12 6 (0.77%) IoT
13 5 (0.64%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.64%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.77%) Android
1 6 (0.77%) Apple iOS
1 6 (0.77%) Linux
1 6 (0.77%) Windows
2 3 (0.38%) zOS
3 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.26%) Solaris
3 2 (0.26%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (30.43%) Agile
1 238 (30.43%) Roadmaps
2 166 (21.23%) TOGAF
3 153 (19.57%) CAD
3 153 (19.57%) Enterprise Architecture
4 145 (18.54%) ERP
5 136 (17.39%) Business Strategy
6 116 (14.83%) PLM
7 107 (13.68%) Microservices
8 93 (11.89%) Artificial Intelligence
8 93 (11.89%) Stakeholder Management
9 92 (11.76%) Presales
10 91 (11.64%) DevOps
11 79 (10.10%) Strategic Roadmap
12 75 (9.59%) Computer Science
13 69 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
14 68 (8.70%) Technical Leadership
15 67 (8.57%) Analytics
16 66 (8.44%) Customer Requirements
17 65 (8.31%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 70 (8.95%) SQL
2 64 (8.18%) Python
3 61 (7.80%) C#
4 50 (6.39%) Java
5 19 (2.43%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.53%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.77%) PHP
7 6 (0.77%) R
7 6 (0.77%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.51%) Apex Code
9 3 (0.38%) Bash
9 3 (0.38%) Bicep
9 3 (0.38%) C
10 2 (0.26%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.26%) Scala
10 2 (0.26%) X++
11 1 (0.13%) C++
11 1 (0.13%) COBOL
11 1 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 130 (16.62%) Degree
2 113 (14.45%) BPSS Clearance
3 66 (8.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 61 (7.80%) Security Cleared
5 49 (6.27%) Azure Certification
6 46 (5.88%) TOGAF Certification
7 44 (5.63%) AWS Certification
8 43 (5.50%) SC Cleared
9 26 (3.32%) Cisco Certification
10 25 (3.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 21 (2.69%) CCNA
12 20 (2.56%) JNCIA
13 12 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (1.28%) DV Cleared
15 5 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 5 (0.64%) CCSP
15 5 (0.64%) CISSP
16 4 (0.51%) MCP
17 3 (0.38%) Master's Degree
18 2 (0.26%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (5.50%) GDPR
2 22 (2.81%) NIST
3 15 (1.92%) SLA
4 14 (1.79%) HIPAA
5 11 (1.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 11 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.28%) QA
7 6 (0.77%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.64%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.64%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.51%) Basel II
9 4 (0.51%) Basel III
9 4 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.51%) Dodd-Frank
9 4 (0.51%) IFRS
9 4 (0.51%) IFRS 9
10 2 (0.26%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.26%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.13%) COBIT
11 1 (0.13%) Data Quality
System Software
1 38 (4.86%) Docker
2 6 (0.77%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.26%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.26%) KVM
5 2 (0.26%) NFS
5 2 (0.26%) SRDF
5 2 (0.26%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 2 (0.26%) Xen
Systems Management
1 42 (5.37%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.05%) Terraform
3 5 (0.64%) Ansible
3 5 (0.64%) Puppet
4 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.38%) Progress Chef
4 3 (0.38%) SCCM
4 3 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.13%) Grafana
5 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 130 (16.62%) Microsoft
2 90 (11.51%) SAP
3 56 (7.16%) ServiceNow
3 56 (7.16%) Siemens
4 55 (7.03%) Google
5 45 (5.75%) Oracle
6 26 (3.32%) Cisco
7 25 (3.20%) Salesforce
8 22 (2.81%) Workday
9 21 (2.69%) Aruba
10 20 (2.56%) Fortinet
10 20 (2.56%) Juniper
10 20 (2.56%) Palo Alto
11 16 (2.05%) IBM
12 13 (1.66%) Databricks
13 11 (1.41%) OpenAI
14 8 (1.02%) Guidewire
14 8 (1.02%) Zoho
15 6 (0.77%) Apple
15 6 (0.77%) PayPal