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 24 November 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 181 132 120
Rank change year-on-year -49 -12 +55
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 686 1,217 1,267
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.49% 2.01% 2.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.64% 2.13% 2.88%
Number of salaries quoted 399 776 861
10th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £63,631
25th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £96,539
90th Percentile £108,750 £115,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -

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 41,863 57,129 44,055
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 94.31% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 26,941 32,202 34,265
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £42,500 £43,742
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,987 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £53,750 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.52% -4.17% -

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 24 November 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 24 November 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 -33 268 £91,250 -3.95% 94
North of England -9 120 £75,000 +7.14% 38
South East -48 104 £75,000 - 106
Midlands +16 92 £76,000 +1.33% 37
North West +28 78 £80,000 +6.67% 28
West Midlands +24 62 £75,000 -1.64% 33
South West -23 56 £80,000 +10.34% 36
East Midlands +7 30 £85,000 +21.43% 4
East of England +32 22 £85,000 +13.33% 14
Yorkshire -36 22 £82,500 +17.86% 10
North East +24 20 £62,500 +2.11%
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 November 2025, 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.

1 212 (30.90%) Azure
2 177 (25.80%) Agile
3 149 (21.72%) Roadmaps
4 140 (20.41%) AWS
5 126 (18.37%) DevOps
5 126 (18.37%) TOGAF
6 111 (16.18%) Enterprise Architecture
7 110 (16.03%) Microservices
8 108 (15.74%) Presales
9 100 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
10 94 (13.70%) Technical Leadership
11 91 (13.27%) Microsoft
12 90 (13.12%) Business Strategy
13 86 (12.54%) AI
14 83 (12.10%) Stakeholder Management
15 82 (11.95%) SAP
16 79 (11.52%) Degree
17 77 (11.22%) Security Cleared
18 76 (11.08%) SaaS
19 74 (10.79%) GCP
20 71 (10.35%) Project Management
21 65 (9.48%) Continuous Improvement
22 63 (9.18%) Analytics
23 58 (8.45%) Decision-Making
24 57 (8.31%) Architectural Design
25 55 (8.02%) SAP S/4HANA
26 53 (7.73%) Project Delivery
27 52 (7.58%) Business Development
28 51 (7.43%) Risk Management
29 49 (7.14%) CRM

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 (2.04%) CMS
2 7 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.73%) Apache
4 5 (0.73%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.73%) Confluence
4 5 (0.73%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.58%) Apache Synapse
6 2 (0.29%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.15%) Luigi
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (0.58%) PlantUML
2 2 (0.29%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.29%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.29%) Revit
Business Applications
1 55 (8.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (5.69%) SAP MDG
3 37 (5.39%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 20 (2.92%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.58%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.44%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.44%) Shopify
7 2 (0.29%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.29%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.29%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.29%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.29%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 212 (30.90%) Azure
2 140 (20.41%) AWS
3 76 (11.08%) SaaS
4 74 (10.79%) GCP
5 35 (5.10%) Dynamics 365
6 30 (4.37%) Power Platform
7 26 (3.79%) Microsoft 365
8 25 (3.64%) PaaS
8 25 (3.64%) Serverless
9 23 (3.35%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (2.48%) GitHub
10 17 (2.48%) IaaS
11 16 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
11 16 (2.33%) OCI
12 12 (1.75%) Snowflake
13 9 (1.31%) Amazon Bedrock
13 9 (1.31%) Azure AKS
14 8 (1.17%) Entra ID
15 7 (1.02%) Azure AI
16 6 (0.87%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.31%) Firewall
2 6 (0.87%) WAN
3 5 (0.73%) SAN
4 4 (0.58%) LAN
4 4 (0.58%) VoIP
4 4 (0.58%) VPN
4 4 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.44%) DNS
5 3 (0.44%) MPLS
5 3 (0.44%) Network Security
5 3 (0.44%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.29%) PBX
6 2 (0.29%) Skype
6 2 (0.29%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.29%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.29%) VLAN
7 1 (0.15%) Broadband
7 1 (0.15%) MIMO
7 1 (0.15%) NAS
7 1 (0.15%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.21%) NoSQL
2 13 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (1.60%) SQL Server
4 10 (1.46%) BigQuery
4 10 (1.46%) Power BI
5 7 (1.02%) Big Data
5 7 (1.02%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (0.58%) Data Mining
6 4 (0.58%) DataStage
6 4 (0.58%) Metadata
6 4 (0.58%) QlikView
6 4 (0.58%) Tableau
7 3 (0.44%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.29%) GIS
8 2 (0.29%) Looker
8 2 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.29%) SAP Data Services
9 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.15%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 12 (1.75%) JIRA
2 4 (0.58%) ER Studio
2 4 (0.58%) ERwin
2 4 (0.58%) GitLab
2 4 (0.58%) Jenkins
2 4 (0.58%) PowerDesigner
3 3 (0.44%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 254 (37.03%) Social Skills
2 165 (24.05%) Finance
3 121 (17.64%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (8.75%) Public Sector
5 59 (8.60%) Banking
6 40 (5.83%) Presentation Skills
6 40 (5.83%) Retail
7 35 (5.10%) Influencing Skills
8 33 (4.81%) Law
9 20 (2.92%) Marketing
10 17 (2.48%) Manufacturing
11 15 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (1.90%) Legal
13 10 (1.46%) Billing
14 7 (1.02%) Back Office
15 5 (0.73%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.73%) Retail Banking
16 4 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
17 3 (0.44%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (5.10%) React
2 28 (4.08%) Node.js
3 25 (3.64%) Middleware
4 24 (3.50%) React Native
4 24 (3.50%) REST
5 14 (2.04%) .NET
6 11 (1.60%) Oracle Fusion
7 10 (1.46%) Kafka
8 8 (1.17%) AngularJS
8 8 (1.17%) RESTful
9 7 (1.02%) GraphQL
9 7 (1.02%) Vue
10 4 (0.58%) Apache Beam
10 4 (0.58%) SOAP
10 4 (0.58%) Web Services
11 3 (0.44%) Apollo GraphQL
11 3 (0.44%) Lightning Web Components
11 3 (0.44%) SAP Fiori
12 2 (0.29%) Swagger
12 2 (0.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 72 (10.50%) Cloud Native
2 31 (4.52%) Management Information System
3 30 (4.37%) Product Ownership
4 26 (3.79%) Mobile App
4 26 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (2.92%) Virtual Team
6 19 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
7 16 (2.33%) Reinsurance
8 15 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
9 14 (2.04%) AI Agents
10 13 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.75%) Low-Code
12 10 (1.46%) Distributed Computing
12 10 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
12 10 (1.46%) IoT
13 8 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
14 6 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
14 6 (0.87%) Enterprise Cloud
15 5 (0.73%) Public Cloud
15 5 (0.73%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.44%) Windows
2 2 (0.29%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.15%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (25.80%) Agile
2 149 (21.72%) Roadmaps
3 126 (18.37%) DevOps
3 126 (18.37%) TOGAF
4 111 (16.18%) Enterprise Architecture
5 110 (16.03%) Microservices
6 108 (15.74%) Presales
7 100 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
8 94 (13.70%) Technical Leadership
9 90 (13.12%) Business Strategy
10 86 (12.54%) AI
11 83 (12.10%) Stakeholder Management
12 71 (10.35%) Project Management
13 65 (9.48%) Continuous Improvement
14 63 (9.18%) Analytics
15 58 (8.45%) Decision-Making
16 57 (8.31%) Architectural Design
17 53 (7.73%) Project Delivery
18 52 (7.58%) Business Development
19 51 (7.43%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (6.12%) C#
2 37 (5.39%) Python
3 34 (4.96%) SQL
4 24 (3.50%) Java
5 9 (1.31%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.31%) PHP
6 8 (1.17%) Bicep
6 8 (1.17%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.87%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.44%) Go
9 2 (0.29%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.29%) X++
10 1 (0.15%) Bash
10 1 (0.15%) C
10 1 (0.15%) C++
10 1 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.15%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 79 (11.52%) Degree
2 77 (11.22%) Security Cleared
3 44 (6.41%) SC Cleared
4 38 (5.54%) TOGAF Certification
5 34 (4.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (4.66%) Azure Certification
7 25 (3.64%) DV Cleared
8 24 (3.50%) AWS Certification
9 18 (2.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 16 (2.33%) Master's Degree
11 14 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (0.73%) MCP
15 4 (0.58%) CCNA
15 4 (0.58%) CISSP
15 4 (0.58%) DBS Check
16 3 (0.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 3 (0.44%) CCSP
16 3 (0.44%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (2.33%) GDPR
1 16 (2.33%) QA
2 9 (1.31%) NIST
3 8 (1.17%) SLA
4 7 (1.02%) HIPAA
5 5 (0.73%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.29%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.29%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.29%) NCSC
8 1 (0.15%) Basel III
8 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.15%) MiFID
8 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.15%) SEPA
8 1 (0.15%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 23 (3.35%) Docker
2 5 (0.73%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.29%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.15%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 29 (4.23%) Kubernetes
2 25 (3.64%) Terraform
3 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.29%) Ansible
5 1 (0.15%) Autotask
5 1 (0.15%) Netcool
5 1 (0.15%) Netcool/OMNIbus
5 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.15%) VxRail
Vendors
1 91 (13.27%) Microsoft
2 82 (11.95%) SAP
3 37 (5.39%) OpenText
4 30 (4.37%) Oracle
5 27 (3.94%) Salesforce
6 20 (2.92%) Google
6 20 (2.92%) ServiceNow
7 15 (2.19%) Databricks
8 14 (2.04%) Workday
9 10 (1.46%) IBM
10 9 (1.31%) Software AG
11 8 (1.17%) Cisco
11 8 (1.17%) Informatica
12 7 (1.02%) BiZZdesign
12 7 (1.02%) Guidewire
12 7 (1.02%) MuleSoft
12 7 (1.02%) VMware
13 4 (0.58%) Ariba
13 4 (0.58%) Fortinet
13 4 (0.58%) Siemens