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 20 March 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 175 140
Rank change year-on-year +3 -35 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 835 693 1,581
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.25% 1.83% 2.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.36% 2.03% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 541 468 1,195
10th Percentile £63,750 £53,750 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £82,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -2.44% -3.53%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +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 61,342 34,209 70,870
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.95% 90.25% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 40,037 20,975 55,785
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £28,501
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.19%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 20 March 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 20 March 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 +13 344 £95,000 +5.56% 116
North of England -34 144 £75,000 +12.36% 43
Midlands -1 109 £75,000 - 24
South East +9 108 £85,000 +7.94% 47
North West -3 91 £72,500 +20.83% 30
West Midlands +32 73 £75,000 -21.05% 15
South West -7 61 £75,000 +4.18% 27
East of England +14 50 £90,000 +35.95% 16
East Midlands -46 36 £65,000 -1.89% 9
North East -4 32 £77,500 +19.23% 4
Yorkshire -71 21 £82,500 -1.49% 10
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 March 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.

1 210 (25.15%) Azure
2 147 (17.60%) Roadmaps
3 131 (15.69%) DevOps
4 130 (15.57%) Agile
5 121 (14.49%) AI
6 117 (14.01%) AWS
7 111 (13.29%) Enterprise Architecture
8 107 (12.81%) Microsoft
8 107 (12.81%) SaaS
8 107 (12.81%) TOGAF
9 101 (12.10%) Security Cleared
10 98 (11.74%) Presales
11 97 (11.62%) Problem-Solving
12 95 (11.38%) Microservices
13 79 (9.46%) Degree
14 78 (9.34%) Technical Leadership
15 74 (8.86%) SAP
15 74 (8.86%) Stakeholder Management
16 72 (8.62%) Analytics
17 65 (7.78%) SC Cleared
18 62 (7.43%) Decision-Making
18 62 (7.43%) Project Delivery
19 60 (7.19%) Architectural Design
19 60 (7.19%) Power Platform
20 58 (6.95%) Continuous Improvement
20 58 (6.95%) ERP
21 54 (6.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 53 (6.35%) CRM
23 52 (6.23%) Software Engineering
24 50 (5.99%) Architectural Patterns

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 16 (1.92%) Confluence
2 11 (1.32%) CMS
3 10 (1.20%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.24%) JBoss
6 2 (0.24%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.12%) Camunda
7 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.12%) Strapi
Applications
1 4 (0.48%) PlantUML
2 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.12%) Abaqus
3 1 (0.12%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 29 (3.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (2.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.60%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.36%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.24%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.24%) Shopify
7 1 (0.12%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.12%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.12%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.12%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 210 (25.15%) Azure
2 117 (14.01%) AWS
3 107 (12.81%) SaaS
4 60 (7.19%) Power Platform
5 50 (5.99%) Microsoft 365
6 44 (5.27%) GCP
7 35 (4.19%) Dynamics 365
8 34 (4.07%) PaaS
9 26 (3.11%) IaaS
10 24 (2.87%) Serverless
11 21 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
12 18 (2.16%) SuccessFactors
13 15 (1.80%) Entra ID
14 14 (1.68%) GitHub
15 12 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
15 12 (1.44%) PowerApps
16 7 (0.84%) Azure Logic Apps
16 7 (0.84%) Snowflake
17 6 (0.72%) Power Automate
18 5 (0.60%) Amazon Bedrock
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.44%) Firewall
2 10 (1.20%) SD-WAN
2 10 (1.20%) WAN
3 9 (1.08%) Broadband
4 8 (0.96%) MPLS
4 8 (0.96%) Network Security
5 6 (0.72%) LAN
6 5 (0.60%) Radio Access Network
6 5 (0.60%) SAN
7 4 (0.48%) Internet
7 4 (0.48%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.48%) VPN
7 4 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.36%) 3GPP
8 3 (0.36%) VoIP
9 2 (0.24%) NGN
9 2 (0.24%) VLAN
10 1 (0.12%) BIG-IP
10 1 (0.12%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.12%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.28%) Power BI
2 14 (1.68%) Data Lake
3 11 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (1.20%) SQL Server
5 7 (0.84%) Metadata
5 7 (0.84%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.72%) BigQuery
7 4 (0.48%) Big Data
7 4 (0.48%) DataStage
7 4 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.48%) QlikView
7 4 (0.48%) RDBMS
7 4 (0.48%) Tableau
8 3 (0.36%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.36%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.24%) DB2
9 2 (0.24%) GIS
9 2 (0.24%) Looker
10 1 (0.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.12%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 17 (2.04%) JIRA
2 5 (0.60%) Octopus Deploy
3 4 (0.48%) Balsamiq
3 4 (0.48%) ER Studio
3 4 (0.48%) ERwin
3 4 (0.48%) PowerDesigner
4 3 (0.36%) GitLab
4 3 (0.36%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.24%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.12%) Git
6 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 205 (24.55%) Social Skills
2 166 (19.88%) Finance
3 64 (7.66%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (7.54%) Banking
5 57 (6.83%) Public Sector
6 38 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
6 38 (4.55%) Retail
7 30 (3.59%) Marketing
8 29 (3.47%) Manufacturing
9 27 (3.23%) Law
10 26 (3.11%) Back Office
11 24 (2.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 21 (2.51%) Legal
13 17 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (1.08%) Financial Institution
15 9 (1.08%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.72%) Aviation
16 6 (0.72%) Military
17 4 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (5.39%) Middleware
2 20 (2.40%) .NET
3 13 (1.56%) RESTful
4 11 (1.32%) Kafka
4 11 (1.32%) React
4 11 (1.32%) REST
5 9 (1.08%) Lightning Web Components
6 7 (0.84%) Node.js
6 7 (0.84%) OpenAPI
6 7 (0.84%) Oracle Fusion
6 7 (0.84%) Swagger
7 6 (0.72%) Model Context Protocol
8 5 (0.60%) OAuth
8 5 (0.60%) OpenID
9 4 (0.48%) A2A Protocol
9 4 (0.48%) SOAP
9 4 (0.48%) YAML
10 3 (0.36%) Apollo GraphQL
10 3 (0.36%) EDI
10 3 (0.36%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 77 (9.22%) Cloud Native
2 32 (3.83%) Enterprise Software
3 26 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
4 22 (2.63%) Product Ownership
5 20 (2.40%) Virtual Team
6 18 (2.16%) Management Information System
7 15 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (1.44%) Data Centre
9 12 (1.44%) Public Cloud
10 10 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (1.08%) IoT
11 9 (1.08%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.08%) Operational Technology
12 8 (0.96%) AI Agents
13 6 (0.72%) Enterprise Cloud
14 5 (0.60%) AS400
14 5 (0.60%) iSeries
15 4 (0.48%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.04%) Windows
2 4 (0.48%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.36%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (17.60%) Roadmaps
2 131 (15.69%) DevOps
3 130 (15.57%) Agile
4 121 (14.49%) AI
5 111 (13.29%) Enterprise Architecture
6 107 (12.81%) TOGAF
7 98 (11.74%) Presales
8 97 (11.62%) Problem-Solving
9 95 (11.38%) Microservices
10 78 (9.34%) Technical Leadership
11 74 (8.86%) Stakeholder Management
12 72 (8.62%) Analytics
13 62 (7.43%) Decision-Making
13 62 (7.43%) Project Delivery
14 60 (7.19%) Architectural Design
15 58 (6.95%) Continuous Improvement
15 58 (6.95%) ERP
16 54 (6.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 53 (6.35%) CRM
18 52 (6.23%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 33 (3.95%) Python
2 22 (2.63%) SQL
3 20 (2.40%) Java
4 18 (2.16%) C#
5 12 (1.44%) JavaScript
6 9 (1.08%) PowerShell
7 8 (0.96%) Bicep
8 6 (0.72%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.24%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.24%) PHP
9 2 (0.24%) Scala
9 2 (0.24%) X++
10 1 (0.12%) Bash
10 1 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.12%) R
10 1 (0.12%) SOQL
10 1 (0.12%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 101 (12.10%) Security Cleared
2 79 (9.46%) Degree
3 65 (7.78%) SC Cleared
4 33 (3.95%) Master's Degree
5 30 (3.59%) TOGAF Certification
6 28 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
8 17 (2.04%) AWS Certification
8 17 (2.04%) Azure Certification
9 16 (1.92%) DV Cleared
10 14 (1.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 12 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (0.72%) CCNP
12 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.60%) CISSP
14 4 (0.48%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.36%) CCDA
15 3 (0.36%) MBA
15 3 (0.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (1.56%) QA
2 8 (0.96%) Data Quality
2 8 (0.96%) NIST
3 7 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (0.72%) GDPR
5 5 (0.60%) PMO
6 4 (0.48%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.48%) GRC
6 4 (0.48%) NCSC
7 3 (0.36%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.12%) Basel III
9 1 (0.12%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.12%) MiFID
9 1 (0.12%) SEPA
9 1 (0.12%) SLA
9 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (1.44%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.32%) Docker
3 5 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.48%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.24%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.12%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (2.75%) Terraform
2 19 (2.28%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.20%) Netcool
4 8 (0.96%) Ansible
5 4 (0.48%) vRealize
6 3 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.24%) Netcool/OMNIbus
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.12%) MOM
8 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 107 (12.81%) Microsoft
2 74 (8.86%) SAP
3 23 (2.75%) Salesforce
4 22 (2.63%) Oracle
5 16 (1.92%) VMware
6 14 (1.68%) Software AG
7 13 (1.56%) Siemens
8 12 (1.44%) Ariba
8 12 (1.44%) Cisco
8 12 (1.44%) Dell
9 11 (1.32%) IBM
9 11 (1.32%) Informatica
10 9 (1.08%) Databricks
11 8 (0.96%) Fortinet
11 8 (0.96%) Google
11 8 (0.96%) MuleSoft
12 7 (0.84%) BiZZdesign
13 6 (0.72%) Workday
14 4 (0.48%) Meraki
14 4 (0.48%) Sparx