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 13 June 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 222 113
Rank change year-on-year +102 -109 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,290 611 2,105
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.56% 1.55% 2.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.66% 1.72% 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 889 364 1,336
10th Percentile £65,000 £53,750 £56,809
25th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile - £108,750 £120,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +9.68% -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 77,628 35,459 88,812
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 89.91% 94.58%
Number of salaries quoted 54,586 20,559 65,811
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,355
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,239 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% +9.52% -13.32%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 13 June 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 13 June 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 +71 627 £95,000 +5.56% 164
North of England +31 203 £80,000 +14.29% 43
South West +31 130 £75,000 +4.18% 38
North West +51 122 £85,000 +41.67% 28
South East +68 119 £85,000 +13.33% 58
Midlands +31 119 £75,000 - 15
West Midlands +26 80 £75,000 -11.76% 11
East of England +21 66 £85,000 +28.40% 11
Yorkshire -21 56 £76,997 -6.67% 13
East Midlands -13 39 £65,000 -3.70% 4
North East -23 25 £78,500 +20.77% 3
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 June 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.

1 301 (23.33%) Azure
2 218 (16.90%) AWS
3 179 (13.88%) AI
4 174 (13.49%) Security Cleared
5 159 (12.33%) Microsoft
6 149 (11.55%) Roadmaps
7 140 (10.85%) Agile
8 138 (10.70%) Presales
9 121 (9.38%) SC Cleared
10 120 (9.30%) DevOps
11 116 (8.99%) TOGAF
12 99 (7.67%) Enterprise Architecture
13 88 (6.82%) Problem-Solving
13 88 (6.82%) SaaS
14 80 (6.20%) Analytics
15 78 (6.05%) Microservices
16 75 (5.81%) Migration
17 74 (5.74%) Digital Transformation Programme
18 71 (5.50%) Technical Leadership
19 68 (5.27%) Architectural Patterns
20 67 (5.19%) Integration Patterns
21 65 (5.04%) Degree
22 63 (4.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
23 60 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
23 60 (4.65%) Power Platform
23 60 (4.65%) Stakeholder Management
24 58 (4.50%) SAP
25 57 (4.42%) CI/CD
26 56 (4.34%) ERP
27 55 (4.26%) Business Strategy

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 12 (0.93%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.85%) Confluence
3 9 (0.70%) CMS
4 8 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.16%) IIS
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.078%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.078%) Appian
8 1 (0.078%) Camunda
8 1 (0.078%) CICS
8 1 (0.078%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.078%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.078%) SAS
8 1 (0.078%) Strapi
Applications
1 7 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 7 (0.54%) MS Visio
1 7 (0.54%) PlantUML
2 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.16%) PTC Creo
3 2 (0.16%) Windchill
4 1 (0.078%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 30 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.85%) SAP ERP
4 8 (0.62%) Shopify
5 5 (0.39%) Oracle Retail
5 5 (0.39%) SAP MDG
6 4 (0.31%) Endur
6 4 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.16%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.16%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.16%) SAP Retail
8 1 (0.078%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.078%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.078%) SAP MDG-F
8 1 (0.078%) SAP MDG-M
8 1 (0.078%) SAP MDG-S
8 1 (0.078%) SAP MDM
8 1 (0.078%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.078%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 301 (23.33%) Azure
2 218 (16.90%) AWS
3 88 (6.82%) SaaS
4 60 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
4 60 (4.65%) Power Platform
5 44 (3.41%) GCP
6 42 (3.26%) PaaS
7 37 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
8 34 (2.64%) Serverless
9 22 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
10 21 (1.63%) IaaS
11 16 (1.24%) PowerApps
12 15 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (1.01%) Entra ID
13 13 (1.01%) SuccessFactors
14 10 (0.78%) Power Automate
15 9 (0.70%) Azure Logic Apps
15 9 (0.70%) Lucidchart
15 9 (0.70%) Nutanix
16 7 (0.54%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.25%) Firewall
2 16 (1.24%) Broadband
2 16 (1.24%) WAN
3 15 (1.16%) Network Security
4 14 (1.09%) SD-WAN
5 12 (0.93%) LAN
6 10 (0.78%) VSAN
7 9 (0.70%) MPLS
8 8 (0.62%) Internet
9 7 (0.54%) VPN
10 5 (0.39%) RFID
11 4 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
12 3 (0.23%) 3GPP
12 3 (0.23%) WLAN
13 2 (0.16%) SAN
14 1 (0.078%) BIG-IP
14 1 (0.078%) NGN
14 1 (0.078%) TCP/IP
14 1 (0.078%) VoIP
14 1 (0.078%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (0.93%) Power BI
2 11 (0.85%) SQL Server
3 9 (0.70%) Metadata
4 8 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (0.62%) Relational Database
5 7 (0.54%) Data Lake
5 7 (0.54%) Db2
6 5 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.31%) DTS
7 4 (0.31%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.23%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.23%) Semantic Layer
9 2 (0.16%) InfluxDB
9 2 (0.16%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.16%) Neo4j
9 2 (0.16%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.078%) Big Data
10 1 (0.078%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.078%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (0.54%) Jenkins
1 7 (0.54%) JIRA
2 5 (0.39%) Balsamiq
3 4 (0.31%) GitLab
4 3 (0.23%) Snyk
5 2 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.16%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.078%) SonarQube
General
1 199 (15.43%) Finance
2 168 (13.02%) Social Skills
3 66 (5.12%) Public Sector
4 55 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (3.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (3.10%) Retail
7 35 (2.71%) Banking
8 33 (2.56%) Law
9 28 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (1.86%) Manufacturing
11 23 (1.78%) Marketing
12 20 (1.55%) Back Office
12 20 (1.55%) Legal
13 14 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (0.93%) Financial Institution
15 10 (0.78%) Aviation
15 10 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (0.54%) Telecoms
17 6 (0.47%) Legal Technology
17 6 (0.47%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (3.10%) .NET
2 32 (2.48%) Middleware
3 15 (1.16%) Node.js
4 13 (1.01%) RESTful
5 12 (0.93%) Kafka
5 12 (0.93%) React
6 11 (0.85%) Lightning Web Components
7 8 (0.62%) OpenAPI
7 8 (0.62%) Swagger
8 7 (0.54%) Model Context Protocol
9 6 (0.47%) OAuth
9 6 (0.47%) OpenID
9 6 (0.47%) YAML
10 5 (0.39%) REST
10 5 (0.39%) Spring
10 5 (0.39%) Spring Boot
10 5 (0.39%) XBRL
10 5 (0.39%) XML
11 4 (0.31%) .NET Framework
11 4 (0.31%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 94 (7.29%) Cloud Native
2 36 (2.79%) Data Centre
3 32 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
4 31 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
5 29 (2.25%) Product Ownership
6 21 (1.63%) Cyberattack
7 19 (1.47%) Public Cloud
8 15 (1.16%) Virtual Team
9 14 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (1.01%) Operational Technology
11 11 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
12 10 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (0.62%) Management Information System
13 8 (0.62%) Onboarding
13 8 (0.62%) Web Conferencing
14 7 (0.54%) Driving Licence
14 7 (0.54%) IoT
14 7 (0.54%) Reinsurance
14 7 (0.54%) Self-Motivation
15 6 (0.47%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.40%) Windows
2 8 (0.62%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.39%) Linux
4 1 (0.078%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (13.88%) AI
2 149 (11.55%) Roadmaps
3 140 (10.85%) Agile
4 138 (10.70%) Presales
5 120 (9.30%) DevOps
6 116 (8.99%) TOGAF
7 99 (7.67%) Enterprise Architecture
8 88 (6.82%) Problem-Solving
9 80 (6.20%) Analytics
10 78 (6.05%) Microservices
11 75 (5.81%) Migration
12 74 (5.74%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 71 (5.50%) Technical Leadership
14 68 (5.27%) Architectural Patterns
15 67 (5.19%) Integration Patterns
16 63 (4.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 60 (4.65%) Stakeholder Management
18 57 (4.42%) CI/CD
19 56 (4.34%) ERP
20 55 (4.26%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 47 (3.64%) Python
2 41 (3.18%) C#
3 36 (2.79%) SQL
4 27 (2.09%) JavaScript
5 18 (1.40%) Java
6 9 (0.70%) Bicep
7 6 (0.47%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.31%) RPG
8 4 (0.31%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.16%) Scala
10 1 (0.078%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.078%) Bash
10 1 (0.078%) COBOL
10 1 (0.078%) JCL
10 1 (0.078%) PHP
10 1 (0.078%) R
10 1 (0.078%) SOQL
10 1 (0.078%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 174 (13.49%) Security Cleared
2 121 (9.38%) SC Cleared
3 65 (5.04%) Degree
4 34 (2.64%) DV Cleared
5 31 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
6 30 (2.33%) Master's Degree
7 23 (1.78%) TOGAF Certification
8 17 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (0.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 11 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (0.78%) VCAP
11 10 (0.78%) VCDX
12 9 (0.70%) CCNP
12 9 (0.70%) ICAEW
13 7 (0.54%) Azure Certification
14 6 (0.47%) CISSP
15 5 (0.39%) AWS Certification
15 5 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (2.25%) NIST
2 20 (1.55%) Data Quality
3 11 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (0.78%) GRC
5 8 (0.62%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.54%) GDPR
7 6 (0.47%) NCSC
7 6 (0.47%) QA
8 5 (0.39%) PMO
9 4 (0.31%) WCAG
10 2 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.16%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.078%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.078%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.078%) PERC
11 1 (0.078%) SEPA
System Software
1 19 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (1.16%) VMware NSX
3 14 (1.09%) Active Directory
4 10 (0.78%) Docker
4 10 (0.78%) vSphere
5 6 (0.47%) vCloud
6 4 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.078%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (1.55%) Terraform
2 19 (1.47%) Kubernetes
3 13 (1.01%) Ansible
4 5 (0.39%) Netcool
4 5 (0.39%) vRealize
5 4 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.31%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.16%) Grafana
8 1 (0.078%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.078%) Netcool/OMNIbus
8 1 (0.078%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 159 (12.33%) Microsoft
2 58 (4.50%) SAP
3 29 (2.25%) VMware
4 26 (2.02%) Dell
5 24 (1.86%) Oracle
6 22 (1.71%) Salesforce
7 20 (1.55%) Cisco
8 16 (1.24%) Databricks
9 13 (1.01%) Fortinet
10 11 (0.85%) Broadcom
10 11 (0.85%) Juniper
11 10 (0.78%) Palo Alto
12 8 (0.62%) Ariba
12 8 (0.62%) Google
12 8 (0.62%) NetApp
13 7 (0.54%) Barracuda Networks
13 7 (0.54%) CrowdStrike
13 7 (0.54%) Guidewire
13 7 (0.54%) Sophos
13 7 (0.54%) Workday