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 10 June 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 219 115
Rank change year-on-year +101 -104 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,274 615 2,098
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.56% 1.57% 2.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.66% 1.74% 2.38%
Number of salaries quoted 878 367 1,330
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 76,810 35,327 87,995
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.02% 89.97% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 53,858 20,476 65,429
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.74% +9.52% -12.87%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £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 10 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 10 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 +64 623 £95,000 +5.56% 134
North of England +41 199 £80,000 +14.29% 43
South West +30 125 £75,000 +4.18% 16
North West +49 119 £85,000 +41.67% 29
Midlands +31 118 £75,000 - 10
South East +63 115 £85,000 +13.33% 57
West Midlands +27 79 £75,000 -11.76% 8
East of England +25 68 £90,000 +35.95% 13
Yorkshire -28 55 £76,997 -6.67% 13
East Midlands -14 39 £65,000 -3.70% 2
North East -24 25 £78,500 +20.77% 2
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 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.

1 298 (23.39%) Azure
2 218 (17.11%) AWS
3 178 (13.97%) AI
4 171 (13.42%) Security Cleared
5 156 (12.24%) Microsoft
6 144 (11.30%) Roadmaps
7 138 (10.83%) Agile
8 137 (10.75%) Presales
9 120 (9.42%) DevOps
9 120 (9.42%) SC Cleared
10 116 (9.11%) TOGAF
11 97 (7.61%) Enterprise Architecture
12 89 (6.99%) Problem-Solving
12 89 (6.99%) SaaS
13 80 (6.28%) Analytics
14 79 (6.20%) Microservices
15 75 (5.89%) Migration
16 72 (5.65%) Technical Leadership
17 71 (5.57%) Digital Transformation Programme
18 68 (5.34%) Architectural Patterns
19 67 (5.26%) Integration Patterns
20 66 (5.18%) Degree
21 62 (4.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 61 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
23 60 (4.71%) Stakeholder Management
24 59 (4.63%) Power Platform
24 59 (4.63%) SAP
25 57 (4.47%) CI/CD
26 56 (4.40%) Business Strategy
27 54 (4.24%) ERP

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 (0.94%) Confluence
2 11 (0.86%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.71%) CMS
4 7 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.24%) 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 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 7 (0.55%) MS Visio
1 7 (0.55%) 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 (2.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.86%) SAP ERP
4 8 (0.63%) 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 Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 298 (23.39%) Azure
2 218 (17.11%) AWS
3 89 (6.99%) SaaS
4 61 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
5 59 (4.63%) Power Platform
6 45 (3.53%) GCP
7 41 (3.22%) PaaS
8 35 (2.75%) Dynamics 365
9 34 (2.67%) Serverless
10 22 (1.73%) Cloud Computing
11 21 (1.65%) IaaS
12 16 (1.26%) PowerApps
13 14 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
14 13 (1.02%) Entra ID
14 13 (1.02%) SuccessFactors
15 10 (0.78%) Nutanix
15 10 (0.78%) Power Automate
16 9 (0.71%) Azure Logic Apps
16 9 (0.71%) Lucidchart
17 7 (0.55%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 28 (2.20%) Firewall
2 16 (1.26%) Broadband
2 16 (1.26%) WAN
3 15 (1.18%) Network Security
4 14 (1.10%) SD-WAN
5 12 (0.94%) LAN
6 9 (0.71%) MPLS
6 9 (0.71%) VSAN
7 8 (0.63%) Internet
8 7 (0.55%) VPN
9 5 (0.39%) RFID
10 4 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
11 3 (0.24%) 3GPP
11 3 (0.24%) WLAN
12 2 (0.16%) SAN
13 1 (0.078%) BIG-IP
13 1 (0.078%) NGN
13 1 (0.078%) TCP/IP
13 1 (0.078%) VoIP
13 1 (0.078%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (0.94%) Power BI
2 11 (0.86%) SQL Server
3 9 (0.71%) Metadata
4 8 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (0.63%) Relational Database
5 7 (0.55%) Data Lake
5 7 (0.55%) Db2
6 5 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.31%) DTS
7 4 (0.31%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.24%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.24%) 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 8 (0.63%) JIRA
2 7 (0.55%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.39%) Balsamiq
4 4 (0.31%) GitLab
5 3 (0.24%) Snyk
6 2 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.16%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.078%) SonarQube
General
1 194 (15.23%) Finance
2 167 (13.11%) Social Skills
3 66 (5.18%) Public Sector
4 54 (4.24%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (2.98%) Retail
7 35 (2.75%) Banking
8 34 (2.67%) Law
9 26 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
10 25 (1.96%) Marketing
11 24 (1.88%) Manufacturing
12 20 (1.57%) Back Office
12 20 (1.57%) Legal
13 13 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (0.94%) Financial Institution
15 10 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
16 9 (0.71%) Aviation
17 7 (0.55%) Telecoms
18 6 (0.47%) Military
19 5 (0.39%) Digital Health
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (3.14%) .NET
2 32 (2.51%) Middleware
3 15 (1.18%) Node.js
4 14 (1.10%) RESTful
5 12 (0.94%) Kafka
5 12 (0.94%) React
6 11 (0.86%) Lightning Web Components
7 8 (0.63%) OpenAPI
7 8 (0.63%) Swagger
8 7 (0.55%) 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 95 (7.46%) Cloud Native
2 35 (2.75%) Data Centre
3 31 (2.43%) Legacy Systems
4 30 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
5 28 (2.20%) Product Ownership
6 21 (1.65%) Cyberattack
7 19 (1.49%) Public Cloud
8 15 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
8 15 (1.18%) Virtual Team
9 13 (1.02%) Operational Technology
10 11 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
12 8 (0.63%) Management Information System
12 8 (0.63%) Onboarding
12 8 (0.63%) Web Conferencing
13 7 (0.55%) Driving Licence
13 7 (0.55%) Low-Code
13 7 (0.55%) Reinsurance
14 6 (0.47%) Cyber Threat
14 6 (0.47%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.33%) Windows
2 7 (0.55%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.39%) Linux
4 1 (0.078%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (13.97%) AI
2 144 (11.30%) Roadmaps
3 138 (10.83%) Agile
4 137 (10.75%) Presales
5 120 (9.42%) DevOps
6 116 (9.11%) TOGAF
7 97 (7.61%) Enterprise Architecture
8 89 (6.99%) Problem-Solving
9 80 (6.28%) Analytics
10 79 (6.20%) Microservices
11 75 (5.89%) Migration
12 72 (5.65%) Technical Leadership
13 71 (5.57%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 68 (5.34%) Architectural Patterns
15 67 (5.26%) Integration Patterns
16 62 (4.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 60 (4.71%) Stakeholder Management
18 57 (4.47%) CI/CD
19 56 (4.40%) Business Strategy
20 54 (4.24%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 47 (3.69%) Python
2 42 (3.30%) C#
3 36 (2.83%) SQL
4 27 (2.12%) JavaScript
5 19 (1.49%) Java
6 9 (0.71%) 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
1 171 (13.42%) Security Cleared
2 120 (9.42%) SC Cleared
3 66 (5.18%) Degree
4 32 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
5 31 (2.43%) DV Cleared
6 29 (2.28%) Master's Degree
7 24 (1.88%) TOGAF Certification
8 18 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (0.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 11 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (0.71%) CCNP
11 9 (0.71%) ICAEW
11 9 (0.71%) VCAP
11 9 (0.71%) VCDX
12 8 (0.63%) Azure Certification
13 6 (0.47%) AWS Certification
13 6 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (0.47%) CISSP
14 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (2.28%) NIST
2 20 (1.57%) Data Quality
3 11 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (0.78%) GRC
5 8 (0.63%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.55%) GDPR
6 7 (0.55%) QA
7 6 (0.47%) NCSC
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 18 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (1.10%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.02%) VMware NSX
4 10 (0.78%) Docker
5 9 (0.71%) vSphere
6 6 (0.47%) vCloud
7 4 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.078%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (1.57%) Terraform
2 19 (1.49%) Kubernetes
3 13 (1.02%) Ansible
4 5 (0.39%) Netcool
5 4 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.31%) vRealize
6 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.24%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.16%) Grafana
8 1 (0.078%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.078%) Netcool/OMNIbus
8 1 (0.078%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 156 (12.24%) Microsoft
2 59 (4.63%) SAP
3 28 (2.20%) VMware
4 27 (2.12%) Dell
5 23 (1.81%) Oracle
6 22 (1.73%) Salesforce
7 21 (1.65%) Cisco
8 16 (1.26%) Databricks
9 13 (1.02%) Fortinet
10 11 (0.86%) Juniper
11 10 (0.78%) Broadcom
11 10 (0.78%) Palo Alto
12 9 (0.71%) NetApp
13 8 (0.63%) Ariba
13 8 (0.63%) Google
14 7 (0.55%) Barracuda Networks
14 7 (0.55%) CrowdStrike
14 7 (0.55%) Guidewire
14 7 (0.55%) Sophos
14 7 (0.55%) Workday