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 10 April 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 172 131
Rank change year-on-year +13 -41 +28
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,004 706 1,779
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.36% 1.93% 2.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.47% 2.16% 2.35%
Number of salaries quoted 667 486 1,218
10th Percentile £62,150 £53,750 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,768 £65,000 £67,031
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -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 68,398 32,714 75,749
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 89.52% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 45,036 21,221 58,864
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 April 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 April 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 +28 427 £95,000 +5.56% 128
North of England -48 162 £76,840 +16.87% 42
Midlands -4 128 £75,000 -1.52% 27
South East +20 123 £85,000 +11.48% 44
North West -4 102 £75,000 +25.00% 29
South West +7 95 £75,000 +4.18% 35
West Midlands +18 88 £75,000 -14.16% 19
East of England -13 53 £90,000 +35.95% 15
East Midlands -40 40 £65,000 -3.70% 8
North East -10 34 £77,500 +19.23% 3
Yorkshire -78 26 £82,500 - 12
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 April 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.

1 239 (23.80%) Azure
2 151 (15.04%) AWS
3 143 (14.24%) AI
4 142 (14.14%) Roadmaps
5 134 (13.35%) DevOps
6 129 (12.85%) Agile
7 126 (12.55%) Security Cleared
8 125 (12.45%) Microsoft
9 123 (12.25%) TOGAF
10 118 (11.75%) Presales
11 108 (10.76%) Enterprise Architecture
12 106 (10.56%) Problem-Solving
13 100 (9.96%) SaaS
14 92 (9.16%) Microservices
15 89 (8.86%) Degree
16 84 (8.37%) SC Cleared
17 83 (8.27%) Stakeholder Management
18 75 (7.47%) Analytics
18 75 (7.47%) SAP
19 69 (6.87%) Technical Leadership
20 65 (6.47%) Decision-Making
21 62 (6.18%) Architectural Design
22 60 (5.98%) Architectural Patterns
22 60 (5.98%) ERP
22 60 (5.98%) Project Delivery
23 59 (5.88%) Power Platform
24 57 (5.68%) Continuous Improvement
24 57 (5.68%) Integration Patterns
25 56 (5.58%) Microsoft 365
26 55 (5.48%) Software Engineering

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 (1.59%) Confluence
2 12 (1.20%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.00%) CMS
4 9 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.20%) JBoss
6 2 (0.20%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.100%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.100%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.100%) Camunda
7 1 (0.100%) CICS
7 1 (0.100%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.100%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.100%) Strapi
Applications
1 5 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (0.50%) PlantUML
2 1 (0.100%) Abaqus
2 1 (0.100%) Siemens NX
2 1 (0.100%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 29 (2.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.50%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.50%) Shopify
3 5 (0.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.30%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.20%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle Retail
5 2 (0.20%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.100%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.100%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.100%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.100%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.100%) SAP MDG-F
6 1 (0.100%) SAP MDG-S
Cloud Services
1 239 (23.80%) Azure
2 151 (15.04%) AWS
3 100 (9.96%) SaaS
4 59 (5.88%) Power Platform
5 56 (5.58%) Microsoft 365
6 46 (4.58%) GCP
7 36 (3.59%) PaaS
8 31 (3.09%) Dynamics 365
9 29 (2.89%) Serverless
10 28 (2.79%) IaaS
11 23 (2.29%) Cloud Computing
12 21 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
13 17 (1.69%) SuccessFactors
14 16 (1.59%) Entra ID
15 13 (1.29%) PowerApps
16 10 (1.00%) GitHub
17 8 (0.80%) Mimecast
18 7 (0.70%) Azure Logic Apps
18 7 (0.70%) Power Automate
19 5 (0.50%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.99%) Firewall
2 14 (1.39%) Network Security
3 11 (1.10%) Broadband
4 10 (1.00%) WAN
5 9 (0.90%) LAN
5 9 (0.90%) SD-WAN
6 7 (0.70%) MPLS
7 6 (0.60%) Internet
8 5 (0.50%) Radio Access Network
8 5 (0.50%) VPN
9 4 (0.40%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.30%) 3GPP
10 3 (0.30%) SAN
10 3 (0.30%) VoIP
11 2 (0.20%) NGN
11 2 (0.20%) RFID
11 2 (0.20%) VLAN
11 2 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.100%) BIG-IP
12 1 (0.100%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (1.69%) Power BI
2 11 (1.10%) Data Lake
3 10 (1.00%) SQL Server
4 8 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (0.80%) Relational Database
5 6 (0.60%) Metadata
5 6 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.40%) Big Data
6 4 (0.40%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.30%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.30%) DB2
7 3 (0.30%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.20%) GIS
8 2 (0.20%) InfluxDB
8 2 (0.20%) Looker
8 2 (0.20%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.20%) Tableau
9 1 (0.100%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.100%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 17 (1.69%) JIRA
2 5 (0.50%) Balsamiq
3 4 (0.40%) GitLab
3 4 (0.40%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.20%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.100%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.100%) ERwin
6 1 (0.100%) Git
6 1 (0.100%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.100%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.100%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.100%) Visual Studio
General
1 212 (21.12%) Social Skills
2 171 (17.03%) Finance
3 74 (7.37%) Public Sector
4 58 (5.78%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (4.98%) Banking
6 43 (4.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
8 37 (3.69%) Retail
9 31 (3.09%) Manufacturing
10 29 (2.89%) Law
10 29 (2.89%) Marketing
11 26 (2.59%) Back Office
12 23 (2.29%) Legal
13 17 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.00%) Financial Institution
16 9 (0.90%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.70%) Aviation
17 7 (0.70%) Military
18 5 (0.50%) Digital Health
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (3.98%) Middleware
2 29 (2.89%) .NET
3 14 (1.39%) RESTful
4 12 (1.20%) Kafka
5 11 (1.10%) Lightning Web Components
5 11 (1.10%) React
6 9 (0.90%) REST
7 7 (0.70%) Model Context Protocol
7 7 (0.70%) OAuth
7 7 (0.70%) OpenAPI
7 7 (0.70%) OpenID
7 7 (0.70%) Swagger
8 6 (0.60%) Node.js
8 6 (0.60%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (0.50%) YAML
10 4 (0.40%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.40%) SOAP
10 4 (0.40%) XML
11 3 (0.30%) AngularJS
11 3 (0.30%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 88 (8.76%) Cloud Native
2 31 (3.09%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (2.29%) Data Centre
5 20 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
5 20 (1.99%) Product Ownership
6 19 (1.89%) Cyberattack
6 19 (1.89%) Public Cloud
7 17 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
7 17 (1.69%) Virtual Team
8 14 (1.39%) Management Information System
9 11 (1.10%) IoT
9 11 (1.10%) Operational Technology
10 9 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (0.90%) Low-Code
10 9 (0.90%) Web Conferencing
11 8 (0.80%) Enterprise Cloud
11 8 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (0.60%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (0.60%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.89%) Windows
2 5 (0.50%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.40%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (14.24%) AI
2 142 (14.14%) Roadmaps
3 134 (13.35%) DevOps
4 129 (12.85%) Agile
5 123 (12.25%) TOGAF
6 118 (11.75%) Presales
7 108 (10.76%) Enterprise Architecture
8 106 (10.56%) Problem-Solving
9 92 (9.16%) Microservices
10 83 (8.27%) Stakeholder Management
11 75 (7.47%) Analytics
12 69 (6.87%) Technical Leadership
13 65 (6.47%) Decision-Making
14 62 (6.18%) Architectural Design
15 60 (5.98%) Architectural Patterns
15 60 (5.98%) ERP
15 60 (5.98%) Project Delivery
16 57 (5.68%) Continuous Improvement
16 57 (5.68%) Integration Patterns
17 55 (5.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 36 (3.59%) Python
2 25 (2.49%) SQL
3 23 (2.29%) C#
4 20 (1.99%) Java
5 12 (1.20%) JavaScript
6 9 (0.90%) PowerShell
7 7 (0.70%) Bicep
8 5 (0.50%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.20%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.20%) Bash
9 2 (0.20%) PHP
9 2 (0.20%) Scala
10 1 (0.100%) COBOL
10 1 (0.100%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.100%) JCL
10 1 (0.100%) R
10 1 (0.100%) SOQL
10 1 (0.100%) SOSL
10 1 (0.100%) X++
Qualifications
1 126 (12.55%) Security Cleared
2 89 (8.86%) Degree
3 84 (8.37%) SC Cleared
4 36 (3.59%) Master's Degree
5 29 (2.89%) TOGAF Certification
6 23 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
7 21 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (1.99%) DV Cleared
9 15 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (1.39%) AWS Certification
11 13 (1.29%) Azure Certification
12 11 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (0.60%) CCNP
13 6 (0.60%) CISSP
14 5 (0.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (0.50%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 4 (0.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 3 (0.30%) CCDA
16 3 (0.30%) MBA
17 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (2.39%) NIST
2 11 (1.10%) QA
3 8 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (0.70%) Data Quality
5 6 (0.60%) GDPR
6 5 (0.50%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.50%) NCSC
6 5 (0.50%) PMO
7 4 (0.40%) GRC
8 3 (0.30%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.100%) Basel III
10 1 (0.100%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.100%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.100%) MiFID
10 1 (0.100%) SEPA
10 1 (0.100%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.100%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (1.29%) Active Directory
1 13 (1.29%) Docker
2 10 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.60%) VMware NSX
4 3 (0.30%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.100%) Firmware
5 1 (0.100%) vCloud
5 1 (0.100%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.100%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (2.39%) Terraform
2 21 (2.09%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.00%) Ansible
3 10 (1.00%) Netcool
4 5 (0.50%) vRealize
5 4 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.20%) Grafana
6 2 (0.20%) Netcool/OMNIbus
7 1 (0.100%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.100%) MOM
7 1 (0.100%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 125 (12.45%) Microsoft
2 75 (7.47%) SAP
3 26 (2.59%) Salesforce
4 24 (2.39%) Oracle
5 22 (2.19%) Dell
6 21 (2.09%) VMware
7 15 (1.49%) Cisco
8 13 (1.29%) Siemens
9 11 (1.10%) Ariba
9 11 (1.10%) Fortinet
10 10 (1.00%) Software AG
11 9 (0.90%) Google
11 9 (0.90%) IBM
12 8 (0.80%) Databricks
12 8 (0.80%) Informatica
12 8 (0.80%) MuleSoft
13 7 (0.70%) Barracuda Networks
13 7 (0.70%) N-able
13 7 (0.70%) Sophos
14 6 (0.60%) Meraki