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 22 August 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 225 101
Rank change year-on-year +124 -124 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,721 605 1,766
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.80% 1.39% 2.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.92% 1.53% 2.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,197 323 1,055
10th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
90th Percentile - £108,750 £140,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.03% +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 89,779 39,529 68,927
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 90.54% 95.03%
Number of salaries quoted 63,178 23,826 46,171
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,519 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 22 August 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 22 August 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 +78 829 £100,000 +5.26% 265
North of England +105 352 £80,000 +18.08% 81
North West +102 218 £80,000 +3.23% 49
South West +29 171 £73,706 -7.87% 41
Midlands +18 142 £75,000 - 27
South East +49 131 £85,000 +30.77% 46
West Midlands +31 113 £75,000 - 21
Yorkshire +49 111 £80,000 +18.52% 29
East of England +15 70 £85,000 +3.03% 12
East Midlands -22 29 £60,000 -20.00% 6
North East -42 23 £80,000 +23.08% 3
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 August 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.

1 363 (21.09%) Azure
2 332 (19.29%) AWS
3 305 (17.72%) AI
4 218 (12.67%) Security Cleared
5 212 (12.32%) Microsoft
6 190 (11.04%) Roadmaps
7 179 (10.40%) Presales
8 157 (9.12%) SC Cleared
9 153 (8.89%) Analytics
10 148 (8.60%) Agile
11 127 (7.38%) Enterprise Architecture
12 124 (7.21%) DevOps
13 122 (7.09%) Migration
14 120 (6.97%) TOGAF
15 114 (6.62%) Digital Transformation Programme
16 111 (6.45%) Stakeholder Management
17 110 (6.39%) Technical Leadership
18 108 (6.28%) SaaS
19 106 (6.16%) ERP
20 104 (6.04%) Integration Patterns
21 99 (5.75%) Degree
22 98 (5.69%) SAP
23 95 (5.52%) Microservices
24 86 (5.00%) Architectural Patterns
24 86 (5.00%) Mentoring
25 85 (4.94%) Problem-Solving
26 84 (4.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
27 71 (4.13%) Cloud Computing
27 71 (4.13%) Power Platform
27 71 (4.13%) Translating Business Requirements

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 (0.81%) Confluence
2 11 (0.64%) SAS
2 11 (0.64%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.46%) CMS
4 6 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
6 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.12%) Appian
7 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.12%) Camunda
7 2 (0.12%) Drupal
7 2 (0.12%) IIS
8 1 (0.058%) Apache
8 1 (0.058%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.058%) CICS
8 1 (0.058%) JBoss
8 1 (0.058%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.058%) WebLogic
Applications
1 22 (1.28%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.23%) PlantUML
4 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.12%) PTC Creo
5 2 (0.12%) Windchill
6 1 (0.058%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.058%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 47 (2.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.87%) Endur
3 14 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.46%) SAP ERP
4 8 (0.46%) Shopify
5 6 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (0.35%) Oracle Retail
6 5 (0.29%) SAP MDG
7 3 (0.17%) Infor M3
7 3 (0.17%) Lawson
7 3 (0.17%) Movex
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.12%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 2 (0.12%) SAP HR
8 2 (0.12%) SAP Retail
8 2 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 363 (21.09%) Azure
2 332 (19.29%) AWS
3 108 (6.28%) SaaS
4 71 (4.13%) Cloud Computing
4 71 (4.13%) Power Platform
5 66 (3.83%) Microsoft 365
6 57 (3.31%) GCP
7 53 (3.08%) Dynamics 365
8 40 (2.32%) Serverless
9 33 (1.92%) PaaS
10 20 (1.16%) Lucidchart
11 18 (1.05%) dbt
12 16 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
13 15 (0.87%) SuccessFactors
14 14 (0.81%) PowerApps
15 13 (0.76%) Azure Service Bus
15 13 (0.76%) IaaS
16 11 (0.64%) Azure Logic Apps
17 9 (0.52%) Nutanix
17 9 (0.52%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 54 (3.14%) Internet
2 32 (1.86%) Firewall
3 17 (0.99%) Network Security
3 17 (0.99%) WAN
4 14 (0.81%) LAN
5 12 (0.70%) SD-WAN
6 11 (0.64%) Broadband
6 11 (0.64%) VSAN
7 9 (0.52%) VPN
8 7 (0.41%) MPLS
9 6 (0.35%) RFID
10 4 (0.23%) Unified Communications
10 4 (0.23%) Wireless
11 3 (0.17%) 5G
11 3 (0.17%) WLAN
12 2 (0.12%) AMQP
12 2 (0.12%) Cisco ISE
12 2 (0.12%) Cisco Nexus
12 2 (0.12%) MQTT
13 1 (0.058%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (1.39%) SQL Server
2 16 (0.93%) BusinessObjects
2 16 (0.93%) SAP HANA
3 13 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (0.70%) Data Lake
4 12 (0.70%) Db2
5 10 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (0.58%) DTS
5 10 (0.58%) Power BI
6 9 (0.52%) NoSQL
7 8 (0.46%) Metadata
8 6 (0.35%) Big Data
8 6 (0.35%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.29%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.23%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.23%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.23%) MySQL
10 4 (0.23%) Semantic Layer
11 3 (0.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 8 (0.46%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.29%) Claude Code
3 3 (0.17%) GitLab
3 3 (0.17%) JIRA
3 3 (0.17%) Snyk
4 1 (0.058%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.058%) Maven
4 1 (0.058%) SonarQube
General
1 304 (17.66%) Finance
2 203 (11.80%) Social Skills
3 90 (5.23%) Public Sector
4 64 (3.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 53 (3.08%) Retail
6 47 (2.73%) Analytical Skills
7 37 (2.15%) Law
8 35 (2.03%) Banking
8 35 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
9 30 (1.74%) Military
10 29 (1.69%) Manufacturing
11 28 (1.63%) Marketing
12 25 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
13 24 (1.39%) Back Office
14 22 (1.28%) Telecoms
15 19 (1.10%) Financial Institution
16 17 (0.99%) Legal
16 17 (0.99%) Public Speaking
17 12 (0.70%) Front Office
18 9 (0.52%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (2.91%) .NET
2 32 (1.86%) Middleware
3 25 (1.45%) Node.js
4 21 (1.22%) Kafka
4 21 (1.22%) Terraform
5 17 (0.99%) RESTful
6 13 (0.76%) Spring
6 13 (0.76%) Spring Boot
7 12 (0.70%) OpenAPI
7 12 (0.70%) Swagger
8 10 (0.58%) Model Context Protocol
8 10 (0.58%) REST
9 8 (0.46%) Lightning Web Components
9 8 (0.46%) SOAP
10 7 (0.41%) React
11 6 (0.35%) XML
12 5 (0.29%) A2A Protocol
12 5 (0.29%) XBRL
13 4 (0.23%) .NET Core
13 4 (0.23%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 111 (6.45%) Cloud Native
2 75 (4.36%) Onboarding
3 56 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
4 45 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
5 42 (2.44%) Product Ownership
6 34 (1.98%) Data Centre
7 30 (1.74%) Blog
8 23 (1.34%) AI Agents
9 22 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
10 21 (1.22%) Cyberattack
11 20 (1.16%) Public Cloud
12 16 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
12 16 (0.93%) Virtual Team
13 15 (0.87%) Operational Technology
14 14 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
14 14 (0.81%) IoT
15 10 (0.58%) EPoS
15 10 (0.58%) iSeries
16 9 (0.52%) Private Cloud
17 8 (0.46%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 20 (1.16%) Windows
2 8 (0.46%) Linux
3 6 (0.35%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.058%) AIX
4 1 (0.058%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (17.72%) AI
2 190 (11.04%) Roadmaps
3 179 (10.40%) Presales
4 153 (8.89%) Analytics
5 148 (8.60%) Agile
6 127 (7.38%) Enterprise Architecture
7 124 (7.21%) DevOps
8 122 (7.09%) Migration
9 120 (6.97%) TOGAF
10 114 (6.62%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 111 (6.45%) Stakeholder Management
12 110 (6.39%) Technical Leadership
13 106 (6.16%) ERP
14 104 (6.04%) Integration Patterns
15 95 (5.52%) Microservices
16 86 (5.00%) Architectural Patterns
16 86 (5.00%) Mentoring
17 85 (4.94%) Problem-Solving
18 84 (4.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 71 (4.13%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 63 (3.66%) Python
2 59 (3.43%) C#
3 50 (2.91%) SQL
4 44 (2.56%) JavaScript
5 35 (2.03%) Java
6 10 (0.58%) RPG
7 8 (0.46%) Bicep
8 7 (0.41%) Go
9 4 (0.23%) R
9 4 (0.23%) Rust
10 2 (0.12%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.12%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.058%) Bash
11 1 (0.058%) COBOL
11 1 (0.058%) JCL
Qualifications
1 218 (12.67%) Security Cleared
2 157 (9.12%) SC Cleared
3 99 (5.75%) Degree
4 53 (3.08%) DV Cleared
5 35 (2.03%) AWS Certification
6 34 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
7 33 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (1.28%) Master's Degree
9 21 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 21 (1.22%) Azure Certification
10 17 (0.99%) TOGAF Certification
11 15 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
12 13 (0.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 11 (0.64%) CISSP
13 11 (0.64%) VCAP
13 11 (0.64%) VCDX
14 10 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (0.52%) CCNP
15 9 (0.52%) ICAEW
15 9 (0.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (1.63%) NIST
2 27 (1.57%) Data Quality
3 15 (0.87%) GDPR
4 12 (0.70%) Accessibility
5 11 (0.64%) GRC
6 9 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.41%) QA
8 5 (0.29%) NCSC
9 4 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.17%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.17%) WCAG
11 2 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.12%) HITRUST
11 2 (0.12%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.12%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.12%) SEPA
12 1 (0.058%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.058%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.058%) PSD2
System Software
1 24 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (0.81%) Docker
3 13 (0.76%) VMware NSX
4 12 (0.70%) Active Directory
5 11 (0.64%) vSphere
6 6 (0.35%) vCloud
7 5 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.17%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 22 (1.28%) Kubernetes
2 12 (0.70%) Ansible
3 5 (0.29%) vCenter Server
4 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.12%) CASB
5 2 (0.12%) Grafana
5 2 (0.12%) vRealize
6 1 (0.058%) Argo
6 1 (0.058%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.058%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 212 (12.32%) Microsoft
2 98 (5.69%) SAP
3 36 (2.09%) Oracle
4 32 (1.86%) VMware
5 31 (1.80%) Salesforce
6 27 (1.57%) Databricks
7 26 (1.51%) Cisco
8 21 (1.22%) Dell
9 15 (0.87%) Juniper
10 14 (0.81%) ServiceNow
11 13 (0.76%) Adobe
11 13 (0.76%) Google
11 13 (0.76%) IBM
12 12 (0.70%) Guidewire
12 12 (0.70%) Mitel
13 11 (0.64%) Broadcom
14 10 (0.58%) Fortinet
14 10 (0.58%) Palo Alto
15 9 (0.52%) Computacenter
15 9 (0.52%) MuleSoft