Solutions Architect Job Trends in England

Solution Architect
UK > England

The median Solution Architect salary in England is £84,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 May 2026.

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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 215 121
Rank change year-on-year +83 -94 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,222 606 1,967
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.48% 1.58% 2.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.59% 1.76% 2.46%
Number of salaries quoted 826 380 1,256
10th Percentile £65,000 £53,750 £56,809
25th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £84,500 £78,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -2.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £97,500 £92,813 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,375 £120,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £79,250 £80,000
% change year-on-year +7.26% -0.94% -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 76,887 34,400 80,103
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.34% 89.62% 94.50%
Number of salaries quoted 52,095 19,824 60,724
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,084
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,250 £57,560 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.01% +7.59% -12.01%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,063 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,519
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 22 May 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 May 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 +54 579 £95,000 +5.56% 134
North of England +25 191 £79,250 +15.69% 49
Midlands +22 127 £75,000 - 16
South West +28 121 £75,000 +4.18% 31
South East +33 118 £85,000 +9.68% 53
North West +43 117 £82,500 +37.50% 30
West Midlands +32 87 £75,000 -9.09% 10
East of England +23 64 £90,000 +35.95% 23
Yorkshire -34 49 £76,997 -14.45% 16
East Midlands -26 40 £65,000 -3.70% 6
North East -20 25 £78,500 +16.30% 4
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 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.

1 266 (21.77%) Azure
2 194 (15.88%) AWS
3 163 (13.34%) AI
4 162 (13.26%) Security Cleared
5 137 (11.21%) Agile
5 137 (11.21%) Microsoft
6 134 (10.97%) Roadmaps
7 129 (10.56%) Presales
8 124 (10.15%) DevOps
9 114 (9.33%) TOGAF
10 109 (8.92%) SC Cleared
11 100 (8.18%) Enterprise Architecture
12 89 (7.28%) Problem-Solving
12 89 (7.28%) SaaS
13 80 (6.55%) Analytics
13 80 (6.55%) Microservices
14 72 (5.89%) Migration
15 67 (5.48%) Technical Leadership
16 66 (5.40%) Degree
17 65 (5.32%) Integration Patterns
18 64 (5.24%) Stakeholder Management
19 62 (5.07%) SAP
20 60 (4.91%) Architectural Patterns
21 57 (4.66%) Microsoft 365
21 57 (4.66%) Power Platform
22 56 (4.58%) CI/CD
22 56 (4.58%) ERP
23 54 (4.42%) Digital Transformation Programme
24 53 (4.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
25 51 (4.17%) 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 14 (1.15%) Confluence
2 13 (1.06%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.82%) CMS
4 8 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.33%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.16%) IIS
7 2 (0.16%) JBoss
7 2 (0.16%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.082%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.082%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.082%) Camunda
8 1 (0.082%) CICS
8 1 (0.082%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.082%) Strapi
Applications
1 7 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 7 (0.57%) PlantUML
2 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.33%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.25%) Windchill
5 2 (0.16%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.082%) Abaqus
6 1 (0.082%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.082%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 31 (2.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.82%) SAP ERP
3 9 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.65%) Shopify
5 5 (0.41%) SAP MDG
6 4 (0.33%) Endur
6 4 (0.33%) Oracle Retail
6 4 (0.33%) 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 (0.082%) Actimize
8 1 (0.082%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.082%) DELMIA
8 1 (0.082%) SAP MDG-F
8 1 (0.082%) SAP MDG-M
8 1 (0.082%) SAP MDG-S
8 1 (0.082%) SAP MDM
8 1 (0.082%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 266 (21.77%) Azure
2 194 (15.88%) AWS
3 89 (7.28%) SaaS
4 57 (4.66%) Microsoft 365
4 57 (4.66%) Power Platform
5 43 (3.52%) PaaS
6 42 (3.44%) GCP
7 36 (2.95%) Serverless
8 33 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
9 26 (2.13%) IaaS
10 22 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
11 18 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (1.39%) Entra ID
13 16 (1.31%) SuccessFactors
14 14 (1.15%) PowerApps
15 9 (0.74%) Nutanix
16 8 (0.65%) Power Automate
17 7 (0.57%) Azure Logic Apps
17 7 (0.57%) GitHub
17 7 (0.57%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 28 (2.29%) Firewall
2 15 (1.23%) Broadband
2 15 (1.23%) Network Security
2 15 (1.23%) WAN
3 14 (1.15%) SD-WAN
4 11 (0.90%) LAN
5 10 (0.82%) MPLS
6 9 (0.74%) Internet
7 7 (0.57%) VPN
7 7 (0.57%) VSAN
8 4 (0.33%) Radio Access Network
8 4 (0.33%) RFID
9 3 (0.25%) 3GPP
9 3 (0.25%) WLAN
10 2 (0.16%) SAN
10 2 (0.16%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.082%) BGP
11 1 (0.082%) DHCP
11 1 (0.082%) DNS
11 1 (0.082%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.06%) Power BI
2 11 (0.90%) Data Lake
3 10 (0.82%) SQL Server
4 9 (0.74%) Metadata
5 8 (0.65%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.41%) DB2
9 4 (0.33%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.25%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.25%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.16%) Big Data
11 2 (0.16%) DTS
11 2 (0.16%) InfluxDB
11 2 (0.16%) Neo4j
11 2 (0.16%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.16%) Semantic Layer
12 1 (0.082%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.082%) Looker
Development Applications
1 12 (0.98%) JIRA
2 6 (0.49%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.41%) Balsamiq
4 4 (0.33%) GitLab
5 3 (0.25%) Snyk
6 2 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.16%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.082%) Git
7 1 (0.082%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.082%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.082%) Visual Studio
General
1 182 (14.89%) Finance
2 166 (13.58%) Social Skills
3 66 (5.40%) Public Sector
4 52 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (3.11%) Retail
7 37 (3.03%) Banking
8 34 (2.78%) Law
9 27 (2.21%) Manufacturing
10 25 (2.05%) Marketing
11 23 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
12 22 (1.80%) Legal
13 21 (1.72%) Back Office
14 13 (1.06%) Financial Institution
15 12 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (0.65%) Aviation
18 7 (0.57%) Telecoms
19 6 (0.49%) Military
20 5 (0.41%) Digital Health
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.19%) .NET
2 37 (3.03%) Middleware
3 13 (1.06%) RESTful
4 12 (0.98%) Node.js
4 12 (0.98%) React
5 11 (0.90%) Kafka
5 11 (0.90%) Lightning Web Components
6 7 (0.57%) Model Context Protocol
6 7 (0.57%) OpenAPI
6 7 (0.57%) REST
6 7 (0.57%) Swagger
6 7 (0.57%) XML
7 6 (0.49%) OAuth
7 6 (0.49%) OpenID
7 6 (0.49%) YAML
8 5 (0.41%) Spring
8 5 (0.41%) XBRL
9 4 (0.33%) .NET Framework
9 4 (0.33%) JSON
9 4 (0.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 91 (7.45%) Cloud Native
2 32 (2.62%) Data Centre
2 32 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
3 25 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
3 25 (2.05%) Product Ownership
4 21 (1.72%) Cyberattack
5 17 (1.39%) Public Cloud
6 16 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (1.31%) Virtual Team
7 14 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (0.98%) Operational Technology
9 10 (0.82%) IoT
10 9 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (0.74%) Management Information System
10 9 (0.74%) Web Conferencing
11 8 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (0.57%) Driving Licence
12 7 (0.57%) Low-Code
12 7 (0.57%) Onboarding
13 6 (0.49%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 20 (1.64%) Windows
2 7 (0.57%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.33%) Linux
4 1 (0.082%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (13.34%) AI
2 137 (11.21%) Agile
3 134 (10.97%) Roadmaps
4 129 (10.56%) Presales
5 124 (10.15%) DevOps
6 114 (9.33%) TOGAF
7 100 (8.18%) Enterprise Architecture
8 89 (7.28%) Problem-Solving
9 80 (6.55%) Analytics
9 80 (6.55%) Microservices
10 72 (5.89%) Migration
11 67 (5.48%) Technical Leadership
12 65 (5.32%) Integration Patterns
13 64 (5.24%) Stakeholder Management
14 60 (4.91%) Architectural Patterns
15 56 (4.58%) CI/CD
15 56 (4.58%) ERP
16 54 (4.42%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 53 (4.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 51 (4.17%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 43 (3.52%) Python
2 36 (2.95%) C#
3 34 (2.78%) SQL
4 21 (1.72%) JavaScript
5 18 (1.47%) Java
6 8 (0.65%) Bicep
7 7 (0.57%) PowerShell
8 5 (0.41%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.16%) RPG
9 2 (0.16%) Scala
10 1 (0.082%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.082%) Bash
10 1 (0.082%) COBOL
10 1 (0.082%) JCL
10 1 (0.082%) PHP
10 1 (0.082%) R
10 1 (0.082%) SOQL
10 1 (0.082%) SOSL
10 1 (0.082%) X++
Qualifications
1 162 (13.26%) Security Cleared
2 109 (8.92%) SC Cleared
3 66 (5.40%) Degree
4 30 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
4 30 (2.45%) DV Cleared
5 28 (2.29%) Master's Degree
6 24 (1.96%) TOGAF Certification
7 18 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (0.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 9 (0.74%) CCNP
11 8 (0.65%) AWS Certification
11 8 (0.65%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (0.57%) ICAEW
12 7 (0.57%) VCAP
12 7 (0.57%) VCDX
13 6 (0.49%) CISSP
14 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (2.29%) NIST
2 19 (1.55%) Data Quality
3 11 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (0.82%) GRC
4 10 (0.82%) QA
5 8 (0.65%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.57%) GDPR
7 6 (0.49%) NCSC
8 5 (0.41%) PMO
9 4 (0.33%) WCAG
10 2 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.16%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.082%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.082%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.082%) PERC
11 1 (0.082%) SOC 2
System Software
1 16 (1.31%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (0.98%) VMware NSX
4 10 (0.82%) Docker
5 7 (0.57%) vSphere
6 6 (0.49%) vCloud
7 4 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.082%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (1.64%) Terraform
2 19 (1.55%) Kubernetes
3 12 (0.98%) Ansible
4 9 (0.74%) Netcool
5 5 (0.41%) vRealize
6 4 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.16%) Grafana
7 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.082%) MOM
8 1 (0.082%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.082%) Netcool/OMNIbus
8 1 (0.082%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 137 (11.21%) Microsoft
2 62 (5.07%) SAP
3 27 (2.21%) Dell
4 25 (2.05%) VMware
5 23 (1.88%) Oracle
6 22 (1.80%) Salesforce
7 21 (1.72%) Cisco
8 13 (1.06%) Fortinet
9 12 (0.98%) Databricks
10 11 (0.90%) Ariba
11 10 (0.82%) Juniper
11 10 (0.82%) Palo Alto
12 9 (0.74%) NetApp
12 9 (0.74%) Siemens
13 8 (0.65%) Broadcom
13 8 (0.65%) Google
14 7 (0.57%) Barracuda Networks
14 7 (0.57%) N-able
14 7 (0.57%) Sophos
15 6 (0.49%) Nimble Storage