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 23 February 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 153 140
Rank change year-on-year -28 -13 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 766 846 1,437
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.26% 1.95% 2.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% 2.14% 2.27%
Number of salaries quoted 479 517 1,078
10th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £58,750
25th Percentile £72,500 £66,250 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £82,500 £81,973
Median % change year-on-year - +0.64% -3.56%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £106,750 £107,875
UK median annual salary £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year - +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 55,600 39,498 63,358
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.43% 91.23% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 35,900 21,132 50,551
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 23 February 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 23 February 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 -6 307 £95,000 +5.56% 96
North of England -31 134 £75,000 +7.14% 42
South East +3 116 £85,000 +7.94% 67
Midlands -11 97 £75,000 - 37
North West +13 87 £73,250 +22.08% 24
West Midlands +15 64 £75,000 -14.16% 21
South West -15 54 £79,500 +10.43% 20
East of England +21 38 £90,000 +35.95% 13
East Midlands -34 33 £65,000 -7.14% 16
North East +6 29 £77,500 +26.24% 6
Yorkshire -70 18 £82,500 -5.71% 13
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 February 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.

1 186 (24.28%) Azure
2 145 (18.93%) Agile
3 136 (17.75%) Roadmaps
4 129 (16.84%) DevOps
5 114 (14.88%) AWS
6 112 (14.62%) Enterprise Architecture
7 109 (14.23%) AI
8 105 (13.71%) TOGAF
9 100 (13.05%) Microservices
9 100 (13.05%) SaaS
10 95 (12.40%) Problem-Solving
11 94 (12.27%) Security Cleared
12 93 (12.14%) Microsoft
13 86 (11.23%) SAP
14 84 (10.97%) Technical Leadership
15 78 (10.18%) Stakeholder Management
16 77 (10.05%) Degree
17 75 (9.79%) Presales
18 71 (9.27%) Analytics
19 70 (9.14%) Business Strategy
20 64 (8.36%) Project Delivery
21 60 (7.83%) Architectural Design
21 60 (7.83%) SC Cleared
22 56 (7.31%) Continuous Improvement
22 56 (7.31%) Decision-Making
22 56 (7.31%) Project Management
23 53 (6.92%) ERP
23 53 (6.92%) Software Engineering
24 51 (6.66%) Power Platform
25 50 (6.53%) SAP S/4HANA

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 (2.09%) Confluence
2 10 (1.31%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.17%) CMS
3 9 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.26%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.26%) JBoss
5 2 (0.26%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.13%) Camunda
6 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.13%) Strapi
Applications
1 3 (0.39%) PlantUML
2 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.13%) Abaqus
3 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 50 (6.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (3.00%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 23 (3.00%) SAP MDG
3 17 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.52%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.39%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.39%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.26%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.13%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.13%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 186 (24.28%) Azure
2 114 (14.88%) AWS
3 100 (13.05%) SaaS
4 51 (6.66%) Power Platform
5 44 (5.74%) Microsoft 365
6 41 (5.35%) GCP
7 35 (4.57%) PaaS
8 29 (3.79%) Dynamics 365
9 26 (3.39%) IaaS
10 25 (3.26%) Serverless
11 21 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (1.96%) GitHub
13 13 (1.70%) Entra ID
14 11 (1.44%) SuccessFactors
15 9 (1.17%) Amazon Bedrock
16 8 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
17 7 (0.91%) PowerApps
17 7 (0.91%) Snowflake
18 5 (0.65%) OCI
19 4 (0.52%) Alation
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.44%) Firewall
2 9 (1.17%) WAN
3 8 (1.04%) SD-WAN
4 7 (0.91%) Broadband
4 7 (0.91%) MPLS
4 7 (0.91%) Network Security
5 6 (0.78%) SAN
6 4 (0.52%) LAN
6 4 (0.52%) Radio Access Network
6 4 (0.52%) VPN
6 4 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.39%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.39%) VoIP
8 2 (0.26%) 3GPP
8 2 (0.26%) BGP
8 2 (0.26%) Internet
8 2 (0.26%) NGN
8 2 (0.26%) OSPF
8 2 (0.26%) VLAN
9 1 (0.13%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.83%) Power BI
2 12 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (1.44%) Data Lake
4 8 (1.04%) SQL Server
5 7 (0.91%) Metadata
5 7 (0.91%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.78%) BigQuery
7 5 (0.65%) Big Data
7 5 (0.65%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.52%) DataStage
8 4 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.52%) QlikView
8 4 (0.52%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.52%) Tableau
9 3 (0.39%) GIS
9 3 (0.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 2 (0.26%) Looker
10 2 (0.26%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.13%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 17 (2.22%) JIRA
2 5 (0.65%) Octopus Deploy
3 4 (0.52%) Balsamiq
3 4 (0.52%) ER Studio
3 4 (0.52%) ERwin
3 4 (0.52%) PowerDesigner
4 3 (0.39%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.26%) GitLab
5 2 (0.26%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.13%) Git
6 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 229 (29.90%) Social Skills
2 159 (20.76%) Finance
3 87 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (8.75%) Banking
5 59 (7.70%) Public Sector
6 40 (5.22%) Presentation Skills
7 35 (4.57%) Retail
8 27 (3.52%) Law
8 27 (3.52%) Manufacturing
9 26 (3.39%) Marketing
10 22 (2.87%) Back Office
11 21 (2.74%) Legal
12 19 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
13 15 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.04%) Financial Institution
15 7 (0.91%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.65%) Aviation
16 5 (0.65%) Military
17 4 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (5.74%) Middleware
2 22 (2.87%) React
3 17 (2.22%) REST
4 15 (1.96%) Node.js
5 14 (1.83%) .NET
6 12 (1.57%) Kafka
6 12 (1.57%) RESTful
7 10 (1.31%) React Native
8 8 (1.04%) A2A Protocol
8 8 (1.04%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (0.78%) AngularJS
9 6 (0.78%) Lightning Web Components
9 6 (0.78%) OpenAPI
9 6 (0.78%) SOAP
9 6 (0.78%) Swagger
10 5 (0.65%) Model Context Protocol
11 4 (0.52%) OAuth
11 4 (0.52%) OpenID
12 3 (0.39%) EDI
12 3 (0.39%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (8.75%) Cloud Native
2 28 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
3 27 (3.52%) Enterprise Software
4 22 (2.87%) Product Ownership
5 20 (2.61%) Virtual Team
6 17 (2.22%) Management Information System
7 12 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
7 12 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
7 12 (1.57%) Mobile App
8 11 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
8 11 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.31%) AI Agents
9 10 (1.31%) IoT
9 10 (1.31%) Public Cloud
10 9 (1.17%) Data Centre
10 9 (1.17%) Low-Code
11 6 (0.78%) Enterprise Cloud
12 5 (0.65%) AS400
12 5 (0.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (0.65%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.70%) Windows
2 4 (0.52%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (18.93%) Agile
2 136 (17.75%) Roadmaps
3 129 (16.84%) DevOps
4 112 (14.62%) Enterprise Architecture
5 109 (14.23%) AI
6 105 (13.71%) TOGAF
7 100 (13.05%) Microservices
8 95 (12.40%) Problem-Solving
9 84 (10.97%) Technical Leadership
10 78 (10.18%) Stakeholder Management
11 75 (9.79%) Presales
12 71 (9.27%) Analytics
13 70 (9.14%) Business Strategy
14 64 (8.36%) Project Delivery
15 60 (7.83%) Architectural Design
16 56 (7.31%) Continuous Improvement
16 56 (7.31%) Decision-Making
16 56 (7.31%) Project Management
17 53 (6.92%) ERP
17 53 (6.92%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 35 (4.57%) Python
2 23 (3.00%) Java
3 22 (2.87%) SQL
4 14 (1.83%) C#
5 12 (1.57%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.31%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.17%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.78%) Bicep
9 2 (0.26%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.26%) PHP
9 2 (0.26%) Scala
9 2 (0.26%) X++
10 1 (0.13%) Bash
10 1 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.13%) Go
10 1 (0.13%) SOQL
10 1 (0.13%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 94 (12.27%) Security Cleared
2 77 (10.05%) Degree
3 60 (7.83%) SC Cleared
4 35 (4.57%) TOGAF Certification
5 30 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (3.79%) Master's Degree
7 20 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 18 (2.35%) DV Cleared
9 17 (2.22%) Azure Certification
10 16 (2.09%) AWS Certification
11 13 (1.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 8 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.65%) CISSP
15 4 (0.52%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 3 (0.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 3 (0.39%) CCNP
16 3 (0.39%) MBA
17 2 (0.26%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (1.70%) QA
2 7 (0.91%) GDPR
3 6 (0.78%) Data Quality
3 6 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.65%) PMO
5 4 (0.52%) GRC
5 4 (0.52%) NCSC
5 4 (0.52%) NIST
6 3 (0.39%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.39%) Def Stans
6 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.39%) SLA
7 2 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.13%) Basel III
8 1 (0.13%) MiFID
8 1 (0.13%) SEPA
8 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (1.70%) Docker
2 9 (1.17%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.52%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.13%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (2.74%) Terraform
2 18 (2.35%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.31%) Netcool
4 5 (0.65%) Ansible
5 4 (0.52%) vRealize
6 2 (0.26%) Netcool/OMNIbus
6 2 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.13%) MOM
7 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 93 (12.14%) Microsoft
2 86 (11.23%) SAP
3 23 (3.00%) OpenText
4 20 (2.61%) Oracle
5 18 (2.35%) Salesforce
6 14 (1.83%) Software AG
6 14 (1.83%) VMware
7 13 (1.70%) Siemens
8 11 (1.44%) IBM
8 11 (1.44%) Informatica
9 10 (1.31%) Ariba
9 10 (1.31%) BiZZdesign
10 8 (1.04%) Cisco
10 8 (1.04%) Databricks
10 8 (1.04%) MuleSoft
11 7 (0.91%) Google
12 6 (0.78%) Dell
12 6 (0.78%) Fortinet
13 4 (0.52%) Adobe
13 4 (0.52%) Cognizant