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 August 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 229 106
Rank change year-on-year +124 -123 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,653 619 1,740
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.76% 1.41% 2.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.87% 1.56% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,147 339 1,062
10th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
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 88,309 39,710 68,574
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.10% 90.65% 94.88%
Number of salaries quoted 62,028 24,061 47,017
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,700 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 10 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 10 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 +68 800 £100,000 +5.26% 500
North of England +104 318 £80,000 +17.65% 116
North West +95 201 £80,000 +1.59% 57
South West +37 172 £75,000 -6.25% 45
Midlands +16 135 £75,000 -1.64% 52
South East +60 134 £85,000 +30.77% 97
West Midlands +29 108 £75,000 -13.04% 37
Yorkshire +29 92 £80,000 +6.67% 51
East of England +8 66 £80,000 -3.03% 23
East Midlands -24 27 £60,000 -19.19% 15
North East -46 25 £80,000 +23.08% 8
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 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.

1 355 (21.48%) Azure
2 330 (19.96%) AWS
3 283 (17.12%) AI
4 220 (13.31%) Security Cleared
5 201 (12.16%) Microsoft
6 181 (10.95%) Presales
6 181 (10.95%) Roadmaps
7 165 (9.98%) SC Cleared
8 148 (8.95%) Analytics
9 139 (8.41%) Agile
10 127 (7.68%) DevOps
11 121 (7.32%) TOGAF
12 120 (7.26%) Enterprise Architecture
13 115 (6.96%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 111 (6.72%) Migration
15 103 (6.23%) ERP
16 101 (6.11%) Technical Leadership
17 98 (5.93%) Integration Patterns
17 98 (5.93%) SaaS
17 98 (5.93%) Stakeholder Management
18 96 (5.81%) Degree
19 93 (5.63%) SAP
20 92 (5.57%) Microservices
21 85 (5.14%) Architectural Patterns
21 85 (5.14%) Mentoring
21 85 (5.14%) Problem-Solving
22 84 (5.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
23 71 (4.30%) Cloud Computing
24 68 (4.11%) Power Platform
25 64 (3.87%) CI/CD

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 (0.85%) Confluence
2 11 (0.67%) SAS
3 8 (0.48%) CMS
3 8 (0.48%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
6 4 (0.24%) 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 (0.060%) Apache
8 1 (0.060%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.060%) CICS
8 1 (0.060%) JBoss
8 1 (0.060%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.060%) WebLogic
Applications
1 22 (1.33%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (0.36%) PlantUML
3 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.12%) PTC Creo
4 2 (0.12%) Windchill
5 1 (0.060%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.060%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 47 (2.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.91%) Endur
3 14 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.48%) Shopify
5 7 (0.42%) SAP ERP
6 6 (0.36%) Oracle Retail
7 5 (0.30%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.12%) Infor M3
9 2 (0.12%) Lawson
9 2 (0.12%) Movex
9 2 (0.12%) SAP HCM
9 2 (0.12%) SAP HR
9 2 (0.12%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 355 (21.48%) Azure
2 330 (19.96%) AWS
3 98 (5.93%) SaaS
4 71 (4.30%) Cloud Computing
5 68 (4.11%) Power Platform
6 64 (3.87%) Microsoft 365
7 57 (3.45%) GCP
8 51 (3.09%) Dynamics 365
9 42 (2.54%) Serverless
10 36 (2.18%) PaaS
11 20 (1.21%) Lucidchart
12 19 (1.15%) IaaS
13 18 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
13 18 (1.09%) dbt
14 15 (0.91%) SuccessFactors
15 14 (0.85%) PowerApps
16 11 (0.67%) Azure Logic Apps
16 11 (0.67%) Entra ID
17 9 (0.54%) Azure Service Bus
17 9 (0.54%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 55 (3.33%) Internet
2 30 (1.81%) Firewall
3 17 (1.03%) Network Security
4 15 (0.91%) WAN
5 13 (0.79%) LAN
6 12 (0.73%) Broadband
7 11 (0.67%) VSAN
8 10 (0.60%) SD-WAN
9 9 (0.54%) VPN
10 7 (0.42%) MPLS
11 6 (0.36%) RFID
12 4 (0.24%) Unified Communications
13 3 (0.18%) 3GPP
13 3 (0.18%) 5G
13 3 (0.18%) Radio Access Network
13 3 (0.18%) WLAN
14 2 (0.12%) AMQP
14 2 (0.12%) MQTT
14 2 (0.12%) Wireless
15 1 (0.060%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (1.09%) SQL Server
2 16 (0.97%) BusinessObjects
2 16 (0.97%) SAP HANA
3 13 (0.79%) Db2
3 13 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (0.67%) Data Lake
5 10 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (0.60%) DTS
6 9 (0.54%) NoSQL
6 9 (0.54%) Power BI
7 8 (0.48%) Metadata
8 6 (0.36%) Big Data
9 4 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.24%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.24%) DynamoDB
9 4 (0.24%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.24%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.24%) Semantic Layer
10 3 (0.18%) DocumentDB
10 3 (0.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 8 (0.48%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.30%) Claude Code
3 3 (0.18%) GitLab
3 3 (0.18%) JIRA
3 3 (0.18%) Snyk
4 1 (0.060%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.060%) Maven
4 1 (0.060%) SonarQube
General
1 273 (16.52%) Finance
2 195 (11.80%) Social Skills
3 89 (5.38%) Public Sector
4 60 (3.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 51 (3.09%) Retail
6 48 (2.90%) Analytical Skills
7 36 (2.18%) Law
8 31 (1.88%) Manufacturing
8 31 (1.88%) Military
8 31 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
9 27 (1.63%) Banking
10 25 (1.51%) Back Office
11 21 (1.27%) Marketing
12 20 (1.21%) Telecoms
13 19 (1.15%) Legal
14 18 (1.09%) Financial Institution
14 18 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
15 17 (1.03%) Public Speaking
16 12 (0.73%) Front Office
17 10 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (2.90%) .NET
2 29 (1.75%) Middleware
3 25 (1.51%) Node.js
4 22 (1.33%) Kafka
5 15 (0.91%) RESTful
6 13 (0.79%) Spring
6 13 (0.79%) Spring Boot
7 11 (0.67%) Model Context Protocol
7 11 (0.67%) OpenAPI
7 11 (0.67%) Swagger
8 10 (0.60%) REST
9 9 (0.54%) Lightning Web Components
10 8 (0.48%) SOAP
11 7 (0.42%) React
12 6 (0.36%) XML
13 5 (0.30%) A2A Protocol
13 5 (0.30%) XBRL
13 5 (0.30%) YAML
14 4 (0.24%) .NET Core
14 4 (0.24%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 112 (6.78%) Cloud Native
2 73 (4.42%) Onboarding
3 46 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
3 46 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
4 36 (2.18%) Product Ownership
5 33 (2.00%) Data Centre
6 30 (1.81%) Blog
7 22 (1.33%) AI Agents
8 21 (1.27%) Cyberattack
9 19 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
10 18 (1.09%) Public Cloud
11 16 (0.97%) Virtual Team
12 15 (0.91%) Operational Technology
13 13 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
13 13 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
14 12 (0.73%) IoT
15 10 (0.60%) EPoS
15 10 (0.60%) iSeries
16 9 (0.54%) Management Information System
17 8 (0.48%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.33%) Windows
2 9 (0.54%) Linux
3 6 (0.36%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.060%) AIX
4 1 (0.060%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (17.12%) AI
2 181 (10.95%) Presales
2 181 (10.95%) Roadmaps
3 148 (8.95%) Analytics
4 139 (8.41%) Agile
5 127 (7.68%) DevOps
6 121 (7.32%) TOGAF
7 120 (7.26%) Enterprise Architecture
8 115 (6.96%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 111 (6.72%) Migration
10 103 (6.23%) ERP
11 101 (6.11%) Technical Leadership
12 98 (5.93%) Integration Patterns
12 98 (5.93%) Stakeholder Management
13 92 (5.57%) Microservices
14 85 (5.14%) Architectural Patterns
14 85 (5.14%) Mentoring
14 85 (5.14%) Problem-Solving
15 84 (5.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 64 (3.87%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 58 (3.51%) Python
2 54 (3.27%) C#
3 47 (2.84%) SQL
4 41 (2.48%) JavaScript
5 33 (2.00%) Java
6 10 (0.60%) RPG
7 8 (0.48%) Bicep
8 5 (0.30%) Go
9 3 (0.18%) R
10 2 (0.12%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.12%) Rust
10 2 (0.12%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.060%) Bash
11 1 (0.060%) COBOL
11 1 (0.060%) JCL
Qualifications
1 220 (13.31%) Security Cleared
2 165 (9.98%) SC Cleared
3 96 (5.81%) Degree
4 53 (3.21%) DV Cleared
5 35 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
6 33 (2.00%) AWS Certification
6 33 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (1.33%) Master's Degree
8 19 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 18 (1.09%) Azure Certification
10 17 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
11 15 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
12 13 (0.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 11 (0.67%) VCAP
13 11 (0.67%) VCDX
14 9 (0.54%) CCNP
14 9 (0.54%) CISSP
14 9 (0.54%) ICAEW
14 9 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
14 9 (0.54%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (1.69%) NIST
2 27 (1.63%) Data Quality
3 14 (0.85%) GDPR
4 12 (0.73%) Accessibility
5 9 (0.54%) GRC
5 9 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.48%) QA
7 6 (0.36%) NCSC
8 4 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.18%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.18%) WCAG
10 2 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.12%) HITRUST
10 2 (0.12%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.12%) SEPA
11 1 (0.060%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.060%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.060%) PMO
11 1 (0.060%) PSD2
System Software
1 22 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (0.85%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.85%) Docker
3 13 (0.79%) VMware NSX
4 11 (0.67%) vSphere
5 6 (0.36%) vCloud
6 5 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.18%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 25 (1.51%) Kubernetes
2 23 (1.39%) Terraform
3 14 (0.85%) Ansible
4 5 (0.30%) vCenter Server
5 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.12%) CASB
6 2 (0.12%) Grafana
6 2 (0.12%) vRealize
7 1 (0.060%) Argo
7 1 (0.060%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.060%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 201 (12.16%) Microsoft
2 93 (5.63%) SAP
3 33 (2.00%) Oracle
4 30 (1.81%) Salesforce
4 30 (1.81%) VMware
5 25 (1.51%) Cisco
6 24 (1.45%) Databricks
7 21 (1.27%) Dell
8 14 (0.85%) ServiceNow
9 13 (0.79%) IBM
10 12 (0.73%) Google
11 11 (0.67%) Adobe
11 11 (0.67%) Broadcom
11 11 (0.67%) Fortinet
11 11 (0.67%) Juniper
11 11 (0.67%) Mitel
12 10 (0.60%) Guidewire
12 10 (0.60%) Palo Alto
13 9 (0.54%) Computacenter
13 9 (0.54%) MuleSoft