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 1 April 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 168 136
Rank change year-on-year +6 -32 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 919 686 1,670
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.30% 1.88% 2.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.42% 2.09% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 599 478 1,210
10th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,884 £65,000 £67,500
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 £112,750
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 64,914 32,868 73,783
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.18% 89.93% 94.38%
Number of salaries quoted 42,649 21,136 57,579
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,000 £38,750
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 £92,159
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 1 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 1 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 +26 386 £95,000 +5.56% 128
North of England -38 157 £75,000 +12.78% 42
Midlands +5 116 £75,000 - 27
South East +2 113 £85,000 +9.68% 44
North West +2 98 £73,250 +19.59% 29
South West +2 79 £75,000 +4.18% 35
West Midlands +14 77 £75,000 -18.81% 19
East of England +5 53 £90,000 +35.95% 15
East Midlands -32 39 £65,000 -3.70% 8
North East -6 33 £77,500 +19.23% 3
Yorkshire -74 26 £82,500 - 12
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 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.

1 225 (24.48%) Azure
2 143 (15.56%) Roadmaps
3 137 (14.91%) AWS
4 134 (14.58%) AI
5 132 (14.36%) DevOps
6 127 (13.82%) Agile
7 116 (12.62%) Microsoft
8 115 (12.51%) Presales
9 113 (12.30%) Security Cleared
10 112 (12.19%) TOGAF
11 108 (11.75%) Enterprise Architecture
12 105 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
13 101 (10.99%) SaaS
14 88 (9.58%) Microservices
15 87 (9.47%) Degree
16 81 (8.81%) Stakeholder Management
17 75 (8.16%) SAP
17 75 (8.16%) SC Cleared
18 73 (7.94%) Analytics
19 71 (7.73%) Technical Leadership
20 64 (6.96%) Decision-Making
21 63 (6.86%) Architectural Design
22 61 (6.64%) Power Platform
23 60 (6.53%) ERP
23 60 (6.53%) Project Delivery
24 56 (6.09%) Continuous Improvement
25 55 (5.98%) Microsoft 365
25 55 (5.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
26 54 (5.88%) Architectural Patterns
27 51 (5.55%) 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 17 (1.85%) Confluence
2 10 (1.09%) CMS
2 10 (1.09%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.44%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.22%) JBoss
5 2 (0.22%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.11%) Camunda
6 1 (0.11%) CICS
6 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.11%) Strapi
Applications
1 5 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.44%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.11%) Abaqus
3 1 (0.11%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 29 (3.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.54%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.33%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.22%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.22%) SAP Retail
5 2 (0.22%) Shopify
6 1 (0.11%) Actimize
6 1 (0.11%) DELMIA
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (0.11%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 225 (24.48%) Azure
2 137 (14.91%) AWS
3 101 (10.99%) SaaS
4 61 (6.64%) Power Platform
5 55 (5.98%) Microsoft 365
6 46 (5.01%) GCP
7 35 (3.81%) PaaS
8 31 (3.37%) Dynamics 365
9 27 (2.94%) IaaS
10 25 (2.72%) Serverless
11 23 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
12 22 (2.39%) Cloud Computing
13 17 (1.85%) SuccessFactors
14 15 (1.63%) GitHub
15 14 (1.52%) Entra ID
16 13 (1.41%) PowerApps
17 7 (0.76%) Mimecast
17 7 (0.76%) Snowflake
18 6 (0.65%) Azure Logic Apps
18 6 (0.65%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.63%) Firewall
2 10 (1.09%) Broadband
2 10 (1.09%) Network Security
3 9 (0.98%) SD-WAN
3 9 (0.98%) WAN
4 7 (0.76%) LAN
4 7 (0.76%) MPLS
5 5 (0.54%) Internet
5 5 (0.54%) Radio Access Network
5 5 (0.54%) SAN
6 4 (0.44%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.44%) VPN
7 3 (0.33%) 3GPP
7 3 (0.33%) VoIP
8 2 (0.22%) NGN
8 2 (0.22%) VLAN
8 2 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.11%) BIG-IP
9 1 (0.11%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (2.18%) Power BI
2 14 (1.52%) Data Lake
3 11 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (1.09%) SQL Server
5 9 (0.98%) Metadata
6 7 (0.76%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.65%) BigQuery
8 5 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.54%) Tableau
9 4 (0.44%) Big Data
9 4 (0.44%) DataStage
9 4 (0.44%) QlikView
9 4 (0.44%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.33%) DB2
10 3 (0.33%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.22%) GIS
11 2 (0.22%) Looker
11 2 (0.22%) NoSQL
12 1 (0.11%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 18 (1.96%) JIRA
2 5 (0.54%) Balsamiq
2 5 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
3 4 (0.44%) ER Studio
3 4 (0.44%) ERwin
3 4 (0.44%) GitLab
3 4 (0.44%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.44%) PowerDesigner
4 2 (0.22%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.11%) Git
5 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 206 (22.42%) Social Skills
2 167 (18.17%) Finance
3 65 (7.07%) Public Sector
4 57 (6.20%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (6.20%) Banking
5 40 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
6 38 (4.13%) Retail
7 32 (3.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 30 (3.26%) Manufacturing
9 29 (3.16%) Law
10 28 (3.05%) Marketing
11 26 (2.83%) Back Office
12 22 (2.39%) Legal
13 16 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.09%) Financial Institution
16 9 (0.98%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.76%) Aviation
17 7 (0.76%) Military
18 4 (0.44%) Digital Health
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (4.46%) Middleware
2 24 (2.61%) .NET
3 13 (1.41%) RESTful
4 11 (1.20%) Kafka
5 10 (1.09%) Lightning Web Components
5 10 (1.09%) React
6 9 (0.98%) REST
7 7 (0.76%) Model Context Protocol
7 7 (0.76%) OAuth
7 7 (0.76%) OpenAPI
7 7 (0.76%) OpenID
7 7 (0.76%) Oracle Fusion
7 7 (0.76%) Swagger
8 5 (0.54%) Node.js
9 4 (0.44%) .NET Framework
9 4 (0.44%) SOAP
9 4 (0.44%) XML
9 4 (0.44%) YAML
10 3 (0.33%) EDI
10 3 (0.33%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 80 (8.71%) Cloud Native
2 31 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (2.50%) Data Centre
5 19 (2.07%) Product Ownership
6 18 (1.96%) Virtual Team
7 17 (1.85%) Management Information System
8 16 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
8 16 (1.74%) Public Cloud
9 15 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (1.20%) Operational Technology
11 10 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
11 10 (1.09%) IoT
12 9 (0.98%) Cyberattack
12 9 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (0.87%) Low-Code
13 8 (0.87%) Web Conferencing
14 7 (0.76%) Enterprise Cloud
15 6 (0.65%) AI Agents
16 5 (0.54%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.96%) Windows
2 4 (0.44%) Linux
2 4 (0.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (15.56%) Roadmaps
2 134 (14.58%) AI
3 132 (14.36%) DevOps
4 127 (13.82%) Agile
5 115 (12.51%) Presales
6 112 (12.19%) TOGAF
7 108 (11.75%) Enterprise Architecture
8 105 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
9 88 (9.58%) Microservices
10 81 (8.81%) Stakeholder Management
11 73 (7.94%) Analytics
12 71 (7.73%) Technical Leadership
13 64 (6.96%) Decision-Making
14 63 (6.86%) Architectural Design
15 60 (6.53%) ERP
15 60 (6.53%) Project Delivery
16 56 (6.09%) Continuous Improvement
17 55 (5.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 54 (5.88%) Architectural Patterns
19 51 (5.55%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 35 (3.81%) Python
2 25 (2.72%) SQL
3 20 (2.18%) C#
3 20 (2.18%) Java
4 12 (1.31%) JavaScript
5 10 (1.09%) PowerShell
6 9 (0.98%) Bicep
7 5 (0.54%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.22%) Apex Code
8 2 (0.22%) Bash
8 2 (0.22%) PHP
8 2 (0.22%) Scala
8 2 (0.22%) X++
9 1 (0.11%) COBOL
9 1 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.11%) JCL
9 1 (0.11%) R
9 1 (0.11%) SOQL
9 1 (0.11%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 113 (12.30%) Security Cleared
2 87 (9.47%) Degree
3 75 (8.16%) SC Cleared
4 40 (4.35%) Master's Degree
5 28 (3.05%) TOGAF Certification
6 25 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (2.39%) BPSS Clearance
8 17 (1.85%) Azure Certification
8 17 (1.85%) DV Cleared
9 16 (1.74%) AWS Certification
10 14 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (1.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (0.65%) CCNP
12 6 (0.65%) CISSP
13 5 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.54%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 4 (0.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (0.44%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (0.33%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (1.41%) NIST
2 11 (1.20%) QA
3 10 (1.09%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.54%) GDPR
5 5 (0.54%) NCSC
5 5 (0.54%) PMO
6 4 (0.44%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.44%) GRC
7 3 (0.33%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.11%) Basel III
9 1 (0.11%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.11%) MiFID
9 1 (0.11%) SEPA
9 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (1.31%) Active Directory
1 12 (1.31%) Docker
2 8 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.54%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.22%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.11%) Firmware
5 1 (0.11%) vCloud
5 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (2.72%) Terraform
2 20 (2.18%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.09%) Netcool
4 9 (0.98%) Ansible
5 4 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.44%) vRealize
6 2 (0.22%) Netcool/OMNIbus
7 1 (0.11%) Grafana
7 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.11%) MOM
Vendors
1 116 (12.62%) Microsoft
2 75 (8.16%) SAP
3 24 (2.61%) Oracle
3 24 (2.61%) Salesforce
4 22 (2.39%) Dell
5 20 (2.18%) VMware
6 13 (1.41%) Cisco
6 13 (1.41%) Siemens
7 12 (1.31%) IBM
8 11 (1.20%) Ariba
8 11 (1.20%) Databricks
8 11 (1.20%) Google
8 11 (1.20%) Informatica
8 11 (1.20%) Software AG
9 10 (1.09%) Fortinet
10 8 (0.87%) MuleSoft
11 7 (0.76%) BiZZdesign
12 6 (0.65%) Barracuda Networks
12 6 (0.65%) N-able
12 6 (0.65%) Workday