Solutions Architect Jobs in England

Solution Architect
UK > England

The median Solution Architect salary in England is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 96 151
Rank change year-on-year -79 +55 +31
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,006 1,475 2,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.74% 3.12% 2.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.87% 3.28% 2.47%
Number of salaries quoted 599 827 1,544
10th Percentile £56,000 £62,500 £62,000
25th Percentile £69,000 £70,000 £71,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - +3.03%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,539 £97,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +3.03%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 53,884 44,945 94,334
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.34% 95.21% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 26,246 33,854 62,188
10th Percentile £34,500 £31,250 £32,796
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,684 £60,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.53% -1.64% +1.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £79,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,250 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,033 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.28% - +3.57%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Solutions Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in England

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in England.

Salary trend for Solutions Architect in England

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in England over the 6 months to 1 January 2025.

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 January 2025. 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 -41 443 £90,000 - 210
South East -37 169 £77,750 -4.01% 31
North of England -92 163 £70,000 -6.67% 57
Midlands -52 117 £75,000 -9.09% 40
North West -108 86 £70,000 -6.67% 46
West Midlands -7 76 £78,000 +0.65% 12
South West -79 75 £70,000 -0.82% 15
Yorkshire -44 64 £77,500 +4.73% 7
East Midlands -54 40 £70,000 -17.65% 28
East of England -45 24 £75,000 +7.22% 2
North East -13 13 £62,779 -23.90% 4
Solutions Architect
UK

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 January 2025, Solutions Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 314 (31.21%) Azure
2 254 (25.25%) Social Skills
3 244 (24.25%) Agile
4 242 (24.06%) Finance
5 236 (23.46%) Roadmaps
6 194 (19.28%) TOGAF
7 193 (19.18%) AWS
8 178 (17.69%) Security Cleared
9 173 (17.20%) Microsoft
10 158 (15.71%) Stakeholder Management
11 157 (15.61%) SC Cleared
12 129 (12.82%) Enterprise Architecture
13 123 (12.23%) SAP
14 122 (12.13%) Microservices
15 114 (11.33%) Migration
16 110 (10.93%) GCP
17 107 (10.64%) Mentoring
18 100 (9.94%) Artificial Intelligence
19 98 (9.74%) Presales
20 96 (9.54%) DevOps
21 94 (9.34%) Banking
22 93 (9.24%) CI/CD
23 91 (9.05%) Problem-Solving
24 89 (8.85%) Analytics
25 84 (8.35%) Degree
26 82 (8.15%) CRM
27 78 (7.75%) Retail
27 78 (7.75%) SaaS
28 76 (7.55%) Dynamics 365
29 75 (7.46%) ERP

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 35 (3.48%) SharePoint
2 33 (3.28%) SAS
3 13 (1.29%) CMS
4 12 (1.19%) OpenEdge
5 9 (0.89%) Confluence
6 8 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.60%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.60%) Apache
7 6 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.60%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.099%) CICS
8 1 (0.099%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.099%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.099%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.40%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.30%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 44 (4.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 40 (3.98%) SAP S/4HANA
3 37 (3.68%) SAP ERP
4 25 (2.49%) Postilion
5 12 (1.19%) Oracle ERP
6 9 (0.89%) SAP FI
7 8 (0.80%) SAP CO
7 8 (0.80%) SAP FI/CO
7 8 (0.80%) Shopify
8 7 (0.70%) Maximo
9 5 (0.50%) SAP SD
10 4 (0.40%) SAP APO
10 4 (0.40%) SAP IBP
11 3 (0.30%) SAP EWM
11 3 (0.30%) SAP PM
11 3 (0.30%) SAP PP-PI
11 3 (0.30%) SAP SCM
11 3 (0.30%) SAP Travel Management
11 3 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
11 3 (0.30%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 314 (31.21%) Azure
2 193 (19.18%) AWS
3 110 (10.93%) GCP
4 78 (7.75%) SaaS
5 76 (7.55%) Dynamics 365
6 69 (6.86%) Power Platform
7 30 (2.98%) Snowflake
8 29 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
9 28 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
10 27 (2.68%) Cloud Computing
11 24 (2.39%) Serverless
12 23 (2.29%) PaaS
13 20 (1.99%) SuccessFactors
14 16 (1.59%) Entra ID
15 15 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
15 15 (1.49%) IaaS
16 14 (1.39%) Amazon S3
17 12 (1.19%) PowerApps
18 10 (0.99%) Amazon ECS
18 10 (0.99%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 30 (2.98%) Broadband
1 30 (2.98%) Internet
2 25 (2.49%) ATM
3 15 (1.49%) Firewall
3 15 (1.49%) Network Security
4 14 (1.39%) DNS
5 9 (0.89%) LAN
5 9 (0.89%) TCP/IP
6 7 (0.70%) WAN
7 6 (0.60%) NFC
8 5 (0.50%) 4G
8 5 (0.50%) 5G
8 5 (0.50%) DHCP
8 5 (0.50%) Radio Access Network
9 4 (0.40%) BGP
9 4 (0.40%) HTTP
9 4 (0.40%) IPv6
9 4 (0.40%) MQTT
9 4 (0.40%) OSPF
10 3 (0.30%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (2.88%) NoSQL
2 24 (2.39%) Data Lake
3 23 (2.29%) Big Data
4 21 (2.09%) SQL Server
5 15 (1.49%) Amazon Athena
6 13 (1.29%) Power BI
7 12 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
7 12 (1.19%) Oracle Reports
8 10 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (0.89%) Data Vault
9 9 (0.89%) Electronic Patient Records
10 8 (0.80%) GIS
11 6 (0.60%) Apache Arrow
11 6 (0.60%) Apache Iceberg
11 6 (0.60%) Apache Ignite
11 6 (0.60%) Dremio
12 5 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.40%) Amazon Aurora
13 4 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (1.99%) Visual Studio
2 13 (1.29%) Team Foundation Server
3 11 (1.09%) JIRA
4 3 (0.30%) MSI
4 3 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.20%) Git
5 2 (0.20%) GitLab
6 1 (0.099%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.099%) Maven
6 1 (0.099%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.099%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.099%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.099%) Vagrant
General
1 254 (25.25%) Social Skills
2 242 (24.06%) Finance
3 94 (9.34%) Banking
4 78 (7.75%) Retail
5 58 (5.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 57 (5.67%) Analytical Skills
7 54 (5.37%) Military
8 48 (4.77%) Public Sector
9 38 (3.78%) Law
10 32 (3.18%) Manufacturing
11 23 (2.29%) Marketing
12 21 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
13 20 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
14 18 (1.79%) Legal
15 14 (1.39%) Retail Banking
16 12 (1.19%) Telecoms
17 11 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
18 10 (0.99%) Aerospace
18 10 (0.99%) Back Office
18 10 (0.99%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (4.67%) Middleware
2 31 (3.08%) .NET
3 14 (1.39%) REST
4 13 (1.29%) React
5 12 (1.19%) Oracle Fusion
6 9 (0.89%) MACH
6 9 (0.89%) XML
7 8 (0.80%) .NET Framework
7 8 (0.80%) ADO
7 8 (0.80%) Kafka
8 7 (0.70%) AngularJS
8 7 (0.70%) Protocol Buffers
8 7 (0.70%) PySpark
8 7 (0.70%) RESTful
9 6 (0.60%) ASP.NET
9 6 (0.60%) gRPC
9 6 (0.60%) NumPy
9 6 (0.60%) RabbitMQ
9 6 (0.60%) SciPy
9 6 (0.60%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 51 (5.07%) Management Information System
2 44 (4.37%) Cloud Native
3 36 (3.58%) Product Ownership
4 35 (3.48%) Public Cloud
5 29 (2.88%) Mainframe
6 25 (2.49%) IBM Mainframe
7 16 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
7 16 (1.59%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.19%) Distributed Architecture
8 12 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (1.19%) IoT
9 11 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (0.80%) Data Centre
11 8 (0.80%) Mobile Payment
11 8 (0.80%) Operational Technology
12 7 (0.70%) FMCG
12 7 (0.70%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.70%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.49%) zOS
2 23 (2.29%) Windows
3 14 (1.39%) Linux
4 10 (0.99%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.20%) Android
5 2 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.099%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.099%) CentOS
6 1 (0.099%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.099%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (24.25%) Agile
2 236 (23.46%) Roadmaps
3 194 (19.28%) TOGAF
4 158 (15.71%) Stakeholder Management
5 129 (12.82%) Enterprise Architecture
6 122 (12.13%) Microservices
7 114 (11.33%) Migration
8 107 (10.64%) Mentoring
9 100 (9.94%) Artificial Intelligence
10 98 (9.74%) Presales
11 96 (9.54%) DevOps
12 93 (9.24%) CI/CD
13 91 (9.05%) Problem-Solving
14 89 (8.85%) Analytics
15 82 (8.15%) CRM
16 75 (7.46%) ERP
17 73 (7.26%) Scrum
18 70 (6.96%) Strategic Roadmap
19 69 (6.86%) Technical Leadership
20 66 (6.56%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 49 (4.87%) SQL
2 34 (3.38%) Java
2 34 (3.38%) Python
3 32 (3.18%) C#
4 21 (2.09%) JavaScript
5 14 (1.39%) TypeScript
6 10 (0.99%) PowerShell
7 7 (0.70%) ABAP
8 5 (0.50%) Apex Code
8 5 (0.50%) R
9 3 (0.30%) C++
10 2 (0.20%) Go
11 1 (0.099%) Bicep
11 1 (0.099%) C
11 1 (0.099%) COBOL
11 1 (0.099%) JCL
11 1 (0.099%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.099%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 178 (17.69%) Security Cleared
2 157 (15.61%) SC Cleared
3 84 (8.35%) Degree
4 46 (4.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (3.38%) TOGAF Certification
6 28 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 24 (2.39%) AWS Certification
7 24 (2.39%) Azure Certification
8 16 (1.59%) DV Cleared
9 15 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 11 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (0.89%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 9 (0.89%) Master's Degree
12 8 (0.80%) CCNA
12 8 (0.80%) CISM
12 8 (0.80%) CISSP
13 6 (0.60%) MCSA
13 6 (0.60%) Network+ Certification
14 5 (0.50%) SAP Certification
15 4 (0.40%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (2.49%) Accessibility
2 17 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (1.39%) GDPR
4 8 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (0.70%) PCI DSS
5 7 (0.70%) QA
6 6 (0.60%) NIST
7 4 (0.40%) COBIT
7 4 (0.40%) GRC
7 4 (0.40%) PMO
8 3 (0.30%) Basel II
8 3 (0.30%) Basel III
8 3 (0.30%) Dodd-Frank
8 3 (0.30%) IFRS
8 3 (0.30%) IFRS 9
8 3 (0.30%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.30%) SLA
9 2 (0.20%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.20%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 29 (2.88%) Docker
2 16 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
2 16 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
3 12 (1.19%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.30%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.099%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.099%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 35 (3.48%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.69%) Terraform
3 11 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.50%) Ansible
5 5 (0.50%) SCCM
6 4 (0.40%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.099%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.099%) Podman
7 1 (0.099%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.099%) Puppet
Vendors
1 173 (17.20%) Microsoft
2 123 (12.23%) SAP
3 64 (6.36%) Oracle
4 56 (5.57%) Salesforce
5 52 (5.17%) IBM
6 39 (3.88%) Google
7 32 (3.18%) Anaplan
8 31 (3.08%) Hyperion
9 22 (2.19%) Adobe
10 20 (1.99%) Databricks
11 16 (1.59%) Apple
11 16 (1.59%) Cisco
12 11 (1.09%) VMware
13 9 (0.89%) ESRI
13 9 (0.89%) Juniper
14 7 (0.70%) Fortinet
14 7 (0.70%) Remedy
15 6 (0.60%) Ariba
15 6 (0.60%) MuleSoft
15 6 (0.60%) Palo Alto