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 17 September 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 224 98 107
Rank change year-on-year -126 +9 +94
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 616 1,711 1,618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.43% 2.49% 2.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.58% 2.62% 3.15%
Number of salaries quoted 328 931 994
10th Percentile £62,500 £56,809 £62,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £69,500 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £97,500
90th Percentile £110,750 £132,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% +1.37%

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 39,014 65,405 51,304
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 95.19% 93.97%
Number of salaries quoted 23,405 39,738 39,633
10th Percentile £28,300 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

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

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 17 September 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 17 September 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 -80 280 £95,000 - 185
North of England -75 98 £75,000 +7.14% 51
South East -120 75 £70,000 -6.67% 85
Midlands -54 69 £75,000 - 28
North West -59 67 £80,000 +14.29% 29
South West -7 50 £80,000 +6.67% 17
West Midlands -22 42 £75,000 -3.23% 16
East of England +11 28 £82,500 +10.00% 14
East Midlands -19 27 £75,000 +7.14% 12
Yorkshire -46 20 £75,000 +7.14% 15
North East +18 11 £62,500 -15.54% 8
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 September 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.

1 211 (34.25%) Azure
2 201 (32.63%) Social Skills
3 192 (31.17%) Agile
4 181 (29.38%) Roadmaps
5 158 (25.65%) Finance
6 146 (23.70%) TOGAF
7 131 (21.27%) AWS
8 123 (19.97%) Business Strategy
9 102 (16.56%) Analytical Skills
10 98 (15.91%) Enterprise Architecture
11 97 (15.75%) Microsoft
12 96 (15.58%) Degree
13 95 (15.42%) DevOps
14 91 (14.77%) Microservices
15 90 (14.61%) Presales
16 89 (14.45%) GCP
17 75 (12.18%) Stakeholder Management
18 72 (11.69%) SaaS
19 71 (11.53%) Artificial Intelligence
20 68 (11.04%) SAP
21 67 (10.88%) Risk Management
21 67 (10.88%) Law
21 67 (10.88%) Cloud Native
21 67 (10.88%) Technical Leadership
22 63 (10.23%) Computer Science
23 61 (9.90%) C#
24 60 (9.74%) Problem-Solving
25 59 (9.58%) Continuous Improvement
26 56 (9.09%) Migration
27 52 (8.44%) Python

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 13 (2.11%) CMS
2 5 (0.81%) Apache
2 5 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (0.81%) Apache Spark
2 5 (0.81%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.65%) Apache Synapse
3 4 (0.65%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.32%) Confluence
5 2 (0.32%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.16%) Luigi
6 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.65%) MS Visio
1 4 (0.65%) PlantUML
2 3 (0.49%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.32%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.32%) Revit
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 49 (7.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (6.33%) SAP MDG
3 37 (6.01%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 13 (2.11%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.81%) Shopify
7 4 (0.65%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.32%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.32%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.32%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.32%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.32%) SAP MDG-S
8 2 (0.32%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.16%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 211 (34.25%) Azure
2 131 (21.27%) AWS
3 89 (14.45%) GCP
4 72 (11.69%) SaaS
5 32 (5.19%) Dynamics 365
6 30 (4.87%) PaaS
7 26 (4.22%) Cloud Computing
8 25 (4.06%) OCI
8 25 (4.06%) Serverless
9 24 (3.90%) IaaS
10 21 (3.41%) Microsoft 365
11 20 (3.25%) Azure DevOps
11 20 (3.25%) Power Platform
12 12 (1.95%) Azure AI
12 12 (1.95%) GitHub
13 11 (1.79%) Entra ID
14 9 (1.46%) Azure AKS
15 8 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
15 8 (1.30%) PowerApps
16 7 (1.14%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.95%) Firewall
2 5 (0.81%) VPN
3 4 (0.65%) LAN
3 4 (0.65%) WAN
4 3 (0.49%) DNS
5 2 (0.32%) PBX
5 2 (0.32%) SAN
5 2 (0.32%) Skype
5 2 (0.32%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.32%) VoIP
6 1 (0.16%) BGP
6 1 (0.16%) MPLS
6 1 (0.16%) NAS
6 1 (0.16%) Network Security
6 1 (0.16%) OSPF
6 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (5.52%) NoSQL
2 18 (2.92%) SQL Server
3 11 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (1.62%) Big Data
5 6 (0.97%) BigQuery
6 4 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (0.65%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.65%) Data Mining
6 4 (0.65%) Power BI
6 4 (0.65%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.49%) Data Vault
7 3 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.32%) Cloud Spanner
8 2 (0.32%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.32%) SAP Data Services
9 1 (0.16%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.16%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 11 (1.79%) JIRA
2 4 (0.65%) GitLab
2 4 (0.65%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.49%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 201 (32.63%) Social Skills
2 158 (25.65%) Finance
3 102 (16.56%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (10.88%) Law
5 48 (7.79%) Banking
6 30 (4.87%) Public Sector
7 28 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
7 28 (4.55%) Retail
8 23 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 23 (3.73%) Presentation Skills
9 18 (2.92%) Marketing
10 15 (2.44%) Electronics
11 14 (2.27%) Legal
11 14 (2.27%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.95%) Billing
12 12 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (0.81%) Financial Institution
13 5 (0.81%) Retail Banking
14 3 (0.49%) Local Government
14 3 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (4.71%) React
2 23 (3.73%) .NET
2 23 (3.73%) Node.js
3 22 (3.57%) React Native
4 21 (3.41%) REST
5 14 (2.27%) RESTful
6 12 (1.95%) Middleware
7 11 (1.79%) Kafka
8 8 (1.30%) AngularJS
9 7 (1.14%) Oracle Fusion
10 6 (0.97%) SOAP
10 6 (0.97%) Vue
11 5 (0.81%) GraphQL
12 4 (0.65%) Apache Beam
12 4 (0.65%) SAP Fiori
12 4 (0.65%) Web Services
12 4 (0.65%) XML
13 3 (0.49%) HTML
13 3 (0.49%) JSON
13 3 (0.49%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 67 (10.88%) Cloud Native
2 37 (6.01%) Management Information System
3 28 (4.55%) Product Ownership
4 23 (3.73%) Legacy Systems
4 23 (3.73%) Mobile App
5 15 (2.44%) Distributed Computing
5 15 (2.44%) Reinsurance
6 13 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
8 9 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (1.46%) IoT
8 9 (1.46%) Low-Code
8 9 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.30%) AI Agents
9 8 (1.30%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.30%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (0.97%) CMDB
11 6 (0.97%) Life Science
11 6 (0.97%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.49%) Linux
1 3 (0.49%) Windows
2 2 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (0.32%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (31.17%) Agile
2 181 (29.38%) Roadmaps
3 146 (23.70%) TOGAF
4 123 (19.97%) Business Strategy
5 98 (15.91%) Enterprise Architecture
6 95 (15.42%) DevOps
7 91 (14.77%) Microservices
8 90 (14.61%) Presales
9 75 (12.18%) Stakeholder Management
10 71 (11.53%) Artificial Intelligence
11 67 (10.88%) Risk Management
11 67 (10.88%) Technical Leadership
12 63 (10.23%) Computer Science
13 60 (9.74%) Problem-Solving
14 59 (9.58%) Continuous Improvement
15 56 (9.09%) Migration
16 52 (8.44%) Architecture Governance
17 51 (8.28%) Thought Leadership
18 49 (7.95%) Analytics
18 49 (7.95%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (9.90%) C#
2 52 (8.44%) Python
3 46 (7.47%) SQL
4 31 (5.03%) Java
5 14 (2.27%) JavaScript
6 9 (1.46%) PowerShell
7 8 (1.30%) PHP
8 7 (1.14%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.81%) Bicep
10 3 (0.49%) C
10 3 (0.49%) Go
10 3 (0.49%) X++
11 2 (0.32%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.32%) Bash
12 1 (0.16%) C++
12 1 (0.16%) COBOL
12 1 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.16%) R
12 1 (0.16%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 96 (15.58%) Degree
2 49 (7.95%) Security Cleared
3 48 (7.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 43 (6.98%) Azure Certification
5 42 (6.82%) TOGAF Certification
6 34 (5.52%) SC Cleared
7 28 (4.55%) AWS Certification
8 22 (3.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 18 (2.92%) DV Cleared
10 15 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (1.62%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (0.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.97%) CCSP
12 6 (0.97%) CISSP
13 5 (0.81%) MCP
14 4 (0.65%) CCNA
15 2 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.32%) SAP Certification
16 1 (0.16%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.36%) GDPR
2 21 (3.41%) SLA
3 20 (3.25%) NIST
4 14 (2.27%) QA
5 13 (2.11%) HIPAA
6 8 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.97%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.81%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.65%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.49%) NCSC
11 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.32%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.16%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.16%) GRC
12 1 (0.16%) ISO 15022
12 1 (0.16%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.16%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 26 (4.22%) Docker
2 4 (0.65%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 31 (5.03%) Kubernetes
2 19 (3.08%) Terraform
3 3 (0.49%) Progress Chef
3 3 (0.49%) Puppet
4 2 (0.32%) Ansible
4 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.16%) Autotask
5 1 (0.16%) Grafana
5 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.16%) VxRail
Vendors
1 97 (15.75%) Microsoft
2 68 (11.04%) SAP
3 50 (8.12%) ServiceNow
4 45 (7.31%) Oracle
5 38 (6.17%) Google
6 37 (6.01%) OpenText
7 24 (3.90%) Salesforce
8 22 (3.57%) Workday
9 12 (1.95%) Databricks
10 10 (1.62%) Guidewire
11 8 (1.30%) Zoho
12 7 (1.14%) Cisco
13 6 (0.97%) OpenAI
14 5 (0.81%) Avaloq
15 4 (0.65%) IBM
15 4 (0.65%) MuleSoft
15 4 (0.65%) VMware
16 3 (0.49%) Ariba
16 3 (0.49%) Facebook
16 3 (0.49%) Foundry