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 31 August 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 219 102
Rank change year-on-year +119 -117 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,765 612 1,749
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.82% 1.39% 2.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.93% 1.54% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,233 324 1,010
10th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £68,813
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 £140,250
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 91,316 39,687 67,806
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 90.46% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 64,438 24,066 43,918
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,000 £75,000 £73,575
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 31 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 31 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 +87 850 £100,000 +5.26% 412
North of England +102 375 £80,000 +15.94% 91
North West +110 234 £80,000 - 52
South West +27 174 £73,706 -7.87% 31
Midlands +23 140 £75,000 - 36
South East +35 127 £85,000 +25.93% 79
Yorkshire +53 119 £80,000 +18.52% 36
West Midlands +31 112 £76,238 +1.65% 21
East of England +32 73 £80,000 -3.03% 19
East Midlands -24 28 £60,000 -19.73% 15
North East -52 22 £80,000 +23.08% 3
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 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.

1 360 (20.40%) Azure
2 332 (18.81%) AWS
3 317 (17.96%) AI
4 222 (12.58%) Security Cleared
5 218 (12.35%) Microsoft
6 190 (10.76%) Roadmaps
7 180 (10.20%) Presales
8 158 (8.95%) SC Cleared
9 155 (8.78%) Analytics
10 150 (8.50%) Agile
11 124 (7.03%) DevOps
11 124 (7.03%) Enterprise Architecture
12 121 (6.86%) Migration
13 118 (6.69%) TOGAF
14 117 (6.63%) Technical Leadership
15 115 (6.52%) Digital Transformation Programme
16 112 (6.35%) Stakeholder Management
17 109 (6.18%) SaaS
18 106 (6.01%) ERP
19 103 (5.84%) Integration Patterns
20 100 (5.67%) Degree
21 98 (5.55%) Microservices
22 95 (5.38%) SAP
23 86 (4.87%) Mentoring
24 85 (4.82%) Architectural Patterns
25 83 (4.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
26 82 (4.65%) Problem-Solving
27 77 (4.36%) Translating Business Requirements
28 73 (4.14%) Power Platform
29 71 (4.02%) Cloud Computing

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 (0.79%) Confluence
2 11 (0.62%) SAS
2 11 (0.62%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 7 (0.40%) CMS
4 5 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
5 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.11%) Appian
6 2 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.11%) Camunda
6 2 (0.11%) Drupal
6 2 (0.11%) IIS
7 1 (0.057%) Apache
7 1 (0.057%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.057%) CICS
7 1 (0.057%) JBoss
7 1 (0.057%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.057%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.057%) WebLogic
Applications
1 22 (1.25%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.17%) PlantUML
4 2 (0.11%) PTC Creo
4 2 (0.11%) Windchill
5 1 (0.057%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.057%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 47 (2.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.85%) Endur
3 13 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
4 7 (0.40%) SAP ERP
4 7 (0.40%) Shopify
5 6 (0.34%) Oracle Retail
6 5 (0.28%) SAP MDG
7 3 (0.17%) Infor M3
7 3 (0.17%) Lawson
7 3 (0.17%) Movex
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.11%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.11%) SAP HR
8 2 (0.11%) SAP Retail
8 2 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 360 (20.40%) Azure
2 332 (18.81%) AWS
3 109 (6.18%) SaaS
4 73 (4.14%) Power Platform
5 71 (4.02%) Cloud Computing
6 63 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
7 56 (3.17%) GCP
8 55 (3.12%) Dynamics 365
9 39 (2.21%) Serverless
10 32 (1.81%) PaaS
11 20 (1.13%) Lucidchart
12 18 (1.02%) dbt
13 16 (0.91%) PowerApps
14 15 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
15 13 (0.74%) Azure Service Bus
15 13 (0.74%) SuccessFactors
16 11 (0.62%) Power Automate
17 10 (0.57%) Azure Logic Apps
17 10 (0.57%) IaaS
17 10 (0.57%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 54 (3.06%) Internet
2 32 (1.81%) Firewall
3 18 (1.02%) Network Security
4 16 (0.91%) WAN
5 13 (0.74%) LAN
6 11 (0.62%) Broadband
6 11 (0.62%) SD-WAN
6 11 (0.62%) VSAN
7 9 (0.51%) VPN
8 6 (0.34%) MPLS
8 6 (0.34%) RFID
9 4 (0.23%) Unified Communications
9 4 (0.23%) Wireless
10 3 (0.17%) 5G
10 3 (0.17%) WLAN
11 2 (0.11%) AMQP
11 2 (0.11%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (0.11%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (0.11%) MQTT
12 1 (0.057%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (1.42%) SQL Server
2 16 (0.91%) BusinessObjects
2 16 (0.91%) SAP HANA
3 13 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (0.68%) Data Lake
5 11 (0.62%) Db2
6 10 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (0.57%) DTS
6 10 (0.57%) NoSQL
6 10 (0.57%) Power BI
7 8 (0.45%) Metadata
8 7 (0.40%) Big Data
8 7 (0.40%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.28%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.28%) MySQL
10 4 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.23%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.23%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.23%) Semantic Layer
11 3 (0.17%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 9 (0.51%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.28%) Claude Code
3 4 (0.23%) JIRA
4 3 (0.17%) GitLab
4 3 (0.17%) Snyk
5 1 (0.057%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.057%) Maven
5 1 (0.057%) SonarQube
General
1 318 (18.02%) Finance
2 205 (11.61%) Social Skills
3 91 (5.16%) Public Sector
4 66 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 53 (3.00%) Retail
6 45 (2.55%) Analytical Skills
7 41 (2.32%) Banking
8 39 (2.21%) Law
9 37 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
10 30 (1.70%) Military
11 27 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
11 27 (1.53%) Manufacturing
11 27 (1.53%) Marketing
12 25 (1.42%) Back Office
13 21 (1.19%) Financial Institution
13 21 (1.19%) Telecoms
14 17 (0.96%) Public Speaking
15 14 (0.79%) Legal
16 12 (0.68%) Front Office
17 9 (0.51%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (2.95%) .NET
2 31 (1.76%) Middleware
3 25 (1.42%) Node.js
4 21 (1.19%) Kafka
4 21 (1.19%) Terraform
5 19 (1.08%) RESTful
6 14 (0.79%) OpenAPI
6 14 (0.79%) Swagger
7 13 (0.74%) Spring
7 13 (0.74%) Spring Boot
8 10 (0.57%) REST
9 9 (0.51%) Model Context Protocol
10 8 (0.45%) SOAP
11 7 (0.40%) Lightning Web Components
11 7 (0.40%) React
11 7 (0.40%) XML
12 6 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
13 5 (0.28%) A2A Protocol
13 5 (0.28%) JSON
13 5 (0.28%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 109 (6.18%) Cloud Native
2 75 (4.25%) Onboarding
3 57 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
4 45 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
4 45 (2.55%) Product Ownership
5 34 (1.93%) Data Centre
6 30 (1.70%) Blog
7 22 (1.25%) AI Agents
7 22 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
8 21 (1.19%) Cyberattack
9 20 (1.13%) Public Cloud
10 16 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
10 16 (0.91%) Virtual Team
11 15 (0.85%) IoT
12 13 (0.74%) Distributed Systems
12 13 (0.74%) Operational Technology
13 10 (0.57%) EPoS
13 10 (0.57%) iSeries
13 10 (0.57%) Private Cloud
14 9 (0.51%) Autonomous Agent
Operating Systems
1 17 (0.96%) Windows
2 7 (0.40%) Linux
3 6 (0.34%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.057%) AIX
4 1 (0.057%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (17.96%) AI
2 190 (10.76%) Roadmaps
3 180 (10.20%) Presales
4 155 (8.78%) Analytics
5 150 (8.50%) Agile
6 124 (7.03%) DevOps
6 124 (7.03%) Enterprise Architecture
7 121 (6.86%) Migration
8 118 (6.69%) TOGAF
9 117 (6.63%) Technical Leadership
10 115 (6.52%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 112 (6.35%) Stakeholder Management
12 106 (6.01%) ERP
13 103 (5.84%) Integration Patterns
14 98 (5.55%) Microservices
15 86 (4.87%) Mentoring
16 85 (4.82%) Architectural Patterns
17 83 (4.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 82 (4.65%) Problem-Solving
19 77 (4.36%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 64 (3.63%) Python
2 61 (3.46%) C#
3 52 (2.95%) SQL
4 44 (2.49%) JavaScript
5 36 (2.04%) Java
6 10 (0.57%) RPG
7 8 (0.45%) Bicep
7 8 (0.45%) Go
8 5 (0.28%) Rust
9 4 (0.23%) R
10 2 (0.11%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.11%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.057%) Bash
11 1 (0.057%) COBOL
11 1 (0.057%) JCL
11 1 (0.057%) Scala
11 1 (0.057%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 222 (12.58%) Security Cleared
2 158 (8.95%) SC Cleared
3 100 (5.67%) Degree
4 53 (3.00%) DV Cleared
5 36 (2.04%) AWS Certification
6 34 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
7 33 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (1.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 22 (1.25%) Master's Degree
9 21 (1.19%) Azure Certification
10 17 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
11 15 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
12 13 (0.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 11 (0.62%) CISSP
13 11 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (0.62%) VCAP
13 11 (0.62%) VCDX
14 9 (0.51%) CCNP
14 9 (0.51%) ICAEW
14 9 (0.51%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (1.59%) NIST
2 26 (1.47%) Data Quality
3 15 (0.85%) GDPR
4 12 (0.68%) Accessibility
5 11 (0.62%) GRC
6 9 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.34%) QA
8 5 (0.28%) NCSC
9 4 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.17%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.17%) WCAG
11 2 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.11%) HITRUST
11 2 (0.11%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.11%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.11%) SEPA
12 1 (0.057%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.057%) PERC
12 1 (0.057%) PSD2
System Software
1 24 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (0.85%) Docker
3 13 (0.74%) VMware NSX
4 11 (0.62%) vSphere
5 10 (0.57%) Active Directory
6 6 (0.34%) vCloud
7 5 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.17%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 22 (1.25%) Kubernetes
2 11 (0.62%) Ansible
3 5 (0.28%) vCenter Server
4 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.11%) CASB
5 2 (0.11%) Grafana
5 2 (0.11%) vRealize
6 1 (0.057%) Argo
6 1 (0.057%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.057%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 218 (12.35%) Microsoft
2 95 (5.38%) SAP
3 38 (2.15%) Oracle
4 32 (1.81%) VMware
5 29 (1.64%) Databricks
5 29 (1.64%) Salesforce
6 25 (1.42%) Cisco
7 21 (1.19%) Dell
8 16 (0.91%) Juniper
9 15 (0.85%) Adobe
9 15 (0.85%) ServiceNow
10 14 (0.79%) Google
10 14 (0.79%) Guidewire
11 13 (0.74%) IBM
12 12 (0.68%) Mitel
13 11 (0.62%) Broadcom
14 10 (0.57%) Fortinet
15 9 (0.51%) Aruba
15 9 (0.51%) Computacenter
15 9 (0.51%) MuleSoft