Solutions Architect Job Trends in England

Solution Architect
UK > England

The median Solution Architect salary in England is £84,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 May 2026.

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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 208 121
Rank change year-on-year +77 -87 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,219 646 1,965
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.49% 1.64% 2.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.59% 1.83% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 825 422 1,257
10th Percentile £65,000 £53,750 £56,809
25th Percentile £73,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £84,500 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.63% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,125 £119,250
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 76,506 35,373 80,063
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 89.87% 94.51%
Number of salaries quoted 51,773 20,894 60,755
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +7.48% -12.01%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,511
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 19 May 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 19 May 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 +48 572 £95,000 +5.56% 149
North of England +25 194 £77,500 +19.23% 45
Midlands +30 130 £75,000 - 17
South East +40 120 £85,000 +9.68% 51
North West +55 119 £80,000 +33.33% 21
South West +26 119 £75,000 +4.18% 28
West Midlands +35 89 £75,000 -14.16% 12
East of England +19 63 £90,000 +35.95% 21
Yorkshire -42 50 £76,997 -6.67% 21
East Midlands -15 41 £65,000 -3.70% 5
North East -24 25 £78,500 +20.77% 4
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 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.

1 265 (21.74%) Azure
2 189 (15.50%) AWS
3 162 (13.29%) AI
4 161 (13.21%) Security Cleared
5 141 (11.57%) Agile
6 139 (11.40%) Microsoft
7 135 (11.07%) Roadmaps
8 129 (10.58%) DevOps
9 124 (10.17%) Presales
10 116 (9.52%) TOGAF
11 109 (8.94%) SC Cleared
12 106 (8.70%) Enterprise Architecture
13 92 (7.55%) SaaS
14 90 (7.38%) Problem-Solving
15 83 (6.81%) Microservices
16 79 (6.48%) Analytics
17 71 (5.82%) Technical Leadership
18 69 (5.66%) Migration
19 67 (5.50%) Degree
19 67 (5.50%) Integration Patterns
20 65 (5.33%) Stakeholder Management
21 62 (5.09%) SAP
22 59 (4.84%) Architectural Patterns
23 58 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
23 58 (4.76%) Power Platform
24 56 (4.59%) CI/CD
25 55 (4.51%) Digital Transformation Programme
25 55 (4.51%) ERP
25 55 (4.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
26 52 (4.27%) 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 14 (1.15%) Confluence
2 12 (0.98%) SharePoint
3 11 (0.90%) CMS
4 8 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.33%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.16%) JBoss
7 2 (0.16%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.082%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.082%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.082%) Camunda
8 1 (0.082%) CICS
8 1 (0.082%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.082%) IIS
8 1 (0.082%) Strapi
Applications
1 6 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 6 (0.49%) PlantUML
2 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.25%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.16%) Windchill
5 1 (0.082%) Abaqus
5 1 (0.082%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.082%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 30 (2.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.82%) SAP ERP
3 8 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.66%) Shopify
4 5 (0.41%) SAP MDG
5 4 (0.33%) Endur
5 4 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.25%) Oracle Retail
7 2 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.16%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.16%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.16%) SAP Retail
8 1 (0.082%) Actimize
8 1 (0.082%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.082%) DELMIA
8 1 (0.082%) SAP MDG-F
8 1 (0.082%) SAP MDG-M
8 1 (0.082%) SAP MDG-S
8 1 (0.082%) SAP MDM
8 1 (0.082%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 265 (21.74%) Azure
2 189 (15.50%) AWS
3 92 (7.55%) SaaS
4 58 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
4 58 (4.76%) Power Platform
5 46 (3.77%) PaaS
6 42 (3.45%) GCP
7 36 (2.95%) Serverless
8 33 (2.71%) Dynamics 365
9 29 (2.38%) IaaS
10 22 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
11 19 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (1.56%) Entra ID
12 16 (1.31%) SuccessFactors
13 13 (1.07%) PowerApps
14 9 (0.74%) Nutanix
15 7 (0.57%) Azure Logic Apps
15 7 (0.57%) GitHub
15 7 (0.57%) Lucidchart
15 7 (0.57%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.21%) Firewall
2 14 (1.15%) Broadband
2 14 (1.15%) Network Security
2 14 (1.15%) WAN
3 13 (1.07%) SD-WAN
4 10 (0.82%) LAN
5 9 (0.74%) MPLS
6 8 (0.66%) Internet
7 7 (0.57%) VPN
7 7 (0.57%) VSAN
8 4 (0.33%) Radio Access Network
9 3 (0.25%) 3GPP
9 3 (0.25%) RFID
10 2 (0.16%) SAN
10 2 (0.16%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.16%) WLAN
11 1 (0.082%) BGP
11 1 (0.082%) DHCP
11 1 (0.082%) DNS
11 1 (0.082%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.07%) Power BI
2 11 (0.90%) Data Lake
3 10 (0.82%) SQL Server
4 8 (0.66%) Metadata
4 8 (0.66%) Relational Database
5 7 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.41%) DB2
8 4 (0.33%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.25%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.25%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.16%) Big Data
10 2 (0.16%) DTS
10 2 (0.16%) InfluxDB
10 2 (0.16%) Neo4j
10 2 (0.16%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.16%) Semantic Layer
11 1 (0.082%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.082%) Looker
Development Applications
1 12 (0.98%) JIRA
2 6 (0.49%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.41%) Balsamiq
4 4 (0.33%) GitLab
5 3 (0.25%) Snyk
6 2 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.16%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.082%) Git
7 1 (0.082%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.082%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.082%) Visual Studio
General
1 184 (15.09%) Finance
2 171 (14.03%) Social Skills
3 66 (5.41%) Public Sector
4 52 (4.27%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (3.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (3.12%) Banking
6 38 (3.12%) Retail
7 34 (2.79%) Law
8 27 (2.21%) Manufacturing
9 26 (2.13%) Marketing
10 23 (1.89%) Back Office
10 23 (1.89%) Legal
10 23 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (1.07%) Financial Institution
11 13 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (0.82%) Aviation
14 7 (0.57%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.49%) Military
16 5 (0.41%) Digital Health
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (3.12%) .NET
1 38 (3.12%) Middleware
2 13 (1.07%) RESTful
3 12 (0.98%) Node.js
3 12 (0.98%) React
4 11 (0.90%) Kafka
4 11 (0.90%) Lightning Web Components
5 7 (0.57%) Model Context Protocol
5 7 (0.57%) OpenAPI
5 7 (0.57%) Swagger
5 7 (0.57%) XML
6 6 (0.49%) OAuth
6 6 (0.49%) OpenID
6 6 (0.49%) REST
6 6 (0.49%) YAML
7 5 (0.41%) Spring
7 5 (0.41%) XBRL
8 4 (0.33%) .NET Core
8 4 (0.33%) .NET Framework
8 4 (0.33%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 93 (7.63%) Cloud Native
2 35 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
3 31 (2.54%) Data Centre
4 25 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
5 24 (1.97%) Product Ownership
6 21 (1.72%) Cyberattack
7 17 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
7 17 (1.39%) Public Cloud
8 16 (1.31%) Virtual Team
9 14 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
10 11 (0.90%) Operational Technology
11 10 (0.82%) IoT
12 9 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (0.74%) Management Information System
12 9 (0.74%) Web Conferencing
13 8 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (0.57%) Driving Licence
14 7 (0.57%) Low-Code
15 6 (0.49%) Onboarding
15 6 (0.49%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 21 (1.72%) Windows
2 7 (0.57%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.33%) Linux
4 1 (0.082%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (13.29%) AI
2 141 (11.57%) Agile
3 135 (11.07%) Roadmaps
4 129 (10.58%) DevOps
5 124 (10.17%) Presales
6 116 (9.52%) TOGAF
7 106 (8.70%) Enterprise Architecture
8 90 (7.38%) Problem-Solving
9 83 (6.81%) Microservices
10 79 (6.48%) Analytics
11 71 (5.82%) Technical Leadership
12 69 (5.66%) Migration
13 67 (5.50%) Integration Patterns
14 65 (5.33%) Stakeholder Management
15 59 (4.84%) Architectural Patterns
16 56 (4.59%) CI/CD
17 55 (4.51%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 55 (4.51%) ERP
17 55 (4.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 52 (4.27%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 42 (3.45%) Python
2 34 (2.79%) C#
3 32 (2.63%) SQL
4 19 (1.56%) JavaScript
5 17 (1.39%) Java
6 8 (0.66%) Bicep
7 7 (0.57%) PowerShell
8 5 (0.41%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.16%) RPG
9 2 (0.16%) Scala
10 1 (0.082%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.082%) Bash
10 1 (0.082%) COBOL
10 1 (0.082%) JCL
10 1 (0.082%) PHP
10 1 (0.082%) R
10 1 (0.082%) SOQL
10 1 (0.082%) SOSL
10 1 (0.082%) X++
Qualifications
1 161 (13.21%) Security Cleared
2 109 (8.94%) SC Cleared
3 67 (5.50%) Degree
4 29 (2.38%) DV Cleared
4 29 (2.38%) Master's Degree
5 27 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
6 24 (1.97%) TOGAF Certification
7 18 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (0.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 9 (0.74%) CCNP
11 8 (0.66%) AWS Certification
11 8 (0.66%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (0.57%) ICAEW
12 7 (0.57%) VCAP
12 7 (0.57%) VCDX
13 6 (0.49%) CISSP
14 5 (0.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (2.30%) NIST
2 19 (1.56%) Data Quality
3 11 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (0.90%) QA
4 10 (0.82%) GRC
5 8 (0.66%) Accessibility
6 6 (0.49%) GDPR
6 6 (0.49%) NCSC
7 5 (0.41%) PMO
8 4 (0.33%) WCAG
9 2 (0.16%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.082%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.082%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.082%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.082%) PERC
10 1 (0.082%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (1.48%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (0.98%) VMware NSX
4 10 (0.82%) Docker
5 7 (0.57%) vSphere
6 6 (0.49%) vCloud
7 4 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.082%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (1.64%) Terraform
2 19 (1.56%) Kubernetes
3 12 (0.98%) Ansible
4 9 (0.74%) Netcool
5 5 (0.41%) vRealize
6 4 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.16%) Grafana
7 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.082%) MOM
8 1 (0.082%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.082%) Netcool/OMNIbus
8 1 (0.082%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 139 (11.40%) Microsoft
2 62 (5.09%) SAP
3 27 (2.21%) Dell
4 25 (2.05%) VMware
5 22 (1.80%) Oracle
5 22 (1.80%) Salesforce
6 20 (1.64%) Cisco
7 12 (0.98%) Databricks
7 12 (0.98%) Fortinet
8 11 (0.90%) Ariba
9 10 (0.82%) Palo Alto
10 9 (0.74%) Juniper
10 9 (0.74%) NetApp
10 9 (0.74%) Siemens
11 8 (0.66%) Broadcom
11 8 (0.66%) Google
12 7 (0.57%) Barracuda Networks
12 7 (0.57%) N-able
12 7 (0.57%) Sophos
13 6 (0.49%) Workday