Solutions Architect Job Trends in England

Solution Architect
UK > England

The median Solution Architect salary in England is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 September 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 222 98
Rank change year-on-year +116 -124 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,813 605 1,707
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.77% 1.41% 2.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.90% 1.56% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,257 322 926
10th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £96,250
90th Percentile - £109,875 £132,500
UK median annual salary £87,500 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.06% +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 95,470 38,817 65,430
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.26% 90.40% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 67,143 23,294 39,359
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,300 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,773 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.68% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 21 September 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 21 September 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 +96 869 £100,000 +5.26% 915
North of England +108 400 £80,000 +4.58% 199
North West +94 249 £80,000 - 118
South West +26 178 £75,000 -6.25% 85
Midlands +20 146 £75,000 - 80
Yorkshire +58 130 £80,000 +6.67% 61
South East -12 123 £85,000 +21.43% 209
West Midlands +18 116 £78,738 +4.98% 61
East of England +5 69 £78,738 -5.98% 40
East Midlands -29 30 £60,000 -21.82% 19
North East -49 21 £80,000 +28.00% 20
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 September 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.

1 362 (19.97%) Azure
2 333 (18.37%) AWS
3 325 (17.93%) AI
4 231 (12.74%) Microsoft
5 228 (12.58%) Security Cleared
6 199 (10.98%) Roadmaps
7 179 (9.87%) Presales
8 160 (8.83%) SC Cleared
9 156 (8.60%) Agile
10 154 (8.49%) Analytics
11 138 (7.61%) Technical Leadership
12 127 (7.00%) Enterprise Architecture
12 127 (7.00%) Stakeholder Management
13 124 (6.84%) Migration
14 121 (6.67%) DevOps
15 118 (6.51%) TOGAF
16 116 (6.40%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 113 (6.23%) ERP
18 110 (6.07%) SaaS
19 107 (5.90%) Integration Patterns
20 97 (5.35%) Microservices
21 95 (5.24%) Degree
21 95 (5.24%) SAP
22 88 (4.85%) Translating Business Requirements
23 86 (4.74%) Mentoring
24 85 (4.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
25 83 (4.58%) Architectural Patterns
26 77 (4.25%) Power Platform
26 77 (4.25%) Technology Strategy
27 76 (4.19%) Problem-Solving

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 (0.77%) Confluence
2 11 (0.61%) SAS
2 11 (0.61%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 7 (0.39%) CMS
4 5 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
5 4 (0.22%) 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 (0.055%) Apache
7 1 (0.055%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.055%) CICS
7 1 (0.055%) JBoss
7 1 (0.055%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.055%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.055%) WebLogic
Applications
1 22 (1.21%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.17%) PlantUML
4 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.11%) PTC Creo
4 2 (0.11%) Windchill
5 1 (0.055%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.055%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.055%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 50 (2.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.83%) Endur
3 10 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
4 7 (0.39%) SAP ERP
5 6 (0.33%) Shopify
6 5 (0.28%) Oracle Retail
7 4 (0.22%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.17%) Infor M3
8 3 (0.17%) Lawson
8 3 (0.17%) Movex
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Financials
9 2 (0.11%) Primavera
9 2 (0.11%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 362 (19.97%) Azure
2 333 (18.37%) AWS
3 110 (6.07%) SaaS
4 77 (4.25%) Power Platform
5 65 (3.59%) Cloud Computing
6 62 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
7 60 (3.31%) Dynamics 365
8 53 (2.92%) GCP
9 35 (1.93%) Serverless
10 31 (1.71%) PaaS
11 20 (1.10%) Lucidchart
12 18 (0.99%) dbt
13 17 (0.94%) Azure Service Bus
14 14 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
15 13 (0.72%) OCI
15 13 (0.72%) PowerApps
16 12 (0.66%) Azure API Management
16 12 (0.66%) Power Automate
17 10 (0.55%) Entra ID
17 10 (0.55%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 52 (2.87%) Internet
2 30 (1.65%) Firewall
3 16 (0.88%) LAN
3 16 (0.88%) Network Security
3 16 (0.88%) WAN
4 11 (0.61%) SD-WAN
5 10 (0.55%) VSAN
6 9 (0.50%) Broadband
7 7 (0.39%) VPN
8 5 (0.28%) MPLS
8 5 (0.28%) RFID
8 5 (0.28%) Wireless
9 4 (0.22%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.17%) 5G
10 3 (0.17%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (0.17%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (0.17%) WLAN
11 2 (0.11%) AMQP
11 2 (0.11%) MQTT
12 1 (0.055%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (1.43%) SQL Server
2 16 (0.88%) BusinessObjects
2 16 (0.88%) SAP HANA
3 13 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (0.61%) Db2
5 10 (0.55%) Data Lake
5 10 (0.55%) DTS
5 10 (0.55%) Power BI
6 9 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (0.50%) NoSQL
6 9 (0.50%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.44%) Big Data
7 8 (0.44%) Metadata
8 6 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.28%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.28%) MySQL
10 4 (0.22%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.22%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.22%) Semantic Layer
11 3 (0.17%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 9 (0.50%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.28%) Claude Code
3 4 (0.22%) JIRA
4 3 (0.17%) Snyk
5 1 (0.055%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.055%) GitLab
5 1 (0.055%) Maven
5 1 (0.055%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.055%) SonarQube
General
1 354 (19.53%) Finance
2 214 (11.80%) Social Skills
3 95 (5.24%) Public Sector
4 62 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 59 (3.25%) Retail
6 53 (2.92%) Banking
7 40 (2.21%) Analytical Skills
7 40 (2.21%) Law
7 40 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
8 36 (1.99%) Marketing
9 33 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
10 31 (1.71%) Military
11 26 (1.43%) Back Office
12 25 (1.38%) Financial Institution
12 25 (1.38%) Manufacturing
13 21 (1.16%) Telecoms
14 19 (1.05%) Legal
15 17 (0.94%) Public Speaking
16 14 (0.77%) Advertising
16 14 (0.77%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (2.87%) .NET
2 32 (1.77%) Middleware
3 25 (1.38%) Node.js
4 23 (1.27%) RESTful
5 21 (1.16%) Kafka
6 20 (1.10%) Terraform
7 17 (0.94%) OpenAPI
7 17 (0.94%) Swagger
8 14 (0.77%) REST
9 13 (0.72%) Spring
9 13 (0.72%) Spring Boot
10 11 (0.61%) Oracle Fusion
11 9 (0.50%) Model Context Protocol
12 8 (0.44%) SOAP
13 7 (0.39%) React
13 7 (0.39%) XML
14 5 (0.28%) A2A Protocol
14 5 (0.28%) JSON
14 5 (0.28%) Lightning Web Components
14 5 (0.28%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 102 (5.63%) Cloud Native
2 74 (4.08%) Onboarding
3 61 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
4 53 (2.92%) Product Ownership
5 46 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
6 30 (1.65%) Blog
7 29 (1.60%) Data Centre
8 25 (1.38%) AI Agents
9 24 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
10 19 (1.05%) Public Cloud
11 17 (0.94%) Cyberattack
12 16 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
12 16 (0.88%) Virtual Team
13 15 (0.83%) IoT
13 15 (0.83%) Marketing Technology
14 14 (0.77%) Distributed Systems
15 10 (0.55%) EPoS
15 10 (0.55%) Industrial Internet of Things
15 10 (0.55%) iSeries
15 10 (0.55%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (0.94%) Windows
2 9 (0.50%) Linux
3 7 (0.39%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.055%) AIX
4 1 (0.055%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.055%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (17.93%) AI
2 199 (10.98%) Roadmaps
3 179 (9.87%) Presales
4 156 (8.60%) Agile
5 154 (8.49%) Analytics
6 138 (7.61%) Technical Leadership
7 127 (7.00%) Enterprise Architecture
7 127 (7.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 124 (6.84%) Migration
9 121 (6.67%) DevOps
10 118 (6.51%) TOGAF
11 116 (6.40%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 113 (6.23%) ERP
13 107 (5.90%) Integration Patterns
14 97 (5.35%) Microservices
15 88 (4.85%) Translating Business Requirements
16 86 (4.74%) Mentoring
17 85 (4.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 83 (4.58%) Architectural Patterns
19 77 (4.25%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 64 (3.53%) Python
2 63 (3.47%) C#
3 54 (2.98%) SQL
4 44 (2.43%) JavaScript
5 38 (2.10%) Java
6 10 (0.55%) RPG
7 8 (0.44%) Go
8 7 (0.39%) Bicep
9 5 (0.28%) Rust
10 3 (0.17%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.17%) R
10 3 (0.17%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.055%) Bash
11 1 (0.055%) C++
11 1 (0.055%) COBOL
11 1 (0.055%) JCL
11 1 (0.055%) Scala
11 1 (0.055%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.055%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 228 (12.58%) Security Cleared
2 160 (8.83%) SC Cleared
3 95 (5.24%) Degree
4 54 (2.98%) DV Cleared
5 37 (2.04%) AWS Certification
6 35 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
6 35 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 29 (1.60%) Azure Certification
8 23 (1.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 18 (0.99%) Master's Degree
9 18 (0.99%) TOGAF Certification
10 16 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (0.66%) CISSP
12 11 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (0.55%) VCAP
13 10 (0.55%) VCDX
13 10 (0.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 9 (0.50%) ICAEW
14 9 (0.50%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 7 (0.39%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (1.38%) Data Quality
2 24 (1.32%) NIST
3 15 (0.83%) GDPR
4 14 (0.77%) GRC
5 13 (0.72%) Accessibility
6 8 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.39%) QA
8 4 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.22%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.22%) NCSC
9 3 (0.17%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.17%) WCAG
10 2 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.11%) HITRUST
10 2 (0.11%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.11%) SEPA
11 1 (0.055%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.055%) PERC
11 1 (0.055%) PSD2
System Software
1 24 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (0.77%) Docker
3 12 (0.66%) Active Directory
3 12 (0.66%) VMware NSX
4 10 (0.55%) vSphere
5 5 (0.28%) vCloud
5 5 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.17%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.055%) KVM
Systems Management
1 20 (1.10%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.50%) Ansible
3 5 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.28%) vCenter Server
4 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.11%) CASB
5 2 (0.11%) Grafana
5 2 (0.11%) vRealize
6 1 (0.055%) Argo
6 1 (0.055%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.055%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 231 (12.74%) Microsoft
2 95 (5.24%) SAP
3 44 (2.43%) Oracle
4 30 (1.65%) VMware
5 29 (1.60%) Salesforce
6 28 (1.54%) Databricks
7 22 (1.21%) Cisco
7 22 (1.21%) Google
8 18 (0.99%) ServiceNow
9 17 (0.94%) Adobe
10 16 (0.88%) Juniper
11 14 (0.77%) Guidewire
11 14 (0.77%) IBM
12 13 (0.72%) Dell
13 12 (0.66%) Mitel
14 10 (0.55%) Broadcom
15 9 (0.50%) Aruba
15 9 (0.50%) Computacenter
15 9 (0.50%) MuleSoft
16 8 (0.44%) Palo Alto