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 19 August 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 231 103
Rank change year-on-year +131 -128 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,706 614 1,762
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.79% 1.40% 2.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.91% 1.55% 2.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,184 327 1,061
10th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £56,809
25th Percentile £71,659 £65,000 £67,301
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 £140,000
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 89,383 39,648 68,958
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 90.60% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 62,829 23,898 46,485
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 £76,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 19 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 19 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 +79 821 £100,000 +5.26% 260
North of England +116 342 £80,000 +18.08% 83
North West +101 212 £80,000 +3.23% 46
South West +38 174 £73,706 -7.87% 37
Midlands +15 138 £75,000 - 30
South East +51 133 £85,000 +30.77% 46
West Midlands +29 111 £75,000 - 21
Yorkshire +57 107 £80,000 +18.52% 31
East of England +15 70 £85,000 +3.03% 15
East Midlands -21 27 £60,000 -19.19% 9
North East -47 23 £80,000 +23.08% 6
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 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.

1 361 (21.16%) Azure
2 331 (19.40%) AWS
3 299 (17.53%) AI
4 218 (12.78%) Security Cleared
5 209 (12.25%) Microsoft
6 184 (10.79%) Roadmaps
7 179 (10.49%) Presales
8 158 (9.26%) SC Cleared
9 152 (8.91%) Analytics
10 144 (8.44%) Agile
11 126 (7.39%) DevOps
12 123 (7.21%) Enterprise Architecture
13 119 (6.98%) Migration
13 119 (6.98%) TOGAF
14 114 (6.68%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 108 (6.33%) Technical Leadership
16 107 (6.27%) Stakeholder Management
17 104 (6.10%) Integration Patterns
18 103 (6.04%) ERP
18 103 (6.04%) SaaS
19 99 (5.80%) Degree
20 95 (5.57%) SAP
21 93 (5.45%) Microservices
22 87 (5.10%) Problem-Solving
23 86 (5.04%) Architectural Patterns
24 85 (4.98%) Mentoring
24 85 (4.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
25 71 (4.16%) Cloud Computing
26 69 (4.04%) Power Platform
27 67 (3.93%) Translating Business Requirements

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 (0.82%) Confluence
2 11 (0.64%) SAS
3 10 (0.59%) SharePoint
4 8 (0.47%) CMS
5 6 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
7 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.12%) Appian
8 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.12%) Camunda
8 2 (0.12%) Drupal
8 2 (0.12%) IIS
9 1 (0.059%) Apache
9 1 (0.059%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.059%) CICS
9 1 (0.059%) JBoss
9 1 (0.059%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.059%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.059%) WebLogic
Applications
1 22 (1.29%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.29%) PlantUML
4 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.12%) PTC Creo
5 2 (0.12%) Windchill
6 1 (0.059%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.059%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 48 (2.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.88%) Endur
3 14 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.47%) Shopify
5 7 (0.41%) SAP ERP
6 6 (0.35%) Oracle Retail
7 5 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
7 5 (0.29%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.18%) Infor M3
8 3 (0.18%) Lawson
8 3 (0.18%) Movex
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.12%) SAP HCM
9 2 (0.12%) SAP HR
9 2 (0.12%) SAP Retail
9 2 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 361 (21.16%) Azure
2 331 (19.40%) AWS
3 103 (6.04%) SaaS
4 71 (4.16%) Cloud Computing
5 69 (4.04%) Power Platform
6 65 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
7 58 (3.40%) GCP
8 54 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
9 41 (2.40%) Serverless
10 33 (1.93%) PaaS
11 20 (1.17%) Lucidchart
12 18 (1.06%) dbt
13 16 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
14 14 (0.82%) IaaS
14 14 (0.82%) PowerApps
15 13 (0.76%) Azure Service Bus
15 13 (0.76%) SuccessFactors
16 11 (0.64%) Azure Logic Apps
17 9 (0.53%) Nutanix
17 9 (0.53%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 55 (3.22%) Internet
2 31 (1.82%) Firewall
3 16 (0.94%) Network Security
3 16 (0.94%) WAN
4 13 (0.76%) LAN
5 12 (0.70%) Broadband
6 11 (0.64%) SD-WAN
6 11 (0.64%) VSAN
7 9 (0.53%) VPN
8 7 (0.41%) MPLS
9 6 (0.35%) RFID
10 4 (0.23%) Unified Communications
11 3 (0.18%) 5G
11 3 (0.18%) Wireless
11 3 (0.18%) WLAN
12 2 (0.12%) AMQP
12 2 (0.12%) MQTT
13 1 (0.059%) Cisco ISE
13 1 (0.059%) Modbus
13 1 (0.059%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (1.41%) SQL Server
2 16 (0.94%) BusinessObjects
2 16 (0.94%) SAP HANA
3 13 (0.76%) Db2
3 13 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (0.64%) Data Lake
5 10 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (0.59%) DTS
6 9 (0.53%) NoSQL
6 9 (0.53%) Power BI
7 8 (0.47%) Metadata
8 6 (0.35%) Big Data
8 6 (0.35%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.29%) MongoDB
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 (0.18%) DocumentDB
11 3 (0.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 8 (0.47%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.29%) Claude Code
3 3 (0.18%) GitLab
3 3 (0.18%) JIRA
3 3 (0.18%) Snyk
4 1 (0.059%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.059%) Maven
4 1 (0.059%) SonarQube
General
1 295 (17.29%) Finance
2 201 (11.78%) Social Skills
3 90 (5.28%) Public Sector
4 63 (3.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 53 (3.11%) Retail
6 49 (2.87%) Analytical Skills
7 37 (2.17%) Law
8 33 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
9 32 (1.88%) Banking
10 31 (1.82%) Manufacturing
11 30 (1.76%) Military
12 27 (1.58%) Marketing
13 24 (1.41%) Back Office
14 22 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
14 22 (1.29%) Telecoms
15 19 (1.11%) Financial Institution
16 17 (1.00%) Public Speaking
17 16 (0.94%) Legal
18 12 (0.70%) Front Office
19 10 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (2.93%) .NET
2 30 (1.76%) Middleware
3 25 (1.47%) Node.js
4 22 (1.29%) Kafka
5 17 (1.00%) RESTful
6 13 (0.76%) Spring
6 13 (0.76%) Spring Boot
7 12 (0.70%) OpenAPI
7 12 (0.70%) Swagger
8 11 (0.64%) Model Context Protocol
9 10 (0.59%) REST
10 9 (0.53%) Lightning Web Components
11 8 (0.47%) SOAP
12 7 (0.41%) React
13 6 (0.35%) XML
14 5 (0.29%) A2A Protocol
14 5 (0.29%) XBRL
15 4 (0.23%) .NET Core
15 4 (0.23%) Web Services
15 4 (0.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 110 (6.45%) Cloud Native
2 74 (4.34%) Onboarding
3 53 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
4 46 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
5 40 (2.34%) Product Ownership
6 33 (1.93%) Data Centre
7 30 (1.76%) Blog
8 24 (1.41%) AI Agents
9 21 (1.23%) Cyberattack
10 20 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
10 20 (1.17%) Public Cloud
11 16 (0.94%) Virtual Team
12 15 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
12 15 (0.88%) Operational Technology
13 14 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
13 14 (0.82%) IoT
14 10 (0.59%) EPoS
14 10 (0.59%) iSeries
15 9 (0.53%) Private Cloud
16 8 (0.47%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 21 (1.23%) Windows
2 9 (0.53%) Linux
3 6 (0.35%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.059%) AIX
4 1 (0.059%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 299 (17.53%) AI
2 184 (10.79%) Roadmaps
3 179 (10.49%) Presales
4 152 (8.91%) Analytics
5 144 (8.44%) Agile
6 126 (7.39%) DevOps
7 123 (7.21%) Enterprise Architecture
8 119 (6.98%) Migration
8 119 (6.98%) TOGAF
9 114 (6.68%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 108 (6.33%) Technical Leadership
11 107 (6.27%) Stakeholder Management
12 104 (6.10%) Integration Patterns
13 103 (6.04%) ERP
14 93 (5.45%) Microservices
15 87 (5.10%) Problem-Solving
16 86 (5.04%) Architectural Patterns
17 85 (4.98%) Mentoring
17 85 (4.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 67 (3.93%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 62 (3.63%) Python
2 58 (3.40%) C#
3 49 (2.87%) SQL
4 44 (2.58%) JavaScript
5 35 (2.05%) Java
6 10 (0.59%) RPG
7 8 (0.47%) Bicep
8 6 (0.35%) Go
9 3 (0.18%) R
9 3 (0.18%) Rust
10 2 (0.12%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.12%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.059%) Bash
11 1 (0.059%) COBOL
11 1 (0.059%) JCL
Qualifications
1 218 (12.78%) Security Cleared
2 158 (9.26%) SC Cleared
3 99 (5.80%) Degree
4 53 (3.11%) DV Cleared
5 34 (1.99%) AWS Certification
5 34 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
6 33 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (1.29%) Master's Degree
8 20 (1.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 20 (1.17%) Azure Certification
9 17 (1.00%) TOGAF Certification
10 14 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (0.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 11 (0.64%) VCAP
12 11 (0.64%) VCDX
13 10 (0.59%) CISSP
13 10 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
14 9 (0.53%) ICAEW
14 9 (0.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 8 (0.47%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (1.64%) NIST
2 27 (1.58%) Data Quality
3 15 (0.88%) GDPR
4 12 (0.70%) Accessibility
5 10 (0.59%) GRC
6 9 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.41%) QA
8 5 (0.29%) NCSC
9 4 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.18%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.18%) WCAG
11 2 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.12%) HITRUST
11 2 (0.12%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.12%) SEPA
12 1 (0.059%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.059%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.059%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.059%) PSD2
System Software
1 23 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (0.82%) Docker
3 13 (0.76%) VMware NSX
4 12 (0.70%) Active Directory
5 11 (0.64%) vSphere
6 6 (0.35%) vCloud
7 5 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.18%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.059%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 24 (1.41%) Kubernetes
2 22 (1.29%) Terraform
3 13 (0.76%) Ansible
4 5 (0.29%) vCenter Server
5 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.12%) CASB
6 2 (0.12%) Grafana
6 2 (0.12%) vRealize
7 1 (0.059%) Argo
7 1 (0.059%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.059%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 209 (12.25%) Microsoft
2 95 (5.57%) SAP
3 35 (2.05%) Oracle
4 31 (1.82%) Salesforce
4 31 (1.82%) VMware
5 25 (1.47%) Cisco
5 25 (1.47%) Databricks
6 21 (1.23%) Dell
7 14 (0.82%) ServiceNow
8 13 (0.76%) Google
8 13 (0.76%) IBM
8 13 (0.76%) Juniper
9 12 (0.70%) Adobe
9 12 (0.70%) Mitel
10 11 (0.64%) Broadcom
10 11 (0.64%) Fortinet
10 11 (0.64%) Guidewire
11 10 (0.59%) Palo Alto
12 9 (0.53%) Computacenter
12 9 (0.53%) MuleSoft