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 4 August 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 232 104
Rank change year-on-year +124 -128 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,609 624 1,768
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.75% 1.43% 2.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.86% 1.58% 2.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,117 345 1,075
10th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
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 £98,750 £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 86,607 39,531 69,172
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.25% 90.70% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 60,800 23,934 47,658
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,925 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 4 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 4 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 +75 785 £97,500 +6.85% 396
North of England +100 298 £80,000 +15.94% 90
North West +95 191 £80,000 +3.23% 38
South West +38 170 £75,000 -6.25% 45
South East +64 136 £85,000 +30.77% 86
Midlands +6 131 £75,000 - 34
West Midlands +19 104 £75,000 -13.04% 28
Yorkshire +22 81 £81,250 +12.86% 40
East of England +6 61 £75,000 -9.09% 14
East Midlands -23 27 £60,000 -14.89% 6
North East -40 26 £80,000 +23.08% 12
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 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.

1 349 (21.69%) Azure
2 323 (20.07%) AWS
3 268 (16.66%) AI
4 215 (13.36%) Security Cleared
5 203 (12.62%) Microsoft
6 182 (11.31%) Roadmaps
7 177 (11.00%) Presales
8 163 (10.13%) SC Cleared
9 143 (8.89%) Analytics
10 138 (8.58%) Agile
11 132 (8.20%) DevOps
12 123 (7.64%) TOGAF
13 117 (7.27%) Enterprise Architecture
14 115 (7.15%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 110 (6.84%) Migration
16 102 (6.34%) ERP
17 96 (5.97%) Integration Patterns
17 96 (5.97%) SaaS
17 96 (5.97%) Stakeholder Management
18 94 (5.84%) Degree
18 94 (5.84%) Technical Leadership
19 89 (5.53%) Microservices
19 89 (5.53%) SAP
20 86 (5.34%) Problem-Solving
21 85 (5.28%) Mentoring
22 83 (5.16%) Architectural Patterns
22 83 (5.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
23 71 (4.41%) Cloud Computing
24 67 (4.16%) Microsoft 365
24 67 (4.16%) Power Platform

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 (0.87%) Confluence
2 11 (0.68%) SAS
3 8 (0.50%) CMS
3 8 (0.50%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.12%) Appian
6 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.12%) Drupal
6 2 (0.12%) IIS
7 1 (0.062%) Apache
7 1 (0.062%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.062%) Camunda
7 1 (0.062%) CICS
7 1 (0.062%) JBoss
7 1 (0.062%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.062%) WebLogic
Applications
1 20 (1.24%) MS Visio
2 7 (0.44%) PlantUML
3 6 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.12%) PTC Creo
5 2 (0.12%) Windchill
6 1 (0.062%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.062%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 47 (2.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.93%) Endur
3 14 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.50%) Shopify
5 7 (0.44%) SAP ERP
6 6 (0.37%) Oracle Retail
7 5 (0.31%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.12%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 2 (0.12%) SAP HCM
9 2 (0.12%) SAP HR
9 2 (0.12%) SAP Retail
10 1 (0.062%) SAP MDG-F
10 1 (0.062%) SAP MDG-S
Cloud Services
1 349 (21.69%) Azure
2 323 (20.07%) AWS
3 96 (5.97%) SaaS
4 71 (4.41%) Cloud Computing
5 67 (4.16%) Microsoft 365
5 67 (4.16%) Power Platform
6 55 (3.42%) GCP
7 50 (3.11%) Dynamics 365
8 45 (2.80%) Serverless
9 40 (2.49%) PaaS
10 22 (1.37%) IaaS
11 18 (1.12%) dbt
11 18 (1.12%) Lucidchart
12 17 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
13 15 (0.93%) SuccessFactors
14 13 (0.81%) PowerApps
15 12 (0.75%) Entra ID
16 11 (0.68%) Azure Logic Apps
17 10 (0.62%) GitHub
18 9 (0.56%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 55 (3.42%) Internet
2 30 (1.86%) Firewall
3 16 (0.99%) Network Security
3 16 (0.99%) WAN
4 14 (0.87%) Broadband
4 14 (0.87%) LAN
5 11 (0.68%) SD-WAN
5 11 (0.68%) VSAN
6 10 (0.62%) VPN
7 8 (0.50%) MPLS
8 6 (0.37%) RFID
9 4 (0.25%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.19%) 3GPP
10 3 (0.19%) 5G
10 3 (0.19%) Radio Access Network
10 3 (0.19%) WLAN
11 2 (0.12%) AMQP
11 2 (0.12%) MQTT
11 2 (0.12%) Wireless
12 1 (0.062%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (0.99%) BusinessObjects
1 16 (0.99%) SAP HANA
1 16 (0.99%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.81%) Db2
2 13 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (0.68%) Data Lake
4 10 (0.62%) DTS
5 9 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (0.56%) Power BI
6 8 (0.50%) Metadata
7 7 (0.44%) NoSQL
8 6 (0.37%) Big Data
9 4 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.25%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.25%) DynamoDB
9 4 (0.25%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.25%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.25%) Semantic Layer
10 3 (0.19%) DocumentDB
10 3 (0.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 9 (0.56%) Jenkins
2 4 (0.25%) GitLab
3 3 (0.19%) Claude Code
3 3 (0.19%) JIRA
3 3 (0.19%) Snyk
4 2 (0.12%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.062%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.062%) Maven
5 1 (0.062%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 263 (16.35%) Finance
2 195 (12.12%) Social Skills
3 87 (5.41%) Public Sector
4 60 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 51 (3.17%) Retail
6 49 (3.05%) Analytical Skills
7 37 (2.30%) Law
8 31 (1.93%) Military
9 30 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
10 28 (1.74%) Back Office
10 28 (1.74%) Manufacturing
11 27 (1.68%) Banking
12 20 (1.24%) Legal
12 20 (1.24%) Marketing
13 19 (1.18%) Telecoms
14 18 (1.12%) Financial Institution
14 18 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
15 17 (1.06%) Public Speaking
16 12 (0.75%) Front Office
17 9 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (2.86%) .NET
2 29 (1.80%) Middleware
3 25 (1.55%) Node.js
4 23 (1.43%) Kafka
5 15 (0.93%) RESTful
6 12 (0.75%) Spring
6 12 (0.75%) Spring Boot
7 11 (0.68%) Model Context Protocol
7 11 (0.68%) OpenAPI
7 11 (0.68%) Swagger
8 10 (0.62%) Lightning Web Components
9 9 (0.56%) REST
10 7 (0.44%) React
10 7 (0.44%) SOAP
11 6 (0.37%) XML
11 6 (0.37%) YAML
12 5 (0.31%) A2A Protocol
12 5 (0.31%) XBRL
13 4 (0.25%) JSON
13 4 (0.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 114 (7.09%) Cloud Native
2 71 (4.41%) Onboarding
3 46 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
4 42 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
5 38 (2.36%) Product Ownership
6 34 (2.11%) Data Centre
7 30 (1.86%) Blog
8 21 (1.31%) Cyberattack
9 20 (1.24%) AI Agents
10 19 (1.18%) Public Cloud
11 17 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
12 16 (0.99%) Virtual Team
13 15 (0.93%) Operational Technology
14 13 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
15 12 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
16 10 (0.62%) EPoS
16 10 (0.62%) IoT
16 10 (0.62%) iSeries
17 9 (0.56%) Management Information System
18 8 (0.50%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 21 (1.31%) Windows
2 9 (0.56%) Linux
3 6 (0.37%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.062%) AIX
4 1 (0.062%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (16.66%) AI
2 182 (11.31%) Roadmaps
3 177 (11.00%) Presales
4 143 (8.89%) Analytics
5 138 (8.58%) Agile
6 132 (8.20%) DevOps
7 123 (7.64%) TOGAF
8 117 (7.27%) Enterprise Architecture
9 115 (7.15%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 110 (6.84%) Migration
11 102 (6.34%) ERP
12 96 (5.97%) Integration Patterns
12 96 (5.97%) Stakeholder Management
13 94 (5.84%) Technical Leadership
14 89 (5.53%) Microservices
15 86 (5.34%) Problem-Solving
16 85 (5.28%) Mentoring
17 83 (5.16%) Architectural Patterns
17 83 (5.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 65 (4.04%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 58 (3.60%) Python
2 52 (3.23%) C#
3 46 (2.86%) SQL
4 40 (2.49%) JavaScript
5 32 (1.99%) Java
6 10 (0.62%) RPG
7 9 (0.56%) Bicep
8 5 (0.31%) Go
9 3 (0.19%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.12%) R
10 2 (0.12%) Rust
10 2 (0.12%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.062%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.062%) Bash
11 1 (0.062%) COBOL
11 1 (0.062%) JCL
11 1 (0.062%) SOQL
11 1 (0.062%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 215 (13.36%) Security Cleared
2 163 (10.13%) SC Cleared
3 94 (5.84%) Degree
4 51 (3.17%) DV Cleared
5 34 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 33 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 31 (1.93%) AWS Certification
8 23 (1.43%) Master's Degree
9 21 (1.31%) TOGAF Certification
10 18 (1.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 16 (0.99%) Azure Certification
12 15 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
13 13 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 11 (0.68%) VCAP
14 11 (0.68%) VCDX
15 9 (0.56%) CCNP
15 9 (0.56%) CISSP
15 9 (0.56%) ICAEW
15 9 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (0.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (1.74%) NIST
2 26 (1.62%) Data Quality
3 14 (0.87%) GDPR
4 11 (0.68%) Accessibility
5 9 (0.56%) GRC
5 9 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.37%) NCSC
6 6 (0.37%) QA
7 4 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.19%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.19%) WCAG
9 2 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.12%) HITRUST
9 2 (0.12%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.12%) PMO
9 2 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.12%) SEPA
10 1 (0.062%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.062%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.062%) PSD2
System Software
1 23 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (0.87%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.81%) VMware NSX
4 11 (0.68%) vSphere
5 10 (0.62%) Docker
6 6 (0.37%) vCloud
7 5 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.19%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 25 (1.55%) Terraform
2 23 (1.43%) Kubernetes
3 15 (0.93%) Ansible
4 5 (0.31%) vCenter Server
5 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.12%) CASB
6 2 (0.12%) Grafana
6 2 (0.12%) vRealize
7 1 (0.062%) Argo
7 1 (0.062%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.062%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 203 (12.62%) Microsoft
2 89 (5.53%) SAP
3 33 (2.05%) Oracle
4 31 (1.93%) VMware
5 29 (1.80%) Salesforce
6 25 (1.55%) Cisco
7 22 (1.37%) Databricks
8 21 (1.31%) Dell
9 13 (0.81%) IBM
10 12 (0.75%) ServiceNow
11 11 (0.68%) Adobe
11 11 (0.68%) Broadcom
11 11 (0.68%) Fortinet
11 11 (0.68%) Juniper
11 11 (0.68%) Mitel
12 10 (0.62%) Google
12 10 (0.62%) Palo Alto
13 8 (0.50%) Computacenter
13 8 (0.50%) Guidewire
13 8 (0.50%) NetApp