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 July 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 214 110
Rank change year-on-year +98 -104 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,436 667 2,072
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.67% 1.58% 2.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.77% 1.75% 2.38%
Number of salaries quoted 993 386 1,322
10th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £56,809
25th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile - £108,750 £130,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +9.68% -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 80,925 38,071 87,152
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.22% 90.46% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 56,966 22,660 64,145
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,870 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,806 £38,591
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% +8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,250 £71,000
90th Percentile £97,375 £98,474 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.79% +6.67% -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 4 July 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 July 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 +75 716 £95,000 +5.56% 246
North of England +54 245 £80,000 +18.52% 86
North West +49 155 £85,000 +36.00% 56
South West +20 146 £75,000 -3.23% 28
South East +52 126 £85,000 +13.33% 49
Midlands +6 114 £75,000 - 24
West Midlands +13 81 £77,477 -8.85% 20
Yorkshire -1 65 £82,500 +10.00% 17
East of England +12 61 £77,477 +17.03% 15
East Midlands -21 33 £60,000 -18.37% 3
North East -29 25 £80,000 +23.08% 14
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 July 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.

1 332 (23.12%) Azure
2 273 (19.01%) AWS
3 219 (15.25%) AI
4 186 (12.95%) Microsoft
4 186 (12.95%) Security Cleared
5 170 (11.84%) Roadmaps
6 157 (10.93%) Presales
7 141 (9.82%) Agile
8 131 (9.12%) SC Cleared
9 128 (8.91%) TOGAF
10 127 (8.84%) DevOps
11 112 (7.80%) Enterprise Architecture
12 109 (7.59%) Analytics
13 97 (6.75%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 90 (6.27%) SaaS
15 89 (6.20%) Problem-Solving
16 88 (6.13%) Microservices
17 85 (5.92%) Migration
18 83 (5.78%) Technical Leadership
19 80 (5.57%) ERP
20 79 (5.50%) Degree
21 76 (5.29%) Integration Patterns
22 75 (5.22%) Architectural Patterns
22 75 (5.22%) SAP
22 75 (5.22%) Stakeholder Management
23 69 (4.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
24 67 (4.67%) Power Platform
25 65 (4.53%) CI/CD
26 64 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
27 57 (3.97%) 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 15 (1.04%) Confluence
2 11 (0.77%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.63%) CMS
4 8 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.49%) SAS
6 5 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.14%) Appian
7 2 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.14%) Camunda
7 2 (0.14%) IIS
8 1 (0.070%) Apache
8 1 (0.070%) CICS
8 1 (0.070%) Drupal
8 1 (0.070%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.070%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.070%) Strapi
Applications
1 13 (0.91%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.49%) PlantUML
4 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.14%) PTC Creo
5 2 (0.14%) Windchill
6 1 (0.070%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.070%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 42 (2.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.77%) SAP ERP
4 8 (0.56%) Shopify
5 5 (0.35%) Endur
5 5 (0.35%) Oracle Retail
5 5 (0.35%) SAP MDG
6 4 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.14%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.14%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.14%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.14%) SAP Retail
8 1 (0.070%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.070%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.070%) SAP IS-U
8 1 (0.070%) SAP MDM
8 1 (0.070%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.070%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 332 (23.12%) Azure
2 273 (19.01%) AWS
3 90 (6.27%) SaaS
4 67 (4.67%) Power Platform
5 64 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
6 56 (3.90%) GCP
7 48 (3.34%) Dynamics 365
8 41 (2.86%) PaaS
9 40 (2.79%) Cloud Computing
10 39 (2.72%) Serverless
11 20 (1.39%) IaaS
12 19 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
13 17 (1.18%) PowerApps
14 15 (1.04%) Entra ID
15 14 (0.97%) SuccessFactors
16 13 (0.91%) Lucidchart
17 11 (0.77%) Azure Logic Apps
17 11 (0.77%) Power Automate
18 9 (0.63%) Nutanix
19 8 (0.56%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 28 (1.95%) Firewall
2 26 (1.81%) Internet
3 17 (1.18%) WAN
4 16 (1.11%) Broadband
5 15 (1.04%) Network Security
6 14 (0.97%) SD-WAN
7 12 (0.84%) LAN
8 11 (0.77%) VSAN
9 10 (0.70%) MPLS
10 7 (0.49%) VPN
11 5 (0.35%) RFID
12 4 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
13 3 (0.21%) 3GPP
13 3 (0.21%) WLAN
14 2 (0.14%) SAN
15 1 (0.070%) SMS
15 1 (0.070%) TCP/IP
15 1 (0.070%) VoIP
15 1 (0.070%) Wi-Fi
15 1 (0.070%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (0.84%) Db2
2 12 (0.84%) Power BI
2 12 (0.84%) SQL Server
3 11 (0.77%) Data Lake
4 9 (0.63%) DTS
5 7 (0.49%) BusinessObjects
5 7 (0.49%) Metadata
5 7 (0.49%) SAP HANA
6 6 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (0.42%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.28%) BigQuery
7 4 (0.28%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.28%) RDBMS
7 4 (0.28%) Semantic Layer
8 3 (0.21%) Big Data
9 2 (0.14%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.14%) InfluxDB
9 2 (0.14%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 10 (0.70%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.35%) JIRA
3 4 (0.28%) GitLab
4 3 (0.21%) Balsamiq
4 3 (0.21%) Snyk
5 2 (0.14%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.14%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.070%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.070%) Maven
6 1 (0.070%) TeamCity
General
1 234 (16.30%) Finance
2 176 (12.26%) Social Skills
3 75 (5.22%) Public Sector
4 48 (3.34%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (3.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 46 (3.20%) Retail
6 33 (2.30%) Law
7 32 (2.23%) Banking
8 28 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
9 25 (1.74%) Manufacturing
10 21 (1.46%) Legal
10 21 (1.46%) Marketing
11 19 (1.32%) Back Office
12 16 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (0.97%) Financial Institution
14 13 (0.91%) Military
15 9 (0.63%) Aviation
15 9 (0.63%) Telecoms
16 8 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (0.49%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (3.20%) .NET
2 34 (2.37%) Middleware
3 24 (1.67%) Node.js
4 20 (1.39%) Kafka
5 15 (1.04%) RESTful
6 12 (0.84%) Spring
6 12 (0.84%) Spring Boot
7 11 (0.77%) Lightning Web Components
8 10 (0.70%) React
9 9 (0.63%) OpenAPI
9 9 (0.63%) Swagger
10 7 (0.49%) Model Context Protocol
11 6 (0.42%) XML
11 6 (0.42%) YAML
12 5 (0.35%) OAuth
12 5 (0.35%) OpenID
12 5 (0.35%) REST
12 5 (0.35%) XBRL
13 4 (0.28%) .NET Framework
13 4 (0.28%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 109 (7.59%) Cloud Native
2 44 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
3 40 (2.79%) Data Centre
4 35 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
5 33 (2.30%) Product Ownership
6 32 (2.23%) Onboarding
7 21 (1.46%) Cyberattack
8 17 (1.18%) Public Cloud
9 15 (1.04%) Virtual Team
10 14 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
10 14 (0.97%) Operational Technology
11 13 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
11 13 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
12 12 (0.84%) Blog
13 9 (0.63%) AI Agents
13 9 (0.63%) EPoS
13 9 (0.63%) iSeries
14 8 (0.56%) Management Information System
14 8 (0.56%) Reinsurance
14 8 (0.56%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 21 (1.46%) Windows
2 8 (0.56%) Windows Server
3 7 (0.49%) Linux
4 1 (0.070%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (15.25%) AI
2 170 (11.84%) Roadmaps
3 157 (10.93%) Presales
4 141 (9.82%) Agile
5 128 (8.91%) TOGAF
6 127 (8.84%) DevOps
7 112 (7.80%) Enterprise Architecture
8 109 (7.59%) Analytics
9 97 (6.75%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 89 (6.20%) Problem-Solving
11 88 (6.13%) Microservices
12 85 (5.92%) Migration
13 83 (5.78%) Technical Leadership
14 80 (5.57%) ERP
15 76 (5.29%) Integration Patterns
16 75 (5.22%) Architectural Patterns
16 75 (5.22%) Stakeholder Management
17 69 (4.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 65 (4.53%) CI/CD
19 57 (3.97%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 53 (3.69%) Python
2 43 (2.99%) C#
3 40 (2.79%) SQL
4 30 (2.09%) Java
4 30 (2.09%) JavaScript
5 10 (0.70%) Bicep
6 9 (0.63%) RPG
7 6 (0.42%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.21%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.070%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.070%) Bash
9 1 (0.070%) COBOL
9 1 (0.070%) Go
9 1 (0.070%) JCL
9 1 (0.070%) PHP
9 1 (0.070%) R
9 1 (0.070%) Scala
9 1 (0.070%) SOQL
9 1 (0.070%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 186 (12.95%) Security Cleared
2 131 (9.12%) SC Cleared
3 79 (5.50%) Degree
4 40 (2.79%) DV Cleared
5 32 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
6 28 (1.95%) Master's Degree
7 25 (1.74%) TOGAF Certification
8 19 (1.32%) AWS Certification
8 19 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
9 17 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 14 (0.97%) Azure Certification
11 13 (0.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 11 (0.77%) VCAP
12 11 (0.77%) VCDX
13 9 (0.63%) CCNP
13 9 (0.63%) ICAEW
14 8 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (0.49%) CISSP
16 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (1.95%) NIST
2 23 (1.60%) Data Quality
3 12 (0.84%) GDPR
4 10 (0.70%) Accessibility
4 10 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (0.63%) GRC
6 7 (0.49%) NCSC
7 6 (0.42%) QA
8 5 (0.35%) PMO
9 4 (0.28%) WCAG
10 3 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.14%) SEPA
12 1 (0.070%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.070%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.070%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.070%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.070%) PERC
12 1 (0.070%) PSD2
12 1 (0.070%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (1.11%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.04%) VMware NSX
4 11 (0.77%) Docker
4 11 (0.77%) vSphere
5 6 (0.42%) vCloud
6 5 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 26 (1.81%) Terraform
2 21 (1.46%) Kubernetes
3 15 (1.04%) Ansible
4 5 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.35%) vCenter Server
5 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.28%) vRealize
6 2 (0.14%) Grafana
6 2 (0.14%) Netcool
7 1 (0.070%) Argo
7 1 (0.070%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.070%) Netcool/OMNIbus
7 1 (0.070%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 186 (12.95%) Microsoft
2 75 (5.22%) SAP
3 31 (2.16%) VMware
4 26 (1.81%) Oracle
5 25 (1.74%) Dell
6 22 (1.53%) Cisco
6 22 (1.53%) Salesforce
7 19 (1.32%) Databricks
8 13 (0.91%) Fortinet
9 12 (0.84%) Juniper
10 11 (0.77%) Broadcom
10 11 (0.77%) IBM
11 10 (0.70%) Adobe
11 10 (0.70%) Google
11 10 (0.70%) Palo Alto
12 9 (0.63%) Ariba
13 8 (0.56%) NetApp
13 8 (0.56%) Workday
14 7 (0.49%) CrowdStrike
14 7 (0.49%) N-able