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 28 August 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 220 100
Rank change year-on-year +122 -120 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,744 607 1,778
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.80% 1.39% 2.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.92% 1.53% 2.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,215 320 1,046
10th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £67,725
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 90,911 39,566 69,469
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.94% 90.44% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 64,152 23,916 45,861
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 £98,750 £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 28 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 28 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 +87 837 £100,000 +5.26% 585
North of England +117 364 £80,000 +15.94% 144
North West +98 228 £80,000 - 86
South West +22 174 £73,706 -7.87% 58
Midlands +31 141 £75,000 - 56
South East +26 129 £85,000 +28.30% 96
Yorkshire +46 114 £80,000 +18.52% 51
West Midlands +30 113 £76,238 +1.65% 34
East of England +19 73 £80,000 -3.03% 23
East Midlands -26 28 £60,000 -20.00% 22
North East -45 22 £80,000 +23.08% 7
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 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.

1 357 (20.47%) Azure
2 329 (18.86%) AWS
3 313 (17.95%) AI
4 221 (12.67%) Security Cleared
5 216 (12.39%) Microsoft
6 186 (10.67%) Roadmaps
7 179 (10.26%) Presales
8 158 (9.06%) SC Cleared
9 155 (8.89%) Analytics
10 146 (8.37%) Agile
11 122 (7.00%) DevOps
12 121 (6.94%) Migration
13 120 (6.88%) Enterprise Architecture
14 118 (6.77%) TOGAF
15 114 (6.54%) Digital Transformation Programme
16 113 (6.48%) Technical Leadership
17 111 (6.36%) Stakeholder Management
18 108 (6.19%) SaaS
19 104 (5.96%) ERP
19 104 (5.96%) Integration Patterns
20 100 (5.73%) Degree
21 96 (5.50%) Microservices
22 95 (5.45%) SAP
23 86 (4.93%) Mentoring
24 84 (4.82%) Architectural Patterns
25 83 (4.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
26 82 (4.70%) Problem-Solving
27 74 (4.24%) Translating Business Requirements
28 72 (4.13%) Power Platform
29 71 (4.07%) Cloud Computing

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 (0.80%) Confluence
2 11 (0.63%) SAS
2 11 (0.63%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 7 (0.40%) CMS
4 5 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
5 4 (0.23%) 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 (0.057%) Apache
7 1 (0.057%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.057%) CICS
7 1 (0.057%) JBoss
7 1 (0.057%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.057%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.057%) WebLogic
Applications
1 22 (1.26%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.17%) PlantUML
4 2 (0.11%) PTC Creo
4 2 (0.11%) Windchill
5 1 (0.057%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.057%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 46 (2.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.86%) Endur
3 13 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
4 7 (0.40%) SAP ERP
4 7 (0.40%) Shopify
5 6 (0.34%) Oracle Retail
6 5 (0.29%) SAP MDG
7 3 (0.17%) Infor M3
7 3 (0.17%) Lawson
7 3 (0.17%) Movex
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.11%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.11%) SAP HR
8 2 (0.11%) SAP Retail
8 2 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 357 (20.47%) Azure
2 329 (18.86%) AWS
3 108 (6.19%) SaaS
4 72 (4.13%) Power Platform
5 71 (4.07%) Cloud Computing
6 64 (3.67%) Microsoft 365
7 55 (3.15%) Dynamics 365
7 55 (3.15%) GCP
8 39 (2.24%) Serverless
9 31 (1.78%) PaaS
10 20 (1.15%) Lucidchart
11 18 (1.03%) dbt
12 15 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (0.86%) PowerApps
13 14 (0.80%) Azure Service Bus
14 13 (0.75%) SuccessFactors
15 11 (0.63%) Azure Logic Apps
16 10 (0.57%) Azure API Management
16 10 (0.57%) OCI
16 10 (0.57%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 54 (3.10%) Internet
2 32 (1.83%) Firewall
3 17 (0.97%) Network Security
4 16 (0.92%) WAN
5 13 (0.75%) LAN
6 11 (0.63%) Broadband
6 11 (0.63%) SD-WAN
6 11 (0.63%) VSAN
7 9 (0.52%) VPN
8 6 (0.34%) MPLS
8 6 (0.34%) RFID
9 4 (0.23%) Unified Communications
9 4 (0.23%) Wireless
10 3 (0.17%) 5G
10 3 (0.17%) WLAN
11 2 (0.11%) AMQP
11 2 (0.11%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (0.11%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (0.11%) MQTT
12 1 (0.057%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (1.38%) SQL Server
2 16 (0.92%) BusinessObjects
2 16 (0.92%) SAP HANA
3 13 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (0.69%) Data Lake
5 11 (0.63%) Db2
6 10 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (0.57%) DTS
6 10 (0.57%) Power BI
7 9 (0.52%) NoSQL
8 8 (0.46%) Metadata
9 7 (0.40%) Big Data
9 7 (0.40%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.23%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.23%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.23%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.23%) MySQL
10 4 (0.23%) Semantic Layer
11 3 (0.17%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 9 (0.52%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.29%) Claude Code
3 4 (0.23%) JIRA
4 3 (0.17%) GitLab
4 3 (0.17%) Snyk
5 1 (0.057%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.057%) Maven
5 1 (0.057%) SonarQube
General
1 311 (17.83%) Finance
2 203 (11.64%) Social Skills
3 91 (5.22%) Public Sector
4 65 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 52 (2.98%) Retail
6 45 (2.58%) Analytical Skills
7 39 (2.24%) Banking
8 38 (2.18%) Law
9 37 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
10 30 (1.72%) Military
11 27 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
11 27 (1.55%) Manufacturing
12 26 (1.49%) Marketing
13 24 (1.38%) Back Office
14 22 (1.26%) Telecoms
15 20 (1.15%) Financial Institution
16 17 (0.97%) Public Speaking
17 14 (0.80%) Legal
18 12 (0.69%) Front Office
19 9 (0.52%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (2.98%) .NET
2 29 (1.66%) Middleware
3 25 (1.43%) Node.js
4 21 (1.20%) Kafka
4 21 (1.20%) Terraform
5 18 (1.03%) RESTful
6 13 (0.75%) OpenAPI
6 13 (0.75%) Spring
6 13 (0.75%) Spring Boot
6 13 (0.75%) Swagger
7 10 (0.57%) REST
8 9 (0.52%) Model Context Protocol
9 8 (0.46%) SOAP
10 7 (0.40%) Lightning Web Components
10 7 (0.40%) React
11 6 (0.34%) XML
12 5 (0.29%) A2A Protocol
12 5 (0.29%) Oracle Fusion
12 5 (0.29%) XBRL
13 4 (0.23%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 108 (6.19%) Cloud Native
2 75 (4.30%) Onboarding
3 56 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
4 46 (2.64%) Legacy Systems
5 42 (2.41%) Product Ownership
6 34 (1.95%) Data Centre
7 30 (1.72%) Blog
8 22 (1.26%) AI Agents
8 22 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
9 21 (1.20%) Cyberattack
10 20 (1.15%) Public Cloud
11 16 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
11 16 (0.92%) Virtual Team
12 15 (0.86%) IoT
13 13 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
13 13 (0.75%) Operational Technology
14 10 (0.57%) EPoS
14 10 (0.57%) iSeries
14 10 (0.57%) Private Cloud
15 8 (0.46%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 17 (0.97%) Windows
2 7 (0.40%) Linux
3 6 (0.34%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.057%) AIX
4 1 (0.057%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (17.95%) AI
2 186 (10.67%) Roadmaps
3 179 (10.26%) Presales
4 155 (8.89%) Analytics
5 146 (8.37%) Agile
6 122 (7.00%) DevOps
7 121 (6.94%) Migration
8 120 (6.88%) Enterprise Architecture
9 118 (6.77%) TOGAF
10 114 (6.54%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 113 (6.48%) Technical Leadership
12 111 (6.36%) Stakeholder Management
13 104 (5.96%) ERP
13 104 (5.96%) Integration Patterns
14 96 (5.50%) Microservices
15 86 (4.93%) Mentoring
16 84 (4.82%) Architectural Patterns
17 83 (4.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 82 (4.70%) Problem-Solving
19 74 (4.24%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 63 (3.61%) Python
2 60 (3.44%) C#
3 51 (2.92%) SQL
4 44 (2.52%) JavaScript
5 35 (2.01%) Java
6 10 (0.57%) RPG
7 8 (0.46%) Bicep
8 7 (0.40%) Go
9 4 (0.23%) R
9 4 (0.23%) Rust
10 2 (0.11%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.11%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.057%) Bash
11 1 (0.057%) COBOL
11 1 (0.057%) JCL
11 1 (0.057%) Scala
11 1 (0.057%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 221 (12.67%) Security Cleared
2 158 (9.06%) SC Cleared
3 100 (5.73%) Degree
4 53 (3.04%) DV Cleared
5 35 (2.01%) AWS Certification
6 34 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
7 33 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (1.26%) Master's Degree
9 21 (1.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 21 (1.20%) Azure Certification
10 17 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
11 15 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
12 13 (0.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 11 (0.63%) CISSP
13 11 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (0.63%) VCAP
13 11 (0.63%) VCDX
14 9 (0.52%) CCNP
14 9 (0.52%) ICAEW
14 9 (0.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (1.61%) NIST
2 27 (1.55%) Data Quality
3 15 (0.86%) GDPR
4 12 (0.69%) Accessibility
5 11 (0.63%) GRC
6 9 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.34%) QA
8 5 (0.29%) NCSC
9 4 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.17%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.17%) WCAG
11 2 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.11%) HITRUST
11 2 (0.11%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.11%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.11%) SEPA
12 1 (0.057%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.057%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.057%) PSD2
System Software
1 24 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (0.86%) Docker
3 13 (0.75%) VMware NSX
4 11 (0.63%) vSphere
5 10 (0.57%) Active Directory
6 6 (0.34%) vCloud
7 5 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.17%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 22 (1.26%) Kubernetes
2 11 (0.63%) Ansible
3 5 (0.29%) vCenter Server
4 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.11%) CASB
5 2 (0.11%) Grafana
5 2 (0.11%) vRealize
6 1 (0.057%) Argo
6 1 (0.057%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.057%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 216 (12.39%) Microsoft
2 95 (5.45%) SAP
3 36 (2.06%) Oracle
4 32 (1.83%) VMware
5 29 (1.66%) Salesforce
6 28 (1.61%) Databricks
7 25 (1.43%) Cisco
8 21 (1.20%) Dell
9 16 (0.92%) Juniper
10 15 (0.86%) ServiceNow
11 14 (0.80%) Adobe
11 14 (0.80%) Guidewire
12 13 (0.75%) Google
12 13 (0.75%) IBM
13 12 (0.69%) Mitel
14 11 (0.63%) Broadcom
15 10 (0.57%) Fortinet
16 9 (0.52%) Aruba
16 9 (0.52%) Computacenter
16 9 (0.52%) MuleSoft