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 10 July 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 207 115
Rank change year-on-year +96 -92 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,507 683 2,038
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.73% 1.58% 2.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.84% 1.75% 2.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,039 392 1,292
10th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £56,809
25th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
90th Percentile - £108,750 £130,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -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 81,911 39,061 84,500
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.27% 90.39% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 57,582 23,417 61,969
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,043 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.46% +3.85% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,250 £76,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 10 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 10 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 +71 748 £95,000 +5.56% 185
North of England +64 269 £80,000 +17.65% 49
North West +72 170 £80,000 +27.49% 24
South West +27 151 £75,000 -6.25% 19
South East +46 131 £85,000 +13.33% 38
Midlands +4 117 £75,000 - 19
West Midlands +26 85 £75,000 -11.76% 18
Yorkshire 0 68 £82,500 +10.00% 12
East of England +19 60 £76,238 +15.16% 15
East Midlands -27 32 £60,000 -18.37% 1
North East -26 31 £80,000 +23.08% 13
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 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.

1 339 (22.50%) Azure
2 301 (19.97%) AWS
3 240 (15.93%) AI
4 196 (13.01%) Security Cleared
5 192 (12.74%) Microsoft
6 187 (12.41%) Roadmaps
7 167 (11.08%) Presales
8 145 (9.62%) Agile
9 140 (9.29%) SC Cleared
10 135 (8.96%) DevOps
11 133 (8.83%) TOGAF
12 130 (8.63%) Analytics
13 119 (7.90%) Enterprise Architecture
14 102 (6.77%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 98 (6.50%) Migration
16 95 (6.30%) Degree
16 95 (6.30%) ERP
17 94 (6.24%) SaaS
18 93 (6.17%) Microservices
19 90 (5.97%) Problem-Solving
20 86 (5.71%) Technical Leadership
21 85 (5.64%) SAP
22 84 (5.57%) Stakeholder Management
23 83 (5.51%) Integration Patterns
24 80 (5.31%) Architectural Patterns
25 78 (5.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
26 72 (4.78%) Mentoring
27 70 (4.64%) Power Platform
28 67 (4.45%) Microsoft 365
29 66 (4.38%) CI/CD

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 16 (1.06%) Confluence
2 11 (0.73%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.60%) CMS
3 9 (0.60%) SAS
4 8 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.33%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.13%) Appian
6 2 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.13%) Camunda
6 2 (0.13%) IIS
7 1 (0.066%) Apache
7 1 (0.066%) CICS
7 1 (0.066%) Drupal
7 1 (0.066%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.066%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.066%) Strapi
Applications
1 16 (1.06%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.46%) PlantUML
4 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.13%) PTC Creo
5 2 (0.13%) Windchill
6 1 (0.066%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.066%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 47 (3.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.73%) SAP ERP
4 8 (0.53%) Endur
4 8 (0.53%) Shopify
5 6 (0.40%) Oracle Retail
6 5 (0.33%) SAP MDG
7 4 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 2 (0.13%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.13%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.13%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.13%) SAP Retail
9 1 (0.066%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.066%) SAP EWM
9 1 (0.066%) SAP IS-U
9 1 (0.066%) SAP MDM
9 1 (0.066%) SAP PP
9 1 (0.066%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 339 (22.50%) Azure
2 301 (19.97%) AWS
3 94 (6.24%) SaaS
4 70 (4.64%) Power Platform
5 67 (4.45%) Microsoft 365
6 59 (3.92%) Cloud Computing
7 57 (3.78%) GCP
8 49 (3.25%) Dynamics 365
9 44 (2.92%) Serverless
10 41 (2.72%) PaaS
11 20 (1.33%) IaaS
12 19 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
13 17 (1.13%) PowerApps
14 16 (1.06%) Lucidchart
15 15 (1.00%) Entra ID
15 15 (1.00%) SuccessFactors
16 14 (0.93%) dbt
17 11 (0.73%) Azure Logic Apps
17 11 (0.73%) Power Automate
18 10 (0.66%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.79%) Internet
2 29 (1.92%) Firewall
3 17 (1.13%) Network Security
3 17 (1.13%) WAN
4 16 (1.06%) Broadband
5 14 (0.93%) SD-WAN
6 12 (0.80%) LAN
7 11 (0.73%) VSAN
8 10 (0.66%) MPLS
9 8 (0.53%) VPN
10 6 (0.40%) RFID
11 4 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
12 3 (0.20%) 3GPP
12 3 (0.20%) WLAN
13 2 (0.13%) 5G
13 2 (0.13%) AMQP
13 2 (0.13%) SAN
13 2 (0.13%) Unified Communications
14 1 (0.066%) TCP/IP
14 1 (0.066%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (0.86%) Data Lake
2 13 (0.86%) Db2
3 12 (0.80%) BusinessObjects
3 12 (0.80%) Power BI
3 12 (0.80%) SAP HANA
3 12 (0.80%) SQL Server
4 10 (0.66%) DTS
5 8 (0.53%) Metadata
6 7 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.40%) Big Data
7 6 (0.40%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.40%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.27%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.27%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.27%) Semantic Layer
9 3 (0.20%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.13%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.13%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 10 (0.66%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.33%) JIRA
3 4 (0.27%) GitLab
4 3 (0.20%) Balsamiq
4 3 (0.20%) Snyk
5 2 (0.13%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.13%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.066%) Maven
6 1 (0.066%) TeamCity
General
1 239 (15.86%) Finance
2 196 (13.01%) Social Skills
3 80 (5.31%) Public Sector
4 56 (3.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 49 (3.25%) Retail
6 47 (3.12%) Analytical Skills
7 35 (2.32%) Law
8 30 (1.99%) Banking
9 29 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
10 27 (1.79%) Manufacturing
11 23 (1.53%) Back Office
11 23 (1.53%) Marketing
11 23 (1.53%) Military
12 21 (1.39%) Legal
13 17 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (1.06%) Financial Institution
15 15 (1.00%) Telecoms
16 12 (0.80%) Public Speaking
17 10 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
18 9 (0.60%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (3.12%) .NET
2 35 (2.32%) Middleware
3 26 (1.73%) Node.js
4 22 (1.46%) Kafka
5 16 (1.06%) RESTful
6 13 (0.86%) Spring
6 13 (0.86%) Spring Boot
7 12 (0.80%) Lightning Web Components
8 10 (0.66%) Model Context Protocol
8 10 (0.66%) OpenAPI
8 10 (0.66%) React
8 10 (0.66%) Swagger
9 7 (0.46%) REST
10 6 (0.40%) XML
10 6 (0.40%) YAML
11 5 (0.33%) OAuth
11 5 (0.33%) OpenID
11 5 (0.33%) XBRL
12 4 (0.27%) .NET Framework
12 4 (0.27%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 115 (7.63%) Cloud Native
2 53 (3.52%) Onboarding
3 46 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
4 40 (2.65%) Data Centre
5 39 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
6 35 (2.32%) Product Ownership
7 23 (1.53%) Blog
8 21 (1.39%) Cyberattack
9 18 (1.19%) Public Cloud
10 16 (1.06%) Virtual Team
11 15 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (1.00%) Operational Technology
12 14 (0.93%) AI Agents
12 14 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
13 13 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
14 10 (0.66%) EPoS
14 10 (0.66%) iSeries
15 9 (0.60%) IoT
15 9 (0.60%) Management Information System
16 8 (0.53%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 23 (1.53%) Windows
2 8 (0.53%) Linux
2 8 (0.53%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.066%) AIX
3 1 (0.066%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (15.93%) AI
2 187 (12.41%) Roadmaps
3 167 (11.08%) Presales
4 145 (9.62%) Agile
5 135 (8.96%) DevOps
6 133 (8.83%) TOGAF
7 130 (8.63%) Analytics
8 119 (7.90%) Enterprise Architecture
9 102 (6.77%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 98 (6.50%) Migration
11 95 (6.30%) ERP
12 93 (6.17%) Microservices
13 90 (5.97%) Problem-Solving
14 86 (5.71%) Technical Leadership
15 84 (5.57%) Stakeholder Management
16 83 (5.51%) Integration Patterns
17 80 (5.31%) Architectural Patterns
18 78 (5.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 72 (4.78%) Mentoring
20 66 (4.38%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 57 (3.78%) Python
2 45 (2.99%) C#
3 43 (2.85%) SQL
4 33 (2.19%) JavaScript
5 32 (2.12%) Java
6 10 (0.66%) Bicep
6 10 (0.66%) RPG
7 6 (0.40%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.20%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.13%) Go
10 1 (0.066%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.066%) Bash
10 1 (0.066%) COBOL
10 1 (0.066%) JCL
10 1 (0.066%) PHP
10 1 (0.066%) R
10 1 (0.066%) Scala
10 1 (0.066%) SOQL
10 1 (0.066%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 196 (13.01%) Security Cleared
2 140 (9.29%) SC Cleared
3 95 (6.30%) Degree
4 43 (2.85%) DV Cleared
5 32 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
6 28 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (1.86%) Master's Degree
7 26 (1.73%) AWS Certification
8 25 (1.66%) TOGAF Certification
9 19 (1.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 17 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (1.00%) Azure Certification
12 13 (0.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 11 (0.73%) VCAP
13 11 (0.73%) VCDX
14 10 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (0.60%) CCNP
15 9 (0.60%) CISSP
15 9 (0.60%) ICAEW
16 8 (0.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (1.92%) NIST
2 23 (1.53%) Data Quality
3 14 (0.93%) GDPR
4 11 (0.73%) Accessibility
5 10 (0.66%) GRC
5 10 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.46%) NCSC
6 7 (0.46%) QA
7 5 (0.33%) PMO
8 4 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.27%) WCAG
9 2 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.13%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.13%) SEPA
10 1 (0.066%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.066%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.066%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.066%) PERC
10 1 (0.066%) PSD2
System Software
1 22 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (1.06%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.00%) VMware NSX
4 11 (0.73%) Docker
4 11 (0.73%) vSphere
5 6 (0.40%) vCloud
6 5 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.13%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 26 (1.73%) Terraform
2 22 (1.46%) Kubernetes
3 15 (1.00%) Ansible
4 5 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.33%) vCenter Server
5 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.27%) vRealize
6 2 (0.13%) Grafana
7 1 (0.066%) Argo
7 1 (0.066%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.066%) Netcool
7 1 (0.066%) Netcool/OMNIbus
7 1 (0.066%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 192 (12.74%) Microsoft
2 85 (5.64%) SAP
3 32 (2.12%) VMware
4 29 (1.92%) Oracle
5 25 (1.66%) Dell
5 25 (1.66%) Salesforce
6 24 (1.59%) Cisco
7 19 (1.26%) Databricks
8 13 (0.86%) Fortinet
8 13 (0.86%) IBM
9 12 (0.80%) Juniper
10 11 (0.73%) Broadcom
11 10 (0.66%) Adobe
11 10 (0.66%) Google
11 10 (0.66%) Palo Alto
12 9 (0.60%) Ariba
13 8 (0.53%) NetApp
13 8 (0.53%) Workday
14 7 (0.46%) Guidewire
14 7 (0.46%) ServiceNow