Solutions Architect Job Trends in England

Solution Architect
UK > England

The median Solution Architect salary in England is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 September 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 225 106
Rank change year-on-year +120 -119 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,824 603 1,632
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.77% 1.40% 2.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.90% 1.55% 2.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,263 324 906
10th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £73,750 £65,563 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £96,250
90th Percentile - £109,625 £132,500
UK median annual salary £87,500 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.06% +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 96,021 38,933 64,766
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.16% 90.43% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 67,503 23,350 38,276
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,325 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.73% - -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 24 September 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 24 September 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 +96 875 £100,000 +5.26% 734
North of England +115 402 £80,000 +4.58% 142
North West +100 249 £80,000 - 76
South West +19 176 £75,000 -6.25% 70
Midlands +18 147 £75,000 - 55
Yorkshire +61 131 £80,000 +6.67% 49
South East -5 128 £85,000 +21.43% 179
West Midlands +24 117 £77,477 +3.30% 43
East of England +7 68 £78,738 -4.56% 32
East Midlands -24 30 £60,000 -21.82% 12
North East -54 22 £80,000 +28.00% 17
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 September 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.

1 368 (20.18%) Azure
2 333 (18.26%) AWS
3 322 (17.65%) AI
4 240 (13.16%) Microsoft
5 230 (12.61%) Security Cleared
6 205 (11.24%) Roadmaps
7 173 (9.48%) Presales
8 163 (8.94%) SC Cleared
9 161 (8.83%) Analytics
10 157 (8.61%) Agile
11 146 (8.00%) Technical Leadership
12 138 (7.57%) Stakeholder Management
13 132 (7.24%) Enterprise Architecture
14 131 (7.18%) Migration
15 126 (6.91%) DevOps
16 123 (6.74%) TOGAF
17 115 (6.30%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 115 (6.30%) ERP
17 115 (6.30%) SaaS
18 114 (6.25%) Integration Patterns
19 99 (5.43%) Microservices
20 97 (5.32%) SAP
21 93 (5.10%) Translating Business Requirements
22 87 (4.77%) Architectural Patterns
22 87 (4.77%) Degree
22 87 (4.77%) Mentoring
23 86 (4.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
24 81 (4.44%) Technology Strategy
25 79 (4.33%) Power Platform
26 76 (4.17%) Architecture Governance

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 (0.82%) Confluence
2 11 (0.60%) SAS
2 11 (0.60%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 7 (0.38%) CMS
4 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.27%) Sitecore CMS
5 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.11%) Appian
5 2 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.11%) Camunda
5 2 (0.11%) Drupal
5 2 (0.11%) IIS
5 2 (0.11%) JBoss
5 2 (0.11%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.055%) Apache
6 1 (0.055%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.055%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.055%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.055%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 22 (1.21%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.16%) PlantUML
4 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.11%) PTC Creo
4 2 (0.11%) Windchill
5 1 (0.055%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.055%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.055%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 52 (2.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.82%) Endur
3 10 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
4 7 (0.38%) SAP ERP
5 6 (0.33%) Shopify
6 5 (0.27%) Oracle Retail
7 4 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.22%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.16%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.16%) Infor M3
8 3 (0.16%) Lawson
8 3 (0.16%) Movex
8 3 (0.16%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.16%) SAP HCM
8 3 (0.16%) SAP HR
9 2 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 368 (20.18%) Azure
2 333 (18.26%) AWS
3 115 (6.30%) SaaS
4 79 (4.33%) Power Platform
5 62 (3.40%) Dynamics 365
6 61 (3.34%) Microsoft 365
7 57 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
8 54 (2.96%) GCP
9 38 (2.08%) Serverless
10 32 (1.75%) PaaS
11 20 (1.10%) Lucidchart
12 19 (1.04%) Azure Service Bus
13 18 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
13 18 (0.99%) dbt
14 15 (0.82%) Azure API Management
15 14 (0.77%) Entra ID
15 14 (0.77%) Power Automate
15 14 (0.77%) PowerApps
16 13 (0.71%) OCI
17 12 (0.66%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 53 (2.91%) Internet
2 31 (1.70%) Firewall
3 17 (0.93%) LAN
3 17 (0.93%) Network Security
3 17 (0.93%) WAN
4 12 (0.66%) SD-WAN
5 10 (0.55%) VSAN
6 9 (0.49%) Broadband
6 9 (0.49%) VPN
7 6 (0.33%) Wireless
8 5 (0.27%) MPLS
8 5 (0.27%) RFID
9 4 (0.22%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.16%) 5G
10 3 (0.16%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (0.16%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (0.16%) DNS
10 3 (0.16%) WLAN
11 2 (0.11%) AMQP
11 2 (0.11%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (1.48%) SQL Server
2 16 (0.88%) BusinessObjects
2 16 (0.88%) SAP HANA
3 13 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (0.60%) Db2
4 11 (0.60%) Relational Database
5 10 (0.55%) Data Lake
5 10 (0.55%) DTS
5 10 (0.55%) Power BI
6 9 (0.49%) Big Data
6 9 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (0.49%) Metadata
6 9 (0.49%) NoSQL
7 7 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (0.27%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.27%) MySQL
9 4 (0.22%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.22%) DynamoDB
9 4 (0.22%) Semantic Layer
10 3 (0.16%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 9 (0.49%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.27%) Claude Code
2 5 (0.27%) JIRA
3 3 (0.16%) Snyk
4 1 (0.055%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.055%) GitLab
4 1 (0.055%) Maven
4 1 (0.055%) MLflow
4 1 (0.055%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.055%) SonarQube
General
1 367 (20.12%) Finance
2 219 (12.01%) Social Skills
3 100 (5.48%) Public Sector
4 60 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 59 (3.23%) Retail
6 53 (2.91%) Banking
7 42 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
8 40 (2.19%) Analytical Skills
9 39 (2.14%) Law
10 36 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
10 36 (1.97%) Marketing
11 33 (1.81%) Military
12 28 (1.54%) Manufacturing
13 26 (1.43%) Back Office
14 25 (1.37%) Financial Institution
15 23 (1.26%) Legal
16 22 (1.21%) Telecoms
17 17 (0.93%) Public Speaking
18 15 (0.82%) Aerospace
19 14 (0.77%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (2.91%) .NET
2 35 (1.92%) Middleware
3 25 (1.37%) Node.js
4 24 (1.32%) Terraform
5 23 (1.26%) RESTful
6 22 (1.21%) Kafka
7 17 (0.93%) OpenAPI
7 17 (0.93%) REST
7 17 (0.93%) Swagger
8 13 (0.71%) Spring
8 13 (0.71%) Spring Boot
9 11 (0.60%) Oracle Fusion
10 9 (0.49%) Model Context Protocol
11 8 (0.44%) SOAP
12 7 (0.38%) React
12 7 (0.38%) XML
13 5 (0.27%) A2A Protocol
13 5 (0.27%) LDAP
13 5 (0.27%) Lightning Web Components
13 5 (0.27%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 104 (5.70%) Cloud Native
2 74 (4.06%) Onboarding
3 68 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
4 56 (3.07%) Product Ownership
5 49 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
6 30 (1.64%) Blog
7 25 (1.37%) AI Agents
8 24 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
9 21 (1.15%) Data Centre
10 18 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
10 18 (0.99%) Public Cloud
11 16 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
11 16 (0.88%) Virtual Team
12 15 (0.82%) Cyberattack
12 15 (0.82%) IoT
12 15 (0.82%) Marketing Technology
13 10 (0.55%) EPoS
13 10 (0.55%) Industrial Internet of Things
13 10 (0.55%) iSeries
13 10 (0.55%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.04%) Windows
2 10 (0.55%) Linux
3 7 (0.38%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.055%) AIX
4 1 (0.055%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.055%) Unix
4 1 (0.055%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (17.65%) AI
2 205 (11.24%) Roadmaps
3 173 (9.48%) Presales
4 161 (8.83%) Analytics
5 157 (8.61%) Agile
6 146 (8.00%) Technical Leadership
7 138 (7.57%) Stakeholder Management
8 132 (7.24%) Enterprise Architecture
9 131 (7.18%) Migration
10 126 (6.91%) DevOps
11 123 (6.74%) TOGAF
12 115 (6.30%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 115 (6.30%) ERP
13 114 (6.25%) Integration Patterns
14 99 (5.43%) Microservices
15 93 (5.10%) Translating Business Requirements
16 87 (4.77%) Architectural Patterns
16 87 (4.77%) Mentoring
17 86 (4.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 81 (4.44%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 65 (3.56%) Python
2 64 (3.51%) C#
3 56 (3.07%) SQL
4 45 (2.47%) JavaScript
5 40 (2.19%) Java
6 11 (0.60%) Bicep
7 10 (0.55%) RPG
8 8 (0.44%) Go
9 5 (0.27%) Rust
10 3 (0.16%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.16%) R
10 3 (0.16%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.11%) Solidity
12 1 (0.055%) Bash
12 1 (0.055%) C++
12 1 (0.055%) COBOL
12 1 (0.055%) JCL
12 1 (0.055%) Scala
12 1 (0.055%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 230 (12.61%) Security Cleared
2 163 (8.94%) SC Cleared
3 87 (4.77%) Degree
4 54 (2.96%) DV Cleared
5 37 (2.03%) AWS Certification
6 36 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 35 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
8 33 (1.81%) Azure Certification
9 23 (1.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 21 (1.15%) TOGAF Certification
11 17 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (0.66%) CISSP
13 11 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
13 11 (0.60%) Master's Degree
14 10 (0.55%) VCAP
14 10 (0.55%) VCDX
14 10 (0.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 9 (0.49%) ICAEW
15 9 (0.49%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 7 (0.38%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (1.43%) Data Quality
2 22 (1.21%) NIST
3 16 (0.88%) GDPR
4 14 (0.77%) GRC
5 13 (0.71%) Accessibility
6 8 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.38%) QA
8 4 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.22%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.22%) NCSC
9 3 (0.16%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.16%) WCAG
10 2 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.11%) EU AI Act
10 2 (0.11%) HITRUST
10 2 (0.11%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.11%) SEPA
11 1 (0.055%) PSD2
11 1 (0.055%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (0.88%) Docker
3 13 (0.71%) Active Directory
4 12 (0.66%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.55%) vSphere
6 6 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.27%) vCloud
8 3 (0.16%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.055%) KVM
9 1 (0.055%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 23 (1.26%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.49%) Ansible
3 6 (0.33%) Grafana
3 6 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.27%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.11%) CASB
5 2 (0.11%) vRealize
6 1 (0.055%) Argo
6 1 (0.055%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.055%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.055%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 240 (13.16%) Microsoft
2 97 (5.32%) SAP
3 44 (2.41%) Oracle
4 30 (1.64%) VMware
5 29 (1.59%) Salesforce
6 28 (1.54%) Databricks
7 22 (1.21%) Cisco
8 21 (1.15%) Google
9 19 (1.04%) ServiceNow
10 18 (0.99%) Adobe
10 18 (0.99%) Juniper
11 14 (0.77%) Guidewire
11 14 (0.77%) IBM
12 12 (0.66%) Mitel
13 11 (0.60%) Aruba
14 10 (0.55%) Broadcom
14 10 (0.55%) MuleSoft
15 9 (0.49%) Computacenter
16 8 (0.44%) Infor
16 8 (0.44%) Palo Alto