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 25 July 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 219 109
Rank change year-on-year +118 -110 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,579 656 1,848
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.77% 1.52% 2.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.87% 1.67% 2.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,091 372 1,150
10th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £56,809
25th Percentile £73,500 £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 £136,375
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 84,315 39,258 74,215
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.39% 90.67% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 59,202 23,759 52,740
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £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 £75,900 £75,000 £71,991
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £91,250
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 25 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 25 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 +70 787 £95,000 +5.56% 304
North of England +96 289 £80,000 +17.65% 64
North West +82 186 £80,000 +13.88% 28
South West +27 159 £75,000 -3.23% 31
South East +51 135 £85,000 +15.25% 64
Midlands +2 123 £75,000 - 37
West Midlands +19 93 £75,000 -11.76% 33
Yorkshire +7 73 £82,500 +14.60% 23
East of England +15 58 £75,000 +7.14% 11
North East -33 30 £80,000 +23.08% 13
East Midlands -35 30 £60,000 -18.37% 3
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 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.

1 345 (21.85%) Azure
2 327 (20.71%) AWS
3 262 (16.59%) AI
4 205 (12.98%) Security Cleared
5 194 (12.29%) Microsoft
6 185 (11.72%) Roadmaps
7 178 (11.27%) Presales
8 153 (9.69%) SC Cleared
9 141 (8.93%) Agile
10 140 (8.87%) Analytics
11 136 (8.61%) DevOps
12 128 (8.11%) TOGAF
13 118 (7.47%) Enterprise Architecture
14 113 (7.16%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 106 (6.71%) Migration
16 103 (6.52%) Degree
17 100 (6.33%) ERP
18 99 (6.27%) SaaS
19 92 (5.83%) Integration Patterns
20 91 (5.76%) Technical Leadership
21 90 (5.70%) Problem-Solving
22 89 (5.64%) Microservices
23 87 (5.51%) SAP
23 87 (5.51%) Stakeholder Management
24 86 (5.45%) Mentoring
25 83 (5.26%) Architectural Patterns
25 83 (5.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
26 75 (4.75%) Cloud Computing
27 67 (4.24%) CI/CD
28 65 (4.12%) Microsoft 365

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 (0.89%) Confluence
2 11 (0.70%) SAS
3 9 (0.57%) CMS
4 8 (0.51%) SharePoint
5 6 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 6 (0.38%) Sitecore CMS
6 5 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.13%) Appian
7 2 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.13%) Camunda
7 2 (0.13%) Drupal
7 2 (0.13%) IIS
8 1 (0.063%) Apache
8 1 (0.063%) CICS
8 1 (0.063%) OpenStack
Applications
1 18 (1.14%) MS Visio
2 7 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (0.44%) PlantUML
3 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.13%) PTC Creo
4 2 (0.13%) Windchill
5 1 (0.063%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.063%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 48 (3.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.82%) Endur
4 8 (0.51%) Shopify
5 7 (0.44%) SAP ERP
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle Retail
7 5 (0.32%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Cash Management
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.13%) SAP HCM
9 2 (0.13%) SAP HR
9 2 (0.13%) SAP Retail
10 1 (0.063%) SAP MDM
10 1 (0.063%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 345 (21.85%) Azure
2 327 (20.71%) AWS
3 99 (6.27%) SaaS
4 75 (4.75%) Cloud Computing
5 65 (4.12%) Microsoft 365
6 63 (3.99%) Power Platform
7 58 (3.67%) GCP
8 49 (3.10%) Dynamics 365
9 47 (2.98%) Serverless
10 41 (2.60%) PaaS
11 21 (1.33%) IaaS
12 19 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
13 18 (1.14%) dbt
13 18 (1.14%) Lucidchart
14 16 (1.01%) SuccessFactors
15 14 (0.89%) PowerApps
16 13 (0.82%) Entra ID
17 11 (0.70%) Azure Logic Apps
18 10 (0.63%) GitHub
19 9 (0.57%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 55 (3.48%) Internet
2 29 (1.84%) Firewall
3 16 (1.01%) Network Security
4 15 (0.95%) WAN
5 14 (0.89%) Broadband
6 13 (0.82%) LAN
7 11 (0.70%) SD-WAN
7 11 (0.70%) VSAN
8 10 (0.63%) VPN
9 8 (0.51%) MPLS
10 6 (0.38%) RFID
11 4 (0.25%) Radio Access Network
11 4 (0.25%) Unified Communications
12 3 (0.19%) 3GPP
12 3 (0.19%) 5G
12 3 (0.19%) AMQP
12 3 (0.19%) WLAN
13 2 (0.13%) MQTT
13 2 (0.13%) Wireless
14 1 (0.063%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (1.01%) BusinessObjects
1 16 (1.01%) SAP HANA
2 14 (0.89%) SQL Server
3 13 (0.82%) Data Lake
3 13 (0.82%) Db2
3 13 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (0.63%) DTS
5 9 (0.57%) Power BI
6 8 (0.51%) NoSQL
7 7 (0.44%) Big Data
7 7 (0.44%) Metadata
8 6 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.32%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.25%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.25%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.25%) Semantic Layer
11 3 (0.19%) DocumentDB
11 3 (0.19%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 9 (0.57%) Jenkins
2 4 (0.25%) GitLab
3 3 (0.19%) Balsamiq
3 3 (0.19%) Claude Code
3 3 (0.19%) JIRA
3 3 (0.19%) Snyk
4 2 (0.13%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.063%) Maven
5 1 (0.063%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 257 (16.28%) Finance
2 199 (12.60%) Social Skills
3 84 (5.32%) Public Sector
4 59 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 51 (3.23%) Retail
6 48 (3.04%) Analytical Skills
7 36 (2.28%) Law
8 31 (1.96%) Military
8 31 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
9 28 (1.77%) Back Office
9 28 (1.77%) Manufacturing
10 27 (1.71%) Banking
11 22 (1.39%) Legal
12 21 (1.33%) Marketing
13 18 (1.14%) Financial Institution
13 18 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
13 18 (1.14%) Telecoms
14 17 (1.08%) Public Speaking
15 10 (0.63%) Front Office
16 9 (0.57%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (3.04%) .NET
2 27 (1.71%) Middleware
3 26 (1.65%) Node.js
4 24 (1.52%) Kafka
5 16 (1.01%) RESTful
6 13 (0.82%) Model Context Protocol
6 13 (0.82%) Spring
6 13 (0.82%) Spring Boot
7 11 (0.70%) OpenAPI
7 11 (0.70%) Swagger
8 10 (0.63%) Lightning Web Components
9 9 (0.57%) React
10 8 (0.51%) REST
11 6 (0.38%) XML
11 6 (0.38%) YAML
12 5 (0.32%) A2A Protocol
12 5 (0.32%) SOAP
12 5 (0.32%) XBRL
13 4 (0.25%) .NET Core
13 4 (0.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 117 (7.41%) Cloud Native
2 71 (4.50%) Onboarding
3 47 (2.98%) Legacy Systems
4 41 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
5 38 (2.41%) Data Centre
5 38 (2.41%) Product Ownership
6 30 (1.90%) Blog
7 21 (1.33%) Cyberattack
8 20 (1.27%) Public Cloud
9 19 (1.20%) AI Agents
10 16 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
10 16 (1.01%) Virtual Team
11 15 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (0.95%) Operational Technology
12 10 (0.63%) EPoS
12 10 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
12 10 (0.63%) IoT
12 10 (0.63%) iSeries
13 9 (0.57%) Management Information System
14 8 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 21 (1.33%) Windows
2 8 (0.51%) Linux
3 6 (0.38%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.063%) AIX
4 1 (0.063%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (16.59%) AI
2 185 (11.72%) Roadmaps
3 178 (11.27%) Presales
4 141 (8.93%) Agile
5 140 (8.87%) Analytics
6 136 (8.61%) DevOps
7 128 (8.11%) TOGAF
8 118 (7.47%) Enterprise Architecture
9 113 (7.16%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 106 (6.71%) Migration
11 100 (6.33%) ERP
12 92 (5.83%) Integration Patterns
13 91 (5.76%) Technical Leadership
14 90 (5.70%) Problem-Solving
15 89 (5.64%) Microservices
16 87 (5.51%) Stakeholder Management
17 86 (5.45%) Mentoring
18 83 (5.26%) Architectural Patterns
18 83 (5.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 67 (4.24%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 56 (3.55%) Python
2 46 (2.91%) C#
3 45 (2.85%) SQL
4 35 (2.22%) JavaScript
5 31 (1.96%) Java
6 10 (0.63%) RPG
7 9 (0.57%) Bicep
8 4 (0.25%) Go
9 3 (0.19%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.19%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.063%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.063%) Bash
10 1 (0.063%) COBOL
10 1 (0.063%) JCL
10 1 (0.063%) R
10 1 (0.063%) Rust
10 1 (0.063%) SOQL
10 1 (0.063%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 205 (12.98%) Security Cleared
2 153 (9.69%) SC Cleared
3 103 (6.52%) Degree
4 47 (2.98%) DV Cleared
5 36 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
7 30 (1.90%) AWS Certification
8 28 (1.77%) Master's Degree
9 21 (1.33%) TOGAF Certification
10 20 (1.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 16 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
12 15 (0.95%) Azure Certification
13 13 (0.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 11 (0.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 11 (0.70%) VCAP
14 11 (0.70%) VCDX
15 10 (0.63%) CISSP
16 9 (0.57%) CCNP
16 9 (0.57%) ICAEW
16 9 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (1.84%) NIST
2 23 (1.46%) Data Quality
3 15 (0.95%) GDPR
4 12 (0.76%) Accessibility
5 9 (0.57%) GRC
5 9 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.38%) NCSC
6 6 (0.38%) QA
7 4 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 4 (0.25%) WCAG
8 3 (0.19%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.19%) PMO
9 2 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.13%) HITRUST
9 2 (0.13%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.13%) SEPA
10 1 (0.063%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.063%) PERC
10 1 (0.063%) PSD2
System Software
1 23 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (0.89%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.82%) VMware NSX
4 12 (0.76%) Docker
5 11 (0.70%) vSphere
6 6 (0.38%) vCloud
7 5 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.13%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 25 (1.58%) Terraform
2 23 (1.46%) Kubernetes
3 15 (0.95%) Ansible
4 5 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.32%) vCenter Server
5 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.13%) CASB
6 2 (0.13%) Grafana
6 2 (0.13%) vRealize
7 1 (0.063%) Argo
7 1 (0.063%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.063%) Netcool
7 1 (0.063%) Netcool/OMNIbus
7 1 (0.063%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 194 (12.29%) Microsoft
2 87 (5.51%) SAP
3 33 (2.09%) Oracle
4 30 (1.90%) VMware
5 26 (1.65%) Salesforce
6 25 (1.58%) Cisco
6 25 (1.58%) Dell
7 19 (1.20%) Databricks
8 14 (0.89%) IBM
9 11 (0.70%) Adobe
9 11 (0.70%) Broadcom
9 11 (0.70%) Fortinet
9 11 (0.70%) Juniper
9 11 (0.70%) ServiceNow
10 10 (0.63%) Google
10 10 (0.63%) Palo Alto
11 9 (0.57%) Ariba
11 9 (0.57%) Mitel
12 8 (0.51%) Guidewire
12 8 (0.51%) NetApp