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 August 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 238 102
Rank change year-on-year +137 -136 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,736 604 1,764
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.80% 1.38% 2.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.92% 1.53% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,204 323 1,045
10th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £67,500
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 90,453 39,536 69,382
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.98% 90.48% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 63,754 23,915 46,044
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 £97,500 £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 25 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 25 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 +78 833 £100,000 +5.26% 88
North of England +107 358 £80,000 +18.08% 48
North West +97 222 £80,000 +3.23% 21
South West +34 172 £73,706 -7.87% 24
Midlands +32 145 £75,000 - 17
South East +40 130 £85,000 +30.77% 36
West Midlands +25 114 £75,000 - 10
Yorkshire +44 113 £80,000 +18.52% 25
East of England +18 71 £90,000 +9.09% 7
East Midlands -21 31 £60,000 -20.00% 7
North East -45 23 £80,000 +23.08% 2
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 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.

1 362 (20.85%) Azure
2 332 (19.12%) AWS
3 311 (17.91%) AI
4 220 (12.67%) Security Cleared
5 214 (12.33%) Microsoft
6 191 (11.00%) Roadmaps
7 181 (10.43%) Presales
8 158 (9.10%) SC Cleared
9 155 (8.93%) Analytics
10 147 (8.47%) Agile
11 126 (7.26%) Enterprise Architecture
12 125 (7.20%) DevOps
13 122 (7.03%) Migration
14 119 (6.85%) TOGAF
15 115 (6.62%) Digital Transformation Programme
16 112 (6.45%) Technical Leadership
17 111 (6.39%) Stakeholder Management
18 108 (6.22%) SaaS
19 107 (6.16%) ERP
20 106 (6.11%) Integration Patterns
21 99 (5.70%) Degree
22 97 (5.59%) SAP
23 95 (5.47%) Microservices
24 86 (4.95%) Mentoring
25 85 (4.90%) Architectural Patterns
25 85 (4.90%) Problem-Solving
25 85 (4.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
26 72 (4.15%) Power Platform
26 72 (4.15%) Translating Business Requirements
27 71 (4.09%) 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 (0.81%) Confluence
2 11 (0.63%) SAS
2 11 (0.63%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.46%) CMS
4 6 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
6 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.12%) Appian
7 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.12%) Camunda
7 2 (0.12%) Drupal
7 2 (0.12%) IIS
8 1 (0.058%) Apache
8 1 (0.058%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.058%) CICS
8 1 (0.058%) JBoss
8 1 (0.058%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.058%) WebLogic
Applications
1 22 (1.27%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.23%) PlantUML
4 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.12%) PTC Creo
5 2 (0.12%) Windchill
6 1 (0.058%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.058%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 47 (2.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.86%) Endur
3 13 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.46%) SAP ERP
4 8 (0.46%) Shopify
5 6 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (0.35%) 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 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.12%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.12%) SAP HR
8 2 (0.12%) SAP Retail
8 2 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 362 (20.85%) Azure
2 332 (19.12%) AWS
3 108 (6.22%) SaaS
4 72 (4.15%) Power Platform
5 71 (4.09%) Cloud Computing
6 66 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
7 57 (3.28%) GCP
8 53 (3.05%) Dynamics 365
9 40 (2.30%) Serverless
10 33 (1.90%) PaaS
11 20 (1.15%) Lucidchart
12 18 (1.04%) dbt
13 16 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
14 15 (0.86%) PowerApps
15 14 (0.81%) SuccessFactors
16 13 (0.75%) Azure Service Bus
16 13 (0.75%) IaaS
17 11 (0.63%) Azure Logic Apps
18 10 (0.58%) Power Automate
19 9 (0.52%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 54 (3.11%) Internet
2 32 (1.84%) Firewall
3 17 (0.98%) 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 (0.35%) MPLS
8 6 (0.35%) RFID
9 4 (0.23%) Unified Communications
9 4 (0.23%) Wireless
10 3 (0.17%) 5G
10 3 (0.17%) WLAN
11 2 (0.12%) AMQP
11 2 (0.12%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (0.12%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (0.12%) MQTT
12 1 (0.058%) Modbus
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
4 12 (0.69%) Db2
5 10 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (0.58%) DTS
5 10 (0.58%) Power BI
6 9 (0.52%) NoSQL
7 8 (0.46%) Metadata
8 6 (0.35%) Big Data
8 6 (0.35%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.29%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.23%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.23%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.23%) MySQL
10 4 (0.23%) Semantic Layer
11 3 (0.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 8 (0.46%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.29%) Claude Code
3 3 (0.17%) GitLab
3 3 (0.17%) JIRA
3 3 (0.17%) Snyk
4 1 (0.058%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.058%) Maven
4 1 (0.058%) SonarQube
General
1 310 (17.86%) Finance
2 204 (11.75%) Social Skills
3 91 (5.24%) Public Sector
4 65 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 54 (3.11%) Retail
6 47 (2.71%) Analytical Skills
7 38 (2.19%) Law
8 37 (2.13%) Banking
9 36 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
10 30 (1.73%) Military
11 28 (1.61%) Manufacturing
12 27 (1.56%) Marketing
13 25 (1.44%) Back Office
13 25 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
14 22 (1.27%) Telecoms
15 20 (1.15%) Financial Institution
16 17 (0.98%) Legal
16 17 (0.98%) Public Speaking
17 12 (0.69%) Front Office
18 9 (0.52%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (2.94%) .NET
2 32 (1.84%) Middleware
3 25 (1.44%) Node.js
4 21 (1.21%) Kafka
4 21 (1.21%) Terraform
5 18 (1.04%) RESTful
6 13 (0.75%) OpenAPI
6 13 (0.75%) Spring
6 13 (0.75%) Spring Boot
6 13 (0.75%) Swagger
7 10 (0.58%) Model Context Protocol
7 10 (0.58%) REST
8 8 (0.46%) Lightning Web Components
8 8 (0.46%) SOAP
9 7 (0.40%) React
10 6 (0.35%) XML
11 5 (0.29%) A2A Protocol
11 5 (0.29%) XBRL
12 4 (0.23%) .NET Core
12 4 (0.23%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 111 (6.39%) Cloud Native
2 75 (4.32%) Onboarding
3 57 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
4 45 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
5 42 (2.42%) Product Ownership
6 34 (1.96%) Data Centre
7 30 (1.73%) Blog
8 23 (1.32%) AI Agents
9 22 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
10 21 (1.21%) Cyberattack
11 20 (1.15%) Public Cloud
12 16 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
12 16 (0.92%) Virtual Team
13 15 (0.86%) Operational Technology
14 14 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
14 14 (0.81%) IoT
15 10 (0.58%) EPoS
15 10 (0.58%) iSeries
15 10 (0.58%) Private Cloud
16 8 (0.46%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 20 (1.15%) Windows
2 8 (0.46%) Linux
3 6 (0.35%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.058%) AIX
4 1 (0.058%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 311 (17.91%) AI
2 191 (11.00%) Roadmaps
3 181 (10.43%) Presales
4 155 (8.93%) Analytics
5 147 (8.47%) Agile
6 126 (7.26%) Enterprise Architecture
7 125 (7.20%) DevOps
8 122 (7.03%) Migration
9 119 (6.85%) TOGAF
10 115 (6.62%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 112 (6.45%) Technical Leadership
12 111 (6.39%) Stakeholder Management
13 107 (6.16%) ERP
14 106 (6.11%) Integration Patterns
15 95 (5.47%) Microservices
16 86 (4.95%) Mentoring
17 85 (4.90%) Architectural Patterns
17 85 (4.90%) Problem-Solving
17 85 (4.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 72 (4.15%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 63 (3.63%) Python
2 60 (3.46%) C#
3 50 (2.88%) SQL
4 44 (2.53%) JavaScript
5 35 (2.02%) Java
6 10 (0.58%) RPG
7 8 (0.46%) Bicep
8 7 (0.40%) Go
9 4 (0.23%) R
9 4 (0.23%) Rust
10 2 (0.12%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.12%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.058%) Bash
11 1 (0.058%) COBOL
11 1 (0.058%) JCL
Qualifications
1 220 (12.67%) Security Cleared
2 158 (9.10%) SC Cleared
3 99 (5.70%) Degree
4 53 (3.05%) DV Cleared
5 35 (2.02%) AWS Certification
6 34 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
7 33 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (1.27%) Master's Degree
9 21 (1.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 21 (1.21%) Azure Certification
10 17 (0.98%) 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 (1.56%) 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 7 (0.40%) 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 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.12%) HITRUST
11 2 (0.12%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.12%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.12%) SEPA
12 1 (0.058%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.058%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.058%) PSD2
System Software
1 24 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (0.81%) Docker
3 13 (0.75%) VMware NSX
4 12 (0.69%) Active Directory
5 11 (0.63%) vSphere
6 6 (0.35%) vCloud
7 5 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.17%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 22 (1.27%) Kubernetes
2 12 (0.69%) Ansible
3 5 (0.29%) vCenter Server
4 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.12%) CASB
5 2 (0.12%) Grafana
5 2 (0.12%) vRealize
6 1 (0.058%) Argo
6 1 (0.058%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.058%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 214 (12.33%) Microsoft
2 97 (5.59%) SAP
3 37 (2.13%) Oracle
4 32 (1.84%) VMware
5 31 (1.79%) Salesforce
6 27 (1.56%) Databricks
7 25 (1.44%) Cisco
8 21 (1.21%) Dell
9 15 (0.86%) Juniper
9 15 (0.86%) ServiceNow
10 13 (0.75%) Adobe
10 13 (0.75%) Google
10 13 (0.75%) Guidewire
10 13 (0.75%) IBM
11 12 (0.69%) Mitel
12 11 (0.63%) Broadcom
13 10 (0.58%) Fortinet
14 9 (0.52%) Computacenter
14 9 (0.52%) MuleSoft
14 9 (0.52%) Palo Alto