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 10 October 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 234 114
Rank change year-on-year +126 -120 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,791 571 1,478
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.72% 1.33% 2.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.86% 1.46% 2.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,201 313 842
10th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £56,306
25th Percentile £75,000 £66,589 £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 £97,188
90th Percentile - £110,000 £125,000
UK median annual salary £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% +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 96,276 39,048 61,997
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 90.61% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 67,273 23,161 35,506
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £35,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,281
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% -0.51% -7.87%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,396 £53,688 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.77% -2.39% -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 10 October 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 October 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 +99 865 £100,000 +5.26% 840
North of England +126 400 £80,000 +3.23% 152
North West +99 246 £80,000 - 85
South West +28 170 £75,000 -7.69% 74
Midlands +23 136 £75,000 - 69
Yorkshire +63 129 £82,500 +10.00% 55
South East -3 127 £85,000 +13.33% 160
West Midlands +21 112 £80,000 +6.67% 53
East of England +8 68 £75,000 -9.09% 41
North East -54 25 £80,000 +32.23% 12
East Midlands -38 24 £60,000 -22.58% 16
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 October 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.

1 346 (19.32%) Azure
2 320 (17.87%) AI
3 301 (16.81%) AWS
4 234 (13.07%) Microsoft
5 219 (12.23%) Security Cleared
6 211 (11.78%) Roadmaps
7 164 (9.16%) Presales
8 158 (8.82%) Agile
9 157 (8.77%) SC Cleared
10 156 (8.71%) Analytics
11 154 (8.60%) Technical Leadership
12 135 (7.54%) Stakeholder Management
13 132 (7.37%) Enterprise Architecture
14 128 (7.15%) Migration
15 126 (7.04%) ERP
16 118 (6.59%) DevOps
17 115 (6.42%) SaaS
18 108 (6.03%) Integration Patterns
19 107 (5.97%) Digital Transformation Programme
20 104 (5.81%) TOGAF
21 97 (5.42%) SAP
22 92 (5.14%) Translating Business Requirements
23 91 (5.08%) Microservices
24 89 (4.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
25 87 (4.86%) Mentoring
26 85 (4.75%) Degree
27 81 (4.52%) Architecture Governance
27 81 (4.52%) Power Platform
28 80 (4.47%) Architectural Patterns
29 79 (4.41%) Technology Strategy

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 (0.78%) Confluence
2 11 (0.61%) SAS
3 8 (0.45%) SharePoint
4 7 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 7 (0.39%) CMS
5 5 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.17%) Camunda
6 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.11%) Appian
7 2 (0.11%) Drupal
7 2 (0.11%) IIS
7 2 (0.11%) JBoss
7 2 (0.11%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.056%) Apache
8 1 (0.056%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.056%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.056%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.056%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.056%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 22 (1.23%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.11%) PlantUML
4 2 (0.11%) PTC Creo
4 2 (0.11%) Windchill
5 1 (0.056%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.056%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.056%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 54 (3.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.84%) Oracle ERP
3 14 (0.78%) Endur
4 11 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.39%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.22%) Oracle Retail
7 4 (0.22%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.17%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.17%) Infor M3
8 3 (0.17%) Lawson
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.17%) SAP HCM
8 3 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 346 (19.32%) Azure
2 301 (16.81%) AWS
3 115 (6.42%) SaaS
4 81 (4.52%) Power Platform
5 71 (3.96%) Dynamics 365
6 59 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
7 56 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
7 56 (3.13%) GCP
8 33 (1.84%) Serverless
9 29 (1.62%) PaaS
10 19 (1.06%) Lucidchart
11 18 (1.01%) Azure Service Bus
11 18 (1.01%) dbt
12 16 (0.89%) Azure API Management
12 16 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
12 16 (0.89%) Entra ID
13 15 (0.84%) Power Automate
14 14 (0.78%) PowerApps
15 12 (0.67%) GitHub
15 12 (0.67%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 51 (2.85%) Internet
2 26 (1.45%) Firewall
3 15 (0.84%) LAN
3 15 (0.84%) WAN
4 14 (0.78%) Network Security
5 11 (0.61%) SD-WAN
6 10 (0.56%) VSAN
7 9 (0.50%) VPN
8 7 (0.39%) Broadband
9 6 (0.34%) Wireless
10 5 (0.28%) DNS
11 4 (0.22%) MPLS
11 4 (0.22%) RFID
11 4 (0.22%) Unified Communications
12 3 (0.17%) 5G
12 3 (0.17%) Cisco ISE
12 3 (0.17%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (0.17%) WLAN
13 2 (0.11%) AMQP
13 2 (0.11%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (1.56%) SQL Server
2 16 (0.89%) BusinessObjects
2 16 (0.89%) SAP HANA
3 11 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (0.61%) Relational Database
4 10 (0.56%) Big Data
4 10 (0.56%) Db2
4 10 (0.56%) DTS
4 10 (0.56%) Power BI
5 9 (0.50%) Data Lake
5 9 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (0.50%) NoSQL
6 7 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (0.39%) Metadata
7 6 (0.34%) MongoDB
7 6 (0.34%) MySQL
8 4 (0.22%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.22%) DynamoDB
8 4 (0.22%) Semantic Layer
9 3 (0.17%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 8 (0.45%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.28%) Claude Code
3 4 (0.22%) JIRA
4 3 (0.17%) Snyk
5 2 (0.11%) MLflow
6 1 (0.056%) Maven
6 1 (0.056%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.056%) SonarQube
General
1 388 (21.66%) Finance
2 226 (12.62%) Social Skills
3 97 (5.42%) Public Sector
4 62 (3.46%) Retail
5 59 (3.29%) Banking
6 49 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 41 (2.29%) Law
8 40 (2.23%) Analytical Skills
8 40 (2.23%) Marketing
8 40 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
9 38 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
10 35 (1.95%) Military
11 31 (1.73%) Back Office
11 31 (1.73%) Manufacturing
12 29 (1.62%) Financial Institution
13 23 (1.28%) Telecoms
14 22 (1.23%) Legal
15 19 (1.06%) Aerospace
16 17 (0.95%) Public Speaking
17 15 (0.84%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (2.46%) .NET
2 36 (2.01%) Middleware
3 27 (1.51%) RESTful
4 24 (1.34%) Node.js
5 22 (1.23%) OpenAPI
5 22 (1.23%) Swagger
5 22 (1.23%) Terraform
6 21 (1.17%) Kafka
7 18 (1.01%) REST
8 14 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
8 14 (0.78%) Spring
8 14 (0.78%) Spring Boot
9 9 (0.50%) SOAP
10 8 (0.45%) Model Context Protocol
11 6 (0.34%) LDAP
11 6 (0.34%) XML
12 5 (0.28%) A2A Protocol
12 5 (0.28%) JSON
13 4 (0.22%) RabbitMQ
13 4 (0.22%) React
Miscellaneous
1 91 (5.08%) Cloud Native
2 72 (4.02%) Onboarding
3 69 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
4 60 (3.35%) Product Ownership
5 45 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
6 30 (1.68%) AI Agents
6 30 (1.68%) Blog
7 24 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
8 22 (1.23%) Data Centre
9 18 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
10 17 (0.95%) Marketing Technology
11 16 (0.89%) Virtual Team
12 14 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
13 13 (0.73%) IoT
14 12 (0.67%) Management Information System
14 12 (0.67%) Public Cloud
15 10 (0.56%) EPoS
15 10 (0.56%) Industrial Internet of Things
15 10 (0.56%) iSeries
15 10 (0.56%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.01%) Windows
2 10 (0.56%) Linux
3 7 (0.39%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.056%) AIX
4 1 (0.056%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.056%) Robot Operating System
4 1 (0.056%) Unix
4 1 (0.056%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 320 (17.87%) AI
2 211 (11.78%) Roadmaps
3 164 (9.16%) Presales
4 158 (8.82%) Agile
5 156 (8.71%) Analytics
6 154 (8.60%) Technical Leadership
7 135 (7.54%) Stakeholder Management
8 132 (7.37%) Enterprise Architecture
9 128 (7.15%) Migration
10 126 (7.04%) ERP
11 118 (6.59%) DevOps
12 108 (6.03%) Integration Patterns
13 107 (5.97%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 104 (5.81%) TOGAF
15 92 (5.14%) Translating Business Requirements
16 91 (5.08%) Microservices
17 89 (4.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 87 (4.86%) Mentoring
19 81 (4.52%) Architecture Governance
20 80 (4.47%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 66 (3.69%) Python
2 61 (3.41%) C#
3 55 (3.07%) SQL
4 46 (2.57%) JavaScript
5 40 (2.23%) Java
6 12 (0.67%) Bicep
7 10 (0.56%) RPG
8 9 (0.50%) Go
9 6 (0.34%) Rust
10 3 (0.17%) R
10 3 (0.17%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.11%) C++
11 2 (0.11%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.11%) Solidity
12 1 (0.056%) Scala
12 1 (0.056%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 219 (12.23%) Security Cleared
2 157 (8.77%) SC Cleared
3 85 (4.75%) Degree
4 51 (2.85%) DV Cleared
5 39 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 37 (2.07%) Azure Certification
7 36 (2.01%) AWS Certification
8 35 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
9 23 (1.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 22 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
11 21 (1.17%) TOGAF Certification
12 14 (0.78%) Master's Degree
13 11 (0.61%) CISSP
14 10 (0.56%) VCAP
14 10 (0.56%) VCDX
14 10 (0.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 9 (0.50%) ICAEW
16 8 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
16 8 (0.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 7 (0.39%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (1.45%) Data Quality
2 18 (1.01%) GDPR
3 15 (0.84%) GRC
4 13 (0.73%) Accessibility
5 10 (0.56%) NIST
6 9 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.39%) QA
8 4 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.22%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.17%) EU AI Act
9 3 (0.17%) NCSC
9 3 (0.17%) WCAG
10 2 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.11%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.11%) HITRUST
10 2 (0.11%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.11%) SEPA
11 1 (0.056%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.056%) PSD2
System Software
1 20 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (1.01%) Docker
3 14 (0.78%) Active Directory
4 11 (0.61%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.56%) vSphere
6 6 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.28%) vCloud
8 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.056%) KVM
10 1 (0.056%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 25 (1.40%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.39%) Ansible
3 6 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.28%) Grafana
4 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.28%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.11%) CASB
5 2 (0.11%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.056%) Argo
6 1 (0.056%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.056%) vRealize
Vendors
1 234 (13.07%) Microsoft
2 97 (5.42%) SAP
3 55 (3.07%) Oracle
4 32 (1.79%) Salesforce
5 26 (1.45%) Databricks
5 26 (1.45%) ServiceNow
5 26 (1.45%) VMware
6 24 (1.34%) Google
7 18 (1.01%) Adobe
7 18 (1.01%) Cisco
8 17 (0.95%) Juniper
9 13 (0.73%) Guidewire
9 13 (0.73%) IBM
10 12 (0.67%) Mitel
11 10 (0.56%) Aruba
11 10 (0.56%) Broadcom
11 10 (0.56%) MuleSoft
12 9 (0.50%) Computacenter
13 8 (0.45%) Infor
13 8 (0.45%) Workday