Solutions Architect Job Trends in England

Solution Architect
UK > England

The median Solution Architect salary in England is £84,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 April 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 165 130
Rank change year-on-year +11 -35 +26
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,017 706 1,781
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.37% 1.93% 2.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.48% 2.15% 2.35%
Number of salaries quoted 675 484 1,222
10th Percentile £62,350 £53,750 £56,809
25th Percentile £73,250 £65,000 £66,781
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £84,500 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.63% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
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 68,613 32,796 75,948
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 89.55% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 45,221 21,209 58,983
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 11 April 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 11 April 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 +32 434 £95,000 +5.56% 128
North of England -35 162 £77,249 +18.84% 42
Midlands +6 131 £75,000 -1.52% 27
South East +10 125 £85,000 +11.48% 44
North West -7 101 £75,000 +25.00% 29
South West +7 96 £75,000 +4.18% 35
West Midlands +23 89 £75,000 -14.16% 19
East of England -7 53 £90,000 +35.95% 15
East Midlands -35 42 £65,000 -3.70% 8
North East -7 34 £77,500 +19.23% 3
Yorkshire -78 27 £82,500 - 12
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 April 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.

1 240 (23.60%) Azure
2 152 (14.95%) AWS
3 143 (14.06%) AI
4 140 (13.77%) Roadmaps
5 135 (13.27%) DevOps
6 129 (12.68%) Agile
7 128 (12.59%) Security Cleared
8 126 (12.39%) Microsoft
9 121 (11.90%) TOGAF
10 118 (11.60%) Presales
11 108 (10.62%) Enterprise Architecture
12 106 (10.42%) Problem-Solving
13 100 (9.83%) SaaS
14 92 (9.05%) Microservices
15 88 (8.65%) Degree
16 86 (8.46%) SC Cleared
17 82 (8.06%) Stakeholder Management
18 75 (7.37%) Analytics
19 74 (7.28%) SAP
20 69 (6.78%) Technical Leadership
21 65 (6.39%) Decision-Making
22 62 (6.10%) Architectural Design
23 61 (6.00%) ERP
24 60 (5.90%) Architectural Patterns
24 60 (5.90%) Project Delivery
25 59 (5.80%) Power Platform
26 57 (5.60%) Continuous Improvement
26 57 (5.60%) Integration Patterns
27 56 (5.51%) Microsoft 365
28 55 (5.41%) Software Engineering

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 (1.47%) Confluence
2 12 (1.18%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.08%) CMS
4 9 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.20%) JBoss
6 2 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.20%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.098%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.098%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.098%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.098%) Camunda
7 1 (0.098%) CICS
7 1 (0.098%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.098%) Strapi
Applications
1 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (0.49%) PlantUML
2 1 (0.098%) Abaqus
2 1 (0.098%) Siemens NX
2 1 (0.098%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 29 (2.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.49%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.49%) Shopify
3 5 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.29%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.20%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle Retail
5 2 (0.20%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.098%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.098%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.098%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.098%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.098%) SAP MDG-F
6 1 (0.098%) SAP MDG-S
Cloud Services
1 240 (23.60%) Azure
2 152 (14.95%) AWS
3 100 (9.83%) SaaS
4 59 (5.80%) Power Platform
5 56 (5.51%) Microsoft 365
6 46 (4.52%) GCP
7 36 (3.54%) PaaS
8 30 (2.95%) Dynamics 365
8 30 (2.95%) Serverless
9 28 (2.75%) IaaS
10 23 (2.26%) Cloud Computing
11 21 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (1.67%) SuccessFactors
13 16 (1.57%) Entra ID
14 13 (1.28%) PowerApps
15 10 (0.98%) GitHub
16 8 (0.79%) Mimecast
17 7 (0.69%) Azure Logic Apps
17 7 (0.69%) Power Automate
18 5 (0.49%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.97%) Firewall
2 14 (1.38%) Network Security
3 11 (1.08%) Broadband
4 10 (0.98%) WAN
5 9 (0.88%) LAN
5 9 (0.88%) SD-WAN
6 7 (0.69%) MPLS
7 6 (0.59%) Internet
8 5 (0.49%) Radio Access Network
8 5 (0.49%) VPN
9 4 (0.39%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.29%) 3GPP
10 3 (0.29%) SAN
10 3 (0.29%) VoIP
11 2 (0.20%) NGN
11 2 (0.20%) RFID
11 2 (0.20%) VLAN
11 2 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.098%) BIG-IP
12 1 (0.098%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (1.67%) Power BI
2 11 (1.08%) Data Lake
3 10 (0.98%) SQL Server
4 9 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (0.79%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.59%) Metadata
6 6 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.39%) Big Data
7 4 (0.39%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.29%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.29%) DB2
8 3 (0.29%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.20%) GIS
9 2 (0.20%) InfluxDB
9 2 (0.20%) Looker
9 2 (0.20%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.20%) Tableau
10 1 (0.098%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.098%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 16 (1.57%) JIRA
2 5 (0.49%) Balsamiq
3 4 (0.39%) GitLab
3 4 (0.39%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.20%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.098%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.098%) ERwin
6 1 (0.098%) Git
6 1 (0.098%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.098%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.098%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.098%) Visual Studio
General
1 212 (20.85%) Social Skills
2 173 (17.01%) Finance
3 74 (7.28%) Public Sector
4 58 (5.70%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (4.92%) Banking
6 43 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (3.93%) Presentation Skills
8 37 (3.64%) Retail
9 30 (2.95%) Manufacturing
10 29 (2.85%) Law
11 28 (2.75%) Marketing
12 26 (2.56%) Back Office
13 24 (2.36%) Legal
14 17 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
15 14 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (0.98%) Financial Institution
17 9 (0.88%) Telecoms
18 7 (0.69%) Aviation
18 7 (0.69%) Military
19 5 (0.49%) Digital Health
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (3.93%) Middleware
2 29 (2.85%) .NET
3 14 (1.38%) RESTful
4 12 (1.18%) Kafka
5 11 (1.08%) Lightning Web Components
5 11 (1.08%) React
6 9 (0.88%) REST
7 7 (0.69%) Model Context Protocol
7 7 (0.69%) OAuth
7 7 (0.69%) OpenAPI
7 7 (0.69%) OpenID
7 7 (0.69%) Swagger
8 6 (0.59%) Node.js
8 6 (0.59%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (0.49%) YAML
10 4 (0.39%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.39%) SOAP
10 4 (0.39%) XML
11 3 (0.29%) AngularJS
11 3 (0.29%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 89 (8.75%) Cloud Native
2 32 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (2.26%) Data Centre
5 20 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
5 20 (1.97%) Product Ownership
6 19 (1.87%) Cyberattack
6 19 (1.87%) Public Cloud
7 17 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
7 17 (1.67%) Virtual Team
8 14 (1.38%) Management Information System
9 11 (1.08%) IoT
9 11 (1.08%) Operational Technology
10 9 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (0.88%) Low-Code
10 9 (0.88%) Web Conferencing
11 8 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
11 8 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (0.59%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (0.59%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.87%) Windows
2 5 (0.49%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.39%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (14.06%) AI
2 140 (13.77%) Roadmaps
3 135 (13.27%) DevOps
4 129 (12.68%) Agile
5 121 (11.90%) TOGAF
6 118 (11.60%) Presales
7 108 (10.62%) Enterprise Architecture
8 106 (10.42%) Problem-Solving
9 92 (9.05%) Microservices
10 82 (8.06%) Stakeholder Management
11 75 (7.37%) Analytics
12 69 (6.78%) Technical Leadership
13 65 (6.39%) Decision-Making
14 62 (6.10%) Architectural Design
15 61 (6.00%) ERP
16 60 (5.90%) Architectural Patterns
16 60 (5.90%) Project Delivery
17 57 (5.60%) Continuous Improvement
17 57 (5.60%) Integration Patterns
18 55 (5.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 36 (3.54%) Python
2 25 (2.46%) SQL
3 23 (2.26%) C#
4 20 (1.97%) Java
5 12 (1.18%) JavaScript
6 9 (0.88%) PowerShell
7 7 (0.69%) Bicep
8 5 (0.49%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.20%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.20%) Bash
9 2 (0.20%) PHP
9 2 (0.20%) Scala
10 1 (0.098%) COBOL
10 1 (0.098%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.098%) JCL
10 1 (0.098%) R
10 1 (0.098%) SOQL
10 1 (0.098%) SOSL
10 1 (0.098%) X++
Qualifications
1 128 (12.59%) Security Cleared
2 88 (8.65%) Degree
3 86 (8.46%) SC Cleared
4 36 (3.54%) Master's Degree
5 28 (2.75%) TOGAF Certification
6 21 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
6 21 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (1.97%) DV Cleared
8 15 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (1.38%) AWS Certification
10 13 (1.28%) Azure Certification
11 11 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (0.59%) CCNP
12 6 (0.59%) CISSP
13 5 (0.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 4 (0.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (0.29%) CCDA
15 3 (0.29%) MBA
16 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (2.36%) NIST
2 11 (1.08%) QA
3 8 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (0.69%) Data Quality
5 6 (0.59%) Accessibility
5 6 (0.59%) GDPR
6 5 (0.49%) NCSC
6 5 (0.49%) PMO
7 4 (0.39%) GRC
8 3 (0.29%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.20%) WCAG
10 1 (0.098%) Basel III
10 1 (0.098%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.098%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.098%) MiFID
10 1 (0.098%) SEPA
10 1 (0.098%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (1.28%) Active Directory
1 13 (1.28%) Docker
2 10 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.59%) VMware NSX
4 3 (0.29%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.098%) Firmware
5 1 (0.098%) vCloud
5 1 (0.098%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.098%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (2.36%) Terraform
2 21 (2.06%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.98%) Ansible
3 10 (0.98%) Netcool
4 5 (0.49%) vRealize
5 4 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.20%) Grafana
6 2 (0.20%) Netcool/OMNIbus
7 1 (0.098%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.098%) MOM
7 1 (0.098%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 126 (12.39%) Microsoft
2 74 (7.28%) SAP
3 26 (2.56%) Salesforce
4 24 (2.36%) Oracle
5 22 (2.16%) Dell
6 21 (2.06%) VMware
7 15 (1.47%) Cisco
8 12 (1.18%) Siemens
9 11 (1.08%) Ariba
9 11 (1.08%) Fortinet
10 10 (0.98%) Software AG
11 9 (0.88%) Databricks
11 9 (0.88%) Google
11 9 (0.88%) IBM
12 8 (0.79%) Informatica
12 8 (0.79%) MuleSoft
13 7 (0.69%) Barracuda Networks
13 7 (0.69%) N-able
13 7 (0.69%) Sophos
14 6 (0.59%) Workday