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 13 February 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 151 134
Rank change year-on-year -27 -17 +26
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 755 887 1,424
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.28% 1.98% 2.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.41% 2.16% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 463 536 1,070
10th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £59,975
25th Percentile £73,750 £68,625 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £84,500 £82,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.42% - -2.94%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £84,500 £82,500 £80,250
% change year-on-year +2.42% +2.80% -5.59%

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 53,649 41,053 62,523
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.25% 91.52% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 34,515 21,746 49,940
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,658 £45,000 £39,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 13 February 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 13 February 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 -1 303 £95,000 +5.56% 115
North of England -16 131 £75,000 +5.64% 49
South East +26 123 £85,000 +6.25% 66
Midlands -12 91 £75,000 - 39
North West +12 86 £73,500 +22.50% 31
West Midlands +10 59 £75,000 -11.76% 24
South West -21 48 £77,250 +7.31% 18
East of England +24 38 £90,000 +35.95% 11
East Midlands -30 32 £65,000 -7.14% 15
North East +14 27 £77,500 +26.24% 8
Yorkshire -73 18 £82,500 - 11
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 February 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.

1 184 (24.37%) Azure
2 150 (19.87%) Agile
3 144 (19.07%) Roadmaps
4 129 (17.09%) DevOps
5 113 (14.97%) AWS
5 113 (14.97%) Enterprise Architecture
6 106 (14.04%) AI
7 105 (13.91%) Microservices
8 103 (13.64%) SaaS
9 102 (13.51%) TOGAF
10 97 (12.85%) SAP
11 96 (12.72%) Problem-Solving
12 92 (12.19%) Security Cleared
13 88 (11.66%) Microsoft
14 83 (10.99%) Business Strategy
15 82 (10.86%) Technical Leadership
16 77 (10.20%) Degree
16 77 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
17 73 (9.67%) Presales
18 72 (9.54%) Analytics
19 71 (9.40%) Project Management
20 63 (8.34%) SAP S/4HANA
21 62 (8.21%) Project Delivery
22 59 (7.81%) Architectural Design
23 57 (7.55%) SC Cleared
24 56 (7.42%) Continuous Improvement
24 56 (7.42%) Decision-Making
25 54 (7.15%) ERP
26 53 (7.02%) Software Engineering
27 49 (6.49%) Risk Management

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 (1.99%) Confluence
2 10 (1.32%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.19%) CMS
3 9 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.26%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.26%) JBoss
5 2 (0.26%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.13%) Camunda
6 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.13%) Strapi
Applications
1 3 (0.40%) PlantUML
2 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.13%) Abaqus
3 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 63 (8.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 37 (4.90%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 37 (4.90%) SAP MDG
3 19 (2.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.53%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.40%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.40%) SAP IBP
5 3 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.26%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.13%) Maximo
7 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.13%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 184 (24.37%) Azure
2 113 (14.97%) AWS
3 103 (13.64%) SaaS
4 48 (6.36%) Power Platform
5 42 (5.56%) GCP
6 40 (5.30%) Microsoft 365
7 32 (4.24%) PaaS
8 28 (3.71%) Dynamics 365
9 26 (3.44%) Serverless
10 22 (2.91%) IaaS
11 20 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (1.99%) GitHub
13 11 (1.46%) Entra ID
14 9 (1.19%) Amazon Bedrock
14 9 (1.19%) SuccessFactors
15 8 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
15 8 (1.06%) OCI
16 7 (0.93%) PowerApps
16 7 (0.93%) Snowflake
17 5 (0.66%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.46%) Firewall
2 9 (1.19%) WAN
3 8 (1.06%) SD-WAN
4 7 (0.93%) MPLS
5 6 (0.79%) Broadband
5 6 (0.79%) SAN
6 5 (0.66%) Network Security
7 4 (0.53%) LAN
7 4 (0.53%) VPN
7 4 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.40%) Radio Access Network
8 3 (0.40%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.40%) VoIP
9 2 (0.26%) BGP
9 2 (0.26%) NGN
9 2 (0.26%) OSPF
9 2 (0.26%) VLAN
10 1 (0.13%) BIG-IP
10 1 (0.13%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.13%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.85%) Power BI
2 12 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (1.46%) Data Lake
4 7 (0.93%) Metadata
4 7 (0.93%) SQL Server
5 6 (0.79%) BigQuery
5 6 (0.79%) NoSQL
5 6 (0.79%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.66%) Big Data
7 4 (0.53%) DataStage
7 4 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.53%) QlikView
7 4 (0.53%) Tableau
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 3 (0.40%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.26%) GIS
9 2 (0.26%) Looker
10 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.13%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 16 (2.12%) JIRA
2 5 (0.66%) Octopus Deploy
3 4 (0.53%) Balsamiq
3 4 (0.53%) ER Studio
3 4 (0.53%) ERwin
3 4 (0.53%) PowerDesigner
4 3 (0.40%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.26%) GitLab
5 2 (0.26%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.13%) Git
6 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 247 (32.72%) Social Skills
2 158 (20.93%) Finance
3 103 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (9.14%) Banking
5 63 (8.34%) Public Sector
6 40 (5.30%) Presentation Skills
7 36 (4.77%) Retail
8 30 (3.97%) Law
9 26 (3.44%) Marketing
10 24 (3.18%) Manufacturing
11 21 (2.78%) Back Office
12 20 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
13 18 (2.38%) Legal
14 16 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 15 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (1.06%) Financial Institution
17 7 (0.93%) Telecoms
18 5 (0.66%) Aviation
19 4 (0.53%) Military
19 4 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (5.96%) Middleware
2 25 (3.31%) React
3 20 (2.65%) REST
4 17 (2.25%) Node.js
5 14 (1.85%) .NET
6 12 (1.59%) React Native
6 12 (1.59%) RESTful
7 11 (1.46%) Kafka
8 8 (1.06%) A2A Protocol
8 8 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
9 7 (0.93%) AngularJS
10 6 (0.79%) OpenAPI
10 6 (0.79%) SOAP
10 6 (0.79%) Swagger
11 5 (0.66%) GraphQL
11 5 (0.66%) Lightning Web Components
12 4 (0.53%) Model Context Protocol
12 4 (0.53%) OAuth
12 4 (0.53%) OpenID
12 4 (0.53%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 68 (9.01%) Cloud Native
2 29 (3.84%) Self-Motivation
3 26 (3.44%) Enterprise Software
4 25 (3.31%) Product Ownership
5 20 (2.65%) Virtual Team
6 16 (2.12%) Management Information System
7 14 (1.85%) Mobile App
8 13 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (1.59%) IoT
10 11 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (1.46%) Low-Code
11 10 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.32%) Public Cloud
12 9 (1.19%) AI Agents
12 9 (1.19%) Data Centre
13 6 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
14 5 (0.66%) AS400
14 5 (0.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 5 (0.66%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.46%) Windows
2 4 (0.53%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (19.87%) Agile
2 144 (19.07%) Roadmaps
3 129 (17.09%) DevOps
4 113 (14.97%) Enterprise Architecture
5 106 (14.04%) AI
6 105 (13.91%) Microservices
7 102 (13.51%) TOGAF
8 96 (12.72%) Problem-Solving
9 83 (10.99%) Business Strategy
10 82 (10.86%) Technical Leadership
11 77 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
12 73 (9.67%) Presales
13 72 (9.54%) Analytics
14 71 (9.40%) Project Management
15 62 (8.21%) Project Delivery
16 59 (7.81%) Architectural Design
17 56 (7.42%) Continuous Improvement
17 56 (7.42%) Decision-Making
18 54 (7.15%) ERP
19 53 (7.02%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 35 (4.64%) Python
2 23 (3.05%) SQL
3 22 (2.91%) Java
4 15 (1.99%) C#
5 13 (1.72%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.32%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.19%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.79%) Bicep
9 3 (0.40%) PHP
10 2 (0.26%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.26%) Scala
10 2 (0.26%) X++
11 1 (0.13%) Bash
11 1 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.13%) Go
11 1 (0.13%) SOQL
11 1 (0.13%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 92 (12.19%) Security Cleared
2 77 (10.20%) Degree
3 57 (7.55%) SC Cleared
4 36 (4.77%) TOGAF Certification
5 30 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (3.84%) Master's Degree
7 19 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 19 (2.52%) DV Cleared
8 17 (2.25%) Azure Certification
9 16 (2.12%) AWS Certification
10 13 (1.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.66%) CISSP
14 4 (0.53%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 3 (0.40%) MBA
15 3 (0.40%) SAP Certification
16 2 (0.26%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (1.59%) QA
2 8 (1.06%) GDPR
3 6 (0.79%) Data Quality
3 6 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.66%) NCSC
5 4 (0.53%) GRC
5 4 (0.53%) NIST
5 4 (0.53%) PMO
5 4 (0.53%) SLA
6 3 (0.40%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.40%) Def Stans
6 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.13%) Basel III
8 1 (0.13%) MiFID
8 1 (0.13%) SEPA
8 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (1.72%) Docker
2 7 (0.93%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.53%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.13%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (2.52%) Terraform
2 15 (1.99%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.32%) Netcool
4 4 (0.53%) vRealize
5 3 (0.40%) Ansible
6 2 (0.26%) Netcool/OMNIbus
6 2 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.13%) MOM
7 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 97 (12.85%) SAP
2 88 (11.66%) Microsoft
3 37 (4.90%) OpenText
4 21 (2.78%) Oracle
5 17 (2.25%) Salesforce
6 14 (1.85%) Software AG
6 14 (1.85%) VMware
7 12 (1.59%) Siemens
8 11 (1.46%) IBM
8 11 (1.46%) Informatica
9 10 (1.32%) BiZZdesign
10 9 (1.19%) Ariba
11 8 (1.06%) Cisco
11 8 (1.06%) Databricks
11 8 (1.06%) MuleSoft
12 7 (0.93%) Google
13 6 (0.79%) Dell
14 5 (0.66%) Fortinet
14 5 (0.66%) ServiceNow
15 4 (0.53%) Pega