Solutions Architect Jobs in England

Solution Architect
UK > England

The median Solution Architect salary in England is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 129 205
Rank change year-on-year +15 +76 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 2,084 2,450 2,742
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.41% 2.77% 2.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.55% 3.02% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,261 1,394 1,334
10th Percentile £56,809 £63,750 £65,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - +9.68%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +9.68%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 81,786 81,001 131,568
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.57% 91.55% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 60,839 51,644 75,317
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Solutions Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in England

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in England.

Salary trend for Solutions Architect in England

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

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 20 May 2024. 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 +28 876 £92,500 +2.78% 155
North of England +40 414 £75,000 -3.23% 59
South East +19 321 £77,500 -8.82% 62
Midlands -3 270 £66,250 -11.67% 50
North West +20 207 £70,000 -8.20% 31
Yorkshire +58 178 £77,500 +3.33% 23
South West -5 166 £70,000 - 27
West Midlands +30 159 £77,500 +3.33% 34
East Midlands -31 110 £60,000 -17.24% 16
North East +11 29 £80,000 -5.88% 5
East of England -87 22 £95,000 +8.57% 8
Solutions Architect
UK

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Solutions Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 761 (36.52%) Agile
2 757 (36.32%) Social Skills
3 658 (31.57%) Finance
4 606 (29.08%) Roadmaps
5 555 (26.63%) TOGAF
6 546 (26.20%) Azure
7 499 (23.94%) Enterprise Architecture
8 423 (20.30%) Microsoft
9 419 (20.11%) ERP
10 398 (19.10%) SAP
11 392 (18.81%) Oracle
12 359 (17.23%) Strategic Roadmap
13 350 (16.79%) AWS
14 340 (16.31%) Data Management
15 330 (15.83%) Change Management
16 306 (14.68%) SAP ERP
17 300 (14.40%) Performance Management
17 300 (14.40%) Broadband
17 300 (14.40%) Anaplan
18 299 (14.35%) SAS
18 299 (14.35%) Hyperion
19 265 (12.72%) Degree
20 262 (12.57%) Problem-Solving
21 256 (12.28%) Security Cleared
22 239 (11.47%) Microservices
23 217 (10.41%) Presales
24 214 (10.27%) Mentoring
25 204 (9.79%) SC Cleared
26 190 (9.12%) DevOps
27 172 (8.25%) Public Cloud

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 299 (14.35%) SAS
2 57 (2.74%) Apache Airflow
3 54 (2.59%) Apache
4 53 (2.54%) SharePoint
5 28 (1.34%) WebLogic
6 19 (0.91%) CMS
7 18 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.29%) Drupal
8 6 (0.29%) IIS
9 4 (0.19%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.14%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.14%) WordPress
11 2 (0.096%) Anypoint
11 2 (0.096%) Confluence
12 1 (0.048%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.048%) Appian
12 1 (0.048%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.048%) nginx
12 1 (0.048%) Umbraco
Applications
1 15 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.29%) Simulink
4 3 (0.14%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.096%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 306 (14.68%) SAP ERP
2 73 (3.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 45 (2.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 34 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
5 18 (0.86%) SAP BPC
6 12 (0.58%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 6 (0.29%) Elite 3E
7 6 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
7 6 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.24%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.19%) Oracle Applications
9 4 (0.19%) SAP CX
10 3 (0.14%) SAP IBP
10 3 (0.14%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.14%) SAP PP
10 3 (0.14%) SAP SD
11 2 (0.096%) Dynamics AX
11 2 (0.096%) SAP CO
11 2 (0.096%) SAP FI/CO
11 2 (0.096%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 546 (26.20%) Azure
2 350 (16.79%) AWS
3 167 (8.01%) GCP
4 146 (7.01%) Power Platform
5 139 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
6 134 (6.43%) SaaS
7 112 (5.37%) Microsoft 365
8 77 (3.69%) Azure DevOps
9 75 (3.60%) PaaS
10 70 (3.36%) IaaS
11 58 (2.78%) Snowflake
12 56 (2.69%) dbt
13 44 (2.11%) PowerApps
14 38 (1.82%) Power Automate
15 35 (1.68%) AWS CloudFormation
16 33 (1.58%) Amazon SQS
17 30 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
18 28 (1.34%) Amazon EKS
19 26 (1.25%) Serverless
20 23 (1.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 300 (14.40%) Broadband
2 36 (1.73%) DNS
3 34 (1.63%) Firewall
4 30 (1.44%) SD-WAN
4 30 (1.44%) WAN
5 29 (1.39%) SSL
6 28 (1.34%) BGP
6 28 (1.34%) TCP/IP
7 15 (0.72%) Wireless
8 13 (0.62%) Network Security
9 7 (0.34%) Intranet
10 4 (0.19%) VoIP
10 4 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.14%) 4G
11 3 (0.14%) 5G
11 3 (0.14%) DHCP
11 3 (0.14%) PBX
12 2 (0.096%) Internet
12 2 (0.096%) VPN
13 1 (0.048%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (3.65%) Data Lake
2 66 (3.17%) Relational Database
3 65 (3.12%) Data Warehouse
4 57 (2.74%) Amazon Athena
5 55 (2.64%) Apache Arrow
5 55 (2.64%) Dremio
6 52 (2.50%) Apache Ignite
7 51 (2.45%) NoSQL
7 51 (2.45%) Power BI
8 50 (2.40%) SQL Server
9 38 (1.82%) Amazon RDS
10 30 (1.44%) Oracle Database
10 30 (1.44%) RDBMS
11 21 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
12 20 (0.96%) SAP BW
13 19 (0.91%) DB2
14 17 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
14 17 (0.82%) MongoDB
15 15 (0.72%) Big Data
15 15 (0.72%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 14 (0.67%) Rational DOORS
2 12 (0.58%) Jenkins
3 9 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
3 9 (0.43%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.24%) JIRA
4 5 (0.24%) Maven
5 3 (0.14%) GitLab
5 3 (0.14%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.096%) Git
7 1 (0.048%) Mocha
7 1 (0.048%) Spinnaker
7 1 (0.048%) Vagrant
General
1 757 (36.32%) Social Skills
2 658 (31.57%) Finance
3 134 (6.43%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (6.14%) Banking
4 128 (6.14%) Retail
5 98 (4.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 84 (4.03%) Public Sector
7 67 (3.21%) Legal
8 63 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
9 56 (2.69%) Front Office
10 53 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
11 52 (2.50%) Investment Banking
12 42 (2.02%) Manufacturing
13 27 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
14 26 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
15 23 (1.10%) Marketing
16 21 (1.01%) Advertising
16 21 (1.01%) Aerospace
16 21 (1.01%) Mandarin Language
17 17 (0.82%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (5.57%) .NET
2 55 (2.64%) gRPC
2 55 (2.64%) Protocol Buffers
3 52 (2.50%) NumPy
3 52 (2.50%) Pandas
3 52 (2.50%) SciPy
4 48 (2.30%) Spring Boot
5 32 (1.54%) Middleware
6 28 (1.34%) RabbitMQ
7 23 (1.10%) Kafka
8 21 (1.01%) HTML
9 17 (0.82%) CSS
9 17 (0.82%) Spring
9 17 (0.82%) Web Services
10 16 (0.77%) REST
11 13 (0.62%) React
11 13 (0.62%) SOAP
12 12 (0.58%) AngularJS
12 12 (0.58%) Node.js
13 11 (0.53%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 172 (8.25%) Public Cloud
2 97 (4.65%) Cloud Native
3 66 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
4 55 (2.64%) Derivative
4 55 (2.64%) Equities
4 55 (2.64%) Fixed Income
4 55 (2.64%) Hedge funds
5 52 (2.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 42 (2.02%) Data Centre
7 39 (1.87%) IoT
8 35 (1.68%) PMI
9 28 (1.34%) Management Information System
10 26 (1.25%) Mobile App
11 23 (1.10%) Product Ownership
12 22 (1.06%) Reinsurance
13 21 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
14 19 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
15 13 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
15 13 (0.62%) Legacy Systems
16 11 (0.53%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 56 (2.69%) Linux
2 29 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 17 (0.82%) Windows
4 9 (0.43%) Android
4 9 (0.43%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.38%) VME
6 2 (0.096%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.048%) HPUX
7 1 (0.048%) Solaris
7 1 (0.048%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 761 (36.52%) Agile
2 606 (29.08%) Roadmaps
3 555 (26.63%) TOGAF
4 499 (23.94%) Enterprise Architecture
5 419 (20.11%) ERP
6 359 (17.23%) Strategic Roadmap
7 340 (16.31%) Data Management
8 330 (15.83%) Change Management
9 300 (14.40%) Performance Management
10 262 (12.57%) Problem-Solving
11 239 (11.47%) Microservices
12 217 (10.41%) Presales
13 214 (10.27%) Mentoring
14 190 (9.12%) DevOps
15 170 (8.16%) Coaching
16 166 (7.97%) Architectural Patterns
17 162 (7.77%) Analytics
18 157 (7.53%) Migration
19 152 (7.29%) IT Strategy
20 133 (6.38%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 131 (6.29%) JavaScript
2 111 (5.33%) Java
3 105 (5.04%) Python
4 85 (4.08%) C#
5 83 (3.98%) SQL
6 60 (2.88%) TypeScript
7 15 (0.72%) Bicep
7 15 (0.72%) PowerShell
8 13 (0.62%) Go
9 12 (0.58%) R
10 11 (0.53%) MATLAB
11 8 (0.38%) Apex Code
11 8 (0.38%) COBOL
11 8 (0.38%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 8 (0.38%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.29%) Bash
12 6 (0.29%) Perl
12 6 (0.29%) PHP
13 5 (0.24%) Scala
14 4 (0.19%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 265 (12.72%) Degree
2 256 (12.28%) Security Cleared
3 204 (9.79%) SC Cleared
4 125 (6.00%) TOGAF Certification
5 75 (3.60%) Azure Certification
6 69 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 62 (2.98%) AWS Certification
8 57 (2.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 49 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
10 36 (1.73%) PMI Certification
11 27 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
12 22 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
13 21 (1.01%) CCNP
13 21 (1.01%) DV Cleared
13 21 (1.01%) Master's Degree
14 18 (0.86%) CCNA
15 14 (0.67%) CISSP
16 11 (0.53%) AWS Certified Developer
17 9 (0.43%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
18 7 (0.34%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (0.58%) Accessibility
1 12 (0.58%) SLA
2 11 (0.53%) Data Quality
2 11 (0.53%) QA
3 10 (0.48%) PMO
4 9 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (0.38%) GDPR
6 7 (0.34%) NIST
7 6 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.14%) HMG Infosec
8 3 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.14%) JSP 440
8 3 (0.14%) RMADS
9 2 (0.096%) GRC
9 2 (0.096%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.048%) COBIT
10 1 (0.048%) IFRS
10 1 (0.048%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.048%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.048%) Solvency II
System Software
1 48 (2.30%) Docker
2 17 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (0.53%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.43%) KVM
5 4 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.048%) LXC
6 1 (0.048%) RACF
6 1 (0.048%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.048%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 62 (2.98%) Kubernetes
2 55 (2.64%) Terraform
3 15 (0.72%) CASB
4 10 (0.48%) Ansible
5 6 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.24%) Puppet
6 5 (0.24%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.14%) Grafana
8 3 (0.14%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.14%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.14%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.14%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.048%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.048%) Nagios
9 1 (0.048%) Oracle Identity Management
9 1 (0.048%) vRealize
9 1 (0.048%) VxRail
Vendors
1 423 (20.30%) Microsoft
2 398 (19.10%) SAP
3 392 (18.81%) Oracle
4 300 (14.40%) Anaplan
5 299 (14.35%) Hyperion
6 82 (3.93%) Google
7 76 (3.65%) Sparx
8 70 (3.36%) Salesforce
9 39 (1.87%) Cisco
10 31 (1.49%) Apple
11 27 (1.30%) IBM
12 26 (1.25%) Databricks
12 26 (1.25%) ServiceNow
13 23 (1.10%) Adobe
14 18 (0.86%) VMware
15 17 (0.82%) MuleSoft
16 16 (0.77%) Meraki
17 15 (0.72%) Dell
18 13 (0.62%) Juniper
19 10 (0.48%) Fortinet