Solutions Architect Jobs in Edinburgh

Solution Architect
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Solution Architect salary in Edinburgh is £71,991 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 62 80
Rank change year-on-year +3 +18 +36
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 53 91 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 3.49% 4.32% 3.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.64% 4.54% 3.60%
Number of salaries quoted 34 43 36
10th Percentile £55,000 - £65,000
25th Percentile £68,718 £56,219 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,991 £67,071 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.34% -16.16% +14.29%
75th Percentile £85,938 £79,000 £105,000
90th Percentile £109,462 £86,285 -
Scotland median annual salary £72,246 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.21% -6.67% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 1,457 2,006 2,303
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.86% 95.21% 98.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,029 1,187 1,452
10th Percentile £32,950 £36,150 £32,888
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £77,715 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,047 £89,852 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.89% +8.57% +10.53%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Edinburgh

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Solutions Architect in Edinburgh

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 5 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 Edinburgh region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 31 (58.49%) Agile
2 22 (41.51%) Banking
3 16 (30.19%) Actionable Insight
4 15 (28.30%) Microservices
5 14 (26.42%) Security Cleared
5 14 (26.42%) Finance
5 14 (26.42%) Migration
6 13 (24.53%) Open Source
6 13 (24.53%) Spring Boot
6 13 (24.53%) Social Skills
7 12 (22.64%) Presales
7 12 (22.64%) SC Cleared
8 11 (20.75%) AWS
8 11 (20.75%) SDLC
8 11 (20.75%) Business Case
9 10 (18.87%) IT Strategy
10 9 (16.98%) Cloud Native
10 9 (16.98%) Continuous Delivery
10 9 (16.98%) Big Data
10 9 (16.98%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (16.98%) Analytics
10 9 (16.98%) Azure
10 9 (16.98%) Data Architecture
10 9 (16.98%) Spring
10 9 (16.98%) Java
10 9 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (16.98%) Technology Strategy
11 8 (15.09%) Contract Negotiation
11 8 (15.09%) Thought Leadership
11 8 (15.09%) TOGAF

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 4 (7.55%) WebLogic
2 1 (1.89%) Anypoint
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (9.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 11 (20.75%) AWS
2 9 (16.98%) Azure
3 7 (13.21%) SaaS
4 5 (9.43%) GCP
5 4 (7.55%) Amazon EKS
5 4 (7.55%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.89%) IaaS
6 1 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.89%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.55%) BGP
1 4 (7.55%) DNS
1 4 (7.55%) SSL
1 4 (7.55%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.89%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (16.98%) Big Data
2 5 (9.43%) MongoDB
3 4 (7.55%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (7.55%) Oracle Database
3 4 (7.55%) RDBMS
3 4 (7.55%) Relational Database
4 3 (5.66%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.77%) NoSQL
General
1 22 (41.51%) Banking
2 14 (26.42%) Finance
3 13 (24.53%) Social Skills
4 7 (13.21%) Legal
5 5 (9.43%) Retail Banking
6 3 (5.66%) Retail
7 1 (1.89%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.89%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.89%) Law
7 1 (1.89%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (24.53%) Spring Boot
2 9 (16.98%) Spring
3 7 (13.21%) Kafka
4 4 (7.55%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (1.89%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.98%) Cloud Native
2 7 (13.21%) Blockchain
2 7 (13.21%) Robotics
3 5 (9.43%) Public Cloud
3 5 (9.43%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 4 (7.55%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (5.66%) Product Ownership
6 2 (3.77%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.89%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.89%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.43%) Linux
2 4 (7.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.89%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (58.49%) Agile
2 16 (30.19%) Actionable Insight
3 15 (28.30%) Microservices
4 14 (26.42%) Migration
5 13 (24.53%) Open Source
6 12 (22.64%) Presales
7 11 (20.75%) Business Case
7 11 (20.75%) SDLC
8 10 (18.87%) IT Strategy
9 9 (16.98%) Analytics
9 9 (16.98%) Continuous Delivery
9 9 (16.98%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (16.98%) Data Architecture
9 9 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (16.98%) Technology Strategy
10 8 (15.09%) Commercial Awareness
10 8 (15.09%) Contract Negotiation
10 8 (15.09%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 8 (15.09%) Thought Leadership
10 8 (15.09%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 9 (16.98%) Java
2 7 (13.21%) SQL
3 2 (3.77%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.77%) Python
4 1 (1.89%) C#
Qualifications
1 14 (26.42%) Security Cleared
2 12 (22.64%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.43%) AWS Certification
3 5 (9.43%) Azure Certification
4 4 (7.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 3 (5.66%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (1.89%) Degree
6 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.43%) SEPA
System Software
1 8 (15.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (13.21%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.89%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (9.43%) Sparx
2 4 (7.55%) Oracle
3 3 (5.66%) Google
4 2 (3.77%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.89%) Barracuda Networks
5 1 (1.89%) Cisco
5 1 (1.89%) EMC
5 1 (1.89%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.89%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.89%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.89%) VMware