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 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 126 198
Rank change year-on-year +11 +72 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 2,092 2,465 2,695
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.44% 2.73% 2.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.58% 2.99% 2.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,249 1,425 1,339
10th Percentile £56,809 £63,750 £64,900
25th Percentile £65,000 £71,500 £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 £95,000 £101,250
90th Percentile £118,750 £107,500 £116,500
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 81,041 82,556 127,446
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,522 52,365 74,626
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £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 9 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 9 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 +34 872 £92,250 +2.50% 126
North of England +46 410 £75,000 -3.23% 74
South East +4 324 £77,500 -8.82% 43
Midlands +5 267 £65,000 -13.33% 35
North West +30 205 £70,000 -6.67% 43
South West +8 179 £70,000 - 29
Yorkshire +64 178 £77,500 +3.33% 25
West Midlands +21 155 £77,500 +3.33% 20
East Midlands -28 111 £60,000 -18.64% 15
North East +6 27 £80,000 -5.88% 6
East of England -78 21 £100,000 +14.29% 5
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 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.

1 775 (37.05%) Social Skills
2 772 (36.90%) Agile
3 660 (31.55%) Finance
4 629 (30.07%) Roadmaps
5 566 (27.06%) TOGAF
6 549 (26.24%) Azure
7 501 (23.95%) Enterprise Architecture
8 425 (20.32%) Microsoft
9 421 (20.12%) ERP
10 398 (19.02%) Oracle
11 396 (18.93%) SAP
12 362 (17.30%) Strategic Roadmap
13 350 (16.73%) AWS
14 341 (16.30%) Data Management
15 326 (15.58%) Change Management
16 307 (14.67%) SAP ERP
17 300 (14.34%) Anaplan
17 300 (14.34%) Performance Management
17 300 (14.34%) Broadband
17 300 (14.34%) Hyperion
18 299 (14.29%) SAS
19 275 (13.15%) Security Cleared
20 271 (12.95%) Degree
21 270 (12.91%) Problem-Solving
22 251 (12.00%) Microservices
23 220 (10.52%) Presales
24 214 (10.23%) Mentoring
25 213 (10.18%) SC Cleared
26 194 (9.27%) DevOps
27 172 (8.22%) Architectural Patterns

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 (14.29%) SAS
2 55 (2.63%) SharePoint
3 49 (2.34%) Apache Airflow
4 46 (2.20%) Apache
5 28 (1.34%) WebLogic
6 18 (0.86%) CMS
6 18 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.29%) Drupal
7 6 (0.29%) IIS
8 4 (0.19%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.14%) WordPress
10 2 (0.096%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.096%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.096%) Confluence
11 1 (0.048%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.048%) Appian
11 1 (0.048%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.048%) nginx
11 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
1 307 (14.67%) SAP ERP
2 75 (3.59%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 44 (2.10%) SAP S/4HANA
4 35 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
5 18 (0.86%) SAP BPC
6 12 (0.57%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 7 (0.33%) Elite 3E
7 7 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
8 6 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.24%) SAP CX
9 5 (0.24%) SAP FI
10 4 (0.19%) Oracle Applications
11 3 (0.14%) SAP IBP
11 3 (0.14%) SAP MM
11 3 (0.14%) SAP PP
11 3 (0.14%) SAP SD
12 2 (0.096%) SAP CO
12 2 (0.096%) SAP FI/CO
12 2 (0.096%) SAP HR
12 2 (0.096%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 549 (26.24%) Azure
2 350 (16.73%) AWS
3 159 (7.60%) GCP
4 148 (7.07%) Power Platform
5 141 (6.74%) Dynamics 365
6 137 (6.55%) SaaS
7 118 (5.64%) Microsoft 365
8 78 (3.73%) Azure DevOps
9 77 (3.68%) PaaS
10 72 (3.44%) IaaS
11 49 (2.34%) Snowflake
12 48 (2.29%) dbt
13 43 (2.06%) PowerApps
14 42 (2.01%) AWS CloudFormation
15 37 (1.77%) Power Automate
16 33 (1.58%) Amazon SQS
17 30 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
18 28 (1.34%) Amazon EKS
18 28 (1.34%) Serverless
19 25 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 300 (14.34%) Broadband
2 45 (2.15%) DNS
3 37 (1.77%) TCP/IP
4 33 (1.58%) Firewall
5 29 (1.39%) SD-WAN
5 29 (1.39%) SSL
5 29 (1.39%) WAN
6 28 (1.34%) BGP
7 14 (0.67%) Wireless
8 13 (0.62%) Network Security
9 12 (0.57%) DHCP
10 9 (0.43%) HTTP
11 7 (0.33%) Intranet
12 4 (0.19%) VoIP
12 4 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (0.14%) 4G
13 3 (0.14%) 5G
13 3 (0.14%) PBX
14 2 (0.096%) Internet
14 2 (0.096%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (3.30%) Data Lake
2 66 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
2 66 (3.15%) Relational Database
3 56 (2.68%) SQL Server
4 50 (2.39%) NoSQL
4 50 (2.39%) Power BI
5 48 (2.29%) Amazon Athena
6 47 (2.25%) Apache Arrow
6 47 (2.25%) Dremio
7 44 (2.10%) Apache Ignite
8 38 (1.82%) Amazon RDS
9 31 (1.48%) Oracle Database
10 30 (1.43%) RDBMS
11 24 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
12 21 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
13 20 (0.96%) SAP BW
14 19 (0.91%) DB2
14 19 (0.91%) MongoDB
14 19 (0.91%) MySQL
15 16 (0.76%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 14 (0.67%) Rational DOORS
2 11 (0.53%) 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 1 (0.048%) Git
6 1 (0.048%) Mocha
6 1 (0.048%) Vagrant
General
1 775 (37.05%) Social Skills
2 660 (31.55%) Finance
3 142 (6.79%) Analytical Skills
4 124 (5.93%) Retail
5 122 (5.83%) Banking
6 102 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 83 (3.97%) Public Sector
8 70 (3.35%) Legal
9 62 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
10 57 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
11 48 (2.29%) Front Office
12 44 (2.10%) Investment Banking
13 41 (1.96%) Manufacturing
14 26 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
15 25 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
16 23 (1.10%) Marketing
17 21 (1.00%) Advertising
17 21 (1.00%) Aerospace
17 21 (1.00%) Mandarin Language
18 19 (0.91%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (5.83%) .NET
2 51 (2.44%) Spring Boot
3 47 (2.25%) gRPC
3 47 (2.25%) Protocol Buffers
4 44 (2.10%) NumPy
4 44 (2.10%) Pandas
4 44 (2.10%) SciPy
5 32 (1.53%) Middleware
6 30 (1.43%) HTML
7 28 (1.34%) RabbitMQ
8 25 (1.20%) Kafka
9 18 (0.86%) Spring
9 18 (0.86%) Web Services
10 17 (0.81%) REST
11 16 (0.76%) CSS
12 14 (0.67%) SOAP
13 12 (0.57%) Node.js
13 12 (0.57%) React
13 12 (0.57%) XML
14 11 (0.53%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 170 (8.13%) Public Cloud
2 111 (5.31%) Cloud Native
3 66 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
4 47 (2.25%) Derivative
4 47 (2.25%) Equities
4 47 (2.25%) Fixed Income
4 47 (2.25%) Hedge funds
5 44 (2.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 42 (2.01%) Data Centre
7 39 (1.86%) IoT
8 35 (1.67%) PMI
9 29 (1.39%) Management Information System
10 25 (1.20%) Mobile App
11 24 (1.15%) Product Ownership
12 22 (1.05%) Reinsurance
12 22 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
13 21 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
14 15 (0.72%) Cyberattack
15 14 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
16 13 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 57 (2.72%) Linux
2 29 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 17 (0.81%) Windows
4 10 (0.48%) Android
4 10 (0.48%) 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
1 772 (36.90%) Agile
2 629 (30.07%) Roadmaps
3 566 (27.06%) TOGAF
4 501 (23.95%) Enterprise Architecture
5 421 (20.12%) ERP
6 362 (17.30%) Strategic Roadmap
7 341 (16.30%) Data Management
8 326 (15.58%) Change Management
9 300 (14.34%) Performance Management
10 270 (12.91%) Problem-Solving
11 251 (12.00%) Microservices
12 220 (10.52%) Presales
13 214 (10.23%) Mentoring
14 194 (9.27%) DevOps
15 172 (8.22%) Architectural Patterns
16 171 (8.17%) Analytics
16 171 (8.17%) Coaching
17 167 (7.98%) IT Strategy
18 157 (7.50%) Migration
19 147 (7.03%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 123 (5.88%) JavaScript
2 108 (5.16%) Java
3 99 (4.73%) Python
4 89 (4.25%) C#
5 84 (4.02%) SQL
6 52 (2.49%) TypeScript
7 15 (0.72%) Bicep
7 15 (0.72%) PowerShell
8 14 (0.67%) Go
9 12 (0.57%) R
10 11 (0.53%) MATLAB
11 8 (0.38%) COBOL
11 8 (0.38%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 8 (0.38%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.33%) Apex Code
12 7 (0.33%) Perl
13 6 (0.29%) Bash
13 6 (0.29%) PHP
14 4 (0.19%) Ruby
14 4 (0.19%) Scala
Qualifications
1 275 (13.15%) Security Cleared
2 271 (12.95%) Degree
3 213 (10.18%) SC Cleared
4 129 (6.17%) TOGAF Certification
5 73 (3.49%) Azure Certification
6 70 (3.35%) AWS Certification
7 68 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 66 (3.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 46 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
10 36 (1.72%) PMI Certification
11 31 (1.48%) DV Cleared
12 29 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
13 22 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
14 21 (1.00%) CCNP
14 21 (1.00%) Master's Degree
15 18 (0.86%) CCNA
16 14 (0.67%) CISSP
17 11 (0.53%) AWS Certified Developer
18 9 (0.43%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
19 7 (0.33%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (0.72%) QA
2 12 (0.57%) Accessibility
2 12 (0.57%) SLA
3 11 (0.53%) Data Quality
4 9 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (0.43%) PMO
5 8 (0.38%) GDPR
6 7 (0.33%) 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 9001
10 1 (0.048%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.048%) Solvency II
System Software
1 49 (2.34%) Docker
2 17 (0.81%) 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%) OpenAM
6 1 (0.048%) RACF
6 1 (0.048%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.048%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 62 (2.96%) Kubernetes
2 60 (2.87%) Terraform
3 15 (0.72%) CASB
4 9 (0.43%) 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%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.096%) Oracle Identity Management
9 2 (0.096%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.048%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.048%) Nagios
10 1 (0.048%) vRealize
10 1 (0.048%) VxRail
10 1 (0.048%) WebSphere Cast Iron
Vendors
1 425 (20.32%) Microsoft
2 398 (19.02%) Oracle
3 396 (18.93%) SAP
4 300 (14.34%) Anaplan
4 300 (14.34%) Hyperion
5 78 (3.73%) Google
5 78 (3.73%) Sparx
6 65 (3.11%) Salesforce
7 38 (1.82%) Cisco
8 31 (1.48%) Apple
9 30 (1.43%) Databricks
10 27 (1.29%) IBM
10 27 (1.29%) ServiceNow
11 23 (1.10%) Adobe
12 18 (0.86%) VMware
13 17 (0.81%) Dell
14 16 (0.76%) Meraki
14 16 (0.76%) MuleSoft
15 12 (0.57%) Juniper
16 10 (0.48%) Informatica