Solutions Architect Jobs in the North West

Solution Architect
England > North West

The median Solution Architect salary in the North West is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 148 142
Rank change year-on-year +37 -6 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 206 184 230
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.11% 2.32% 2.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.23% 2.60% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 145 66 71
10th Percentile £56,809 £58,750 £66,140
25th Percentile £61,250 £66,938 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -3.23% +10.71%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,938 £100,000
90th Percentile £91,500 £112,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +9.68%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 9,236 7,075 9,027
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 89.06% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 7,094 4,124 5,451
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in the North West

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in the North West.

Salary trend for Solutions Architect in the North West

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in the North West

Solutions Architect
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Architect within the North West region over the 6 months to 6 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
Manchester +36 117 £70,576 -11.78% 30
Merseyside +9 32 £65,500 +33.18% 2
Cumbria +3 20 £67,500 +6.30%
Lancashire 0 19 £61,206 - 8
Cheshire -9 16 £82,500 +23.29% 5
Solutions Architect
England

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 6 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 North West region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 70 (33.98%) Agile
2 62 (30.10%) Azure
3 56 (27.18%) Social Skills
4 43 (20.87%) Public Cloud
5 39 (18.93%) Security Cleared
6 37 (17.96%) Microservices
7 36 (17.48%) Design Patterns
8 35 (16.99%) Presales
8 35 (16.99%) AWS
8 35 (16.99%) Microsoft
9 34 (16.50%) Actionable Insight
10 33 (16.02%) Roadmaps
11 32 (15.53%) SC Cleared
12 31 (15.05%) Coaching
12 31 (15.05%) Finance
12 31 (15.05%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 30 (14.56%) Migration
13 30 (14.56%) Mentoring
14 29 (14.08%) Problem-Solving
15 28 (13.59%) Architectural Patterns
15 28 (13.59%) SaaS
16 26 (12.62%) Business Case
17 25 (12.14%) IT Strategy
18 24 (11.65%) Software Engineering
18 24 (11.65%) TOGAF
19 23 (11.17%) Stakeholder Management
20 22 (10.68%) Thought Leadership
20 22 (10.68%) Commercial Awareness
21 21 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
22 20 (9.71%) Open Source

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 11 (5.34%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.88%) WebLogic
3 2 (0.97%) Anypoint
Applications
1 10 (4.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (3.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (5.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (4.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 8 (3.88%) SAP BPC
4 4 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (1.46%) SAP FI
5 3 (1.46%) SAP PP
6 2 (0.97%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.49%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.49%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.49%) SAP APO
7 1 (0.49%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.49%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.49%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.49%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 62 (30.10%) Azure
2 35 (16.99%) AWS
3 28 (13.59%) SaaS
4 19 (9.22%) GCP
5 15 (7.28%) Dynamics 365
6 12 (5.83%) Power Platform
7 11 (5.34%) IaaS
7 11 (5.34%) PaaS
8 8 (3.88%) Amazon EKS
8 8 (3.88%) Amazon SQS
8 8 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (3.88%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (2.43%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (2.43%) GitHub
10 3 (1.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (0.97%) Azure API Management
11 2 (0.97%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.97%) Azure Event Grid
11 2 (0.97%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.97%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.37%) SSL
2 8 (3.88%) BGP
2 8 (3.88%) DNS
2 8 (3.88%) TCP/IP
3 5 (2.43%) SD-WAN
3 5 (2.43%) WAN
4 4 (1.94%) Network Security
5 1 (0.49%) IPsec
5 1 (0.49%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.74%) Relational Database
2 12 (5.83%) NoSQL
3 10 (4.85%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.88%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (3.88%) Oracle Database
4 8 (3.88%) RDBMS
4 8 (3.88%) SAP BW
5 6 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.91%) DB2
6 3 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.46%) MySQL
6 3 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (1.46%) Team Foundation Server
1 3 (1.46%) Visual Studio
General
1 56 (27.18%) Social Skills
2 31 (15.05%) Finance
3 21 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (8.25%) Public Sector
5 12 (5.83%) Legal
5 12 (5.83%) Retail
6 8 (3.88%) Banking
7 4 (1.94%) Law
8 3 (1.46%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.88%) .NET
1 8 (3.88%) RabbitMQ
1 8 (3.88%) Spring Boot
2 4 (1.94%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.97%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.97%) EDI
3 2 (0.97%) Middleware
3 2 (0.97%) Node.js
3 2 (0.97%) SAP TM
3 2 (0.97%) Smart Contracts
3 2 (0.97%) Vue
4 1 (0.49%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.49%) Hibernate
4 1 (0.49%) JDBC
4 1 (0.49%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.49%) SAML
4 1 (0.49%) SOAP
4 1 (0.49%) Spring
4 1 (0.49%) Struts
4 1 (0.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 43 (20.87%) Public Cloud
2 11 (5.34%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (3.40%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.40%) IoT
5 6 (2.91%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.91%) Security Posture
6 5 (2.43%) FMCG
6 5 (2.43%) Legacy Applications
6 5 (2.43%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.94%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (1.94%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.46%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.97%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.97%) Robotics
10 1 (0.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 1 (0.49%) PMI
10 1 (0.49%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.83%) Linux
2 9 (4.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (1.46%) VME
4 1 (0.49%) HPUX
4 1 (0.49%) Solaris
4 1 (0.49%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (33.98%) Agile
2 37 (17.96%) Microservices
3 36 (17.48%) Design Patterns
4 35 (16.99%) Presales
5 34 (16.50%) Actionable Insight
6 33 (16.02%) Roadmaps
7 31 (15.05%) Coaching
7 31 (15.05%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 30 (14.56%) Mentoring
8 30 (14.56%) Migration
9 29 (14.08%) Problem-Solving
10 28 (13.59%) Architectural Patterns
11 26 (12.62%) Business Case
12 25 (12.14%) IT Strategy
13 24 (11.65%) Software Engineering
13 24 (11.65%) TOGAF
14 23 (11.17%) Stakeholder Management
15 22 (10.68%) Commercial Awareness
15 22 (10.68%) Thought Leadership
16 20 (9.71%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 19 (9.22%) JavaScript
2 12 (5.83%) SQL
3 7 (3.40%) C#
3 7 (3.40%) Java
4 4 (1.94%) Bicep
5 3 (1.46%) COBOL
5 3 (1.46%) Micro Focus COBOL
6 2 (0.97%) Python
7 1 (0.49%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (18.93%) Security Cleared
2 32 (15.53%) SC Cleared
3 14 (6.80%) Degree
4 12 (5.83%) Azure Certification
5 8 (3.88%) AWS Certification
5 8 (3.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 8 (3.88%) TOGAF Certification
6 5 (2.43%) CCNA
6 5 (2.43%) CCNP
6 5 (2.43%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (2.43%) OCP
6 5 (2.43%) Oracle Certification
7 4 (1.94%) CEH
7 4 (1.94%) CISM
7 4 (1.94%) CISSP
7 4 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.49%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.49%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.49%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.94%) GDPR
1 4 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (1.94%) NIST
2 3 (1.46%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (0.49%) RACF
1 1 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (4.37%) Terraform
2 5 (2.43%) CASB
3 4 (1.94%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (1.46%) ZABBIX
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.49%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 35 (16.99%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.74%) Oracle
3 15 (7.28%) SAP
4 11 (5.34%) Google
5 10 (4.85%) Sparx
6 7 (3.40%) IBM
7 5 (2.43%) Adobe
7 5 (2.43%) Apple
7 5 (2.43%) Cisco
7 5 (2.43%) Meraki
8 3 (1.46%) Micro Focus
8 3 (1.46%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.46%) Tanium
9 2 (0.97%) Databricks
9 2 (0.97%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.97%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.97%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.49%) Informatica
10 1 (0.49%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.49%) Sitecore