Solutions Architect Jobs in Birmingham

Solution Architect
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Solution Architect salary in Birmingham is £78,126 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 76 66 73
Rank change year-on-year -10 +7 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 70 73 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.57% 3.76% 4.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.72% 4.02% 4.29%
Number of salaries quoted 59 62 73
10th Percentile £53,700 £60,125 £61,250
25th Percentile £61,360 £63,750 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,126 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £94,875 £87,500
West Midlands median annual salary £76,250 £75,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +1.67% -3.23% +7.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,571 1,815 2,984
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.28% 93.41% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,099 1,387 2,292
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,500 £83,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Birmingham

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Solutions Architect in Birmingham

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Birmingham over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 7 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 Birmingham region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 31 (44.29%) Microsoft
2 16 (22.86%) Azure
2 16 (22.86%) Power Platform
3 14 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
3 14 (20.00%) SD-WAN
3 14 (20.00%) WAN
3 14 (20.00%) Cisco
4 11 (15.71%) Roadmaps
4 11 (15.71%) Degree
4 11 (15.71%) Presales
5 10 (14.29%) Agile
5 10 (14.29%) Social Skills
5 10 (14.29%) Public Sector
6 9 (12.86%) TOGAF
6 9 (12.86%) Juniper
6 9 (12.86%) Firewall
6 9 (12.86%) Wireless
6 9 (12.86%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (12.86%) Public Cloud
6 9 (12.86%) Mentoring
6 9 (12.86%) Fortinet
7 8 (11.43%) Business Development
7 8 (11.43%) SC Cleared
7 8 (11.43%) Security Cleared
7 8 (11.43%) Coaching
7 8 (11.43%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (11.43%) SharePoint
7 8 (11.43%) Design Patterns
7 8 (11.43%) Architectural Patterns
8 7 (10.00%) Decision-Making

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 8 (11.43%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.43%) Appian
Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.43%) MS Visio
1 1 (1.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (4.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.43%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 16 (22.86%) Azure
1 16 (22.86%) Power Platform
2 14 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (5.71%) AWS
3 4 (5.71%) GCP
4 3 (4.29%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.86%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (2.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (2.86%) Serverless
6 1 (1.43%) IaaS
6 1 (1.43%) PaaS
6 1 (1.43%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (20.00%) SD-WAN
1 14 (20.00%) WAN
2 9 (12.86%) Firewall
2 9 (12.86%) Wireless
3 1 (1.43%) Broadband
3 1 (1.43%) GPON
3 1 (1.43%) LAN
3 1 (1.43%) MPLS
3 1 (1.43%) VoIP
3 1 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.43%) WLAN
3 1 (1.43%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (7.14%) Metadata
2 4 (5.71%) NoSQL
3 3 (4.29%) DB2
3 3 (4.29%) Relational Database
3 3 (4.29%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.86%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (2.86%) Data Lake
4 2 (2.86%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (4.29%) Team Foundation Server
1 3 (4.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (14.29%) Public Sector
1 10 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 6 (8.57%) Finance
3 5 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (4.29%) Legal
4 3 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.86%) Retail
6 1 (1.43%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.43%) Back Office
6 1 (1.43%) General Ledger
6 1 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.43%) Law
6 1 (1.43%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.43%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.86%) Public Cloud
2 5 (7.14%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.29%) Educational Technology
3 3 (4.29%) FMCG
4 1 (1.43%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.43%) IoT
4 1 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.43%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.43%) Linux
1 1 (1.43%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (15.71%) Presales
1 11 (15.71%) Roadmaps
2 10 (14.29%) Agile
3 9 (12.86%) Mentoring
3 9 (12.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (12.86%) TOGAF
4 8 (11.43%) Architectural Patterns
4 8 (11.43%) Business Development
4 8 (11.43%) Coaching
4 8 (11.43%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (11.43%) Design Patterns
5 7 (10.00%) Customer Engagement
5 7 (10.00%) Decision-Making
5 7 (10.00%) Microservices
5 7 (10.00%) Service Design
5 7 (10.00%) Software Licensing
6 6 (8.57%) Architectural Design
6 6 (8.57%) Data Architecture
7 5 (7.14%) Data Design
7 5 (7.14%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.57%) SQL
2 3 (4.29%) C#
3 2 (2.86%) R
4 1 (1.43%) COBOL
4 1 (1.43%) Micro Focus COBOL
Qualifications
1 11 (15.71%) Degree
2 8 (11.43%) SC Cleared
2 8 (11.43%) Security Cleared
3 6 (8.57%) CCNP
3 6 (8.57%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (7.14%) CCNA
4 5 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (7.14%) TOGAF Certification
5 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.86%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.43%) CISM
7 1 (1.43%) CISSP
7 1 (1.43%) CWNA
7 1 (1.43%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.43%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.57%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.43%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (7.14%) CASB
Vendors
1 31 (44.29%) Microsoft
2 14 (20.00%) Cisco
3 9 (12.86%) Fortinet
3 9 (12.86%) Juniper
4 7 (10.00%) Adobe
4 7 (10.00%) Apple
4 7 (10.00%) SAP
5 6 (8.57%) Meraki
6 4 (5.71%) Google
6 4 (5.71%) Oracle
7 3 (4.29%) IBM
8 1 (1.43%) Aruba
8 1 (1.43%) Ekahau
8 1 (1.43%) Guidewire
8 1 (1.43%) Micro Focus
8 1 (1.43%) MikroTik
8 1 (1.43%) Nokia
8 1 (1.43%) Ruckus Wireless
8 1 (1.43%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.43%) VMware