Solutions Architect Job Trends in Bolton

Solution Architect
Manchester > Bolton

The median Solution Architect salary in Bolton is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bolton 1.45% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.13% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £81,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 - -
75th Percentile £83,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £74,250 £68,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +8.39% -5.52% -9.38%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Bolton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bolton. 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 Bolton with a recognized job title 47 88 68
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 68.12% 86.27% 97.14%
Number of salaries quoted 28 56 52
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,750 £27,650
25th Percentile £31,875 £37,188 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £51,563 £57,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £78,625 £77,500 £75,875
Manchester median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -1.79%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Solutions Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bolton.

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Bolton

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in Bolton

Salary distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Bolton.

Salary distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Bolton

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bolton

For the 6 months to 1 February 2026, Solutions Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bolton region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bolton by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL