Solutions Architect Jobs in Bristol

Solution Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Solution Architect salary in Bristol is £70,576 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 98 107
Rank change year-on-year +10 +9 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 78 67 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 2.52% 2.51% 2.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.60% 2.71% 2.93%
Number of salaries quoted 44 24 26
10th Percentile £47,500 £48,250 -
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,765 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,576 £71,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.60% -5.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £92,500 £85,625 £82,188
90th Percentile £122,750 £90,875 £87,500
South West median annual salary £66,500 £68,750 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.27% -5.17% +11.54%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 2,999 2,476 3,213
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.84% 92.87% 98.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,236 1,556 2,224
10th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,719 £42,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,000 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% +9.20% +14.22%
75th Percentile £71,250 £74,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Bristol

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Solutions Architect in Bristol

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Bristol over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in Bristol

Solutions Architect
Job Locations in Bristol

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Architect within the Bristol region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Avonmouth - 3 - -
Solutions Architect
South West

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 Bristol region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 30 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 29 (37.18%) Agile
3 28 (35.90%) Azure
4 25 (32.05%) Security Cleared
4 25 (32.05%) Microsoft
5 24 (30.77%) TOGAF
6 23 (29.49%) SC Cleared
7 21 (26.92%) Enterprise Architecture
7 21 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
8 19 (24.36%) IT Strategy
8 19 (24.36%) Actionable Insight
8 19 (24.36%) Business Case
9 18 (23.08%) Technology Strategy
9 18 (23.08%) Banking
9 18 (23.08%) AWS
10 17 (21.79%) Analytics
11 15 (19.23%) Data Analytics
11 15 (19.23%) Presales
11 15 (19.23%) Migration
12 14 (17.95%) Process Improvement
13 13 (16.67%) Retail
13 13 (16.67%) Finance
13 13 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
13 13 (16.67%) Microservices
14 12 (15.38%) ArchiMate
15 11 (14.10%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 11 (14.10%) Continuous Improvement
15 11 (14.10%) Continuous Delivery
15 11 (14.10%) Spring Boot
15 11 (14.10%) Contract Negotiation

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 (5.13%) WebLogic
2 2 (2.56%) CMS
2 2 (2.56%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (1.28%) Anypoint
3 1 (1.28%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (12.82%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.28%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 28 (35.90%) Azure
2 18 (23.08%) AWS
3 11 (14.10%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (8.97%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (8.97%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (5.13%) Amazon EKS
5 4 (5.13%) Amazon SQS
6 3 (3.85%) SaaS
7 2 (2.56%) GCP
7 2 (2.56%) PaaS
8 1 (1.28%) Azure Functions
8 1 (1.28%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.28%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.28%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.28%) IaaS
8 1 (1.28%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.28%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.28%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.28%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.69%) Firewall
2 4 (5.13%) BGP
2 4 (5.13%) DNS
2 4 (5.13%) SSL
2 4 (5.13%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.56%) PBX
3 2 (2.56%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.26%) Big Data
2 5 (6.41%) Oracle Database
3 4 (5.13%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (5.13%) RDBMS
3 4 (5.13%) Relational Database
4 3 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.56%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.56%) Rational DOORS
General
1 30 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 18 (23.08%) Banking
3 13 (16.67%) Finance
3 13 (16.67%) Retail
4 7 (8.97%) Marketing
5 5 (6.41%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (3.85%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.56%) Digital Economy
7 2 (2.56%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.28%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.28%) Aviation
8 1 (1.28%) Legal
8 1 (1.28%) Local Government
8 1 (1.28%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (14.10%) Spring Boot
2 7 (8.97%) .NET
3 5 (6.41%) Kafka
3 5 (6.41%) Middleware
4 4 (5.13%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (3.85%) CSS
5 3 (3.85%) HTML
6 2 (2.56%) CSS3
6 2 (2.56%) HTML5
6 2 (2.56%) Spring
7 1 (1.28%) AngularJS
7 1 (1.28%) ASP.NET
7 1 (1.28%) React
7 1 (1.28%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.82%) Public Cloud
2 6 (7.69%) Mobile App
3 5 (6.41%) Blockchain
3 5 (6.41%) Cloud Native
3 5 (6.41%) Robotics
4 4 (5.13%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.56%) Blackberry
5 2 (2.56%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.56%) Low-Code
5 2 (2.56%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.28%) Blog
6 1 (1.28%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.82%) Linux
2 6 (7.69%) Windows
3 4 (5.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (37.18%) Agile
2 24 (30.77%) TOGAF
3 21 (26.92%) Enterprise Architecture
3 21 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (24.36%) Actionable Insight
4 19 (24.36%) Business Case
4 19 (24.36%) IT Strategy
5 18 (23.08%) Technology Strategy
6 17 (21.79%) Analytics
7 15 (19.23%) Data Analytics
7 15 (19.23%) Migration
7 15 (19.23%) Presales
8 14 (17.95%) Process Improvement
9 13 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
9 13 (16.67%) Microservices
10 12 (15.38%) ArchiMate
11 11 (14.10%) Continuous Delivery
11 11 (14.10%) Contract Negotiation
11 11 (14.10%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 11 (14.10%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.26%) Python
1 8 (10.26%) SQL
2 7 (8.97%) Java
3 6 (7.69%) Bash
3 6 (7.69%) PowerShell
4 5 (6.41%) JavaScript
4 5 (6.41%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.28%) C#
5 1 (1.28%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (32.05%) Security Cleared
2 23 (29.49%) SC Cleared
3 10 (12.82%) TOGAF Certification
4 8 (10.26%) Degree
5 5 (6.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (5.13%) AWS Certification
6 4 (5.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (5.13%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.56%) CCNP
7 2 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.56%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.56%) HND
7 2 (2.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 5 (6.41%) Docker
2 2 (2.56%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (6.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 25 (32.05%) Microsoft
2 11 (14.10%) Oracle
2 11 (14.10%) Salesforce
3 10 (12.82%) Sparx
4 6 (7.69%) PagerDuty
5 4 (5.13%) SAP
6 3 (3.85%) Adobe
7 2 (2.56%) Avaya
7 2 (2.56%) Cisco
7 2 (2.56%) Ericsson
7 2 (2.56%) Google
7 2 (2.56%) IBM
7 2 (2.56%) Juniper
7 2 (2.56%) Nokia
7 2 (2.56%) Ribbon
7 2 (2.56%) VMware
8 1 (1.28%) iManage
8 1 (1.28%) Intapp
8 1 (1.28%) MuleSoft