Solutions Architect Jobs in Bristol

Solution Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Solution Architect salary in Bristol is £72,788 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 88 105 104
Rank change year-on-year +17 -1 +31
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 81 70 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 2.61% 2.63% 2.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.69% 2.84% 2.91%
Number of salaries quoted 48 24 26
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,063 -
25th Percentile £59,688 £50,574 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,788 £71,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -4.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £92,500 £85,625 £82,500
90th Percentile £119,750 £90,875 £92,500
South West median annual salary £70,000 £68,750 £72,500
% change year-on-year +1.82% -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 3,009 2,463 3,234
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.03% 92.70% 97.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,254 1,548 2,211
10th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,905 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -0.70% +9.02% +14.22%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,776 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,125 £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 6 May 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 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
Avonmouth - 3 - -
Solutions Architect
South West

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

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 Bristol region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 30 (37.04%) Azure
1 30 (37.04%) Social Skills
2 29 (35.80%) Agile
3 28 (34.57%) Security Cleared
4 27 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 26 (32.10%) SC Cleared
6 24 (29.63%) TOGAF
7 22 (27.16%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (25.93%) Enterprise Architecture
9 20 (24.69%) Business Case
10 19 (23.46%) IT Strategy
10 19 (23.46%) Actionable Insight
11 18 (22.22%) Analytics
11 18 (22.22%) Technology Strategy
11 18 (22.22%) Banking
11 18 (22.22%) AWS
12 17 (20.99%) Presales
13 16 (19.75%) Data Analytics
14 15 (18.52%) Migration
15 14 (17.28%) Process Improvement
15 14 (17.28%) Microservices
16 13 (16.05%) ArchiMate
16 13 (16.05%) Commercial Awareness
16 13 (16.05%) Retail
16 13 (16.05%) Finance
17 12 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
18 11 (13.58%) Digital Transformation Programme
18 11 (13.58%) TOGAF Certification
18 11 (13.58%) Continuous Improvement
18 11 (13.58%) Continuous Delivery

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 (4.94%) WebLogic
2 3 (3.70%) CMS
3 2 (2.47%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (1.23%) Anypoint
4 1 (1.23%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (13.58%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.23%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 30 (37.04%) Azure
2 18 (22.22%) AWS
3 12 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (9.88%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (8.64%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (4.94%) Amazon EKS
6 4 (4.94%) Amazon SQS
7 3 (3.70%) SaaS
8 2 (2.47%) GCP
8 2 (2.47%) PaaS
9 1 (1.23%) Azure Functions
9 1 (1.23%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.23%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (1.23%) Entra ID
9 1 (1.23%) IaaS
9 1 (1.23%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.23%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.23%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.41%) Firewall
2 4 (4.94%) BGP
2 4 (4.94%) DNS
2 4 (4.94%) SSL
2 4 (4.94%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.47%) PBX
3 2 (2.47%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.88%) Big Data
2 5 (6.17%) Oracle Database
3 4 (4.94%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (4.94%) RDBMS
3 4 (4.94%) Relational Database
4 3 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.47%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.47%) Rational DOORS
General
1 30 (37.04%) Social Skills
2 18 (22.22%) Banking
3 13 (16.05%) Finance
3 13 (16.05%) Retail
4 7 (8.64%) Marketing
5 5 (6.17%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (3.70%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.47%) Digital Economy
7 2 (2.47%) Military
7 2 (2.47%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.23%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.23%) Aviation
8 1 (1.23%) Legal
8 1 (1.23%) Local Government
8 1 (1.23%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (13.58%) Spring Boot
2 9 (11.11%) .NET
3 5 (6.17%) Kafka
3 5 (6.17%) Middleware
4 4 (4.94%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (3.70%) CSS
5 3 (3.70%) HTML
6 2 (2.47%) CSS3
6 2 (2.47%) HTML5
6 2 (2.47%) Spring
7 1 (1.23%) AngularJS
7 1 (1.23%) ASP.NET
7 1 (1.23%) React
7 1 (1.23%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.35%) Public Cloud
2 6 (7.41%) Mobile App
3 5 (6.17%) Blockchain
3 5 (6.17%) Cloud Native
3 5 (6.17%) Robotics
4 4 (4.94%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.47%) Blackberry
5 2 (2.47%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.47%) Low-Code
5 2 (2.47%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.47%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.23%) Blog
6 1 (1.23%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.35%) Linux
2 6 (7.41%) Windows
3 4 (4.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (35.80%) Agile
2 24 (29.63%) TOGAF
3 22 (27.16%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (25.93%) Enterprise Architecture
5 20 (24.69%) Business Case
6 19 (23.46%) Actionable Insight
6 19 (23.46%) IT Strategy
7 18 (22.22%) Analytics
7 18 (22.22%) Technology Strategy
8 17 (20.99%) Presales
9 16 (19.75%) Data Analytics
10 15 (18.52%) Migration
11 14 (17.28%) Microservices
11 14 (17.28%) Process Improvement
12 13 (16.05%) ArchiMate
12 13 (16.05%) Commercial Awareness
13 11 (13.58%) Architectural Patterns
13 11 (13.58%) Continuous Delivery
13 11 (13.58%) Contract Negotiation
13 11 (13.58%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.88%) Python
1 8 (9.88%) SQL
2 7 (8.64%) Java
3 6 (7.41%) Bash
3 6 (7.41%) PowerShell
4 5 (6.17%) JavaScript
4 5 (6.17%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.23%) C#
5 1 (1.23%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (34.57%) Security Cleared
2 26 (32.10%) SC Cleared
3 11 (13.58%) TOGAF Certification
4 9 (11.11%) Degree
5 6 (7.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (4.94%) AWS Certification
6 4 (4.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (4.94%) Azure Certification
6 4 (4.94%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.47%) CCNP
7 2 (2.47%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.47%) HND
7 2 (2.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 5 (6.17%) Docker
2 2 (2.47%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (6.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 27 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 11 (13.58%) Oracle
2 11 (13.58%) Sparx
3 10 (12.35%) Salesforce
4 6 (7.41%) PagerDuty
5 3 (3.70%) SAP
6 2 (2.47%) Adobe
6 2 (2.47%) Avaya
6 2 (2.47%) Cisco
6 2 (2.47%) Ericsson
6 2 (2.47%) Google
6 2 (2.47%) IBM
6 2 (2.47%) Juniper
6 2 (2.47%) Nokia
6 2 (2.47%) Ribbon
6 2 (2.47%) VMware
7 1 (1.23%) iManage
7 1 (1.23%) Intapp
7 1 (1.23%) MuleSoft