AWS Solution Architect Job Trends in Central London

Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)
London > Central London

The median Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect) salary in Central London is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 176 -
Rank change year-on-year +39 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an AWS Solution Architect 6 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.24% 0.062% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.068% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £122,500 - -
London median annual salary £100,000 £92,500 £105,000
% change year-on-year +8.11% -11.90% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,352 2,948 2,965
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 92.07% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,777 1,823 2,626
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £113,125
London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%

AWS Solution Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'AWS Solution Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

AWS Solution Architect job vacancy trend in Central London

AWS Solution Architect
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for AWS Solution Architect job vacancies in Central London.

Salary distribution trend for AWS Solution Architect job vacancies in Central London

AWS Solution Architect
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS Solution Architect in Central London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for AWS Solution Architect in Central London

AWS Solution Architect
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS Solution Architect within the Central London region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
City of London +30 6 £100,000 - 2
AWS Solution Architect
London

AWS Solution Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, AWS Solution 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 Central London region featuring AWS Solution Architect in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) AWS
2 4 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 4 (66.67%) Python
3 3 (50.00%) Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) AWS Certification
4 1 (16.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (16.67%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (16.67%) Basel III
4 1 (16.67%) Bash
4 1 (16.67%) Bloomberg
4 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
4 1 (16.67%) Containerisation
4 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
4 1 (16.67%) Data Security
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (16.67%) Docker
4 1 (16.67%) Fintech
4 1 (16.67%) GDPR
4 1 (16.67%) High Availability
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
4 1 (16.67%) MiFID
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Refinitiv
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (16.67%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (16.67%) Terraform

AWS Solution Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 6 (100.00%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) AWS CloudFormation
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Financial Institution
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 3 (50.00%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
3 1 (16.67%) Containerisation
3 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Data Security
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (16.67%) Fintech
3 1 (16.67%) High Availability
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (16.67%) Technology Transformation
3 1 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) Bash
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) AWS Certification
1 1 (16.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Basel III
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
1 1 (16.67%) MiFID
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
1 1 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Bloomberg
1 1 (16.67%) Refinitiv