Solutions Architect Jobs in Chelmsford

Solution Architect
Essex > Chelmsford

The median Solution Architect salary in Chelmsford is £86,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chelmsford 0.84% - 2.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% - 2.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £84,000 - £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,000 - £49,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.44%
75th Percentile £88,000 - £51,679
90th Percentile - - £51,787
Essex median annual salary £86,000 - £49,323
% change year-on-year - - -35.19%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Chelmsford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Chelmsford. 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 Chelmsford with a recognized job title 111 93 125
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.28% 85.32% 83.33%
Number of salaries quoted 90 84 78
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £45,313 £43,392 £25,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £58,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.79% +23.68% -13.64%
75th Percentile £69,938 £60,000 £65,250
90th Percentile £79,000 £65,500 £70,449
Essex median annual salary £45,000 £48,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -7.22% +2.11% +0.79%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Chelmsford

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in Chelmsford

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

Salary trend for Solutions Architect in Chelmsford

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

For the 6 months to 3 August 2025, 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 Chelmsford region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Practice Management
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chelmsford 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) Practice Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft