Lead Solutions Architect Job Trends in the City of London

Lead Solution Architect
Central London > City of London

The median Lead Solution Architect salary in the City of London is £130,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 October 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 166 169
Rank change year-on-year +44 +3 +112
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Solutions Architect 6 4 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.37% 0.14% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.15% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile - £101,125 £126,000
25th Percentile - £114,063 £135,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 £122,500 £150,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% -18.33% +53.85%
75th Percentile - £124,688 -
90th Percentile - £126,375 -
Central London median annual salary £130,000 £122,500 £150,000
% change year-on-year +6.12% -18.33% +53.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,517 2,583 2,976
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.40% 93.42% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,213 1,718 2,669
10th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £74,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% +2.07% -3.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £121,000 £115,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - -

Lead Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Lead Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in the City of London

Lead Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for Lead Solutions Architect job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Solutions Architect job vacancies in the City of London

Lead Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 31 October 2025, Lead 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 City of London region featuring Lead Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Agile
1 3 (50.00%) AI
1 3 (50.00%) API Integration
1 3 (50.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
1 3 (50.00%) Azure AKS
1 3 (50.00%) Azure API Management
1 3 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 3 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 3 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
1 3 (50.00%) DevOps
1 3 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (50.00%) Microservices
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 3 (50.00%) PaaS
1 3 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (50.00%) SaaS
1 3 (50.00%) TOGAF
1 3 (50.00%) Zachman Framework
1 3 (50.00%) Zero Trust
2 2 (33.33%) Azure Functions
2 2 (33.33%) Serverless
3 1 (16.67%) IaaS
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery

Lead Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 3 (50.00%) Azure
1 3 (50.00%) Azure AKS
1 3 (50.00%) Azure API Management
1 3 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 3 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 3 (50.00%) PaaS
1 3 (50.00%) SaaS
2 2 (33.33%) Azure Functions
2 2 (33.33%) Serverless
3 1 (16.67%) IaaS
General
1 2 (33.33%) Legal
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Agile
1 3 (50.00%) AI
1 3 (50.00%) API Integration
1 3 (50.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 3 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
1 3 (50.00%) DevOps
1 3 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (50.00%) Microservices
1 3 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (50.00%) TOGAF
1 3 (50.00%) Zachman Framework
1 3 (50.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft