Solutions Architect Jobs in Edinburgh

Solution Architect
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Solution Architect salary in Edinburgh is £94,637 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2025.

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

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 64 57
Rank change year-on-year +7 -7 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 31 45 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 3.38% 3.00% 4.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.68% 3.13% 4.62%
Number of salaries quoted 22 30 43
10th Percentile - £55,000 -
25th Percentile £72,899 £68,718 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £94,637 £71,991 £67,071
Median % change year-on-year +31.46% +7.34% -16.16%
75th Percentile £98,474 £85,938 £79,000
90th Percentile £112,429 £116,000 £87,419
Scotland median annual salary £94,637 £72,500 £69,724
% change year-on-year +30.53% +3.98% -7.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 842 1,437 1,947
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.72% 95.80% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 404 1,018 1,160
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,675 £35,733
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,433 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £93,250 £89,852
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £56,618
% change year-on-year +4.76% -7.27% +7.84%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Edinburgh

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Solutions Architect in Edinburgh

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 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 Edinburgh region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 22 (70.97%) Banking
2 21 (67.74%) Finance
3 20 (64.52%) GCP
4 14 (45.16%) Analytics
4 14 (45.16%) Azure
5 13 (41.94%) Data Analytics
5 13 (41.94%) Cybersecurity
6 12 (38.71%) Content Management
6 12 (38.71%) Microservices
6 12 (38.71%) Architectural Patterns
7 11 (35.48%) BigQuery
7 11 (35.48%) Kubernetes
7 11 (35.48%) React
7 11 (35.48%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (35.48%) Technical Leadership
7 11 (35.48%) MVC
7 11 (35.48%) Agile
7 11 (35.48%) Ajax
7 11 (35.48%) Web Development
7 11 (35.48%) SAML
7 11 (35.48%) JavaScript
7 11 (35.48%) CSS
7 11 (35.48%) Microsoft
7 11 (35.48%) Software Deployment
7 11 (35.48%) OpenID
7 11 (35.48%) jQuery
7 11 (35.48%) Umbraco
7 11 (35.48%) OAuth
7 11 (35.48%) Domain-Driven Design
8 10 (32.26%) Customer Experience

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 11 (35.48%) Umbraco
2 3 (9.68%) NetWeaver
3 1 (3.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (3.23%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 20 (64.52%) GCP
2 14 (45.16%) Azure
3 9 (29.03%) OpenShift
4 5 (16.13%) AWS
5 2 (6.45%) Amazon S3
5 2 (6.45%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (6.45%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (6.45%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (6.45%) SaaS
5 2 (6.45%) Serverless
5 2 (6.45%) Snowflake
6 1 (3.23%) Apigee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (35.48%) BigQuery
2 3 (9.68%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Git
General
1 22 (70.97%) Banking
2 21 (67.74%) Finance
3 4 (12.90%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (35.48%) Ajax
1 11 (35.48%) CSS
1 11 (35.48%) jQuery
1 11 (35.48%) OAuth
1 11 (35.48%) OpenID
1 11 (35.48%) React
1 11 (35.48%) SAML
2 5 (16.13%) Spring
3 3 (9.68%) Spring Boot
4 2 (6.45%) JSON
4 2 (6.45%) Kafka
4 2 (6.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (29.03%) Private Cloud
2 3 (9.68%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (6.45%) Cloud Native
3 2 (6.45%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (6.45%) IVR
4 1 (3.23%) DataPower
4 1 (3.23%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (45.16%) Analytics
2 13 (41.94%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (41.94%) Data Analytics
3 12 (38.71%) Architectural Patterns
3 12 (38.71%) Content Management
3 12 (38.71%) Microservices
4 11 (35.48%) Agile
4 11 (35.48%) Domain-Driven Design
4 11 (35.48%) MVC
4 11 (35.48%) Software Deployment
4 11 (35.48%) Technical Leadership
4 11 (35.48%) Web Development
5 10 (32.26%) Customer Experience
5 10 (32.26%) Roadmaps
6 7 (22.58%) API Design
6 7 (22.58%) Data Architecture
6 7 (22.58%) Software Engineering
6 7 (22.58%) Translating Business Requirements
6 7 (22.58%) Zero Trust
7 6 (19.35%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 11 (35.48%) JavaScript
2 6 (19.35%) Java
3 4 (12.90%) Python
4 3 (9.68%) ABAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) GDPR
1 2 (6.45%) QA
System Software
1 9 (29.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (35.48%) Kubernetes
1 11 (35.48%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (35.48%) Microsoft
2 8 (25.81%) Google
3 3 (9.68%) SAP
4 2 (6.45%) Databricks
5 1 (3.23%) Adobe
5 1 (3.23%) Oracle