Solutions Architect Jobs in England

Solution Architect
UK > England

The median Solution Architect salary in England is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 138 193
Rank change year-on-year +24 +55 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 2,077 2,440 2,756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.45% 2.62% 2.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.59% 2.86% 2.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,236 1,506 1,384
10th Percentile £56,809 £63,750 £65,000
25th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - +9.68%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £116,250 £107,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +9.68%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,117 85,349 125,598
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.55% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 59,992 53,990 75,607
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in England

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Solutions Architect in England

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in England

Solutions Architect
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
London +36 891 £90,000 - 128
North of England +63 402 £76,000 -0.33% 50
South East +30 310 £77,500 -8.82% 45
Midlands +14 263 £67,500 -10.00% 27
North West +44 199 £70,000 -6.67% 33
Yorkshire +73 178 £78,126 +4.17% 12
South West +35 178 £66,500 -3.27% 22
West Midlands +25 151 £77,500 +3.33% 17
East Midlands -14 110 £60,000 -21.31% 10
North East +13 27 £80,000 -12.33% 5
East of England -96 20 £95,000 +8.57% 7
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 England region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 784 (37.75%) Agile
2 763 (36.74%) Social Skills
3 671 (32.31%) Finance
4 638 (30.72%) Roadmaps
5 577 (27.78%) TOGAF
6 553 (26.62%) Azure
7 508 (24.46%) Enterprise Architecture
8 417 (20.08%) ERP
9 414 (19.93%) Microsoft
10 403 (19.40%) Oracle
11 397 (19.11%) SAP
12 360 (17.33%) Strategic Roadmap
13 344 (16.56%) AWS
14 341 (16.42%) Data Management
15 327 (15.74%) Change Management
16 307 (14.78%) SAP ERP
17 300 (14.44%) Performance Management
17 300 (14.44%) Broadband
17 300 (14.44%) Hyperion
17 300 (14.44%) Anaplan
18 299 (14.40%) SAS
19 285 (13.72%) Security Cleared
20 264 (12.71%) Microservices
21 240 (11.56%) Presales
22 238 (11.46%) Problem-Solving
23 235 (11.31%) Degree
24 219 (10.54%) SC Cleared
25 202 (9.73%) DevOps
26 181 (8.71%) IT Strategy
27 178 (8.57%) Mentoring

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 299 (14.40%) SAS
2 55 (2.65%) SharePoint
3 41 (1.97%) Apache Airflow
4 38 (1.83%) Apache
5 28 (1.35%) WebLogic
6 18 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
7 17 (0.82%) CMS
8 9 (0.43%) Anypoint
9 6 (0.29%) Drupal
9 6 (0.29%) IIS
10 4 (0.19%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.14%) WordPress
12 2 (0.096%) Apache Spark
12 2 (0.096%) Confluence
13 1 (0.048%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.048%) Appian
13 1 (0.048%) Cloud Foundry
13 1 (0.048%) nginx
13 1 (0.048%) Umbraco
Applications
1 15 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.29%) Simulink
4 3 (0.14%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.096%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 307 (14.78%) SAP ERP
2 74 (3.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 44 (2.12%) SAP S/4HANA
4 35 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
5 18 (0.87%) SAP BPC
6 12 (0.58%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 9 (0.43%) Elite 3E
7 9 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
8 6 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.24%) SAP CX
9 5 (0.24%) SAP FI
10 4 (0.19%) Oracle Applications
11 3 (0.14%) SAP IBP
11 3 (0.14%) SAP MM
11 3 (0.14%) SAP PP
11 3 (0.14%) SAP SD
12 2 (0.096%) SAP CO
12 2 (0.096%) SAP FI/CO
12 2 (0.096%) SAP HR
12 2 (0.096%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 553 (26.62%) Azure
2 344 (16.56%) AWS
3 153 (7.37%) GCP
4 146 (7.03%) Power Platform
5 143 (6.88%) SaaS
6 126 (6.07%) Dynamics 365
7 117 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
8 82 (3.95%) PaaS
9 76 (3.66%) Azure DevOps
10 75 (3.61%) IaaS
11 42 (2.02%) AWS CloudFormation
11 42 (2.02%) Snowflake
12 41 (1.97%) PowerApps
13 40 (1.93%) dbt
14 35 (1.69%) Power Automate
15 33 (1.59%) Amazon SQS
16 30 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
17 29 (1.40%) Serverless
18 28 (1.35%) Amazon EKS
19 25 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 300 (14.44%) Broadband
2 45 (2.17%) DNS
3 37 (1.78%) TCP/IP
4 34 (1.64%) Firewall
5 30 (1.44%) SD-WAN
5 30 (1.44%) WAN
6 29 (1.40%) SSL
7 28 (1.35%) BGP
8 16 (0.77%) Wireless
9 12 (0.58%) DHCP
9 12 (0.58%) Network Security
10 9 (0.43%) HTTP
11 7 (0.34%) Intranet
12 4 (0.19%) VoIP
12 4 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (0.14%) 4G
13 3 (0.14%) 5G
13 3 (0.14%) Internet
13 3 (0.14%) PBX
14 2 (0.096%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (3.37%) Relational Database
2 68 (3.27%) Data Warehouse
3 62 (2.99%) SQL Server
4 61 (2.94%) Data Lake
5 55 (2.65%) NoSQL
6 50 (2.41%) Power BI
7 42 (2.02%) Amazon Athena
8 40 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
9 39 (1.88%) Apache Arrow
9 39 (1.88%) Dremio
10 36 (1.73%) Apache Ignite
11 33 (1.59%) RDBMS
12 31 (1.49%) Oracle Database
13 27 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
14 22 (1.06%) MySQL
15 21 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
16 20 (0.96%) SAP BW
17 19 (0.91%) DB2
17 19 (0.91%) MongoDB
18 16 (0.77%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 14 (0.67%) Rational DOORS
2 11 (0.53%) Jenkins
3 9 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
3 9 (0.43%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.24%) JIRA
4 5 (0.24%) Maven
5 3 (0.14%) GitLab
5 3 (0.14%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.048%) Git
6 1 (0.048%) Mocha
6 1 (0.048%) Vagrant
General
1 763 (36.74%) Social Skills
2 671 (32.31%) Finance
3 144 (6.93%) Analytical Skills
4 130 (6.26%) Retail
5 118 (5.68%) Banking
6 90 (4.33%) Public Sector
7 78 (3.76%) Legal
8 64 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
9 62 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 60 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
11 41 (1.97%) Manufacturing
12 40 (1.93%) Front Office
13 36 (1.73%) Investment Banking
14 25 (1.20%) Advertising
14 25 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
14 25 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
15 23 (1.11%) Marketing
16 21 (1.01%) Aerospace
16 21 (1.01%) Mandarin Language
17 18 (0.87%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (5.87%) .NET
2 53 (2.55%) Spring Boot
3 39 (1.88%) gRPC
3 39 (1.88%) Protocol Buffers
4 36 (1.73%) NumPy
4 36 (1.73%) Pandas
4 36 (1.73%) SciPy
5 33 (1.59%) Middleware
6 32 (1.54%) HTML
7 28 (1.35%) RabbitMQ
8 27 (1.30%) Kafka
9 24 (1.16%) REST
10 23 (1.11%) Spring
11 20 (0.96%) Web Services
12 18 (0.87%) SOAP
13 16 (0.77%) CSS
14 14 (0.67%) XML
15 13 (0.63%) JSON
15 13 (0.63%) Node.js
16 12 (0.58%) React
Miscellaneous
1 169 (8.14%) Public Cloud
2 115 (5.54%) Cloud Native
3 71 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
4 42 (2.02%) Data Centre
5 40 (1.93%) IoT
6 39 (1.88%) Derivative
6 39 (1.88%) Equities
6 39 (1.88%) Fixed Income
6 39 (1.88%) Hedge funds
7 36 (1.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 33 (1.59%) PMI
9 31 (1.49%) Management Information System
10 28 (1.35%) Product Ownership
11 26 (1.25%) Mobile App
12 24 (1.16%) Reinsurance
13 22 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
13 22 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
14 19 (0.91%) Data Structures
15 16 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
15 16 (0.77%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 52 (2.50%) Linux
2 29 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 17 (0.82%) Windows
4 14 (0.67%) Android
4 14 (0.67%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.096%) VME
5 2 (0.096%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.048%) HPUX
6 1 (0.048%) Solaris
6 1 (0.048%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 784 (37.75%) Agile
2 638 (30.72%) Roadmaps
3 577 (27.78%) TOGAF
4 508 (24.46%) Enterprise Architecture
5 417 (20.08%) ERP
6 360 (17.33%) Strategic Roadmap
7 341 (16.42%) Data Management
8 327 (15.74%) Change Management
9 300 (14.44%) Performance Management
10 264 (12.71%) Microservices
11 240 (11.56%) Presales
12 238 (11.46%) Problem-Solving
13 202 (9.73%) DevOps
14 181 (8.71%) IT Strategy
15 178 (8.57%) Actionable Insight
15 178 (8.57%) Mentoring
16 176 (8.47%) Analytics
17 175 (8.43%) Architectural Patterns
18 156 (7.51%) Migration
19 149 (7.17%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 115 (5.54%) JavaScript
2 110 (5.30%) Java
3 98 (4.72%) Python
4 93 (4.48%) SQL
5 89 (4.29%) C#
6 45 (2.17%) TypeScript
7 17 (0.82%) Bicep
8 14 (0.67%) Go
9 13 (0.63%) PowerShell
10 12 (0.58%) R
11 11 (0.53%) MATLAB
12 9 (0.43%) Perl
13 8 (0.39%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.34%) Apex Code
15 6 (0.29%) Bash
15 6 (0.29%) PHP
16 5 (0.24%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.19%) Ruby
17 4 (0.19%) Scala
17 4 (0.19%) Swift
Qualifications
1 285 (13.72%) Security Cleared
2 235 (11.31%) Degree
3 219 (10.54%) SC Cleared
4 130 (6.26%) TOGAF Certification
5 73 (3.51%) Azure Certification
6 70 (3.37%) AWS Certification
7 66 (3.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 66 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 40 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
9 35 (1.69%) PMI Certification
10 31 (1.49%) DV Cleared
11 28 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
12 22 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
12 22 (1.06%) Master's Degree
13 21 (1.01%) CCNP
14 18 (0.87%) CCNA
15 14 (0.67%) CISSP
16 11 (0.53%) AWS Certified Developer
17 9 (0.43%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
18 7 (0.34%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (1.20%) QA
2 12 (0.58%) Accessibility
2 12 (0.58%) SLA
3 11 (0.53%) Data Quality
4 9 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (0.39%) GDPR
6 7 (0.34%) NIST
7 6 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.24%) PMO
9 4 (0.19%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.14%) HMG Infosec
10 3 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (0.14%) JSP 440
10 3 (0.14%) RMADS
11 2 (0.096%) GRC
11 2 (0.096%) SEPA
12 1 (0.048%) COBIT
12 1 (0.048%) IFRS
12 1 (0.048%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.048%) Solvency II
System Software
1 52 (2.50%) Docker
2 17 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (0.48%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.43%) KVM
5 4 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.048%) LXC
7 1 (0.048%) OpenAM
7 1 (0.048%) RACF
7 1 (0.048%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.048%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 66 (3.18%) Kubernetes
2 60 (2.89%) Terraform
3 15 (0.72%) CASB
4 9 (0.43%) Ansible
5 6 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.24%) Puppet
6 5 (0.24%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.14%) Grafana
8 3 (0.14%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.14%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.14%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.14%) WebSphere Cast Iron
8 3 (0.14%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.096%) Oracle Identity Management
9 2 (0.096%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.048%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.048%) Nagios
10 1 (0.048%) vRealize
10 1 (0.048%) VxRail
Vendors
1 414 (19.93%) Microsoft
2 403 (19.40%) Oracle
3 397 (19.11%) SAP
4 300 (14.44%) Anaplan
4 300 (14.44%) Hyperion
5 78 (3.76%) Google
6 77 (3.71%) Sparx
7 76 (3.66%) Salesforce
8 39 (1.88%) Cisco
9 31 (1.49%) Apple
9 31 (1.49%) Databricks
10 29 (1.40%) ServiceNow
11 27 (1.30%) IBM
12 26 (1.25%) Dell
13 25 (1.20%) Adobe
14 23 (1.11%) MuleSoft
15 18 (0.87%) VMware
16 16 (0.77%) Meraki
17 13 (0.63%) Juniper
18 12 (0.58%) Informatica