Solutions Architect Jobs in England

Solution Architect
UK > England

The median Solution Architect salary in England is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 215 115 127
Rank change year-on-year -100 +12 +76
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 758 2,074 2,449
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.53% 2.40% 2.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.68% 2.54% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 480 1,251 1,395
10th Percentile £57,425 £56,809 £63,750
25th Percentile £61,250 £65,250 £71,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £120,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% +1.19%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 45,023 81,588 81,077
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.06% 94.56% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 24,443 60,779 51,494
10th Percentile £29,913 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

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 17 May 2025.

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 17 May 2025. 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 -50 335 £90,000 -2.70% 335
North of England -51 232 £60,000 -20.00% 77
North West -38 177 £60,000 -14.29% 44
Midlands -89 62 £75,000 +15.38% 74
South East -110 57 £77,500 - 93
Yorkshire -44 44 £81,250 +4.84% 29
South West -7 34 £71,991 +2.84% 48
West Midlands -55 31 £87,375 +12.74% 38
East Midlands -50 30 £67,500 +12.50% 32
East of England +52 26 £66,200 -33.80% 20
North East +24 11 £65,000 -17.79% 4
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 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 England region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 234 (30.87%) Roadmaps
2 222 (29.29%) Azure
3 217 (28.63%) Agile
4 180 (23.75%) Social Skills
5 166 (21.90%) TOGAF
6 163 (21.50%) Finance
7 153 (20.18%) Enterprise Architecture
8 149 (19.66%) AWS
9 139 (18.34%) CAD
10 138 (18.21%) Microsoft
11 135 (17.81%) ERP
12 129 (17.02%) Manufacturing
13 128 (16.89%) Business Strategy
14 119 (15.70%) Degree
15 116 (15.30%) PLM
15 116 (15.30%) Microservices
16 113 (14.91%) BPSS Clearance
17 103 (13.59%) Stakeholder Management
17 103 (13.59%) GCP
18 92 (12.14%) Artificial Intelligence
19 88 (11.61%) SaaS
19 88 (11.61%) SAP
20 86 (11.35%) Security Cleared
20 86 (11.35%) DevOps
21 80 (10.55%) Analytics
22 78 (10.29%) Technical Leadership
23 71 (9.37%) Strategic Roadmap
23 71 (9.37%) Business Analysis
24 70 (9.23%) Banking
24 70 (9.23%) Customer Requirements

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 62 (8.18%) Confluence
2 11 (1.45%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.92%) OpenEdge
4 5 (0.66%) SAS
5 4 (0.53%) CMS
6 3 (0.40%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.26%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.26%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.26%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 12 (1.58%) Chatbot
2 8 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.06%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.26%) Oracle Smart View
4 2 (0.26%) Windchill
5 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 23 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.32%) Postilion
2 10 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.26%) Magento
4 2 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (0.26%) SAP PM
4 2 (0.26%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.13%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.13%) Odoo
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.13%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.13%) Shopify
5 1 (0.13%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 222 (29.29%) Azure
2 149 (19.66%) AWS
3 103 (13.59%) GCP
4 88 (11.61%) SaaS
5 49 (6.46%) Dynamics 365
6 34 (4.49%) Power Platform
7 31 (4.09%) PaaS
8 26 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
9 24 (3.17%) Cloud Computing
10 22 (2.90%) Serverless
11 20 (2.64%) IaaS
12 17 (2.24%) Entra ID
13 13 (1.72%) Azure AI
13 13 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (1.72%) Power Automate
13 13 (1.72%) PowerApps
14 12 (1.58%) Microsoft Copilot
15 11 (1.45%) GitHub
15 11 (1.45%) OCI
16 9 (1.19%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 41 (5.41%) Firewall
2 29 (3.83%) LAN
3 27 (3.56%) WAN
4 12 (1.58%) DNS
5 10 (1.32%) ATM
6 7 (0.92%) DHCP
6 7 (0.92%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.40%) VPN
8 2 (0.26%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.26%) FCoE
8 2 (0.26%) Fibre Channel
8 2 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.26%) iSCSI
8 2 (0.26%) Multicast
8 2 (0.26%) NAS
8 2 (0.26%) SAN
8 2 (0.26%) Wireless
9 1 (0.13%) 4G
9 1 (0.13%) AMQP
9 1 (0.13%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (5.94%) NoSQL
2 24 (3.17%) Data Lake
3 21 (2.77%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (2.64%) SQL Server
5 18 (2.37%) Big Data
6 11 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (1.19%) Power BI
8 6 (0.79%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.66%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.53%) Cloud Spanner
10 4 (0.53%) Data Vault
10 4 (0.53%) GIS
10 4 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.40%) MySQL
11 3 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.26%) Amazon Aurora
12 2 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.26%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 68 (8.97%) JIRA
2 4 (0.53%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.40%) Git
3 3 (0.40%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.13%) ERwin
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 180 (23.75%) Social Skills
2 163 (21.50%) Finance
3 129 (17.02%) Manufacturing
4 70 (9.23%) Banking
5 54 (7.12%) Law
6 45 (5.94%) Analytical Skills
7 43 (5.67%) Retail
8 42 (5.54%) Presentation Skills
9 36 (4.75%) Public Sector
10 35 (4.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 24 (3.17%) Marketing
12 20 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (1.85%) Legal
14 13 (1.72%) Electronics
15 12 (1.58%) Financial Institution
16 8 (1.06%) Retail Banking
17 6 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
18 5 (0.66%) Advertising
18 5 (0.66%) Aerospace
18 5 (0.66%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.17%) .NET
2 21 (2.77%) REST
3 17 (2.24%) React
4 16 (2.11%) RESTful
5 11 (1.45%) React Native
6 10 (1.32%) Middleware
7 8 (1.06%) AngularJS
7 8 (1.06%) Kafka
8 5 (0.66%) Node.js
8 5 (0.66%) OpenAPI
8 5 (0.66%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (0.53%) .NET Framework
9 4 (0.53%) Express.js
9 4 (0.53%) HTML
9 4 (0.53%) Lightning Web Components
9 4 (0.53%) SOAP
10 3 (0.40%) CSS
10 3 (0.40%) JSON
10 3 (0.40%) Spring
10 3 (0.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (6.33%) Cloud Native
2 45 (5.94%) Management Information System
2 45 (5.94%) Product Ownership
3 27 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
4 19 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (1.72%) Public Cloud
6 11 (1.45%) Algorithms
6 11 (1.45%) Mobile App
7 10 (1.32%) IBM Mainframe
7 10 (1.32%) Mainframe
8 9 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.06%) Data Centre
9 8 (1.06%) Distributed Architecture
9 8 (1.06%) Low-Code
9 8 (1.06%) Operational Technology
10 7 (0.92%) DataPower
10 7 (0.92%) Security Posture
11 6 (0.79%) Credit Risk
12 5 (0.66%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.32%) zOS
2 7 (0.92%) Linux
3 6 (0.79%) Android
3 6 (0.79%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.53%) Windows
5 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.26%) Solaris
6 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (30.87%) Roadmaps
2 217 (28.63%) Agile
3 166 (21.90%) TOGAF
4 153 (20.18%) Enterprise Architecture
5 139 (18.34%) CAD
6 135 (17.81%) ERP
7 128 (16.89%) Business Strategy
8 116 (15.30%) Microservices
8 116 (15.30%) PLM
9 103 (13.59%) Stakeholder Management
10 92 (12.14%) Artificial Intelligence
11 86 (11.35%) DevOps
12 80 (10.55%) Analytics
13 78 (10.29%) Technical Leadership
14 71 (9.37%) Business Analysis
14 71 (9.37%) Strategic Roadmap
15 70 (9.23%) Customer Requirements
16 69 (9.10%) Computer Science
17 62 (8.18%) Containerisation
18 59 (7.78%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 64 (8.44%) SQL
2 53 (6.99%) Python
3 43 (5.67%) Java
4 38 (5.01%) C#
5 22 (2.90%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.85%) PowerShell
7 7 (0.92%) R
7 7 (0.92%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.66%) Apex Code
9 3 (0.40%) Bash
9 3 (0.40%) C
10 2 (0.26%) Bicep
10 2 (0.26%) Scala
10 2 (0.26%) X++
11 1 (0.13%) C++
11 1 (0.13%) COBOL
11 1 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.13%) Go
11 1 (0.13%) PHP
11 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 119 (15.70%) Degree
2 113 (14.91%) BPSS Clearance
3 86 (11.35%) Security Cleared
4 65 (8.58%) SC Cleared
5 61 (8.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 48 (6.33%) TOGAF Certification
7 43 (5.67%) Azure Certification
8 41 (5.41%) AWS Certification
9 27 (3.56%) Cisco Certification
10 24 (3.17%) CCNA
10 24 (3.17%) JNCIA
11 21 (2.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 10 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.66%) SAP Certification
14 3 (0.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 3 (0.40%) CCSP
14 3 (0.40%) CISSP
15 2 (0.26%) Master's Degree
15 2 (0.26%) Oracle Certification
16 1 (0.13%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (4.88%) GDPR
2 20 (2.64%) NIST
3 13 (1.72%) SLA
4 11 (1.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 10 (1.32%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.19%) HIPAA
7 6 (0.79%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.66%) Basel II
8 5 (0.66%) Basel III
8 5 (0.66%) Dodd-Frank
8 5 (0.66%) IFRS
8 5 (0.66%) IFRS 9
8 5 (0.66%) QA
8 5 (0.66%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.53%) JSP 440
9 4 (0.53%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.26%) COBIT
10 2 (0.26%) GRC
System Software
1 43 (5.67%) Docker
2 9 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.79%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.53%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.26%) KVM
5 2 (0.26%) NFS
5 2 (0.26%) SRDF
5 2 (0.26%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 2 (0.26%) Xen
6 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 44 (5.80%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.98%) Terraform
3 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (0.92%) SCCM
3 7 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.79%) Ansible
5 5 (0.66%) Puppet
6 3 (0.40%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.13%) Grafana
7 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 138 (18.21%) Microsoft
2 88 (11.61%) SAP
3 59 (7.78%) Google
4 58 (7.65%) Siemens
5 39 (5.15%) ServiceNow
6 30 (3.96%) Oracle
7 29 (3.83%) IBM
8 27 (3.56%) Cisco
8 27 (3.56%) Salesforce
9 25 (3.30%) Aruba
10 24 (3.17%) Fortinet
10 24 (3.17%) Juniper
11 22 (2.90%) Palo Alto
12 15 (1.98%) Workday
13 12 (1.58%) Databricks
14 11 (1.45%) OpenAI
15 8 (1.06%) VMware
16 6 (0.79%) Apple
16 6 (0.79%) PayPal
16 6 (0.79%) Zoho