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 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 215 113 127
Rank change year-on-year -102 +14 +73
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 761 2,067 2,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.56% 2.41% 2.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.71% 2.55% 3.01%
Number of salaries quoted 482 1,250 1,413
10th Percentile £56,825 £56,809 £63,750
25th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £71,750
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 £95,250
90th Percentile £107,375 £120,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% -

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 44,402 81,024 81,740
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.75% 94.51% 91.54%
Number of salaries quoted 24,215 60,436 51,956
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £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 15 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 15 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 -58 335 £90,000 -2.70% 407
North of England -35 234 £60,000 -20.00% 76
North West -35 177 £60,000 -14.29% 46
Midlands -81 65 £75,000 +15.38% 74
South East -95 58 £77,500 - 163
Yorkshire -39 46 £82,500 +6.45% 27
West Midlands -50 34 £87,375 +12.74% 36
South West 0 33 £71,991 +2.84% 46
East Midlands -34 30 £67,500 +12.50% 33
East of England +45 24 £66,200 -33.80% 26
North East +26 11 £65,000 -18.75% 3
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 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.

1 233 (30.62%) Roadmaps
2 225 (29.57%) Azure
3 215 (28.25%) Agile
4 181 (23.78%) Social Skills
5 167 (21.94%) Finance
6 163 (21.42%) TOGAF
7 150 (19.71%) Enterprise Architecture
8 146 (19.19%) AWS
9 145 (19.05%) Microsoft
10 138 (18.13%) CAD
11 135 (17.74%) ERP
12 129 (16.95%) Manufacturing
13 126 (16.56%) Business Strategy
14 118 (15.51%) Degree
15 116 (15.24%) PLM
15 116 (15.24%) Microservices
16 113 (14.85%) BPSS Clearance
17 103 (13.53%) GCP
17 103 (13.53%) Stakeholder Management
18 90 (11.83%) Artificial Intelligence
19 89 (11.70%) Security Cleared
20 88 (11.56%) SAP
21 86 (11.30%) DevOps
22 85 (11.17%) SaaS
23 82 (10.78%) Analytics
24 78 (10.25%) Technical Leadership
25 72 (9.46%) Banking
26 71 (9.33%) Business Analysis
26 71 (9.33%) Strategic Roadmap
27 70 (9.20%) 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 (8.15%) Confluence
2 11 (1.45%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.18%) OpenEdge
4 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.92%) SAS
5 4 (0.53%) CMS
6 3 (0.39%) 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 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.05%) 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 25 (3.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.45%) Postilion
3 10 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.26%) Magento
5 2 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.26%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.26%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.13%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.13%) Odoo
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.13%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.13%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 225 (29.57%) Azure
2 146 (19.19%) AWS
3 103 (13.53%) GCP
4 85 (11.17%) SaaS
5 50 (6.57%) Dynamics 365
6 35 (4.60%) Power Platform
7 30 (3.94%) PaaS
8 26 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
9 24 (3.15%) Cloud Computing
10 22 (2.89%) Serverless
11 19 (2.50%) IaaS
12 17 (2.23%) Entra ID
13 13 (1.71%) Azure AI
13 13 (1.71%) Power Automate
13 13 (1.71%) PowerApps
14 12 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
14 12 (1.58%) Microsoft Copilot
15 11 (1.45%) GitHub
15 11 (1.45%) OCI
16 9 (1.18%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 41 (5.39%) Firewall
2 29 (3.81%) LAN
3 27 (3.55%) WAN
4 12 (1.58%) DNS
5 11 (1.45%) ATM
6 7 (0.92%) DHCP
6 7 (0.92%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.39%) 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 46 (6.04%) NoSQL
2 24 (3.15%) Data Lake
3 21 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (2.63%) SQL Server
5 18 (2.37%) Big Data
6 11 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (1.18%) 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 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.39%) MySQL
11 3 (0.39%) 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 (8.94%) JIRA
2 4 (0.53%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.39%) Git
3 3 (0.39%) 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
1 181 (23.78%) Social Skills
2 167 (21.94%) Finance
3 129 (16.95%) Manufacturing
4 72 (9.46%) Banking
5 55 (7.23%) Law
6 43 (5.65%) Analytical Skills
6 43 (5.65%) Retail
7 42 (5.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 42 (5.52%) Presentation Skills
8 35 (4.60%) Public Sector
9 24 (3.15%) Marketing
10 19 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (1.84%) Legal
12 12 (1.58%) Financial Institution
13 11 (1.45%) Electronics
14 8 (1.05%) Retail Banking
15 6 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (0.66%) Advertising
16 5 (0.66%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.66%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.15%) .NET
2 21 (2.76%) REST
3 17 (2.23%) React
4 16 (2.10%) RESTful
5 11 (1.45%) React Native
6 10 (1.31%) Middleware
7 8 (1.05%) AngularJS
7 8 (1.05%) 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 (0.39%) CSS
10 3 (0.39%) JSON
10 3 (0.39%) Spring
10 3 (0.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (6.18%) Cloud Native
1 47 (6.18%) Product Ownership
2 44 (5.78%) Management Information System
3 27 (3.55%) Enterprise Software
4 18 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (1.71%) Public Cloud
6 11 (1.45%) Algorithms
6 11 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (1.45%) IBM Mainframe
6 11 (1.45%) Mainframe
6 11 (1.45%) Mobile App
7 9 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (1.05%) Credit Risk
8 8 (1.05%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.05%) Distributed Architecture
8 8 (1.05%) Low-Code
8 8 (1.05%) Operational Technology
9 7 (0.92%) DataPower
9 7 (0.92%) Market Risk
9 7 (0.92%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.45%) 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
1 233 (30.62%) Roadmaps
2 215 (28.25%) Agile
3 163 (21.42%) TOGAF
4 150 (19.71%) Enterprise Architecture
5 138 (18.13%) CAD
6 135 (17.74%) ERP
7 126 (16.56%) Business Strategy
8 116 (15.24%) Microservices
8 116 (15.24%) PLM
9 103 (13.53%) Stakeholder Management
10 90 (11.83%) Artificial Intelligence
11 86 (11.30%) DevOps
12 82 (10.78%) Analytics
13 78 (10.25%) Technical Leadership
14 71 (9.33%) Business Analysis
14 71 (9.33%) Strategic Roadmap
15 70 (9.20%) Customer Requirements
16 68 (8.94%) Computer Science
17 65 (8.54%) Presales
18 63 (8.28%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 65 (8.54%) SQL
2 53 (6.96%) Python
3 42 (5.52%) Java
4 37 (4.86%) C#
5 22 (2.89%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.84%) PowerShell
7 9 (1.18%) R
8 7 (0.92%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.66%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.39%) Bash
10 3 (0.39%) C
11 2 (0.26%) Bicep
11 2 (0.26%) Scala
11 2 (0.26%) X++
12 1 (0.13%) C++
12 1 (0.13%) COBOL
12 1 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.13%) Go
12 1 (0.13%) PHP
12 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 118 (15.51%) Degree
2 113 (14.85%) BPSS Clearance
3 89 (11.70%) Security Cleared
4 66 (8.67%) SC Cleared
5 60 (7.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 47 (6.18%) TOGAF Certification
7 41 (5.39%) Azure Certification
8 40 (5.26%) AWS Certification
9 27 (3.55%) Cisco Certification
10 24 (3.15%) CCNA
10 24 (3.15%) JNCIA
11 20 (2.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 10 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.66%) SAP Certification
14 3 (0.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 3 (0.39%) CCSP
14 3 (0.39%) CISSP
15 2 (0.26%) Master's Degree
15 2 (0.26%) Oracle Certification
16 1 (0.13%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (4.99%) GDPR
2 19 (2.50%) NIST
3 11 (1.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 11 (1.45%) SLA
4 10 (1.31%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.05%) HIPAA
5 8 (1.05%) PCI DSS
6 7 (0.92%) Basel II
6 7 (0.92%) Basel III
6 7 (0.92%) Dodd-Frank
6 7 (0.92%) IFRS
6 7 (0.92%) IFRS 9
7 5 (0.66%) QA
7 5 (0.66%) SOC 2
8 4 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.53%) JSP 440
8 4 (0.53%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.26%) COBIT
9 2 (0.26%) GRC
System Software
1 42 (5.52%) Docker
2 9 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.79%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
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 43 (5.65%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.97%) 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 (0.39%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.13%) Grafana
7 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 145 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 88 (11.56%) SAP
3 58 (7.62%) Siemens
4 57 (7.49%) Google
5 38 (4.99%) ServiceNow
6 30 (3.94%) IBM
6 30 (3.94%) Oracle
7 27 (3.55%) Cisco
7 27 (3.55%) Salesforce
8 25 (3.29%) Aruba
9 24 (3.15%) Fortinet
9 24 (3.15%) Juniper
10 22 (2.89%) Palo Alto
11 15 (1.97%) Workday
12 12 (1.58%) Apple
12 12 (1.58%) Databricks
13 11 (1.45%) OpenAI
14 8 (1.05%) Adobe
14 8 (1.05%) VMware
15 6 (0.79%) PayPal