Solutions Architect Job Trends in Glasgow

Solution Architect
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Solution Architect salary in Glasgow is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 123 50
Rank change year-on-year +42 -73 +43
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 2 26 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.27% 1.39% 2.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 1.41% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1 18 8
10th Percentile - £56,500 £60,200
25th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £72,500 £85,000 £85,313
90th Percentile - - £94,875
Scotland median annual salary £77,500 £71,991 £70,576
% change year-on-year +7.65% +2.01% -11.78%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 707 1,846 753
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 98.51% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 289 653 589
10th Percentile £29,700 £31,496 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,000 £67,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Glasgow

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Glasgow.

Salary distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Glasgow

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 18 September 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 Glasgow region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Healthcare
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) PLM
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) CAD

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Healthcare
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) CAD
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) PLM
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft