Solutions Architect Jobs in Glasgow

Solution Architect
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Solution Architect salary in Glasgow is £66,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 July 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 178 66
Rank change year-on-year +98 -112 +31
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 5 41 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.66% 1.16% 4.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 1.18% 4.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2 19 6
10th Percentile £59,850 £56,500 £68,750
25th Percentile £61,125 £60,000 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,500 £72,500 £78,750
Median % change year-on-year -8.28% -7.94% +1.61%
75th Percentile £71,125 £85,000 £86,563
90th Percentile £71,950 £105,000 £96,875
Scotland median annual salary £90,000 £71,991 £75,000
% change year-on-year +25.02% -4.01% -6.25%

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 674 3,465 1,300
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.92% 98.08% 88.02%
Number of salaries quoted 301 962 658
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.54% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -

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

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

Salary trend for Solutions Architect in Glasgow

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

For the 6 months to 5 July 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 4 (80.00%) Azure
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Databricks
3 2 (40.00%) GDPR
3 2 (40.00%) Snowflake
3 2 (40.00%) Technology Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (40.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 2 (40.00%) SaaS
3 2 (40.00%) REST
3 2 (40.00%) Kafka
3 2 (40.00%) Cloud Native
3 2 (40.00%) Prototyping
3 2 (40.00%) IT Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (40.00%) AWS
3 2 (40.00%) Rapid Prototyping
3 2 (40.00%) JSON
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) QA
3 2 (40.00%) OpenShift
3 2 (40.00%) GCP
3 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes
3 2 (40.00%) Private Cloud
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) TDD
3 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (40.00%) Spring
3 2 (40.00%) Java
3 2 (40.00%) Python

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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) AWS
2 2 (40.00%) GCP
2 2 (40.00%) OpenShift
2 2 (40.00%) SaaS
2 2 (40.00%) Snowflake
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (20.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (20.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) JSON
1 2 (40.00%) Kafka
1 2 (40.00%) REST
1 2 (40.00%) Spring
2 1 (20.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (40.00%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile
1 2 (40.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (40.00%) IT Strategy
1 2 (40.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (40.00%) Rapid Prototyping
1 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (40.00%) TDD
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (40.00%) Technology Strategy
1 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) CAD
2 1 (20.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) ETL
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) PLM
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Java
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) GDPR
1 2 (40.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Databricks
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft