Solutions Architect Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Solution Architect
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Solution Architect salary in Hertfordshire is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 95 65
Rank change year-on-year +33 -30 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 28 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 1.68% 0.17% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.86% 0.19% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 23 2 3
10th Percentile £67,500 £83,375 £73,000
25th Percentile £83,750 £84,688 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £88,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.41% +18.33% -11.76%
75th Percentile £97,500 £92,188 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,125 £81,500
East of England median annual salary £90,000 £75,000 £69,950
% change year-on-year +20.00% +7.22% -20.06%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 1,509 1,034 718
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.74% 85.60% 94.35%
Number of salaries quoted 876 471 543
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £88,750 £77,500
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.35%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Solutions Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Hertfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Hertfordshire

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in Hertfordshire

Solutions Architect
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Architect within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 6 January 2026. 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
Watford +17 19 £90,000 -2.70% 7
St Albans - 4 £90,000 - 1
Stevenage -4 3 £80,000 -5.88%
Borehamwood - 1 £110,000 -
Solutions Architect
East of England

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 6 January 2026, Solutions Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Hertfordshire region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 14 (50.00%) ITSM
2 12 (42.86%) Presales
3 9 (32.14%) Customer Engagement
3 9 (32.14%) Project Delivery
3 9 (32.14%) Project Management
3 9 (32.14%) SaaS
3 9 (32.14%) Service Delivery
4 8 (28.57%) Azure
4 8 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (28.57%) Systems Thinking
5 7 (25.00%) DevOps
5 7 (25.00%) Technology Transformation
6 5 (17.86%) Microservices
7 4 (14.29%) API Design
7 4 (14.29%) API Development
7 4 (14.29%) C#
7 4 (14.29%) Event-Driven
7 4 (14.29%) PHP
7 4 (14.29%) Prototyping
7 4 (14.29%) Python
7 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
7 4 (14.29%) Technical Debt
8 3 (10.71%) Agile
8 3 (10.71%) CI/CD
8 3 (10.71%) Degree
8 3 (10.71%) Migration
9 2 (7.14%) Architectural Patterns
9 2 (7.14%) Architecture Roadmap

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 9 (32.14%) SaaS
2 8 (28.57%) Azure
3 2 (7.14%) AWS
4 1 (3.57%) Azure Functions
4 1 (3.57%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (28.57%) Marketing
3 2 (7.14%) Law
3 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Finance
4 1 (3.57%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 3 (10.71%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (10.71%) IoT
3 2 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (50.00%) ITSM
2 12 (42.86%) Presales
3 9 (32.14%) Customer Engagement
3 9 (32.14%) Project Delivery
3 9 (32.14%) Project Management
3 9 (32.14%) Service Delivery
4 8 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (28.57%) Systems Thinking
5 7 (25.00%) DevOps
5 7 (25.00%) Technology Transformation
6 5 (17.86%) Microservices
7 4 (14.29%) API Design
7 4 (14.29%) API Development
7 4 (14.29%) Event-Driven
7 4 (14.29%) Prototyping
7 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
7 4 (14.29%) Technical Debt
8 3 (10.71%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.29%) C#
1 4 (14.29%) PHP
1 4 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (10.71%) Degree
2 2 (7.14%) AWS Certification
2 2 (7.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (3.57%) Broadcom
1 1 (3.57%) Dell
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle
1 1 (3.57%) Salesforce
1 1 (3.57%) VMware