Java Solutions Architect Job Trends in London

Java Solution Architect
England > London

The median Java Solution Architect salary in London is £135,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 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
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 379 415 487
Rank change year-on-year +36 +72 +357
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Solutions Architect 5 47 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.042% 0.25% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.26% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 3 47 11
10th Percentile - £115,500 -
25th Percentile £132,500 £127,500 £97,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £135,000 £135,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year - +28.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £137,500 £165,000 £121,875
90th Percentile - - £125,000
England median annual salary £135,000 £135,000 £105,000
% change year-on-year - +28.57% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 10,799 18,277 20,944
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.18% 95.38% 95.17%
Number of salaries quoted 7,045 11,484 17,318
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year - -2.03% +5.71%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Java Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Java Solutions Architect in London

Java Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Java Solutions Architect job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Java Solutions Architect job vacancies in London

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

For the 6 months to 21 September 2025, Java 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 London region featuring Java Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Microservices
2 4 (80.00%) DevOps
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (60.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (60.00%) TOGAF
3 3 (60.00%) REST
3 3 (60.00%) TOGAF Certification
3 3 (60.00%) TypeScript
4 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (40.00%) Oracle
5 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
5 1 (20.00%) ADO
5 1 (20.00%) Linux
5 1 (20.00%) OO
5 1 (20.00%) OOD
5 1 (20.00%) SOA
5 1 (20.00%) IBM
5 1 (20.00%) HP
5 1 (20.00%) Finance
5 1 (20.00%) Migration
5 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
5 1 (20.00%) SQL
5 1 (20.00%) .NET
5 1 (20.00%) COBOL
5 1 (20.00%) JSON
5 1 (20.00%) JIRA
5 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (20.00%) Azure

Java Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (20.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (20.00%) GCP
1 1 (20.00%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) NonStop SQL
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) REST
2 1 (20.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) ADO
2 1 (20.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (20.00%) JSON
2 1 (20.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (20.00%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) DevOps
1 4 (80.00%) Microservices
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Architecture Roadmap
4 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
4 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (20.00%) Event-Driven
4 1 (20.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) OO
4 1 (20.00%) OOD
4 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (20.00%) SOA
4 1 (20.00%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
2 3 (60.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (20.00%) COBOL
3 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO 15022
1 1 (20.00%) ISO 20022
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) IBM
2 1 (20.00%) Red Hat