Solutions Architect Jobs in London

Solution Architect
England > London

The median Solution Architect salary in London is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 71 112
Rank change year-on-year -56 +41 +96
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 346 889 1,136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 2.72% 3.76% 3.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.01% 4.00% 3.36%
Number of salaries quoted 185 518 777
10th Percentile £62,500 £68,924 £70,000
25th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.70%
75th Percentile £105,000 £107,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £142,500 £112,500
England median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% -

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 11,480 22,230 33,763
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 94.12% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 7,467 16,731 24,760
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,454 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in London

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Solutions Architect in London

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in London

Solutions Architect
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Architect within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London 0 78 £95,000 +11.76% 21
West London -16 20 £50,000 -41.18% 3
South London -13 2 £96,250 -1.28%
East London -6 1 £85,000 - 3
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 London region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 138 (39.88%) Azure
2 106 (30.64%) Finance
3 105 (30.35%) TOGAF
4 95 (27.46%) Degree
5 93 (26.88%) Social Skills
5 93 (26.88%) Roadmaps
6 92 (26.59%) AWS
7 85 (24.57%) Agile
8 77 (22.25%) Microsoft
9 68 (19.65%) GCP
10 59 (17.05%) Computer Science
10 59 (17.05%) Stakeholder Management
11 56 (16.18%) Artificial Intelligence
12 55 (15.90%) Computer Science Degree
13 53 (15.32%) SaaS
14 50 (14.45%) Microservices
15 48 (13.87%) Law
16 46 (13.29%) Security Cleared
17 45 (13.01%) Analytics
18 43 (12.43%) Mentoring
19 42 (12.14%) Google
20 41 (11.85%) Enterprise Architecture
21 40 (11.56%) Banking
22 39 (11.27%) Business Strategy
23 37 (10.69%) Problem-Solving
24 35 (10.12%) DevOps
24 35 (10.12%) Cloud Native
24 35 (10.12%) Migration
25 33 (9.54%) CRM
25 33 (9.54%) Presales

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 9 (2.60%) OpenEdge
2 7 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.02%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.16%) Confluence
4 2 (0.58%) CMS
5 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.29%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (2.02%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.87%) Trello
4 2 (0.58%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 20 (5.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (3.47%) Postilion
3 4 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.87%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.87%) SAP PM
4 3 (0.87%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.58%) Magento
5 2 (0.58%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.58%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.29%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.29%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.29%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.29%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 138 (39.88%) Azure
2 92 (26.59%) AWS
3 68 (19.65%) GCP
4 53 (15.32%) SaaS
5 31 (8.96%) Dynamics 365
6 27 (7.80%) Power Platform
7 18 (5.20%) Cloud Computing
8 16 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (4.62%) PaaS
9 14 (4.05%) Power Automate
10 13 (3.76%) Azure AI
11 11 (3.18%) Entra ID
11 11 (3.18%) IaaS
11 11 (3.18%) Microsoft Copilot
12 10 (2.89%) PowerApps
12 10 (2.89%) Serverless
13 8 (2.31%) Snowflake
14 7 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (2.02%) GitHub
14 7 (2.02%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.47%) ATM
2 9 (2.60%) Firewall
3 7 (2.02%) DNS
4 5 (1.45%) DHCP
4 5 (1.45%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.29%) 4G
6 1 (0.29%) 5G
6 1 (0.29%) AMQP
6 1 (0.29%) Internet
6 1 (0.29%) PSTN
6 1 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.07%) NoSQL
2 11 (3.18%) SQL Server
3 10 (2.89%) Big Data
3 10 (2.89%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (2.02%) Data Lake
5 5 (1.45%) Power BI
6 4 (1.16%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.87%) Data Vault
7 3 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.58%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.29%) Cloudera CDH
9 1 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.29%) Metadata
9 1 (0.29%) NonStop SQL
9 1 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.29%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (2.89%) JIRA
2 2 (0.58%) Git
3 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 106 (30.64%) Finance
2 93 (26.88%) Social Skills
3 48 (13.87%) Law
4 40 (11.56%) Banking
5 31 (8.96%) Retail
6 23 (6.65%) Analytical Skills
7 20 (5.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (5.49%) Public Sector
9 16 (4.62%) Marketing
10 12 (3.47%) Legal
10 12 (3.47%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (3.18%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (2.31%) Manufacturing
12 8 (2.31%) Retail Banking
13 6 (1.73%) Games
14 4 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.16%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.87%) Advertising
15 3 (0.87%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.58%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.62%) .NET
2 10 (2.89%) REST
3 8 (2.31%) Kafka
3 8 (2.31%) RESTful
4 6 (1.73%) OpenAPI
4 6 (1.73%) RabbitMQ
5 5 (1.45%) Middleware
6 4 (1.16%) .NET Core
6 4 (1.16%) React
6 4 (1.16%) Spring
6 4 (1.16%) Spring Boot
7 3 (0.87%) .NET Framework
7 3 (0.87%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.87%) JSON
8 2 (0.58%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.58%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (0.58%) CSS
8 2 (0.58%) Entity Framework
8 2 (0.58%) HTML
8 2 (0.58%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (10.12%) Cloud Native
2 23 (6.65%) Management Information System
3 21 (6.07%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (3.47%) IBM Mainframe
4 12 (3.47%) Mainframe
5 11 (3.18%) Algorithms
6 9 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (2.02%) Low-Code
7 7 (2.02%) Product Ownership
7 7 (2.02%) Security Posture
8 6 (1.73%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.73%) Mobile Games
9 5 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (1.16%) Distributed Computing
10 4 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.16%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.87%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.47%) zOS
2 4 (1.16%) Linux
3 2 (0.58%) Windows
4 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (30.35%) TOGAF
2 93 (26.88%) Roadmaps
3 85 (24.57%) Agile
4 59 (17.05%) Computer Science
4 59 (17.05%) Stakeholder Management
5 56 (16.18%) Artificial Intelligence
6 50 (14.45%) Microservices
7 45 (13.01%) Analytics
8 43 (12.43%) Mentoring
9 41 (11.85%) Enterprise Architecture
10 39 (11.27%) Business Strategy
11 37 (10.69%) Problem-Solving
12 35 (10.12%) DevOps
12 35 (10.12%) Migration
13 33 (9.54%) CRM
13 33 (9.54%) Presales
14 32 (9.25%) Thought Leadership
15 31 (8.96%) Architecture Governance
15 31 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
15 31 (8.96%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 32 (9.25%) Python
2 28 (8.09%) SQL
3 22 (6.36%) C#
4 17 (4.91%) Java
5 13 (3.76%) PowerShell
6 9 (2.60%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.73%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.58%) Bash
8 2 (0.58%) C
8 2 (0.58%) R
8 2 (0.58%) Scala
9 1 (0.29%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.29%) Bicep
9 1 (0.29%) C++
9 1 (0.29%) COBOL
9 1 (0.29%) Go
9 1 (0.29%) X++
Qualifications
1 95 (27.46%) Degree
2 55 (15.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 46 (13.29%) Security Cleared
4 30 (8.67%) TOGAF Certification
5 28 (8.09%) SC Cleared
6 25 (7.23%) Azure Certification
7 24 (6.94%) AWS Certification
8 11 (3.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (1.16%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (0.87%) CCSP
10 3 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.87%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.80%) GDPR
2 11 (3.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 10 (2.89%) NIST
4 8 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.45%) SOC 2
6 4 (1.16%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.87%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.58%) COBIT
8 2 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.58%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.58%) QA
9 1 (0.29%) ISO 15022
9 1 (0.29%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 20 (5.78%) Docker
2 7 (2.02%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (6.07%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.60%) Terraform
3 7 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (2.02%) SCCM
3 7 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.87%) Ansible
4 3 (0.87%) Progress Chef
4 3 (0.87%) Puppet
5 1 (0.29%) Grafana
5 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 77 (22.25%) Microsoft
2 42 (12.14%) Google
3 33 (9.54%) ServiceNow
4 23 (6.65%) SAP
5 22 (6.36%) IBM
6 16 (4.62%) Oracle
6 16 (4.62%) Salesforce
7 15 (4.34%) Workday
8 11 (3.18%) OpenAI
9 8 (2.31%) Databricks
10 5 (1.45%) YouTube
11 3 (0.87%) Alibaba
11 3 (0.87%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.87%) Avaloq
11 3 (0.87%) Facebook
11 3 (0.87%) iManage
12 2 (0.58%) Guidewire
12 2 (0.58%) Splunk
12 2 (0.58%) TOWER Software
13 1 (0.29%) Anaplan