Solutions Architect Jobs in the Midlands

Solution Architect
England > Midlands

The median Solution Architect salary in the Midlands is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 188 105 108
Rank change year-on-year -83 +3 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 67 265 275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.95% 2.23% 2.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 2.36% 3.32%
Number of salaries quoted 56 203 156
10th Percentile £53,750 £47,500 £60,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £56,250 £67,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -13.33% -1.24%
75th Percentile £93,031 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £90,000 £90,875
England median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 6,513 11,208 8,288
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.15% 94.30% 89.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,852 8,340 4,647
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £33,000 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £61,123 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in the Midlands

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Solutions Architect in the Midlands

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in the Midlands

Solutions Architect
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Architect within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
West Midlands -47 37 £87,375 +12.74% 25
East Midlands -30 29 £67,500 +12.50% 15
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 Midlands region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 24 (35.82%) Azure
2 22 (32.84%) Microsoft
3 21 (31.34%) AWS
4 18 (26.87%) Microservices
5 17 (25.37%) Roadmaps
6 16 (23.88%) Stakeholder Management
7 15 (22.39%) DevOps
8 14 (20.90%) Social Skills
9 12 (17.91%) Finance
10 11 (16.42%) Retail
10 11 (16.42%) Artificial Intelligence
10 11 (16.42%) CRM
11 10 (14.93%) SQL
11 10 (14.93%) Agile
12 9 (13.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 9 (13.43%) SaaS
12 9 (13.43%) Analytical Skills
12 9 (13.43%) Technology Roadmap
13 8 (11.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (11.94%) Translating Business Requirements
13 8 (11.94%) Serverless
13 8 (11.94%) Machine Learning
14 7 (10.45%) REST
14 7 (10.45%) Service Delivery
14 7 (10.45%) JavaScript
14 7 (10.45%) Strategic Thinking
14 7 (10.45%) Problem-Solving
14 7 (10.45%) API Management
14 7 (10.45%) Customer Experience
15 6 (8.96%) Azure Service Bus

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (1.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (8.96%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (5.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.49%) Odoo
2 1 (1.49%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 24 (35.82%) Azure
2 21 (31.34%) AWS
3 9 (13.43%) SaaS
4 8 (11.94%) Serverless
5 6 (8.96%) Azure Service Bus
5 6 (8.96%) GCP
5 6 (8.96%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (7.46%) IaaS
6 5 (7.46%) PaaS
7 4 (5.97%) Cloud Functions
7 4 (5.97%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (5.97%) Google App Engine
7 4 (5.97%) Google Compute Engine
7 4 (5.97%) Power Platform
8 2 (2.99%) Azure API Management
8 2 (2.99%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (2.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (2.99%) PowerApps
8 2 (2.99%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 2 (2.99%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.49%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.96%) SQL Server
2 5 (7.46%) NoSQL
3 4 (5.97%) BigQuery
3 4 (5.97%) Cloud Spanner
4 3 (4.48%) Data Lake
4 3 (4.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (2.99%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (2.99%) Big Data
6 1 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.49%) DB2
6 1 (1.49%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.49%) MySQL
6 1 (1.49%) Power BI
6 1 (1.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.99%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (1.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 14 (20.90%) Social Skills
2 12 (17.91%) Finance
3 11 (16.42%) Retail
4 9 (13.43%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (11.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (8.96%) Financial Institution
7 5 (7.46%) Marketing
7 5 (7.46%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (4.48%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.99%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.49%) Law
10 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.45%) REST
2 6 (8.96%) React
3 4 (5.97%) Express.js
3 4 (5.97%) Node.js
3 4 (5.97%) React Native
3 4 (5.97%) RESTful
4 3 (4.48%) .NET
5 2 (2.99%) ADO
5 2 (2.99%) CSS
5 2 (2.99%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (2.99%) SOAP
6 1 (1.49%) HTML
6 1 (1.49%) Middleware
6 1 (1.49%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.96%) Mobile App
2 3 (4.48%) Distributed Architecture
2 3 (4.48%) PropTech
3 2 (2.99%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (1.49%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.49%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.49%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.49%) Linux
1 1 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (1.49%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (26.87%) Microservices
2 17 (25.37%) Roadmaps
3 16 (23.88%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (22.39%) DevOps
5 11 (16.42%) Artificial Intelligence
5 11 (16.42%) CRM
6 10 (14.93%) Agile
7 9 (13.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (13.43%) Technology Roadmap
8 8 (11.94%) Machine Learning
8 8 (11.94%) Translating Business Requirements
9 7 (10.45%) API Management
9 7 (10.45%) Customer Experience
9 7 (10.45%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (10.45%) Service Delivery
9 7 (10.45%) Strategic Thinking
10 6 (8.96%) Containerisation
10 6 (8.96%) Conversational UI
10 6 (8.96%) E-Commerce
10 6 (8.96%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.93%) SQL
2 7 (10.45%) JavaScript
3 4 (5.97%) Java
4 3 (4.48%) C#
5 2 (2.99%) Apex Code
5 2 (2.99%) Python
5 2 (2.99%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.49%) Bash
6 1 (1.49%) C
6 1 (1.49%) PHP
6 1 (1.49%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.49%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.49%) X++
Qualifications
1 6 (8.96%) Degree
2 4 (5.97%) AWS Certification
2 4 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.99%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (1.49%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.49%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.49%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.49%) NCSC
1 1 (1.49%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (4.48%) Docker
1 3 (4.48%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (4.48%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.49%) Ansible
2 1 (1.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (32.84%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.97%) Google
2 4 (5.97%) Salesforce
2 4 (5.97%) Zoho
3 3 (4.48%) Adobe
3 3 (4.48%) Apple
4 2 (2.99%) Databricks
4 2 (2.99%) IBM
5 1 (1.49%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.49%) Oracle