Solutions Architect Jobs in the Midlands

Solution Architect
England > Midlands

The median Solution Architect salary in the Midlands is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 104 153
Rank change year-on-year -6 +49 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 264 282 249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.22% 3.04% 2.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.36% 3.39% 2.40%
Number of salaries quoted 203 157 147
10th Percentile £47,500 £60,000 £60,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £67,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £75,940
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -1.24% +5.47%
75th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £84,375
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,750 £87,500
England median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +9.68%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 11,191 8,325 10,381
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.29% 89.69% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 8,315 4,674 7,049
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,745 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

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 13 May 2024.

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 13 May 2024. 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 +30 155 £77,500 +3.33% 18
East Midlands -24 108 £60,000 -17.24% 20
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, 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 64 (24.24%) Microsoft
2 47 (17.80%) Agile
3 45 (17.05%) Power Platform
4 39 (14.77%) Dynamics 365
4 39 (14.77%) Azure
5 38 (14.39%) ERP
5 38 (14.39%) Social Skills
6 36 (13.64%) Security Cleared
7 33 (12.50%) Roadmaps
8 31 (11.74%) AWS
9 30 (11.36%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 30 (11.36%) Actionable Insight
10 29 (10.98%) SC Cleared
11 28 (10.61%) Cybersecurity
12 27 (10.23%) Public Cloud
12 27 (10.23%) Analytics
12 27 (10.23%) Degree
13 26 (9.85%) Data Modelling
14 25 (9.47%) Data Analytics
15 24 (9.09%) SAP
15 24 (9.09%) Finance
15 24 (9.09%) Digital Strategy
16 23 (8.71%) TOGAF
16 23 (8.71%) Artificial Intelligence
16 23 (8.71%) Business Intelligence
16 23 (8.71%) Presales
16 23 (8.71%) Power BI
17 22 (8.33%) Performance Optimisation
18 21 (7.95%) Problem-Solving
18 21 (7.95%) Visualisation

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 8 (3.03%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.52%) WebLogic
3 1 (0.38%) Appian
Applications
1 6 (2.27%) Simulink
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (5.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (4.55%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 5 (1.89%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 4 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.76%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.76%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 45 (17.05%) Power Platform
2 39 (14.77%) Azure
2 39 (14.77%) Dynamics 365
3 31 (11.74%) AWS
4 20 (7.58%) Power Automate
4 20 (7.58%) PowerApps
5 14 (5.30%) SaaS
6 9 (3.41%) GCP
7 8 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.89%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (1.89%) GitHub
9 4 (1.52%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (1.52%) Amazon SQS
10 3 (1.14%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.76%) IaaS
11 2 (0.76%) PaaS
11 2 (0.76%) Serverless
12 1 (0.38%) Azure Stack
12 1 (0.38%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.30%) SD-WAN
1 14 (5.30%) WAN
2 9 (3.41%) Firewall
2 9 (3.41%) Wireless
3 4 (1.52%) BGP
3 4 (1.52%) DNS
3 4 (1.52%) SSL
3 4 (1.52%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.14%) Network Security
5 1 (0.38%) Broadband
5 1 (0.38%) GPON
5 1 (0.38%) LAN
5 1 (0.38%) MPLS
5 1 (0.38%) VoIP
5 1 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.38%) WLAN
5 1 (0.38%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.71%) Power BI
2 7 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (2.65%) Relational Database
3 5 (1.89%) Metadata
4 4 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.52%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.52%) Oracle Database
4 4 (1.52%) RDBMS
5 3 (1.14%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.14%) DB2
5 3 (1.14%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 11 (4.17%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (1.14%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (1.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 38 (14.39%) Social Skills
2 24 (9.09%) Finance
3 20 (7.58%) Organisational Skills
3 20 (7.58%) Retail
4 17 (6.44%) Manufacturing
5 15 (5.68%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (4.17%) Military
8 8 (3.03%) Fire and Rescue
8 8 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.03%) Police
9 6 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.52%) Legal
10 4 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.14%) Law
12 1 (0.38%) Back Office
12 1 (0.38%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.38%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.41%) .NET
2 4 (1.52%) RabbitMQ
2 4 (1.52%) Spring Boot
3 2 (0.76%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.38%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.23%) Public Cloud
2 9 (3.41%) Cloud Native
3 8 (3.03%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.27%) IoT
5 4 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.14%) Educational Technology
6 3 (1.14%) FMCG
7 2 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.76%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.38%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.38%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.38%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.38%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.27%) Linux
2 4 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.76%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (17.80%) Agile
2 38 (14.39%) ERP
3 33 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 30 (11.36%) Actionable Insight
4 30 (11.36%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 28 (10.61%) Cybersecurity
6 27 (10.23%) Analytics
7 26 (9.85%) Data Modelling
8 25 (9.47%) Data Analytics
9 24 (9.09%) Digital Strategy
10 23 (8.71%) Artificial Intelligence
10 23 (8.71%) Business Intelligence
10 23 (8.71%) Presales
10 23 (8.71%) TOGAF
11 22 (8.33%) Performance Optimisation
12 21 (7.95%) Problem-Solving
12 21 (7.95%) Visualisation
13 20 (7.58%) Machine Learning
13 20 (7.58%) User Experience
13 20 (7.58%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.55%) C#
2 11 (4.17%) JavaScript
2 11 (4.17%) MATLAB
3 6 (2.27%) SQL
4 2 (0.76%) COBOL
4 2 (0.76%) Micro Focus COBOL
4 2 (0.76%) R
Qualifications
1 36 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 29 (10.98%) SC Cleared
3 27 (10.23%) Degree
4 13 (4.92%) TOGAF Certification
5 12 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (3.79%) Azure Certification
7 9 (3.41%) CCNP
7 9 (3.41%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (3.03%) CCNA
9 7 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (2.27%) AWS Certification
10 6 (2.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (1.14%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.38%) CISM
12 1 (0.38%) CISSP
12 1 (0.38%) CWNA
12 1 (0.38%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.55%) SLA
2 6 (2.27%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.38%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.38%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (0.76%) Docker
2 1 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.89%) CASB
1 5 (1.89%) Terraform
2 2 (0.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 64 (24.24%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.09%) SAP
3 17 (6.44%) Cisco
4 9 (3.41%) Fortinet
4 9 (3.41%) Google
4 9 (3.41%) Juniper
5 8 (3.03%) Oracle
6 7 (2.65%) Adobe
6 7 (2.65%) Apple
7 6 (2.27%) Meraki
8 5 (1.89%) Sparx
9 3 (1.14%) IBM
10 2 (0.76%) Micro Focus
11 1 (0.38%) Aruba
11 1 (0.38%) Guidewire
11 1 (0.38%) MikroTik
11 1 (0.38%) Nokia
11 1 (0.38%) Ruckus Wireless
11 1 (0.38%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.38%) VMware