Solutions Architect Job Trends in Northampton

Solution Architect
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The median Solution Architect salary in Northampton is £97,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 January 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 24 30
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 9 6 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Northampton 3.45% 2.51% 1.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.57% 2.55% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 4
10th Percentile £77,025 - -
25th Percentile £84,188 £65,000 £78,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,250 £66,250 £83,750
Median % change year-on-year +46.79% -20.90% -11.84%
75th Percentile £109,188 £68,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,675 - -
Northamptonshire median annual salary £100,000 £67,500 £88,750
% change year-on-year +48.15% -23.94% -6.58%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Northampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northampton. 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 Northampton with a recognized job title 252 235 224
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.55% 98.33% 96.55%
Number of salaries quoted 174 123 206
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,500 £32,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £68,125
Northamptonshire median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +11.11%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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 Northampton.

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Northampton

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in Northampton

Salary distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Northampton.

Salary distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Northampton

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in Northampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Northampton over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in Northampton

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

For the 6 months to 15 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 Northampton region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 8 (88.89%) AWS
1 8 (88.89%) Azure
1 8 (88.89%) Enterprise Architecture
2 5 (55.56%) Business Transformation
2 5 (55.56%) Containerisation
2 5 (55.56%) GCP
2 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (55.56%) Serverless
2 5 (55.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (33.33%) Adobe
3 3 (33.33%) Apollo GraphQL
3 3 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
3 3 (33.33%) Architecture Governance
3 3 (33.33%) B2B
3 3 (33.33%) CRM
3 3 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 3 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 3 (33.33%) ERP
3 3 (33.33%) Event-Driven
3 3 (33.33%) GraphQL
3 3 (33.33%) Informatica
3 3 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 3 (33.33%) Java
3 3 (33.33%) Kafka
3 3 (33.33%) Kong
3 3 (33.33%) Microservices
3 3 (33.33%) MuleSoft
3 3 (33.33%) Node.js
3 3 (33.33%) React
3 3 (33.33%) Salesforce

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton 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 8 (88.89%) AWS
1 8 (88.89%) Azure
2 5 (55.56%) GCP
2 5 (55.56%) Serverless
3 3 (33.33%) Kong
3 3 (33.33%) Snowflake
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) Apollo GraphQL
1 3 (33.33%) GraphQL
1 3 (33.33%) Kafka
1 3 (33.33%) Node.js
1 3 (33.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (33.33%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Enterprise Architecture
2 5 (55.56%) Business Transformation
2 5 (55.56%) Containerisation
2 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (55.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
3 3 (33.33%) Architecture Governance
3 3 (33.33%) B2B
3 3 (33.33%) CRM
3 3 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 3 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 3 (33.33%) ERP
3 3 (33.33%) Event-Driven
3 3 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 3 (33.33%) Microservices
3 3 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (11.11%) Domain-Driven Design
4 1 (11.11%) Requirements Management
4 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Java
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Adobe
1 3 (33.33%) Informatica
1 3 (33.33%) MuleSoft
1 3 (33.33%) Salesforce
1 3 (33.33%) SAP