Solutions Architect Job Trends in the South East

Solution Architect
England > South East

The median Solution Architect salary in the South East is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 September 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 211 97
Rank change year-on-year -4 -114 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 129 75 316
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.69% 0.84% 2.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.73% 0.94% 2.56%
Number of salaries quoted 93 30 119
10th Percentile £68,750 £63,625 £60,800
25th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £70,000 £78,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -10.26% -6.87%
75th Percentile £98,750 £77,813 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 17,713 7,955 12,364
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 89.50% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 12,552 4,440 7,103
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,325 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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 the South East.

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in the South East

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in the South East

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in the South East over the 6 months to 25 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in the South East

Solutions Architect
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Architect within the South East region over the 6 months to 25 September 2026. 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
Thames Valley -7 57 £85,000 +30.77% 70
Surrey -6 30 £80,000 -11.11% 31
Hampshire -26 29 £100,000 +33.33% 31
Berkshire -8 27 £92,500 +42.31% 53
Buckinghamshire +7 15 £83,750 +28.85% 9
Oxfordshire -26 15 £85,000 +30.77% 8
West Sussex -17 8 £87,500 +12.90% 12
Solutions Architect
England

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 25 September 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 South East region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 30 (23.26%) Azure
1 30 (23.26%) Security Cleared
2 26 (20.16%) SC Cleared
3 20 (15.50%) Agile
3 20 (15.50%) Microsoft
4 19 (14.73%) Enterprise Architecture
5 18 (13.95%) Technical Leadership
6 15 (11.63%) Roadmaps
6 15 (11.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 14 (10.85%) Architectural Patterns
7 14 (10.85%) DV Cleared
8 13 (10.08%) AWS
8 13 (10.08%) CI/CD
8 13 (10.08%) DevOps
8 13 (10.08%) Stakeholder Management
8 13 (10.08%) Translating Business Requirements
9 11 (8.53%) IT Strategy
9 11 (8.53%) Technology Strategy
10 10 (7.75%) Architecture Governance
10 10 (7.75%) Microservices
10 10 (7.75%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (6.98%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (6.98%) ICAEW
12 8 (6.20%) Data Modelling
12 8 (6.20%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (6.20%) Power Platform
12 8 (6.20%) SaaS
12 8 (6.20%) Windows
13 7 (5.43%) .NET
13 7 (5.43%) Active Directory

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.88%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 3 (2.33%) CMS
2 3 (2.33%) Confluence
2 3 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.33%) Sitecore CMS
3 2 (1.55%) JBoss
3 2 (1.55%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (1.55%) PTC Creo
1 2 (1.55%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (3.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.33%) Infor M3
2 3 (2.33%) Lawson
2 3 (2.33%) Movex
2 3 (2.33%) Oracle Retail
2 3 (2.33%) SAP HR
2 3 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.55%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.78%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.78%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.78%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 30 (23.26%) Azure
2 13 (10.08%) AWS
3 10 (7.75%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (6.20%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (6.20%) Power Platform
4 8 (6.20%) SaaS
5 6 (4.65%) Entra ID
5 6 (4.65%) SuccessFactors
6 3 (2.33%) GCP
6 3 (2.33%) IaaS
6 3 (2.33%) Mimecast
6 3 (2.33%) PaaS
7 2 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.55%) Boomi
7 2 (1.55%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.78%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.78%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.78%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.78%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.78%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.88%) Firewall
2 3 (2.33%) RFID
3 2 (1.55%) Network Security
4 1 (0.78%) LAN
4 1 (0.78%) VLAN
4 1 (0.78%) WAN
4 1 (0.78%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.33%) JIRA
General
1 34 (26.36%) Finance
2 21 (16.28%) Social Skills
3 12 (9.30%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (5.43%) Aerospace
5 6 (4.65%) Aviation
5 6 (4.65%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (4.65%) Retail
6 4 (3.10%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.10%) Marketing
7 3 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.33%) Italian Language
7 3 (2.33%) Japanese Language
8 2 (1.55%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.55%) Banking
8 2 (1.55%) Military
9 1 (0.78%) Automotive
9 1 (0.78%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.43%) .NET
2 4 (3.10%) LDAP
3 3 (2.33%) Middleware
3 3 (2.33%) Web Services
4 2 (1.55%) .NET Core
4 2 (1.55%) Kafka
4 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (1.55%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.78%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.78%) CSS
5 1 (0.78%) JDBC
5 1 (0.78%) OAuth
5 1 (0.78%) OpenID
5 1 (0.78%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.85%) Product Ownership
2 10 (7.75%) Cloud Native
2 10 (7.75%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (3.10%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (2.33%) Contactless
4 3 (2.33%) Driving Licence
4 3 (2.33%) Mashup
4 3 (2.33%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.33%) PKI
4 3 (2.33%) Public Cloud
4 3 (2.33%) Social Media
4 3 (2.33%) Web Conferencing
5 2 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.55%) Mainframe
5 2 (1.55%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.78%) CMDB
6 1 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.78%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.20%) Windows
2 6 (4.65%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.55%) Linux
4 1 (0.78%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (15.50%) Agile
2 19 (14.73%) Enterprise Architecture
3 18 (13.95%) Technical Leadership
4 15 (11.63%) Roadmaps
4 15 (11.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 14 (10.85%) Architectural Patterns
6 13 (10.08%) CI/CD
6 13 (10.08%) DevOps
6 13 (10.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (10.08%) Translating Business Requirements
7 11 (8.53%) IT Strategy
7 11 (8.53%) Technology Strategy
8 10 (7.75%) Architecture Governance
8 10 (7.75%) Microservices
9 9 (6.98%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (6.20%) Data Modelling
11 7 (5.43%) Customer Requirements
11 7 (5.43%) ERP
11 7 (5.43%) Migration
11 7 (5.43%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.10%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.55%) C#
2 2 (1.55%) Java
Qualifications
1 30 (23.26%) Security Cleared
2 26 (20.16%) SC Cleared
3 14 (10.85%) DV Cleared
4 9 (6.98%) ICAEW
5 5 (3.88%) Degree
6 3 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.55%) MCAD
7 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.78%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.78%) HND
8 1 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.78%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.78%) PhD
8 1 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.33%) Accessibility
1 3 (2.33%) Data Quality
1 3 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (2.33%) NIST
1 3 (2.33%) WCAG
2 1 (0.78%) GDPR
2 1 (0.78%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (5.43%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.55%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.55%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (3.10%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.55%) vRealize
3 1 (0.78%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 20 (15.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.43%) VMware
3 6 (4.65%) SAP
4 5 (3.88%) Aruba
4 5 (3.88%) Juniper
5 4 (3.10%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.33%) Adobe
6 3 (2.33%) Barracuda Networks
6 3 (2.33%) EMC
6 3 (2.33%) Fortinet
6 3 (2.33%) Infor
6 3 (2.33%) Intentia
6 3 (2.33%) N-able
6 3 (2.33%) Oracle
6 3 (2.33%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.33%) Sitecore
6 3 (2.33%) Sophos
6 3 (2.33%) Sparx
6 3 (2.33%) Thales
7 2 (1.55%) Workday