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 8 May 2026.

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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 204 146
Rank change year-on-year +23 -58 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 124 62 311
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.85% 0.81% 1.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% 0.96% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 84 58 104
10th Percentile £60,000 £67,800 £63,250
25th Percentile £72,701 £72,500 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% - -8.82%
75th Percentile £92,437 £85,800 £87,500
90th Percentile £96,750 £110,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +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 13,784 6,454 15,362
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.57% 84.37% 93.83%
Number of salaries quoted 9,164 3,651 11,265
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -11.18%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 +48 61 £85,000 +3.03% 29
Berkshire +26 30 £90,000 +12.50% 20
Hampshire -22 29 £86,750 +15.67% 3
Oxfordshire +14 20 £85,000 +17.24% 3
East Sussex -7 14 £85,000 +16.44% 2
Buckinghamshire -4 11 £85,000 -0.93% 6
Surrey -9 9 £87,500 -20.45% 2
Kent -32 4 £75,000 -25.00% 6
Home Counties - 1 £95,000 -
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 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 22 (17.74%) Azure
2 19 (15.32%) Presales
3 18 (14.52%) Technical Leadership
4 16 (12.90%) Agile
4 16 (12.90%) Security Cleared
5 15 (12.10%) AWS
5 15 (12.10%) Microsoft
6 13 (10.48%) Cybersecurity
7 12 (9.68%) CI/CD
7 12 (9.68%) DevOps
8 11 (8.87%) Architectural Patterns
8 11 (8.87%) Project Delivery
8 11 (8.87%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (8.06%) VMware
10 9 (7.26%) Enterprise Architecture
10 9 (7.26%) Firewall
10 9 (7.26%) Integration Patterns
10 9 (7.26%) Netcool
10 9 (7.26%) Network Management
10 9 (7.26%) Scrum
11 8 (6.45%) AI
11 8 (6.45%) Customer Requirements
11 8 (6.45%) Degree
11 8 (6.45%) SaaS
11 8 (6.45%) SC Cleared
11 8 (6.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 8 (6.45%) TOGAF
12 7 (5.65%) .NET
12 7 (5.65%) Barracuda Networks

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 (4.03%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (4.03%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.23%) CMS
2 4 (3.23%) Sitecore CMS
3 3 (2.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (2.42%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.81%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.81%) Camunda
Business Applications
1 5 (4.03%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (2.42%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 22 (17.74%) Azure
2 15 (12.10%) AWS
3 8 (6.45%) SaaS
4 7 (5.65%) Mimecast
5 6 (4.84%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (4.84%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (4.03%) Power Platform
7 4 (3.23%) GCP
8 3 (2.42%) Boomi
9 2 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.61%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.81%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.26%) Firewall
2 4 (3.23%) Network Security
3 3 (2.42%) RFID
4 2 (1.61%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.81%) 3GPP
5 1 (0.81%) Broadband
5 1 (0.81%) Modbus
5 1 (0.81%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.81%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.61%) Data Lake
1 2 (1.61%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.81%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.81%) GitLab
1 1 (0.81%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.81%) SonarQube
General
1 21 (16.94%) Social Skills
2 13 (10.48%) Finance
3 7 (5.65%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (4.84%) Aviation
4 6 (4.84%) Marketing
4 6 (4.84%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.03%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.03%) Military
6 4 (3.23%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.23%) Retail
7 3 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.42%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.61%) Law
9 1 (0.81%) Automotive
9 1 (0.81%) Front Office
9 1 (0.81%) Games
9 1 (0.81%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.65%) .NET
2 3 (2.42%) .NET Core
2 3 (2.42%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (1.61%) REST
3 2 (1.61%) RESTful
4 1 (0.81%) gRPC
4 1 (0.81%) Kafka
4 1 (0.81%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.81%) OAuth
4 1 (0.81%) OpenID
4 1 (0.81%) SAML
4 1 (0.81%) SOAP
4 1 (0.81%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.87%) Cloud Native
2 8 (6.45%) Product Ownership
3 7 (5.65%) Web Conferencing
4 6 (4.84%) Driving Licence
5 5 (4.03%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (3.23%) Low-Code
6 4 (3.23%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.42%) Contactless
8 2 (1.61%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.61%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.81%) PKI
9 1 (0.81%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.03%) Windows
1 5 (4.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (15.32%) Presales
2 18 (14.52%) Technical Leadership
3 16 (12.90%) Agile
4 13 (10.48%) Cybersecurity
5 12 (9.68%) CI/CD
5 12 (9.68%) DevOps
6 11 (8.87%) Architectural Patterns
6 11 (8.87%) Project Delivery
6 11 (8.87%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (7.26%) Enterprise Architecture
8 9 (7.26%) Integration Patterns
8 9 (7.26%) Network Management
8 9 (7.26%) Scrum
9 8 (6.45%) AI
9 8 (6.45%) Customer Requirements
9 8 (6.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (6.45%) TOGAF
10 7 (5.65%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (5.65%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.03%) C#
2 2 (1.61%) Java
3 1 (0.81%) Apex Code
3 1 (0.81%) Python
3 1 (0.81%) SOQL
3 1 (0.81%) SOSL
3 1 (0.81%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (12.90%) Security Cleared
2 8 (6.45%) Degree
2 8 (6.45%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.03%) DV Cleared
4 3 (2.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 3 (2.42%) ICAEW
5 2 (1.61%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.61%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.61%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (0.81%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.81%) VCAP
6 1 (0.81%) VCDX
6 1 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.03%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.23%) WCAG
3 3 (2.42%) QA
4 2 (1.61%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (4.84%) VMware NSX
2 5 (4.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.81%) Docker
3 1 (0.81%) vCloud
3 1 (0.81%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (7.26%) Netcool
2 5 (4.03%) vRealize
3 1 (0.81%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 15 (12.10%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.06%) VMware
3 7 (5.65%) Barracuda Networks
3 7 (5.65%) Fortinet
3 7 (5.65%) N-able
3 7 (5.65%) Sophos
4 6 (4.84%) Oracle
5 5 (4.03%) Sparx
6 4 (3.23%) Cisco
6 4 (3.23%) Sitecore
7 3 (2.42%) Adobe
7 3 (2.42%) Informatica
7 3 (2.42%) MuleSoft
7 3 (2.42%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.61%) Pega
8 2 (1.61%) UiPath
9 1 (0.81%) Broadcom
9 1 (0.81%) NetApp
9 1 (0.81%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.81%) Splunk