Solutions Architect Job Trends in the South East

Solution Architect
England > South East

The median Solution Architect salary in the South East is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 December 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 130 154
Rank change year-on-year -27 +24 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 111 212 126
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.14% 2.00% 1.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% 2.11% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 48 126 54
10th Percentile £63,375 £61,125 £61,975
25th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +3.13%
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £89,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 8,874 10,063 6,952
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.38% 94.97% 94.55%
Number of salaries quoted 5,607 5,582 4,990
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,550
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% -1.67% -

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 3 December 2025.

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 3 December 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
Thames Valley +2 64 £65,000 -13.33% 32
Berkshire -7 49 £77,500 +5.08% 25
Hampshire -16 25 £85,000 +13.33% 16
East Sussex +25 18 £80,268 -10.81% 8
Oxfordshire +27 8 £65,000 -24.86% 1
Buckinghamshire +4 7 £73,750 -5.45% 7
Surrey +2 3 £90,000 +28.57% 1
West Sussex -7 1 £127,185 +81.69% 4
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 December 2025, 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 42 (37.84%) SAP
2 40 (36.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 39 (35.14%) Project Management
3 39 (35.14%) Risk Management
4 37 (33.33%) Business Strategy
4 37 (33.33%) Indirect Procurement
4 37 (33.33%) OpenText
4 37 (33.33%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 37 (33.33%) SAP MDG
4 37 (33.33%) Source to Pay
5 11 (9.91%) Presales
6 10 (9.01%) Agile
6 10 (9.01%) Roadmaps
7 9 (8.11%) CMS
7 9 (8.11%) ERP
7 9 (8.11%) Technical Leadership
8 8 (7.21%) Azure
8 8 (7.21%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (6.31%) Architectural Design
9 7 (6.31%) C#
9 7 (6.31%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (6.31%) CRM
9 7 (6.31%) E-Commerce
9 7 (6.31%) Security Cleared
10 6 (5.41%) Enterprise Architecture
10 6 (5.41%) Microsoft
10 6 (5.41%) TOGAF
11 5 (4.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 5 (4.50%) Power Platform
11 5 (4.50%) Problem-Solving

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 9 (8.11%) CMS
2 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.90%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 40 (36.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 37 (33.33%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 37 (33.33%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.90%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.90%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.90%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.90%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.90%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.90%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.21%) Azure
1 8 (7.21%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (4.50%) Power Platform
3 4 (3.60%) SaaS
4 3 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.70%) PaaS
5 2 (1.80%) AWS
5 2 (1.80%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.80%) iPaaS
6 1 (0.90%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.90%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.90%) AWS Fargate
6 1 (0.90%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.90%) Azure AKS
6 1 (0.90%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.90%) CloudFront
6 1 (0.90%) GitHub
6 1 (0.90%) IaaS
6 1 (0.90%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.90%) 5G
1 1 (0.90%) Firewall
1 1 (0.90%) MIMO
1 1 (0.90%) NGN
1 1 (0.90%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (0.90%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.90%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.90%) SQL Server
General
1 48 (43.24%) Social Skills
2 41 (36.94%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (5.41%) Public Sector
4 4 (3.60%) Finance
4 4 (3.60%) Marketing
5 3 (2.70%) Manufacturing
5 3 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (1.80%) Legal
6 2 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.90%) Billing
7 1 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.90%) Military
7 1 (0.90%) Retail
7 1 (0.90%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.90%) Azure Blueprints
1 1 (0.90%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.60%) Cloud Native
2 2 (1.80%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (0.90%) IoT
3 1 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (0.90%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.90%) Linux
1 1 (0.90%) Windows
1 1 (0.90%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (35.14%) Project Management
1 39 (35.14%) Risk Management
2 37 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 37 (33.33%) Indirect Procurement
2 37 (33.33%) Source to Pay
3 11 (9.91%) Presales
4 10 (9.01%) Agile
4 10 (9.01%) Roadmaps
5 9 (8.11%) ERP
5 9 (8.11%) Technical Leadership
6 7 (6.31%) Architectural Design
6 7 (6.31%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (6.31%) CRM
6 7 (6.31%) E-Commerce
7 6 (5.41%) Enterprise Architecture
7 6 (5.41%) TOGAF
8 5 (4.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 5 (4.50%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (3.60%) Event-Driven
9 4 (3.60%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.31%) C#
2 1 (0.90%) Python
2 1 (0.90%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (6.31%) Security Cleared
2 4 (3.60%) Azure Certification
3 3 (2.70%) Degree
3 3 (2.70%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.70%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.80%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.90%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.80%) QA
2 1 (0.90%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (2.70%) Docker
2 1 (0.90%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.90%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (3.60%) Netcool
2 1 (0.90%) Ansible
2 1 (0.90%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.90%) Netcool/OMNIbus
2 1 (0.90%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.90%) Terraform
2 1 (0.90%) vRealize
Vendors
1 42 (37.84%) SAP
2 37 (33.33%) OpenText
3 6 (5.41%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.90%) Blue Prism
4 1 (0.90%) IBM
4 1 (0.90%) Pega
4 1 (0.90%) Peregrine
4 1 (0.90%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.90%) Sparx
4 1 (0.90%) UiPath
4 1 (0.90%) VMware