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 29 May 2026.

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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 241 141
Rank change year-on-year +45 -100 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 117 36 317
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.81% 0.47% 1.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% 0.55% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 87 34 107
10th Percentile £68,250 £65,000 £65,000
25th Percentile £74,375 £72,500 £66,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% - -8.82%
75th Percentile £91,625 £87,075 £87,500
90th Percentile £96,750 £111,750 £94,250
England median annual salary £82,500 £77,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.45% -3.13% -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 13,801 6,529 15,984
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.24% 84.84% 93.98%
Number of salaries quoted 9,514 3,436 11,601
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,200 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +9.52% -13.65%

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 29 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 29 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 +58 65 £85,000 +7.94% 31
Berkshire +36 28 £90,000 +12.50% 22
Hampshire -24 22 £87,500 +16.67% 22
Oxfordshire +4 20 £85,000 +30.77% 6
Buckinghamshire 0 17 £82,500 -3.85% 5
Surrey - 12 £75,000 - 18
East Sussex -8 5 £95,000 - 2
Kent -28 4 £75,000 -25.00% 7
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 29 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 29 (24.79%) Azure
2 22 (18.80%) Agile
3 19 (16.24%) Microsoft
3 19 (16.24%) Presales
4 17 (14.53%) Technical Leadership
5 16 (13.68%) AWS
6 15 (12.82%) CI/CD
6 15 (12.82%) DevOps
7 13 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
8 12 (10.26%) Architectural Patterns
8 12 (10.26%) Security Cleared
8 12 (10.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 10 (8.55%) Integration Patterns
9 10 (8.55%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (7.69%) ICAEW
10 9 (7.69%) Project Delivery
10 9 (7.69%) Scrum
10 9 (7.69%) VMware
11 8 (6.84%) Customer Requirements
11 8 (6.84%) Data Modelling
11 8 (6.84%) Degree
11 8 (6.84%) Enterprise Architecture
11 8 (6.84%) Firewall
11 8 (6.84%) Infrastructure as Code
11 8 (6.84%) Microservices
11 8 (6.84%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (6.84%) Migration
11 8 (6.84%) TOGAF
12 7 (5.98%) .NET

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 4 (3.42%) CMS
1 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (3.42%) SharePoint
1 4 (3.42%) Sitecore CMS
2 3 (2.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 3 (2.56%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.85%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.85%) Camunda
Applications
1 2 (1.71%) PTC Creo
1 2 (1.71%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (3.42%) Oracle Retail
1 4 (3.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 29 (24.79%) Azure
2 16 (13.68%) AWS
3 8 (6.84%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (5.98%) Mimecast
4 7 (5.98%) SaaS
5 6 (5.13%) Power Platform
6 5 (4.27%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (4.27%) GCP
7 3 (2.56%) Boomi
7 3 (2.56%) IaaS
7 3 (2.56%) PaaS
8 2 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.71%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.85%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.84%) Firewall
2 4 (3.42%) Network Security
2 4 (3.42%) RFID
3 2 (1.71%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.85%) 3GPP
4 1 (0.85%) Broadband
4 1 (0.85%) Modbus
4 1 (0.85%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.85%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.71%) Data Lake
1 2 (1.71%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.85%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.85%) GitLab
1 1 (0.85%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.85%) SonarQube
General
1 21 (17.95%) Social Skills
2 20 (17.09%) Finance
3 8 (6.84%) Marketing
3 8 (6.84%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (5.98%) Aviation
5 5 (4.27%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.27%) Retail
6 4 (3.42%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.42%) Military
7 3 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.56%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.56%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.71%) Law
9 1 (0.85%) Automotive
9 1 (0.85%) Front Office
9 1 (0.85%) Games
9 1 (0.85%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.98%) .NET
2 3 (2.56%) .NET Core
2 3 (2.56%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (1.71%) REST
3 2 (1.71%) RESTful
3 2 (1.71%) Web Services
4 1 (0.85%) gRPC
4 1 (0.85%) Kafka
4 1 (0.85%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.85%) OAuth
4 1 (0.85%) OpenID
4 1 (0.85%) SAML
4 1 (0.85%) SOAP
4 1 (0.85%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.97%) Cloud Native
2 8 (6.84%) Product Ownership
3 7 (5.98%) Web Conferencing
4 6 (5.13%) Driving Licence
4 6 (5.13%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.42%) Contactless
5 4 (3.42%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (3.42%) Low-Code
6 3 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.56%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.71%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.71%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.85%) PKI
8 1 (0.85%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.85%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.98%) Windows
1 7 (5.98%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (18.80%) Agile
2 19 (16.24%) Presales
3 17 (14.53%) Technical Leadership
4 15 (12.82%) CI/CD
4 15 (12.82%) DevOps
5 13 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
6 12 (10.26%) Architectural Patterns
6 12 (10.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (8.55%) Integration Patterns
7 10 (8.55%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (7.69%) Project Delivery
8 9 (7.69%) Scrum
9 8 (6.84%) Customer Requirements
9 8 (6.84%) Data Modelling
9 8 (6.84%) Enterprise Architecture
9 8 (6.84%) Infrastructure as Code
9 8 (6.84%) Microservices
9 8 (6.84%) Migration
9 8 (6.84%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.27%) C#
2 4 (3.42%) Java
3 1 (0.85%) Apex Code
3 1 (0.85%) Python
3 1 (0.85%) SOQL
3 1 (0.85%) SOSL
3 1 (0.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (10.26%) Security Cleared
2 9 (7.69%) ICAEW
3 8 (6.84%) Degree
4 7 (5.98%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.42%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.71%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.71%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.71%) MCAD
7 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.71%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.85%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.85%) VCAP
8 1 (0.85%) VCDX
8 1 (0.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.27%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.42%) WCAG
3 3 (2.56%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.56%) NIST
3 3 (2.56%) QA
4 2 (1.71%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (4.27%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (4.27%) VMware NSX
2 3 (2.56%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.85%) Docker
3 1 (0.85%) vCloud
3 1 (0.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (5.98%) Netcool
2 4 (3.42%) vRealize
3 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.85%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 19 (16.24%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.69%) VMware
3 7 (5.98%) Barracuda Networks
3 7 (5.98%) Fortinet
3 7 (5.98%) N-able
3 7 (5.98%) Oracle
3 7 (5.98%) Sophos
4 5 (4.27%) Sparx
5 4 (3.42%) Cisco
5 4 (3.42%) Sitecore
6 3 (2.56%) Adobe
6 3 (2.56%) Informatica
6 3 (2.56%) MuleSoft
6 3 (2.56%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.71%) Pega
7 2 (1.71%) PTC
7 2 (1.71%) UiPath
8 1 (0.85%) Dell
8 1 (0.85%) NetApp
8 1 (0.85%) Remedy