Solutions Architect Job Trends in the South East

Solution Architect
England > South East

The median Solution Architect salary in the South East is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 215 93 143
Rank change year-on-year -122 +50 +47
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 75 331 182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.83% 2.57% 2.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.93% 2.68% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 30 122 95
10th Percentile £63,625 £61,025 £61,300
25th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -11.76% +7.59%
75th Percentile £77,813 £90,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -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 8,071 12,329 8,420
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.57% 95.89% 93.55%
Number of salaries quoted 4,404 7,325 6,074
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £67,313 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Solutions Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -63 58 £65,000 -10.34% 18
Berkshire -31 40 £65,000 -13.33% 17
Oxfordshire +32 11 £65,000 -9.09% 1
Buckinghamshire -52 7 £65,000 -4.06% 1
Hampshire -11 6 £75,000 -6.25% 8
East Sussex +4 4 - - 5
West Sussex -3 4 £77,500 +10.71%
Surrey -11 2 £90,000 +24.14% 4
Kent +2 1 £100,000 +11.11% 1
Solutions Architect
England

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, Solutions Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 43 (57.33%) Analytical Skills
2 42 (56.00%) Risk Management
3 41 (54.67%) Social Skills
4 40 (53.33%) SAP
5 38 (50.67%) SAP S/4HANA
6 37 (49.33%) SAP MDG
6 37 (49.33%) Business Strategy
6 37 (49.33%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 37 (49.33%) Indirect Procurement
6 37 (49.33%) Source to Pay
6 37 (49.33%) Project Management
6 37 (49.33%) OpenText
7 12 (16.00%) CMS
8 10 (13.33%) C#
8 10 (13.33%) E-Commerce
8 10 (13.33%) Presales
8 10 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
9 8 (10.67%) Architectural Design
10 6 (8.00%) Roadmaps
11 5 (6.67%) Agile
11 5 (6.67%) Azure
11 5 (6.67%) SaaS
12 4 (5.33%) Marketing
12 4 (5.33%) TOGAF
12 4 (5.33%) Architectural Patterns
12 4 (5.33%) Microservices
13 3 (4.00%) Mentoring
13 3 (4.00%) Regulatory Compliance
13 3 (4.00%) PowerApps
13 3 (4.00%) Finance

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (16.00%) CMS
Business Applications
1 38 (50.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 37 (49.33%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 37 (49.33%) SAP MDG
3 1 (1.33%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.33%) SAP EWM
3 1 (1.33%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.33%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.33%) SAP IBP
3 1 (1.33%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.67%) Azure
1 5 (6.67%) SaaS
2 3 (4.00%) PaaS
2 3 (4.00%) PowerApps
3 2 (2.67%) AWS
3 2 (2.67%) iPaaS
4 1 (1.33%) Azure AKS
4 1 (1.33%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (1.33%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (1.33%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.33%) GitHub
4 1 (1.33%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.33%) SQL Server
General
1 43 (57.33%) Analytical Skills
2 41 (54.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (5.33%) Marketing
4 3 (4.00%) Finance
4 3 (4.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.67%) Legal
5 2 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.33%) Banking
6 1 (1.33%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.33%) Azure Blueprints
1 1 (1.33%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (2.67%) Cloud Native
2 2 (2.67%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.33%) IoT
3 1 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (56.00%) Risk Management
2 37 (49.33%) Business Strategy
2 37 (49.33%) Indirect Procurement
2 37 (49.33%) Project Management
2 37 (49.33%) Source to Pay
3 10 (13.33%) E-Commerce
3 10 (13.33%) Presales
3 10 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
4 8 (10.67%) Architectural Design
5 6 (8.00%) Roadmaps
6 5 (6.67%) Agile
7 4 (5.33%) Architectural Patterns
7 4 (5.33%) Microservices
7 4 (5.33%) TOGAF
8 3 (4.00%) CRM
8 3 (4.00%) ERP
8 3 (4.00%) Mentoring
8 3 (4.00%) Regulatory Compliance
8 3 (4.00%) Technical Architecture
9 2 (2.67%) Practice Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (13.33%) C#
2 3 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (2.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (2.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.33%) Azure Certification
2 1 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.33%) Degree
2 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (2.67%) Docker
2 1 (1.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 40 (53.33%) SAP
2 37 (49.33%) OpenText
3 2 (2.67%) Zoho
4 1 (1.33%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.33%) Peregrine
4 1 (1.33%) Salesforce