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 July 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 253 113
Rank change year-on-year +58 -140 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 135 39 319
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.83% 0.45% 2.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 0.50% 2.32%
Number of salaries quoted 113 30 118
10th Percentile £70,000 £64,750 £60,700
25th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £68,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.64% -8.33% -11.76%
75th Percentile £95,000 £78,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,000 £93,750
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 15,536 7,734 13,723
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.58% 89.36% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 10,977 4,313 9,478
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 29 July 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 July 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 +49 68 £85,000 +30.77% 16
Hampshire -11 29 £100,000 +33.33% 16
Berkshire +43 28 £90,000 +38.46% 9
Oxfordshire -2 24 £85,000 +30.77% 4
Surrey +1 23 £80,000 -5.88% 9
Buckinghamshire -1 16 £85,000 +44.68% 3
Kent -19 4 £75,000 -25.00% 4
East Sussex -13 2 £95,000 - 1
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 July 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 32 (23.70%) Azure
2 26 (19.26%) Agile
3 24 (17.78%) Security Cleared
4 21 (15.56%) Microsoft
5 20 (14.81%) SC Cleared
6 18 (13.33%) Presales
6 18 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
7 17 (12.59%) Cybersecurity
8 16 (11.85%) AWS
9 15 (11.11%) CI/CD
9 15 (11.11%) DevOps
9 15 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 14 (10.37%) Architectural Patterns
11 13 (9.63%) Enterprise Architecture
12 12 (8.89%) DV Cleared
13 11 (8.15%) Project Delivery
14 10 (7.41%) Microservices
14 10 (7.41%) Roadmaps
14 10 (7.41%) Scrum
15 9 (6.67%) ICAEW
15 9 (6.67%) Integration Patterns
15 9 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
15 9 (6.67%) VMware
16 8 (5.93%) .NET
16 8 (5.93%) Customer Requirements
16 8 (5.93%) Degree
16 8 (5.93%) Infrastructure as Code
16 8 (5.93%) Kanban
16 8 (5.93%) Migration
16 8 (5.93%) Stakeholder Management

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 (2.96%) CMS
1 4 (2.96%) Sitecore CMS
2 3 (2.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.48%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.74%) Confluence
4 1 (0.74%) JBoss
4 1 (0.74%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (1.48%) PTC Creo
1 2 (1.48%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (2.96%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (2.96%) Oracle Retail
2 3 (2.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (1.48%) SAP HR
3 2 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.74%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 32 (23.70%) Azure
2 16 (11.85%) AWS
3 9 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (5.19%) Mimecast
5 6 (4.44%) SaaS
6 4 (2.96%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (2.96%) Entra ID
6 4 (2.96%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.22%) GCP
7 3 (2.22%) IaaS
7 3 (2.22%) PaaS
8 2 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.48%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.74%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.74%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.74%) Boomi
9 1 (0.74%) iPaaS
9 1 (0.74%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.74%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.74%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.19%) Firewall
2 4 (2.96%) Network Security
2 4 (2.96%) RFID
3 1 (0.74%) 3GPP
3 1 (0.74%) Broadband
3 1 (0.74%) LAN
3 1 (0.74%) Modbus
3 1 (0.74%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.74%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.74%) VLAN
3 1 (0.74%) VSAN
3 1 (0.74%) WAN
3 1 (0.74%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.48%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.74%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.74%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.74%) GitLab
1 1 (0.74%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.74%) JIRA
1 1 (0.74%) SonarQube
General
1 24 (17.78%) Finance
2 23 (17.04%) Social Skills
3 12 (8.89%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (5.19%) Aviation
5 6 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.70%) Marketing
6 5 (3.70%) Retail
7 4 (2.96%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.22%) Military
9 2 (1.48%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.48%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.74%) Automotive
10 1 (0.74%) Banking
10 1 (0.74%) Front Office
10 1 (0.74%) Games
10 1 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.74%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.74%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.93%) .NET
2 3 (2.22%) .NET Core
2 3 (2.22%) Web Services
3 2 (1.48%) LDAP
3 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (1.48%) REST
4 1 (0.74%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.74%) CSS
4 1 (0.74%) gRPC
4 1 (0.74%) JDBC
4 1 (0.74%) Kafka
4 1 (0.74%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.74%) Middleware
4 1 (0.74%) OAuth
4 1 (0.74%) OpenID
4 1 (0.74%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.74%) SAML
4 1 (0.74%) SOAP
4 1 (0.74%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 13 (9.63%) Cloud Native
3 7 (5.19%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (5.19%) Web Conferencing
4 6 (4.44%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.96%) Contactless
6 3 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.48%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.48%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.48%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.48%) PKI
7 2 (1.48%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.48%) Social Media
7 2 (1.48%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.74%) CMDB
8 1 (0.74%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.74%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.74%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.74%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.19%) Windows
2 6 (4.44%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.74%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (19.26%) Agile
2 18 (13.33%) Presales
2 18 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
3 17 (12.59%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (11.11%) CI/CD
4 15 (11.11%) DevOps
4 15 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 14 (10.37%) Architectural Patterns
6 13 (9.63%) Enterprise Architecture
7 11 (8.15%) Project Delivery
8 10 (7.41%) Microservices
8 10 (7.41%) Roadmaps
8 10 (7.41%) Scrum
9 9 (6.67%) Integration Patterns
10 8 (5.93%) Customer Requirements
10 8 (5.93%) Infrastructure as Code
10 8 (5.93%) Kanban
10 8 (5.93%) Migration
10 8 (5.93%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (5.93%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.22%) C#
2 2 (1.48%) Java
3 1 (0.74%) Apex Code
3 1 (0.74%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.74%) SOQL
3 1 (0.74%) SOSL
3 1 (0.74%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (17.78%) Security Cleared
2 20 (14.81%) SC Cleared
3 12 (8.89%) DV Cleared
4 9 (6.67%) ICAEW
5 8 (5.93%) Degree
6 2 (1.48%) MCAD
6 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.74%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.74%) HND
7 1 (0.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.74%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.74%) PhD
7 1 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.74%) VCAP
7 1 (0.74%) VCDX
7 1 (0.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.70%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.96%) WCAG
3 3 (2.22%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.22%) NIST
4 2 (1.48%) NCSC
5 1 (0.74%) GDPR
5 1 (0.74%) QA
System Software
1 6 (4.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (3.70%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.22%) VMware NSX
4 2 (1.48%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.74%) Docker
5 1 (0.74%) vCloud
5 1 (0.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (2.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.48%) vRealize
3 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.74%) Netcool
3 1 (0.74%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 21 (15.56%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.67%) VMware
3 7 (5.19%) Barracuda Networks
3 7 (5.19%) Fortinet
3 7 (5.19%) N-able
3 7 (5.19%) Sophos
4 5 (3.70%) Sparx
5 4 (2.96%) Cisco
5 4 (2.96%) Oracle
5 4 (2.96%) Sitecore
6 3 (2.22%) Adobe
6 3 (2.22%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.48%) PTC
7 2 (1.48%) SAP
8 1 (0.74%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.74%) Dell
8 1 (0.74%) IBM
8 1 (0.74%) NetApp
8 1 (0.74%) Remedy
8 1 (0.74%) Splunk