Solutions Architect Jobs in the South East

Solution Architect
England > South East

The median Solution Architect salary in the South East is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 May 2025.

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

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 270 142 146
Rank change year-on-year -128 +4 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 39 328 318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.42% 1.90% 2.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 2.02% 2.49%
Number of salaries quoted 35 109 162
10th Percentile £65,000 £64,500 £67,500
25th Percentile £72,500 £66,250 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.82% +13.33%
75th Percentile £86,650 £87,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £111,500 £94,000 £106,250
England median annual salary £72,250 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% -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 8,168 16,230 12,790
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.93% 94.08% 90.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4,353 11,600 8,093
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,613 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,748 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in the South East.

Salary trend for Solutions Architect 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 27 May 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 27 May 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 -37 17 £78,750 -1.56% 42
Hampshire +57 14 £75,000 +15.38% 13
Buckinghamshire -8 8 £85,800 +7.25% 17
Berkshire -10 6 £80,000 +3.23% 18
West Sussex +27 4 £77,500 +14.81% 5
Oxfordshire +22 3 £65,000 -20.73% 10
Kent +29 1 £100,000 +11.11% 8
East Sussex -10 1 - - 10
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 May 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 17 (43.59%) SC Cleared
1 17 (43.59%) Security Cleared
2 16 (41.03%) Technical Leadership
3 7 (17.95%) Social Skills
4 6 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (15.38%) SaaS
4 6 (15.38%) Finance
5 5 (12.82%) Firewall
5 5 (12.82%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (12.82%) TOGAF
6 4 (10.26%) Risk Management
6 4 (10.26%) ERP
6 4 (10.26%) Enterprise Architecture
6 4 (10.26%) Microservices
6 4 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (10.26%) Roadmaps
6 4 (10.26%) Architectural Patterns
7 3 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (7.69%) PowerApps
7 3 (7.69%) Technology Roadmap
7 3 (7.69%) Architectural Design
7 3 (7.69%) Strategic Thinking
7 3 (7.69%) Software Delivery
7 3 (7.69%) Presales
7 3 (7.69%) Mentoring
7 3 (7.69%) Data Architecture
7 3 (7.69%) Azure
7 3 (7.69%) Network Architecture
7 3 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (7.69%) Enterprise Software

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 2 (5.13%) CMS
2 1 (2.56%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.38%) SaaS
2 3 (7.69%) Azure
2 3 (7.69%) PowerApps
3 2 (5.13%) Azure AKS
3 2 (5.13%) Entra ID
3 2 (5.13%) OCI
4 1 (2.56%) AWS
4 1 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.56%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (2.56%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.82%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 7 (17.95%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (15.38%) Finance
3 2 (5.13%) Advertising
3 2 (5.13%) Banking
3 2 (5.13%) Financial Institution
3 2 (5.13%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (5.13%) Marketing
4 1 (2.56%) General Ledger
4 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (2.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.56%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (41.03%) Technical Leadership
2 5 (12.82%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (12.82%) TOGAF
3 4 (10.26%) Architectural Patterns
3 4 (10.26%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (10.26%) ERP
3 4 (10.26%) Microservices
3 4 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (10.26%) Risk Management
3 4 (10.26%) Roadmaps
4 3 (7.69%) Agile
4 3 (7.69%) Architectural Design
4 3 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (7.69%) Data Architecture
4 3 (7.69%) Mentoring
4 3 (7.69%) Network Architecture
4 3 (7.69%) Presales
4 3 (7.69%) Software Delivery
4 3 (7.69%) Strategic Thinking
4 3 (7.69%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.13%) C#
1 2 (5.13%) SQL
2 1 (2.56%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 17 (43.59%) SC Cleared
1 17 (43.59%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.13%) Azure Certification
2 2 (5.13%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.56%) Degree
3 1 (2.56%) MCSE
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.56%) SAP Certification
3 1 (2.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.56%) GDPR
1 1 (2.56%) QA
System Software
1 3 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.13%) Docker
2 2 (5.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (5.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft
1 2 (5.13%) Oracle
1 2 (5.13%) Zoho
2 1 (2.56%) Atlassian
2 1 (2.56%) Concur
2 1 (2.56%) Salesforce
2 1 (2.56%) SAP