Solutions Architect Job Trends in South Wales

Solution Architect
Wales > South Wales

The median Solution Architect salary in South Wales is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 62 58
Rank change year-on-year +2 -4 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 7 6 10
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.85% 0.90% 1.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% 0.92% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 5 5 7
10th Percentile £62,000 - £71,350
25th Percentile £72,500 £66,250 £76,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £67,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% -20.59% +41.67%
75th Percentile - £72,931 £87,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,172 £88,000
Wales median annual salary £80,000 £70,216 £82,500
% change year-on-year +13.93% -14.89% +37.50%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 737 653 522
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.66% 97.75% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 531 371 398
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,500 £32,757
25th Percentile £33,500 £35,000 £40,770
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,790 £79,600 £72,433
Wales median annual salary £50,000 £49,104 £47,500
% change year-on-year +1.82% +3.38% -

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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 South Wales.

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in South Wales

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in South Wales.

Salary distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in South Wales

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in South Wales over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in South Wales

Solutions Architect
Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 31 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
Cardiff +13 7 £80,000 +18.85% 3
Solutions Architect
Wales

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 Wales region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) AI
2 2 (28.57%) Analytics
2 2 (28.57%) AWS
2 2 (28.57%) B2B
2 2 (28.57%) Business Development
2 2 (28.57%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Experience
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Insight
2 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
2 2 (28.57%) Due Diligence
2 2 (28.57%) Event-Driven
2 2 (28.57%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) Financial Modelling
2 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Azure
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
3 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Docker
3 1 (14.29%) Kafka
3 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
3 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Service Bus
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Cloud Native
1 2 (28.57%) Distributed Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (28.57%) Virtual Team
2 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) AI
2 2 (28.57%) Analytics
2 2 (28.57%) B2B
2 2 (28.57%) Business Development
2 2 (28.57%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Experience
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Insight
2 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
2 2 (28.57%) Due Diligence
2 2 (28.57%) Event-Driven
2 2 (28.57%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) Financial Modelling
2 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
3 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes