Solutions Architect Jobs in the South West

Solution Architect
England > South West

The median Solution Architect salary in the South West is £66,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 164 157
Rank change year-on-year +35 -7 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 178 123 166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.95% 1.76% 2.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.02% 1.97% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 97 40 63
10th Percentile £55,000 £45,150 £53,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £50,574 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,500 £68,750 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.27% -5.17% +11.54%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £91,250 £87,800
England median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +9.68%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 8,793 6,253 7,654
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.13% 89.29% 96.47%
Number of salaries quoted 6,433 3,885 5,117
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,100 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in the South West

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Solutions Architect in the South West

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in the South West

Solutions Architect
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Bristol +10 78 £70,576 -0.60% 14
Wiltshire +33 64 £65,000 -7.14%
Gloucestershire -15 17 £65,000 -
Dorset -16 4 £80,000 -8.57% 1
Devon -20 2 - -
Somerset -1 1 - - 4
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 West region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 92 (51.69%) Security Cleared
2 81 (45.51%) TOGAF
3 77 (43.26%) Azure
4 72 (40.45%) SC Cleared
5 71 (39.89%) Agile
6 70 (39.33%) Microsoft
7 65 (36.52%) ArchiMate
7 65 (36.52%) Social Skills
8 57 (32.02%) Enterprise Architecture
9 56 (31.46%) DevOps
9 56 (31.46%) TOGAF Certification
10 49 (27.53%) Microsoft 365
11 47 (26.40%) Microservices
11 47 (26.40%) Business Case
12 46 (25.84%) Business Strategy
13 44 (24.72%) Actionable Insight
13 44 (24.72%) Analytics
14 42 (23.60%) Data Analytics
15 41 (23.03%) Degree
16 38 (21.35%) Architectural Patterns
16 38 (21.35%) Sparx
16 38 (21.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
17 37 (20.79%) Full Stack Development
18 36 (20.22%) Technical Leadership
19 35 (19.66%) .NET
20 34 (19.10%) ITIL
21 33 (18.54%) AWS
21 33 (18.54%) Azure DevOps
22 32 (17.98%) UML
23 30 (16.85%) IT Strategy

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (2.25%) ArcGIS
1 4 (2.25%) WebLogic
2 2 (1.12%) CMS
2 2 (1.12%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.56%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.56%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 38 (21.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.56%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 77 (43.26%) Azure
2 49 (27.53%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (18.54%) AWS
3 33 (18.54%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (8.99%) Power Platform
5 15 (8.43%) PaaS
6 14 (7.87%) IaaS
7 12 (6.74%) SaaS
8 11 (6.18%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (5.62%) Cloud Computing
10 9 (5.06%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (3.93%) GCP
12 6 (3.37%) Azure Service Bus
13 5 (2.81%) PowerApps
14 4 (2.25%) Amazon EKS
14 4 (2.25%) Amazon SQS
14 4 (2.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 3 (1.69%) WhatsApp
16 2 (1.12%) Power Automate
17 1 (0.56%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.30%) DNS
1 13 (7.30%) TCP/IP
2 9 (5.06%) DHCP
2 9 (5.06%) HTTP
3 6 (3.37%) Firewall
4 4 (2.25%) BGP
4 4 (2.25%) SSL
5 2 (1.12%) PBX
5 2 (1.12%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.49%) Big Data
2 5 (2.81%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.25%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (2.25%) Data Lake
3 4 (2.25%) Geospatial Data
3 4 (2.25%) GIS
3 4 (2.25%) RDBMS
3 4 (2.25%) Relational Database
3 4 (2.25%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.69%) MySQL
5 2 (1.12%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.12%) Rational DOORS
General
1 65 (36.52%) Social Skills
2 27 (15.17%) Finance
3 25 (14.04%) Presentation Skills
4 19 (10.67%) Influencing Skills
5 18 (10.11%) Aerospace
5 18 (10.11%) Banking
6 17 (9.55%) Retail
7 12 (6.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (5.06%) Marketing
9 4 (2.25%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.69%) German Language
11 2 (1.12%) Analytical Skills
11 2 (1.12%) Digital Economy
11 2 (1.12%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.56%) Aviation
12 1 (0.56%) Legal
12 1 (0.56%) Local Government
12 1 (0.56%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.56%) Military
12 1 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (19.66%) .NET
2 12 (6.74%) HTML
3 11 (6.18%) Spring Boot
4 9 (5.06%) OpenID
4 9 (5.06%) SAML
5 6 (3.37%) Kafka
5 6 (3.37%) Middleware
6 4 (2.25%) AngularJS
6 4 (2.25%) RabbitMQ
7 3 (1.69%) CSS
7 3 (1.69%) YAML
8 2 (1.12%) CSS3
8 2 (1.12%) HTML5
8 2 (1.12%) Spring
9 1 (0.56%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.56%) React
9 1 (0.56%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.67%) Cloud Native
2 14 (7.87%) Public Cloud
3 9 (5.06%) Cyberattack
3 9 (5.06%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (5.06%) Taxonomies
4 7 (3.93%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.93%) Mobile App
5 6 (3.37%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (2.81%) Blockchain
6 5 (2.81%) Robotics
7 4 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.69%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (1.12%) Blackberry
9 2 (1.12%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.12%) Low-Code
9 2 (1.12%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.56%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.56%) Blog
10 1 (0.56%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (0.56%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (6.18%) Linux
2 6 (3.37%) Windows
3 4 (2.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (45.51%) TOGAF
2 71 (39.89%) Agile
3 65 (36.52%) ArchiMate
4 57 (32.02%) Enterprise Architecture
5 56 (31.46%) DevOps
6 47 (26.40%) Business Case
6 47 (26.40%) Microservices
7 46 (25.84%) Business Strategy
8 44 (24.72%) Actionable Insight
8 44 (24.72%) Analytics
9 42 (23.60%) Data Analytics
10 38 (21.35%) Architectural Patterns
11 37 (20.79%) Full Stack Development
12 36 (20.22%) Technical Leadership
13 34 (19.10%) ITIL
14 32 (17.98%) UML
15 30 (16.85%) IT Strategy
16 28 (15.73%) Roadmaps
17 27 (15.17%) Collaborative Working
18 25 (14.04%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.62%) SQL
2 8 (4.49%) Java
2 8 (4.49%) Python
3 6 (3.37%) Bash
3 6 (3.37%) JavaScript
3 6 (3.37%) PowerShell
3 6 (3.37%) T-SQL
4 4 (2.25%) C#
5 3 (1.69%) Bicep
5 3 (1.69%) PHP
6 1 (0.56%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 92 (51.69%) Security Cleared
2 72 (40.45%) SC Cleared
3 56 (31.46%) TOGAF Certification
4 41 (23.03%) Degree
5 28 (15.73%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (8.43%) DV Cleared
7 13 (7.30%) AWS Certification
7 13 (7.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (2.25%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.12%) CCNP
9 2 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.12%) HND
9 2 (1.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.69%) HMG Infosec
1 3 (1.69%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 3 (1.69%) JSP 440
1 3 (1.69%) RMADS
System Software
1 5 (2.81%) Active Directory
1 5 (2.81%) Docker
2 4 (2.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (6.74%) Terraform
2 10 (5.62%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.69%) HP Fortify
4 2 (1.12%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.56%) Ansible
5 1 (0.56%) Puppet
Vendors
1 70 (39.33%) Microsoft
2 38 (21.35%) Sparx
3 12 (6.74%) Oracle
4 11 (6.18%) Salesforce
5 7 (3.93%) Google
6 6 (3.37%) PagerDuty
7 4 (2.25%) ESRI
7 4 (2.25%) SAP
7 4 (2.25%) VMware
8 3 (1.69%) Adobe
8 3 (1.69%) Splunk
8 3 (1.69%) Twitter
8 3 (1.69%) Veracode
9 2 (1.12%) Avaya
9 2 (1.12%) Cisco
9 2 (1.12%) Ericsson
9 2 (1.12%) IBM
9 2 (1.12%) Juniper
9 2 (1.12%) Nokia
9 2 (1.12%) Ribbon