Solutions Architect Jobs in the South West

Solution Architect
England > South West

The median Solution Architect salary in the South West is £71,991 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 132 140
Rank change year-on-year -13 +8 +28
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 33 179 135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.93% 1.93% 1.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.99% 2.01% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 23 104 40
10th Percentile £66,505 £55,000 £45,150
25th Percentile £69,013 £61,250 £50,574
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,991 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.84% - -1.75%
75th Percentile £82,625 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £96,539 £90,125
England median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 3,326 8,922 6,073
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.72% 96.21% 89.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,013 6,527 3,760
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £29,725
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,365 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.20% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £79,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

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 9 May 2025.

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 9 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
Bristol -8 17 £71,991 +2.01% 11
Wiltshire -9 8 £68,525 +5.42% 6
Gloucestershire +57 5 £70,000 +7.69% 13
Somerset +11 2 £82,500 - 1
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 West region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 19 (57.58%) Roadmaps
2 17 (51.52%) Azure
3 14 (42.42%) Security Cleared
3 14 (42.42%) TOGAF
4 13 (39.39%) Agile
5 12 (36.36%) Microservices
6 11 (33.33%) Finance
7 10 (30.30%) Product Ownership
8 9 (27.27%) Containerisation
8 9 (27.27%) Banking
8 9 (27.27%) Adaptive Web Design
9 8 (24.24%) Event-Driven Architecture
9 8 (24.24%) DevOps
9 8 (24.24%) AWS
9 8 (24.24%) Risk Management
9 8 (24.24%) SC Cleared
9 8 (24.24%) Event-Driven
10 7 (21.21%) Business Case
10 7 (21.21%) Enterprise Architecture
10 7 (21.21%) Software Engineering
10 7 (21.21%) IBM
10 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
11 6 (18.18%) Apple
11 6 (18.18%) Java
11 6 (18.18%) Android
11 6 (18.18%) DataPower
11 6 (18.18%) PaaS
11 6 (18.18%) Security Architecture
11 6 (18.18%) Apple iOS
11 6 (18.18%) AngularJS

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:

Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (6.06%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 17 (51.52%) Azure
2 8 (24.24%) AWS
3 6 (18.18%) Apigee
3 6 (18.18%) PaaS
4 4 (12.12%) SaaS
5 3 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (9.09%) GCP
6 1 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (3.03%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.03%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (3.03%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle Forms
General
1 11 (33.33%) Finance
2 9 (27.27%) Banking
3 4 (12.12%) Retail
4 3 (9.09%) Social Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Aerospace
5 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (18.18%) AngularJS
1 6 (18.18%) React
1 6 (18.18%) React Native
2 3 (9.09%) RESTful
3 1 (3.03%) .NET
3 1 (3.03%) ARM Templates
3 1 (3.03%) EDI
3 1 (3.03%) HTML
3 1 (3.03%) Web Services
3 1 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (30.30%) Product Ownership
2 6 (18.18%) DataPower
3 1 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.03%) IoT
3 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.18%) Android
1 6 (18.18%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.03%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (57.58%) Roadmaps
2 14 (42.42%) TOGAF
3 13 (39.39%) Agile
4 12 (36.36%) Microservices
5 9 (27.27%) Adaptive Web Design
5 9 (27.27%) Containerisation
6 8 (24.24%) DevOps
6 8 (24.24%) Event-Driven
6 8 (24.24%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 8 (24.24%) Risk Management
7 7 (21.21%) Business Case
7 7 (21.21%) Enterprise Architecture
7 7 (21.21%) Software Engineering
8 6 (18.18%) API Management
8 6 (18.18%) Security Architecture
8 6 (18.18%) Technology Roadmap
9 5 (15.15%) ArchiMate
9 5 (15.15%) SOA
10 4 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (12.12%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.18%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (42.42%) Security Cleared
2 8 (24.24%) SC Cleared
3 5 (15.15%) TOGAF Certification
4 3 (9.09%) AWS Certification
4 3 (9.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 3 (9.09%) Azure Certification
4 3 (9.09%) Degree
5 2 (6.06%) DV Cleared
6 1 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) JSP 440
1 4 (12.12%) NIST
1 4 (12.12%) NIST 800
2 1 (3.03%) GRC
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) IBM
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
2 6 (18.18%) Apple
3 3 (9.09%) Google
4 2 (6.06%) PTC
4 2 (6.06%) Sparx
5 1 (3.03%) Avaloq
5 1 (3.03%) Hyperion
5 1 (3.03%) IBM Sterling
5 1 (3.03%) Oracle