Solutions Architect Jobs in the Thames Valley

Solution Architect
South East > Thames Valley

The median Solution Architect salary in the Thames Valley is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 155 134
Rank change year-on-year +31 -21 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 123 111 153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.83% 1.86% 2.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.93% 2.07% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 37 44 84
10th Percentile £66,500 £66,625 £65,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £74,688 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +10.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £91,250 £80,410
90th Percentile £102,500 £97,500 £90,000
South East median annual salary £77,500 £85,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -8.82% +13.33% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,365 5,363 6,679
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 89.76% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 4,462 3,150 4,126
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,438
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £64,938 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,375 £81,813
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in the Thames Valley

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Solutions Architect in the Thames Valley

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in the Thames Valley

Solutions Architect
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Architect within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Berkshire +30 54 £77,500 -3.13% 9
Buckinghamshire -7 50 £80,000 -3.03% 3
Oxfordshire +15 19 £82,000 -13.68% 1
Solutions Architect
South East

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 10 May 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 Thames Valley region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 65 (52.85%) Social Skills
2 52 (42.28%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (32.52%) Mentoring
4 39 (31.71%) Degree
5 38 (30.89%) Line Management
6 31 (25.20%) Coaching
7 30 (24.39%) Microsoft
8 28 (22.76%) Presales
9 27 (21.95%) Azure
10 26 (21.14%) Prototyping
10 26 (21.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 24 (19.51%) Security Cleared
12 23 (18.70%) AWS
13 21 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
14 20 (16.26%) Enterprise Architecture
15 19 (15.45%) SC Cleared
16 18 (14.63%) Agile
16 18 (14.63%) WAN
16 18 (14.63%) SD-WAN
16 18 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
17 17 (13.82%) Business Development
18 16 (13.01%) Roadmaps
19 15 (12.20%) Analytics
20 14 (11.38%) TOGAF
21 13 (10.57%) Migration
21 13 (10.57%) Firewall
21 13 (10.57%) Wireless
21 13 (10.57%) Cisco
21 13 (10.57%) Azure Certification
21 13 (10.57%) Power Platform

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 8 (6.50%) SharePoint
2 7 (5.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (4.07%) Drupal
4 4 (3.25%) WebLogic
5 3 (2.44%) WordPress
6 1 (0.81%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (4.07%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (3.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (3.25%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.81%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 27 (21.95%) Azure
2 23 (18.70%) AWS
3 13 (10.57%) Power Platform
4 10 (8.13%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (7.32%) Amazon SQS
6 7 (5.69%) PowerApps
6 7 (5.69%) Serverless
7 5 (4.07%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (4.07%) AWS Step Functions
7 5 (4.07%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (3.25%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (3.25%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (3.25%) GCP
8 4 (3.25%) OCI
9 3 (2.44%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (2.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.63%) SaaS
11 1 (0.81%) Amazon Cognito
11 1 (0.81%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 1 (0.81%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (14.63%) SD-WAN
1 18 (14.63%) WAN
2 13 (10.57%) Firewall
2 13 (10.57%) Wireless
3 7 (5.69%) Intranet
4 4 (3.25%) BGP
4 4 (3.25%) DNS
4 4 (3.25%) SSL
4 4 (3.25%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.88%) DynamoDB
2 5 (4.07%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (4.07%) Data Lake
2 5 (4.07%) Relational Database
3 4 (3.25%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (3.25%) Oracle Database
3 4 (3.25%) RDBMS
4 2 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.63%) Power BI
4 2 (1.63%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.81%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.81%) JIRA
General
1 65 (52.85%) Social Skills
2 26 (21.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 18 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (8.13%) Billing
5 9 (7.32%) Legal
5 9 (7.32%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (6.50%) Manufacturing
7 7 (5.69%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (4.07%) Finance
9 3 (2.44%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.44%) Retail
10 1 (0.81%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.81%) Law
10 1 (0.81%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.25%) .NET
1 4 (3.25%) RabbitMQ
1 4 (3.25%) Spring Boot
2 1 (0.81%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.81%) EDI
2 1 (0.81%) OAuth
2 1 (0.81%) OAuth2
2 1 (0.81%) OpenAPI
2 1 (0.81%) OpenID
2 1 (0.81%) React
2 1 (0.81%) Swagger
2 1 (0.81%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.50%) Public Cloud
2 7 (5.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 7 (5.69%) Biopharmaceutical
3 6 (4.88%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.44%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.81%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.81%) Educational Technology
6 1 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.81%) PMI
6 1 (0.81%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.25%) Linux
1 4 (3.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (42.28%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (32.52%) Mentoring
3 38 (30.89%) Line Management
4 31 (25.20%) Coaching
5 28 (22.76%) Presales
6 26 (21.14%) Prototyping
7 21 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (16.26%) Enterprise Architecture
9 18 (14.63%) Agile
10 17 (13.82%) Business Development
11 16 (13.01%) Roadmaps
12 15 (12.20%) Analytics
13 14 (11.38%) TOGAF
14 13 (10.57%) Actionable Insight
14 13 (10.57%) Design Patterns
14 13 (10.57%) Migration
15 12 (9.76%) Microservices
16 11 (8.94%) IT Strategy
16 11 (8.94%) Systems Engineering
16 11 (8.94%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.44%) SQL
2 2 (1.63%) C#
2 2 (1.63%) Java
2 2 (1.63%) R
3 1 (0.81%) Python
Qualifications
1 39 (31.71%) Degree
2 24 (19.51%) Security Cleared
3 19 (15.45%) SC Cleared
4 13 (10.57%) Azure Certification
5 10 (8.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (4.07%) CCNA
6 5 (4.07%) CCNP
6 5 (4.07%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (3.25%) AWS Certification
7 4 (3.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (2.44%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.81%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.81%) PMO
Systems Management
1 5 (4.07%) CASB
2 1 (0.81%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 30 (24.39%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.57%) Cisco
3 11 (8.94%) Salesforce
4 10 (8.13%) MuleSoft
5 8 (6.50%) Fortinet
5 8 (6.50%) Juniper
5 8 (6.50%) Oracle
6 7 (5.69%) Adobe
6 7 (5.69%) Apple
7 5 (4.07%) Meraki
7 5 (4.07%) Sparx
8 2 (1.63%) Databricks
9 1 (0.81%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.81%) SAP