Solutions Architect Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Solution Architect
South East > Thames Valley

The median Solution Architect salary in the Thames Valley is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 July 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 171 91
Rank change year-on-year +49 -80 +34
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 69 20 137
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.07% 0.56% 2.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.13% 0.61% 2.65%
Number of salaries quoted 61 16 57
10th Percentile £70,000 £56,875 £65,000
25th Percentile £78,750 - £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% -13.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £90,000 - £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £66,250 £94,250
South East median annual salary £85,000 £68,750 £75,000
% change year-on-year +23.64% -8.33% -11.76%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 6,124 3,284 5,167
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.21% 91.27% 94.01%
Number of salaries quoted 4,235 1,503 3,427
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Salary distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies 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 30 July 2026.

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 30 July 2026. 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 +43 29 £90,000 +38.46% 10
Oxfordshire -5 24 £85,000 +30.77% 4
Buckinghamshire 0 16 £85,000 +44.68% 3
Solutions Architect
South East

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 30 July 2026, 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 Thames Valley region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 20 (28.99%) Agile
2 14 (20.29%) Azure
3 13 (18.84%) AWS
3 13 (18.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 11 (15.94%) Architectural Patterns
5 10 (14.49%) CI/CD
6 9 (13.04%) DevOps
6 9 (13.04%) ICAEW
6 9 (13.04%) Security Cleared
6 9 (13.04%) Technical Leadership
7 8 (11.59%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (11.59%) Infrastructure as Code
7 8 (11.59%) Microsoft
7 8 (11.59%) Scrum
8 7 (10.14%) Data Design
8 7 (10.14%) Enterprise Architecture
8 7 (10.14%) Kanban
8 7 (10.14%) Presales
8 7 (10.14%) SC Cleared
9 6 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
10 5 (7.25%) Accessibility
10 5 (7.25%) Containerisation
10 5 (7.25%) Integration Patterns
10 5 (7.25%) Microservices
10 5 (7.25%) Migration
10 5 (7.25%) Windows
10 5 (7.25%) Windows Server
11 4 (5.80%) .NET
11 4 (5.80%) CMS
11 4 (5.80%) CRM

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (5.80%) CMS
1 4 (5.80%) Sitecore CMS
2 3 (4.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.90%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (5.80%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (5.80%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (1.45%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.45%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 14 (20.29%) Azure
2 13 (18.84%) AWS
3 4 (5.80%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (5.80%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.35%) GCP
4 3 (4.35%) IaaS
4 3 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.35%) PaaS
5 2 (2.90%) SaaS
6 1 (1.45%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.45%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.45%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.45%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.80%) RFID
2 2 (2.90%) Firewall
3 1 (1.45%) 3GPP
3 1 (1.45%) Modbus
3 1 (1.45%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (1.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.45%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.45%) NoSQL
General
1 17 (24.64%) Finance
2 13 (18.84%) Social Skills
3 4 (5.80%) Manufacturing
3 4 (5.80%) Marketing
3 4 (5.80%) Retail
4 3 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.90%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.45%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.45%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.80%) .NET
2 1 (1.45%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.45%) gRPC
2 1 (1.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.49%) Product Ownership
2 9 (13.04%) Cloud Native
3 4 (5.80%) Contactless
3 4 (5.80%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.90%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.45%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.45%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.45%) Reference Data
6 1 (1.45%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.45%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.25%) Windows
1 5 (7.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (28.99%) Agile
2 13 (18.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 11 (15.94%) Architectural Patterns
4 10 (14.49%) CI/CD
5 9 (13.04%) DevOps
5 9 (13.04%) Technical Leadership
6 8 (11.59%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (11.59%) Infrastructure as Code
6 8 (11.59%) Scrum
7 7 (10.14%) Data Design
7 7 (10.14%) Enterprise Architecture
7 7 (10.14%) Kanban
7 7 (10.14%) Presales
8 6 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
9 5 (7.25%) Containerisation
9 5 (7.25%) Integration Patterns
9 5 (7.25%) Microservices
9 5 (7.25%) Migration
10 4 (5.80%) Customer Service
10 4 (5.80%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.45%) C#
1 1 (1.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (13.04%) ICAEW
1 9 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 7 (10.14%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.90%) Degree
3 2 (2.90%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.25%) Accessibility
2 4 (5.80%) WCAG
3 3 (4.35%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (4.35%) NIST
4 1 (1.45%) GDPR
4 1 (1.45%) QA
System Software
1 3 (4.35%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.90%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.90%) vRealize
3 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.45%) Netcool
3 1 (1.45%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 8 (11.59%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.80%) Oracle
2 4 (5.80%) Sitecore
3 3 (4.35%) Adobe
4 2 (2.90%) VMware
5 1 (1.45%) Barracuda Networks
5 1 (1.45%) BiZZdesign
5 1 (1.45%) Blue Prism
5 1 (1.45%) CA Agile Central
5 1 (1.45%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.45%) IBM
5 1 (1.45%) N-able
5 1 (1.45%) Pega
5 1 (1.45%) Remedy
5 1 (1.45%) Sophos
5 1 (1.45%) Sparx
5 1 (1.45%) UiPath