Solutions Architect Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Solution Architect
South East > Thames Valley

The median Solution Architect salary in the Thames Valley is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 January 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 123 152
Rank change year-on-year +13 +29 +42
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 63 59 36
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.57% 1.71% 0.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.70% 1.96% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 12 41 26
10th Percentile £63,875 - £62,500
25th Percentile £69,688 £71,250 £73,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £83,688
90th Percentile - £93,750 £95,000
South East median annual salary £85,000 £77,750 £80,000
% change year-on-year +9.32% -2.81% -5.88%

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 3,709 3,008 3,480
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 87.29% 94.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,136 1,518 2,484
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £38,552
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% +11.11% -1.82%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,200
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.71% +6.67% -4.55%

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 6 January 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 6 January 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 +13 54 £90,000 +20.00% 9
Buckinghamshire -3 8 £75,000 -12.18%
Oxfordshire +16 1 £95,000 +13.10% 1
Solutions Architect
South East

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

For the 6 months to 6 January 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 40 (63.49%) Project Management
2 39 (61.90%) SAP
3 38 (60.32%) SAP S/4HANA
4 37 (58.73%) Business Strategy
4 37 (58.73%) Indirect Procurement
4 37 (58.73%) OpenText
4 37 (58.73%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 37 (58.73%) Risk Management
4 37 (58.73%) SAP MDG
4 37 (58.73%) Source to Pay
5 9 (14.29%) Netcool
5 9 (14.29%) Network Management
6 6 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (6.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (6.35%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (6.35%) Roadmaps
7 4 (6.35%) Service Delivery
8 3 (4.76%) Customer Engagement
8 3 (4.76%) ITSM
8 3 (4.76%) Presales
8 3 (4.76%) Project Delivery
8 3 (4.76%) SaaS
8 3 (4.76%) Security Cleared
8 3 (4.76%) Systems Thinking
8 3 (4.76%) Technical Architecture
9 2 (3.17%) Agile
9 2 (3.17%) Analytics
9 2 (3.17%) Azure
9 2 (3.17%) Azure Certification
9 2 (3.17%) Commercial Awareness

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 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (3.17%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 38 (60.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 37 (58.73%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 37 (58.73%) SAP MDG
3 1 (1.59%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.59%) SAP EWM
3 1 (1.59%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.59%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.59%) SAP IBP
3 1 (1.59%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.76%) SaaS
2 2 (3.17%) Azure
3 1 (1.59%) AWS
3 1 (1.59%) Azure AKS
3 1 (1.59%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (1.59%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (1.59%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.59%) GCP
3 1 (1.59%) IaaS
3 1 (1.59%) PaaS
3 1 (1.59%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.17%) Firewall
2 1 (1.59%) 5G
2 1 (1.59%) MIMO
2 1 (1.59%) NGN
2 1 (1.59%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (1.59%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 44 (69.84%) Social Skills
2 38 (60.32%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (4.76%) Finance
3 3 (4.76%) Manufacturing
3 3 (4.76%) Marketing
4 1 (1.59%) Billing
4 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.59%) Law
4 1 (1.59%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.59%) Retail
4 1 (1.59%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.59%) .NET
1 1 (1.59%) Azure Blueprints
1 1 (1.59%) RESTful
1 1 (1.59%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.35%) Cloud Native
2 1 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (1.59%) IoT
2 1 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.59%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.17%) Windows
1 2 (3.17%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.59%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (63.49%) Project Management
2 37 (58.73%) Business Strategy
2 37 (58.73%) Indirect Procurement
2 37 (58.73%) Risk Management
2 37 (58.73%) Source to Pay
3 9 (14.29%) Network Management
4 6 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (6.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (6.35%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (6.35%) Roadmaps
5 4 (6.35%) Service Delivery
6 3 (4.76%) Customer Engagement
6 3 (4.76%) ITSM
6 3 (4.76%) Presales
6 3 (4.76%) Project Delivery
6 3 (4.76%) Systems Thinking
6 3 (4.76%) Technical Architecture
7 2 (3.17%) Commercial Awareness
7 2 (3.17%) Customer-Centricity
7 2 (3.17%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.59%) C#
1 1 (1.59%) Java
1 1 (1.59%) Python
1 1 (1.59%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (4.76%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.17%) Azure Certification
2 2 (3.17%) DV Cleared
2 2 (3.17%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (1.59%) AWS Certification
3 1 (1.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (1.59%) Degree
3 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.59%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.17%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.17%) Docker
1 2 (3.17%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (14.29%) Netcool
2 2 (3.17%) vRealize
3 1 (1.59%) Ansible
3 1 (1.59%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.59%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 39 (61.90%) SAP
2 37 (58.73%) OpenText
3 2 (3.17%) VMware
4 1 (1.59%) Blue Prism
4 1 (1.59%) IBM
4 1 (1.59%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.59%) Pega
4 1 (1.59%) UiPath