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 6 May 2026.

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 149 151
Rank change year-on-year +37 +2 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 60 31 86
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.06% 0.94% 1.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.13% 1.13% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 39 28 38
10th Percentile £70,000 £51,500 £66,750
25th Percentile £76,250 £69,688 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -3.03%
75th Percentile £90,000 £91,375 £86,563
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £102,500
South East median annual salary £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year +9.68% - -8.82%

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 5,333 2,748 6,133
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.19% 83.30% 94.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,541 1,278 4,512
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £36,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 6 May 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 May 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 +22 29 £90,000 +12.50% 26
Oxfordshire +19 19 £85,000 +17.24% 3
Buckinghamshire -10 12 £85,000 -0.93% 7
Solutions Architect
South East

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 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 13 (21.67%) AWS
2 12 (20.00%) Agile
2 12 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
3 9 (15.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 9 (15.00%) Netcool
3 9 (15.00%) Network Management
3 9 (15.00%) Presales
4 8 (13.33%) Azure
4 8 (13.33%) CI/CD
4 8 (13.33%) DevOps
4 8 (13.33%) Scrum
4 8 (13.33%) Security Cleared
4 8 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (11.67%) Data Design
5 7 (11.67%) Enterprise Architecture
5 7 (11.67%) Kanban
6 6 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
6 6 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (8.33%) Accessibility
7 5 (8.33%) DV Cleared
7 5 (8.33%) Firewall
7 5 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
7 5 (8.33%) Microservices
7 5 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (8.33%) Network Design
7 5 (8.33%) SharePoint
7 5 (8.33%) VMware
7 5 (8.33%) VMware NSX
7 5 (8.33%) vRealize
7 5 (8.33%) Windows

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 5 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.67%) CMS
2 4 (6.67%) Sitecore CMS
3 3 (5.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (1.67%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.67%) Camunda
Business Applications
1 2 (3.33%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (1.67%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 13 (21.67%) AWS
2 8 (13.33%) Azure
3 4 (6.67%) GCP
3 4 (6.67%) SaaS
4 2 (3.33%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.67%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.33%) Firewall
2 2 (3.33%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (3.33%) RFID
3 1 (1.67%) 3GPP
3 1 (1.67%) Modbus
3 1 (1.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.33%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.67%) NoSQL
General
1 12 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (16.67%) Finance
3 4 (6.67%) Manufacturing
4 3 (5.00%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.33%) Law
5 2 (3.33%) Marketing
5 2 (3.33%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.33%) Retail
6 1 (1.67%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.67%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.00%) .NET
2 2 (3.33%) RESTful
3 1 (1.67%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.67%) gRPC
3 1 (1.67%) Kafka
3 1 (1.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.00%) Cloud Native
2 6 (10.00%) Product Ownership
3 4 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (6.67%) Low-Code
4 2 (3.33%) Contactless
4 2 (3.33%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.67%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.67%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.33%) Windows
1 5 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (20.00%) Agile
1 12 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
2 9 (15.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 9 (15.00%) Network Management
2 9 (15.00%) Presales
3 8 (13.33%) CI/CD
3 8 (13.33%) DevOps
3 8 (13.33%) Scrum
3 8 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (11.67%) Data Design
4 7 (11.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 7 (11.67%) Kanban
5 6 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
5 6 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
6 5 (8.33%) Microservices
6 5 (8.33%) Network Design
7 4 (6.67%) Containerisation
7 4 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (6.67%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.00%) C#
2 2 (3.33%) Java
3 1 (1.67%) Python
3 1 (1.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 5 (8.33%) DV Cleared
3 4 (6.67%) Degree
4 3 (5.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 3 (5.00%) ICAEW
4 3 (5.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.33%) AWS Certification
5 2 (3.33%) Azure Certification
5 2 (3.33%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (1.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.33%) Accessibility
2 4 (6.67%) WCAG
3 3 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 5 (8.33%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (15.00%) Netcool
2 5 (8.33%) vRealize
3 1 (1.67%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 5 (8.33%) VMware
2 4 (6.67%) Sitecore
3 3 (5.00%) Adobe
4 2 (3.33%) Oracle
4 2 (3.33%) Pega
4 2 (3.33%) UiPath
5 1 (1.67%) Automation Anywhere
5 1 (1.67%) Barracuda Networks
5 1 (1.67%) Blue Prism
5 1 (1.67%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.67%) IBM
5 1 (1.67%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.67%) N-able
5 1 (1.67%) Remedy
5 1 (1.67%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.67%) Sophos