Solutions Architect Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Solution Architect
South East > Thames Valley

The median Solution Architect salary in the Thames Valley is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 87 119
Rank change year-on-year -62 +32 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 58 123 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.48% 2.55% 1.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.62% 2.69% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 17 52 38
10th Percentile £58,000 £61,625 £59,625
25th Percentile - £71,250 £62,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% -3.33% -1.64%
75th Percentile - £78,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £72,750 £87,500 £95,000
South East median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% -11.76% +6.92%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 3,588 4,580 3,526
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.39% 95.12% 92.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,578 2,594 2,543
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,125 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,250 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.21% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £84,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £51,852 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% -5.72% -

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

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 15 September 2025.

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 15 September 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
Berkshire -27 40 £65,000 -13.33% 18
Oxfordshire +28 11 £65,000 -9.09% 1
Buckinghamshire -50 7 £65,000 -4.06% 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 15 September 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 Thames Valley region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 43 (74.14%) Analytical Skills
2 40 (68.97%) SAP
2 40 (68.97%) Social Skills
3 39 (67.24%) Risk Management
4 38 (65.52%) SAP S/4HANA
5 37 (63.79%) SAP MDG
5 37 (63.79%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 37 (63.79%) Indirect Procurement
5 37 (63.79%) Source to Pay
5 37 (63.79%) Business Strategy
5 37 (63.79%) Project Management
5 37 (63.79%) OpenText
6 12 (20.69%) CMS
7 10 (17.24%) C#
7 10 (17.24%) E-Commerce
7 10 (17.24%) Presales
7 10 (17.24%) Technical Leadership
8 4 (6.90%) Roadmaps
8 4 (6.90%) Marketing
9 3 (5.17%) Agile
9 3 (5.17%) Finance
9 3 (5.17%) Manufacturing
9 3 (5.17%) SQL
9 3 (5.17%) CRM
9 3 (5.17%) Azure
9 3 (5.17%) PaaS
10 2 (3.45%) SaaS
10 2 (3.45%) Data Analysis
10 2 (3.45%) Data Governance
10 2 (3.45%) Analytics

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 12 (20.69%) CMS
Business Applications
1 38 (65.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 37 (63.79%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 37 (63.79%) SAP MDG
3 1 (1.72%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.72%) SAP EWM
3 1 (1.72%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.72%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.72%) SAP IBP
3 1 (1.72%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.17%) Azure
1 3 (5.17%) PaaS
2 2 (3.45%) iPaaS
2 2 (3.45%) SaaS
3 1 (1.72%) Azure AKS
3 1 (1.72%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (1.72%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (1.72%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.72%) IaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 43 (74.14%) Analytical Skills
2 40 (68.97%) Social Skills
3 4 (6.90%) Marketing
4 3 (5.17%) Finance
4 3 (5.17%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.45%) Legal
5 2 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.72%) Banking
6 1 (1.72%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.72%) Azure Blueprints
1 1 (1.72%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.72%) Cloud Native
2 1 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (1.72%) IoT
2 1 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (67.24%) Risk Management
2 37 (63.79%) Business Strategy
2 37 (63.79%) Indirect Procurement
2 37 (63.79%) Project Management
2 37 (63.79%) Source to Pay
3 10 (17.24%) E-Commerce
3 10 (17.24%) Presales
3 10 (17.24%) Technical Leadership
4 4 (6.90%) Roadmaps
5 3 (5.17%) Agile
5 3 (5.17%) CRM
6 2 (3.45%) Coaching
6 2 (3.45%) Dashboard Development
6 2 (3.45%) Data Analysis
6 2 (3.45%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (3.45%) ERP
6 2 (3.45%) Mentoring
6 2 (3.45%) Migration
6 2 (3.45%) Practice Management
6 2 (3.45%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 10 (17.24%) C#
2 3 (5.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (1.72%) Azure Certification
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (1.72%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.72%) Docker
Vendors
1 40 (68.97%) SAP
2 37 (63.79%) OpenText
3 2 (3.45%) Zoho
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.72%) Salesforce