Solutions Architect Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Solution Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Solution Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2026.

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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 244 170
Rank change year-on-year +67 -74 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 670 343 1,134
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.01% 1.18% 1.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.08% 1.33% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 467 276 774
10th Percentile £55,544 £53,750 £55,000
25th Percentile £66,875 £65,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -7.64%
75th Percentile £90,000 £88,188 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 61,861 25,837 65,079
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 89.15% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 40,789 14,345 47,437
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,344 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.48% +4.69% -5.66%
75th Percentile £69,390 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,100
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London

Solutions Architect
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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
North of England +21 191 £77,500 +19.23% 42
Midlands +36 131 £75,000 - 15
South East +41 121 £85,000 +9.68% 51
North West +52 118 £77,500 +29.17% 17
South West +31 118 £75,000 +4.18% 26
West Midlands +15 89 £75,000 -14.16% 9
East of England +24 62 £90,000 +35.95% 26
Yorkshire -50 48 £76,997 -8.06% 22
East Midlands -16 42 £65,000 -3.70% 6
Scotland -4 35 £80,000 -15.47% 17
North East -25 25 £78,500 +20.77% 4
Wales -22 10 £40,000 -40.41% 5
Northern Ireland -32 10 £55,000 -37.14% 1
Solutions Architect
UK

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 16 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 UK excluding London region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 129 (19.25%) Azure
2 78 (11.64%) Agile
2 78 (11.64%) Security Cleared
3 75 (11.19%) AI
3 75 (11.19%) TOGAF
4 70 (10.45%) Microsoft
5 67 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
6 65 (9.70%) DevOps
7 64 (9.55%) Presales
8 63 (9.40%) AWS
9 59 (8.81%) Enterprise Architecture
9 59 (8.81%) Roadmaps
10 56 (8.36%) SC Cleared
11 42 (6.27%) Integration Patterns
12 41 (6.12%) Analytics
12 41 (6.12%) Stakeholder Management
12 41 (6.12%) Technical Leadership
13 39 (5.82%) Creative Problem-Solving
14 37 (5.52%) Continuous Improvement
14 37 (5.52%) Project Delivery
15 36 (5.37%) SaaS
15 36 (5.37%) Technical Architecture
16 32 (4.78%) Project Management
17 30 (4.48%) CI/CD
17 30 (4.48%) SAP
18 29 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
19 27 (4.03%) Degree
19 27 (4.03%) ERP
19 27 (4.03%) Event-Driven
19 27 (4.03%) Power Platform

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 9 (1.34%) Confluence
2 8 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.90%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.60%) CMS
4 4 (0.60%) Sitecore CMS
5 3 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.30%) JBoss
6 2 (0.30%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.15%) Camunda
Applications
1 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.15%) PTC Creo
1 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (0.15%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 6 (0.90%) SAP ERP
1 6 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.45%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 3 (0.45%) Oracle Retail
3 3 (0.45%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 129 (19.25%) Azure
2 63 (9.40%) AWS
3 36 (5.37%) SaaS
4 29 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (4.03%) Power Platform
6 21 (3.13%) PaaS
7 20 (2.99%) IaaS
8 17 (2.54%) GCP
9 13 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (1.94%) Serverless
10 12 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (1.79%) Entra ID
11 7 (1.04%) Mimecast
12 5 (0.75%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (0.75%) GitHub
12 5 (0.75%) SuccessFactors
13 4 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (0.60%) PowerApps
14 3 (0.45%) Azure Stack
14 3 (0.45%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.69%) Broadband
2 14 (2.09%) Firewall
3 9 (1.34%) Network Security
4 6 (0.90%) Internet
5 3 (0.45%) Radio Access Network
5 3 (0.45%) RFID
5 3 (0.45%) WAN
6 2 (0.30%) 3GPP
6 2 (0.30%) LAN
6 2 (0.30%) SAN
6 2 (0.30%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.15%) AMQP
7 1 (0.15%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.15%) Modbus
7 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.15%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.15%) VPN
7 1 (0.15%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.75%) Metadata
2 4 (0.60%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.30%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.30%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.30%) Power BI
5 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.15%) GIS
5 1 (0.15%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (1.79%) GitLab
2 11 (1.64%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.49%) SonarQube
4 9 (1.34%) JIRA
5 2 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 101 (15.07%) Finance
2 94 (14.03%) Social Skills
3 45 (6.72%) Public Sector
4 36 (5.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (4.48%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (4.03%) Marketing
7 19 (2.84%) Manufacturing
8 11 (1.64%) Games
9 10 (1.49%) Retail
10 9 (1.34%) Legal
11 8 (1.19%) Banking
12 7 (1.04%) Aviation
12 7 (1.04%) Military
12 7 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (0.90%) Law
13 6 (0.90%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.75%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.45%) Back Office
15 3 (0.45%) Digital Health
15 3 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.99%) .NET
2 18 (2.69%) Lightning Web Components
3 15 (2.24%) REST
4 13 (1.94%) SOAP
5 10 (1.49%) Visualforce
6 9 (1.34%) Middleware
7 7 (1.04%) XML
8 5 (0.75%) Kafka
8 5 (0.75%) Node.js
8 5 (0.75%) XBRL
9 4 (0.60%) .NET Core
9 4 (0.60%) JSON
9 4 (0.60%) React
10 3 (0.45%) Backbone.js
10 3 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
10 3 (0.45%) RESTful
10 3 (0.45%) Spring
10 3 (0.45%) Web Services
11 2 (0.30%) AngularJS
11 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 54 (8.06%) Cloud Native
2 22 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
2 22 (3.28%) Virtual Team
3 21 (3.13%) Cyberattack
4 18 (2.69%) Product Ownership
5 14 (2.09%) Distributed Systems
6 13 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
7 11 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (1.34%) Operational Technology
9 8 (1.19%) Data Centre
9 8 (1.19%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.04%) Driving Licence
10 7 (1.04%) IoT
10 7 (1.04%) Web Conferencing
11 6 (0.90%) Low-Code
11 6 (0.90%) Public Cloud
12 5 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (0.60%) CCTV
13 4 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
13 4 (0.60%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.09%) Windows
2 6 (0.90%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.15%) AIX
3 1 (0.15%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (11.64%) Agile
2 75 (11.19%) AI
2 75 (11.19%) TOGAF
3 67 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 65 (9.70%) DevOps
5 64 (9.55%) Presales
6 59 (8.81%) Enterprise Architecture
6 59 (8.81%) Roadmaps
7 42 (6.27%) Integration Patterns
8 41 (6.12%) Analytics
8 41 (6.12%) Stakeholder Management
8 41 (6.12%) Technical Leadership
9 39 (5.82%) Creative Problem-Solving
10 37 (5.52%) Continuous Improvement
10 37 (5.52%) Project Delivery
11 36 (5.37%) Technical Architecture
12 32 (4.78%) Project Management
13 30 (4.48%) CI/CD
14 27 (4.03%) ERP
14 27 (4.03%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (2.54%) C#
2 15 (2.24%) Python
2 15 (2.24%) SQL
3 10 (1.49%) Apex Code
3 10 (1.49%) SOQL
3 10 (1.49%) SOSL
4 8 (1.19%) JavaScript
5 6 (0.90%) Java
6 4 (0.60%) Bicep
7 3 (0.45%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.45%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.15%) Bash
8 1 (0.15%) PHP
Qualifications
1 78 (11.64%) Security Cleared
2 56 (8.36%) SC Cleared
3 27 (4.03%) Degree
4 19 (2.84%) DV Cleared
5 15 (2.24%) TOGAF Certification
6 10 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.04%) CCNP
9 5 (0.75%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.75%) ICAEW
9 5 (0.75%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.30%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.30%) CCIE
11 2 (0.30%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.15%) CCNA
12 1 (0.15%) CCSP
12 1 (0.15%) CISSP
12 1 (0.15%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.28%) NIST
2 10 (1.49%) Data Quality
3 9 (1.34%) QA
4 5 (0.75%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.60%) WCAG
6 2 (0.30%) GDPR
6 2 (0.30%) NCSC
7 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.15%) PERC
System Software
1 10 (1.49%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.90%) VMware NSX
4 3 (0.45%) Docker
5 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.15%) vCloud
5 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (1.34%) Netcool
2 7 (1.04%) Terraform
3 5 (0.75%) vRealize
4 3 (0.45%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.15%) Ansible
5 1 (0.15%) Grafana
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.15%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 70 (10.45%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.48%) SAP
3 22 (3.28%) Salesforce
4 14 (2.09%) VMware
5 12 (1.79%) Oracle
6 10 (1.49%) Splunk
7 8 (1.19%) Fortinet
7 8 (1.19%) Siemens
8 7 (1.04%) Barracuda Networks
8 7 (1.04%) Cisco
8 7 (1.04%) N-able
8 7 (1.04%) Sophos
9 6 (0.90%) Dell
10 5 (0.75%) Anaplan
10 5 (0.75%) Sparx
11 4 (0.60%) Adobe
11 4 (0.60%) IBM
11 4 (0.60%) Informatica
11 4 (0.60%) MuleSoft
11 4 (0.60%) Sitecore