Solutions Architect Jobs in the UK excluding London

Solution Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Solution Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 May 2025.

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

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 247 152 138
Rank change year-on-year -95 -14 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 422 1,304 1,505
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.09% 1.82% 2.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.21% 1.91% 2.87%
Number of salaries quoted 300 789 648
10th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £60,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -6.45% +3.33%
75th Percentile £85,200 £85,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £98,474 £96,539 £96,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% +0.59%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 35,007 68,127 52,446
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.37% 94.86% 89.18%
Number of salaries quoted 17,566 48,111 29,896
10th Percentile £26,875 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,438
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -6.43% +6.88%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Solutions Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Solutions Architect 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 23 May 2025.

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 23 May 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
North of England -40 229 £60,000 -20.00% 465
North West -29 177 £60,000 -14.29% 209
Midlands -89 59 £75,000 +11.11% 440
Yorkshire -42 42 £87,500 +12.90% 199
South East -115 41 £77,500 - 652
Scotland +68 32 £94,637 +30.53% 111
East Midlands -43 30 £67,500 +12.50% 186
South West -12 29 £71,991 +2.84% 304
West Midlands -48 28 £89,750 +15.81% 228
East of England +41 26 £66,200 -32.10% 308
North East +28 10 £67,500 -15.63% 57
Northern Ireland +24 4 £87,500 -2.78% 26
Wales +22 2 £63,986 +42.19% 64
Solutions Architect
UK

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 23 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 134 (31.75%) Roadmaps
2 133 (31.52%) Agile
3 128 (30.33%) ERP
4 116 (27.49%) Manufacturing
5 115 (27.25%) PLM
6 114 (27.01%) CAD
7 113 (26.78%) BPSS Clearance
8 109 (25.83%) Enterprise Architecture
9 94 (22.27%) Social Skills
10 88 (20.85%) Finance
11 86 (20.38%) Azure
12 85 (20.14%) Business Strategy
13 74 (17.54%) Microservices
14 69 (16.35%) TOGAF
15 68 (16.11%) Microsoft
16 67 (15.88%) SAP
17 64 (15.17%) Strategic Roadmap
18 61 (14.45%) JIRA
18 61 (14.45%) Confluence
19 60 (14.22%) Technical Leadership
19 60 (14.22%) Customer Requirements
20 58 (13.74%) Business Analysis
20 58 (13.74%) Siemens
21 56 (13.27%) Demand Management
22 55 (13.03%) Banking
22 55 (13.03%) AWS
23 52 (12.32%) GCP
23 52 (12.32%) DevOps
24 46 (10.90%) Stakeholder Management
25 43 (10.19%) Containerisation

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 61 (14.45%) Confluence
2 11 (2.61%) Umbraco
3 5 (1.18%) SAS
3 5 (1.18%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.71%) NetWeaver
5 2 (0.47%) CMS
5 2 (0.47%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.47%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.47%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.47%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 12 (2.84%) Chatbot
2 8 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.47%) Windchill
4 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.42%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.71%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.24%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.24%) Odoo
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.24%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 86 (20.38%) Azure
2 55 (13.03%) AWS
3 52 (12.32%) GCP
4 39 (9.24%) SaaS
5 14 (3.32%) OCI
6 13 (3.08%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (3.08%) Serverless
7 12 (2.84%) Power Platform
8 11 (2.61%) OpenShift
9 10 (2.37%) PaaS
10 8 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (1.90%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (1.66%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (1.42%) Apigee
12 6 (1.42%) Azure Service Bus
12 6 (1.42%) Entra ID
13 5 (1.18%) AWS Lambda
14 4 (0.95%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (0.95%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 4 (0.95%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 32 (7.58%) Firewall
2 26 (6.16%) LAN
2 26 (6.16%) WAN
3 2 (0.47%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (0.47%) FCoE
3 2 (0.47%) Fibre Channel
3 2 (0.47%) iSCSI
3 2 (0.47%) Multicast
3 2 (0.47%) NAS
3 2 (0.47%) SAN
3 2 (0.47%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.16%) NoSQL
2 15 (3.55%) BigQuery
3 11 (2.61%) Big Data
3 11 (2.61%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (2.37%) Data Lake
5 7 (1.66%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (1.66%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.42%) Power BI
7 4 (0.95%) Cloud Spanner
8 3 (0.71%) MySQL
8 3 (0.71%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.47%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.47%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.47%) GIS
9 2 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.24%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.24%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 61 (14.45%) JIRA
2 3 (0.71%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.71%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.47%) Git
3 2 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 116 (27.49%) Manufacturing
2 94 (22.27%) Social Skills
3 88 (20.85%) Finance
4 55 (13.03%) Banking
5 34 (8.06%) Presentation Skills
6 21 (4.98%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (3.55%) Retail
8 13 (3.08%) Electronics
9 11 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.37%) Financial Institution
11 9 (2.13%) Law
12 8 (1.90%) Public Sector
13 7 (1.66%) Marketing
14 5 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (1.18%) Legal
15 4 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.47%) Advertising
17 1 (0.24%) Back Office
17 1 (0.24%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (5.69%) React
2 12 (2.84%) CSS
2 12 (2.84%) REST
2 12 (2.84%) SAML
3 11 (2.61%) Ajax
3 11 (2.61%) jQuery
3 11 (2.61%) OAuth
3 11 (2.61%) OpenID
4 10 (2.37%) React Native
5 8 (1.90%) .NET
6 7 (1.66%) RESTful
7 6 (1.42%) AngularJS
8 5 (1.18%) Middleware
9 4 (0.95%) Express.js
9 4 (0.95%) Kafka
9 4 (0.95%) Lightning Web Components
9 4 (0.95%) Node.js
9 4 (0.95%) SOAP
9 4 (0.95%) Spring
10 2 (0.47%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.06%) Product Ownership
2 23 (5.45%) Management Information System
3 16 (3.79%) Cloud Native
4 11 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (2.61%) Private Cloud
5 8 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.66%) Operational Technology
7 6 (1.42%) DataPower
7 6 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (1.42%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.18%) Credit Risk
8 5 (1.18%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.18%) Market Risk
9 4 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (0.95%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (0.95%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.71%) PropTech
11 2 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.47%) Replication
11 2 (0.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.42%) Android
1 6 (1.42%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.71%) Linux
3 2 (0.47%) Solaris
3 2 (0.47%) Windows
4 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (31.75%) Roadmaps
2 133 (31.52%) Agile
3 128 (30.33%) ERP
4 115 (27.25%) PLM
5 114 (27.01%) CAD
6 109 (25.83%) Enterprise Architecture
7 85 (20.14%) Business Strategy
8 74 (17.54%) Microservices
9 69 (16.35%) TOGAF
10 64 (15.17%) Strategic Roadmap
11 60 (14.22%) Customer Requirements
11 60 (14.22%) Technical Leadership
12 58 (13.74%) Business Analysis
13 56 (13.27%) Demand Management
14 52 (12.32%) DevOps
15 46 (10.90%) Stakeholder Management
16 43 (10.19%) Containerisation
17 35 (8.29%) Risk Management
18 32 (7.58%) Presales
19 30 (7.11%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 37 (8.77%) SQL
2 31 (7.35%) Java
3 25 (5.92%) JavaScript
4 24 (5.69%) Python
5 17 (4.03%) C#
6 5 (1.18%) R
7 4 (0.95%) Apex Code
8 2 (0.47%) ABAP
9 1 (0.24%) Bash
9 1 (0.24%) C
9 1 (0.24%) PHP
9 1 (0.24%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.24%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.24%) X++
Qualifications
1 113 (26.78%) BPSS Clearance
2 36 (8.53%) Security Cleared
3 30 (7.11%) SC Cleared
4 24 (5.69%) CCNA
4 24 (5.69%) Cisco Certification
4 24 (5.69%) JNCIA
5 23 (5.45%) Degree
6 21 (4.98%) TOGAF Certification
7 17 (4.03%) AWS Certification
7 17 (4.03%) Azure Certification
8 10 (2.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 7 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.47%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.24%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.24%) MCSE
12 1 (0.24%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.32%) GDPR
2 13 (3.08%) SLA
3 10 (2.37%) NIST
4 9 (2.13%) QA
5 6 (1.42%) HIPAA
6 5 (1.18%) Basel II
6 5 (1.18%) Basel III
6 5 (1.18%) Dodd-Frank
6 5 (1.18%) IFRS
6 5 (1.18%) IFRS 9
6 5 (1.18%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.95%) JSP 440
7 4 (0.95%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.47%) GRC
8 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.24%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.24%) NCSC
System Software
1 30 (7.11%) Docker
2 5 (1.18%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.47%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.47%) KVM
3 2 (0.47%) NFS
3 2 (0.47%) SRDF
3 2 (0.47%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 2 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.47%) Xen
Systems Management
1 33 (7.82%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.61%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (1.90%) Terraform
4 4 (0.95%) Ansible
5 2 (0.47%) Puppet
Vendors
1 68 (16.11%) Microsoft
2 67 (15.88%) SAP
3 58 (13.74%) Siemens
4 27 (6.40%) Cisco
5 25 (5.92%) Aruba
5 25 (5.92%) Google
6 24 (5.69%) Fortinet
6 24 (5.69%) Juniper
7 22 (5.21%) Palo Alto
8 21 (4.98%) Oracle
9 10 (2.37%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.90%) IBM
11 6 (1.42%) Apple
11 6 (1.42%) PayPal
11 6 (1.42%) Zoho
12 4 (0.95%) Databricks
13 3 (0.71%) MuleSoft
13 3 (0.71%) Sparx
13 3 (0.71%) VMware
14 2 (0.47%) PTC