Microsoft Solutions Architect Jobs

Microsoft Solution Architect
UK

The median Microsoft Solution Architect salary in the UK is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 702 877 884
Rank change year-on-year +175 +7 +325
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Solutions Architect 6 37 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% 0.036% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.038% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 5 36 29
10th Percentile £70,000 - £77,000
25th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £86,250 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -2.70%
75th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £96,500 £102,500 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year - -5.88% +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 49,581 97,268 88,998
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.39% 94.79% 91.42%
Number of salaries quoted 25,819 69,389 56,377
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,875 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%

Microsoft Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Solutions Architect in the UK

Microsoft Solutions Architect
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Solutions Architect.

Salary trend for Microsoft Solutions Architect in the UK

Microsoft Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Solutions Architect over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Solutions Architect in the UK

Microsoft Solutions Architect
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Solutions Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
England +147 6 £90,000 +5.88% 150
London +77 6 £90,000 +2.86% 14
Work from Home +110 4 £90,000 -5.26% 152

Microsoft Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Microsoft 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 featuring Microsoft Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (83.33%) Power Platform
3 4 (66.67%) TOGAF Certification
3 4 (66.67%) TOGAF
3 4 (66.67%) Azure
4 3 (50.00%) CRM
4 3 (50.00%) Data Migration
4 3 (50.00%) Migration
4 3 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (50.00%) Agile
4 3 (50.00%) C#
4 3 (50.00%) .NET
4 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
4 3 (50.00%) PowerApps
5 2 (33.33%) Power Automate
5 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
5 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
5 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (33.33%) Customer Insight
5 2 (33.33%) Microservices
5 2 (33.33%) Presales
5 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
5 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
5 2 (33.33%) Marketing
5 2 (33.33%) Data Integration
5 2 (33.33%) Degree
6 1 (16.67%) Customer Engagement
6 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365

Microsoft Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (83.33%) Power Platform
3 4 (66.67%) Azure
4 3 (50.00%) PowerApps
5 2 (33.33%) Power Automate
6 1 (16.67%) Azure Functions
6 1 (16.67%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (16.67%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (33.33%) Marketing
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
2 1 (16.67%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) TOGAF
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) CRM
2 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (50.00%) Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Customer Insight
3 2 (33.33%) Data Integration
3 2 (33.33%) Microservices
3 2 (33.33%) Presales
3 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) TOGAF Certification
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft