Salesforce Solution Architect Job Trends

Salesforce Solutions Architect
UK

The median Salesforce Solutions Architect salary in the UK is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 640 694 715
Rank change year-on-year +54 +21 +220
Permanent jobs requiring a Salesforce Solution Architect 11 18 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.018% 0.034% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.036% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 1 10 15
10th Percentile - £84,750 -
25th Percentile £92,500 £87,000 £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.57% -10.26%
75th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £95,000
90th Percentile - - £101,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - £89,000 £82,000
% change year-on-year - +8.54% -3.53%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 54,089 49,558 53,300
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.68% 92.89% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 33,489 25,634 41,126
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%

Salesforce Solution Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Salesforce Solution Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Salesforce Solution Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Salesforce Solution Architect
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Salesforce Solution Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Salesforce Solution Architect job vacancies in the UK

Salesforce Solution Architect
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Salesforce Solution Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 13 January 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
England +60 7 £95,000 - 7
London +52 7 £95,000 -5.00% 7
Work from Home +64 4 - - 2
UK excluding London +64 4 - - 1
Scotland - 4 - -

Salesforce Solution Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Salesforce Solution 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 featuring Salesforce Solution Architect in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 5 (45.45%) Agile
2 5 (45.45%) Apex Code
2 5 (45.45%) Lightning Web Components
2 5 (45.45%) REST
2 5 (45.45%) SOAP
2 5 (45.45%) Visualforce
3 4 (36.36%) Broadband
3 4 (36.36%) CI/CD
3 4 (36.36%) Community of Practice
3 4 (36.36%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
3 4 (36.36%) Continuous Delivery
3 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (36.36%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (36.36%) Design Patterns
3 4 (36.36%) DevOps
3 4 (36.36%) Event-Driven
3 4 (36.36%) GitLab
3 4 (36.36%) Jenkins
3 4 (36.36%) OO
3 4 (36.36%) PLM
3 4 (36.36%) Roadmaps
3 4 (36.36%) Scrum
3 4 (36.36%) SonarQube
3 4 (36.36%) SOQL
3 4 (36.36%) SOSL
3 4 (36.36%) Splunk
3 4 (36.36%) Static Code Analysis
3 4 (36.36%) Technical Analysis
3 4 (36.36%) Technology Roadmap

Salesforce Solution Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Metadata
1 2 (18.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) GitLab
1 4 (36.36%) Jenkins
1 4 (36.36%) SonarQube
General
1 5 (45.45%) Marketing
2 4 (36.36%) Games
2 4 (36.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (18.18%) Banking
3 2 (18.18%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (45.45%) Lightning Web Components
1 5 (45.45%) REST
1 5 (45.45%) SOAP
1 5 (45.45%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) CI/CD
2 4 (36.36%) Community of Practice
2 4 (36.36%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
2 4 (36.36%) Continuous Delivery
2 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (36.36%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (36.36%) Design Patterns
2 4 (36.36%) DevOps
2 4 (36.36%) Event-Driven
2 4 (36.36%) OO
2 4 (36.36%) PLM
2 4 (36.36%) Roadmaps
2 4 (36.36%) Scrum
2 4 (36.36%) Static Code Analysis
2 4 (36.36%) Technical Analysis
2 4 (36.36%) Technology Roadmap
2 4 (36.36%) TOGAF
3 2 (18.18%) CRM
3 2 (18.18%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) Apex Code
2 4 (36.36%) SOQL
2 4 (36.36%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
1 2 (18.18%) Master's Degree
1 2 (18.18%) MBA
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 4 (36.36%) Splunk
3 1 (9.09%) MuleSoft
3 1 (9.09%) Pardot