Senior Solutions Architect Jobs

Senior Solution Architect
UK

The median Senior Solution Architect salary in the UK is £71,495 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 601 695 974
Rank change year-on-year +94 +279 -194
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Solutions Architect 313 297 249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.29% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.32% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 230 119 111
10th Percentile - £65,000 £68,910
25th Percentile £56,809 £68,625 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,495 £85,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.89% +3.03% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £92,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £100,000 £117,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £85,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -23.53% +9.68% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,899 92,293 151,422
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.47% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,283 58,235 84,441
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,627 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Senior Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Solutions Architect in the UK

Senior Solutions Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Solutions Architect in the UK

Senior Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Solutions Architect over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Solutions Architect in the UK

Senior Solutions Architect
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Solutions Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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 +138 301 £71,495 -15.89% 33
UK excluding London +31 205 £65,000 -23.53% 22
Work from Home +27 105 £66,500 -21.76% 28
London +145 98 £95,000 +13.43% 14
North of England +80 82 £70,000 -2.10% 8
Midlands +33 59 £62,500 -25.37% 6
Yorkshire +119 48 £74,500 -12.35% 2
West Midlands +38 40 £62,500 -24.24% 4
South East -10 38 £67,500 -22.86% 3
North West +2 27 £61,206 -14.40% 4
South West -20 22 £81,250 -9.72% 1
East Midlands -5 19 £50,000 -41.18% 2
North East - 7 £61,206 - 2
Scotland -81 3 £120,000 +45.17% 1
East of England +11 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 100 (31.95%) Agile
2 97 (30.99%) Mentoring
3 77 (24.60%) Coaching
4 65 (20.77%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 63 (20.13%) Microsoft
6 60 (19.17%) Degree
6 60 (19.17%) Social Skills
7 58 (18.53%) Roadmaps
7 58 (18.53%) Azure
8 55 (17.57%) AWS
9 51 (16.29%) Finance
10 50 (15.97%) Problem-Solving
11 47 (15.02%) Cybersecurity
12 45 (14.38%) Design Patterns
13 44 (14.06%) Architectural Patterns
13 44 (14.06%) Microservices
14 43 (13.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 41 (13.10%) Presales
16 40 (12.78%) Public Sector
17 37 (11.82%) Security Cleared
18 35 (11.18%) CRM
18 35 (11.18%) Public Cloud
19 33 (10.54%) NoSQL
20 32 (10.22%) Open Source
20 32 (10.22%) SaaS
20 32 (10.22%) Artificial Intelligence
21 30 (9.58%) Machine Learning
21 30 (9.58%) Line Management
22 29 (9.27%) SC Cleared
23 28 (8.95%) Enterprise Architecture

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (4.15%) CMS
2 7 (2.24%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (1.92%) Simulink
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Cognos Controller
1 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.32%) IBM Planning Analytics
1 1 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.32%) SAP APO
1 1 (0.32%) SAP MM
1 1 (0.32%) SAP PP
1 1 (0.32%) SAP SD
1 1 (0.32%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 58 (18.53%) Azure
2 55 (17.57%) AWS
3 32 (10.22%) SaaS
4 26 (8.31%) Dynamics 365
5 24 (7.67%) Power Platform
6 20 (6.39%) AWS CloudFormation
6 20 (6.39%) Power Automate
6 20 (6.39%) PowerApps
7 19 (6.07%) GCP
8 17 (5.43%) IaaS
8 17 (5.43%) Microsoft 365
8 17 (5.43%) PaaS
9 10 (3.19%) Serverless
10 9 (2.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 9 (2.88%) Amazon EC2
10 9 (2.88%) Amazon S3
10 9 (2.88%) AWS Lambda
10 9 (2.88%) CloudFront
10 9 (2.88%) Route 53
10 9 (2.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.43%) SD-WAN
1 17 (5.43%) WAN
2 12 (3.83%) Firewall
3 3 (0.96%) DHCP
3 3 (0.96%) DNS
3 3 (0.96%) HTTP
3 3 (0.96%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.64%) Wireless
5 1 (0.32%) Broadband
5 1 (0.32%) GPON
5 1 (0.32%) IPsec
5 1 (0.32%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.32%) LAN
5 1 (0.32%) MPLS
5 1 (0.32%) SSL
5 1 (0.32%) VoIP
5 1 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.32%) WLAN
5 1 (0.32%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (10.54%) NoSQL
2 21 (6.71%) Power BI
3 9 (2.88%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.96%) MySQL
4 3 (0.96%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.64%) Big Data
6 1 (0.32%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 6 (1.92%) Rational DOORS
General
1 60 (19.17%) Social Skills
2 51 (16.29%) Finance
3 43 (13.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 40 (12.78%) Public Sector
5 22 (7.03%) Retail
6 21 (6.71%) Banking
7 20 (6.39%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (4.79%) Manufacturing
9 13 (4.15%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
10 8 (2.56%) Retail Banking
11 7 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.92%) Back Office
12 6 (1.92%) Military
13 3 (0.96%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.96%) German Language
13 3 (0.96%) Police
14 2 (0.64%) Marketing
15 1 (0.32%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.15%) .NET
2 5 (1.60%) .NET Framework
2 5 (1.60%) HTML
3 4 (1.28%) OpenID
3 4 (1.28%) SAML
4 3 (0.96%) AngularJS
4 3 (0.96%) YAML
5 1 (0.32%) Middleware
5 1 (0.32%) OAuth
5 1 (0.32%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.32%) RESTful
5 1 (0.32%) Web Services
5 1 (0.32%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (11.18%) Public Cloud
2 27 (8.63%) Data Centre
3 13 (4.15%) Mobile App
4 12 (3.83%) Cloud Native
5 9 (2.88%) Reinsurance
5 9 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.56%) Renewable Energy
7 7 (2.24%) NHS
7 7 (2.24%) PMI
8 5 (1.60%) Cyberattack
9 4 (1.28%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.96%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (0.96%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.96%) PKI
10 3 (0.96%) Taxonomies
11 2 (0.64%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 1 (0.32%) Hybrid Cloud
12 1 (0.32%) Legacy Systems
12 1 (0.32%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.11%) Linux
2 8 (2.56%) VME
3 1 (0.32%) Windows
3 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (31.95%) Agile
2 97 (30.99%) Mentoring
3 77 (24.60%) Coaching
4 65 (20.77%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 58 (18.53%) Roadmaps
6 50 (15.97%) Problem-Solving
7 47 (15.02%) Cybersecurity
8 45 (14.38%) Design Patterns
9 44 (14.06%) Architectural Patterns
9 44 (14.06%) Microservices
10 41 (13.10%) Presales
11 35 (11.18%) CRM
12 32 (10.22%) Artificial Intelligence
12 32 (10.22%) Open Source
13 30 (9.58%) Line Management
13 30 (9.58%) Machine Learning
14 28 (8.95%) Enterprise Architecture
15 26 (8.31%) Business Development
15 26 (8.31%) ERP
15 26 (8.31%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 17 (5.43%) C#
2 14 (4.47%) JavaScript
3 9 (2.88%) Java
3 9 (2.88%) Python
4 8 (2.56%) COBOL
4 8 (2.56%) Micro Focus COBOL
5 6 (1.92%) MATLAB
6 3 (0.96%) Bicep
6 3 (0.96%) PHP
6 3 (0.96%) SQL
7 1 (0.32%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 60 (19.17%) Degree
2 37 (11.82%) Security Cleared
3 29 (9.27%) SC Cleared
4 20 (6.39%) AWS Certification
4 20 (6.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 16 (5.11%) CCNP
5 16 (5.11%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (4.79%) CCNA
7 10 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.88%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 8 (2.56%) AWS Certified Developer
9 8 (2.56%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.56%) TOGAF Certification
10 7 (2.24%) PMI Certification
11 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.64%) CISSP
13 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.32%) CWNA
13 1 (0.32%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.28%) PMO
2 3 (0.96%) HMG Infosec
2 3 (0.96%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 3 (0.96%) JSP 440
2 3 (0.96%) RMADS
3 2 (0.64%) GRC
3 2 (0.64%) QA
4 1 (0.32%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (2.88%) Docker
1 9 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (2.56%) KVM
3 3 (0.96%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.32%) RACF
4 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (7.99%) Terraform
2 15 (4.79%) CASB
3 9 (2.88%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.64%) Ansible
5 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 63 (20.13%) Microsoft
2 25 (7.99%) Cisco
3 16 (5.11%) Meraki
4 15 (4.79%) Adobe
4 15 (4.79%) Apple
5 10 (3.19%) VMware
6 9 (2.88%) Google
7 8 (2.56%) Informatica
7 8 (2.56%) Micro Focus
8 5 (1.60%) Oracle
8 5 (1.60%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.96%) SAP
9 3 (0.96%) Sparx
9 3 (0.96%) Splunk
9 3 (0.96%) Twitter
10 2 (0.64%) Dell
10 2 (0.64%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.64%) Juniper
10 2 (0.64%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.64%) Workday