Solution Architect
UK

The median Solution Architect salary in the UK is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 128 197
Rank change year-on-year +22 +69 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 2,415 2,824 3,221
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.46% 2.69% 2.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.60% 2.94% 2.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,372 1,680 1,638
10th Percentile £56,809 £63,631 £63,332
25th Percentile £66,250 £71,500 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - +9.68%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £107,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -9.38% +6.67% +7.14%

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 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in the UK

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Solutions Architect in the UK

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in the UK

Solutions Architect
Top 18 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 26 April 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 +25 2,087 £80,000 -5.88% 309
UK excluding London -5 1,300 £72,500 -9.38% 173
Work from Home +34 1,269 £80,000 -3.03% 166
London +43 897 £90,000 - 128
North of England +63 405 £76,000 -0.33% 52
South East +26 310 £77,500 -8.82% 45
Midlands +14 263 £67,500 -10.00% 27
North West +43 201 £70,000 -6.67% 33
Yorkshire +80 179 £78,126 +4.17% 14
South West +17 179 £68,250 -0.73% 22
West Midlands +27 151 £77,500 +3.33% 16
East Midlands -10 110 £60,000 -22.58% 11
Scotland -88 98 £71,991 +3.25% 15
North East +15 27 £80,000 -12.33% 5
Northern Ireland +26 23 £90,000 - 3
East of England -86 20 £95,000 +8.57% 9
Wales -22 17 - - 3
Channel Islands - 5 £85,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 878 (36.36%) Agile
2 875 (36.23%) Social Skills
3 725 (30.02%) Finance
4 662 (27.41%) Roadmaps
5 643 (26.63%) Azure
6 625 (25.88%) TOGAF
7 539 (22.32%) Enterprise Architecture
8 458 (18.96%) SAP
9 453 (18.76%) Microsoft
10 442 (18.30%) Oracle
11 427 (17.68%) ERP
12 420 (17.39%) AWS
13 393 (16.27%) Security Cleared
14 366 (15.16%) Strategic Roadmap
15 343 (14.20%) Data Management
16 341 (14.12%) Presales
17 333 (13.79%) Change Management
18 321 (13.29%) SC Cleared
19 308 (12.75%) SAP ERP
20 300 (12.42%) Performance Management
20 300 (12.42%) Broadband
20 300 (12.42%) Hyperion
20 300 (12.42%) Anaplan
20 300 (12.42%) Problem-Solving
21 299 (12.38%) SAS
22 295 (12.22%) Microservices
23 264 (10.93%) Actionable Insight
24 246 (10.19%) Degree
25 238 (9.86%) IT Strategy
26 237 (9.81%) Analytics

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
1 299 (12.38%) SAS
2 55 (2.28%) SharePoint
3 46 (1.90%) WebLogic
4 41 (1.70%) Apache Airflow
5 38 (1.57%) Apache
6 18 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
7 17 (0.70%) CMS
8 14 (0.58%) Anypoint
9 6 (0.25%) Drupal
9 6 (0.25%) IIS
9 6 (0.25%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.17%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.12%) WordPress
12 2 (0.083%) Apache Spark
12 2 (0.083%) Confluence
13 1 (0.041%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.041%) Appian
13 1 (0.041%) Cloud Foundry
13 1 (0.041%) nginx
Applications
1 20 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.25%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.25%) Simulink
4 2 (0.083%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 308 (12.75%) SAP ERP
2 101 (4.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 95 (3.93%) SAP S/4HANA
4 36 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
5 18 (0.75%) SAP BPC
6 12 (0.50%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 10 (0.41%) SAP CO
7 10 (0.41%) SAP MM
8 9 (0.37%) Elite 3E
8 9 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
8 9 (0.37%) SAP FI
9 7 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
10 6 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
10 6 (0.25%) SAP EWM
11 5 (0.21%) SAP CX
11 5 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
11 5 (0.21%) SAP FI-AP
11 5 (0.21%) SAP SD
11 5 (0.21%) SAP WM
12 4 (0.17%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 643 (26.63%) Azure
2 420 (17.39%) AWS
3 169 (7.00%) SaaS
4 168 (6.96%) GCP
5 148 (6.13%) Power Platform
6 131 (5.42%) Dynamics 365
7 129 (5.34%) Microsoft 365
8 99 (4.10%) PaaS
9 92 (3.81%) IaaS
10 83 (3.44%) Azure DevOps
11 54 (2.24%) Amazon SQS
12 46 (1.90%) Amazon EKS
13 42 (1.74%) AWS CloudFormation
13 42 (1.74%) Snowflake
14 41 (1.70%) PowerApps
15 40 (1.66%) dbt
16 36 (1.49%) Cloud Computing
17 35 (1.45%) Power Automate
18 32 (1.33%) Serverless
19 28 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 300 (12.42%) Broadband
2 69 (2.86%) DNS
3 55 (2.28%) TCP/IP
4 49 (2.03%) Firewall
5 47 (1.95%) SSL
6 46 (1.90%) BGP
7 40 (1.66%) SD-WAN
7 40 (1.66%) WAN
8 26 (1.08%) Wireless
9 19 (0.79%) Network Security
10 12 (0.50%) DHCP
11 9 (0.37%) HTTP
12 7 (0.29%) Intranet
13 5 (0.21%) Internet
14 4 (0.17%) VoIP
14 4 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
15 3 (0.12%) 4G
15 3 (0.12%) 5G
15 3 (0.12%) PBX
16 2 (0.083%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (3.64%) Relational Database
2 84 (3.48%) Data Warehouse
3 66 (2.73%) Data Lake
4 65 (2.69%) SQL Server
5 59 (2.44%) NoSQL
6 58 (2.40%) Amazon RDS
7 52 (2.15%) Power BI
8 51 (2.11%) RDBMS
9 49 (2.03%) Oracle Database
10 42 (1.74%) Amazon Athena
11 39 (1.61%) Apache Arrow
11 39 (1.61%) Dremio
12 36 (1.49%) Apache Ignite
12 36 (1.49%) Big Data
13 27 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
14 24 (0.99%) MongoDB
15 23 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
16 22 (0.91%) MySQL
17 21 (0.87%) SAP BW
18 19 (0.79%) DB2
Development Applications
1 14 (0.58%) Rational DOORS
2 13 (0.54%) Jenkins
3 9 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
3 9 (0.37%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.33%) Maven
5 5 (0.21%) JIRA
6 3 (0.12%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.12%) GitLab
6 3 (0.12%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.083%) Ant
7 2 (0.083%) Subversion
8 1 (0.041%) Git
8 1 (0.041%) Mocha
8 1 (0.041%) Vagrant
General
1 875 (36.23%) Social Skills
2 725 (30.02%) Finance
3 158 (6.54%) Analytical Skills
4 149 (6.17%) Banking
5 142 (5.88%) Retail
6 108 (4.47%) Public Sector
7 89 (3.69%) Legal
8 73 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
9 70 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 60 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
11 44 (1.82%) Manufacturing
12 40 (1.66%) Front Office
13 36 (1.49%) Investment Banking
14 32 (1.33%) Marketing
15 30 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
16 25 (1.04%) Advertising
16 25 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
17 22 (0.91%) Law
18 21 (0.87%) Aerospace
18 21 (0.87%) Mandarin Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (5.30%) .NET
2 84 (3.48%) Spring Boot
3 46 (1.90%) RabbitMQ
4 41 (1.70%) Kafka
5 39 (1.61%) gRPC
5 39 (1.61%) Protocol Buffers
6 36 (1.49%) Middleware
6 36 (1.49%) NumPy
6 36 (1.49%) Pandas
6 36 (1.49%) SciPy
6 36 (1.49%) Spring
7 32 (1.33%) HTML
8 27 (1.12%) REST
9 23 (0.95%) Web Services
10 20 (0.83%) SOAP
11 17 (0.70%) CSS
11 17 (0.70%) XML
12 16 (0.66%) JSON
13 15 (0.62%) AngularJS
14 13 (0.54%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 202 (8.36%) Public Cloud
2 147 (6.09%) Cloud Native
3 90 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
4 57 (2.36%) Data Centre
5 41 (1.70%) IoT
6 39 (1.61%) Derivative
6 39 (1.61%) Equities
6 39 (1.61%) Fixed Income
6 39 (1.61%) Hedge funds
7 36 (1.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 35 (1.45%) Management Information System
9 33 (1.37%) PMI
10 31 (1.28%) Product Ownership
11 29 (1.20%) Data Structures
12 28 (1.16%) Mobile App
13 26 (1.08%) Robotics
14 25 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
15 24 (0.99%) Reinsurance
16 23 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
17 16 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 78 (3.23%) Linux
2 47 (1.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 27 (1.12%) Windows
4 14 (0.58%) Android
4 14 (0.58%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.25%) Mesosphere
6 2 (0.083%) VME
6 2 (0.083%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.041%) HPUX
7 1 (0.041%) Solaris
7 1 (0.041%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 878 (36.36%) Agile
2 662 (27.41%) Roadmaps
3 625 (25.88%) TOGAF
4 539 (22.32%) Enterprise Architecture
5 427 (17.68%) ERP
6 366 (15.16%) Strategic Roadmap
7 343 (14.20%) Data Management
8 341 (14.12%) Presales
9 333 (13.79%) Change Management
10 300 (12.42%) Performance Management
10 300 (12.42%) Problem-Solving
11 295 (12.22%) Microservices
12 264 (10.93%) Actionable Insight
13 238 (9.86%) IT Strategy
14 237 (9.81%) Analytics
15 219 (9.07%) Business Case
16 212 (8.78%) DevOps
17 201 (8.32%) Digital Transformation Programme
18 195 (8.07%) Migration
19 193 (7.99%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 126 (5.22%) Java
2 123 (5.09%) JavaScript
3 109 (4.51%) SQL
4 106 (4.39%) Python
5 92 (3.81%) C#
6 45 (1.86%) TypeScript
7 20 (0.83%) Bicep
8 16 (0.66%) PowerShell
9 15 (0.62%) Go
10 12 (0.50%) R
11 11 (0.46%) MATLAB
12 9 (0.37%) Apex Code
12 9 (0.37%) Perl
13 8 (0.33%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.25%) Bash
14 6 (0.25%) PHP
15 5 (0.21%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.17%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.17%) Ruby
16 4 (0.17%) Scala
Qualifications
1 393 (16.27%) Security Cleared
2 321 (13.29%) SC Cleared
3 246 (10.19%) Degree
4 148 (6.13%) TOGAF Certification
5 101 (4.18%) AWS Certification
5 101 (4.18%) Azure Certification
6 92 (3.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 68 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 43 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
9 36 (1.49%) PMI Certification
10 31 (1.28%) DV Cleared
11 29 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
12 23 (0.95%) Master's Degree
13 22 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
14 21 (0.87%) CCNP
15 18 (0.75%) CCNA
16 15 (0.62%) CISSP
17 11 (0.46%) AWS Certified Developer
18 9 (0.37%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
19 8 (0.33%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (3.15%) QA
2 19 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (0.50%) Accessibility
3 12 (0.50%) SLA
4 11 (0.46%) Data Quality
5 10 (0.41%) SEPA
6 8 (0.33%) GDPR
7 7 (0.29%) ISO 9001
7 7 (0.29%) NIST
8 6 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.25%) PMO
9 5 (0.21%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.17%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.12%) HMG Infosec
11 3 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.12%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.12%) RMADS
12 2 (0.083%) GRC
13 1 (0.041%) COBIT
13 1 (0.041%) IFRS
System Software
1 75 (3.11%) Docker
2 23 (0.95%) Active Directory
2 23 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (0.37%) KVM
4 6 (0.25%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.041%) LXC
7 1 (0.041%) OpenAM
7 1 (0.041%) RACF
7 1 (0.041%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.041%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 88 (3.64%) Kubernetes
2 67 (2.77%) Terraform
3 20 (0.83%) Ansible
4 15 (0.62%) CASB
5 11 (0.46%) Puppet
6 9 (0.37%) Progress Chef
7 6 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (0.25%) Docker Swarm
8 5 (0.21%) vCenter Server
8 5 (0.21%) WebSphere Cast Iron
9 4 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.12%) Grafana
10 3 (0.12%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.12%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.12%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.083%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.083%) Oracle Identity Management
11 2 (0.083%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.041%) vRealize
12 1 (0.041%) VxRail
Vendors
1 458 (18.96%) SAP
2 453 (18.76%) Microsoft
3 442 (18.30%) Oracle
4 300 (12.42%) Anaplan
4 300 (12.42%) Hyperion
5 104 (4.31%) Sparx
6 88 (3.64%) Salesforce
7 83 (3.44%) Google
8 50 (2.07%) Cisco
9 35 (1.45%) IBM
10 34 (1.41%) Databricks
11 32 (1.33%) ServiceNow
12 31 (1.28%) Apple
12 31 (1.28%) MuleSoft
12 31 (1.28%) VMware
13 28 (1.16%) Dell
14 25 (1.04%) Adobe
15 23 (0.95%) Juniper
16 20 (0.83%) Fortinet
17 16 (0.66%) Meraki