Technical Solutions Architect Job Trends

Technical Solution Architect
UK

The median Technical Solution Architect salary in the UK is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 February 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 637 680 741
Rank change year-on-year +43 +61 +185
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Solutions Architect 26 13 61
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.039% 0.026% 0.082%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.029% 0.087%
Number of salaries quoted 22 2 55
10th Percentile £80,000 £63,625 £68,718
25th Percentile £85,000 £67,188 £71,234
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £81,250 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% -4.41% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,188 £95,000
90th Percentile - £101,875 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £90,000 £67,500 £70,576
% change year-on-year +33.33% -4.36% +0.82%

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 60,248 45,561 70,284
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.14% 91.75% 94.92%
Number of salaries quoted 37,639 23,782 55,054
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,390
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

Technical Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Technical Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Technical Solutions Architect
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Technical Solutions Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Solutions Architect job vacancies in the UK

Technical Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Solutions Architect over the 6 months to 11 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Solutions Architect in the UK

Technical Solutions Architect
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Solutions Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 11 February 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
UK excluding London +31 22 £90,000 +33.33% 9
England +40 21 £90,000 +10.77% 9
Work from Home +76 15 £90,000 - 3
East of England - 13 £90,000 -
South East +13 3 £90,000 +33.33% 1
London +35 2 £105,000 +10.53% 3
Midlands +14 2 £76,750 - 2
East Midlands -15 2 £76,750 -
Wales - 2 £80,000 -
Scotland -10 1 - - 2
South West - 1 £80,000 -

Technical Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 11 February 2026, Technical Solutions 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 Technical Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 16 (61.54%) ITSM
2 12 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (46.15%) Project Delivery
2 12 (46.15%) SaaS
3 11 (42.31%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (38.46%) Customer Engagement
4 10 (38.46%) Presales
4 10 (38.46%) Project Management
4 10 (38.46%) Service Delivery
4 10 (38.46%) Systems Thinking
5 4 (15.38%) Software Engineering
6 3 (11.54%) AWS
6 3 (11.54%) C#
6 3 (11.54%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (11.54%) Event-Driven
6 3 (11.54%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 3 (11.54%) Microservices
7 2 (7.69%) .NET
7 2 (7.69%) Agile
7 2 (7.69%) Architectural Design
7 2 (7.69%) Architecture Roadmap
7 2 (7.69%) AWS Certification
7 2 (7.69%) Collaborative Culture
7 2 (7.69%) Data Integration
7 2 (7.69%) Data Modelling
7 2 (7.69%) Roadmaps
7 2 (7.69%) SOA
7 2 (7.69%) SQL Server
7 2 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (7.69%) Strategic Thinking

Technical Solutions 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.85%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 12 (46.15%) SaaS
2 3 (11.54%) AWS
3 1 (3.85%) Azure
3 1 (3.85%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (57.69%) Social Skills
2 10 (38.46%) Marketing
3 2 (7.69%) Finance
3 2 (7.69%) Law
3 2 (7.69%) Legal
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Back Office
4 1 (3.85%) Banking
4 1 (3.85%) Police
4 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.85%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) .NET
2 1 (3.85%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Virtual Team
2 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (61.54%) ITSM
2 12 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (46.15%) Project Delivery
3 11 (42.31%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (38.46%) Customer Engagement
4 10 (38.46%) Presales
4 10 (38.46%) Project Management
4 10 (38.46%) Service Delivery
4 10 (38.46%) Systems Thinking
5 4 (15.38%) Software Engineering
6 3 (11.54%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (11.54%) Event-Driven
6 3 (11.54%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 3 (11.54%) Microservices
7 2 (7.69%) Architectural Design
7 2 (7.69%) Architecture Roadmap
7 2 (7.69%) Roadmaps
7 2 (7.69%) Strategic Thinking
7 2 (7.69%) Technical Debt
7 2 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) C#
2 1 (3.85%) Go
2 1 (3.85%) Java
2 1 (3.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (7.69%) AWS Certification
2 1 (3.85%) CISSP
2 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (3.85%) Google