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 8 April 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 674 617 818
Rank change year-on-year -57 +201 +112
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Solutions Architect 37 9 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.045% 0.022% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.025% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 29 0 36
10th Percentile £65,000 - £68,718
25th Percentile £82,500 - £78,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £85,000
75th Percentile £100,000 - £95,000
90th Percentile - - £95,025
UK excluding London median annual salary £90,000 - £82,500
% change year-on-year - - -1.49%

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 76,515 36,725 86,098
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.40% 89.80% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 49,212 23,272 64,527
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,501
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +10.09% -9.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -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 8 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Solutions Architect in the UK

Technical Solutions Architect
Top 12 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 8 April 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 -29 31 £90,000 - 11
UK excluding London -44 24 £90,000 - 8
Work from Home +19 22 £90,000 - 7
East of England - 15 £90,000 - 5
London -2 8 £65,250 - 4
Midlands - 3 £76,000 - 1
South East - 3 £90,000 - 2
North West -33 2 £85,000 - 1
North of England -53 2 £85,000 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £82,500 - 1
Scotland -24 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £76,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 8 April 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 18 (48.65%) ITSM
2 17 (45.95%) Project Delivery
3 15 (40.54%) SaaS
4 12 (32.43%) Customer Engagement
5 11 (29.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (29.73%) Presales
5 11 (29.73%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (29.73%) Project Management
5 11 (29.73%) Service Delivery
5 11 (29.73%) Systems Thinking
6 8 (21.62%) Azure
7 7 (18.92%) AWS
8 5 (13.51%) Agile
8 5 (13.51%) Enterprise Architecture
8 5 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (13.51%) Technical Architecture
9 4 (10.81%) Event-Driven
9 4 (10.81%) Event-Driven Architecture
9 4 (10.81%) GCP
10 3 (8.11%) API Design
10 3 (8.11%) API Integration
10 3 (8.11%) Architectural Design
10 3 (8.11%) Architecture Roadmap
10 3 (8.11%) Business Intelligence
10 3 (8.11%) CISSP
10 3 (8.11%) Coaching
10 3 (8.11%) Collaborative Working
10 3 (8.11%) Cybersecurity
10 3 (8.11%) Data Privacy
10 3 (8.11%) DevOps

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 (2.70%) CMS
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Findur
Cloud Services
1 15 (40.54%) SaaS
2 8 (21.62%) Azure
3 7 (18.92%) AWS
4 4 (10.81%) GCP
5 3 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (5.41%) IaaS
6 2 (5.41%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.70%) Azure Functions
7 1 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.70%) OneDrive
7 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.70%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Firewall
1 1 (2.70%) LAN
1 1 (2.70%) VPN
1 1 (2.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (5.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.70%) Power BI
General
1 21 (56.76%) Social Skills
2 11 (29.73%) Marketing
3 8 (21.62%) Public Sector
4 5 (13.51%) Finance
5 4 (10.81%) Legal
6 2 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (5.41%) Police
7 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Back Office
7 1 (2.70%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) .NET
1 2 (5.41%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.41%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.70%) NHS
3 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (48.65%) ITSM
2 17 (45.95%) Project Delivery
3 12 (32.43%) Customer Engagement
4 11 (29.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (29.73%) Presales
4 11 (29.73%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (29.73%) Project Management
4 11 (29.73%) Service Delivery
4 11 (29.73%) Systems Thinking
5 5 (13.51%) Agile
5 5 (13.51%) Enterprise Architecture
5 5 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (13.51%) Technical Architecture
6 4 (10.81%) Event-Driven
6 4 (10.81%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 3 (8.11%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (8.11%) Data Privacy
7 3 (8.11%) DevOps
7 3 (8.11%) Performance Tuning
7 3 (8.11%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.41%) C#
2 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (8.11%) CISSP
1 3 (8.11%) SC Cleared
1 3 (8.11%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.70%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.70%) Hyper-V
1 1 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (8.11%) Google
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.41%) OpenText
2 2 (5.41%) SAP
3 1 (2.70%) OpenLink
3 1 (2.70%) VMware