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 4 September 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 755 659 768
Rank change year-on-year -96 +109 -67
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Solutions Architect 46 22 25
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.042% 0.045% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.050% 0.033%
Number of salaries quoted 41 15 22
10th Percentile £65,000 £69,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £102,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +127.78% -47.06%
75th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
90th Percentile £135,000 - £114,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £90,000 £102,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.20% +127.78% -36.24%

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 103,497 43,997 75,693
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.82% 89.68% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 71,228 25,950 47,905
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,169 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £74,258 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,159
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -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 4 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Solutions Architect in the UK

Technical Solutions Architect
Top 9 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 4 September 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 -80 40 £95,000 -7.32% 17
London -28 31 £100,000 -2.44% 16
Work from Home -37 14 £65,000 - 3
UK excluding London -112 9 £90,000 -12.20% 5
East of England - 5 £90,000 -
North West -19 2 £87,500 -14.63%
West Midlands -28 2 £82,500 -19.51%
Midlands -38 2 £82,500 -19.51%
North of England -60 2 £87,500 -14.63%

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

For the 6 months to 4 September 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 20 (43.48%) SaaS
2 17 (36.96%) ERP
3 14 (30.43%) Azure
4 13 (28.26%) Technology Transformation
5 11 (23.91%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (17.39%) Microsoft
6 8 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (17.39%) Roadmaps
7 7 (15.22%) Integration Patterns
7 7 (15.22%) Technical Architecture
8 6 (13.04%) AWS
8 6 (13.04%) Presales
9 5 (10.87%) Architecture Governance
9 5 (10.87%) Architecture Roadmap
9 5 (10.87%) Identity Management
9 5 (10.87%) ITSM
9 5 (10.87%) Project Delivery
10 4 (8.70%) Customer Engagement
10 4 (8.70%) Firewall
10 4 (8.70%) IT Strategy
10 4 (8.70%) LAN
10 4 (8.70%) Project Management
10 4 (8.70%) Security Architecture
10 4 (8.70%) Technology Strategy
10 4 (8.70%) VMware
10 4 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
10 4 (8.70%) WAN
11 3 (6.52%) AI
11 3 (6.52%) Aruba
11 3 (6.52%) AWS Certification

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 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.17%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (2.17%) Findur
Cloud Services
1 20 (43.48%) SaaS
2 14 (30.43%) Azure
3 8 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (13.04%) AWS
5 3 (6.52%) AWS Direct Connect
5 3 (6.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (4.35%) GCP
6 2 (4.35%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.17%) Azure Functions
7 1 (2.17%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.17%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.17%) IaaS
7 1 (2.17%) OneDrive
7 1 (2.17%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.17%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.70%) Firewall
1 4 (8.70%) LAN
1 4 (8.70%) WAN
2 3 (6.52%) Cisco ISE
2 3 (6.52%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (6.52%) SD-WAN
2 3 (6.52%) Wireless
3 1 (2.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.17%) Power BI
2 1 (2.17%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (28.26%) Social Skills
2 9 (19.57%) Public Sector
3 5 (10.87%) Police
4 3 (6.52%) Finance
4 3 (6.52%) Marketing
4 3 (6.52%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.17%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.17%) Banking
6 1 (2.17%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.35%) Middleware
2 1 (2.17%) .NET
2 1 (2.17%) SGML
2 1 (2.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (8.70%) Data Centre
3 3 (6.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 3 (6.52%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.17%) NHS
4 1 (2.17%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (36.96%) ERP
2 13 (28.26%) Technology Transformation
3 11 (23.91%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (17.39%) Roadmaps
5 7 (15.22%) Integration Patterns
5 7 (15.22%) Technical Architecture
6 6 (13.04%) Presales
7 5 (10.87%) Architecture Governance
7 5 (10.87%) Architecture Roadmap
7 5 (10.87%) Identity Management
7 5 (10.87%) ITSM
7 5 (10.87%) Project Delivery
8 4 (8.70%) Customer Engagement
8 4 (8.70%) IT Strategy
8 4 (8.70%) Project Management
8 4 (8.70%) Security Architecture
8 4 (8.70%) Technology Strategy
9 3 (6.52%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (6.52%) DDoS Mitigation
9 3 (6.52%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.17%) C#
1 1 (2.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (6.52%) AWS Certification
1 3 (6.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 3 (6.52%) Azure Certification
1 3 (6.52%) CCIE
1 3 (6.52%) CCNP
1 3 (6.52%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (6.52%) CISSP
2 1 (2.17%) Degree
2 1 (2.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.52%) GRC
System Software
1 4 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (6.52%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (2.17%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.17%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 8 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.70%) VMware
3 3 (6.52%) Aruba
3 3 (6.52%) Cisco
3 3 (6.52%) Juniper
3 3 (6.52%) SAP
3 3 (6.52%) Zscaler
4 2 (4.35%) OpenText
5 1 (2.17%) Adobe
5 1 (2.17%) OpenLink
5 1 (2.17%) Oracle
5 1 (2.17%) Peregrine
5 1 (2.17%) Workday