Solutions Architect Job Trends in the West Midlands

Solution Architect
England > West Midlands

The median Solution Architect salary in the West Midlands is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 December 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 132 126
Rank change year-on-year +18 -6 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 69 86 44
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.48% 1.73% 1.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.65% 1.88% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 56 50 28
10th Percentile £60,625 £57,431 £65,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £71,563 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £76,250 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -4.69% +5.35%
75th Percentile £90,000 £94,063 £88,813
90th Percentile £100,000 £99,875 £94,875
England median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 4,182 4,586 3,093
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.57% 92.00% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,495 2,322 2,521
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £66,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in the West Midlands

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 8 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in the West Midlands

Solutions Architect
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Architect within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 December 2025. 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
Birmingham +14 27 £80,000 -5.88% 9
Staffordshire +3 16 £75,000 +2.74% 1
Solihull +6 6 £80,000 - 2
Sutton Coldfield - 3 £72,500 -
Herefordshire - 3 £92,500 -
Warwickshire +15 2 £71,193 -5.08% 6
Coventry 0 2 - - 2
Solutions Architect
England

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 8 December 2025, 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 34 (49.28%) Azure
2 22 (31.88%) Enterprise Architecture
2 22 (31.88%) Security Cleared
3 20 (28.99%) TOGAF
4 16 (23.19%) Microsoft
4 16 (23.19%) Roadmaps
5 15 (21.74%) AI
5 15 (21.74%) DV Cleared
6 14 (20.29%) SC Cleared
7 13 (18.84%) Project Delivery
8 12 (17.39%) Analytics
8 12 (17.39%) CRM
9 11 (15.94%) AWS
9 11 (15.94%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (15.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 10 (14.49%) Case Management
10 10 (14.49%) GCP
10 10 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (13.04%) Agile
11 9 (13.04%) Architectural Design
11 9 (13.04%) DevOps
11 9 (13.04%) Dynamics CRM
11 9 (13.04%) SaaS
12 8 (11.59%) Business Development
12 8 (11.59%) Degree
12 8 (11.59%) Stakeholder Management
13 7 (10.14%) Architecture Roadmap
13 7 (10.14%) Integration Patterns
13 7 (10.14%) Technical Architecture
14 6 (8.70%) API Management

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (1.45%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 9 (13.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (4.35%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.45%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 34 (49.28%) Azure
2 11 (15.94%) AWS
3 10 (14.49%) GCP
4 9 (13.04%) SaaS
5 6 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (8.70%) Power Platform
6 5 (7.25%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (5.80%) IaaS
7 4 (5.80%) PaaS
8 3 (4.35%) Entra ID
8 3 (4.35%) GitHub
8 3 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (2.90%) Azure AKS
9 2 (2.90%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (2.90%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (2.90%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (1.45%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.45%) Firewall
1 1 (1.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.90%) GitLab
General
1 30 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 17 (24.64%) Finance
3 9 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (11.59%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.80%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.35%) Legal
6 3 (4.35%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.90%) Marketing
7 2 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Banking
8 1 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.90%) Kafka
1 2 (2.90%) PySpark
1 2 (2.90%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.14%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (5.80%) Cloud Native
3 3 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.90%) Low-Code
4 2 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.90%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (2.90%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.45%) IoT
5 1 (1.45%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (31.88%) Enterprise Architecture
2 20 (28.99%) TOGAF
3 16 (23.19%) Roadmaps
4 15 (21.74%) AI
5 13 (18.84%) Project Delivery
6 12 (17.39%) Analytics
6 12 (17.39%) CRM
7 11 (15.94%) Cybersecurity
7 11 (15.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (14.49%) Case Management
8 10 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (13.04%) Agile
9 9 (13.04%) Architectural Design
9 9 (13.04%) DevOps
10 8 (11.59%) Business Development
10 8 (11.59%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (10.14%) Architecture Roadmap
11 7 (10.14%) Integration Patterns
11 7 (10.14%) Technical Architecture
12 6 (8.70%) API Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.25%) Python
2 3 (4.35%) Bicep
3 2 (2.90%) SQL
4 1 (1.45%) C#
4 1 (1.45%) Go
Qualifications
1 22 (31.88%) Security Cleared
2 15 (21.74%) DV Cleared
3 14 (20.29%) SC Cleared
4 8 (11.59%) Degree
5 4 (5.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (5.80%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (5.80%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (2.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (2.90%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.90%) CCNA
6 2 (2.90%) CCSP
6 2 (2.90%) CISSP
6 2 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.25%) QA
System Software
1 3 (4.35%) Active Directory
1 3 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.35%) Kubernetes
1 3 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (23.19%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.80%) SAP
3 3 (4.35%) Workday
4 2 (2.90%) Databricks
5 1 (1.45%) Oracle