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 18 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 102 146
Rank change year-on-year -28 +44 -46
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 42 124 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.29% 2.05% 1.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.41% 2.16% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 34 85 30
10th Percentile - £58,750 £64,700
25th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -3.13% +5.35%
75th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £86,375
90th Percentile £106,875 £96,250 £88,925
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 2,977 5,744 3,591
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.40% 94.90% 92.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,990 3,336 2,817
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
75th Percentile £65,188 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £79,225 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect 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 18 September 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 18 September 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
Staffordshire +22 14 £75,000 +2.74% 4
Birmingham -15 13 £90,000 +9.09% 7
Warwickshire +10 3 £71,193 -8.14% 3
Herefordshire - 3 £92,500 -
Solihull -9 2 - - 1
Sutton Coldfield - 2 £65,000 -
Solutions Architect
England

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 26 (61.90%) Azure
2 19 (45.24%) Social Skills
3 15 (35.71%) AWS
4 14 (33.33%) TOGAF
5 12 (28.57%) Security Cleared
5 12 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
5 12 (28.57%) DevOps
5 12 (28.57%) GCP
6 11 (26.19%) Enterprise Architecture
7 10 (23.81%) DV Cleared
8 9 (21.43%) Microsoft
9 8 (19.05%) SC Cleared
10 7 (16.67%) Agile
10 7 (16.67%) SaaS
10 7 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (14.29%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 6 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (14.29%) Analytics
11 6 (14.29%) Degree
11 6 (14.29%) Python
12 5 (11.90%) ITIL
12 5 (11.90%) Oracle
12 5 (11.90%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (11.90%) Finance
12 5 (11.90%) Computer Science
12 5 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
12 5 (11.90%) Presales
12 5 (11.90%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (11.90%) Computer Science Degree

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (2.38%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (4.76%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 26 (61.90%) Azure
2 15 (35.71%) AWS
3 12 (28.57%) GCP
4 7 (16.67%) SaaS
5 5 (11.90%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (9.52%) OCI
6 4 (9.52%) Power Platform
7 3 (7.14%) Azure Service Bus
7 3 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (7.14%) GitHub
7 3 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (7.14%) Serverless
8 2 (4.76%) Azure AKS
8 2 (4.76%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (4.76%) Cloud Functions
8 2 (4.76%) Google App Engine
8 2 (4.76%) Google Compute Engine
8 2 (4.76%) IaaS
8 2 (4.76%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.38%) Firewall
1 1 (2.38%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.52%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (4.76%) BigQuery
3 2 (4.76%) Cloud Spanner
3 2 (4.76%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.38%) Big Data
4 1 (2.38%) DB2
4 1 (2.38%) MongoDB
4 1 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) GitLab
2 1 (2.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (2.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (45.24%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (11.90%) Finance
2 5 (11.90%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (9.52%) Law
4 2 (4.76%) Marketing
4 2 (4.76%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.76%) Retail
5 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) Express.js
1 2 (4.76%) Node.js
1 2 (4.76%) PySpark
1 2 (4.76%) React
1 2 (4.76%) React Native
1 2 (4.76%) REST
2 1 (2.38%) .NET
2 1 (2.38%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.14%) Mobile App
1 3 (7.14%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (4.76%) Low-Code
2 2 (4.76%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.38%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.38%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.38%) Linux
1 1 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (2.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 12 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (28.57%) DevOps
3 11 (26.19%) Enterprise Architecture
4 7 (16.67%) Agile
4 7 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (14.29%) Analytics
5 6 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (11.90%) Computer Science
6 5 (11.90%) ITIL
6 5 (11.90%) Presales
6 5 (11.90%) Roadmaps
7 4 (9.52%) Business Development
7 4 (9.52%) CI/CD
7 4 (9.52%) E-Commerce
7 4 (9.52%) ERP
7 4 (9.52%) Project Management
8 3 (7.14%) Data Migration
8 3 (7.14%) Information Assurance
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.29%) Python
2 4 (9.52%) SQL
3 3 (7.14%) Bicep
4 2 (4.76%) C#
4 2 (4.76%) Java
4 2 (4.76%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.38%) Bash
5 1 (2.38%) C
5 1 (2.38%) Go
5 1 (2.38%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.38%) X++
Qualifications
1 12 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 10 (23.81%) DV Cleared
3 8 (19.05%) SC Cleared
4 6 (14.29%) Degree
4 6 (14.29%) TOGAF Certification
5 5 (11.90%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (11.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (7.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (7.14%) Azure Certification
6 3 (7.14%) CCSP
6 3 (7.14%) CISSP
7 2 (4.76%) CCNA
8 1 (2.38%) AWS Certification
8 1 (2.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.76%) QA
2 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.38%) NCSC
2 1 (2.38%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (9.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (9.52%) Kubernetes
1 4 (9.52%) Terraform
2 1 (2.38%) Ansible
Vendors
1 9 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.90%) Oracle
3 3 (7.14%) Workday
4 2 (4.76%) Databricks
4 2 (4.76%) Google
5 1 (2.38%) IBM
5 1 (2.38%) SAP