Solutions Architect Jobs in England

Solution Architect
UK > England

The median Solution Architect salary in England is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 122 210
Rank change year-on-year +10 +88 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 2,130 2,472 2,765
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.38% 2.86% 1.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.51% 3.13% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,263 1,355 1,316
10th Percentile £56,809 £63,750 £65,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - +9.68%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £101,250
90th Percentile £118,500 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% +3.03% +6.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 84,698 78,992 134,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.67% 91.44% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 62,716 50,412 74,905
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,066 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in England

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in England.

Salary trend for Solutions Architect in England

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in England over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in England

Solutions Architect
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 29 May 2024. 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
London +21 877 £92,500 +2.78% 128
North of England +31 425 £75,000 - 31
South East +5 335 £77,500 -8.82% 36
Midlands -8 292 £67,500 -10.00% 33
North West +21 216 £70,000 -9.68% 16
Yorkshire +53 179 £77,500 +3.33% 14
West Midlands +32 172 £77,500 +3.33% 21
South West -7 171 £70,000 -3.42% 24
East Midlands -39 119 £59,500 -17.93% 12
North East +8 30 £80,000 -5.88% 1
East of England -91 23 £97,500 +14.71% 5
Solutions Architect
UK

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 29 May 2024, 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 England region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 775 (36.38%) Agile
2 757 (35.54%) Social Skills
3 685 (32.16%) Finance
4 597 (28.03%) Roadmaps
5 551 (25.87%) TOGAF
6 542 (25.45%) Azure
7 497 (23.33%) Enterprise Architecture
8 452 (21.22%) Microsoft
9 418 (19.62%) ERP
10 392 (18.40%) SAP
11 389 (18.26%) Oracle
12 363 (17.04%) Data Management
13 357 (16.76%) Strategic Roadmap
14 354 (16.62%) AWS
15 329 (15.45%) Change Management
16 305 (14.32%) SAP ERP
17 301 (14.13%) Anaplan
18 300 (14.08%) Performance Management
18 300 (14.08%) Broadband
19 299 (14.04%) SAS
19 299 (14.04%) Hyperion
20 270 (12.68%) Problem-Solving
21 267 (12.54%) Degree
22 251 (11.78%) Security Cleared
23 232 (10.89%) Microservices
24 217 (10.19%) Mentoring
25 216 (10.14%) Presales
26 201 (9.44%) SC Cleared
27 183 (8.59%) DevOps
28 173 (8.12%) Public Cloud

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 299 (14.04%) SAS
2 61 (2.86%) Apache Airflow
3 58 (2.72%) Apache
4 51 (2.39%) SharePoint
5 28 (1.31%) WebLogic
6 18 (0.85%) CMS
7 16 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.28%) Drupal
9 4 (0.19%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.19%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.19%) IIS
10 3 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.14%) WordPress
11 2 (0.094%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.047%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.047%) Appian
12 1 (0.047%) Confluence
12 1 (0.047%) nginx
12 1 (0.047%) Tomcat
Applications
1 32 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.28%) Simulink
5 3 (0.14%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.094%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 305 (14.32%) SAP ERP
2 72 (3.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 43 (2.02%) SAP S/4HANA
4 33 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
5 17 (0.80%) SAP BPC
6 12 (0.56%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 6 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.23%) Elite 3E
8 5 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.23%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.19%) Oracle Applications
10 3 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
10 3 (0.14%) SAP CX
10 3 (0.14%) SAP IBP
10 3 (0.14%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.14%) SAP PP
10 3 (0.14%) SAP SD
11 2 (0.094%) SAP CO
11 2 (0.094%) SAP IS-U
11 2 (0.094%) SAP MRS
Cloud Services
1 542 (25.45%) Azure
2 354 (16.62%) AWS
3 172 (8.08%) GCP
4 145 (6.81%) Dynamics 365
5 142 (6.67%) Power Platform
6 130 (6.10%) SaaS
7 112 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
8 76 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
9 70 (3.29%) PaaS
10 64 (3.00%) IaaS
10 64 (3.00%) Snowflake
11 60 (2.82%) dbt
12 46 (2.16%) PowerApps
13 38 (1.78%) AWS CloudFormation
14 37 (1.74%) Power Automate
15 33 (1.55%) Amazon SQS
16 30 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
17 28 (1.31%) Amazon EKS
17 28 (1.31%) Serverless
18 20 (0.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 300 (14.08%) Broadband
2 35 (1.64%) DNS
2 35 (1.64%) Firewall
3 32 (1.50%) SD-WAN
3 32 (1.50%) WAN
4 28 (1.31%) BGP
4 28 (1.31%) SSL
4 28 (1.31%) TCP/IP
5 16 (0.75%) Wireless
6 13 (0.61%) Network Security
7 7 (0.33%) Intranet
8 5 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.19%) VoIP
10 3 (0.14%) 4G
10 3 (0.14%) 5G
10 3 (0.14%) DHCP
10 3 (0.14%) PBX
11 2 (0.094%) Internet
11 2 (0.094%) LAN
11 2 (0.094%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (3.71%) Data Lake
2 65 (3.05%) Data Warehouse
3 64 (3.00%) Relational Database
4 63 (2.96%) Amazon Athena
5 59 (2.77%) Apache Arrow
5 59 (2.77%) Dremio
6 56 (2.63%) Apache Ignite
7 48 (2.25%) Power BI
8 47 (2.21%) NoSQL
9 45 (2.11%) SQL Server
10 38 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
11 30 (1.41%) Oracle Database
11 30 (1.41%) RDBMS
12 19 (0.89%) DB2
12 19 (0.89%) SAP BW
13 18 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
14 16 (0.75%) MongoDB
15 14 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
15 14 (0.66%) Big Data
16 12 (0.56%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 14 (0.66%) Rational DOORS
2 12 (0.56%) Jenkins
3 9 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
3 9 (0.42%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.23%) Maven
5 3 (0.14%) Git
5 3 (0.14%) GitLab
5 3 (0.14%) JIRA
5 3 (0.14%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.094%) Spinnaker
7 1 (0.047%) Mocha
7 1 (0.047%) Vagrant
General
1 757 (35.54%) Social Skills
2 685 (32.16%) Finance
3 154 (7.23%) Analytical Skills
4 153 (7.18%) Retail
5 131 (6.15%) Banking
6 98 (4.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 85 (3.99%) Public Sector
8 64 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
9 63 (2.96%) Legal
10 60 (2.82%) Front Office
11 56 (2.63%) Investment Banking
12 49 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
13 43 (2.02%) Marketing
14 39 (1.83%) Manufacturing
15 26 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
15 26 (1.22%) Law
15 26 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
16 21 (0.99%) Advertising
16 21 (0.99%) Aerospace
16 21 (0.99%) Mandarin Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (5.21%) .NET
2 59 (2.77%) gRPC
2 59 (2.77%) Protocol Buffers
3 56 (2.63%) NumPy
3 56 (2.63%) Pandas
3 56 (2.63%) SciPy
4 45 (2.11%) Spring Boot
5 32 (1.50%) Middleware
6 28 (1.31%) RabbitMQ
7 22 (1.03%) Kafka
8 20 (0.94%) HTML
9 17 (0.80%) CSS
10 15 (0.70%) REST
10 15 (0.70%) Web Services
11 14 (0.66%) Spring
12 13 (0.61%) React
13 12 (0.56%) AngularJS
13 12 (0.56%) Node.js
13 12 (0.56%) SOAP
14 10 (0.47%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 173 (8.12%) Public Cloud
2 86 (4.04%) Cloud Native
3 66 (3.10%) Enterprise Software
4 59 (2.77%) Derivative
4 59 (2.77%) Equities
4 59 (2.77%) Fixed Income
4 59 (2.77%) Hedge funds
5 56 (2.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 42 (1.97%) Data Centre
7 40 (1.88%) IoT
8 35 (1.64%) PMI
9 27 (1.27%) Management Information System
10 23 (1.08%) Product Ownership
11 22 (1.03%) Mobile App
12 20 (0.94%) Reinsurance
13 19 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
14 17 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
15 12 (0.56%) Analytical Mindset
15 12 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
16 11 (0.52%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 56 (2.63%) Linux
2 29 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 16 (0.75%) Windows
4 8 (0.38%) VME
5 6 (0.28%) Android
5 6 (0.28%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.094%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.047%) HPUX
7 1 (0.047%) Solaris
7 1 (0.047%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.047%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 775 (36.38%) Agile
2 597 (28.03%) Roadmaps
3 551 (25.87%) TOGAF
4 497 (23.33%) Enterprise Architecture
5 418 (19.62%) ERP
6 363 (17.04%) Data Management
7 357 (16.76%) Strategic Roadmap
8 329 (15.45%) Change Management
9 300 (14.08%) Performance Management
10 270 (12.68%) Problem-Solving
11 232 (10.89%) Microservices
12 217 (10.19%) Mentoring
13 216 (10.14%) Presales
14 183 (8.59%) DevOps
15 172 (8.08%) Coaching
16 160 (7.51%) Analytics
16 160 (7.51%) Architectural Patterns
17 156 (7.32%) Migration
18 149 (7.00%) IT Strategy
19 132 (6.20%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 131 (6.15%) JavaScript
2 110 (5.16%) Java
3 107 (5.02%) Python
4 81 (3.80%) C#
5 76 (3.57%) SQL
6 64 (3.00%) TypeScript
7 16 (0.75%) PowerShell
8 15 (0.70%) Bicep
9 12 (0.56%) Go
9 12 (0.56%) R
10 11 (0.52%) MATLAB
11 8 (0.38%) Apex Code
11 8 (0.38%) COBOL
11 8 (0.38%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 8 (0.38%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.28%) Bash
12 6 (0.28%) PHP
12 6 (0.28%) Scala
13 5 (0.23%) Perl
14 4 (0.19%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 267 (12.54%) Degree
2 251 (11.78%) Security Cleared
3 201 (9.44%) SC Cleared
4 124 (5.82%) TOGAF Certification
5 76 (3.57%) Azure Certification
6 70 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 64 (3.00%) AWS Certification
8 59 (2.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 56 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
10 36 (1.69%) PMI Certification
11 26 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
12 22 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
12 22 (1.03%) Master's Degree
13 21 (0.99%) CCNP
14 19 (0.89%) DV Cleared
15 18 (0.85%) CCNA
16 14 (0.66%) CISSP
17 11 (0.52%) AWS Certified Developer
18 9 (0.42%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
19 7 (0.33%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (0.56%) Accessibility
1 12 (0.56%) SLA
2 11 (0.52%) PMO
2 11 (0.52%) QA
3 10 (0.47%) Data Quality
4 9 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (0.38%) GDPR
6 7 (0.33%) NIST
7 6 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.14%) HMG Infosec
8 3 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.14%) JSP 440
8 3 (0.14%) RMADS
9 2 (0.094%) GRC
9 2 (0.094%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.047%) IFRS
10 1 (0.047%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.047%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.047%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.047%) Solvency II
System Software
1 48 (2.25%) Docker
2 15 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (0.56%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.42%) KVM
5 4 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.047%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.047%) LXC
6 1 (0.047%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.047%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.047%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 61 (2.86%) Kubernetes
2 56 (2.63%) Terraform
3 15 (0.70%) CASB
4 13 (0.61%) Ansible
5 7 (0.33%) Puppet
6 5 (0.23%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.14%) Grafana
8 3 (0.14%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.14%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.14%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.094%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.094%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.094%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.047%) Nagios
10 1 (0.047%) Oracle Identity Management
10 1 (0.047%) vRealize
10 1 (0.047%) VxRail
Vendors
1 452 (21.22%) Microsoft
2 392 (18.40%) SAP
3 389 (18.26%) Oracle
4 301 (14.13%) Anaplan
5 299 (14.04%) Hyperion
6 87 (4.08%) Google
7 75 (3.52%) Sparx
8 67 (3.15%) Salesforce
9 40 (1.88%) Cisco
10 31 (1.46%) Apple
11 28 (1.31%) IBM
12 25 (1.17%) ServiceNow
13 24 (1.13%) Databricks
14 22 (1.03%) Adobe
15 17 (0.80%) MuleSoft
16 16 (0.75%) Dell
16 16 (0.75%) Meraki
16 16 (0.75%) VMware
17 14 (0.66%) Juniper
18 11 (0.52%) Fortinet