Solutions Architect Jobs in the Midlands

Solution Architect
England > Midlands

The median Solution Architect salary in the Midlands is £67,500 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 107 99 149
Rank change year-on-year -8 +50 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 292 289 260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.28% 3.26% 2.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.41% 3.63% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 213 144 151
10th Percentile £47,500 £60,375 £60,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £67,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £75,940
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -1.24% +5.11%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,350 £87,500
England median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +9.68%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 12,115 7,956 10,610
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.56% 89.66% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8,867 4,536 7,043
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,622 £27,625
25th Percentile £33,934 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £60,250 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in the Midlands

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Solutions Architect in the Midlands

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in the Midlands

Solutions Architect
Job Locations in the 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 Midlands 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
West Midlands +32 172 £77,500 +3.33% 22
East Midlands -39 119 £59,500 -17.93% 12
Solutions Architect
England

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

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 Midlands region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 83 (28.42%) Microsoft
2 63 (21.58%) Agile
3 48 (16.44%) Azure
4 44 (15.07%) Power Platform
5 41 (14.04%) Dynamics 365
6 40 (13.70%) Finance
6 40 (13.70%) Security Cleared
7 39 (13.36%) Social Skills
8 38 (13.01%) ERP
9 37 (12.67%) Retail
10 33 (11.30%) SC Cleared
11 32 (10.96%) AWS
12 31 (10.62%) Roadmaps
13 30 (10.27%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 30 (10.27%) Actionable Insight
14 28 (9.59%) Public Cloud
14 28 (9.59%) Cybersecurity
14 28 (9.59%) Degree
15 27 (9.25%) Analytics
16 26 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
16 26 (8.90%) Business Development
16 26 (8.90%) Data Modelling
17 25 (8.56%) Data Analytics
17 25 (8.56%) Presales
18 24 (8.22%) SAP
19 23 (7.88%) Business Intelligence
19 23 (7.88%) Artificial Intelligence
19 23 (7.88%) Power BI
19 23 (7.88%) Performance Optimisation
19 23 (7.88%) Digital Strategy

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 8 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.37%) WebLogic
3 1 (0.34%) Appian
Applications
1 16 (5.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (5.14%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.05%) Simulink
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (4.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (4.11%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 5 (1.71%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 4 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.68%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.68%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 48 (16.44%) Azure
2 44 (15.07%) Power Platform
3 41 (14.04%) Dynamics 365
4 32 (10.96%) AWS
5 20 (6.85%) Power Automate
5 20 (6.85%) PowerApps
6 14 (4.79%) SaaS
7 9 (3.08%) GCP
8 8 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.71%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (1.71%) GitHub
10 4 (1.37%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (1.37%) Amazon SQS
11 3 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.68%) IaaS
12 2 (0.68%) PaaS
12 2 (0.68%) Serverless
13 1 (0.34%) Azure Stack
13 1 (0.34%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.48%) SD-WAN
1 16 (5.48%) WAN
2 11 (3.77%) Firewall
2 11 (3.77%) Wireless
3 4 (1.37%) BGP
3 4 (1.37%) DNS
3 4 (1.37%) SSL
3 4 (1.37%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.03%) Network Security
5 1 (0.34%) Broadband
5 1 (0.34%) GPON
5 1 (0.34%) LAN
5 1 (0.34%) MPLS
5 1 (0.34%) VoIP
5 1 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.34%) WLAN
5 1 (0.34%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.88%) Power BI
2 8 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.40%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.71%) Metadata
5 4 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.37%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.37%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.37%) RDBMS
6 3 (1.03%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.03%) DB2
6 3 (1.03%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 11 (3.77%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (1.03%) Visual Studio
General
1 40 (13.70%) Finance
2 39 (13.36%) Social Skills
3 37 (12.67%) Retail
4 26 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.85%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (5.48%) Marketing
7 15 (5.14%) Manufacturing
7 15 (5.14%) Public Sector
8 11 (3.77%) Military
9 8 (2.74%) Fire and Rescue
9 8 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.74%) Police
10 5 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.37%) Law
11 4 (1.37%) Legal
11 4 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.68%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.34%) Back Office
13 1 (0.34%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.42%) .NET
2 4 (1.37%) RabbitMQ
2 4 (1.37%) Spring Boot
3 3 (1.03%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.34%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.59%) Public Cloud
2 11 (3.77%) Cloud Native
3 8 (2.74%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.05%) IoT
5 4 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (1.03%) Educational Technology
6 3 (1.03%) FMCG
7 2 (0.68%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.34%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.34%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.34%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.34%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.34%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.05%) Linux
2 4 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.68%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (21.58%) Agile
2 38 (13.01%) ERP
3 31 (10.62%) Roadmaps
4 30 (10.27%) Actionable Insight
4 30 (10.27%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 28 (9.59%) Cybersecurity
6 27 (9.25%) Analytics
7 26 (8.90%) Business Development
7 26 (8.90%) Data Modelling
8 25 (8.56%) Data Analytics
8 25 (8.56%) Presales
9 23 (7.88%) Artificial Intelligence
9 23 (7.88%) Business Intelligence
9 23 (7.88%) Digital Strategy
9 23 (7.88%) Performance Optimisation
10 22 (7.53%) Problem-Solving
10 22 (7.53%) TOGAF
11 21 (7.19%) Commercial Awareness
11 21 (7.19%) Visualisation
12 20 (6.85%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 13 (4.45%) C#
2 11 (3.77%) JavaScript
2 11 (3.77%) MATLAB
3 7 (2.40%) SQL
4 2 (0.68%) COBOL
4 2 (0.68%) Micro Focus COBOL
4 2 (0.68%) R
Qualifications
1 40 (13.70%) Security Cleared
2 33 (11.30%) SC Cleared
3 28 (9.59%) Degree
4 13 (4.45%) TOGAF Certification
5 12 (4.11%) Azure Certification
5 12 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (3.08%) CCNP
7 9 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (2.74%) CCNA
9 7 (2.40%) AWS Certification
9 7 (2.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.37%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.34%) CISM
11 1 (0.34%) CISSP
11 1 (0.34%) CWNA
11 1 (0.34%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.11%) SLA
2 6 (2.05%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.34%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.34%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (1.03%) Docker
2 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (2.05%) Terraform
2 5 (1.71%) CASB
3 3 (1.03%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 83 (28.42%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.22%) SAP
3 19 (6.51%) Cisco
4 11 (3.77%) Fortinet
4 11 (3.77%) Juniper
5 9 (3.08%) Google
6 8 (2.74%) Oracle
7 7 (2.40%) Adobe
7 7 (2.40%) Apple
8 6 (2.05%) Meraki
9 5 (1.71%) Sparx
10 3 (1.03%) IBM
11 2 (0.68%) Micro Focus
12 1 (0.34%) Databricks
12 1 (0.34%) Ekahau
12 1 (0.34%) MikroTik
12 1 (0.34%) Nokia
12 1 (0.34%) Salesforce
12 1 (0.34%) VMware
12 1 (0.34%) Workday