Solutions Architect Jobs in the South West

Solution Architect
England > South West

The median Solution Architect salary in the South West is £70,000 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 136 129 170
Rank change year-on-year -7 +41 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 171 144 163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.75% 2.14% 1.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.82% 2.41% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 107 39 56
10th Percentile £55,000 £45,150 £50,837
25th Percentile £61,250 £56,508 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,477 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.42% +3.54% -
75th Percentile £80,625 £88,125 £77,500
90th Percentile £94,116 £93,500 £86,750
England median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +9.68%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 9,393 5,982 8,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.17% 89.04% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 6,889 3,677 5,154
10th Percentile £27,945 £30,000 £29,288
25th Percentile £36,365 £37,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £78,925
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in the South West

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Solutions Architect in the South West

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in the South West

Solutions Architect
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Architect within the South West 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
Bristol +26 84 £70,576 -5.27% 15
Wiltshire +24 56 £65,000 -7.80% 1
Gloucestershire -25 10 £85,000 -19.05% 3
Somerset -8 4 £55,000 - 2
Dorset -29 4 £80,000 -4.76% 2
Devon -19 2 - -
Solutions Architect
England

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

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 South West region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 78 (45.61%) TOGAF
2 77 (45.03%) Azure
3 75 (43.86%) Security Cleared
4 74 (43.27%) Microsoft
5 66 (38.60%) SC Cleared
6 61 (35.67%) ArchiMate
7 54 (31.58%) Social Skills
8 52 (30.41%) TOGAF Certification
9 51 (29.82%) DevOps
9 51 (29.82%) Agile
10 49 (28.65%) Enterprise Architecture
10 49 (28.65%) Microsoft 365
11 43 (25.15%) Microservices
11 43 (25.15%) Degree
11 43 (25.15%) Business Strategy
12 41 (23.98%) Business Case
13 39 (22.81%) Analytics
14 38 (22.22%) Data Analytics
15 36 (21.05%) Sparx
15 36 (21.05%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
16 35 (20.47%) .NET
17 34 (19.88%) Architectural Patterns
18 33 (19.30%) Full Stack Development
18 33 (19.30%) Actionable Insight
19 32 (18.71%) ITIL
19 32 (18.71%) UML
20 31 (18.13%) Azure DevOps
21 27 (15.79%) IT Strategy
21 27 (15.79%) Collaborative Working
22 26 (15.20%) BPSS Clearance

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (2.34%) ArcGIS
1 4 (2.34%) CMS
1 4 (2.34%) WebLogic
2 2 (1.17%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.58%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 36 (21.05%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.58%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 77 (45.03%) Azure
2 49 (28.65%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (18.13%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (13.45%) AWS
5 16 (9.36%) Power Platform
6 15 (8.77%) PaaS
7 13 (7.60%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (7.02%) IaaS
8 12 (7.02%) SaaS
9 10 (5.85%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (4.09%) GCP
11 6 (3.51%) Azure Service Bus
12 5 (2.92%) PowerApps
13 4 (2.34%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (2.34%) Amazon SQS
13 4 (2.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 3 (1.75%) WhatsApp
15 2 (1.17%) Power Automate
15 2 (1.17%) Serverless
16 1 (0.58%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.51%) Firewall
2 4 (2.34%) BGP
2 4 (2.34%) DNS
2 4 (2.34%) SSL
2 4 (2.34%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.17%) PBX
3 2 (1.17%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.92%) Big Data
1 5 (2.92%) Oracle Database
2 4 (2.34%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (2.34%) Data Lake
2 4 (2.34%) Geospatial Data
2 4 (2.34%) GIS
2 4 (2.34%) RDBMS
2 4 (2.34%) Relational Database
2 4 (2.34%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.75%) MySQL
4 1 (0.58%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.58%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.17%) Rational DOORS
General
1 54 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 21 (12.28%) Presentation Skills
3 20 (11.70%) Finance
4 18 (10.53%) Aerospace
5 17 (9.94%) Banking
5 17 (9.94%) Influencing Skills
6 13 (7.60%) Retail
7 9 (5.26%) Marketing
8 6 (3.51%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.34%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (2.34%) Law
10 3 (1.75%) Aviation
10 3 (1.75%) German Language
10 3 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.75%) Military
11 2 (1.17%) Digital Economy
11 2 (1.17%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.17%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.58%) Legal
12 1 (0.58%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (20.47%) .NET
2 8 (4.68%) Spring Boot
3 6 (3.51%) Middleware
4 4 (2.34%) AngularJS
4 4 (2.34%) Kafka
4 4 (2.34%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (1.75%) CSS
5 3 (1.75%) HTML
5 3 (1.75%) YAML
6 2 (1.17%) CSS3
6 2 (1.17%) HTML5
7 1 (0.58%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.58%) React
7 1 (0.58%) Spring
7 1 (0.58%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.02%) Public Cloud
2 9 (5.26%) Taxonomies
3 8 (4.68%) Cloud Native
4 7 (4.09%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.51%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (3.51%) Mobile App
5 6 (3.51%) Renewable Energy
6 4 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.75%) Blockchain
7 3 (1.75%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (1.75%) Robotics
8 2 (1.17%) Blackberry
8 2 (1.17%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.17%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.58%) Blog
9 1 (0.58%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.58%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.58%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (6.43%) Linux
2 6 (3.51%) Windows
3 4 (2.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (45.61%) TOGAF
2 61 (35.67%) ArchiMate
3 51 (29.82%) Agile
3 51 (29.82%) DevOps
4 49 (28.65%) Enterprise Architecture
5 43 (25.15%) Business Strategy
5 43 (25.15%) Microservices
6 41 (23.98%) Business Case
7 39 (22.81%) Analytics
8 38 (22.22%) Data Analytics
9 34 (19.88%) Architectural Patterns
10 33 (19.30%) Actionable Insight
10 33 (19.30%) Full Stack Development
11 32 (18.71%) ITIL
11 32 (18.71%) UML
12 27 (15.79%) Collaborative Working
12 27 (15.79%) IT Strategy
13 24 (14.04%) Technical Leadership
14 23 (13.45%) Technology Strategy
15 22 (12.87%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.26%) SQL
2 7 (4.09%) Python
3 6 (3.51%) Bash
3 6 (3.51%) Java
3 6 (3.51%) PowerShell
3 6 (3.51%) T-SQL
4 5 (2.92%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.34%) C#
6 3 (1.75%) Bicep
6 3 (1.75%) PHP
7 1 (0.58%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 75 (43.86%) Security Cleared
2 66 (38.60%) SC Cleared
3 52 (30.41%) TOGAF Certification
4 43 (25.15%) Degree
5 26 (15.20%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (4.68%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.34%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (2.34%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.17%) CCNP
8 2 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.17%) HND
8 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.75%) HMG Infosec
1 3 (1.75%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 3 (1.75%) JSP 440
1 3 (1.75%) RMADS
2 1 (0.58%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (2.92%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.75%) Docker
3 2 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (4.68%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.75%) HP Fortify
2 3 (1.75%) Terraform
3 2 (1.17%) Ansible
3 2 (1.17%) Puppet
4 1 (0.58%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 74 (43.27%) Microsoft
2 36 (21.05%) Sparx
3 12 (7.02%) Oracle
4 7 (4.09%) Google
4 7 (4.09%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.51%) PagerDuty
6 4 (2.34%) ESRI
7 3 (1.75%) Splunk
7 3 (1.75%) Twitter
7 3 (1.75%) Veracode
8 2 (1.17%) Avaya
8 2 (1.17%) Cisco
8 2 (1.17%) Ericsson
8 2 (1.17%) IBM
8 2 (1.17%) Juniper
8 2 (1.17%) Nokia
8 2 (1.17%) Ribbon
8 2 (1.17%) VMware
9 1 (0.58%) Databricks
9 1 (0.58%) SAP