Solutions Architect Jobs in the UK excluding London

Solution Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Solution Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £72,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 15 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
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 159 138 185
Rank change year-on-year -21 +47 +39
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,285 1,496 1,506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.81% 2.52% 2.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.91% 2.83% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 775 664 647
10th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £57,315
25th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £78,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.64% +4.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £96,539 £97,437 £97,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £83,250
% change year-on-year -5.88% +2.10% +7.42%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,294 52,879 68,547
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.14% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,576 30,026 42,521
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London

Solutions Architect
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 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
North of England +36 408 £75,000 -3.23% 58
South East +6 319 £77,500 -8.82% 45
Midlands -2 266 £65,000 -13.33% 34
North West +32 205 £70,000 -8.20% 34
Yorkshire +61 176 £77,500 +3.33% 21
South West -2 165 £70,000 - 33
West Midlands +32 156 £77,500 +3.33% 16
East Midlands -33 109 £60,000 -17.24% 18
Scotland -110 85 £72,500 +3.98% 8
North East +7 27 £80,000 -5.88% 3
East of England -87 21 £100,000 +14.29% 7
Northern Ireland +16 20 £90,000 +33.33% 5
Wales -33 15 - - 4
Channel Islands - 5 £85,000 - 1
Solutions Architect
UK

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 15 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 UK excluding London region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 402 (31.28%) Agile
2 398 (30.97%) Social Skills
3 334 (25.99%) Azure
4 282 (21.95%) TOGAF
4 282 (21.95%) Roadmaps
5 278 (21.63%) Microsoft
6 246 (19.14%) Security Cleared
7 234 (18.21%) Finance
8 232 (18.05%) AWS
9 223 (17.35%) Enterprise Architecture
10 204 (15.88%) SC Cleared
10 204 (15.88%) Problem-Solving
11 200 (15.56%) Microservices
12 179 (13.93%) Degree
13 170 (13.23%) ERP
13 170 (13.23%) Presales
14 160 (12.45%) Architectural Patterns
15 158 (12.30%) Actionable Insight
16 156 (12.14%) Public Cloud
17 150 (11.67%) Oracle
18 148 (11.52%) Coaching
19 144 (11.21%) Analytics
20 142 (11.05%) Mentoring
21 137 (10.66%) IT Strategy
22 136 (10.58%) DevOps
23 128 (9.96%) Digital Transformation Programme
24 127 (9.88%) SAP
25 124 (9.65%) Migration
26 122 (9.49%) ArchiMate
27 119 (9.26%) Business Case

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 75 (5.84%) SAS
2 40 (3.11%) WebLogic
3 31 (2.41%) SharePoint
4 17 (1.32%) CMS
5 11 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.47%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.39%) Drupal
8 4 (0.31%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.23%) WordPress
10 2 (0.16%) Apache
10 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.078%) Appian
11 1 (0.078%) Confluence
11 1 (0.078%) Umbraco
Applications
1 18 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.47%) Simulink
4 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.078%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 83 (6.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 76 (5.91%) SAP ERP
3 26 (2.02%) SAP S/4HANA
4 15 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
5 12 (0.93%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 8 (0.62%) SAP BPC
7 4 (0.31%) Oracle Applications
8 3 (0.23%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.23%) SAP IBP
8 3 (0.23%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.23%) SAP PP
8 3 (0.23%) SAP SD
9 2 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
10 1 (0.078%) Dynamics NAV
10 1 (0.078%) Endur
10 1 (0.078%) NetSuite
10 1 (0.078%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.078%) SAP APO
10 1 (0.078%) SAP WM
10 1 (0.078%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 334 (25.99%) Azure
2 232 (18.05%) AWS
3 97 (7.55%) Power Platform
4 88 (6.85%) Dynamics 365
5 87 (6.77%) Microsoft 365
6 76 (5.91%) SaaS
7 75 (5.84%) GCP
8 57 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
9 48 (3.74%) Amazon SQS
10 40 (3.11%) Amazon EKS
11 37 (2.88%) PowerApps
12 35 (2.72%) PaaS
13 32 (2.49%) IaaS
14 26 (2.02%) Cloud Computing
15 23 (1.79%) AWS CloudFormation
15 23 (1.79%) Power Automate
16 22 (1.71%) Serverless
17 14 (1.09%) AWS Lambda
18 13 (1.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 13 (1.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 76 (5.91%) Broadband
2 44 (3.42%) DNS
3 41 (3.19%) SSL
4 40 (3.11%) BGP
4 40 (3.11%) TCP/IP
5 30 (2.33%) SD-WAN
5 30 (2.33%) WAN
6 24 (1.87%) Firewall
7 15 (1.17%) Wireless
8 13 (1.01%) Network Security
9 7 (0.54%) Intranet
10 4 (0.31%) VoIP
10 4 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.23%) 4G
11 3 (0.23%) 5G
11 3 (0.23%) PBX
12 2 (0.16%) VPN
13 1 (0.078%) Cisco Firepower
13 1 (0.078%) GPON
13 1 (0.078%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (5.21%) Relational Database
2 50 (3.89%) Amazon RDS
3 45 (3.50%) NoSQL
4 43 (3.35%) Data Warehouse
5 42 (3.27%) RDBMS
6 41 (3.19%) Oracle Database
7 33 (2.57%) SQL Server
8 29 (2.26%) Power BI
9 23 (1.79%) Big Data
10 19 (1.48%) DB2
11 15 (1.17%) MongoDB
12 14 (1.09%) Data Lake
12 14 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
13 8 (0.62%) SAP BW
14 7 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (0.47%) DynamoDB
15 6 (0.47%) GIS
15 6 (0.47%) MySQL
16 5 (0.39%) Metadata
17 4 (0.31%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 14 (1.09%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (0.47%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.23%) Eclipse
3 3 (0.23%) Maven
3 3 (0.23%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.16%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.078%) JIRA
General
1 398 (30.97%) Social Skills
2 234 (18.21%) Finance
3 81 (6.30%) Retail
4 76 (5.91%) Analytical Skills
5 65 (5.06%) Public Sector
6 55 (4.28%) Legal
7 50 (3.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 46 (3.58%) Banking
9 42 (3.27%) Influencing Skills
10 39 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
11 31 (2.41%) Manufacturing
12 30 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
13 20 (1.56%) Aerospace
14 14 (1.09%) Military
15 13 (1.01%) Marketing
16 10 (0.78%) Billing
16 10 (0.78%) Publishing
17 9 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
17 9 (0.70%) Law
18 8 (0.62%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (5.91%) .NET
2 59 (4.59%) Spring Boot
3 40 (3.11%) RabbitMQ
4 22 (1.71%) Kafka
5 15 (1.17%) Spring
6 12 (0.93%) Node.js
7 10 (0.78%) Middleware
8 9 (0.70%) AngularJS
9 7 (0.54%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.31%) ARM Templates
10 4 (0.31%) EDI
10 4 (0.31%) Web Services
10 4 (0.31%) YAML
11 3 (0.23%) CSS
11 3 (0.23%) HTML
11 3 (0.23%) Java EE
11 3 (0.23%) JSON
11 3 (0.23%) REST
11 3 (0.23%) Vue
11 3 (0.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 156 (12.14%) Public Cloud
2 103 (8.02%) Cloud Native
3 47 (3.66%) Data Centre
4 45 (3.50%) Enterprise Software
5 32 (2.49%) IoT
6 23 (1.79%) Mobile App
6 23 (1.79%) PMI
7 16 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
8 15 (1.17%) Robotics
9 12 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (0.93%) Management Information System
10 10 (0.78%) Product Ownership
11 9 (0.70%) Taxonomies
12 8 (0.62%) Blockchain
12 8 (0.62%) FMCG
12 8 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (0.54%) Biopharmaceutical
13 7 (0.54%) Renewable Energy
13 7 (0.54%) Security Posture
14 5 (0.39%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 66 (5.14%) Linux
2 41 (3.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 16 (1.25%) Windows
4 8 (0.62%) VME
5 6 (0.47%) Android
5 6 (0.47%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.47%) Mesosphere
6 1 (0.078%) HPUX
6 1 (0.078%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 402 (31.28%) Agile
2 282 (21.95%) Roadmaps
2 282 (21.95%) TOGAF
3 223 (17.35%) Enterprise Architecture
4 204 (15.88%) Problem-Solving
5 200 (15.56%) Microservices
6 170 (13.23%) ERP
6 170 (13.23%) Presales
7 160 (12.45%) Architectural Patterns
8 158 (12.30%) Actionable Insight
9 148 (11.52%) Coaching
10 144 (11.21%) Analytics
11 142 (11.05%) Mentoring
12 137 (10.66%) IT Strategy
13 136 (10.58%) DevOps
14 128 (9.96%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 124 (9.65%) Migration
16 122 (9.49%) ArchiMate
17 119 (9.26%) Business Case
18 115 (8.95%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 57 (4.44%) SQL
2 49 (3.81%) JavaScript
3 43 (3.35%) Java
4 40 (3.11%) C#
5 31 (2.41%) Python
6 11 (0.86%) MATLAB
7 10 (0.78%) Go
7 10 (0.78%) PowerShell
8 8 (0.62%) COBOL
8 8 (0.62%) Micro Focus COBOL
9 7 (0.54%) Bicep
10 6 (0.47%) Bash
10 6 (0.47%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.39%) PHP
12 4 (0.31%) R
13 2 (0.16%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.16%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.078%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 246 (19.14%) Security Cleared
2 204 (15.88%) SC Cleared
3 179 (13.93%) Degree
4 104 (8.09%) TOGAF Certification
5 65 (5.06%) Azure Certification
6 62 (4.82%) AWS Certification
7 61 (4.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 37 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
10 27 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
11 23 (1.79%) PMI Certification
12 21 (1.63%) CCNP
12 21 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
13 18 (1.40%) CCNA
14 13 (1.01%) DV Cleared
15 9 (0.70%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
16 6 (0.47%) CISM
16 6 (0.47%) CISSP
17 5 (0.39%) CEH
18 3 (0.23%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (0.93%) SLA
2 11 (0.86%) QA
3 10 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (0.70%) Accessibility
5 6 (0.47%) Data Quality
5 6 (0.47%) GDPR
6 5 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.31%) NIST
7 4 (0.31%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.31%) SEPA
8 3 (0.23%) HMG Infosec
8 3 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.23%) JSP 440
8 3 (0.23%) PMO
8 3 (0.23%) RMADS
9 2 (0.16%) GRC
10 1 (0.078%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.078%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.078%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 44 (3.42%) Docker
2 12 (0.93%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.47%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.078%) RACF
6 1 (0.078%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 53 (4.12%) Kubernetes
2 32 (2.49%) Terraform
3 15 (1.17%) CASB
4 8 (0.62%) Ansible
5 7 (0.54%) Puppet
6 6 (0.47%) Docker Swarm
6 6 (0.47%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.23%) Grafana
8 3 (0.23%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.23%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.23%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.23%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.078%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.078%) Oracle Identity Management
9 1 (0.078%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 278 (21.63%) Microsoft
2 150 (11.67%) Oracle
3 127 (9.88%) SAP
4 83 (6.46%) Sparx
5 75 (5.84%) Anaplan
5 75 (5.84%) Hyperion
6 57 (4.44%) Google
7 32 (2.49%) Cisco
8 29 (2.26%) Apple
9 28 (2.18%) Salesforce
10 23 (1.79%) IBM
11 20 (1.56%) Adobe
12 18 (1.40%) VMware
13 16 (1.25%) Meraki
14 13 (1.01%) Juniper
14 13 (1.01%) MuleSoft
15 10 (0.78%) Fortinet
16 9 (0.70%) Dell
17 8 (0.62%) Databricks
17 8 (0.62%) Micro Focus