Solutions Architect Jobs in the North West

Solution Architect
England > North West

The median Solution Architect salary in the North West is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 121 145
Rank change year-on-year +4 +24 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 221 206 225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.06% 2.79% 2.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.17% 3.12% 2.44%
Number of salaries quoted 158 73 70
10th Percentile £56,809 £60,013 £64,000
25th Percentile £62,250 £67,500 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £79,632 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.10% +2.75% +10.71%
75th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £90,750 £112,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +9.68%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North 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 North West with a recognized job title 10,164 6,599 9,230
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.53% 96.03%
Number of salaries quoted 7,697 4,001 5,389
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,138 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,351 £40,834 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in the North West

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Solutions Architect in the North West

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in the North West over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in the North West

Solutions Architect
Job Locations in the North 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 North West region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Manchester +17 124 £70,576 -11.78% 12
Merseyside +3 36 £70,000 +42.33% 6
Lancashire -7 23 £70,000 -17.65% 2
Cumbria +2 20 £67,500 +6.30%
Cheshire -16 16 £82,500 +23.29%
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 North West region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 62 (28.05%) Azure
2 61 (27.60%) Agile
3 45 (20.36%) Social Skills
4 43 (19.46%) Public Cloud
5 39 (17.65%) Microsoft
6 38 (17.19%) AWS
7 35 (15.84%) Microservices
8 34 (15.38%) Security Cleared
9 33 (14.93%) Presales
10 32 (14.48%) Mentoring
11 31 (14.03%) Coaching
11 31 (14.03%) Problem-Solving
11 31 (14.03%) Finance
11 31 (14.03%) Migration
12 30 (13.57%) Design Patterns
13 27 (12.22%) Roadmaps
13 27 (12.22%) Architectural Patterns
13 27 (12.22%) SC Cleared
13 27 (12.22%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 25 (11.31%) SaaS
15 23 (10.41%) Actionable Insight
15 23 (10.41%) TOGAF
16 21 (9.50%) Analytical Skills
16 21 (9.50%) Enterprise Architecture
17 20 (9.05%) Open Source
18 19 (8.60%) JavaScript
19 18 (8.14%) ERP
19 18 (8.14%) Software Engineering
19 18 (8.14%) Relational Database
19 18 (8.14%) DevOps

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 10 (4.52%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.62%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (4.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (4.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 9 (4.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (3.17%) SAP BPC
4 3 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.36%) SAP FI
4 3 (1.36%) SAP PP
5 2 (0.90%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.45%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.45%) SAP APO
6 1 (0.45%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.45%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.45%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 62 (28.05%) Azure
2 38 (17.19%) AWS
3 25 (11.31%) SaaS
4 17 (7.69%) GCP
5 14 (6.33%) Dynamics 365
6 10 (4.52%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (4.07%) Power Platform
8 8 (3.62%) Amazon EKS
8 8 (3.62%) Amazon SQS
8 8 (3.62%) IaaS
8 8 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (3.62%) PaaS
9 7 (3.17%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (3.17%) GitHub
10 1 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.62%) BGP
1 8 (3.62%) DNS
1 8 (3.62%) SSL
1 8 (3.62%) TCP/IP
2 5 (2.26%) SD-WAN
2 5 (2.26%) WAN
3 4 (1.81%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.14%) Relational Database
2 12 (5.43%) NoSQL
3 8 (3.62%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (3.62%) Oracle Database
3 8 (3.62%) RDBMS
4 7 (3.17%) SAP BW
5 6 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.71%) DB2
5 6 (2.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.36%) Team Foundation Server
1 3 (1.36%) Visual Studio
General
1 45 (20.36%) Social Skills
2 31 (14.03%) Finance
3 21 (9.50%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (7.24%) Public Sector
5 10 (4.52%) Legal
5 10 (4.52%) Retail
6 5 (2.26%) Banking
7 4 (1.81%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.36%) Law
8 3 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.90%) General Ledger
9 2 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.62%) RabbitMQ
1 8 (3.62%) Spring Boot
2 6 (2.71%) .NET
3 4 (1.81%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.90%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.90%) EDI
4 2 (0.90%) Middleware
4 2 (0.90%) Node.js
4 2 (0.90%) SAP TM
4 2 (0.90%) Smart Contracts
4 2 (0.90%) Vue
5 1 (0.45%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 43 (19.46%) Public Cloud
2 10 (4.52%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (3.17%) IoT
3 7 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.71%) Cloud Native
4 6 (2.71%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.71%) Security Posture
5 5 (2.26%) FMCG
6 4 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.81%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (1.81%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.36%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.90%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.90%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.45%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.45%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.45%) PMI
9 1 (0.45%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.43%) Linux
2 9 (4.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (1.36%) VME
4 1 (0.45%) HPUX
4 1 (0.45%) Solaris
4 1 (0.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (27.60%) Agile
2 35 (15.84%) Microservices
3 33 (14.93%) Presales
4 32 (14.48%) Mentoring
5 31 (14.03%) Coaching
5 31 (14.03%) Migration
5 31 (14.03%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (13.57%) Design Patterns
7 27 (12.22%) Architectural Patterns
7 27 (12.22%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 27 (12.22%) Roadmaps
8 23 (10.41%) Actionable Insight
8 23 (10.41%) TOGAF
9 21 (9.50%) Enterprise Architecture
10 20 (9.05%) Open Source
11 18 (8.14%) Business Case
11 18 (8.14%) Commercial Awareness
11 18 (8.14%) DevOps
11 18 (8.14%) ERP
11 18 (8.14%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 19 (8.60%) JavaScript
2 7 (3.17%) SQL
3 5 (2.26%) C#
4 4 (1.81%) Bicep
4 4 (1.81%) Java
5 3 (1.36%) COBOL
5 3 (1.36%) Micro Focus COBOL
6 2 (0.90%) Python
Qualifications
1 34 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 27 (12.22%) SC Cleared
3 13 (5.88%) Degree
4 12 (5.43%) Azure Certification
5 8 (3.62%) AWS Certification
5 8 (3.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 8 (3.62%) TOGAF Certification
6 6 (2.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.26%) CCNA
7 5 (2.26%) CCNP
7 5 (2.26%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.81%) CEH
8 4 (1.81%) CISM
8 4 (1.81%) CISSP
8 4 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.90%) OCP
9 2 (0.90%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.45%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.45%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.45%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.81%) GDPR
1 4 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (1.81%) NIST
2 3 (1.36%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (0.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (4.98%) Terraform
2 5 (2.26%) CASB
3 4 (1.81%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (1.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 39 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.24%) Google
3 15 (6.79%) SAP
4 14 (6.33%) Oracle
5 10 (4.52%) Sparx
6 7 (3.17%) IBM
7 5 (2.26%) Adobe
7 5 (2.26%) Apple
7 5 (2.26%) Cisco
7 5 (2.26%) HubSpot
7 5 (2.26%) Meraki
8 3 (1.36%) Micro Focus
8 3 (1.36%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.36%) Tanium
9 1 (0.45%) HP
9 1 (0.45%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.45%) Sun
9 1 (0.45%) TOWER Software
9 1 (0.45%) Unisys