Solutions Architect Contracts in Birmingham

Solution Architect
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Birmingham is £638 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

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

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 50 36
Rank change year-on-year +9 -14 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 22 27 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.90% 2.93% 4.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.16% 3.06% 4.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 13 46
10th Percentile £569 - £425
25th Percentile £613 £613 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £625 £675
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -7.41% +31.71%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £688
90th Percentile £741 £668 £731
West Midlands median daily rate £650 £625 £630
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.79% +14.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title 697 883 1,288
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.83% 95.67% 95.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 490 597 956
10th Percentile £250 £263 £205
25th Percentile £325 £375 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +8.11% +8.82%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 32 20
10th Percentile £13.10 £11.10 £12.45
25th Percentile £17.75 £12.50 £13.94
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £16.99
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +17.72% -5.61%
75th Percentile £48.75 £24.47 £18.00
90th Percentile £57.91 £63.13 £20.23
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £19.00 £17.28
% change year-on-year +18.42% +9.95% +6.34%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Birmingham

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in Birmingham

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Birmingham over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Solutions Architect contract 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 contract job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 9 (40.91%) Agile
2 8 (36.36%) Finance
3 5 (22.73%) CRM
3 5 (22.73%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (22.73%) Azure
4 4 (18.18%) Salesforce
4 4 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (13.64%) Social Skills
5 3 (13.64%) Power Platform
5 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
5 3 (13.64%) Roadmaps
5 3 (13.64%) Impact Assessments
5 3 (13.64%) Wireframes
5 3 (13.64%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (13.64%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (13.64%) Boomi
5 3 (13.64%) User Stories
5 3 (13.64%) Scrum
5 3 (13.64%) JavaScript
5 3 (13.64%) Data Integration
5 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
5 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
5 3 (13.64%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (9.09%) Local Government
6 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (9.09%) PLM
6 2 (9.09%) Retail
6 2 (9.09%) Technical Architecture
6 2 (9.09%) Release Management

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (22.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (4.55%) NetSuite
2 1 (4.55%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
2 1 (4.55%) RMDS
2 1 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) Azure
2 3 (13.64%) Boomi
2 3 (13.64%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (13.64%) Power Platform
3 2 (9.09%) AWS
4 1 (4.55%) IaaS
4 1 (4.55%) OCI
4 1 (4.55%) PaaS
4 1 (4.55%) SaaS
4 1 (4.55%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (4.55%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) WAN
2 1 (4.55%) IPsec
2 1 (4.55%) Kerberos
2 1 (4.55%) SDH
2 1 (4.55%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Rational DOORS
General
1 8 (36.36%) Finance
2 4 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
3 3 (13.64%) Social Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Local Government
4 2 (9.09%) Retail
5 1 (4.55%) Aeronautics
5 1 (4.55%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) HTML
1 2 (9.09%) OAuth
1 2 (9.09%) React Native
1 2 (9.09%) SAML
1 2 (9.09%) Visualforce
1 2 (9.09%) XML
2 1 (4.55%) .NET
2 1 (4.55%) .NET Core
2 1 (4.55%) Node.js
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (4.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Linux
1 1 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Agile
2 5 (22.73%) CRM
3 3 (13.64%) Data Integration
3 3 (13.64%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (13.64%) Impact Assessments
3 3 (13.64%) Roadmaps
3 3 (13.64%) Scrum
3 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (13.64%) User Stories
3 3 (13.64%) Wireframes
4 2 (9.09%) ArchiMate
4 2 (9.09%) Architectural Patterns
4 2 (9.09%) Data Protection
4 2 (9.09%) Decision-Making
4 2 (9.09%) ITIL
4 2 (9.09%) PLM
4 2 (9.09%) Prototyping
4 2 (9.09%) Release Management
4 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (9.09%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) JavaScript
2 2 (9.09%) Apex Code
2 2 (9.09%) SOQL
3 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
1 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.55%) CAPM
3 1 (4.55%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) GDPR
1 1 (4.55%) ISO 22301
1 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Docker
1 1 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Salesforce
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.55%) Bloomberg
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco
3 1 (4.55%) IBM
3 1 (4.55%) Juniper
3 1 (4.55%) Nokia
3 1 (4.55%) Oracle
3 1 (4.55%) Red Hat
3 1 (4.55%) SAP
3 1 (4.55%) VMware