Solutions Architect Contracts in Cheshire

Solution Architect
North West > Cheshire

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Cheshire is £725 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 47 58 48
Rank change year-on-year +11 -10 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 11 3 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 2.18% 0.55% 1.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.34% 0.62% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 10
10th Percentile £528 - £525
25th Percentile £647 £625 £586
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £650 £628
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +3.59% +9.13%
75th Percentile £738 £675 £680
90th Percentile - - £754
North West median daily rate £625 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +14.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 471 482 484
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 89.09% 95.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 332 334 269
10th Percentile £276 £263 £183
25th Percentile £390 £390 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £486 £438
Median % change year-on-year +2.85% +11.11% +0.11%
75th Percentile £571 £575 £538
90th Percentile £620 £650 £631
North West median daily rate £495 £500 £463
% change year-on-year -1.00% +8.11% +10.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 19 27
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.45 £11.83
25th Percentile £16.54 £16.79 £16.49
Median hourly rate £22.50 £23.15 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.81% +10.24% +17.32%
75th Percentile £38.00 £35.00 £33.83
90th Percentile £44.25 £45.15 £60.45
North West median hourly rate £26.39 £30.74 £20.00
% change year-on-year -14.15% +53.70% +11.73%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Cheshire

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in Cheshire

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in Cheshire

Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Architect in Cheshire

Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Architect within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Chester - 6 £725 - 1
Macclesfield - 3 - - 1
Warrington +4 1 - -
Knutsford - 1 £438 -
Solutions Architect
North West

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

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 Cheshire region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) Architectural Design
2 6 (54.55%) Business Strategy
2 6 (54.55%) Enterprise Architecture
2 6 (54.55%) Finance
3 5 (45.45%) Banking
3 5 (45.45%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 3 (27.27%) Technology Strategy
4 3 (27.27%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (27.27%) IT Strategy
4 3 (27.27%) Agile
4 3 (27.27%) Investment Banking
4 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (18.18%) IoT
5 2 (18.18%) MQTT
5 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (18.18%) QMS
5 2 (18.18%) Robotics
5 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
5 2 (18.18%) Data Management
5 2 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (18.18%) Degree
5 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
5 2 (18.18%) Middleware
5 2 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (18.18%) Analytical Thinking
5 2 (18.18%) Innovative Thinking
5 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (18.18%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 2 (18.18%) SDLC

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 1 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) SAP HANA
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 5 (45.45%) Banking
3 3 (27.27%) Investment Banking
4 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
4 2 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 2 (18.18%) IoT
1 2 (18.18%) Operational Technology
1 2 (18.18%) Robotics
2 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (9.09%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Architectural Design
2 6 (54.55%) Business Strategy
2 6 (54.55%) Enterprise Architecture
3 5 (45.45%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 3 (27.27%) Agile
4 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (27.27%) IT Strategy
4 3 (27.27%) Technology Strategy
5 2 (18.18%) Analytical Thinking
5 2 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
5 2 (18.18%) Data Management
5 2 (18.18%) Edge Computing
5 2 (18.18%) Innovative Thinking
5 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (18.18%) QMS
5 2 (18.18%) SDLC
5 2 (18.18%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (18.18%) Waterfall
5 2 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) SAP