Solutions Architect Contracts in England

Solution Architect
UK > England

The median Solution Architect daily rate in England is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 74 89 69
Rank change year-on-year +15 -20 +22
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,007 1,411 2,417
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.72% 2.79% 3.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.94% 2.95% 3.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 692 960 1,601
10th Percentile £500 £525 £500
25th Percentile £563 £600 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £675 £625
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £738 £750 £725
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
UK median daily rate £650 £663 £625
% change year-on-year -1.89% +6.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 3
10th Percentile £54.50 £36.54 -
25th Percentile £71.75 £63.75 £56.50
Median hourly rate £88.00 £66.00 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +11.86% +6.79%
75th Percentile £91.00 £80.13 £76.13
90th Percentile £96.35 £80.25 £84.90
UK median hourly rate £88.00 £66.75 £59.00
% change year-on-year +31.84% +13.14% +6.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,271 47,824 67,952
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.61% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,751 33,955 48,268
10th Percentile £275 £312 £313
25th Percentile £412 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,410 1,422 1,902
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.71 £48.70
90th Percentile £72.54 £77.00 £62.24
UK median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in England

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in England

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in England

Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Architect in England

Solutions Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Solutions Architect in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Solutions Architect in England

Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 27 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
London +5 483 £650 -3.70% 128
South East +9 148 £625 -3.85% 45
South West +32 137 £650 -2.69% 22
North of England +22 121 £625 -3.85% 51
North West +28 84 £625 -3.85% 33
Midlands -6 63 £650 - 26
West Midlands +17 46 £650 +4.00% 16
East of England +26 36 £675 -3.57% 8
Yorkshire -8 32 £650 -1.89% 13
East Midlands -7 16 £595 -9.85% 10
North East +20 6 £600 +6.67% 5
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 England region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 283 (28.10%) Security Cleared
2 238 (23.63%) Azure
3 236 (23.44%) Social Skills
4 225 (22.34%) Agile
5 219 (21.75%) Finance
6 187 (18.57%) SC Cleared
7 186 (18.47%) AWS
8 143 (14.20%) Microsoft
9 141 (14.00%) Migration
10 139 (13.80%) DV Cleared
11 112 (11.12%) DevOps
12 109 (10.82%) Problem-Solving
13 108 (10.72%) Roadmaps
14 98 (9.73%) Degree
15 92 (9.14%) TOGAF
16 91 (9.04%) Enterprise Architecture
16 91 (9.04%) Public Sector
17 87 (8.64%) Architectural Design
18 86 (8.54%) GCP
19 84 (8.34%) Banking
20 78 (7.75%) SAP
21 77 (7.65%) Analytical Skills
22 75 (7.45%) Telecoms
23 74 (7.35%) Java
24 72 (7.15%) Power Platform
25 70 (6.95%) Stakeholder Management
26 66 (6.55%) Computer Science
26 66 (6.55%) Microservices
27 63 (6.26%) SaaS
28 62 (6.16%) Project Delivery

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 24 (2.38%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.09%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (1.99%) Apache
4 14 (1.39%) Apache Spark
4 14 (1.39%) Confluence
5 10 (0.99%) OpenStack
6 8 (0.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 8 (0.79%) CMS
6 8 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.70%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.30%) SAS
8 3 (0.30%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.099%) Drupal
10 1 (0.099%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.099%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.20%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.099%) CATIA
2 1 (0.099%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 41 (4.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 31 (3.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (1.19%) Teamcenter
4 10 (0.99%) Distributed Ledger
4 10 (0.99%) Loan IQ
4 10 (0.99%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (0.70%) SAP SD
6 6 (0.60%) Adobe Campaign
6 6 (0.60%) SAP MM
7 5 (0.50%) SAP BPC
7 5 (0.50%) SAP ERP
7 5 (0.50%) SAP FI
7 5 (0.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 4 (0.40%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 4 (0.40%) Primavera
8 4 (0.40%) SAP CO
8 4 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
8 4 (0.40%) SAP HCM
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 238 (23.63%) Azure
2 186 (18.47%) AWS
3 86 (8.54%) GCP
4 72 (7.15%) Power Platform
5 63 (6.26%) SaaS
6 49 (4.87%) Dynamics 365
7 41 (4.07%) PaaS
8 40 (3.97%) Azure DevOps
9 32 (3.18%) Microsoft 365
10 22 (2.18%) Snowflake
11 21 (2.09%) IaaS
12 19 (1.89%) dbt
13 15 (1.49%) Cloud Computing
13 15 (1.49%) Serverless
14 13 (1.29%) Boomi
14 13 (1.29%) OCI
15 11 (1.09%) GitHub
15 11 (1.09%) PowerApps
16 9 (0.89%) Power Automate
16 9 (0.89%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.38%) VoIP
2 23 (2.28%) PBX
3 19 (1.89%) WAN
4 15 (1.49%) DNS
5 14 (1.39%) SDH
6 12 (1.19%) Internet
7 10 (0.99%) DHCP
8 8 (0.79%) Firewall
9 7 (0.70%) SAN
10 6 (0.60%) Intranet
11 5 (0.50%) Junos
11 5 (0.50%) LAN
11 5 (0.50%) MPLS
12 4 (0.40%) ATM
13 3 (0.30%) MQTT
13 3 (0.30%) NetScaler
13 3 (0.30%) Reverse Proxy
13 3 (0.30%) VSAN
14 2 (0.20%) 4G
14 2 (0.20%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (4.57%) Data Lake
2 33 (3.28%) Big Data
3 26 (2.58%) Power BI
4 21 (2.09%) Amazon Athena
4 21 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (1.89%) Apache Arrow
5 19 (1.89%) Dremio
6 18 (1.79%) Apache Ignite
7 13 (1.29%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.29%) SQL Server
8 12 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
8 12 (1.19%) Oracle Database
9 10 (0.99%) Apache Hive
9 10 (0.99%) GIS
9 10 (0.99%) NoSQL
9 10 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (0.79%) Impala
10 8 (0.79%) Tableau
11 7 (0.70%) Amazon Aurora
11 7 (0.70%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 23 (2.28%) Rational DOORS
2 20 (1.99%) Jenkins
3 18 (1.79%) JIRA
4 3 (0.30%) Git
5 2 (0.20%) GitLab
5 2 (0.20%) Liquibase
5 2 (0.20%) webpack
6 1 (0.099%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.099%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.099%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.099%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.099%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 236 (23.44%) Social Skills
2 219 (21.75%) Finance
3 91 (9.04%) Public Sector
4 84 (8.34%) Banking
5 77 (7.65%) Analytical Skills
6 75 (7.45%) Telecoms
7 46 (4.57%) Retail
8 36 (3.57%) Manufacturing
8 36 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
9 31 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 26 (2.58%) Marketing
11 25 (2.48%) Investment Banking
12 24 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
13 20 (1.99%) Financial Institution
14 19 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
14 19 (1.89%) Front Office
15 15 (1.49%) Electronics
16 14 (1.39%) Local Government
17 11 (1.09%) Aerospace
18 9 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.78%) Middleware
2 25 (2.48%) .NET
3 19 (1.89%) gRPC
3 19 (1.89%) Protocol Buffers
4 18 (1.79%) NumPy
4 18 (1.79%) Pandas
4 18 (1.79%) SciPy
5 17 (1.69%) REST
5 17 (1.69%) SailPoint
6 15 (1.49%) HTML
7 14 (1.39%) XML
8 13 (1.29%) SOAP
9 11 (1.09%) SAML
9 11 (1.09%) Web Services
10 10 (0.99%) .NET Framework
10 10 (0.99%) RESTful
11 8 (0.79%) Elastic Stack
11 8 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
11 8 (0.79%) PySpark
12 7 (0.70%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 33 (3.28%) Product Ownership
2 26 (2.58%) Data Centre
3 25 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
4 20 (1.99%) Derivative
4 20 (1.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 19 (1.89%) Equities
5 19 (1.89%) Fixed Income
5 19 (1.89%) Hedge funds
5 19 (1.89%) Mobile App
6 17 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (1.49%) Cloud Native
8 13 (1.29%) Mainframe
9 12 (1.19%) Public Cloud
9 12 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
10 11 (1.09%) Onboarding
11 10 (0.99%) Blockchain
11 10 (0.99%) IoT
11 10 (0.99%) Private Cloud
12 9 (0.89%) Blackberry
12 9 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 37 (3.67%) Linux
2 28 (2.78%) Windows
3 9 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (0.79%) CentOS
5 7 (0.70%) Unix
6 5 (0.50%) Android
6 5 (0.50%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.50%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.30%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.099%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.099%) tvOS
8 1 (0.099%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (22.34%) Agile
2 141 (14.00%) Migration
3 112 (11.12%) DevOps
4 109 (10.82%) Problem-Solving
5 108 (10.72%) Roadmaps
6 92 (9.14%) TOGAF
7 91 (9.04%) Enterprise Architecture
8 87 (8.64%) Architectural Design
9 70 (6.95%) Stakeholder Management
10 66 (6.55%) Computer Science
10 66 (6.55%) Microservices
11 62 (6.16%) Project Delivery
12 58 (5.76%) Data Management
13 57 (5.66%) Translating Business Requirements
14 55 (5.46%) Architectural Patterns
15 51 (5.06%) Architecture Governance
15 51 (5.06%) Presales
16 48 (4.77%) ITIL
17 47 (4.67%) CI/CD
17 47 (4.67%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 74 (7.35%) Java
2 53 (5.26%) Python
3 48 (4.77%) JavaScript
4 42 (4.17%) SQL
5 22 (2.18%) TypeScript
6 21 (2.09%) PowerShell
7 17 (1.69%) C#
8 9 (0.89%) Scala
9 8 (0.79%) Shell Script
10 6 (0.60%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.50%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.30%) Ruby
13 2 (0.20%) Bash
13 2 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.20%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.20%) PHP
13 2 (0.20%) SOQL
13 2 (0.20%) U-SQL
14 1 (0.099%) Bicep
14 1 (0.099%) Perl
Qualifications
1 283 (28.10%) Security Cleared
2 187 (18.57%) SC Cleared
3 139 (13.80%) DV Cleared
4 98 (9.73%) Degree
5 28 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
6 25 (2.48%) TOGAF Certification
7 24 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (2.28%) AWS Certification
9 20 (1.99%) Master's Degree
10 15 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (1.19%) Azure Certification
11 12 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (1.09%) HND
13 10 (0.99%) CCNP
14 8 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 7 (0.70%) SAP Certification
16 5 (0.50%) JNCIA
17 3 (0.30%) CISSP
17 3 (0.30%) MBA
17 3 (0.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (2.88%) QA
2 16 (1.59%) Accessibility
2 16 (1.59%) GDPR
3 11 (1.09%) SLA
4 8 (0.79%) COBIT
4 8 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (0.79%) NCSC
5 7 (0.70%) Data Quality
5 7 (0.70%) NIST
6 6 (0.60%) ISO 22301
6 6 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 4 (0.40%) SEPA
8 3 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.30%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.30%) PMO
9 2 (0.20%) HL7
9 2 (0.20%) IFRS
9 2 (0.20%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.099%) GRC
10 1 (0.099%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 25 (2.48%) Active Directory
2 23 (2.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.69%) Docker
4 8 (0.79%) vSphere
5 6 (0.60%) IAG
6 5 (0.50%) ACF2
6 5 (0.50%) RACF
7 4 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.30%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 3 (0.30%) XenApp
8 3 (0.30%) XenDesktop
9 2 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.099%) HDFS
10 1 (0.099%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 26 (2.58%) Kubernetes
2 24 (2.38%) Ansible
3 23 (2.28%) Terraform
4 13 (1.29%) Puppet
5 9 (0.89%) Grafana
5 9 (0.89%) Kibana
6 8 (0.79%) logstash
6 8 (0.79%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.50%) vCenter Server
7 5 (0.50%) VxRail
8 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.30%) SCCM
8 3 (0.30%) SCOM
9 2 (0.20%) Ambari
9 2 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.20%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.20%) Oozie
9 2 (0.20%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.099%) Istio
Vendors
1 143 (14.20%) Microsoft
2 78 (7.75%) SAP
3 53 (5.26%) Oracle
4 46 (4.57%) VMware
5 39 (3.87%) Google
6 37 (3.67%) Salesforce
7 33 (3.28%) Cisco
8 30 (2.98%) IBM
9 24 (2.38%) Juniper
10 23 (2.28%) Nokia
10 23 (2.28%) ServiceNow
11 20 (1.99%) CyberArk
12 15 (1.49%) BeyondTrust
13 14 (1.39%) Dell
14 13 (1.29%) Databricks
15 12 (1.19%) Informatica
16 11 (1.09%) Adobe
16 11 (1.09%) Red Hat
16 11 (1.09%) Talend
17 9 (0.89%) Ericsson