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 26 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
26 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 89 69
Rank change year-on-year +16 -20 +22
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,021 1,416 2,419
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.75% 2.79% 3.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.96% 2.95% 3.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 703 961 1,607
10th Percentile £492 £525 £500
25th Percentile £561 £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 £646 £663 £625
% change year-on-year -2.49% +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 34,467 47,939 67,846
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.60% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,885 33,999 48,181
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £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 2,421 1,437 1,912
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.62
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.35 £62.24
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 +4 489 £650 -3.70% 123
South East +7 148 £625 -3.85% 43
South West +38 140 £650 -2.69% 21
North of England +15 121 £625 -3.85% 53
North West +29 84 £625 -3.85% 33
Midlands +4 68 £650 - 23
West Midlands +16 46 £650 +4.00% 14
East of England +22 36 £675 -3.57% 9
Yorkshire -8 32 £650 -1.89% 15
East Midlands +4 21 £569 -15.74% 9
North East +21 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 26 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.

1 285 (27.91%) Security Cleared
2 242 (23.70%) Social Skills
3 240 (23.51%) Azure
4 225 (22.04%) Agile
5 223 (21.84%) Finance
6 191 (18.71%) AWS
7 189 (18.51%) SC Cleared
8 144 (14.10%) Microsoft
9 142 (13.91%) Migration
10 139 (13.61%) DV Cleared
11 113 (11.07%) Problem-Solving
12 112 (10.97%) DevOps
13 111 (10.87%) Roadmaps
14 98 (9.60%) Degree
15 96 (9.40%) TOGAF
16 92 (9.01%) Public Sector
17 91 (8.91%) Architectural Design
17 91 (8.91%) Enterprise Architecture
18 89 (8.72%) Banking
19 86 (8.42%) GCP
20 80 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
21 78 (7.64%) SAP
22 75 (7.35%) Telecoms
23 74 (7.25%) Java
24 72 (7.05%) Power Platform
25 70 (6.86%) Stakeholder Management
26 66 (6.46%) Computer Science
26 66 (6.46%) Microservices
27 63 (6.17%) SaaS
28 62 (6.07%) 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 (2.35%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.06%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (1.96%) Apache
4 14 (1.37%) Apache Spark
4 14 (1.37%) Confluence
5 10 (0.98%) OpenStack
6 8 (0.78%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 8 (0.78%) CMS
6 8 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.69%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.29%) SAS
8 3 (0.29%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.098%) Drupal
10 1 (0.098%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.098%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.20%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.098%) CATIA
2 1 (0.098%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 41 (4.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 31 (3.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (1.27%) Loan IQ
4 12 (1.18%) Teamcenter
5 10 (0.98%) Distributed Ledger
5 10 (0.98%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.69%) SAP SD
7 6 (0.59%) Adobe Campaign
7 6 (0.59%) SAP MM
8 5 (0.49%) SAP BPC
8 5 (0.49%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.49%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 4 (0.39%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 4 (0.39%) Primavera
9 4 (0.39%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.39%) SAP HCM
10 2 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
10 2 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 240 (23.51%) Azure
2 191 (18.71%) AWS
3 86 (8.42%) GCP
4 72 (7.05%) Power Platform
5 63 (6.17%) SaaS
6 49 (4.80%) Dynamics 365
7 41 (4.02%) PaaS
8 40 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
9 32 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
10 22 (2.15%) Snowflake
11 21 (2.06%) IaaS
12 19 (1.86%) dbt
13 15 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
13 15 (1.47%) Serverless
14 13 (1.27%) Boomi
14 13 (1.27%) OCI
15 11 (1.08%) GitHub
15 11 (1.08%) PowerApps
16 9 (0.88%) Entra ID
16 9 (0.88%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.35%) VoIP
2 23 (2.25%) PBX
3 19 (1.86%) WAN
4 15 (1.47%) DNS
5 14 (1.37%) SDH
6 12 (1.18%) Internet
7 10 (0.98%) DHCP
8 8 (0.78%) Firewall
9 7 (0.69%) SAN
10 6 (0.59%) Intranet
11 5 (0.49%) Junos
11 5 (0.49%) LAN
11 5 (0.49%) MPLS
12 4 (0.39%) ATM
13 3 (0.29%) MQTT
13 3 (0.29%) NetScaler
13 3 (0.29%) Reverse Proxy
13 3 (0.29%) VSAN
14 2 (0.20%) Network Security
14 2 (0.20%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (4.60%) Data Lake
2 34 (3.33%) Big Data
3 26 (2.55%) Power BI
4 21 (2.06%) Amazon Athena
4 21 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (1.86%) Apache Arrow
5 19 (1.86%) Dremio
6 18 (1.76%) Apache Ignite
7 13 (1.27%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.27%) SQL Server
8 12 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
8 12 (1.18%) Oracle Database
9 10 (0.98%) Apache Hive
9 10 (0.98%) GIS
9 10 (0.98%) NoSQL
9 10 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (0.78%) Impala
10 8 (0.78%) Tableau
11 7 (0.69%) MongoDB
11 7 (0.69%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 23 (2.25%) Rational DOORS
2 20 (1.96%) Jenkins
3 18 (1.76%) JIRA
4 3 (0.29%) Git
5 2 (0.20%) GitLab
5 2 (0.20%) Liquibase
5 2 (0.20%) webpack
6 1 (0.098%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.098%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.098%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.098%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.098%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 242 (23.70%) Social Skills
2 223 (21.84%) Finance
3 92 (9.01%) Public Sector
4 89 (8.72%) Banking
5 80 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
6 75 (7.35%) Telecoms
7 47 (4.60%) Retail
8 39 (3.82%) Presentation Skills
9 36 (3.53%) Manufacturing
10 31 (3.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 26 (2.55%) Marketing
12 25 (2.45%) Investment Banking
13 24 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
14 23 (2.25%) Financial Institution
15 19 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
15 19 (1.86%) Front Office
16 15 (1.47%) Electronics
17 14 (1.37%) Local Government
18 11 (1.08%) Aerospace
19 9 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.74%) Middleware
2 25 (2.45%) .NET
3 19 (1.86%) gRPC
3 19 (1.86%) Protocol Buffers
4 18 (1.76%) NumPy
4 18 (1.76%) Pandas
4 18 (1.76%) SciPy
5 17 (1.67%) REST
5 17 (1.67%) SailPoint
6 15 (1.47%) HTML
7 14 (1.37%) XML
8 13 (1.27%) SOAP
9 11 (1.08%) SAML
9 11 (1.08%) Web Services
10 10 (0.98%) .NET Framework
10 10 (0.98%) RESTful
11 8 (0.78%) Elastic Stack
11 8 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
11 8 (0.78%) PySpark
12 7 (0.69%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 33 (3.23%) Product Ownership
2 26 (2.55%) Data Centre
3 25 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
4 20 (1.96%) Derivative
4 20 (1.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 19 (1.86%) Equities
5 19 (1.86%) Fixed Income
5 19 (1.86%) Hedge funds
5 19 (1.86%) Mobile App
6 17 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (1.47%) Cloud Native
8 13 (1.27%) Mainframe
9 12 (1.18%) Public Cloud
9 12 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
10 11 (1.08%) Onboarding
11 10 (0.98%) Blockchain
11 10 (0.98%) IoT
11 10 (0.98%) Private Cloud
12 9 (0.88%) Blackberry
12 9 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 37 (3.62%) Linux
2 28 (2.74%) Windows
3 9 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (0.78%) CentOS
5 7 (0.69%) Unix
6 5 (0.49%) Android
6 5 (0.49%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.49%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.29%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.098%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.098%) tvOS
8 1 (0.098%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (22.04%) Agile
2 142 (13.91%) Migration
3 113 (11.07%) Problem-Solving
4 112 (10.97%) DevOps
5 111 (10.87%) Roadmaps
6 96 (9.40%) TOGAF
7 91 (8.91%) Architectural Design
7 91 (8.91%) Enterprise Architecture
8 70 (6.86%) Stakeholder Management
9 66 (6.46%) Computer Science
9 66 (6.46%) Microservices
10 62 (6.07%) Project Delivery
11 58 (5.68%) Data Management
12 57 (5.58%) Translating Business Requirements
13 55 (5.39%) Architectural Patterns
14 54 (5.29%) Presales
15 51 (5.00%) Architecture Governance
16 50 (4.90%) ITIL
17 48 (4.70%) IT Strategy
18 47 (4.60%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 74 (7.25%) Java
2 53 (5.19%) Python
3 48 (4.70%) JavaScript
4 42 (4.11%) SQL
5 22 (2.15%) TypeScript
6 21 (2.06%) PowerShell
7 17 (1.67%) C#
8 9 (0.88%) Scala
9 8 (0.78%) Shell Script
10 6 (0.59%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.49%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.29%) 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 (0.098%) Bicep
14 1 (0.098%) Perl
Qualifications
1 285 (27.91%) Security Cleared
2 189 (18.51%) SC Cleared
3 139 (13.61%) DV Cleared
4 98 (9.60%) Degree
5 29 (2.84%) TOGAF Certification
6 28 (2.74%) AWS Certification
6 28 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 24 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (1.96%) Master's Degree
9 15 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (1.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 12 (1.18%) Azure Certification
10 12 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
11 11 (1.08%) HND
12 10 (0.98%) CCNP
13 7 (0.69%) SAP Certification
14 5 (0.49%) JNCIA
15 4 (0.39%) CISSP
16 3 (0.29%) MCSE
16 3 (0.29%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (2.84%) QA
2 16 (1.57%) Accessibility
2 16 (1.57%) GDPR
3 11 (1.08%) SLA
4 8 (0.78%) COBIT
4 8 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (0.78%) NCSC
5 7 (0.69%) Data Quality
5 7 (0.69%) NIST
6 6 (0.59%) ISO 22301
6 6 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 5 (0.49%) SEPA
8 3 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.29%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.29%) PMO
9 2 (0.20%) HL7
9 2 (0.20%) IFRS
9 2 (0.20%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.098%) DICOM
10 1 (0.098%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 25 (2.45%) Active Directory
2 23 (2.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.67%) Docker
4 8 (0.78%) vSphere
5 6 (0.59%) IAG
6 5 (0.49%) ACF2
6 5 (0.49%) RACF
7 4 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 3 (0.29%) XenApp
8 3 (0.29%) XenDesktop
9 2 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.098%) HDFS
10 1 (0.098%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 27 (2.64%) Kubernetes
2 24 (2.35%) Ansible
2 24 (2.35%) Terraform
3 13 (1.27%) Puppet
4 10 (0.98%) Grafana
5 9 (0.88%) Kibana
5 9 (0.88%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.78%) logstash
6 8 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.49%) vCenter Server
7 5 (0.49%) VxRail
8 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.29%) SCCM
8 3 (0.29%) 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 (0.098%) Istio
Vendors
1 144 (14.10%) Microsoft
2 78 (7.64%) SAP
3 53 (5.19%) Oracle
4 46 (4.51%) VMware
5 41 (4.02%) Salesforce
6 39 (3.82%) Google
7 33 (3.23%) Cisco
8 30 (2.94%) IBM
9 26 (2.55%) ServiceNow
10 24 (2.35%) Juniper
11 23 (2.25%) Nokia
12 20 (1.96%) CyberArk
13 15 (1.47%) BeyondTrust
14 14 (1.37%) Databricks
14 14 (1.37%) Dell
15 12 (1.18%) Informatica
16 11 (1.08%) Adobe
16 11 (1.08%) Red Hat
16 11 (1.08%) Talend
17 9 (0.88%) Avaya
348 Solutions Architect jobs Nationwide