Solutions Architect Contracts in Hampshire

Solution Architect
South East > Hampshire

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Hampshire is £725 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 67 49
Rank change year-on-year +15 -18 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 48 38 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 3.01% 2.71% 3.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.34% 2.87% 4.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 27 56
10th Percentile £515 £529 £463
25th Percentile £572 £546 £535
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% - +9.89%
75th Percentile £738 £771 £728
90th Percentile - £818 £738
South East median daily rate £625 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £90.20 - -
25th Percentile £90.50 £76.75 -
Median hourly rate £91.00 £78.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +15.92% - -
75th Percentile £91.50 £80.25 -
90th Percentile £91.80 - -
South East median hourly rate £92.00 £78.50 £59.00
% change year-on-year +17.20% +33.05% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,437 1,322 1,995
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.98% 94.16% 94.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 816 863 1,203
10th Percentile £363 £231 £250
25th Percentile £450 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% +11.01%
75th Percentile £675 £619 £600
90th Percentile £738 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 106 163
10th Percentile £13.40 £18.25 £13.50
25th Percentile £33.75 £22.51 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £52.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.24% +138.64% -22.81%
75th Percentile £62.50 £67.50 £44.48
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £62.15
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Hampshire

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in Hampshire

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Hampshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in Hampshire

Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Architect in Hampshire

Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 28 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
Basingstoke +6 23 £725 +61.11%
Portsmouth +4 16 £540 -5.17% 2
Southampton +3 3 £650 - 1
Farnborough - 2 £646 - 2
Fareham +18 1 - - 1
Havant +2 1 £683 +13.75%
Solutions Architect
South East

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 Hampshire region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 42 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 30 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (60.42%) Social Skills
4 25 (52.08%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (50.00%) DV Cleared
5 24 (50.00%) Java
5 24 (50.00%) Product Ownership
6 23 (47.92%) GAP Analysis
6 23 (47.92%) Translating Business Requirements
7 16 (33.33%) SC Cleared
8 9 (18.75%) Agile
9 7 (14.58%) ArchiMate
9 7 (14.58%) Power Platform
10 6 (12.50%) Software Architecture
10 6 (12.50%) SharePoint
11 5 (10.42%) Project Management
11 5 (10.42%) Business Analysis
11 5 (10.42%) QA
11 5 (10.42%) Confluence
11 5 (10.42%) GitHub
11 5 (10.42%) Technical Leadership
11 5 (10.42%) Community of Practice
11 5 (10.42%) Product Backlog
12 4 (8.33%) AWS
12 4 (8.33%) Microsoft
13 3 (6.25%) Configuration Management
13 3 (6.25%) Scrum
13 3 (6.25%) Azure
13 3 (6.25%) Foundry
13 3 (6.25%) Kubernetes

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 6 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 5 (10.42%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 7 (14.58%) Power Platform
2 5 (10.42%) GitHub
3 4 (8.33%) AWS
4 3 (6.25%) Azure
5 1 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.08%) OCI
5 1 (2.08%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.08%) SDH
1 1 (2.08%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Rational DOORS
General
1 29 (60.42%) Social Skills
2 25 (52.08%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.08%) Aeronautics
3 1 (2.08%) Aerospace
3 1 (2.08%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 24 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (6.25%) Operational Technology
3 2 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.08%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (47.92%) GAP Analysis
2 23 (47.92%) Translating Business Requirements
3 9 (18.75%) Agile
4 7 (14.58%) ArchiMate
5 6 (12.50%) Software Architecture
6 5 (10.42%) Business Analysis
6 5 (10.42%) Community of Practice
6 5 (10.42%) Product Backlog
6 5 (10.42%) Project Management
6 5 (10.42%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (6.25%) Analytics
7 3 (6.25%) Configuration Management
7 3 (6.25%) Containerisation
7 3 (6.25%) Decision-Making
7 3 (6.25%) DevOps
7 3 (6.25%) Roadmaps
7 3 (6.25%) Scrum
7 3 (6.25%) Synthetic Environment
7 3 (6.25%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 24 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 42 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 24 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 16 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (4.17%) Degree
4 2 (4.17%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.42%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (6.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.25%) Foundry
2 3 (6.25%) Palantir
3 2 (4.17%) Dell
4 1 (2.08%) Cisco
4 1 (2.08%) IBM
4 1 (2.08%) Juniper
4 1 (2.08%) Nokia
4 1 (2.08%) Okta
4 1 (2.08%) Oracle
4 1 (2.08%) VMware