Solutions Architect Contracts in Manchester

Solution Architect
North West > Manchester

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Manchester is £615 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 79 83
Rank change year-on-year +44 +4 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 59 33 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 4.07% 1.82% 2.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.25% 1.89% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 22 46
10th Percentile £500 £514 £475
25th Percentile £525 £541 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £600 £613
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -2.04% +22.50%
75th Percentile £688 £694 £675
90th Percentile £713 £725 £756
North West median daily rate £620 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +3.33% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £66.00 -
North West median hourly rate - £66.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,389 1,745 2,537
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.73% 96.30% 97.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 964 1,295 1,978
10th Percentile £313 £313 £226
25th Percentile £400 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +12.94%
75th Percentile £585 £590 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £660
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +13.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 46 68
10th Percentile £12.05 £15.19 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.31 £17.92 £13.83
Median hourly rate £27.00 £31.35 £18.06
Median % change year-on-year -13.88% +73.61% +11.26%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.94 £33.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £27.00 £32.88 £24.75
% change year-on-year -17.88% +32.84% +36.63%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Manchester

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in Manchester

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Manchester over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in Manchester

Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Architect in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 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 Manchester region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 20 (33.90%) Migration
1 20 (33.90%) Agile
2 19 (32.20%) Azure
3 14 (23.73%) DevOps
4 13 (22.03%) Data Management
4 13 (22.03%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (20.34%) Degree
5 12 (20.34%) Microsoft
6 11 (18.64%) Architecture Governance
6 11 (18.64%) Public Sector
6 11 (18.64%) Project Delivery
7 9 (15.25%) Social Skills
7 9 (15.25%) Architectural Design
7 9 (15.25%) Architectural Patterns
7 9 (15.25%) Computer Science
7 9 (15.25%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (15.25%) Service Design
8 8 (13.56%) Security Cleared
8 8 (13.56%) Power Platform
9 7 (11.86%) Technology Strategy
9 7 (11.86%) IT Strategy
9 7 (11.86%) SC Cleared
10 6 (10.17%) Data Privacy
10 6 (10.17%) Enterprise Architecture
10 6 (10.17%) Finance
11 5 (8.47%) TOGAF
11 5 (8.47%) SaaS
11 5 (8.47%) PaaS
11 5 (8.47%) Accessibility
11 5 (8.47%) Technical Debt

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 4 (6.78%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.39%) ArcGIS
3 1 (1.69%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 3 (5.08%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (32.20%) Azure
2 13 (22.03%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (15.25%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (13.56%) Power Platform
5 5 (8.47%) PaaS
5 5 (8.47%) PowerApps
5 5 (8.47%) SaaS
6 4 (6.78%) AWS
6 4 (6.78%) IaaS
7 2 (3.39%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (3.39%) Amazon ECR
7 2 (3.39%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (3.39%) Amazon S3
7 2 (3.39%) Amazon SQS
7 2 (3.39%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (3.39%) Power Automate
7 2 (3.39%) Route 53
7 2 (3.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.69%) Internet
1 1 (1.69%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.78%) Power BI
2 3 (5.08%) GIS
3 2 (3.39%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (1.69%) Big Data
4 1 (1.69%) BigQuery
4 1 (1.69%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.69%) InterSystems Cache
4 1 (1.69%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.69%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.69%) Redis
4 1 (1.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.39%) GitLab
1 2 (3.39%) webpack
General
1 11 (18.64%) Public Sector
2 9 (15.25%) Social Skills
3 6 (10.17%) Finance
4 3 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.39%) Banking
6 1 (1.69%) Corporate Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.08%) Middleware
1 3 (5.08%) Node.js
2 2 (3.39%) Express.js
2 2 (3.39%) React
2 2 (3.39%) Redux
3 1 (1.69%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.78%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (5.08%) NHS
3 1 (1.69%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.08%) Linux
1 3 (5.08%) Unix
1 3 (5.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (33.90%) Agile
1 20 (33.90%) Migration
2 14 (23.73%) DevOps
3 13 (22.03%) Data Management
4 11 (18.64%) Architecture Governance
4 11 (18.64%) Project Delivery
5 9 (15.25%) Architectural Design
5 9 (15.25%) Architectural Patterns
5 9 (15.25%) Computer Science
5 9 (15.25%) Service Design
6 7 (11.86%) IT Strategy
6 7 (11.86%) Technology Strategy
7 6 (10.17%) Data Privacy
7 6 (10.17%) Enterprise Architecture
8 5 (8.47%) Budgeting
8 5 (8.47%) Business Strategy
8 5 (8.47%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (8.47%) Technical Debt
8 5 (8.47%) TOGAF
9 4 (6.78%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.08%) PowerShell
1 3 (5.08%) SQL
2 2 (3.39%) Java
2 2 (3.39%) Python
3 1 (1.69%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (20.34%) Degree
2 8 (13.56%) Security Cleared
3 7 (11.86%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.08%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.69%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.47%) Accessibility
2 3 (5.08%) Data Quality
2 3 (5.08%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.69%) Docker
1 1 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (3.39%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (20.34%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.08%) Oracle
3 2 (3.39%) Mapbox
4 1 (1.69%) Databricks
4 1 (1.69%) Mitel
4 1 (1.69%) SAP
4 1 (1.69%) Sophos