Solutions Architect Contracts in Merseyside

Solution Architect
North West > Merseyside

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Merseyside is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 29 33
Rank change year-on-year +7 +4 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 10 22 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 4.41% 6.27% 3.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.63% 6.49% 3.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 19 6
10th Percentile - £655 £485
25th Percentile £563 £691 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £700 £558
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +25.56% -
75th Percentile £675 - £669
90th Percentile £678 - £700
North West median daily rate £625 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +18.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Merseyside

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Merseyside. 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 Merseyside with a recognized job title 216 339 342
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.15% 96.58% 94.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 251 241
10th Percentile £148 £248 £173
25th Percentile £231 £391 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £475 £440
Median % change year-on-year -17.11% +7.95% +18.92%
75th Percentile £484 £550 £538
90th Percentile £588 £675 £638
North West median daily rate £495 £500 £463
% change year-on-year -1.00% +8.11% +9.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 14 17
10th Percentile £14.10 £10.09 £9.23
25th Percentile £15.50 £10.26 £12.50
Median hourly rate £19.75 £16.19 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.03% +7.90% -9.09%
75th Percentile £34.32 £18.75 £18.75
90th Percentile £41.78 £23.75 £35.36
North West median hourly rate £26.39 £30.54 £20.31
% change year-on-year -13.59% +50.37% +12.83%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Merseyside

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in Merseyside

Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Architect in Merseyside

Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 25 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
Liverpool +3 6 £650 -7.14% 1
Solutions Architect
North West

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 25 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 Merseyside region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 4 (40.00%) PLM
1 4 (40.00%) Local Government
1 4 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (30.00%) Migration
2 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (30.00%) Windows
3 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (20.00%) Banking
3 2 (20.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (20.00%) Architectural Design
4 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (10.00%) DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) TOGAF
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) MCP
4 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (10.00%) CCNA
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (10.00%) Project Management

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

General
1 4 (40.00%) Local Government
2 2 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) PLM
1 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (30.00%) Migration
2 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (20.00%) Architectural Design
3 2 (20.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (10.00%) Project Management
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) CCNA
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (10.00%) MCP
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) EMC NetWorker