Solutions Architect Contracts in Portsmouth

Solution Architect
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Portsmouth is £533 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 30 37 22
Rank change year-on-year +7 -15 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 15 3 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth 5.19% 1.30% 6.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.62% 1.37% 7.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 2
10th Percentile £486 - £501
25th Percentile £493 £529 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £569 £557
Median % change year-on-year -6.49% +2.24% -7.18%
75th Percentile £560 £630 £600
90th Percentile £603 £642 £623
Hampshire median daily rate £725 £625 £625
% change year-on-year +16.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £90.60 - -
25th Percentile £91.50 - -
Median hourly rate £92.19 - -
75th Percentile £92.37 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £92.19 £78.50 -
% change year-on-year +17.43% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Portsmouth

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth. 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 Portsmouth with a recognized job title 267 219 250
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 95.22% 96.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 137 95
10th Percentile £400 £203 £165
25th Percentile £450 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £573 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +14.50% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £570 £581
90th Percentile £850 £630 £638
Hampshire median daily rate £575 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 18 55
10th Percentile £51.06 £39.44 £17.75
25th Percentile £53.40 £51.63 £20.00
Median hourly rate £59.44 £60.00 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.93% +51.90% -12.22%
75th Percentile £67.02 £69.38 £55.77
90th Percentile £78.43 £72.39 £65.52
Hampshire median hourly rate £57.35 £51.25 £21.50
% change year-on-year +11.90% +138.37% -29.97%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Portsmouth

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in Portsmouth

Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Architect in Portsmouth

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

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 Portsmouth region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 11 (73.33%) SC Cleared
1 11 (73.33%) Security Cleared
2 8 (53.33%) Software Architecture
3 6 (40.00%) Power Platform
4 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (33.33%) Synthetic Environment
4 5 (33.33%) Agile
4 5 (33.33%) Configuration Management
5 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
5 4 (26.67%) Business Development
5 4 (26.67%) Degree
5 4 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (26.67%) Line Management
5 4 (26.67%) Prototyping
5 4 (26.67%) Master's Degree
5 4 (26.67%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (26.67%) Roadmaps
5 4 (26.67%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
6 3 (20.00%) AWS
6 3 (20.00%) DV Cleared
6 3 (20.00%) Management Information System
6 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
7 2 (13.33%) Confluence
7 2 (13.33%) Azure
7 2 (13.33%) GitHub
7 2 (13.33%) ArchiMate
7 2 (13.33%) Analytics
7 2 (13.33%) Palantir
7 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (13.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 6 (40.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (20.00%) AWS
3 2 (13.33%) Azure
3 2 (13.33%) GitHub
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (6.67%) PowerApps
General
1 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (13.33%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Software Architecture
2 5 (33.33%) Agile
2 5 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (33.33%) Synthetic Environment
3 4 (26.67%) Business Development
3 4 (26.67%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (26.67%) Line Management
3 4 (26.67%) Prototyping
3 4 (26.67%) Roadmaps
4 2 (13.33%) Analytics
4 2 (13.33%) ArchiMate
4 2 (13.33%) Community of Practice
4 2 (13.33%) Containerisation
4 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
4 2 (13.33%) Product Backlog
4 2 (13.33%) Zero Trust
5 1 (6.67%) RBAC
Qualifications
1 11 (73.33%) SC Cleared
1 11 (73.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (26.67%) Degree
2 4 (26.67%) Master's Degree
3 3 (20.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Foundry
2 2 (13.33%) Palantir
3 1 (6.67%) Okta
3 1 (6.67%) VMware