Solutions Architect Contracts

Solution Architect
UK

The median Solution Architect daily rate in the UK is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 71 85 66
Rank change year-on-year +14 -19 +24
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1,224 1,612 3,075
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.87% 2.80% 3.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.09% 2.95% 3.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 826 1,094 2,012
10th Percentile £490 £520 £510
25th Percentile £560 £585 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £738 £750 £725
90th Percentile £785 £825 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £650 £613
% change year-on-year - +6.12% +11.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 2
10th Percentile £56.00 £41.53 -
25th Percentile £86.00 £66.00 £56.50
Median hourly rate £90.00 £67.50 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +14.41% +6.79%
75th Percentile £92.37 £80.25 £61.50
90th Percentile £94.47 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £91.00 £76.00 £59.00
% change year-on-year +19.74% +28.81% +7.27%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 39,586 54,569 84,106
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.66% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,744 38,105 59,089
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.01%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,669 1,523 2,070
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.02 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in the UK

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in the UK

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in the UK

Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Architect in the UK

Solutions Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Solutions Architect over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Solutions Architect in the UK

Solutions Architect
Top 18 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 14 May 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
England +13 1,029 £650 -2.26% 352
UK excluding London +28 551 £650 - 201
London 0 488 £650 -3.70% 140
Work from Home +19 480 £650 - 183
North of England +52 149 £600 -4.00% 66
South East +1 142 £628 -0.40% 44
South West +31 133 £650 -2.69% 31
North West +75 100 £620 +3.33% 36
Midlands -4 61 £650 - 36
Yorkshire +6 45 £575 -11.54% 24
West Midlands +9 44 £670 +3.00% 17
East of England +27 38 £675 -0.37% 8
Scotland -1 37 £636 -2.23% 7
East Midlands -6 16 £551 -16.48% 19
Northern Ireland +11 7 £650 +18.18% 7
Wales +10 6 £650 +15.04% 3
North East +11 5 £600 +6.67% 6
Isle of Man - 3 - -

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 312 (25.49%) Azure
2 300 (24.51%) Security Cleared
3 287 (23.45%) Social Skills
4 286 (23.37%) Finance
5 273 (22.30%) Agile
6 253 (20.67%) AWS
7 201 (16.42%) SC Cleared
8 188 (15.36%) Migration
9 183 (14.95%) Microsoft
10 159 (12.99%) DevOps
11 140 (11.44%) Roadmaps
12 139 (11.36%) DV Cleared
13 129 (10.54%) Problem-Solving
14 126 (10.29%) Degree
15 124 (10.13%) Public Sector
15 124 (10.13%) GCP
16 112 (9.15%) Architectural Design
17 109 (8.91%) Stakeholder Management
18 108 (8.82%) Banking
19 107 (8.74%) TOGAF
19 107 (8.74%) Java
20 106 (8.66%) SAP
21 105 (8.58%) Analytical Skills
22 97 (7.92%) Enterprise Architecture
23 96 (7.84%) Microservices
24 89 (7.27%) Telecoms
25 86 (7.03%) Power Platform
26 85 (6.94%) Computer Science
27 80 (6.54%) Oracle
28 76 (6.21%) Translating Business Requirements

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 27 (2.21%) Apache
1 27 (2.21%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (2.04%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.72%) Apache Spark
4 11 (0.90%) ArcGIS
4 11 (0.90%) Confluence
5 10 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.74%) OpenStack
7 6 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.49%) CMS
8 4 (0.33%) SAS
9 3 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.25%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.082%) Drupal
11 1 (0.082%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.082%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (0.90%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.082%) CATIA
3 1 (0.082%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.082%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.082%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 54 (4.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 37 (3.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 21 (1.72%) Oracle EBS
4 19 (1.55%) Teamcenter
5 17 (1.39%) Oracle Assets
5 17 (1.39%) Oracle Payables
6 15 (1.23%) Oracle General Ledger
7 13 (1.06%) Oracle AGIS
8 10 (0.82%) Distributed Ledger
8 10 (0.82%) Oracle Receivables
9 9 (0.74%) SAP SD
10 8 (0.65%) SAP FI
11 7 (0.57%) Loan IQ
11 7 (0.57%) SAP CO
11 7 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
11 7 (0.57%) SAP MM
12 6 (0.49%) Oracle Cash Management
12 6 (0.49%) SAP HCM
13 5 (0.41%) SAP ERP
13 5 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 312 (25.49%) Azure
2 253 (20.67%) AWS
3 124 (10.13%) GCP
4 86 (7.03%) Power Platform
5 67 (5.47%) SaaS
6 60 (4.90%) Dynamics 365
7 49 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
8 47 (3.84%) PaaS
9 42 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
10 30 (2.45%) Cloud Computing
11 29 (2.37%) Snowflake
12 26 (2.12%) IaaS
13 25 (2.04%) dbt
14 24 (1.96%) Serverless
15 16 (1.31%) OCI
16 13 (1.06%) Boomi
16 13 (1.06%) PowerApps
17 12 (0.98%) Amazon S3
17 12 (0.98%) Entra ID
17 12 (0.98%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.19%) VoIP
2 25 (2.04%) PBX
3 20 (1.63%) WAN
4 15 (1.23%) DNS
5 14 (1.14%) SDH
6 13 (1.06%) CTI
7 11 (0.90%) Internet
8 10 (0.82%) Firewall
9 9 (0.74%) ATM
9 9 (0.74%) DHCP
10 7 (0.57%) SAN
11 6 (0.49%) LAN
11 6 (0.49%) MPLS
12 5 (0.41%) VSAN
13 4 (0.33%) Intranet
13 4 (0.33%) Junos
13 4 (0.33%) Reverse Proxy
14 3 (0.25%) MQTT
14 3 (0.25%) NetScaler
14 3 (0.25%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (5.23%) Data Lake
2 42 (3.43%) Big Data
3 33 (2.70%) Amazon Athena
4 30 (2.45%) Power BI
5 27 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
6 25 (2.04%) Apache Arrow
6 25 (2.04%) Dremio
7 24 (1.96%) Apache Ignite
8 23 (1.88%) SQL Server
9 21 (1.72%) Oracle Database
10 13 (1.06%) GIS
10 13 (1.06%) Tableau
11 12 (0.98%) Relational Database
12 11 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
12 11 (0.90%) NoSQL
13 10 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (0.82%) Apache Hive
13 10 (0.82%) Hadoop
14 9 (0.74%) BigQuery
14 9 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (1.96%) Jenkins
2 23 (1.88%) Rational DOORS
3 21 (1.72%) JIRA
4 9 (0.74%) Git
5 2 (0.16%) GitLab
5 2 (0.16%) Liquibase
5 2 (0.16%) webpack
6 1 (0.082%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.082%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.082%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.082%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.082%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 287 (23.45%) Social Skills
2 286 (23.37%) Finance
3 124 (10.13%) Public Sector
4 108 (8.82%) Banking
5 105 (8.58%) Analytical Skills
6 89 (7.27%) Telecoms
7 61 (4.98%) Retail
8 47 (3.84%) Presentation Skills
9 42 (3.43%) Manufacturing
10 38 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 34 (2.78%) Investment Banking
12 27 (2.21%) Marketing
13 25 (2.04%) Front Office
13 25 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
14 20 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
15 17 (1.39%) Financial Institution
16 14 (1.14%) Electronics
16 14 (1.14%) General Ledger
16 14 (1.14%) Local Government
17 12 (0.98%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.43%) Middleware
2 37 (3.02%) .NET
3 25 (2.04%) gRPC
3 25 (2.04%) Protocol Buffers
3 25 (2.04%) SailPoint
4 24 (1.96%) NumPy
4 24 (1.96%) Pandas
4 24 (1.96%) SciPy
5 23 (1.88%) Web Services
6 18 (1.47%) React
7 17 (1.39%) REST
7 17 (1.39%) SOAP
8 15 (1.23%) HTML
8 15 (1.23%) Kafka
9 14 (1.14%) XML
10 12 (0.98%) .NET Framework
11 11 (0.90%) Node.js
11 11 (0.90%) RESTful
11 11 (0.90%) SAML
12 8 (0.65%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 38 (3.10%) Product Ownership
2 31 (2.53%) Data Protection Act
3 28 (2.29%) Derivative
4 27 (2.21%) Data Centre
5 26 (2.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 25 (2.04%) Equities
6 25 (2.04%) Fixed Income
6 25 (2.04%) Hedge funds
7 21 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
7 21 (1.72%) Mainframe
8 20 (1.63%) Management Information System
9 19 (1.55%) Mobile App
10 17 (1.39%) Public Cloud
11 16 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.14%) Cloud Native
12 14 (1.14%) IVR
13 12 (0.98%) Blockchain
13 12 (0.98%) IoT
13 12 (0.98%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 12 (0.98%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.70%) Linux
2 26 (2.12%) Windows
3 9 (0.74%) Unix
4 8 (0.65%) Android
4 8 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (0.57%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.57%) CentOS
6 5 (0.41%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.25%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.082%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.082%) tvOS
8 1 (0.082%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (22.30%) Agile
2 188 (15.36%) Migration
3 159 (12.99%) DevOps
4 140 (11.44%) Roadmaps
5 129 (10.54%) Problem-Solving
6 112 (9.15%) Architectural Design
7 109 (8.91%) Stakeholder Management
8 107 (8.74%) TOGAF
9 97 (7.92%) Enterprise Architecture
10 96 (7.84%) Microservices
11 85 (6.94%) Computer Science
12 76 (6.21%) Translating Business Requirements
13 74 (6.05%) Project Delivery
14 71 (5.80%) Analytics
15 66 (5.39%) CI/CD
16 64 (5.23%) Architectural Patterns
16 64 (5.23%) Data Management
17 62 (5.07%) Containerisation
18 58 (4.74%) Architecture Governance
19 57 (4.66%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 107 (8.74%) Java
2 70 (5.72%) Python
3 60 (4.90%) SQL
4 56 (4.58%) JavaScript
5 33 (2.70%) TypeScript
6 24 (1.96%) PowerShell
7 23 (1.88%) C#
8 12 (0.98%) PL/SQL
9 9 (0.74%) Scala
10 8 (0.65%) Shell Script
11 7 (0.57%) C
12 6 (0.49%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.25%) Bash
13 3 (0.25%) C++
13 3 (0.25%) Ruby
14 2 (0.16%) Bicep
14 2 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.16%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.16%) PHP
14 2 (0.16%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 300 (24.51%) Security Cleared
2 201 (16.42%) SC Cleared
3 139 (11.36%) DV Cleared
4 126 (10.29%) Degree
5 42 (3.43%) BPSS Clearance
6 41 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (3.10%) Master's Degree
8 33 (2.70%) AWS Certification
9 30 (2.45%) Azure Certification
10 27 (2.21%) TOGAF Certification
11 25 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (1.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 15 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
13 12 (0.98%) CCNP
14 11 (0.90%) HND
15 8 (0.65%) SAP Certification
16 5 (0.41%) CISSP
17 4 (0.33%) JNCIA
18 3 (0.25%) PhD
18 3 (0.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (2.37%) GDPR
2 27 (2.21%) QA
3 15 (1.23%) Accessibility
4 11 (0.90%) GAAP
4 11 (0.90%) HIPAA
4 11 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (0.90%) NIST
4 11 (0.90%) PCI DSS
4 11 (0.90%) SLA
5 9 (0.74%) Data Quality
6 8 (0.65%) COBIT
6 8 (0.65%) SOC 2
7 7 (0.57%) NCSC
8 6 (0.49%) ISO 22301
8 6 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 4 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.33%) PMO
10 3 (0.25%) SEPA
11 2 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.16%) IFRS
System Software
1 34 (2.78%) Active Directory
2 23 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (1.31%) Docker
4 10 (0.82%) vSphere
5 7 (0.57%) ACF2
5 7 (0.57%) IAG
5 7 (0.57%) RACF
6 4 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.25%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 3 (0.25%) XenApp
7 3 (0.25%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.082%) HDFS
8 1 (0.082%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.082%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 35 (2.86%) Terraform
2 24 (1.96%) Kubernetes
3 22 (1.80%) Ansible
4 12 (0.98%) Puppet
5 8 (0.65%) Grafana
5 8 (0.65%) Kibana
5 8 (0.65%) VxRail
6 7 (0.57%) logstash
6 7 (0.57%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.57%) vCenter Server
7 5 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.25%) SCCM
8 3 (0.25%) SCOM
9 2 (0.16%) Ambari
9 2 (0.16%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.16%) Oozie
9 2 (0.16%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.082%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.082%) Istio
10 1 (0.082%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 183 (14.95%) Microsoft
2 106 (8.66%) SAP
3 80 (6.54%) Oracle
4 59 (4.82%) Google
5 47 (3.84%) VMware
6 46 (3.76%) Cisco
7 43 (3.51%) Salesforce
8 32 (2.61%) ServiceNow
9 31 (2.53%) IBM
10 30 (2.45%) CyberArk
11 24 (1.96%) BeyondTrust
12 23 (1.88%) Juniper
13 22 (1.80%) Nokia
14 20 (1.63%) Avaya
15 17 (1.39%) Dell
16 15 (1.23%) Ariba
16 15 (1.23%) Databricks
17 13 (1.06%) Genesys
18 11 (0.90%) Informatica
18 11 (0.90%) Talend