Solutions Architect Contracts in the West Midlands

Solution Architect
England > West Midlands

The median Solution Architect daily rate in the West Midlands is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 80 56
Rank change year-on-year +17 -24 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 46 60 139
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.39% 2.52% 3.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.62% 2.65% 4.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 31 111
10th Percentile £600 £588 £438
25th Percentile £613 £613 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 £630
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -0.79% +14.55%
75th Percentile £741 £681 £700
90th Percentile £825 £700 £800
England median daily rate £650 £675 £625
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% +8.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,758 2,260 3,434
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.32% 94.96% 96.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,183 1,555 2,513
10th Percentile £259 £250 £213
25th Percentile £363 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 66 83
10th Percentile £12.01 £12.50 £12.38
25th Percentile £15.00 £15.02 £14.16
Median hourly rate £22.25 £19.50 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year +14.10% +12.85% +9.71%
75th Percentile £42.31 £26.82 £20.00
90th Percentile £55.88 £55.63 £23.45
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in the West Midlands

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in the West Midlands

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in the West Midlands

Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Architect in the West Midlands

Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 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
Birmingham +8 24 £650 +4.00% 9
Coventry +20 8 £650 +23.81%
Warwickshire -1 5 £800 +28.00% 2
Solihull -14 1 - - 1
Shropshire - 1 - -
Solutions Architect
England

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 27 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 West Midlands region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 19 (41.30%) Azure
2 12 (26.09%) Agile
3 11 (23.91%) Finance
4 8 (17.39%) Microsoft
4 8 (17.39%) AWS
5 7 (15.22%) Social Skills
6 6 (13.04%) SC Cleared
6 6 (13.04%) Security Cleared
6 6 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (13.04%) Enterprise Architecture
7 5 (10.87%) Salesforce
7 5 (10.87%) Active Directory
7 5 (10.87%) CRM
7 5 (10.87%) Dynamics CRM
7 5 (10.87%) Roadmaps
8 4 (8.70%) Wireframes
8 4 (8.70%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (8.70%) Power Platform
8 4 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (8.70%) Impact Assessments
8 4 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (8.70%) User Stories
9 3 (6.52%) NetScaler
9 3 (6.52%) XenApp
9 3 (6.52%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 3 (6.52%) XenDesktop
9 3 (6.52%) Data Integration
9 3 (6.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (6.52%) VMware Infrastructure
9 3 (6.52%) PowerShell

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (10.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (4.35%) NetSuite
3 1 (2.17%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
3 1 (2.17%) RMDS
3 1 (2.17%) SAP EWM
3 1 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 19 (41.30%) Azure
2 8 (17.39%) AWS
3 6 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (8.70%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (8.70%) Power Platform
5 3 (6.52%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (6.52%) Boomi
5 3 (6.52%) GCP
6 1 (2.17%) IaaS
6 1 (2.17%) OCI
6 1 (2.17%) PaaS
6 1 (2.17%) SaaS
6 1 (2.17%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (2.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.52%) DNS
1 3 (6.52%) NetScaler
2 2 (4.35%) SAN
2 2 (4.35%) WAN
3 1 (2.17%) IPsec
3 1 (2.17%) Kerberos
3 1 (2.17%) SDH
3 1 (2.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.17%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.17%) Rational DOORS
General
1 11 (23.91%) Finance
2 7 (15.22%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (4.35%) Banking
4 2 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (4.35%) Local Government
4 2 (4.35%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.35%) Retail
5 1 (2.17%) Aeronautics
5 1 (2.17%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.17%) Law
5 1 (2.17%) Marketing
5 1 (2.17%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.35%) HTML
1 2 (4.35%) OAuth
1 2 (4.35%) React Native
1 2 (4.35%) SAML
1 2 (4.35%) Visualforce
1 2 (4.35%) XML
2 1 (2.17%) .NET
2 1 (2.17%) .NET Core
2 1 (2.17%) Node.js
2 1 (2.17%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.52%) Fat Client
1 3 (6.52%) Public Cloud
1 3 (6.52%) Thin Client
2 2 (4.35%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.17%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.17%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (2.17%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.17%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.52%) Windows
1 3 (6.52%) Windows 10
1 3 (6.52%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.17%) Linux
2 1 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (26.09%) Agile
2 6 (13.04%) Enterprise Architecture
3 5 (10.87%) CRM
3 5 (10.87%) Roadmaps
4 4 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (8.70%) Impact Assessments
4 4 (8.70%) User Stories
4 4 (8.70%) Wireframes
5 3 (6.52%) Application Packaging
5 3 (6.52%) Architectural Design
5 3 (6.52%) Business Strategy
5 3 (6.52%) Change Management
5 3 (6.52%) Data Integration
5 3 (6.52%) Data Management
5 3 (6.52%) Migration
5 3 (6.52%) Patch Management
5 3 (6.52%) Release Train
5 3 (6.52%) Scrum
5 3 (6.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (6.52%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.52%) JavaScript
1 3 (6.52%) PowerShell
1 3 (6.52%) SQL
2 2 (4.35%) Apex Code
2 2 (4.35%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 6 (13.04%) SC Cleared
1 6 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.52%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (4.35%) Degree
3 2 (4.35%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.17%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.17%) CAPM
4 1 (2.17%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (2.17%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.17%) GDPR
1 1 (2.17%) ISO 22301
1 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (10.87%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.52%) Citrix Hypervisor
2 3 (6.52%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (6.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (6.52%) XenApp
2 3 (6.52%) XenDesktop
3 2 (4.35%) Docker
3 2 (4.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (6.52%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (4.35%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.17%) Ansible
3 1 (2.17%) Progress Chef
3 1 (2.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.87%) Salesforce
3 3 (6.52%) Citrix
3 3 (6.52%) Informatica
3 3 (6.52%) NetApp
3 3 (6.52%) VMware
4 2 (4.35%) SAP
5 1 (2.17%) Bloomberg
5 1 (2.17%) Cisco
5 1 (2.17%) Guidewire
5 1 (2.17%) IBM
5 1 (2.17%) Juniper
5 1 (2.17%) Nokia
5 1 (2.17%) Oracle
5 1 (2.17%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.17%) Remedy