Solutions Architect Contracts with Work from Home Options

Solution Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Work from Home is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 83 65
Rank change year-on-year +19 -18 +23
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 473 674 1,724
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.14% 2.69% 3.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.35% 2.82% 4.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 319 483 1,158
10th Percentile £500 £513 £500
25th Percentile £560 £563 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £700
90th Percentile £800 £807 £775
UK median daily rate £650 £660 £625
% change year-on-year -1.52% +5.60% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 2
10th Percentile - £58.95 -
25th Percentile £50.00 £66.00 £56.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £76.00 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% +28.81% +0.85%
75th Percentile £60.00 £80.25 £61.50
90th Percentile - £83.70 -
UK median hourly rate £90.00 £67.50 £59.00
% change year-on-year +33.33% +14.41% +6.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,102 23,924 42,008
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 95.36% 95.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,465 16,894 30,368
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 574 548 593
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.50 £13.27
25th Percentile £23.37 £25.71 £18.76
Median hourly rate £44.87 £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.91% +54.29% +42.86%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

Solutions Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Solutions Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Solutions Architect trend for jobs with a WFH option

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Solutions Architect.

Solutions Architect daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Solutions Architect over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Solutions Architect daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Solutions Architect
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Solutions Architect.

Solutions Architect hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 9 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 132 (27.91%) Finance
2 112 (23.68%) Azure
3 106 (22.41%) Agile
4 104 (21.99%) Social Skills
5 93 (19.66%) Security Cleared
6 88 (18.60%) AWS
7 79 (16.70%) SC Cleared
8 77 (16.28%) Migration
9 67 (14.16%) DevOps
10 62 (13.11%) Public Sector
11 60 (12.68%) Microsoft
12 54 (11.42%) Stakeholder Management
12 54 (11.42%) Microservices
13 51 (10.78%) GCP
13 51 (10.78%) Architectural Design
14 49 (10.36%) Roadmaps
14 49 (10.36%) SAP
15 44 (9.30%) Banking
16 43 (9.09%) Degree
16 43 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
17 41 (8.67%) TOGAF
18 40 (8.46%) Oracle
18 40 (8.46%) BPSS Clearance
19 38 (8.03%) PLM
20 36 (7.61%) Java
21 35 (7.40%) Enterprise Architecture
22 34 (7.19%) Dynamics 365
22 34 (7.19%) Power Platform
23 32 (6.77%) Computer Science
24 31 (6.55%) Retail

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 14 (2.96%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (2.54%) Apache
3 11 (2.33%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.85%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.63%) CMS
5 3 (0.63%) Confluence
6 2 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.21%) Drupal
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (1.06%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.21%) CATIA
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (5.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (4.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (2.54%) Oracle Assets
3 12 (2.54%) Oracle Payables
4 11 (2.33%) Oracle General Ledger
5 10 (2.11%) Teamcenter
6 9 (1.90%) Oracle EBS
7 8 (1.69%) Oracle AGIS
8 7 (1.48%) Oracle Receivables
9 5 (1.06%) Oracle Cash Management
9 5 (1.06%) SAP HCM
9 5 (1.06%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 4 (0.85%) Loan IQ
10 4 (0.85%) SAP HR
10 4 (0.85%) SAP MM
11 3 (0.63%) SAP BPC
11 3 (0.63%) SAP FI
11 3 (0.63%) SAP SD
12 2 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
12 2 (0.42%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 112 (23.68%) Azure
2 88 (18.60%) AWS
3 51 (10.78%) GCP
4 34 (7.19%) Dynamics 365
4 34 (7.19%) Power Platform
5 22 (4.65%) SaaS
6 18 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (2.75%) dbt
8 13 (2.75%) PaaS
9 11 (2.33%) OCI
9 11 (2.33%) Snowflake
10 10 (2.11%) IaaS
11 9 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (1.48%) SuccessFactors
12 7 (1.48%) Twilio
13 5 (1.06%) Entra ID
13 5 (1.06%) PowerApps
13 5 (1.06%) Serverless
14 4 (0.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.90%) CTI
1 9 (1.90%) VoIP
1 9 (1.90%) WAN
2 8 (1.69%) ATM
3 5 (1.06%) LAN
4 4 (0.85%) Junos
4 4 (0.85%) SDH
5 3 (0.63%) Firewall
6 2 (0.42%) Internet
6 2 (0.42%) Intranet
6 2 (0.42%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (0.42%) SAN
6 2 (0.42%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.42%) VSAN
7 1 (0.21%) 4G
7 1 (0.21%) DNS
7 1 (0.21%) MPLS
7 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.17%) Data Lake
2 13 (2.75%) Amazon Athena
2 13 (2.75%) Apache Arrow
2 13 (2.75%) Dremio
2 13 (2.75%) SQL Server
3 12 (2.54%) Apache Ignite
4 9 (1.90%) Power BI
4 9 (1.90%) Relational Database
5 8 (1.69%) Oracle Database
6 7 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.06%) GIS
7 5 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.85%) Big Data
8 4 (0.85%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.63%) DB2
9 3 (0.63%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.63%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.42%) PowerCenter
10 2 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (2.54%) JIRA
2 4 (0.85%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (0.63%) Git
4 2 (0.42%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.21%) Eclipse
General
1 132 (27.91%) Finance
2 104 (21.99%) Social Skills
3 62 (13.11%) Public Sector
4 44 (9.30%) Banking
5 31 (6.55%) Retail
6 29 (6.13%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (4.86%) Presentation Skills
7 23 (4.86%) Telecoms
8 19 (4.02%) Manufacturing
9 14 (2.96%) Investment Banking
10 13 (2.75%) Front Office
11 12 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (2.11%) Marketing
13 9 (1.90%) Financial Institution
13 9 (1.90%) Local Government
14 8 (1.69%) General Ledger
15 5 (1.06%) Aerospace
15 5 (1.06%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.86%) Middleware
2 17 (3.59%) .NET
3 13 (2.75%) gRPC
3 13 (2.75%) Protocol Buffers
4 12 (2.54%) NumPy
4 12 (2.54%) Pandas
4 12 (2.54%) React
4 12 (2.54%) SailPoint
4 12 (2.54%) SciPy
4 12 (2.54%) Web Services
5 8 (1.69%) RESTful
6 7 (1.48%) Oracle Fusion
7 6 (1.27%) .NET Framework
7 6 (1.27%) Node.js
7 6 (1.27%) REST
8 5 (1.06%) Entity Framework
8 5 (1.06%) GraphQL
8 5 (1.06%) SOAP
9 4 (0.85%) Fastify
9 4 (0.85%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 14 (2.96%) Derivative
2 13 (2.75%) Equities
2 13 (2.75%) Fixed Income
2 13 (2.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 13 (2.75%) Hedge funds
3 11 (2.33%) Mainframe
4 10 (2.11%) IVR
5 9 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (1.90%) Public Cloud
5 9 (1.90%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 8 (1.69%) Low-Code
6 8 (1.69%) Mobile App
7 7 (1.48%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.27%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.27%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.06%) Replication
10 4 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.85%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.54%) Windows
2 6 (1.27%) Linux
3 5 (1.06%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.06%) Unix
4 4 (0.85%) Android
5 1 (0.21%) tvOS
5 1 (0.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (22.41%) Agile
2 77 (16.28%) Migration
3 67 (14.16%) DevOps
4 54 (11.42%) Microservices
4 54 (11.42%) Stakeholder Management
5 51 (10.78%) Architectural Design
6 49 (10.36%) Roadmaps
7 43 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
8 41 (8.67%) TOGAF
9 38 (8.03%) PLM
10 35 (7.40%) Enterprise Architecture
11 32 (6.77%) Computer Science
12 30 (6.34%) Project Delivery
13 29 (6.13%) CRM
13 29 (6.13%) ERP
14 27 (5.71%) Architectural Patterns
14 27 (5.71%) CI/CD
14 27 (5.71%) Containerisation
15 22 (4.65%) Data Management
15 22 (4.65%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 36 (7.61%) Java
2 24 (5.07%) JavaScript
3 22 (4.65%) Python
3 22 (4.65%) SQL
4 19 (4.02%) TypeScript
5 16 (3.38%) C#
6 6 (1.27%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.85%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.63%) C
9 2 (0.42%) Bash
9 2 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.42%) Ruby
9 2 (0.42%) Scala
10 1 (0.21%) ABAP
10 1 (0.21%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.21%) C++
10 1 (0.21%) PHP
10 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 93 (19.66%) Security Cleared
2 79 (16.70%) SC Cleared
3 43 (9.09%) Degree
4 40 (8.46%) BPSS Clearance
5 22 (4.65%) DV Cleared
6 16 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (3.38%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (2.33%) TOGAF Certification
9 9 (1.90%) AWS Certification
10 8 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.48%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.48%) CCNP
12 6 (1.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.85%) HND
13 4 (0.85%) JNCIA
13 4 (0.85%) SAP Certification
14 3 (0.63%) MBA
14 3 (0.63%) PhD
15 2 (0.42%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.96%) GDPR
2 10 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.48%) GAAP
3 7 (1.48%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.27%) ISO 22301
4 6 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 6 (1.27%) SLA
5 5 (1.06%) COBIT
6 4 (0.85%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.85%) HIPAA
6 4 (0.85%) NIST
6 4 (0.85%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.63%) QA
8 2 (0.42%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.42%) IFRS
8 2 (0.42%) NCSC
9 1 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.21%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.21%) PMO
9 1 (0.21%) SEPA
System Software
1 9 (1.90%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.48%) Docker
3 6 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.06%) vSphere
5 1 (0.21%) ACF2
5 1 (0.21%) IAG
5 1 (0.21%) RACF
5 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (1.90%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.48%) Terraform
3 6 (1.27%) VxRail
4 2 (0.42%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.42%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.21%) Ansible
5 1 (0.21%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.21%) Grafana
5 1 (0.21%) Istio
5 1 (0.21%) Kibana
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.21%) Puppet
Vendors
1 60 (12.68%) Microsoft
2 49 (10.36%) SAP
3 40 (8.46%) Oracle
4 18 (3.81%) Cisco
4 18 (3.81%) Google
5 17 (3.59%) ServiceNow
6 16 (3.38%) CyberArk
7 14 (2.96%) Salesforce
8 12 (2.54%) BeyondTrust
9 11 (2.33%) VMware
10 9 (1.90%) Genesys
11 7 (1.48%) Avaya
11 7 (1.48%) Dell
11 7 (1.48%) Informatica
12 6 (1.27%) IBM
12 6 (1.27%) Palo Alto
12 6 (1.27%) Siemens
12 6 (1.27%) Sparx
12 6 (1.27%) Workday
13 5 (1.06%) Ariba