Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in Basingstoke

Solution Architect
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Basingstoke is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - +6
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 16 0 10
As % of all contract jobs in Basingstoke 5.25% - 3.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.61% - 4.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 0 8
10th Percentile £563 - -
25th Percentile - - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £648
Median % change year-on-year - - +43.89%
75th Percentile - - £652
90th Percentile £619 - £670
Hampshire median daily rate £600 £625 £633
% change year-on-year -4.00% -1.22% +0.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Basingstoke

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Basingstoke. 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 Basingstoke with a recognized job title 285 187 228
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 90.78% 90.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 162 63
10th Percentile £468 £413 £203
25th Percentile £500 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £580 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £643
90th Percentile £725 £725 £685
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -2.27% +2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 9
10th Percentile £12.18 £28.15 £14.85
25th Percentile - £29.13 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.00 £31.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.03% +34.04% +13.42%
75th Percentile - £34.13 £33.75
90th Percentile £25.15 £35.25 £47.75
Hampshire median hourly rate £24.21 £56.13 £49.50
% change year-on-year -56.87% +13.38% +13.79%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Solutions Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Basingstoke.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Basingstoke

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Solutions Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Basingstoke region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 15 (93.75%) DV Cleared
1 15 (93.75%) Java
1 15 (93.75%) Security Cleared
2 7 (43.75%) Service Delivery
3 6 (37.50%) CI/CD
3 6 (37.50%) Git
3 6 (37.50%) Impact Analysis
4 5 (31.25%) GitLab
4 5 (31.25%) Jenkins
5 3 (18.75%) Agile
5 3 (18.75%) Azure
6 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (12.50%) DevOps
6 2 (12.50%) Documentum
6 2 (12.50%) Windows
7 1 (6.25%) AWS
7 1 (6.25%) AWS Certification
7 1 (6.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (6.25%) Azure Certification
7 1 (6.25%) Computer Science
7 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (6.25%) CRM
7 1 (6.25%) Data Migration
7 1 (6.25%) Data Privacy
7 1 (6.25%) Degree
7 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Architecture
7 1 (6.25%) ERP
7 1 (6.25%) GDPR
7 1 (6.25%) HIPAA
7 1 (6.25%) Microservices

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) Documentum
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (6.25%) AWS
3 1 (6.25%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 6 (37.50%) Git
2 5 (31.25%) GitLab
2 5 (31.25%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
2 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) REST
1 1 (6.25%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Service Delivery
2 6 (37.50%) CI/CD
2 6 (37.50%) Impact Analysis
3 3 (18.75%) Agile
4 2 (12.50%) DevOps
5 1 (6.25%) Computer Science
5 1 (6.25%) CRM
5 1 (6.25%) Data Migration
5 1 (6.25%) Data Privacy
5 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (6.25%) ERP
5 1 (6.25%) Microservices
5 1 (6.25%) Migration
5 1 (6.25%) Performance Management
5 1 (6.25%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (6.25%) Presales
5 1 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (6.25%) TOGAF
5 1 (6.25%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 15 (93.75%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (93.75%) DV Cleared
1 15 (93.75%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) AWS Certification
2 1 (6.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (6.25%) Azure Certification
2 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) GDPR
1 1 (6.25%) HIPAA
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle
1 1 (6.25%) SAP
1 1 (6.25%) Workday