Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in Bath

Solution Architect
Somerset > Bath

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Bath is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 - 12
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Bath 2.13% - 3.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.27% - 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £568
25th Percentile £613 - £568
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £588
75th Percentile £638 - £608
90th Percentile - - £609
Somerset median daily rate £588 £675 £588
% change year-on-year -12.96% +14.89% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bath

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bath. 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 Bath with a recognized job title 44 60 60
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.62% 95.24% 95.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 43 52
10th Percentile £140 £188 £168
25th Percentile £331 £210 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £288 £413
Median % change year-on-year +42.61% -30.30% -8.08%
75th Percentile £455 £475 £538
90th Percentile £538 £571 £575
Somerset median daily rate £345 £450 £413
% change year-on-year -23.33% +9.09% -22.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - - £18.39
25th Percentile - £12.50 £18.41
Median hourly rate - £13.00 £18.88
Median % change year-on-year - -31.13% -
75th Percentile - £15.00 £19.41
90th Percentile - £15.90 £19.46
Somerset median hourly rate £44.00 £14.50 £51.89
% change year-on-year +203.45% -72.06% +3.78%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Bath

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 Bath.

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Bath

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Bath

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 Bath region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ArchiMate
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Development
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIE
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIP
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bath 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ArchiMate
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Development
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIE
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto