Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in Bournemouth

Solution Architect
Dorset > Bournemouth

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Bournemouth is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 6 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1 7 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bournemouth 2.27% 13.21% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.44% 14.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £713 £469 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £569 -
Median % change year-on-year +27.47% - -
75th Percentile £738 £700 -
90th Percentile - - -
Dorset median daily rate £725 £569 £625
% change year-on-year +27.47% -9.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bournemouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bournemouth. 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 Bournemouth with a recognized job title 41 50 83
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.18% 94.34% 96.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 34 57
10th Percentile £146 £364 £159
25th Percentile £203 £412 £172
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £270 £481 £363
Median % change year-on-year -43.90% +32.76% -26.77%
75th Percentile £500 £506 £525
90th Percentile £684 £700 £825
Dorset median daily rate £503 £481 £525
% change year-on-year +4.42% -8.33% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 20
10th Percentile - - £13.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £14.41 £15.10
Median hourly rate £15.50 £15.62 £15.62
Median % change year-on-year -0.77% +0.02% -11.91%
75th Percentile £15.75 - £18.91
90th Percentile - £21.36 £22.08
Dorset median hourly rate £15.50 £15.62 £56.40
% change year-on-year -0.77% -72.30% +180.50%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

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 Bournemouth.

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Bournemouth

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Bournemouth

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

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

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth

For the 6 months to 16 November 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 Bournemouth region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth 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%) GCP
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java