Solutions Architect Contracts in Bristol

Solution Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Bristol is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 15 71
Rank change year-on-year -32 +56 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 8 87 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 1.49% 8.23% 2.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.56% 8.67% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 67 21
10th Percentile - £500 £563
25th Percentile - £575 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% -3.70% +11.34%
75th Percentile - £681 £760
90th Percentile - £725 £785
South West median daily rate £550 £650 £668
% change year-on-year -15.38% -2.69% +6.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £62.85 - £67.40
25th Percentile £64.88 - £69.50
Median hourly rate £69.00 - £73.00
75th Percentile £72.38 - £76.50
90th Percentile £73.95 - £78.60
South West median hourly rate £69.00 - £73.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 512 1,004 1,131
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.34% 94.99% 90.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 541 805
10th Percentile £213 £250 £300
25th Percentile £355 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £564 £613 £630
90th Percentile £650 £688 £713
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 218 142
10th Percentile £18.51 £36.25 £30.97
25th Percentile £43.75 £45.00 £57.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year - -0.76% +55.95%
75th Percentile £68.00 £73.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £86.23
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Bristol

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in Bristol

Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Architect in Bristol

Solutions Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Solutions Architect in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Solutions Architect in Bristol

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Bristol region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
3 2 (25.00%) Azure App Service
3 2 (25.00%) Azure Storage
3 2 (25.00%) Bicep
3 2 (25.00%) ARM Templates
3 2 (25.00%) RBAC
3 2 (25.00%) Terraform
3 2 (25.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (25.00%) SQL
3 2 (25.00%) CRM
3 2 (25.00%) Firewall
3 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Military
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) Information Management
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) DB2
4 1 (12.50%) Foundry
4 1 (12.50%) Node.js

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 1 (12.50%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (12.50%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Azure App Service
2 2 (25.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 2 (25.00%) Azure Storage
2 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) DB2
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
General
1 1 (12.50%) Military
1 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) ARM Templates
2 1 (12.50%) Next.js
2 1 (12.50%) Node.js
2 1 (12.50%) OAuth
2 1 (12.50%) OpenID
2 1 (12.50%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
2 2 (25.00%) CRM
2 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (25.00%) RBAC
3 1 (12.50%) Behavioural Change
3 1 (12.50%) Business Case
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Business Transformation
3 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Data Sharing
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Target Operating Model
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Bicep
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 1 (12.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Foundry
2 1 (12.50%) Palantir