Solutions Architect Contracts in Bristol

Solution Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Bristol is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 68 64
Rank change year-on-year +53 -4 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 87 30 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 8.35% 2.38% 2.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.79% 2.64% 3.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 21 32
10th Percentile £500 £563 £525
25th Percentile £575 £613 £542
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £675 £606
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +11.34% -13.39%
75th Percentile £681 £760 £700
90th Percentile £725 £785 £750
South West median daily rate £650 £668 £625
% change year-on-year -2.69% +6.88% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £73.00 -
South West median hourly rate - £73.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 990 1,138 1,352
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.01% 90.17% 95.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 540 808 924
10th Percentile £249 £300 £267
25th Percentile £363 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% +2.25% +17.65%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £575
90th Percentile £688 £713 £650
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 210 146 114
10th Percentile £36.25 £32.76 -
25th Percentile £45.00 £57.25 £15.90
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.50 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% +55.95% -1.18%
75th Percentile £74.27 £75.00 £63.60
90th Percentile £85.00 £86.13 £65.53
South West median hourly rate £53.00 £65.00 £47.00
% change year-on-year -18.46% +38.30% +9.30%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Bristol over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram 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
Contract Job Locations in Bristol

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Architect within the Bristol region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Avonmouth - 1 £625 -
Solutions Architect
South West

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 job ads across the Bristol region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 63 (72.41%) Security Cleared
2 42 (48.28%) SC Cleared
3 35 (40.23%) DV Cleared
4 27 (31.03%) Telecoms
4 27 (31.03%) Architecture Governance
5 25 (28.74%) TOGAF
6 24 (27.59%) Roadmaps
7 22 (25.29%) Enterprise Architecture
7 22 (25.29%) ArchiMate
8 21 (24.14%) Rational DOORS
8 21 (24.14%) Nokia
8 21 (24.14%) Cisco
8 21 (24.14%) Juniper
9 20 (22.99%) Decision-Making
10 19 (21.84%) Microsoft
10 19 (21.84%) Degree
11 18 (20.69%) IBM
11 18 (20.69%) ITIL
12 17 (19.54%) BPMN
12 17 (19.54%) Strategic Roadmap
13 15 (17.24%) SaaS
13 15 (17.24%) Azure
14 14 (16.09%) PaaS
14 14 (16.09%) Computer Science
14 14 (16.09%) Public Sector
15 13 (14.94%) Customer Engagement
16 12 (13.79%) Video Conferencing
16 12 (13.79%) VoIP
16 12 (13.79%) PBX
16 12 (13.79%) Migration

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 2 (2.30%) ArcGIS
2 1 (1.15%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 5 (5.75%) Teamcenter
2 4 (4.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (3.45%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (1.15%) SAP ERP
4 1 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (17.24%) Azure
1 15 (17.24%) SaaS
2 14 (16.09%) PaaS
3 11 (12.64%) AWS
3 11 (12.64%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (4.60%) Power Platform
5 3 (3.45%) PowerApps
6 2 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.15%) IaaS
7 1 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (13.79%) PBX
1 12 (13.79%) VoIP
2 11 (12.64%) SDH
3 10 (11.49%) WAN
4 5 (5.75%) Junos
5 1 (1.15%) Network Security
5 1 (1.15%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.60%) Oracle Database
1 4 (4.60%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.45%) GIS
2 3 (3.45%) Power BI
2 3 (3.45%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.15%) InterSystems Cache
3 1 (1.15%) MariaDB
3 1 (1.15%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.15%) Redis
Development Applications
1 21 (24.14%) Rational DOORS
General
1 27 (31.03%) Telecoms
2 14 (16.09%) Public Sector
3 9 (10.34%) Aerospace
3 9 (10.34%) Finance
4 7 (8.05%) Digital Economy
5 6 (6.90%) Social Skills
6 5 (5.75%) Aeronautics
7 4 (4.60%) Banking
7 4 (4.60%) Marketing
8 3 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.30%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.15%) Electronics
10 1 (1.15%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.45%) SOAP
1 3 (3.45%) XML
2 1 (1.15%) Middleware
2 1 (1.15%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.79%) Video Conferencing
2 9 (10.34%) Blackberry
3 3 (3.45%) Blog
3 3 (3.45%) Cloud Native
3 3 (3.45%) Replication
4 1 (1.15%) CMDB
4 1 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (31.03%) Architecture Governance
2 25 (28.74%) TOGAF
3 24 (27.59%) Roadmaps
4 22 (25.29%) ArchiMate
4 22 (25.29%) Enterprise Architecture
5 20 (22.99%) Decision-Making
6 18 (20.69%) ITIL
7 17 (19.54%) BPMN
7 17 (19.54%) Strategic Roadmap
8 14 (16.09%) Computer Science
9 13 (14.94%) Customer Engagement
10 12 (13.79%) Agile
10 12 (13.79%) Customer Requirements
10 12 (13.79%) Migration
11 11 (12.64%) Data Management
11 11 (12.64%) DevOps
11 11 (12.64%) Digital Strategy
12 10 (11.49%) Architectural Patterns
12 10 (11.49%) Presales
13 9 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.45%) PowerShell
1 3 (3.45%) SQL
2 2 (2.30%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (72.41%) Security Cleared
2 42 (48.28%) SC Cleared
3 35 (40.23%) DV Cleared
4 19 (21.84%) Degree
5 12 (13.79%) TOGAF Certification
6 11 (12.64%) HND
7 8 (9.20%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (8.05%) CCNP
9 5 (5.75%) JNCIA
10 3 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (3.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (1.15%) AWS Certification
11 1 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (1.15%) Azure Certification
11 1 (1.15%) CCNA
11 1 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (1.15%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (1.15%) SAP Certification
11 1 (1.15%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.60%) QA
2 3 (3.45%) GDPR
2 3 (3.45%) HIPAA
System Software
1 4 (4.60%) Active Directory
1 4 (4.60%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (24.14%) Cisco
1 21 (24.14%) Juniper
1 21 (24.14%) Nokia
2 19 (21.84%) Microsoft
3 18 (20.69%) IBM
4 10 (11.49%) Google
5 9 (10.34%) Avaya
5 9 (10.34%) Ericsson
5 9 (10.34%) Ribbon
6 6 (6.90%) SAP
7 5 (5.75%) Ciena
7 5 (5.75%) Palo Alto
8 4 (4.60%) Oracle
8 4 (4.60%) VMware
9 3 (3.45%) Adobe
10 2 (2.30%) Dell
10 2 (2.30%) EMC
10 2 (2.30%) Mapbox
11 1 (1.15%) ServiceNow