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 12 May 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 61 58
Rank change year-on-year +46 -3 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 84 29 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 7.92% 2.38% 2.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.34% 2.64% 3.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 20 32
10th Percentile £500 £563 £525
25th Percentile £575 £611 £542
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £688 £606
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +13.40% -13.39%
75th Percentile £683 £764 £702
90th Percentile £725 £787 £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 1,007 1,097 1,306
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 90.21% 94.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 539 791 899
10th Percentile £250 £300 £255
25th Percentile £375 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £610 £630 £575
90th Percentile £688 £713 £650
South West median daily rate £513 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 134 114
10th Percentile £36.25 £29.30 -
25th Percentile £45.00 £57.25 £15.90
Median hourly rate £66.25 £65.50 £42.29
Median % change year-on-year +1.15% +54.90% +5.71%
75th Percentile £72.81 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £66.80
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £64.15 £47.00
% change year-on-year -14.26% +36.48% +10.59%

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 12 May 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 Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 12 May 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 58 (69.05%) Security Cleared
2 37 (44.05%) SC Cleared
3 35 (41.67%) DV Cleared
4 26 (30.95%) Telecoms
4 26 (30.95%) Architecture Governance
5 25 (29.76%) Roadmaps
6 24 (28.57%) TOGAF
7 22 (26.19%) Enterprise Architecture
8 21 (25.00%) Rational DOORS
8 21 (25.00%) ArchiMate
9 20 (23.81%) Cisco
9 20 (23.81%) Juniper
9 20 (23.81%) Nokia
10 19 (22.62%) Microsoft
10 19 (22.62%) Degree
10 19 (22.62%) Decision-Making
11 18 (21.43%) IBM
12 17 (20.24%) ITIL
12 17 (20.24%) Strategic Roadmap
13 16 (19.05%) BPMN
14 15 (17.86%) Azure
14 15 (17.86%) SaaS
15 14 (16.67%) PaaS
15 14 (16.67%) Computer Science
16 13 (15.48%) Customer Engagement
16 13 (15.48%) Agile
17 12 (14.29%) Migration
17 12 (14.29%) VoIP
17 12 (14.29%) PBX
17 12 (14.29%) Video Conferencing

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 (2.38%) ArcGIS
2 1 (1.19%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 5 (5.95%) Teamcenter
2 4 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (3.57%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 15 (17.86%) Azure
1 15 (17.86%) SaaS
2 14 (16.67%) PaaS
3 11 (13.10%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (11.90%) AWS
5 4 (4.76%) Power Platform
6 3 (3.57%) PowerApps
7 2 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.19%) IaaS
8 1 (1.19%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (14.29%) PBX
1 12 (14.29%) VoIP
2 10 (11.90%) SDH
2 10 (11.90%) WAN
3 4 (4.76%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.76%) Oracle Database
1 4 (4.76%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.57%) GIS
2 3 (3.57%) Power BI
3 1 (1.19%) InterSystems Cache
3 1 (1.19%) MariaDB
3 1 (1.19%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.19%) Redis
Development Applications
1 21 (25.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 26 (30.95%) Telecoms
2 11 (13.10%) Public Sector
3 9 (10.71%) Aerospace
4 8 (9.52%) Finance
5 7 (8.33%) Digital Economy
6 6 (7.14%) Social Skills
7 5 (5.95%) Aeronautics
8 4 (4.76%) Banking
9 3 (3.57%) Marketing
10 2 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.57%) SOAP
1 3 (3.57%) XML
2 1 (1.19%) Middleware
2 1 (1.19%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
2 9 (10.71%) Blackberry
3 3 (3.57%) Blog
3 3 (3.57%) Replication
4 1 (1.19%) CMDB
4 1 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.19%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (30.95%) Architecture Governance
2 25 (29.76%) Roadmaps
3 24 (28.57%) TOGAF
4 22 (26.19%) Enterprise Architecture
5 21 (25.00%) ArchiMate
6 19 (22.62%) Decision-Making
7 17 (20.24%) ITIL
7 17 (20.24%) Strategic Roadmap
8 16 (19.05%) BPMN
9 14 (16.67%) Computer Science
10 13 (15.48%) Agile
10 13 (15.48%) Customer Engagement
11 12 (14.29%) DevOps
11 12 (14.29%) Migration
12 11 (13.10%) Data Management
12 11 (13.10%) Digital Strategy
13 10 (11.90%) Architectural Patterns
13 10 (11.90%) Customer Requirements
13 10 (11.90%) Presales
14 9 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.57%) PowerShell
1 3 (3.57%) SQL
2 2 (2.38%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 58 (69.05%) Security Cleared
2 37 (44.05%) SC Cleared
3 35 (41.67%) DV Cleared
4 19 (22.62%) Degree
5 12 (14.29%) TOGAF Certification
6 11 (13.10%) HND
7 7 (8.33%) CCNP
7 7 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (4.76%) JNCIA
9 3 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (3.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (1.19%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.76%) QA
2 3 (3.57%) GDPR
2 3 (3.57%) HIPAA
System Software
1 4 (4.76%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (23.81%) Cisco
1 20 (23.81%) Juniper
1 20 (23.81%) Nokia
2 19 (22.62%) Microsoft
3 18 (21.43%) IBM
4 9 (10.71%) Avaya
4 9 (10.71%) Ericsson
4 9 (10.71%) Google
4 9 (10.71%) Ribbon
5 4 (4.76%) Ciena
5 4 (4.76%) Oracle
5 4 (4.76%) Palo Alto
6 3 (3.57%) Adobe
6 3 (3.57%) VMware
7 2 (2.38%) Dell
7 2 (2.38%) Mapbox
7 2 (2.38%) SAP
8 1 (1.19%) EMC
8 1 (1.19%) ServiceNow