Solution Architect
South Wales > Cardiff
The median Solution Architect daily rate in Cardiff is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 September 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 7 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 24 | 34 | 27 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +10 | -7 | +11 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff | 3.19% | 0.90% | 4.04% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 3.28% | 0.98% | 4.21% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £454 | - | £549 |
| 25th Percentile | £500 | - | £565 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £625 | - | £638 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +2.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £666 | - | £669 |
| 90th Percentile | £686 | - | £736 |
| South Wales median daily rate | £625 | £535 | £625 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.82% | -14.40% | +4.17% |
All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title | 183 | 205 | 214 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 97.34% | 92.76% | 95.96% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 136 | 151 | 162 |
| 10th Percentile | £213 | £130 | £193 |
| 25th Percentile | £300 | £188 | £311 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £381 | £445 | £431 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.33% | +3.19% | -9.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £489 | £551 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £649 | £625 | £638 |
| South Wales median daily rate | £375 | £419 | £463 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.45% | -9.46% | -7.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 9 | 11 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.21 | - | £16.00 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £15.48 | £17.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £13.08 | £21.59 | £22.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -39.42% | -4.04% | +25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £17.00 | £25.60 | £25.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £19.48 | - | £28.10 |
| South Wales median hourly rate | £16.65 | £25.60 | £23.92 |
| % change year-on-year | -34.96% | +7.05% | +32.86% |
Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff
Job postings that featured Solutions Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.
Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Cardiff.
Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Cardiff over the 6 months to 7 September 2025.
Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff
For the 6 months to 7 September 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 Cardiff region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.
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Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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: