Solutions Architect Contracts in Cheshire

Solution Architect
North West > Cheshire

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Cheshire is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 63 43
Rank change year-on-year +33 -20 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 26 1 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 5.21% 0.19% 2.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.49% 0.20% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 0 13
10th Percentile £445 - £525
25th Percentile £463 - £532
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £613
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.52%
75th Percentile £738 - £658
90th Percentile - - £740
North West median daily rate £620 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +3.33% - +20.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 474 488 496
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 90.88% 94.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 322 337 275
10th Percentile £275 £283 £191
25th Percentile £369 £400 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +6.67% +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £538
90th Percentile £630 £650 £631
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +13.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 21 27
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £13.67
25th Percentile £16.47 £20.00 £17.74
Median hourly rate £20.11 £30.54 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.15% +24.65% +36.87%
75th Percentile £38.00 £35.00 £33.26
90th Percentile £43.75 £40.00 £60.45
North West median hourly rate £27.00 £32.88 £24.75
% change year-on-year -17.88% +32.84% +36.63%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Cheshire

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in Cheshire

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Cheshire over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in Cheshire

Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Architect in Cheshire

Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
Chester - 8 £725 - 1
Crewe - 8 £575 - 2
Knutsford - 4 £445 - 2
Macclesfield - 4 £535 -
Warrington +9 1 - -
Solutions Architect
North West

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 Cheshire region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 12 (46.15%) Finance
2 11 (42.31%) Banking
2 11 (42.31%) Architectural Design
3 8 (30.77%) Business Strategy
3 8 (30.77%) Enterprise Architecture
4 7 (26.92%) Agile
5 6 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (23.08%) SDLC
5 6 (23.08%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 5 (19.23%) Customer Requirements
6 5 (19.23%) CMDB
6 5 (19.23%) Waterfall
6 5 (19.23%) Configuration Management
7 4 (15.38%) Azure
7 4 (15.38%) AWS
8 3 (11.54%) SaaS
8 3 (11.54%) Android
8 3 (11.54%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (11.54%) Domain-Driven Design
8 3 (11.54%) Apple iOS
8 3 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (11.54%) API Design
8 3 (11.54%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (11.54%) Microservices
8 3 (11.54%) Project Management
8 3 (11.54%) Mainframe
8 3 (11.54%) C
8 3 (11.54%) Java
8 3 (11.54%) .NET
8 3 (11.54%) SQL Server

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 (3.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (15.38%) AWS
1 4 (15.38%) Azure
2 3 (11.54%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (11.54%) SaaS
3 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.85%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) DB2
1 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.85%) SAP HANA
General
1 12 (46.15%) Finance
2 11 (42.31%) Banking
3 3 (11.54%) Investment Banking
4 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Automotive
4 2 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 2 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (7.69%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Corporate Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) .NET
1 3 (11.54%) React
2 2 (7.69%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) CMDB
2 3 (11.54%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (11.54%) Mainframe
2 3 (11.54%) Public Cloud
3 2 (7.69%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 2 (7.69%) IoT
3 2 (7.69%) Operational Technology
3 2 (7.69%) Robotics
4 1 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (3.85%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Android
1 3 (11.54%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) Architectural Design
2 8 (30.77%) Business Strategy
2 8 (30.77%) Enterprise Architecture
3 7 (26.92%) Agile
4 6 (23.08%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 6 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (23.08%) SDLC
5 5 (19.23%) Configuration Management
5 5 (19.23%) Customer Requirements
5 5 (19.23%) Waterfall
6 3 (11.54%) API Design
6 3 (11.54%) Containerisation
6 3 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (11.54%) Domain-Driven Design
6 3 (11.54%) IT Strategy
6 3 (11.54%) Microservices
6 3 (11.54%) Migration
6 3 (11.54%) Project Management
6 3 (11.54%) Technology Strategy
7 2 (7.69%) Edge Computing
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) C
1 3 (11.54%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) SEPA
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (7.69%) Salesforce
1 2 (7.69%) SAP
2 1 (3.85%) Adobe
2 1 (3.85%) MuleSoft