Solution Architect
Cheshire > Chester
The median Solution Architect daily rate in Chester is £713, 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 | 15 | 6 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -9 | - | - |
| Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester | 7.35% | 14.81% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 7.94% | 16.67% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £679 | £678 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £684 | £713 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £713 | £725 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.72% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £734 | £738 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £736 | £743 | - |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £550 | £688 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.00% | +5.77% | +4.00% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Chester
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Chester. 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 Chester with a recognized job title | 63 | 48 | 83 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.65% | 88.89% | 97.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 20 | 28 | 47 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £199 | £270 |
| 25th Percentile | £385 | £244 | £299 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £506 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.23% | +26.56% | -5.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £706 | £678 | £525 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £738 | £665 |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £456 | £475 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.00% | - | +9.20% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 16 | 9 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £19.00 | £36.54 | £23.15 |
| 25th Percentile | £31.10 | £41.25 | £29.10 |
| Median hourly rate | £50.00 | £42.50 | £30.65 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.65% | +38.67% | +82.15% |
| 75th Percentile | £86.00 | £47.50 | £35.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £35.50 |
| Cheshire median hourly rate | £47.50 | £20.11 | £29.26 |
| % change year-on-year | +136.20% | -31.27% | +19.43% |
Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester
Job postings that featured Solutions Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.
Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in Chester.
Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester
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 Chester region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.
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Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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: