Microsoft Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in Coventry

Microsoft Solution Architect
West Midlands > Coventry

The median Microsoft Solution Architect daily rate in Coventry is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Solutions Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Coventry 0.62% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £567 -
% change year-on-year -7.41% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Coventry

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Coventry. 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 Coventry with a recognized job title 148 91 182
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.36% 98.91% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 57 130
10th Percentile £257 £268 £200
25th Percentile £306 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -0.28%
75th Percentile £555 £575 £538
90th Percentile £626 £626 £650
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 3
10th Percentile £14.11 £14.60 £21.20
25th Percentile £15.75 £14.75 £23.00
Median hourly rate £27.21 £16.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.06% -40.74% +28.57%
75th Percentile - £17.75 £53.89
90th Percentile - £18.20 £69.42
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £22.50 £22.20
% change year-on-year +11.78% +1.37% +25.25%

Microsoft Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Microsoft Solutions Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry.

Microsoft Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Coventry

Microsoft Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Coventry

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Solutions Architect job vacancies in Coventry.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Solutions Architect job vacancies in Coventry

Microsoft Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry

For the 6 months to 29 October 2025, Microsoft Solutions Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Coventry region featuring Microsoft Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workday
1 1 (100.00%) Workday HCM

Microsoft Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Workday