Solutions Architect Contracts in Derby

Solution Architect
Derbyshire > Derby

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Derby is £495, 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 12 - 18
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 5 0 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Derby 6.10% - 5.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.67% - 7.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile - - £832
25th Percentile £463 - £862
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 - £878
75th Percentile £601 - £879
90th Percentile £743 - £879
Derbyshire median daily rate £495 - £878
% change year-on-year - - +40.48%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Derby

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Derby. 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 Derby with a recognized job title 75 138 124
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.46% 93.88% 82.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 101 74
10th Percentile £200 £150 £118
25th Percentile £288 £188 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £269 £456
Median % change year-on-year +62.64% -41.04% +21.18%
75th Percentile £550 £500 £575
90th Percentile £625 £588 £650
Derbyshire median daily rate £425 £262 £450
% change year-on-year +62.02% -41.71% +21.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 16 17
10th Percentile £21.65 - £11.80
25th Percentile £23.30 £16.25 £13.16
Median hourly rate £24.34 £17.86 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.28% -18.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £24.73 £20.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £24.95 £21.88 -
Derbyshire median hourly rate £24.34 £17.72 £21.20
% change year-on-year +37.36% -16.42% +6.00%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Derby

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Derby

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in Derby

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Derby

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Derby over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in Derby

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

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 Derby region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
3 1 (20.00%) User Stories
3 1 (20.00%) Siemens NX
3 1 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Fusion 360
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (20.00%) PLM
3 1 (20.00%) Teamcenter
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Derivative
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derby 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Fusion 360
1 1 (20.00%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Derivative
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (20.00%) CAD
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) PLM
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) User Stories
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Autodesk
1 1 (20.00%) Avaya
1 1 (20.00%) Logitech
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Siemens