Solutions Architect Contracts in Derbyshire

Solution Architect
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Derbyshire is £515, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - +16
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 6 0 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Derbyshire 5.88% - 3.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.90% - 3.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 4
10th Percentile - - £832
25th Percentile £463 - £862
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 - £878
Median % change year-on-year - - +40.48%
75th Percentile £825 - £879
90th Percentile £833 - £879
East Midlands median daily rate £475 £460 £668
% change year-on-year +3.26% -31.09% +18.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Derbyshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Derbyshire. 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 Derbyshire with a recognized job title 87 153 162
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.29% 94.44% 88.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 106 106
10th Percentile £168 £150 £128
25th Percentile £275 £188 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £255 £469
Median % change year-on-year +78.92% -45.60% +25.00%
75th Percentile £578 £500 £552
90th Percentile £725 £588 £638
East Midlands median daily rate £431 £413 £450
% change year-on-year +4.42% -8.22% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 25 18
10th Percentile £21.65 £13.78 £12.75
25th Percentile £23.30 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £24.34 £17.72 £23.25
Median % change year-on-year +37.36% -23.78% +16.25%
75th Percentile £24.73 £20.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £24.95 £26.15 £65.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £17.50 £20.46
% change year-on-year +28.57% -14.47% +8.40%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Derbyshire

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in Derbyshire

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Derbyshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Derbyshire over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in Derbyshire

Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 18 May 2025. 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
Derby - 5 £495 - 4
Solutions Architect
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 Derbyshire region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Fusion 360
2 2 (33.33%) User Stories
2 2 (33.33%) Siemens NX
2 2 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
2 2 (33.33%) Siemens
2 2 (33.33%) CAD
2 2 (33.33%) Autodesk
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) PLM
2 2 (33.33%) Teamcenter
2 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Derivative
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Avaya
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Validation
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derbyshire 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 2 (33.33%) Fusion 360
1 2 (33.33%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Derivative
1 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (33.33%) CAD
2 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) PLM
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
2 2 (33.33%) User Stories
3 1 (16.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) Functional Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Autodesk
1 2 (33.33%) Siemens
2 1 (16.67%) Avaya
2 1 (16.67%) Logitech
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft