Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in East Kilbride

Solution Architect
South Lanarkshire > East Kilbride

The median Solution Architect daily rate in East Kilbride is £813, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 5 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in East Kilbride 20.83% - 1.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 22.73% - 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £779 - £680
25th Percentile £784 - £688
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £813 - £700
75th Percentile £834 - -
90th Percentile £836 - -
South Lanarkshire median daily rate £813 - £700

All Contract IT Job Roles
East Kilbride

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in East Kilbride. 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 East Kilbride with a recognized job title 22 5 148
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.67% 100.00% 92.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 84
10th Percentile £263 £370 £259
25th Percentile £531 £391 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £430 £595
Median % change year-on-year +34.88% -27.73% +42.51%
75th Percentile £642 £466 £653
90th Percentile £826 £487 £700
South Lanarkshire median daily rate £580 £430 £590
% change year-on-year +34.88% -27.12% +41.32%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in East Kilbride

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

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in East Kilbride

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in East Kilbride

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in East Kilbride.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in East Kilbride

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Kilbride

For the 6 months to 2 February 2026, 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 East Kilbride region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) GCP
3 3 (60.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) Google
3 3 (60.00%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (60.00%) Software-Defined Networking
3 3 (60.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (40.00%) Architecture Governance
4 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
4 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
4 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (40.00%) Linux
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (40.00%) Open Source
4 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (20.00%) Architecture Roadmap
5 1 (20.00%) AWS
5 1 (20.00%) Azure
5 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
5 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 1 (20.00%) Oracle
5 1 (20.00%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
5 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Kilbride 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 (20.00%) Oracle Coherence
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) GCP
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Identity Access Management
1 3 (60.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (40.00%) Architecture Governance
2 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (40.00%) Open Source
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (20.00%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Google
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle