Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Solution Architect
England > East Midlands

The median Solution Architect daily rate in the East Midlands is £638, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 33 34
Rank change year-on-year -7 +1 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 43 30 32
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 3.50% 3.93% 4.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.95% 4.35% 4.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 25 24
10th Percentile £526 £403 -
25th Percentile £550 £436 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £500 £455
Median % change year-on-year +27.50% +9.89% -32.59%
75th Percentile £675 £613 £477
90th Percentile £694 £825 £603
England median daily rate £630 £625 £638
% change year-on-year +0.80% -1.96% -1.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £30.20 -
England median hourly rate £71.27 £30.20 £91.00
% change year-on-year +135.99% -66.81% +27.72%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 the East Midlands with a recognized job title 1,088 689 709
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.67% 90.18% 94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 512 463 460
10th Percentile £260 £200 £227
25th Percentile £405 £322 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £402 £450
Median % change year-on-year +21.27% -10.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £500 £561
90th Percentile £662 £622 £622
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 64 62
10th Percentile £13.25 £15.12 £12.71
25th Percentile £14.56 £17.87 £14.33
Median hourly rate £18.31 £21.39 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year -14.40% +0.66% +1.19%
75th Percentile £27.73 £25.15 £42.56
90th Percentile £56.25 £30.30 £51.91
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +8.43%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in the East Midlands

Solutions Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in the East Midlands

Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 August 2026. 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
Derbyshire -3 14 £600 -25.00% 3
Nottinghamshire -4 14 £688 +17.02% 2
Northamptonshire +11 10 £650 +47.19% 3
Leicestershire -4 4 £650 -
Lincolnshire -16 1 £505 -
Solutions Architect
England

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

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

1 15 (34.88%) SAP
2 9 (20.93%) Azure
2 9 (20.93%) ERP
3 7 (16.28%) Microsoft
3 7 (16.28%) Oracle
3 7 (16.28%) SC Cleared
3 7 (16.28%) Security Cleared
4 6 (13.95%) Migration
4 6 (13.95%) SAP ERP
4 6 (13.95%) TOGAF
5 5 (11.63%) Edge Computing
5 5 (11.63%) Integration Patterns
5 5 (11.63%) OCI
5 5 (11.63%) SaaS
5 5 (11.63%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (11.63%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (9.30%) Agile
6 4 (9.30%) Architecture Governance
6 4 (9.30%) Middleware
6 4 (9.30%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (9.30%) PaaS
6 4 (9.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (6.98%) Analytics
7 3 (6.98%) AWS
7 3 (6.98%) CI/CD
7 3 (6.98%) Databricks
7 3 (6.98%) Enterprise Architecture
7 3 (6.98%) Event-Driven
7 3 (6.98%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 3 (6.98%) Logistics

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (2.33%) Confluence
1 1 (2.33%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 6 (13.95%) SAP ERP
2 5 (11.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (2.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 9 (20.93%) Azure
2 5 (11.63%) OCI
2 5 (11.63%) SaaS
3 4 (9.30%) PaaS
4 3 (6.98%) AWS
4 3 (6.98%) Serverless
5 2 (4.65%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (4.65%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (2.33%) Amazon S3
6 1 (2.33%) Azure AKS
6 1 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.33%) Azure Functions
6 1 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (2.33%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.33%) GCP
6 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.33%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.98%) SAP BW
2 2 (4.65%) SAP HANA
3 1 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (2.33%) Big Data
3 1 (2.33%) MongoDB
3 1 (2.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Hudson
2 1 (2.33%) JIRA
General
1 8 (18.60%) Banking
2 7 (16.28%) Manufacturing
2 7 (16.28%) Social Skills
3 4 (9.30%) Finance
3 4 (9.30%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.33%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.33%) Agriculture
4 1 (2.33%) Publishing
4 1 (2.33%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.30%) Middleware
1 4 (9.30%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (4.65%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (2.33%) Express.js
3 1 (2.33%) Kafka
3 1 (2.33%) MERN Stack
3 1 (2.33%) Node.js
3 1 (2.33%) PySpark
3 1 (2.33%) React
3 1 (2.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.63%) Industry 4.0
1 5 (11.63%) Robotics
2 2 (4.65%) Cloud Native
2 2 (4.65%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (4.65%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (4.65%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.33%) Chip and PIN
3 1 (2.33%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.33%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (20.93%) ERP
2 6 (13.95%) Migration
2 6 (13.95%) TOGAF
3 5 (11.63%) Edge Computing
3 5 (11.63%) Integration Patterns
3 5 (11.63%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (9.30%) Agile
4 4 (9.30%) Architecture Governance
4 4 (9.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (6.98%) Analytics
5 3 (6.98%) CI/CD
5 3 (6.98%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (6.98%) Event-Driven
5 3 (6.98%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 3 (6.98%) Logistics
5 3 (6.98%) Microservices
5 3 (6.98%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (6.98%) Translating Business Requirements
6 2 (4.65%) Business Strategy
6 2 (4.65%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.65%) Apex Code
2 1 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (16.28%) SC Cleared
1 7 (16.28%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.65%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.33%) Degree
3 1 (2.33%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.33%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.33%) GDPR
1 1 (2.33%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (34.88%) SAP
2 7 (16.28%) Microsoft
2 7 (16.28%) Oracle
3 3 (6.98%) Databricks
3 3 (6.98%) Workday
4 2 (4.65%) Concur
4 2 (4.65%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.33%) DocuSign