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 £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 43 32
Rank change year-on-year -9 -11 +4
Contract Solutions Architect jobs 35 30 30
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 2.54% 3.52% 4.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.00% 3.81% 4.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 24 20
10th Percentile £494 £421 £442
25th Percentile £550 £440 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +11.11% -15.89%
75th Percentile £675 £625 £459
90th Percentile - £825 £495
England median daily rate £650 £620 £625
% change year-on-year +4.84% -0.80% -3.85%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in the East Midlands matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
2 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in the East Midlands matching a recognised job title 1,167 787 680
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 84.57% 92.37% 93.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 537 400
10th Percentile £230 £190 £261
25th Percentile £381 £334 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £415 £445
Median % change year-on-year +14.46% -6.74% -6.32%
75th Percentile £575 £523 £531
90th Percentile £675 £638 £613
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 71 38
10th Percentile £12.76 £16.17 £13.27
25th Percentile £13.51 £17.87 £17.00
Median hourly rate £17.99 £21.39 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year -15.92% -11.54% +33.13%
75th Percentile £26.20 £25.15 £42.56
90th Percentile £38.03 £26.00 £51.50
England median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £41.27
% change year-on-year +63.02% -39.05% -10.35%

Solutions Architect Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Solutions Architect job postings 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 Solutions Architect jobs in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 2 November 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 Solutions Architect jobs within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
Derbyshire -2 16 £588 -26.56% 1
Northamptonshire +6 9 £650 +47.19% 2
Nottinghamshire -10 7 £675 +12.50% 2
Leicestershire -6 3 £650 +44.44% 3
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 November 2026, Solutions Architect contract job ads cited 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 Solutions Architect job ads across the East Midlands region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Migration31.4%11
2Azure22.9%8
2Microsoft22.9%8
2SC Cleared22.9%8
2Security Cleared22.9%8
6TOGAF20.0%7
7Stakeholder Management17.1%6
8Edge Computing14.3%5
8Oracle14.3%5
8SaaS14.3%5
11Agile11.4%4
11CI/CD11.4%4
11ERP11.4%4
11Event-Driven11.4%4
11Event-Driven Architecture11.4%4
11Roadmaps11.4%4
11SAP11.4%4
18AWS8.6%3
18Data Governance8.6%3
18Enterprise Architecture8.6%3
18Microservices8.6%3
18OCI8.6%3
18SAP S/4HANA8.6%3
18Stakeholder Engagement8.6%3
18Workday8.6%3
26Amazon Aurora5.7%2
26Amazon EMR5.7%2
26Amazon Redshift5.7%2
26Amazon S35.7%2
26Analytics5.7%2

Solutions Architect Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Solutions Architect17.1%6
2Oracle Solutions Architect8.6%3
3Cloud Solutions Architect5.7%2
3ERP Architect5.7%2
3Migration Architect5.7%2
3SAP S/4HANA Architect5.7%2
3SAP Solutions Architect5.7%2
3Teradata Architect5.7%2
3Workday Architect5.7%2
10.NET Solutions Architect2.9%1
10AWS Solution Architect2.9%1
10ETL Architect2.9%1
10Lead Developer2.9%1
10Lead Solutions Architect2.9%1
10Salesforce Developer2.9%1
10Salesforce Solution Architect2.9%1
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