Microsoft Solutions Architect Contracts in England

Microsoft Solution Architect
UK > England

The median Microsoft Solution Architect daily rate in England is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 464 537 638
Rank change year-on-year +73 +101 +114
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Solutions Architect 6 2 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.025% 0.005% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.006% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £553
25th Percentile - - £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile - - £825
90th Percentile - - £870
UK median daily rate £700 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +33.33% -12.50% -7.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 22,499 34,092 46,245
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,976 22,609 32,838
10th Percentile £300 £281 £313
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £645 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £761
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 914 2,443 1,370
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.87 £14.49
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.26 £37.50 £44.77
Median % change year-on-year -19.31% -16.23% +94.63%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £28.60 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.73% -16.67% +88.21%

Microsoft Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Solutions Architect in England

Microsoft Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Solutions Architect in England

Microsoft Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Solutions Architect in England.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Solutions Architect in England

Microsoft Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Solutions Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
London +37 3 - - 4
Midlands - 2 - -
West Midlands - 2 - -
South East - 1 £700 - 4
Microsoft Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, Microsoft 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 England region featuring Microsoft Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 3 (50.00%) Degree
3 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (33.33%) Service Migration
4 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (33.33%) Migration
4 2 (33.33%) C#
4 2 (33.33%) .NET
4 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (33.33%) Private Cloud
4 2 (33.33%) Cloud Native
4 2 (33.33%) IaaS
4 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
4 2 (33.33%) SaaS
4 2 (33.33%) PaaS
5 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
5 1 (16.67%) Functional Testing
5 1 (16.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 1 (16.67%) Data Structures
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
5 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (33.33%) IaaS
3 2 (33.33%) PaaS
3 2 (33.33%) SaaS
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 2 (33.33%) Private Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 2 (33.33%) Migration
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 2 (33.33%) Service Migration
1 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Change Management
2 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
2 1 (16.67%) Functional Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Logistics
2 1 (16.67%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (16.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft