Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in Fareham

Solution Architect
Hampshire > Fareham

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Fareham is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 January 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 5 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Fareham 5.88% 6.67% -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.98% 7.14% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £515 - -
25th Percentile £556 £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -
75th Percentile £675 £638 -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £638 £625 £648
% change year-on-year +2.00% -3.47% +2.78%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Fareham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Fareham. 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 Fareham with a recognized job title 43 14 22
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.31% 93.33% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 9 3
10th Percentile - £320 £250
25th Percentile £363 £436 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% +12.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £544 £519
90th Percentile £675 £675 £590
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £538 £541
% change year-on-year -2.33% -0.69% +3.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 4
10th Percentile - £32.99 -
25th Percentile £16.17 £36.87 -
Median hourly rate £16.34 £46.46 £13.05
Median % change year-on-year -64.84% +255.98% -29.46%
75th Percentile £16.50 £59.17 -
90th Percentile - £64.92 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £56.40
% change year-on-year -28.57% -37.94% +30.89%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Fareham

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 Fareham.

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Fareham

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Fareham

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Fareham

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Fareham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Fareham over the 6 months to 21 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in Fareham

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Fareham

For the 6 months to 21 January 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 Fareham region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
2 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) Zachman Framework

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Fareham 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Commerce Cloud
General
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
1 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (33.33%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
1 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (33.33%) Microservices
1 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
1 1 (33.33%) Zachman Framework
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft