Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Solution Architect
South East > Hampshire

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Hampshire is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2026.

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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 67 55
Rank change year-on-year -22 -12 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 12 8 47
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.72% 1.07% 2.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 1.12% 3.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 31
10th Percentile £546 £461 £513
25th Percentile £566 £481 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £725
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -31.03% +16.00%
75th Percentile £659 £519 £738
90th Percentile £675 £610 -
South East median daily rate £625 £625 £628
% change year-on-year - -0.40% -0.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £90.60
25th Percentile - - £91.50
Median hourly rate - - £92.19
75th Percentile - - £92.37
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £86.91 - £92.37
% change year-on-year - - +17.67%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,566 715 1,466
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 95.59% 90.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 936 525 836
10th Percentile £363 £278 £363
25th Percentile £483 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £613 £675
90th Percentile £738 £661 £738
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 147 46 177
10th Percentile £13.88 £19.24 £13.70
25th Percentile £16.42 £24.66 £33.75
Median hourly rate £45.00 £55.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -4.10% +11.90%
75th Percentile £56.00 £69.69 £63.75
90th Percentile £64.47 £75.00 £77.12
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +69.23% -31.58% -

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Solutions Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Hampshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Hampshire

Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
Fareham -8 2 £650 -
Portsmouth - 2 £568 -
Farnborough - 2 £600 -
Southampton -11 1 - -
Basingstoke - 1 - -
Eastleigh - 1 £600 -
Solutions Architect
South East

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 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 Hampshire region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) Architectural Design
2 3 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 3 (25.00%) AWS
2 3 (25.00%) Databricks
2 3 (25.00%) JSON
2 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) XML
3 2 (16.67%) Agile
3 2 (16.67%) Containerisation
3 2 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (16.67%) Microservices
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (16.67%) Zero Trust
4 1 (8.33%) B2C
4 1 (8.33%) Business Strategy
4 1 (8.33%) CI/CD
4 1 (8.33%) Confluence
4 1 (8.33%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) Cryptography
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (8.33%) Data Modelling
4 1 (8.33%) Data Protection
4 1 (8.33%) Deployment Automation
4 1 (8.33%) Design Patterns
4 1 (8.33%) DevSecOps
4 1 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 (8.33%) Confluence
1 1 (8.33%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (58.33%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (8.33%) GCP
3 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
1 1 (8.33%) NAS
1 1 (8.33%) SAN
1 1 (8.33%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Legal
2 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) JSON
1 3 (25.00%) XML
2 1 (8.33%) REST
2 1 (8.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (16.67%) Cloud Native
3 1 (8.33%) CMDB
3 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (8.33%) PKI
3 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (8.33%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Architectural Design
1 3 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (16.67%) Agile
2 2 (16.67%) Containerisation
2 2 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (16.67%) Microservices
2 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (16.67%) Zero Trust
3 1 (8.33%) B2C
3 1 (8.33%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
3 1 (8.33%) Cryptography
3 1 (8.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (8.33%) ITSM
3 1 (8.33%) Logistics
3 1 (8.33%) MODAF
3 1 (8.33%) TOGAF
3 1 (8.33%) Workflow
3 1 (8.33%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) GRC
1 1 (8.33%) NCSC
1 1 (8.33%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (8.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Databricks
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) Foundry
3 1 (8.33%) Palantir
3 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (8.33%) TIBCO
3 1 (8.33%) VMware
3 1 (8.33%) Zerto