Solutions Architect Contracts in Hertfordshire

Solution Architect
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Hertfordshire is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 66 56
Rank change year-on-year +35 -10 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 14 7 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 4.36% 0.84% 2.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.71% 0.93% 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 13
10th Percentile £588 £600 £600
25th Percentile £650 £609 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £725 £700
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -10.83%
75th Percentile £784 £866 £750
90th Percentile £788 £892 £788
East of England median daily rate £650 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% +7.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 2
10th Percentile £59.70 - £61.95
25th Percentile £61.50 - £62.63
Median hourly rate £64.50 - £64.50
75th Percentile £69.81 - £65.63
90th Percentile £74.13 - £65.85
East of England median hourly rate £64.50 £87.50 £64.50
% change year-on-year -26.29% +35.66% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 297 750 744
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 89.93% 91.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 309 406
10th Percentile £330 £235 £210
25th Percentile £425 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +26.47% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £763
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 285 148
10th Percentile £27.96 £37.91 £20.31
25th Percentile £50.31 £43.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -20.00% +27.55%
75th Percentile £79.82 £65.00 £66.69
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £74.95
East of England median hourly rate £50.00 £43.00 £35.40
% change year-on-year +16.28% +21.47% +128.39%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Hertfordshire

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in Hertfordshire

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in Hertfordshire

Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Architect in Hertfordshire

Solutions Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Solutions Architect in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Solutions Architect in Hertfordshire

Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Stevenage - 8 - - 6
Welwyn Garden City - 2 £775 -
Hemel Hempstead - 1 £550 - 6
Solutions Architect
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Hertfordshire region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 9 (64.29%) Roadmaps
2 7 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
4 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (35.71%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (35.71%) Business Analysis
4 5 (35.71%) WebSphere
4 5 (35.71%) Project Management
4 5 (35.71%) Information Management
4 5 (35.71%) Management Information System
4 5 (35.71%) SQL
4 5 (35.71%) DB2
4 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
5 4 (28.57%) Agile
5 4 (28.57%) QA
5 4 (28.57%) Digital Transformation Strategy
6 3 (21.43%) Business Transformation
6 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (21.43%) Translating Business Requirements
6 3 (21.43%) Business Case
6 3 (21.43%) Retail
6 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (14.29%) Network Security
7 2 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
7 2 (14.29%) Azure
7 2 (14.29%) AWS
7 2 (14.29%) Security Architecture
7 2 (14.29%) Software Architecture

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 5 (35.71%) WebSphere
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) AWS
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Network Security
2 1 (7.14%) LAN
2 1 (7.14%) VPN
2 1 (7.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) DB2
General
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Retail
3 2 (14.29%) Aviation
4 1 (7.14%) Aerospace
4 1 (7.14%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Management Information System
2 2 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 2 (14.29%) Mobile App
2 2 (14.29%) Private Cloud
2 2 (14.29%) Public Cloud
3 1 (7.14%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (7.14%) EPoS
3 1 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (7.14%) PropTech
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Roadmaps
2 5 (35.71%) Business Analysis
2 5 (35.71%) Information Management
2 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (35.71%) Project Management
3 4 (28.57%) Agile
3 4 (28.57%) Digital Transformation Strategy
4 3 (21.43%) Business Case
4 3 (21.43%) Business Transformation
4 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (21.43%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
5 2 (14.29%) Data Security
5 2 (14.29%) DevOps
5 2 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Security Architecture
5 2 (14.29%) Software Architecture
5 2 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) CCNP
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.14%) CISSP
2 1 (7.14%) MCSA
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) QA
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
1 5 (35.71%) Virtual Machines