Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Solution Architect
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Hertfordshire is £800, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 27 68
Rank change year-on-year -27 +41 -20
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 7 19 6
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 1.08% 4.92% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.19% 5.19% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 3
10th Percentile £740 £578 £473
25th Percentile £763 £638 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £650 £725
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -10.34% -
75th Percentile £833 £778 £756
90th Percentile £847 £788 £768
East of England median daily rate £525 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -19.23% -7.14% +5.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 0
Median hourly rate - £66.00 -
East of England median hourly rate - £66.00 -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 589 366 662
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.62% 94.82% 92.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 157 337
10th Percentile £273 £284 £278
25th Percentile £413 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £620
90th Percentile £710 £675 £738
East of England median daily rate £475 £465 £475
% change year-on-year +2.26% -2.21% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 84 168
10th Percentile £17.61 £18.88 £28.87
25th Percentile £19.91 £47.20 £42.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.66% +0.77% -
75th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year -49.70% +26.42% +92.93%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

Solutions Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies 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 18 January 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
Hemel Hempstead +1 2 - - 2
Stevenage -13 2 £819 - 4
Solutions Architect
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 Hertfordshire region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Decision-Making
1 5 (71.43%) Enterprise Architecture
1 5 (71.43%) TOGAF
2 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) Oracle
3 3 (42.86%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) ArchiMate
4 2 (28.57%) Architecture Governance
4 2 (28.57%) Boundary Protection
4 2 (28.57%) BPMN
4 2 (28.57%) Cisco
4 2 (28.57%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) DWDM
4 2 (28.57%) F5
4 2 (28.57%) IBM
4 2 (28.57%) IT Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) ITIL
4 2 (28.57%) Juniper
4 2 (28.57%) Nokia
4 2 (28.57%) Palo Alto
4 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 2 (28.57%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (28.57%) Salesforce
4 2 (28.57%) SDH

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) DWDM
1 2 (28.57%) SDH
2 1 (14.29%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (14.29%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Decision-Making
1 5 (71.43%) Enterprise Architecture
1 5 (71.43%) TOGAF
2 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) ArchiMate
4 2 (28.57%) Architecture Governance
4 2 (28.57%) Boundary Protection
4 2 (28.57%) BPMN
4 2 (28.57%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (28.57%) IT Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) ITIL
4 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 2 (28.57%) SDLC
4 2 (28.57%) Strategic Roadmap
4 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
4 2 (28.57%) Zachman Framework
5 1 (14.29%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C#
1 1 (14.29%) PHP
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) F5
2 2 (28.57%) IBM
2 2 (28.57%) Juniper
2 2 (28.57%) Nokia
2 2 (28.57%) Palo Alto
2 2 (28.57%) Salesforce
3 1 (14.29%) Databricks