Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

Solution Architect
Suffolk > Ipswich

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Ipswich is £775, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 5.65% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £556 - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - -
75th Percentile £788 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Suffolk median daily rate £575 £300 -
% change year-on-year +91.67% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Ipswich

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Ipswich. 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 Ipswich with a recognized job title 114 36 32
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.94% 100.00% 96.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 27 16
10th Percentile £303 £175 -
25th Percentile £493 £185 £105
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £225 £203
Median % change year-on-year +133.33% +11.11% -68.24%
75th Percentile £688 £472 £538
90th Percentile £750 £548 £563
Suffolk median daily rate £519 £275 £220
% change year-on-year +88.64% +25.00% -63.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 11
10th Percentile £16.25 - £11.25
25th Percentile £16.99 - £12.65
Median hourly rate £21.00 £17.79 £14.60
Median % change year-on-year +18.04% +21.85% -28.99%
75th Percentile £23.00 - £15.15
90th Percentile - - £17.00
Suffolk median hourly rate £19.37 £17.79 £14.60
% change year-on-year +8.85% +21.85% -10.15%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

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 Ipswich.

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Ipswich

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Ipswich

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

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

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Ipswich

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

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in Ipswich

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

For the 6 months to 21 June 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 Ipswich region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 2 (28.57%) AI
1 2 (28.57%) Analytics
1 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (14.29%) Adaptive Web Design
2 1 (14.29%) Agile
2 1 (14.29%) ArchiMate
2 1 (14.29%) Architectural Design
2 1 (14.29%) Architecture Governance
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Business Transformation
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience
2 1 (14.29%) Data Architecture
2 1 (14.29%) Data Ingestion
2 1 (14.29%) Data Lake
2 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (14.29%) Data Science
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Design Patterns
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (14.29%) High Availability
2 1 (14.29%) Identity Management
2 1 (14.29%) IT Strategy
2 1 (14.29%) Machine Learning
2 1 (14.29%) Middleware
2 1 (14.29%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (14.29%) QA

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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 1 (14.29%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Data Lake
General
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Operational Technology
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) AI
1 2 (28.57%) Analytics
1 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (14.29%) Agile
2 1 (14.29%) ArchiMate
2 1 (14.29%) Business Transformation
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 1 (14.29%) Data Architecture
2 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (14.29%) High Availability
2 1 (14.29%) Identity Management
2 1 (14.29%) IT Strategy
2 1 (14.29%) Machine Learning
2 1 (14.29%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (14.29%) Scrum
2 1 (14.29%) Security Architecture
2 1 (14.29%) TOGAF
2 1 (14.29%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA