Solutions Architect Contracts in Leicester

Solution Architect
Leicestershire > Leicester

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Leicester is £630, 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 14 18 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 5 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicester 6.49% 1.77% -
As % of the Job Titles category 7.94% 1.90% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £626 £569 -
25th Percentile £628 £570 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £594 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.11% - -
75th Percentile £653 £620 -
90th Percentile £666 £623 -
Leicestershire median daily rate £630 £675 £575
% change year-on-year -6.67% +17.39% -9.80%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leicester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leicester. 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 Leicester with a recognized job title 63 105 108
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 81.82% 92.92% 96.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 74 91
10th Percentile £225 £131 £263
25th Percentile £275 £318 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £451 £415
Median % change year-on-year +3.88% +8.73% +3.75%
75th Percentile £589 £600 £450
90th Percentile £651 £625 £563
Leicestershire median daily rate £446 £375 £395
% change year-on-year +19.00% -5.06% -1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 8
10th Percentile - £14.98 £13.02
25th Percentile £21.25 £19.81 £14.54
Median hourly rate £22.50 £25.00 £20.46
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +22.19% +16.91%
75th Percentile £23.75 £27.81 £32.81
90th Percentile - £28.38 £62.63
Leicestershire median hourly rate £22.50 £25.00 £20.46
% change year-on-year -10.00% +22.19% +9.12%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Leicester

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in Leicester

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

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 Leicester region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Distributed Applications
2 2 (40.00%) NetApp
2 2 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (20.00%) ETL Development
3 1 (20.00%) Power BI
3 1 (20.00%) 5G
3 1 (20.00%) Databricks
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (20.00%) Value Proposition
3 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) 4G
3 1 (20.00%) Tableau
3 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (20.00%) Predictive Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security
3 1 (20.00%) Data Integration
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) LTE

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) 3G
1 1 (20.00%) 3GPP
1 1 (20.00%) 4G
1 1 (20.00%) 5G
1 1 (20.00%) LTE
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
1 1 (20.00%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
1 1 (20.00%) Tableau
General
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Distributed Applications
2 1 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) ETL
2 1 (20.00%) ETL Development
2 1 (20.00%) Predictive Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) NetApp
1 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) Databricks
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft