Solutions Architect Contracts in Leicestershire

Solution Architect
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Leicestershire 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 22 30
Rank change year-on-year +8 +8 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 5 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire 5.00% 2.52% 2.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.88% 2.76% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 5
10th Percentile £626 £571 -
25th Percentile £628 £573 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £675 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +17.39% -9.80%
75th Percentile £653 £750 £613
90th Percentile £666 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £475 £588 £660
% change year-on-year -19.15% -10.98% +17.07%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leicestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 85 145 170
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.00% 91.19% 97.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 105 145
10th Percentile £157 £131 £235
25th Percentile £256 £256 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £375 £395
Median % change year-on-year +19.00% -5.06% -1.25%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £450
90th Percentile £641 £633 £562
East Midlands median daily rate £447 £410 £450
% change year-on-year +9.02% -8.89% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 8
10th Percentile £19.05 £14.98 £13.02
25th Percentile £19.88 £19.81 £14.54
Median hourly rate £22.50 £25.00 £20.46
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +22.19% +9.12%
75th Percentile £26.88 £27.81 £32.81
90th Percentile £28.75 £28.38 £62.63
East Midlands median hourly rate £23.21 £17.50 £20.36
% change year-on-year +32.60% -14.05% +19.03%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Leicestershire

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in Leicestershire

Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire 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
Leicester +4 5 £630 +6.11% 8
Solutions Architect
East Midlands

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

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 Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire 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