Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in Nottingham

Solution Architect
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Nottingham is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - 17
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 4 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Nottingham 2.42% - 2.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.61% - 2.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - £570
25th Percentile £575 - £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £725
75th Percentile £625 - £775
90th Percentile - - -
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £600 - £750
% change year-on-year - - +3.45%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Nottingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Nottingham. 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 Nottingham with a recognized job title 153 106 139
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 89.08% 95.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 56 105
10th Percentile £200 £185 £288
25th Percentile £380 £364 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% +5.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £545 £531 £638
90th Percentile £638 £594 £729
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 3 7
10th Percentile £15.39 £13.27 £9.08
25th Percentile £16.17 £13.79 £10.76
Median hourly rate £16.35 £14.80 £14.25
Median % change year-on-year +10.47% +3.86% +29.55%
75th Percentile £17.87 £15.03 £17.00
90th Percentile £17.88 £15.07 £20.07
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £16.35 £15.10 £14.25
% change year-on-year +8.28% +5.96% +25.00%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

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 Nottingham.

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Nottingham

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Nottingham

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

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

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham

For the 6 months to 12 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 Nottingham region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) ABAP
3 1 (25.00%) Architectural Design
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Functions
3 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) IDoc
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) OO
3 1 (25.00%) OOP
3 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
3 1 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (25.00%) SAP BW
3 1 (25.00%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (25.00%) SAP PI
3 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (25.00%) SAP XI
3 1 (25.00%) Serverless
3 1 (25.00%) SOAP
3 1 (25.00%) Web Services
3 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Functions
2 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (25.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SAP BW
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) IDoc
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (25.00%) SAP PI
1 1 (25.00%) SAP XI
1 1 (25.00%) SOAP
1 1 (25.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (25.00%) OO
2 1 (25.00%) OOP
2 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP