Solutions Architect Contracts in Oxfordshire

Solution Architect
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Oxfordshire is £775, 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 19 22 25
Rank change year-on-year +3 +3 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 3 5 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 2.83% 2.20% 2.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.00% 2.59% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 5
10th Percentile - £599 £553
25th Percentile £763 £634 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £700 £600
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% +16.67% +166.67%
75th Percentile £788 £772 £638
90th Percentile - £811 -
South East median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +8.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 100 193 230
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.34% 85.02% 92.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 123 152
10th Percentile £250 £132 £250
25th Percentile £263 £180 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £638 £500 £550
90th Percentile £688 £550 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 30 17
10th Percentile £22.97 £12.92 -
25th Percentile £23.50 £13.97 £18.08
Median hourly rate £27.76 £19.50 £25.95
Median % change year-on-year +42.36% -24.86% +29.75%
75th Percentile £46.30 £26.00 £32.30
90th Percentile £46.54 £65.00 £51.20
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Oxfordshire

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in Oxfordshire

Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in Oxfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Architect in Oxfordshire

Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire 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
Abingdon - 2 - -
Solutions Architect
South East

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) PLM
1 2 (66.67%) Information Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Information Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) PLM
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared