Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Solution Architect
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Oxfordshire is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 12 20
Rank change year-on-year -14 +8 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 3 7 7
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 1.99% 4.73% 3.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.24% 5.19% 3.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 5
10th Percentile - £613 £539
25th Percentile - £622 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% - -10.34%
75th Percentile - - £675
90th Percentile - - £690
South East median daily rate £600 £625 £648
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.47% -0.38%

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 134 135 202
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.74% 91.22% 91.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 82 152
10th Percentile £171 £171 £171
25th Percentile £222 £363 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £550 £534 £575
90th Percentile £625 £649 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £509 £510
% change year-on-year -1.67% -0.29% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 10 13
10th Percentile £18.87 £12.13 £25.05
25th Percentile £25.00 £19.25 £25.95
Median hourly rate £25.15 £20.50 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year +22.68% -36.53% +90.00%
75th Percentile £77.50 £27.12 £50.00
90th Percentile £89.63 £70.13 -
South East median hourly rate £20.77 £58.17 £52.50
% change year-on-year -64.30% +10.80% +66.51%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

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

Solutions Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Oxfordshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Oxfordshire

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 19 October 2025, 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 Oxfordshire region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) BPMN
1 3 (100.00%) Business Case
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) High Availability
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
1 3 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 3 (100.00%) Presales
1 3 (100.00%) Requirements Workshops
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) System Testing
1 3 (100.00%) UML
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Retail
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (100.00%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) BPMN
1 3 (100.00%) Business Case
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) High Availability
1 3 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 3 (100.00%) Presales
1 3 (100.00%) Requirements Workshops
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) System Testing
1 3 (100.00%) UML
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL