Solutions Architect Contracts in Reading

Solution Architect
Berkshire > Reading

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Reading is £675 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 52 51
Rank change year-on-year -33 -1 -18
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 15 32 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.26% 3.04% 3.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% 3.18% 4.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 25 38
10th Percentile £595 £575 £459
25th Percentile £625 £663 £527
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £700 £595
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +17.65% -4.80%
75th Percentile £699 £754 £647
90th Percentile £709 £799 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £625 £675 £600
% change year-on-year -7.41% +12.50% +14.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,113 1,007 1,286
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 95.63% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 635 669 877
10th Percentile £213 £363 £185
25th Percentile £411 £453 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £656
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -2.38% +7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 25 7
10th Percentile £33.52 £18.03 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £48.40 £17.63
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +150.00% -40.23%
75th Percentile £75.83 £74.00 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.47 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £59.00 £56.89 £21.00
% change year-on-year +3.72% +170.88% -2.33%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Reading

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in Reading

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Reading over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in Reading

Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Architect in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, 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 Reading region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 5 (33.33%) Retail
2 4 (26.67%) Oracle
3 3 (20.00%) ITIL
3 3 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 3 (20.00%) TOGAF
3 3 (20.00%) ERP
3 3 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (20.00%) Data Integration
3 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
4 2 (13.33%) Business Case
4 2 (13.33%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (13.33%) OCI
4 2 (13.33%) Product Roadmap
4 2 (13.33%) Workday
4 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (13.33%) Project Planning
5 1 (6.67%) Degree
5 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (6.67%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (6.67%) Data Protection
5 1 (6.67%) Business Analysis
5 1 (6.67%) eTOM
5 1 (6.67%) UML
5 1 (6.67%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (6.67%) SAP
5 1 (6.67%) Finance

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

Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (6.67%) Maximo
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle AGIS
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (6.67%) SAP MII
2 1 (6.67%) SAP PM
2 1 (6.67%) SAP PP
2 1 (6.67%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) OCI
2 1 (6.67%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) PaaS
2 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Firewall
1 1 (6.67%) LAN
1 1 (6.67%) MPLS
1 1 (6.67%) PBX
1 1 (6.67%) SDH
1 1 (6.67%) Unified Communications
1 1 (6.67%) VoIP
1 1 (6.67%) WAN
General
1 5 (33.33%) Retail
2 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (13.33%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (20.00%) Data Integration
1 3 (20.00%) ERP
1 3 (20.00%) ITIL
1 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (20.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (20.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (13.33%) Business Case
2 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (13.33%) Product Roadmap
2 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
2 2 (13.33%) Project Planning
3 1 (6.67%) Business Analysis
3 1 (6.67%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (6.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (6.67%) eTOM
3 1 (6.67%) Project Management
3 1 (6.67%) Quality Management
3 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (6.67%) UML
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) Degree
1 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
1 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Oracle
2 2 (13.33%) Workday
3 1 (6.67%) IBM
3 1 (6.67%) SAP