Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in Salisbury

Solution Architect
Wiltshire > Salisbury

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Salisbury is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Salisbury 15.38% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 15.69% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £705 - -
25th Percentile £713 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - -
75th Percentile £738 - -
90th Percentile £745 - -
Wiltshire median daily rate £688 £600 £675
% change year-on-year +14.58% -11.11% +3.85%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Salisbury

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Salisbury. 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 Salisbury with a recognized job title 51 18 52
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.08% 90.00% 98.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 10 41
10th Percentile £549 £455 £200
25th Percentile £553 £558 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £648 £653 £400
Median % change year-on-year -0.77% +63.13% -12.09%
75th Percentile £706 £670 £513
90th Percentile £775 £688 £575
Wiltshire median daily rate £525 £564 £543
% change year-on-year -6.87% +3.92% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.39
Median hourly rate £17.85 - £17.39
75th Percentile - - £18.38
90th Percentile £57.68 - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £41.71 £24.00 £12.79
% change year-on-year +73.79% +87.65% -74.42%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Salisbury

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 Salisbury.

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Salisbury

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Salisbury

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

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

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Salisbury

For the 6 months to 16 October 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 Salisbury region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (87.50%) SC Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (25.00%) Asterisk PBX
3 2 (25.00%) AWS
3 2 (25.00%) Azure
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (25.00%) DHCP
3 2 (25.00%) DNS
3 2 (25.00%) Firewall
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (25.00%) Network Security
3 2 (25.00%) NX-OS
3 2 (25.00%) PABX
3 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (25.00%) SIEM
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (25.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (25.00%) Windows
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (25.00%) Wireless

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Asterisk PBX
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (25.00%) DHCP
1 2 (25.00%) DNS
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
1 2 (25.00%) Network Security
1 2 (25.00%) NX-OS
1 2 (25.00%) PABX
1 2 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
1 2 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (25.00%) SIEM
1 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (25.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (87.50%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft