Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Solution Architect
West Midlands > Shropshire

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Shropshire is £671, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 32 -
Rank change year-on-year -41 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 14 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 1.92% 0.59% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.01% 0.62% -
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile £630 - -
25th Percentile £647 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £671 - -
75th Percentile £693 - -
90th Percentile £700 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £650 £600 £640
% change year-on-year +8.33% -6.25% -3.76%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Shropshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Shropshire. 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 Shropshire with a recognized job title 698 162 91
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.75% 95.29% 79.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 595 109 65
10th Percentile £358 £308 £149
25th Percentile £412 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £463 £470
Median % change year-on-year +1.41% -1.60% -4.08%
75th Percentile £526 £537 £519
90th Percentile £625 £549 £538
West Midlands median daily rate £486 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.37% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 2 0
10th Percentile £20.51 £26.13 -
25th Percentile £51.25 £27.59 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £31.31 -
Median % change year-on-year +67.70% - -
75th Percentile £61.00 £36.30 -
90th Percentile £65.25 £38.53 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.00 £24.34 £19.59
% change year-on-year +35.58% +24.25% -2.05%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

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

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Shropshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Shropshire over the 6 months to 26 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in Shropshire

Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

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 Shropshire region over the 6 months to 26 July 2026. 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
Telford -43 13 £673 - 5
Shrewsbury - 1 £525 - 2
Solutions Architect
West Midlands

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 Shropshire region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 11 (78.57%) AWS
1 11 (78.57%) Azure
2 10 (71.43%) Problem Management
3 9 (64.29%) Agile
3 9 (64.29%) Architecture Governance
3 9 (64.29%) Oracle
4 7 (50.00%) SC Cleared
4 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
5 5 (35.71%) Java
5 5 (35.71%) JavaScript
5 5 (35.71%) Kubernetes
5 5 (35.71%) Migration
5 5 (35.71%) MySQL
5 5 (35.71%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (28.57%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (28.57%) Oracle Database
6 4 (28.57%) Service Delivery
7 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (21.43%) Denodo
7 3 (21.43%) Roadmaps
7 3 (21.43%) SAS
7 3 (21.43%) Talend
8 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (7.14%) AI
9 1 (7.14%) Architectural Patterns
9 1 (7.14%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (7.14%) CI/CD
9 1 (7.14%) Containerisation
9 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
9 1 (7.14%) Data Architecture

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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 3 (21.43%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 11 (78.57%) AWS
1 11 (78.57%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) AWS CloudFormation
2 1 (7.14%) GCP
2 1 (7.14%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) MySQL
2 4 (28.57%) Oracle Database
3 1 (7.14%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.14%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 9 (64.29%) Private Cloud
2 4 (28.57%) Public Cloud
3 2 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (7.14%) Cloud Native
4 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
4 1 (7.14%) SystemC
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Problem Management
2 9 (64.29%) Agile
2 9 (64.29%) Architecture Governance
3 5 (35.71%) Migration
3 5 (35.71%) Technical Leadership
4 4 (28.57%) Service Delivery
5 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (21.43%) Roadmaps
6 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (7.14%) AI
7 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (7.14%) Data Architecture
7 1 (7.14%) Data Protection
7 1 (7.14%) ETL
7 1 (7.14%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 1 (7.14%) Information Governance
7 1 (7.14%) Machine Learning
7 1 (7.14%) SFIA
7 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) Java
1 5 (35.71%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.14%) Python
2 1 (7.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (28.57%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 5 (35.71%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Oracle
2 3 (21.43%) Denodo
2 3 (21.43%) Talend