Architect Contract Job Trends in Solihull

Architect
West Midlands > Solihull

The median Architect daily rate in Solihull is £447, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 5 15
Rank change year-on-year -6 +10 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 1 12 8
As % of all contract jobs in Solihull 2.13% 22.22% 10.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.22% 22.64% 10.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 3
10th Percentile - £393 -
25th Percentile - £444 £813
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £460 £825
Median % change year-on-year -2.72% -44.30% +13.79%
75th Percentile - £485 £844
90th Percentile - £488 £848
West Midlands median daily rate £585 £624 £650
% change year-on-year -6.27% -4.04% +1.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Solihull

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Solihull. 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 Solihull with a recognized job title 45 53 73
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.74% 98.15% 93.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 37 29
10th Percentile £316 £277 £272
25th Percentile £381 £358 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £447 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% -10.60% +17.65%
75th Percentile £588 £489 £625
90th Percentile £613 £500 £748
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Solihull

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Solihull.

Architect job vacancy trend in Solihull

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Solihull

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Solihull.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Solihull

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Solihull

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Solihull.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Solihull

Architect Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Solihull

For the 6 months to 21 November 2025, 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 Solihull region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ab Initio
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Spark
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Dremio
1 1 (100.00%) Hadoop
1 1 (100.00%) HDFS
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Solihull 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 1 (100.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Dremio
1 1 (100.00%) Hadoop
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) HDFS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Ab Initio
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle