Microsoft Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Solution Architect
England > South East

The median Microsoft Solution Architect daily rate in the South East is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 November 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 170 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Solutions Architect 1 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.024% 0.098% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - £633 -
25th Percentile £613 £644 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £700 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% - -
75th Percentile £638 £772 -
90th Percentile - £789 -
England median daily rate £525 £577 £675
% change year-on-year -8.93% -14.59% +12.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 3,674 3,784 4,976
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.00% 92.84% 94.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,339 2,287 3,259
10th Percentile £209 £245 £206
25th Percentile £397 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +0.49% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £613
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
England median daily rate £507 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.43% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 379 200 250
10th Percentile £13.75 £18.41 £16.00
25th Percentile £16.17 £26.00 £24.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £57.38 £52.20
Median % change year-on-year -56.43% +9.91% +39.20%
75th Percentile £57.50 £72.36 £66.39
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.16 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -37.13% -12.82% +41.17%

Microsoft Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Microsoft Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Solutions Architect job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Solutions Architect job vacancies in the South East

Microsoft Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Solutions Architect within the South East region over the 6 months to 25 November 2025. 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
Kent - 1 £625 - 2
Microsoft Solutions Architect
England

Microsoft Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 25 November 2025, Microsoft 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 South East region featuring Microsoft Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture

Microsoft Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft