Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in South Lanarkshire

Solution Architect
Scotland > South Lanarkshire

The median Solution Architect daily rate in South Lanarkshire is £813, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 5 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in South Lanarkshire 20.83% - 1.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 22.73% - 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £779 - £680
25th Percentile £784 - £688
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £813 - £700
75th Percentile £834 - -
90th Percentile £836 - -
Scotland median daily rate £650 £625 £650
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
South Lanarkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Lanarkshire. 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 South Lanarkshire with a recognized job title 22 5 151
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.67% 100.00% 92.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 85
10th Percentile £263 £370 £259
25th Percentile £531 £391 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £430 £590
Median % change year-on-year +34.88% -27.12% +41.32%
75th Percentile £642 £466 £650
90th Percentile £826 £487 £700
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in South Lanarkshire

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 South Lanarkshire.

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in South Lanarkshire

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in South Lanarkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in South Lanarkshire

Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in South Lanarkshire

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 South Lanarkshire region over the 6 months to 2 February 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
East Kilbride - 5 £813 - 1
Solutions Architect
Scotland

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

For the 6 months to 2 February 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 South Lanarkshire region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) GCP
3 3 (60.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) Google
3 3 (60.00%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (60.00%) Software-Defined Networking
3 3 (60.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (40.00%) Architecture Governance
4 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
4 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
4 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (40.00%) Linux
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (40.00%) Open Source
4 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (20.00%) Architecture Roadmap
5 1 (20.00%) AWS
5 1 (20.00%) Azure
5 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
5 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 1 (20.00%) Oracle
5 1 (20.00%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
5 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Lanarkshire 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 (20.00%) Oracle Coherence
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) GCP
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Identity Access Management
1 3 (60.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (40.00%) Architecture Governance
2 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (40.00%) Open Source
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (20.00%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Google
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle