Microsoft Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Microsoft Solution Architect
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

As of 18 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Microsoft Solution Architect daily rate in South Yorkshire.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Solutions Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate - £567 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 691 291 402
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.21% 86.87% 90.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 470 175 253
10th Percentile £315 £208 £350
25th Percentile £400 £369 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £538 £594 £612
90th Percentile £623 £675 £720
Yorkshire median daily rate £482 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.47% -5.00% -0.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 7
10th Percentile £14.98 £12.79 £16.01
25th Percentile £16.68 £14.35 £19.25
Median hourly rate £19.50 £18.10 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.76% -19.58% +18.42%
75th Percentile £22.33 £20.38 £27.50
90th Percentile £24.02 £21.05 £38.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £29.68 £23.34 £21.31
% change year-on-year +27.16% +9.53% +0.28%

Microsoft Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Microsoft Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Microsoft Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
Sheffield - 1 - - 1
Microsoft Solutions Architect
Yorkshire

Microsoft Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 18 December 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 Yorkshire region featuring Microsoft Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) DKIM
1 1 (100.00%) DMARC
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) E-Discovery
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2013
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) ShareGate
1 1 (100.00%) SMTP
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust

Microsoft Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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%) Exchange Server 2013
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (100.00%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DKIM
1 1 (100.00%) DMARC
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) SMTP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Graph
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) E-Discovery
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft