Solutions Architect Contracts in the South East

Solution Architect
England > South East

The median Solution Architect daily rate in the South East is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 71 62
Rank change year-on-year -2 -9 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 149 169 297
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.68% 2.89% 3.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.89% 3.07% 3.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 119 218
10th Percentile £463 £525 £488
25th Percentile £559 £563 £559
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £700 £749 £674
90th Percentile £738 £813 £738
England median daily rate £650 £673 £625
% change year-on-year -3.35% +7.60% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £90.40 - -
25th Percentile £91.00 £76.75 £56.50
Median hourly rate £92.00 £78.50 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.20% +33.05% -
75th Percentile £97.44 £80.25 £61.50
90th Percentile £100.70 - -
England median hourly rate £88.00 £66.75 £59.00
% change year-on-year +31.84% +13.14% +6.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 5,156 5,513 7,500
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.60% 94.38% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,099 3,836 5,074
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £394 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £613 £604 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 476 240 339
10th Percentile £12.78 £18.04 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.16 £16.18
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.24 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.53% +129.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.69 £43.85
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £60.30
England median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -21.11% +100.00% +0.36%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Solutions Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in the South East

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in the South East

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in the South East over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in the South East

Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Architect in the South East

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 Solutions Architect within the South East region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
Thames Valley -4 72 £625 -5.66% 12
Berkshire -18 50 £625 -7.75% 6
Hampshire +18 48 £725 +16.00% 6
Buckinghamshire +31 17 £619 +5.77% 5
Surrey +4 12 £625 +8.70% 9
West Sussex +7 7 £475 -25.85%
Oxfordshire +3 5 £700 +12.00% 1
Kent -7 2 - - 6
Sussex - 2 - -
East Sussex +5 1 £775 - 2
Solutions Architect
England

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Solutions Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 69 (46.31%) Security Cleared
2 45 (30.20%) Social Skills
3 42 (28.19%) DV Cleared
4 38 (25.50%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (18.79%) Product Ownership
5 28 (18.79%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (16.78%) GAP Analysis
6 25 (16.78%) Java
7 23 (15.44%) SC Cleared
7 23 (15.44%) Translating Business Requirements
8 22 (14.77%) Azure
8 22 (14.77%) Agile
9 18 (12.08%) Telecoms
10 17 (11.41%) Roadmaps
11 15 (10.07%) Microsoft
12 13 (8.72%) IT Strategy
12 13 (8.72%) VMware
13 12 (8.05%) QA
14 11 (7.38%) AWS
15 10 (6.71%) Data Centre
15 10 (6.71%) Degree
15 10 (6.71%) Stakeholder Management
16 9 (6.04%) Oracle
16 9 (6.04%) DHCP
16 9 (6.04%) DNS
16 9 (6.04%) Private Cloud
16 9 (6.04%) DevOps
16 9 (6.04%) Privileged Access Management
16 9 (6.04%) Cybersecurity
17 8 (5.37%) Technical Leadership

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (5.37%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.03%) Confluence
3 2 (1.34%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.67%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (2.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.34%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.67%) Maximo
3 1 (0.67%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle AGIS
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.67%) SAP MII
3 1 (0.67%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.67%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.67%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.67%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 22 (14.77%) Azure
2 11 (7.38%) AWS
3 8 (5.37%) Power Platform
4 5 (3.36%) GitHub
5 3 (2.01%) Azure Stack
6 2 (1.34%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.34%) OCI
6 2 (1.34%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.67%) Amazon EMR
7 1 (0.67%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.67%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.67%) PaaS
7 1 (0.67%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.04%) DHCP
1 9 (6.04%) DNS
2 5 (3.36%) MPLS
3 4 (2.68%) Internet
4 3 (2.01%) WAN
5 2 (1.34%) LAN
5 2 (1.34%) PBX
5 2 (1.34%) SAN
5 2 (1.34%) SDH
5 2 (1.34%) VoIP
6 1 (0.67%) Firewall
6 1 (0.67%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.68%) Oracle Database
2 3 (2.01%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.34%) Big Data
3 2 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.34%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.67%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.67%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.67%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.67%) Impala
4 1 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.67%) Power BI
4 1 (0.67%) Redis
4 1 (0.67%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.67%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 1 (0.67%) JIRA
1 1 (0.67%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (0.67%) Terragrunt
General
1 45 (30.20%) Social Skills
2 28 (18.79%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (12.08%) Telecoms
4 8 (5.37%) Retail
5 6 (4.03%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (2.68%) Finance
6 4 (2.68%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.01%) Banking
8 2 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.67%) Aeronautics
9 1 (0.67%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.67%) Automotive
9 1 (0.67%) Aviation
9 1 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.67%) French Language
9 1 (0.67%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.67%) Legal
9 1 (0.67%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.67%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.37%) .NET
2 2 (1.34%) .NET Framework
2 2 (1.34%) REST
3 1 (0.67%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.67%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.67%) ASP.NET Core
3 1 (0.67%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.67%) Kafka
3 1 (0.67%) Middleware
3 1 (0.67%) Next.js
3 1 (0.67%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 28 (18.79%) Product Ownership
2 10 (6.71%) Data Centre
3 9 (6.04%) Private Cloud
4 5 (3.36%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.01%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.01%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.34%) IoT
6 2 (1.34%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.34%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.67%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.67%) NHS
7 1 (0.67%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.67%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.03%) Windows
2 4 (2.68%) Android
2 4 (2.68%) Unix
3 2 (1.34%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (25.50%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (16.78%) GAP Analysis
3 23 (15.44%) Translating Business Requirements
4 22 (14.77%) Agile
5 17 (11.41%) Roadmaps
6 13 (8.72%) IT Strategy
7 10 (6.71%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (6.04%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (6.04%) DevOps
8 9 (6.04%) Privileged Access Management
9 8 (5.37%) Technical Leadership
10 7 (4.70%) ArchiMate
10 7 (4.70%) Coaching
10 7 (4.70%) Enterprise Architecture
10 7 (4.70%) Software Architecture
10 7 (4.70%) TOGAF
11 6 (4.03%) Analytics
11 6 (4.03%) Business Analysis
11 6 (4.03%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (4.03%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (16.78%) Java
2 7 (4.70%) SQL
3 4 (2.68%) PL/SQL
4 2 (1.34%) C#
4 2 (1.34%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 69 (46.31%) Security Cleared
2 42 (28.19%) DV Cleared
3 23 (15.44%) SC Cleared
4 10 (6.71%) Degree
5 8 (5.37%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.01%) CCNP
6 3 (2.01%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.01%) MCSE
6 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.05%) QA
2 6 (4.03%) NCSC
2 6 (4.03%) NIST
3 1 (0.67%) HL7
3 1 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (2.01%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.67%) Docker
2 1 (0.67%) HDFS
2 1 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (2.01%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.01%) SCCM
1 3 (2.01%) SCOM
2 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (10.07%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.72%) VMware
3 9 (6.04%) Oracle
4 5 (3.36%) Cisco
4 5 (3.36%) SAP
5 3 (2.01%) Ariba
5 3 (2.01%) Foundry
5 3 (2.01%) Palantir
6 2 (1.34%) Apple
6 2 (1.34%) Citrix
6 2 (1.34%) Dell
6 2 (1.34%) IBM
6 2 (1.34%) JDA
6 2 (1.34%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.34%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.34%) Workday
7 1 (0.67%) BT
7 1 (0.67%) Informatica
7 1 (0.67%) Juniper
7 1 (0.67%) Nokia