Solutions Architect Contracts in Swindon

Solution Architect
Wiltshire > Swindon

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Swindon is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 20 27
Rank change year-on-year +7 +7 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 8 1 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Swindon 8.16% 0.81% 3.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.70% 0.91% 3.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £633 - £578
25th Percentile £663 - £610
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - £675
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.93%
75th Percentile £738 - £738
90th Percentile - - £768
Wiltshire median daily rate £675 £750 £700
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% +5.85%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Swindon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Swindon. 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 Swindon with a recognized job title 92 110 233
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.88% 89.43% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 69 190
10th Percentile £248 £143 £200
25th Percentile £354 £200 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -23.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £593 £538 £588
90th Percentile £650 £682 £694
Wiltshire median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +6.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 0
Median hourly rate - £16.50 -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £18.87 £20.75 £65.50
% change year-on-year -9.06% -68.32% +19.09%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Swindon

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in Swindon.

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in Swindon

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swindon

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Swindon region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (25.00%) Business Process Modelling
3 2 (25.00%) Digital Wallet
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) TOGAF Certification
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Pega
3 2 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (25.00%) AWS
3 2 (25.00%) Degree
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (25.00%) QA
3 2 (25.00%) Banking
3 2 (25.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Oracle
3 2 (25.00%) ERP
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (12.50%) Middleware
4 1 (12.50%) Scrum
4 1 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Google
4 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) Zachman Framework

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swindon 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) GCP
General
1 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (25.00%) Banking
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (12.50%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Wallet
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) Business Process Modelling
2 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (25.00%) ERP
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (25.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (12.50%) Architectural Design
3 1 (12.50%) Architecture Governance
3 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
3 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (12.50%) Compliance Management
3 1 (12.50%) Containerisation
3 1 (12.50%) IT Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Debt
3 1 (12.50%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (12.50%) AWS Certification
2 1 (12.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
1 2 (25.00%) Pega
2 1 (12.50%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft