Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in Taunton

Solution Architect
Somerset > Taunton

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Taunton is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Taunton 8.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 8.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
Somerset median daily rate £588 £675 £588
% change year-on-year -12.96% +14.89% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Taunton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Taunton. 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 Taunton with a recognized job title 25 22 33
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 91.67% 97.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 13 31
10th Percentile £450 £440 £581
25th Percentile £500 £500 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £685
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -16.06% +16.10%
75th Percentile £715 £600 £728
90th Percentile £750 £668 £750
Somerset median daily rate £442 £450 £488
% change year-on-year -1.72% -7.69% -0.51%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

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 Taunton.

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Taunton

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Taunton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Taunton

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

For the 6 months to 15 October 2025, 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 Taunton region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (100.00%) Wiki
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Runbook
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) NCSC
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Observability
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Key Vault
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Event Grid
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven
2 1 (50.00%) Key Management
2 1 (50.00%) UX Research
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) API Management
2 1 (50.00%) Azure API Management
2 1 (50.00%) Government Security Classifications
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton 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 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Azure API Management
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Event Grid
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Key Vault
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) B2C
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Key Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) MODAF
2 1 (50.00%) Observability
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Runbook
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Government Security Classifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
1 1 (50.00%) NIST