Solutions Architect Contracts in the UK excluding London

Solution Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Solution Architect daily rate in the UK excluding London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 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
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 66 105
Rank change year-on-year -29 +39 -27
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 330 578 571
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.59% 2.85% 2.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.82% 3.08% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 384 411
10th Percentile £434 £486 £525
25th Percentile £507 £569 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +6.12%
75th Percentile £675 £718 £725
90th Percentile £738 £761 £799
UK median daily rate £619 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -4.80% - +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 9
10th Percentile £30.10 £75.20 £65.10
25th Percentile £57.00 £87.50 £66.00
Median hourly rate £64.50 £91.00 £76.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.12% +19.74% +28.81%
75th Percentile £74.69 £92.37 £80.25
90th Percentile £77.36 £95.52 -
UK median hourly rate £66.00 £90.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year -26.67% +33.33% +14.41%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,683 18,741 21,586
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.78% 92.50% 94.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,462 11,456 15,029
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £598
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.33% -2.82% +2.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 812 2,282 1,102
10th Percentile £13.87 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.72 £18.04
Median hourly rate £26.42 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.96% -5.88% +112.50%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.60 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% -18.89% +88.21%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London

Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London

Solutions Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London

Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
North of England -19 106 £600 - 466
North West -13 84 £600 -4.00% 209
Midlands +20 74 £537 -14.08% 438
South East -15 57 £625 - 660
West Midlands +10 40 £600 -11.11% 227
South West -33 40 £575 -11.54% 302
Scotland +11 39 £613 -2.00% 112
East Midlands +17 33 £475 +5.56% 185
Yorkshire -12 20 £600 +4.35% 200
East of England +5 15 £650 -3.70% 310
Wales -4 4 £563 -13.46% 64
North East -2 3 £625 +4.17% 57
Northern Ireland -11 3 £663 +1.92% 26
Solutions Architect
UK

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 23 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 UK excluding London region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 105 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 102 (30.91%) Azure
3 90 (27.27%) AWS
4 80 (24.24%) Roadmaps
5 74 (22.42%) Agile
6 61 (18.48%) Finance
7 60 (18.18%) Microsoft
8 59 (17.88%) Enterprise Architecture
8 59 (17.88%) Problem-Solving
9 56 (16.97%) TOGAF
10 48 (14.55%) Security Cleared
11 47 (14.24%) Migration
12 43 (13.03%) Banking
13 41 (12.42%) SC Cleared
14 40 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
15 39 (11.82%) Analytical Skills
16 36 (10.91%) Architectural Design
17 30 (9.09%) DevOps
18 28 (8.48%) Cloud Native
19 27 (8.18%) AWS Certification
20 26 (7.88%) Power Platform
20 26 (7.88%) Decision-Making
21 25 (7.58%) CI/CD
21 25 (7.58%) Azure Certification
21 25 (7.58%) Microservices
21 25 (7.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
21 25 (7.58%) Degree
22 24 (7.27%) Artificial Intelligence
22 24 (7.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
23 23 (6.97%) Architectural Patterns

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (2.42%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.52%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.91%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.30%) Appian
5 1 (0.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.21%) InfoPath
2 3 (0.91%) Fusion 360
2 3 (0.91%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.91%) Revit
2 3 (0.91%) Siemens NX
3 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.30%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (2.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.52%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.91%) Magento
4 3 (0.91%) Primavera
4 3 (0.91%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.91%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.61%) Avolution ABACUS
5 2 (0.61%) Finacle
5 2 (0.61%) Maximo
6 1 (0.30%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.30%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.30%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 102 (30.91%) Azure
2 90 (27.27%) AWS
3 26 (7.88%) Power Platform
4 22 (6.67%) GCP
5 20 (6.06%) Dynamics 365
6 18 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (5.15%) Serverless
8 15 (4.55%) SaaS
9 11 (3.33%) Azure Logic Apps
9 11 (3.33%) Cloud Computing
10 10 (3.03%) PaaS
10 10 (3.03%) PowerApps
11 9 (2.73%) Power Automate
12 8 (2.42%) AWS Lambda
12 8 (2.42%) Entra ID
13 7 (2.12%) GitHub
14 6 (1.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 6 (1.82%) Amazon S3
14 6 (1.82%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (1.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.45%) Firewall
2 6 (1.82%) Kerberos
3 5 (1.52%) DNS
3 5 (1.52%) SD-WAN
3 5 (1.52%) VPN
3 5 (1.52%) WAN
4 4 (1.21%) BGP
4 4 (1.21%) Network Security
5 3 (0.91%) Internet
5 3 (0.91%) LAN
5 3 (0.91%) OSPF
6 2 (0.61%) DMZ
6 2 (0.61%) HTTP
6 2 (0.61%) MPLS
6 2 (0.61%) MQTT
6 2 (0.61%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.61%) VLAN
7 1 (0.30%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.30%) NAS
7 1 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.64%) Power BI
2 7 (2.12%) GIS
2 7 (2.12%) NoSQL
2 7 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.82%) DynamoDB
3 6 (1.82%) RDBMS
3 6 (1.82%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.52%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.21%) Big Data
5 4 (1.21%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.91%) DB2
6 3 (0.91%) Delta Lake
6 3 (0.91%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.91%) MySQL
7 2 (0.61%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.61%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (2.73%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.91%) Git
2 3 (0.91%) JIRA
3 2 (0.61%) GitLab
3 2 (0.61%) Gradle
3 2 (0.61%) Maven
4 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 105 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 61 (18.48%) Finance
3 43 (13.03%) Banking
4 39 (11.82%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (6.97%) Public Sector
6 15 (4.55%) Retail
7 14 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (3.94%) Legal
9 11 (3.33%) Telecoms
10 9 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.12%) Aerospace
11 7 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.82%) Corporate Banking
13 5 (1.52%) Automotive
13 5 (1.52%) Aviation
13 5 (1.52%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.21%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.91%) Back Office
15 3 (0.91%) General Ledger
15 3 (0.91%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.36%) .NET
2 13 (3.94%) Kafka
2 13 (3.94%) Middleware
3 11 (3.33%) .NET Framework
4 7 (2.12%) REST
4 7 (2.12%) RESTful
5 5 (1.52%) ActiveMQ
5 5 (1.52%) CSS
6 4 (1.21%) ASP.NET
6 4 (1.21%) ASP.NET MVC
6 4 (1.21%) Entity Framework
6 4 (1.21%) HTML
6 4 (1.21%) HTML5 Canvas
7 3 (0.91%) OAuth
7 3 (0.91%) OpenID
7 3 (0.91%) React
7 3 (0.91%) SOAP
8 2 (0.61%) LDAP
8 2 (0.61%) Web Services
8 2 (0.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.48%) Cloud Native
2 16 (4.85%) Data Centre
3 14 (4.24%) Public Cloud
4 12 (3.64%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (3.33%) Replication
6 8 (2.42%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (2.12%) IoT
7 7 (2.12%) SCADA
8 6 (1.82%) Operational Technology
8 6 (1.82%) PKI
9 5 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.52%) Mainframe
9 5 (1.52%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.21%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.21%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.91%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.24%) Linux
2 10 (3.03%) Windows
3 7 (2.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (1.82%) HPUX
4 6 (1.82%) Solaris
5 1 (0.30%) AIX
5 1 (0.30%) Android
5 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (24.24%) Roadmaps
2 74 (22.42%) Agile
3 59 (17.88%) Enterprise Architecture
3 59 (17.88%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (16.97%) TOGAF
5 47 (14.24%) Migration
6 40 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
7 36 (10.91%) Architectural Design
8 30 (9.09%) DevOps
9 26 (7.88%) Decision-Making
10 25 (7.58%) CI/CD
10 25 (7.58%) Microservices
10 25 (7.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 24 (7.27%) Artificial Intelligence
12 23 (6.97%) Architectural Patterns
13 22 (6.67%) Event-Driven
14 21 (6.36%) Technical Leadership
15 19 (5.76%) Scrum
15 19 (5.76%) Strategic Roadmap
16 18 (5.45%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 20 (6.06%) Java
2 16 (4.85%) SQL
3 12 (3.64%) Python
4 11 (3.33%) C#
5 8 (2.42%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.82%) Bicep
7 3 (0.91%) C
7 3 (0.91%) Embedded C
7 3 (0.91%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (0.91%) PHP
7 3 (0.91%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.61%) C++
8 2 (0.61%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.30%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.30%) COBOL
9 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.30%) Scala
Qualifications
1 48 (14.55%) Security Cleared
2 41 (12.42%) SC Cleared
3 27 (8.18%) AWS Certification
4 25 (7.58%) Azure Certification
4 25 (7.58%) Degree
5 24 (7.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 15 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (3.94%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (3.33%) TOGAF Certification
9 6 (1.82%) CISSP
10 5 (1.52%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.21%) CCNP
11 4 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.21%) CISM
11 4 (1.21%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.61%) CCIE
12 2 (0.61%) CITP
12 2 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.61%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.15%) QA
2 7 (2.12%) GDPR
2 7 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 4 (1.21%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.91%) GRC
4 3 (0.91%) NIST
5 2 (0.61%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.61%) SEPA
6 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.30%) NCSC
6 1 (0.30%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (3.03%) Active Directory
1 10 (3.03%) Docker
2 6 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.91%) Firmware
5 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (3.64%) Terraform
2 11 (3.33%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.61%) Ansible
5 1 (0.30%) CASB
5 1 (0.30%) Grafana
5 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.30%) VxRail
Vendors
1 60 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.15%) SAP
3 16 (4.85%) Oracle
4 15 (4.55%) Google
5 14 (4.24%) Salesforce
6 10 (3.03%) VMware
7 9 (2.73%) Autodesk
7 9 (2.73%) IBM
8 7 (2.12%) Cisco
8 7 (2.12%) MuleSoft
9 6 (1.82%) Databricks
9 6 (1.82%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.82%) Sun
10 5 (1.52%) Fortinet
10 5 (1.52%) Unisys
11 4 (1.21%) ESRI
11 4 (1.21%) HP
11 4 (1.21%) Informatica
11 4 (1.21%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.21%) Qualys