Business Solution Architect Contract Job Trends

Business Solutions Architect
UK

The median Business Solutions Architect daily rate in the UK is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 664 547 555
Rank change year-on-year -117 +8 +80
Contract jobs requiring a Business Solution Architect 14 5 16
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.026% 0.015% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.017% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 6
10th Percentile - £568 £484
25th Percentile £563 £577 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £611 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.93% +11.14% -
75th Percentile £588 £652 £588
90th Percentile £703 £666 £619
UK excluding London median daily rate £613 - £538
% change year-on-year - - -2.27%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 50,596 30,108 35,619
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.21% 91.02% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,877 19,013 21,671
10th Percentile £325 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.62%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £731 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,928 1,616 1,603
10th Percentile £14.50 £13.75 £14.84
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.30 £20.75
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -2.27%
75th Percentile £67.50 £51.68 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £69.20 £74.97
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -0.38%

Business Solution Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Business Solution Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Business Solution Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Business Solution Architect
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Solution Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Solution Architect job vacancies in the UK

Business Solution Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Solution Architect over the 6 months to 26 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Solution Architect in the UK

Business Solution Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Solution Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Solution Architect job vacancies in the UK

Business Solution Architect
Top 8 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Solution Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 26 September 2026. 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
England -110 7 £650 - 10
UK excluding London - 6 £613 - 6
North of England - 3 £650 -
Yorkshire - 3 £650 -
Work from Home -50 2 - - 3
East of England - 2 - - 3
London -85 1 £900 - 5
South West - 1 £575 -

Business Solution Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 September 2026, Business Solution 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 featuring Business Solution Architect in the job title.

1 8 (57.14%) CRM
1 8 (57.14%) Data Migration
1 8 (57.14%) iPaaS
1 8 (57.14%) Migration
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 3 (21.43%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (21.43%) ERP
3 3 (21.43%) SAP
3 3 (21.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (14.29%) Business Strategy
4 2 (14.29%) Change Management
4 2 (14.29%) Conflict Resolution
4 2 (14.29%) Data Governance
4 2 (14.29%) Oracle
4 2 (14.29%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (14.29%) User Experience
5 1 (7.14%) Civica
5 1 (7.14%) Data Design
5 1 (7.14%) Data Integration
5 1 (7.14%) Data Mapping
5 1 (7.14%) Decision-Making
5 1 (7.14%) Dependency Management
5 1 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (7.14%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (7.14%) EDI
5 1 (7.14%) eFront
5 1 (7.14%) End-to-End Testing
5 1 (7.14%) Middleware

Business Solution Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (21.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (7.14%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 8 (57.14%) iPaaS
2 3 (21.43%) Dynamics 365
General
1 8 (57.14%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (7.14%) EDI
2 1 (7.14%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) CRM
1 8 (57.14%) Data Migration
1 8 (57.14%) Migration
2 3 (21.43%) ERP
3 2 (14.29%) Business Strategy
3 2 (14.29%) Change Management
3 2 (14.29%) Conflict Resolution
3 2 (14.29%) Data Governance
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (14.29%) User Experience
4 1 (7.14%) Data Design
4 1 (7.14%) Data Integration
4 1 (7.14%) Data Mapping
4 1 (7.14%) Decision-Making
4 1 (7.14%) Dependency Management
4 1 (7.14%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (7.14%) Target Operating Model
4 1 (7.14%) Test Planning
4 1 (7.14%) User Acceptance Testing
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) SAP
3 2 (14.29%) Oracle
4 1 (7.14%) Civica
4 1 (7.14%) eFront