Digital Solutions Architect Contracts

Digital Solution Architect
UK

As of 2 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Digital Solution Architect daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 581 665
Rank change year-on-year +68 +84 +102
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Solutions Architect 7 17 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.039% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.042% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 10 39
10th Percentile - £559 £635
25th Percentile - £563 £653
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £580 £700
Median % change year-on-year - -17.14% +12.00%
75th Percentile - £675 £793
90th Percentile - £716 £818
UK excluding London median daily rate - £585 £700
% change year-on-year - -16.43% +7.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 27,138 40,367 56,304
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,714 26,265 39,350
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,034 2,668 1,565
10th Percentile £14.06 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.40
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.50 £42.43
% change year-on-year -29.11% -6.91% +117.60%

Digital Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Solutions Architect in the UK

Digital Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Digital Solutions Architect in the UK

Digital Solutions Architect
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Solutions Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +46 7 - - 11
London +41 5 - - 11
Work from Home +46 4 - -
UK excluding London +51 2 - - 2
South West +44 2 - -

Digital Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Digital 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 featuring Digital Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) SDLC
2 3 (42.86%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Digital Wallet
3 2 (28.57%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) TOGAF
4 1 (14.29%) QA
4 1 (14.29%) Azure
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Architecture Roadmap
4 1 (14.29%) BiZZdesign
4 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills

Digital Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (14.29%) Azure
General
1 2 (28.57%) Banking
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Digital Wallet
1 2 (28.57%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) SDLC
2 3 (42.86%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (14.29%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) TOGAF
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) BiZZdesign
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft