OSS Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends

OSS Solution Architect
UK

The median OSS Solution Architect daily rate in the UK is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 March 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 606 - 592
Rank change year-on-year - - +144
Contract jobs requiring an OSS Solutions Architect 3 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.007% - 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% - 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £750
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile £468 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 - £750

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 40,297 27,081 41,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.96% 92.96% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,161 17,787 26,923
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £411 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.37%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £724 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +1.32% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,500 900 2,514
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.20 £12.88
25th Percentile £19.34 £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £36.70 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.92% - -24.42%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.73 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £76.34 £71.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.71 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +12.94% - -21.53%

OSS Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

OSS Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

OSS Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for OSS Solutions Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for OSS Solutions Architect job vacancies in the UK

OSS Solutions Architect
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OSS Solutions Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 24 March 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 - 3 £375 - 2
UK excluding London - 3 £375 - 2
South East - 2 £375 -
South West - 1 £475 - 2

OSS Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 March 2026, OSS 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 featuring OSS Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) CRM
1 2 (66.67%) Order Management
2 1 (33.33%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (33.33%) Fault Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Huawei
2 1 (33.33%) Qualys
2 1 (33.33%) Radio Access Network

OSS Solutions 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Radio Access Network
General
1 2 (66.67%) Billing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) CRM
1 2 (66.67%) Order Management
2 1 (33.33%) Fault Analysis
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (33.33%) Huawei
1 1 (33.33%) Qualys