Senior Solution Architect
UK
The median Senior Solution Architect daily rate in the UK is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 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 9 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 477 | 558 | 632 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +81 | +74 | +98 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Senior Solutions Architect | 40 | 32 | 73 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.14% | 0.074% | 0.13% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.15% | 0.080% | 0.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 20 | 23 | 43 |
| 10th Percentile | £508 | £595 | £613 |
| 25th Percentile | £600 | £606 | £628 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £700 | £675 | £700 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.70% | -3.57% | +5.18% |
| 75th Percentile | £751 | £794 | £775 |
| 90th Percentile | £875 | £845 | £870 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £650 | £643 | £675 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.08% | -4.73% | +12.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £102.87 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £102.87 | - |
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 | 26,982 | 39,941 | 54,901 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.48% | 92.76% | 94.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,601 | 26,001 | 38,348 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £280 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.38% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,049 | 2,673 | 1,536 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £16.25 | £19.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.60 | £36.65 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.96% | -18.56% | +88.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £61.30 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.90 | £76.13 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £27.50 | £40.00 | £42.43 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.25% | -5.73% | +115.78% |
Senior Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Solutions Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Solutions Architect.
Senior Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Solutions Architect over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.
Senior Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Solutions Architect.
Senior Solutions Architect
Top 14 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Solutions Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 | +75 | 35 | £700 | +3.70% | 65 |
| UK excluding London | +62 | 22 | £650 | +1.08% | 50 |
| London | +70 | 14 | £700 | -15.15% | 17 |
| Work from Home | +35 | 9 | £525 | -22.22% | 48 |
| South East | +38 | 7 | £588 | -4.08% | 15 |
| North of England | +21 | 5 | £838 | +36.73% | 20 |
| West Midlands | +15 | 4 | £613 | -9.26% | 4 |
| Midlands | +10 | 4 | £613 | -9.26% | 4 |
| Scotland | - | 3 | - | - | 2 |
| South West | +36 | 2 | £600 | -11.11% | 7 |
| Yorkshire | - | 2 | - | - | 9 |
| North East | - | 2 | £838 | - | 3 |
| North West | +13 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | £700 | - | 3 |
Senior Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Solutions Architect in the job title.
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Senior 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: