Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in Warwickshire

Solution Architect
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Warwickshire is £556, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 26 32
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 23 20 12
As % of all contract jobs in Warwickshire 4.35% 5.71% 3.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.09% 6.15% 3.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 10
10th Percentile £420 £513 £425
25th Percentile £424 £567 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £585 £675
Median % change year-on-year -4.91% -13.33% +22.73%
75th Percentile £672 £631 £750
90th Percentile £798 £738 £770
West Midlands median daily rate £550 £573 £600
% change year-on-year -4.01% -4.50% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Warwickshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Warwickshire. 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 Warwickshire with a recognized job title 452 325 320
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.44% 92.86% 93.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 186 231
10th Percentile £305 £403 £220
25th Percentile £413 £475 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £625 £612 £631
90th Percentile £725 £671 £725
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 19 11
10th Percentile £26.05 £13.93 £15.25
25th Percentile £30.00 £16.98 £17.63
Median hourly rate £37.73 £23.82 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +58.40% +19.10% +29.62%
75th Percentile £50.00 £32.91 £29.13
90th Percentile - £35.00 £34.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £23.82 £22.29
% change year-on-year +5.58% +6.86% +25.79%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

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

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Warwickshire

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Warwickshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Warwickshire

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Warwickshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Warwickshire over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in Warwickshire

Solutions Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Warwickshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Warwickshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Warwickshire

Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Warwick -7 18 £575 -1.54%
Leamington Spa +1 1 £363 -42.00% 1
Solutions Architect
West Midlands

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwickshire

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, 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 across the Warwickshire region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 9 (39.13%) Architectural Design
2 8 (34.78%) Agile
2 8 (34.78%) Building Information Modelling
3 6 (26.09%) Azure
3 6 (26.09%) Business Case
3 6 (26.09%) Enterprise Architecture
3 6 (26.09%) Mentoring
4 5 (21.74%) Line Management
4 5 (21.74%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (21.74%) Roadmaps
4 5 (21.74%) SaaS
4 5 (21.74%) SharePoint
4 5 (21.74%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (17.39%) AI
5 4 (17.39%) Architecture Governance
5 4 (17.39%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (17.39%) Salesforce
5 4 (17.39%) Waterfall
6 3 (13.04%) Architecture Roadmap
6 3 (13.04%) Autodesk
6 3 (13.04%) AWS
6 3 (13.04%) Co-Creation
6 3 (13.04%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
6 3 (13.04%) Degree
6 3 (13.04%) ERP
6 3 (13.04%) GDPR
6 3 (13.04%) Generative AI
6 3 (13.04%) Integration Patterns
6 3 (13.04%) ISO/IEC 27001

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwickshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (21.74%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.35%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.35%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Workday HCM
2 1 (4.35%) SAP BPC
2 1 (4.35%) SAP GRC
2 1 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (26.09%) Azure
2 5 (21.74%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (21.74%) SaaS
3 3 (13.04%) AWS
4 2 (8.70%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (4.35%) Azure API Management
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Functions
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (4.35%) GCP
5 1 (4.35%) OneDrive
5 1 (4.35%) PaaS
5 1 (4.35%) Serverless
5 1 (4.35%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) DNS
1 1 (4.35%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (4.35%) SAP BW
1 1 (4.35%) SAP HANA
General
1 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Finance
3 2 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (4.35%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) OAuth
1 2 (8.70%) SAML
2 1 (4.35%) Ajax
2 1 (4.35%) SailPoint
2 1 (4.35%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (4.35%) Spring
2 1 (4.35%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.35%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.35%) CMDB
2 1 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Architectural Design
2 8 (34.78%) Agile
2 8 (34.78%) Building Information Modelling
3 6 (26.09%) Business Case
3 6 (26.09%) Enterprise Architecture
3 6 (26.09%) Mentoring
4 5 (21.74%) Line Management
4 5 (21.74%) Roadmaps
4 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (17.39%) AI
5 4 (17.39%) Architecture Governance
5 4 (17.39%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (17.39%) Waterfall
6 3 (13.04%) Architecture Roadmap
6 3 (13.04%) Co-Creation
6 3 (13.04%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
6 3 (13.04%) ERP
6 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (13.04%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Degree
2 2 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.35%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) GDPR
1 3 (13.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (8.70%) QA
3 1 (4.35%) GRC
3 1 (4.35%) ISO 19650
3 1 (4.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 5 (21.74%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Salesforce
2 3 (13.04%) Autodesk
2 3 (13.04%) Workday
3 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.70%) Palantir
3 2 (8.70%) Virgin Media
4 1 (4.35%) Concur
4 1 (4.35%) DIgSILENT
4 1 (4.35%) Qualys
4 1 (4.35%) SAP
4 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow