Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Solution Architect
South East > West Sussex

The median Solution Architect daily rate in West Sussex is £720, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 18 29
Rank change year-on-year -5 +11 +22
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 10 6 14
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 4.33% 4.88% 5.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.15% 5.26% 5.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 13
10th Percentile £704 £581 £630
25th Percentile - £616 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £720 £713 £680
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% +4.78% +0.74%
75th Percentile - £800 -
90th Percentile £722 - £756
South East median daily rate £600 £625 £633
% change year-on-year -4.00% -1.22% -2.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Sussex. 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 West Sussex with a recognized job title 194 114 247
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.98% 92.68% 96.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 86 182
10th Percentile £200 £185 £213
25th Percentile £251 £319 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £473 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.53% -5.50% -
75th Percentile £550 £586 £584
90th Percentile £704 £638 £680
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £503
% change year-on-year -1.48% +0.89% +0.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 2 5
10th Percentile £12.63 - £18.92
25th Percentile £15.50 £27.00 £28.92
Median hourly rate £16.00 £28.00 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% -41.67% +149.35%
75th Percentile £20.69 £29.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £24.20 - £68.04
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £57.50 £51.42
% change year-on-year -63.84% +11.82% +38.49%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in West Sussex

Solutions Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in West Sussex

Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 West Sussex region over the 6 months to 11 November 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
Worthing 0 10 £720 -10.00% 4
Solutions Architect
South East

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex

For the 6 months to 11 November 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 West Sussex region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) ArcGIS
1 8 (80.00%) Asset Management
1 8 (80.00%) IBM
1 8 (80.00%) Maximo
1 8 (80.00%) Migration
2 6 (60.00%) GIS
2 6 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 6 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (60.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 5 (50.00%) ESRI
3 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (20.00%) Capacity Management
5 1 (10.00%) 4G
5 1 (10.00%) ADSL
5 1 (10.00%) Nutanix
5 1 (10.00%) Release Management
5 1 (10.00%) SDLC
5 1 (10.00%) ThingWorx

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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 8 (80.00%) ArcGIS
2 1 (10.00%) ThingWorx
Business Applications
1 8 (80.00%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) 4G
1 1 (10.00%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) GIS
General
1 5 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 1 (10.00%) IoT
2 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (10.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Asset Management
1 8 (80.00%) Migration
2 6 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 6 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (60.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (20.00%) Capacity Management
5 1 (10.00%) Release Management
5 1 (10.00%) SDLC
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) IBM
2 5 (50.00%) ESRI