Solutions Architect Contracts in West Wales

Solution Architect
Wales > West Wales

The median Solution Architect daily rate in West Wales is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 July 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
25 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Wales 3.57% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.70% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £625 £535 £600
% change year-on-year +16.82% -10.83% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 27 15 37
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.43% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 12 27
10th Percentile £185 £221 £156
25th Percentile £206 £422 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £481 £275
Median % change year-on-year -1.30% +75.00% -21.43%
75th Percentile £488 £525 £416
90th Percentile £619 - £526
Wales median daily rate £400 £450 £463
% change year-on-year -11.11% -2.70% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - - £14.87
25th Percentile £17.75 £11.75 £14.89
Median hourly rate £18.50 £13.50 £15.21
Median % change year-on-year +37.04% -11.23% +1.38%
75th Percentile £19.25 £15.25 £15.73
90th Percentile - - £15.88
Wales median hourly rate £19.51 £25.60 £18.14
% change year-on-year -23.81% +41.12% +11.44%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in West Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in West Wales

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in West Wales

Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in West Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 25 July 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
Swansea - 1 £625 -
Solutions Architect
Wales

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Wales

For the 6 months to 25 July 2025, 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 across the West Wales region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) BPR
1 1 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) ITGC
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Change Advisory Board

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Wales 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 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BPR
1 1 (100.00%) Change Advisory Board
1 1 (100.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) ITGC
1 1 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley