Solutions Architect Contracts with Work from Home Options

Solution Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Work from Home is £630 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 85 64
Rank change year-on-year +22 -21 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 484 697 1,727
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.14% 2.68% 3.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.35% 2.81% 4.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 328 501 1,170
10th Percentile £490 £513 £500
25th Percentile £548 £563 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £650 £613
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +6.12% +6.52%
75th Percentile £700 £735 £700
90th Percentile £775 £806 £775
UK median daily rate £646 £660 £625
% change year-on-year -2.12% +5.60% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 2
10th Percentile - £55.43 -
25th Percentile £50.00 £66.00 £56.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £71.00 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.54% +20.34% +0.85%
75th Percentile £60.00 £80.25 £61.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £88.00 £66.75 £59.00
% change year-on-year +31.84% +13.14% +6.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,427 24,808 42,542
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 95.30% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,637 17,506 30,709
10th Percentile £325 £358 £355
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £745 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 561 577 607
10th Percentile £14.27 £18.31 £12.85
25th Percentile £22.58 £26.25 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%

Solutions Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Solutions Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Solutions Architect trend for jobs with a WFH option

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Solutions Architect.

Solutions Architect daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Solutions Architect over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Solutions Architect daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Solutions Architect
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Solutions Architect.

Solutions Architect hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 125 (25.83%) Finance
2 112 (23.14%) Azure
3 104 (21.49%) Security Cleared
3 104 (21.49%) Social Skills
4 100 (20.66%) Agile
5 90 (18.60%) SC Cleared
6 84 (17.36%) AWS
7 77 (15.91%) Migration
8 65 (13.43%) Public Sector
9 63 (13.02%) DevOps
10 56 (11.57%) Microservices
10 56 (11.57%) Microsoft
11 55 (11.36%) SAP
12 51 (10.54%) Architectural Design
13 49 (10.12%) TOGAF
14 46 (9.50%) Banking
15 45 (9.30%) Roadmaps
16 44 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
16 44 (9.09%) GCP
17 41 (8.47%) BPSS Clearance
17 41 (8.47%) Problem-Solving
18 38 (7.85%) PLM
18 38 (7.85%) Oracle
19 37 (7.64%) Power Platform
20 36 (7.44%) Degree
21 35 (7.23%) Enterprise Architecture
22 34 (7.02%) Dynamics 365
23 33 (6.82%) Project Delivery
23 33 (6.82%) ERP
24 30 (6.20%) Analytical Skills

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (2.48%) Apache Airflow
1 12 (2.48%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.07%) Apache
3 4 (0.83%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.62%) CMS
4 3 (0.62%) Confluence
5 2 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.21%) Drupal
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.41%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.21%) CATIA
2 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 30 (6.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (3.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (2.48%) Oracle Assets
3 12 (2.48%) Oracle Payables
4 11 (2.27%) Oracle General Ledger
5 9 (1.86%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (1.86%) Teamcenter
6 8 (1.65%) Loan IQ
6 8 (1.65%) Oracle AGIS
7 7 (1.45%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (1.03%) Oracle Cash Management
8 5 (1.03%) SAP HCM
8 5 (1.03%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 4 (0.83%) SAP HR
9 4 (0.83%) SAP MM
9 4 (0.83%) SAP SD
10 3 (0.62%) SAP BPC
10 3 (0.62%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.62%) SAP FI
11 2 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 112 (23.14%) Azure
2 84 (17.36%) AWS
3 44 (9.09%) GCP
4 37 (7.64%) Power Platform
5 34 (7.02%) Dynamics 365
6 22 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (4.55%) SaaS
7 17 (3.51%) PaaS
8 16 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (2.69%) IaaS
10 12 (2.48%) OCI
11 11 (2.27%) dbt
12 9 (1.86%) Snowflake
13 7 (1.45%) Entra ID
13 7 (1.45%) PowerApps
13 7 (1.45%) SuccessFactors
14 6 (1.24%) Azure AKS
15 5 (1.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 5 (1.03%) Power Automate
15 5 (1.03%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.86%) WAN
2 8 (1.65%) ATM
3 5 (1.03%) Junos
3 5 (1.03%) LAN
3 5 (1.03%) SDH
4 3 (0.62%) Firewall
5 2 (0.41%) DNS
5 2 (0.41%) Internet
5 2 (0.41%) Intranet
5 2 (0.41%) Reverse Proxy
5 2 (0.41%) SAN
5 2 (0.41%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.41%) VSAN
6 1 (0.21%) 4G
6 1 (0.21%) MPLS
6 1 (0.21%) Network Security
6 1 (0.21%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.69%) Data Lake
2 11 (2.27%) Amazon Athena
2 11 (2.27%) Apache Arrow
2 11 (2.27%) Dremio
2 11 (2.27%) Power BI
3 10 (2.07%) Apache Ignite
3 10 (2.07%) Relational Database
4 9 (1.86%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.45%) Oracle Database
6 6 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.24%) SAP HANA
7 5 (1.03%) GIS
7 5 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.83%) Big Data
8 4 (0.83%) DynamoDB
8 4 (0.83%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.62%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.62%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.41%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 12 (2.48%) JIRA
2 4 (0.83%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (0.62%) Git
4 2 (0.41%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.21%) Eclipse
General
1 125 (25.83%) Finance
2 104 (21.49%) Social Skills
3 65 (13.43%) Public Sector
4 46 (9.50%) Banking
5 30 (6.20%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (5.79%) Retail
7 25 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
8 18 (3.72%) Telecoms
9 16 (3.31%) Manufacturing
10 13 (2.69%) Financial Institution
11 12 (2.48%) Investment Banking
11 12 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (2.27%) Front Office
13 10 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.86%) Local Government
14 9 (1.86%) Marketing
15 8 (1.65%) General Ledger
15 8 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 7 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
17 5 (1.03%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.51%) Middleware
2 15 (3.10%) .NET
3 14 (2.89%) SailPoint
4 11 (2.27%) gRPC
4 11 (2.27%) Protocol Buffers
5 10 (2.07%) NumPy
5 10 (2.07%) Pandas
5 10 (2.07%) SciPy
6 9 (1.86%) React
7 7 (1.45%) Oracle Fusion
7 7 (1.45%) RESTful
8 6 (1.24%) .NET Framework
8 6 (1.24%) Node.js
8 6 (1.24%) REST
9 5 (1.03%) Entity Framework
9 5 (1.03%) GraphQL
9 5 (1.03%) SOAP
10 4 (0.83%) Fastify
10 4 (0.83%) Next.js
10 4 (0.83%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (2.48%) Derivative
2 11 (2.27%) Cloud Native
2 11 (2.27%) Equities
2 11 (2.27%) Fixed Income
2 11 (2.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 11 (2.27%) Hedge funds
3 10 (2.07%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 8 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (1.65%) Low-Code
4 8 (1.65%) Mainframe
4 8 (1.65%) Mobile App
5 6 (1.24%) Data Centre
5 6 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (1.24%) Operational Technology
5 6 (1.24%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (1.03%) Replication
7 4 (0.83%) Product Ownership
7 4 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (0.83%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.69%) Windows
2 6 (1.24%) Linux
3 5 (1.03%) Unix
4 3 (0.62%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.41%) Android
6 1 (0.21%) tvOS
6 1 (0.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (20.66%) Agile
2 77 (15.91%) Migration
3 63 (13.02%) DevOps
4 56 (11.57%) Microservices
5 51 (10.54%) Architectural Design
6 49 (10.12%) TOGAF
7 45 (9.30%) Roadmaps
8 44 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
9 41 (8.47%) Problem-Solving
10 38 (7.85%) PLM
11 35 (7.23%) Enterprise Architecture
12 33 (6.82%) ERP
12 33 (6.82%) Project Delivery
13 29 (5.99%) Architectural Patterns
14 26 (5.37%) CI/CD
15 25 (5.17%) Containerisation
16 24 (4.96%) Computer Science
17 23 (4.75%) CRM
17 23 (4.75%) Data Management
18 22 (4.55%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 30 (6.20%) Java
2 23 (4.75%) SQL
3 22 (4.55%) JavaScript
4 18 (3.72%) Python
5 17 (3.51%) TypeScript
6 14 (2.89%) C#
7 6 (1.24%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.62%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.41%) Ruby
9 2 (0.41%) Scala
10 1 (0.21%) ABAP
10 1 (0.21%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.21%) Bash
10 1 (0.21%) C++
10 1 (0.21%) PHP
Qualifications
1 104 (21.49%) Security Cleared
2 90 (18.60%) SC Cleared
3 41 (8.47%) BPSS Clearance
4 36 (7.44%) Degree
5 22 (4.55%) DV Cleared
6 14 (2.89%) TOGAF Certification
7 9 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.65%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.65%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.45%) CCNP
10 5 (1.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.03%) JNCIA
11 4 (0.83%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.83%) HND
11 4 (0.83%) SAP Certification
12 3 (0.62%) MBA
12 3 (0.62%) PhD
13 2 (0.41%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (1.45%) GAAP
2 7 (1.45%) GDPR
3 6 (1.24%) ISO 22301
3 6 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 6 (1.24%) SLA
4 5 (1.03%) COBIT
5 3 (0.62%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.62%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.62%) QA
6 2 (0.41%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.41%) IFRS
6 2 (0.41%) NCSC
6 2 (0.41%) SEPA
7 1 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.21%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.21%) NIST
7 1 (0.21%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (1.86%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.24%) Docker
2 6 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.03%) vSphere
4 2 (0.41%) IAG
4 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.21%) ACF2
5 1 (0.21%) RACF
5 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (2.27%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.65%) Terraform
3 6 (1.24%) VxRail
4 3 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.41%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.41%) Grafana
5 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.41%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.21%) Ansible
6 1 (0.21%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.21%) Istio
6 1 (0.21%) Kibana
6 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.21%) Puppet
Vendors
1 56 (11.57%) Microsoft
2 55 (11.36%) SAP
3 38 (7.85%) Oracle
4 19 (3.93%) ServiceNow
5 18 (3.72%) Salesforce
6 17 (3.51%) CyberArk
7 13 (2.69%) BeyondTrust
8 12 (2.48%) Cisco
8 12 (2.48%) Google
9 11 (2.27%) VMware
10 7 (1.45%) Dell
10 7 (1.45%) Informatica
10 7 (1.45%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.24%) Juniper
11 6 (1.24%) Sparx
11 6 (1.24%) Workday
12 5 (1.03%) Ariba
12 5 (1.03%) IBM
12 5 (1.03%) Nokia
12 5 (1.03%) Siemens