Solutions Architect Contracts in Berkshire

Solution Architect
South East > Berkshire

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Berkshire is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 57 42
Rank change year-on-year -20 -15 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 43 57 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.23% 3.21% 4.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.39% 3.38% 4.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 46 80
10th Percentile £400 £556 £498
25th Percentile £508 £613 £562
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £656 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £647 £722 £652
90th Percentile £679 £799 £713
South East median daily rate £625 £650 £615
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +10.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £78.50 -
South East median hourly rate £92.37 £78.50 £59.00
% change year-on-year +17.67% +33.05% +2.61%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,798 1,685 2,252
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.31% 94.88% 95.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 932 1,052 1,437
10th Percentile £243 £325 £213
25th Percentile £388 £419 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +6.06% +10.00%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £701 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 59 37
10th Percentile £19.12 £17.42 £13.00
25th Percentile £42.00 £24.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £61.03 £64.68 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.64% +207.98% -2.33%
75th Percentile £75.24 £74.90 £34.89
90th Percentile £87.53 £79.40 £67.80
South East median hourly rate £48.00 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.00% +150.00% -20.00%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Berkshire

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in Berkshire

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Berkshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in Berkshire

Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Architect in Berkshire

Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 2024. 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
Reading -30 14 £675 -0.92% 10
Newbury - 6 £400 -
Bracknell -6 5 £550 -6.38%
Windsor - 3 £550 - 1
Solutions Architect
South East

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 31 May 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 job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 13 (30.23%) Telecoms
2 12 (27.91%) DV Cleared
2 12 (27.91%) Security Cleared
3 7 (16.28%) Roadmaps
4 6 (13.95%) Social Skills
4 6 (13.95%) Privileged Access Management
4 6 (13.95%) IT Strategy
4 6 (13.95%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (13.95%) Private Cloud
4 6 (13.95%) Data Centre
4 6 (13.95%) DHCP
4 6 (13.95%) DNS
5 5 (11.63%) MPLS
5 5 (11.63%) Oracle
5 5 (11.63%) SAP
5 5 (11.63%) Service Delivery
5 5 (11.63%) QA
5 5 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (11.63%) Mentoring
5 5 (11.63%) Coaching
6 4 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (9.30%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (9.30%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (9.30%) Data Migration
6 4 (9.30%) Data Protection
6 4 (9.30%) Network Architecture
6 4 (9.30%) Migration
6 4 (9.30%) Internet
7 3 (6.98%) ITIL
7 3 (6.98%) ERP

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (2.33%) Oracle Coherence
Business Applications
1 4 (9.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (6.98%) SAP IS-U
3 2 (4.65%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (2.33%) Maximo
4 1 (2.33%) Oracle AGIS
4 1 (2.33%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (2.33%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (2.33%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (2.33%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (2.33%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (2.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (2.33%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (2.33%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (2.33%) SAP MII
4 1 (2.33%) SAP MM
4 1 (2.33%) SAP PM
4 1 (2.33%) SAP PP
4 1 (2.33%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.65%) Azure
1 2 (4.65%) OCI
2 1 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.33%) PaaS
2 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.33%) SaaS
2 1 (2.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.95%) DHCP
1 6 (13.95%) DNS
2 5 (11.63%) MPLS
3 4 (9.30%) Internet
4 1 (2.33%) Firewall
4 1 (2.33%) LAN
4 1 (2.33%) PBX
4 1 (2.33%) SDH
4 1 (2.33%) Unified Communications
4 1 (2.33%) VoIP
4 1 (2.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) Big Data
1 1 (2.33%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.33%) Power BI
General
1 13 (30.23%) Telecoms
2 6 (13.95%) Social Skills
3 4 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.98%) Billing
4 3 (6.98%) Retail
5 2 (4.65%) Finance
5 2 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.33%) French Language
6 1 (2.33%) Italian Language
6 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.33%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.95%) Data Centre
1 6 (13.95%) Private Cloud
2 4 (9.30%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (16.28%) Roadmaps
2 6 (13.95%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (13.95%) IT Strategy
2 6 (13.95%) Privileged Access Management
3 5 (11.63%) Coaching
3 5 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (11.63%) Mentoring
3 5 (11.63%) Service Delivery
4 4 (9.30%) Data Migration
4 4 (9.30%) Data Protection
4 4 (9.30%) Migration
4 4 (9.30%) Network Architecture
5 3 (6.98%) Asset Management
5 3 (6.98%) Data Management
5 3 (6.98%) Data Modelling
5 3 (6.98%) ERP
5 3 (6.98%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (6.98%) Process Improvement
5 3 (6.98%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (6.98%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 12 (27.91%) DV Cleared
1 12 (27.91%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.63%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (11.63%) Oracle
1 5 (11.63%) SAP
2 2 (4.65%) Workday
3 1 (2.33%) Ariba
3 1 (2.33%) Cisco
3 1 (2.33%) Databricks
3 1 (2.33%) IBM
3 1 (2.33%) VMware