Solutions Architect Contracts in Birmingham

Solution Architect
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Birmingham is £650 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 40 53 35
Rank change year-on-year +13 -18 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 23 23 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 3.10% 2.58% 4.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.30% 2.67% 4.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 12 43
10th Percentile - - £450
25th Percentile £613 £613 £591
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 £675
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -7.41% +28.57%
75th Percentile £700 £641 £713
90th Percentile £756 £670 £748
West Midlands median daily rate £670 £650 £650
% change year-on-year +3.00% - +18.18%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 696 862 1,249
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 96.64% 95.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 488 564 902
10th Percentile £250 £263 £225
25th Percentile £338 £375 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £594
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £480 £500 £483
% change year-on-year -4.00% +3.57% +13.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 35 21
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.20 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.63 £13.10 £13.75
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £48.75 £24.94 £18.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £60.50 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.77 £20.00 £17.24
% change year-on-year -1.15% +16.01% +13.50%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Birmingham

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in Birmingham

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

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

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in Birmingham

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

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 Birmingham region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 7 (30.43%) Agile
2 6 (26.09%) CRM
2 6 (26.09%) Salesforce
3 5 (21.74%) Enterprise Architecture
3 5 (21.74%) Azure
3 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
4 4 (17.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (17.39%) Finance
5 3 (13.04%) Scrum
5 3 (13.04%) JavaScript
5 3 (13.04%) NetSuite
5 3 (13.04%) Data Integration
5 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
5 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
5 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (13.04%) Boomi
5 3 (13.04%) Architectural Design
5 3 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (13.04%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (8.70%) Wireframes
6 2 (8.70%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (8.70%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 2 (8.70%) Impact Assessments
6 2 (8.70%) Business Strategy
6 2 (8.70%) Roadmaps
6 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
6 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (8.70%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
6 2 (8.70%) React Native
6 2 (8.70%) BPSS Clearance

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (13.04%) NetSuite
3 1 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) Azure
2 3 (13.04%) Boomi
3 2 (8.70%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
3 2 (8.70%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (4.35%) AWS
4 1 (4.35%) IaaS
4 1 (4.35%) OCI
4 1 (4.35%) PaaS
4 1 (4.35%) SaaS
4 1 (4.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) WAN
2 1 (4.35%) IPsec
2 1 (4.35%) Kerberos
2 1 (4.35%) SDH
2 1 (4.35%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Finance
3 3 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (8.70%) Banking
4 2 (8.70%) Local Government
4 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
4 2 (8.70%) Retail
5 1 (4.35%) Aeronautics
5 1 (4.35%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) HTML
1 2 (8.70%) OAuth
1 2 (8.70%) React Native
1 2 (8.70%) SAML
1 2 (8.70%) Visualforce
1 2 (8.70%) XML
2 1 (4.35%) .NET
2 1 (4.35%) .NET Core
2 1 (4.35%) Middleware
2 1 (4.35%) Node.js
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (4.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) Agile
2 6 (26.09%) CRM
3 5 (21.74%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (13.04%) Architectural Design
4 3 (13.04%) Data Integration
4 3 (13.04%) Scrum
4 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (8.70%) ArchiMate
5 2 (8.70%) Business Strategy
5 2 (8.70%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
5 2 (8.70%) Impact Assessments
5 2 (8.70%) ITIL
5 2 (8.70%) PLM
5 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.70%) Release Management
5 2 (8.70%) Roadmaps
5 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (8.70%) TOGAF
5 2 (8.70%) User Stories
5 2 (8.70%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) JavaScript
2 2 (8.70%) Apex Code
2 2 (8.70%) SOQL
3 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
1 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.70%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.35%) CAPM
3 1 (4.35%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) ISO 22301
1 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) Salesforce
2 1 (4.35%) Cisco
2 1 (4.35%) IBM
2 1 (4.35%) Juniper
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Nokia
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle
2 1 (4.35%) SAP
2 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow