Solutions Architect Contracts in Bristol

Solution Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Bristol is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 61 54
Rank change year-on-year +47 -7 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 83 28 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 7.78% 2.42% 3.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.18% 2.69% 3.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 20 35
10th Percentile £500 £563 £518
25th Percentile £575 £611 £533
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £688 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +14.58% -14.29%
75th Percentile £683 £764 £700
90th Percentile £725 £787 £750
South West median daily rate £650 £675 £625
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% +5.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £73.00 -
South West median hourly rate - £73.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,015 1,040 1,352
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.13% 90.04% 95.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 551 758 925
10th Percentile £258 £300 £278
25th Percentile £375 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +14.48%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £588
90th Percentile £688 £713 £650
South West median daily rate £515 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -1.90% +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 127 124
10th Percentile £27.50 £28.80 -
25th Percentile £44.94 £55.00 £15.90
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £42.54
Median % change year-on-year - +52.82% +0.08%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £83.75 £65.75
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £64.00 £45.60
% change year-on-year -14.06% +40.35% +2.47%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Bristol

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in Bristol

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Bristol over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in Bristol

Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Architect in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 Bristol region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 57 (68.67%) Security Cleared
2 36 (43.37%) SC Cleared
3 35 (42.17%) DV Cleared
4 26 (31.33%) Telecoms
4 26 (31.33%) Architecture Governance
5 24 (28.92%) Roadmaps
5 24 (28.92%) TOGAF
6 22 (26.51%) Enterprise Architecture
7 21 (25.30%) ArchiMate
8 20 (24.10%) Rational DOORS
8 20 (24.10%) Cisco
8 20 (24.10%) Juniper
8 20 (24.10%) Nokia
9 19 (22.89%) Microsoft
9 19 (22.89%) Degree
9 19 (22.89%) Decision-Making
10 18 (21.69%) IBM
11 17 (20.48%) Strategic Roadmap
12 16 (19.28%) ITIL
12 16 (19.28%) BPMN
13 15 (18.07%) Azure
13 15 (18.07%) SaaS
14 14 (16.87%) PaaS
14 14 (16.87%) Computer Science
15 13 (15.66%) Customer Engagement
15 13 (15.66%) Agile
16 12 (14.46%) Migration
16 12 (14.46%) VoIP
16 12 (14.46%) PBX
16 12 (14.46%) Video Conferencing

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 2 (2.41%) ArcGIS
2 1 (1.20%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (4.82%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (4.82%) Teamcenter
2 3 (3.61%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 15 (18.07%) Azure
1 15 (18.07%) SaaS
2 14 (16.87%) PaaS
3 11 (13.25%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (12.05%) AWS
5 4 (4.82%) Power Platform
6 3 (3.61%) PowerApps
7 2 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.20%) IaaS
8 1 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (14.46%) PBX
1 12 (14.46%) VoIP
2 10 (12.05%) SDH
2 10 (12.05%) WAN
3 4 (4.82%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.82%) Oracle Database
1 4 (4.82%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.61%) GIS
2 3 (3.61%) Power BI
3 1 (1.20%) InterSystems Cache
3 1 (1.20%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.20%) Redis
Development Applications
1 20 (24.10%) Rational DOORS
General
1 26 (31.33%) Telecoms
2 12 (14.46%) Public Sector
3 9 (10.84%) Aerospace
4 8 (9.64%) Finance
5 7 (8.43%) Digital Economy
6 5 (6.02%) Aeronautics
6 5 (6.02%) Social Skills
7 4 (4.82%) Banking
8 3 (3.61%) Marketing
9 2 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.20%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.41%) SOAP
1 2 (2.41%) XML
2 1 (1.20%) Middleware
2 1 (1.20%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.46%) Video Conferencing
2 9 (10.84%) Blackberry
3 3 (3.61%) Blog
3 3 (3.61%) Replication
4 1 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.20%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (31.33%) Architecture Governance
2 24 (28.92%) Roadmaps
2 24 (28.92%) TOGAF
3 22 (26.51%) Enterprise Architecture
4 21 (25.30%) ArchiMate
5 19 (22.89%) Decision-Making
6 17 (20.48%) Strategic Roadmap
7 16 (19.28%) BPMN
7 16 (19.28%) ITIL
8 14 (16.87%) Computer Science
9 13 (15.66%) Agile
9 13 (15.66%) Customer Engagement
10 12 (14.46%) DevOps
10 12 (14.46%) Migration
11 11 (13.25%) Data Management
11 11 (13.25%) Digital Strategy
12 10 (12.05%) Customer Requirements
12 10 (12.05%) Presales
13 9 (10.84%) Architectural Patterns
14 8 (9.64%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.61%) PowerShell
1 3 (3.61%) SQL
2 2 (2.41%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 57 (68.67%) Security Cleared
2 36 (43.37%) SC Cleared
3 35 (42.17%) DV Cleared
4 19 (22.89%) Degree
5 12 (14.46%) TOGAF Certification
6 11 (13.25%) HND
7 7 (8.43%) CCNP
7 7 (8.43%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (4.82%) JNCIA
9 3 (3.61%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (3.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (1.20%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.82%) QA
2 2 (2.41%) GDPR
2 2 (2.41%) HIPAA
System Software
1 4 (4.82%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 20 (24.10%) Cisco
1 20 (24.10%) Juniper
1 20 (24.10%) Nokia
2 19 (22.89%) Microsoft
3 18 (21.69%) IBM
4 9 (10.84%) Avaya
4 9 (10.84%) Ericsson
4 9 (10.84%) Google
4 9 (10.84%) Ribbon
5 4 (4.82%) Ciena
5 4 (4.82%) Oracle
5 4 (4.82%) Palo Alto
6 3 (3.61%) Adobe
6 3 (3.61%) VMware
7 2 (2.41%) Dell
7 2 (2.41%) Mapbox
7 2 (2.41%) SAP
8 1 (1.20%) EMC