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 £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 81 64
Rank change year-on-year +18 -17 +27
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 476 688 1,750
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.19% 2.73% 3.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.41% 2.86% 4.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 319 494 1,175
10th Percentile £500 £513 £501
25th Percentile £560 £563 £558
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £706 £738 £700
90th Percentile £803 £811 £775
UK median daily rate £650 £650 £625
% change year-on-year - +4.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 2
10th Percentile - £58.95 -
25th Percentile £50.00 £66.00 £56.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £76.00 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% +28.81% +0.85%
75th Percentile £60.00 £80.25 £61.50
90th Percentile - £83.70 -
UK median hourly rate £90.00 £67.50 £59.00
% change year-on-year +33.33% +14.41% +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 13,973 24,016 42,399
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 95.35% 95.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,364 16,958 30,661
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
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 £750 £750 £723
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 569 547 602
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.50 £13.50
25th Percentile £23.34 £25.71 £19.28
Median hourly rate £45.00 £53.35 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.65% +52.43% +43.44%
75th Percentile £63.75 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £79.51 £68.70
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.13%

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 13 May 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 13 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 132 (27.73%) Finance
2 111 (23.32%) Azure
3 107 (22.48%) Agile
4 106 (22.27%) Social Skills
5 94 (19.75%) Security Cleared
6 88 (18.49%) AWS
7 79 (16.60%) SC Cleared
8 76 (15.97%) Migration
9 68 (14.29%) DevOps
10 63 (13.24%) Public Sector
11 60 (12.61%) Microsoft
12 56 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
13 55 (11.55%) Microservices
14 51 (10.71%) GCP
14 51 (10.71%) Architectural Design
15 50 (10.50%) Roadmaps
16 48 (10.08%) SAP
17 45 (9.45%) Banking
18 44 (9.24%) Degree
18 44 (9.24%) Problem-Solving
19 41 (8.61%) TOGAF
20 40 (8.40%) Oracle
20 40 (8.40%) BPSS Clearance
21 39 (8.19%) Java
22 38 (7.98%) PLM
23 36 (7.56%) Power Platform
24 35 (7.35%) Enterprise Architecture
25 34 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
26 32 (6.72%) Computer Science
27 31 (6.51%) Retail

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 15 (3.15%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (2.73%) Apache
2 13 (2.73%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.84%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.63%) CMS
4 3 (0.63%) Confluence
5 2 (0.42%) 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 5 (1.05%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.21%) CATIA
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 23 (4.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (3.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (2.52%) Oracle Assets
3 12 (2.52%) Oracle Payables
4 11 (2.31%) Oracle General Ledger
4 11 (2.31%) Teamcenter
5 9 (1.89%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (1.68%) Oracle AGIS
7 7 (1.47%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (1.05%) Oracle Cash Management
8 5 (1.05%) SAP HCM
8 5 (1.05%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 4 (0.84%) Loan IQ
9 4 (0.84%) SAP HR
9 4 (0.84%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.63%) SAP BPC
10 3 (0.63%) SAP FI
10 3 (0.63%) SAP SD
11 2 (0.42%) SAP CO
11 2 (0.42%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 111 (23.32%) Azure
2 88 (18.49%) AWS
3 51 (10.71%) GCP
4 36 (7.56%) Power Platform
5 34 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
6 21 (4.41%) SaaS
7 20 (4.20%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (2.94%) dbt
10 13 (2.73%) PaaS
11 12 (2.52%) Snowflake
12 11 (2.31%) OCI
13 10 (2.10%) IaaS
14 9 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
15 7 (1.47%) PowerApps
15 7 (1.47%) SuccessFactors
15 7 (1.47%) Twilio
16 6 (1.26%) Power Automate
16 6 (1.26%) Serverless
17 5 (1.05%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.89%) CTI
1 9 (1.89%) VoIP
1 9 (1.89%) WAN
2 8 (1.68%) ATM
3 5 (1.05%) LAN
4 4 (0.84%) Junos
4 4 (0.84%) SDH
5 3 (0.63%) Firewall
6 2 (0.42%) Internet
6 2 (0.42%) Intranet
6 2 (0.42%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (0.42%) SAN
6 2 (0.42%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.42%) VSAN
7 1 (0.21%) 4G
7 1 (0.21%) DNS
7 1 (0.21%) MPLS
7 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.36%) Data Lake
2 14 (2.94%) Amazon Athena
2 14 (2.94%) Apache Arrow
2 14 (2.94%) Dremio
3 13 (2.73%) Apache Ignite
3 13 (2.73%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.89%) Power BI
5 8 (1.68%) Oracle Database
5 8 (1.68%) Relational Database
6 7 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.05%) GIS
8 4 (0.84%) Big Data
8 4 (0.84%) DynamoDB
8 4 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.63%) DB2
9 3 (0.63%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.42%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.42%) SAP HANA
10 2 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (2.52%) JIRA
2 4 (0.84%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (0.63%) Git
4 2 (0.42%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.21%) Eclipse
General
1 132 (27.73%) Finance
2 106 (22.27%) Social Skills
3 63 (13.24%) Public Sector
4 45 (9.45%) Banking
5 31 (6.51%) Retail
6 30 (6.30%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (4.83%) Presentation Skills
7 23 (4.83%) Telecoms
8 19 (3.99%) Manufacturing
9 15 (3.15%) Investment Banking
10 14 (2.94%) Front Office
11 12 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (2.10%) Marketing
13 9 (1.89%) Financial Institution
13 9 (1.89%) Local Government
14 8 (1.68%) General Ledger
15 5 (1.05%) Games
15 5 (1.05%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.83%) Middleware
2 17 (3.57%) .NET
3 14 (2.94%) gRPC
3 14 (2.94%) Protocol Buffers
4 13 (2.73%) NumPy
4 13 (2.73%) Pandas
4 13 (2.73%) SciPy
5 12 (2.52%) React
5 12 (2.52%) SailPoint
5 12 (2.52%) Web Services
6 8 (1.68%) RESTful
7 7 (1.47%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (1.26%) .NET Framework
8 6 (1.26%) Node.js
8 6 (1.26%) REST
9 5 (1.05%) Entity Framework
9 5 (1.05%) GraphQL
9 5 (1.05%) SOAP
10 4 (0.84%) React Native
10 4 (0.84%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 15 (3.15%) Derivative
2 14 (2.94%) Equities
2 14 (2.94%) Fixed Income
2 14 (2.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 14 (2.94%) Hedge funds
3 11 (2.31%) Mainframe
4 10 (2.10%) IVR
5 9 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (1.89%) Public Cloud
5 9 (1.89%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 8 (1.68%) Low-Code
6 8 (1.68%) Mobile App
7 7 (1.47%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.26%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.26%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.05%) Replication
10 4 (0.84%) Product Ownership
10 4 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.52%) Windows
2 6 (1.26%) Linux
3 5 (1.05%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.05%) Unix
4 4 (0.84%) Android
5 1 (0.21%) tvOS
5 1 (0.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (22.48%) Agile
2 76 (15.97%) Migration
3 68 (14.29%) DevOps
4 56 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 55 (11.55%) Microservices
6 51 (10.71%) Architectural Design
7 50 (10.50%) Roadmaps
8 44 (9.24%) Problem-Solving
9 41 (8.61%) TOGAF
10 38 (7.98%) PLM
11 35 (7.35%) Enterprise Architecture
12 32 (6.72%) Computer Science
13 30 (6.30%) Project Delivery
14 29 (6.09%) CRM
14 29 (6.09%) ERP
15 27 (5.67%) Architectural Patterns
15 27 (5.67%) CI/CD
15 27 (5.67%) Containerisation
16 23 (4.83%) Technical Leadership
17 21 (4.41%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (8.19%) Java
2 25 (5.25%) JavaScript
3 24 (5.04%) Python
4 21 (4.41%) SQL
5 20 (4.20%) TypeScript
6 16 (3.36%) C#
7 6 (1.26%) PL/SQL
8 4 (0.84%) C
8 4 (0.84%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.42%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.42%) Bash
9 2 (0.42%) C++
9 2 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.42%) Ruby
9 2 (0.42%) Scala
10 1 (0.21%) ABAP
10 1 (0.21%) PHP
10 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 94 (19.75%) Security Cleared
2 79 (16.60%) SC Cleared
3 44 (9.24%) Degree
4 40 (8.40%) BPSS Clearance
5 22 (4.62%) DV Cleared
6 16 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (3.36%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (2.31%) TOGAF Certification
9 9 (1.89%) AWS Certification
10 8 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.47%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.47%) CCNP
12 6 (1.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.84%) HND
13 4 (0.84%) JNCIA
13 4 (0.84%) SAP Certification
14 3 (0.63%) MBA
14 3 (0.63%) PhD
15 2 (0.42%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.94%) GDPR
2 10 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.47%) GAAP
3 7 (1.47%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.26%) ISO 22301
4 6 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 6 (1.26%) SLA
5 5 (1.05%) COBIT
6 4 (0.84%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.84%) HIPAA
6 4 (0.84%) NIST
6 4 (0.84%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.63%) QA
8 2 (0.42%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.42%) IFRS
8 2 (0.42%) NCSC
9 1 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.21%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.21%) PMO
9 1 (0.21%) SEPA
System Software
1 9 (1.89%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.47%) Docker
3 6 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.05%) vSphere
5 1 (0.21%) ACF2
5 1 (0.21%) IAG
5 1 (0.21%) RACF
5 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (1.68%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.47%) Terraform
3 6 (1.26%) VxRail
4 2 (0.42%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.42%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.21%) Ansible
5 1 (0.21%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.21%) Grafana
5 1 (0.21%) Istio
5 1 (0.21%) Kibana
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.21%) Puppet
Vendors
1 60 (12.61%) Microsoft
2 48 (10.08%) SAP
3 40 (8.40%) Oracle
4 18 (3.78%) Cisco
4 18 (3.78%) Google
5 17 (3.57%) ServiceNow
6 16 (3.36%) CyberArk
7 15 (3.15%) Salesforce
8 12 (2.52%) BeyondTrust
9 11 (2.31%) VMware
10 9 (1.89%) Genesys
11 7 (1.47%) Avaya
11 7 (1.47%) Dell
11 7 (1.47%) Siemens
12 6 (1.26%) IBM
12 6 (1.26%) Informatica
12 6 (1.26%) Palo Alto
12 6 (1.26%) Sparx
12 6 (1.26%) Workday
13 5 (1.05%) Ariba