Solutions Architect Contracts in the UK excluding London

Solution Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Solution Architect daily rate in the UK excluding London is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 97 84
Rank change year-on-year +30 -13 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 599 563 922
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.81% 2.48% 3.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.04% 2.63% 3.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 396 410 661
10th Percentile £469 £525 £504
25th Percentile £563 £575 £558
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £713 £725 £688
90th Percentile £756 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £646 £665 £633
% change year-on-year -2.86% +5.14% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 2
10th Percentile £75.20 £65.10 -
25th Percentile £87.50 £66.00 £56.50
Median hourly rate £91.00 £76.00 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.74% +28.81% +6.31%
75th Percentile £92.37 £80.25 £61.50
90th Percentile £95.52 - -
UK median hourly rate £89.00 £67.50 £59.00
% change year-on-year +31.85% +14.41% +6.31%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,709 21,379 29,050
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 94.21% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,751 14,853 20,421
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £593 £600 £575
90th Percentile £680 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,515 1,090 1,383
10th Percentile £12.63 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.92 £18.08 £15.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%
75th Percentile £62.83 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.68 £62.45
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London

Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London

Solutions Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London

Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
North of England +64 182 £600 -2.83% 28
South East 0 136 £625 -1.96% 39
South West +23 135 £650 -3.70% 28
North West +77 125 £625 +4.17% 17
Midlands +1 80 £600 -9.09% 40
Yorkshire +10 52 £575 -11.54% 10
West Midlands +13 50 £650 - 27
East of England +22 40 £663 -4.88% 5
Scotland +21 38 £646 +0.35% 5
East Midlands -5 29 £455 -32.59% 13
Wales +13 6 £650 +14.04% 2
North East +9 6 £600 +6.67% 1
Northern Ireland -2 6 £650 +18.18% 3
Isle of Man - 3 - - 1
Solutions Architect
UK

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 UK excluding London region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 201 (33.56%) Security Cleared
2 121 (20.20%) Social Skills
3 118 (19.70%) SC Cleared
4 106 (17.70%) Azure
5 102 (17.03%) Finance
6 98 (16.36%) Agile
7 97 (16.19%) DV Cleared
8 90 (15.03%) Roadmaps
9 83 (13.86%) Enterprise Architecture
10 82 (13.69%) Migration
10 82 (13.69%) AWS
11 79 (13.19%) Microsoft
12 75 (12.52%) TOGAF
13 73 (12.19%) Problem-Solving
14 69 (11.52%) DevOps
15 67 (11.19%) Telecoms
16 65 (10.85%) Banking
16 65 (10.85%) Public Sector
17 63 (10.52%) Degree
18 56 (9.35%) Java
19 53 (8.85%) Architectural Design
20 48 (8.01%) Analytical Skills
21 46 (7.68%) Translating Business Requirements
22 45 (7.51%) SAP
23 42 (7.01%) Stakeholder Management
23 42 (7.01%) Business Strategy
24 38 (6.34%) Architecture Governance
24 38 (6.34%) Product Ownership
24 38 (6.34%) Microservices
25 37 (6.18%) ArchiMate

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 13 (2.17%) Apache Spark
2 11 (1.84%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.34%) Confluence
4 2 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.33%) Apache
4 2 (0.33%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.33%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.17%) CMS
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 5 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.33%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.17%) CATIA
3 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 19 (3.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (2.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.17%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.67%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (0.67%) Oracle Cash Management
4 4 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.67%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (0.67%) Teamcenter
5 3 (0.50%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.50%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.50%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 3 (0.50%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.50%) SAP IS-U
5 3 (0.50%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.50%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.33%) Primavera
6 2 (0.33%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.33%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 106 (17.70%) Azure
2 82 (13.69%) AWS
3 33 (5.51%) SaaS
4 28 (4.67%) Power Platform
5 24 (4.01%) PaaS
6 23 (3.84%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (3.34%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (3.34%) GCP
8 19 (3.17%) Cloud Computing
9 13 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (2.00%) Serverless
11 11 (1.84%) Amazon S3
11 11 (1.84%) OCI
12 10 (1.67%) Boomi
12 10 (1.67%) IaaS
13 9 (1.50%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
13 9 (1.50%) PowerApps
14 4 (0.67%) Power Automate
14 4 (0.67%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
15 3 (0.50%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.34%) VoIP
2 25 (4.17%) PBX
3 17 (2.84%) WAN
4 14 (2.34%) SDH
5 10 (1.67%) DNS
6 6 (1.00%) DHCP
7 5 (0.83%) ATM
7 5 (0.83%) Firewall
7 5 (0.83%) Internet
7 5 (0.83%) MPLS
8 4 (0.67%) Junos
8 4 (0.67%) SAN
9 3 (0.50%) LAN
9 3 (0.50%) MQTT
9 3 (0.50%) NetScaler
10 2 (0.33%) VSAN
11 1 (0.17%) IPsec
11 1 (0.17%) Network Security
11 1 (0.17%) SSL
11 1 (0.17%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.67%) Data Lake
2 15 (2.50%) Big Data
2 15 (2.50%) SQL Server
3 12 (2.00%) Oracle Database
4 10 (1.67%) BigQuery
4 10 (1.67%) Hadoop
5 9 (1.50%) Amazon Athena
5 9 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (1.50%) Amazon Redshift
6 6 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.00%) Power BI
7 4 (0.67%) DB2
7 4 (0.67%) GIS
7 4 (0.67%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.50%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.33%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.33%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 22 (3.67%) Rational DOORS
2 19 (3.17%) Git
2 19 (3.17%) Jenkins
3 18 (3.01%) JIRA
4 2 (0.33%) GitLab
4 2 (0.33%) webpack
5 1 (0.17%) Terragrunt
General
1 121 (20.20%) Social Skills
2 102 (17.03%) Finance
3 67 (11.19%) Telecoms
4 65 (10.85%) Banking
4 65 (10.85%) Public Sector
5 48 (8.01%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (4.51%) Presentation Skills
7 26 (4.34%) Manufacturing
8 22 (3.67%) Marketing
9 14 (2.34%) Electronics
9 14 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (2.34%) Retail
10 12 (2.00%) Automotive
11 11 (1.84%) Aerospace
12 9 (1.50%) Local Government
13 8 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.17%) Aeronautics
14 7 (1.17%) Digital Economy
14 7 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.50%) Kafka
1 15 (2.50%) Middleware
2 13 (2.17%) SOAP
3 11 (1.84%) REST
4 10 (1.67%) .NET
5 9 (1.50%) RAML
6 7 (1.17%) React
6 7 (1.17%) Spring Boot
6 7 (1.17%) XML
7 6 (1.00%) HTML
8 5 (0.83%) J2EE
8 5 (0.83%) Node.js
9 4 (0.67%) .NET Framework
9 4 (0.67%) CSS
9 4 (0.67%) JSON
9 4 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (0.67%) RESTful
9 4 (0.67%) Web Services
10 3 (0.50%) SAML
10 3 (0.50%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 38 (6.34%) Product Ownership
2 23 (3.84%) Data Protection Act
3 20 (3.34%) Data Centre
4 12 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (2.00%) Public Cloud
4 12 (2.00%) Video Conferencing
5 11 (1.84%) Mobile App
6 9 (1.50%) Blackberry
7 8 (1.34%) Digital Media
7 8 (1.34%) Operational Technology
8 7 (1.17%) Credit Risk
8 7 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.17%) NHS
8 7 (1.17%) SCADA
9 6 (1.00%) IoT
9 6 (1.00%) Private Cloud
9 6 (1.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 5 (0.83%) CMDB
10 5 (0.83%) Mainframe
10 5 (0.83%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (3.84%) Windows
2 12 (2.00%) Android
3 8 (1.34%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.17%) Unix
5 6 (1.00%) Linux
5 6 (1.00%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.50%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (16.36%) Agile
2 90 (15.03%) Roadmaps
3 83 (13.86%) Enterprise Architecture
4 82 (13.69%) Migration
5 75 (12.52%) TOGAF
6 73 (12.19%) Problem-Solving
7 69 (11.52%) DevOps
8 53 (8.85%) Architectural Design
9 46 (7.68%) Translating Business Requirements
10 42 (7.01%) Business Strategy
10 42 (7.01%) Stakeholder Management
11 38 (6.34%) Architecture Governance
11 38 (6.34%) Microservices
12 37 (6.18%) ArchiMate
12 37 (6.18%) Architectural Patterns
13 36 (6.01%) Computer Science
14 34 (5.68%) Strategic Roadmap
14 34 (5.68%) Technical Leadership
15 33 (5.51%) IT Strategy
15 33 (5.51%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 56 (9.35%) Java
2 30 (5.01%) SQL
3 15 (2.50%) Python
4 8 (1.34%) C
5 7 (1.17%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.00%) C#
6 6 (1.00%) PL/SQL
6 6 (1.00%) PowerShell
7 4 (0.67%) C++
8 2 (0.33%) Apex Code
8 2 (0.33%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.33%) SOQL
9 1 (0.17%) Bash
9 1 (0.17%) PHP
9 1 (0.17%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.17%) X++
Qualifications
1 201 (33.56%) Security Cleared
2 118 (19.70%) SC Cleared
3 97 (16.19%) DV Cleared
4 63 (10.52%) Degree
5 34 (5.68%) BPSS Clearance
6 22 (3.67%) TOGAF Certification
7 11 (1.84%) HND
7 11 (1.84%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.17%) CCNP
11 6 (1.00%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.67%) JNCIA
13 3 (0.50%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 2 (0.33%) PMI Certification
15 1 (0.17%) CCNA
15 1 (0.17%) CISSP
15 1 (0.17%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (2.84%) QA
2 11 (1.84%) Accessibility
3 5 (0.83%) NCSC
4 4 (0.67%) COBIT
4 4 (0.67%) GDPR
4 4 (0.67%) NIST
5 3 (0.50%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.33%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.33%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.17%) PMO
7 1 (0.17%) SEPA
System Software
1 18 (3.01%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.67%) Docker
3 4 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.67%) vSphere
4 3 (0.50%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (0.50%) XenApp
4 3 (0.50%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.17%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 18 (3.01%) Terraform
2 11 (1.84%) Progress Chef
3 8 (1.34%) SCCM
4 7 (1.17%) Kubernetes
5 4 (0.67%) AirWatch
5 4 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.67%) VxRail
6 3 (0.50%) SCOM
7 2 (0.33%) Ansible
7 2 (0.33%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.17%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.17%) Istio
8 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.17%) Puppet
Vendors
1 79 (13.19%) Microsoft
2 45 (7.51%) SAP
3 30 (5.01%) Oracle
4 28 (4.67%) Cisco
5 25 (4.17%) Google
6 24 (4.01%) VMware
7 23 (3.84%) Juniper
7 23 (3.84%) Nokia
8 22 (3.67%) IBM
9 21 (3.51%) Salesforce
10 10 (1.67%) Ericsson
11 9 (1.50%) Avaya
11 9 (1.50%) Ribbon
12 8 (1.34%) Dell
13 6 (1.00%) F5
13 6 (1.00%) Palo Alto
14 5 (0.83%) Adobe
14 5 (0.83%) Apple
14 5 (0.83%) CheckPoint
15 4 (0.67%) Red Hat