Digital Solutions Architect Contracts

Digital Solution Architect
UK

The median Digital Solution Architect daily rate in the UK is £585 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 566 631 756
Rank change year-on-year +65 +125 -106
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Solutions Architect 13 53 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.094% 0.097%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.099% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 47 65
10th Percentile - £583 £553
25th Percentile £563 £650 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £700 £625
Median % change year-on-year -16.43% +12.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £725 £771 £740
90th Percentile £743 £800 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £585 £700 £613
% change year-on-year -16.43% +14.29% +17.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,001 53,325 83,708
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,880 37,256 59,003
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +9.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,851 1,473 1,957
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.41
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.45 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Digital Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Solutions Architect in the UK

Digital Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Digital Solutions Architect in the UK

Digital Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Solutions Architect over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Solutions Architect in the UK

Digital Solutions Architect
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Solutions Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +64 13 £585 -16.43% 4
UK excluding London +36 8 £585 -16.43% 1
London +85 5 £638 -12.07% 2
North of England +29 4 £575 -11.54%
Work from Home +87 3 £725 +3.57% 1
North West - 3 - -
South East +2 2 £585 -16.43%
Yorkshire +18 1 £575 -11.54%
South West +6 1 £675 +12.50%
Midlands - 1 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Digital 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 featuring Digital Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
2 3 (23.08%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (23.08%) Machine Learning
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (23.08%) CRM
3 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
3 2 (15.38%) Retail
3 2 (15.38%) Degree
3 2 (15.38%) Azure
3 2 (15.38%) SQL
3 2 (15.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (15.38%) Microservices
3 2 (15.38%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
3 2 (15.38%) Architectural Design
4 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (7.69%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (7.69%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (7.69%) FHIR
4 1 (7.69%) Web3
4 1 (7.69%) DeFi
4 1 (7.69%) CBDC
4 1 (7.69%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (7.69%) Design Patterns
4 1 (7.69%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
4 1 (7.69%) Target Operating Model
4 1 (7.69%) React Native

Digital Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (15.38%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.69%) CMS
2 1 (7.69%) Sitecore CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (7.69%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) NoSQL
General
1 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Retail
4 1 (7.69%) Automotive
4 1 (7.69%) Banking
4 1 (7.69%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) .NET
1 1 (7.69%) FHIR
1 1 (7.69%) React Native
1 1 (7.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.69%) Blockchain
2 1 (7.69%) CBDC
2 1 (7.69%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (7.69%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.69%) Web3
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) CRM
1 3 (23.08%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 3 (23.08%) Machine Learning
2 2 (15.38%) Architectural Design
2 2 (15.38%) Microservices
3 1 (7.69%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (7.69%) BDD
3 1 (7.69%) DeFi
3 1 (7.69%) Design Patterns
3 1 (7.69%) Fintech
3 1 (7.69%) High Availability
3 1 (7.69%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (7.69%) Prototyping
3 1 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (7.69%) Target Operating Model
3 1 (7.69%) Test Strategy
3 1 (7.69%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (7.69%) User Stories
3 1 (7.69%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) DICOM
1 1 (7.69%) HL7
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.69%) Salesforce
1 1 (7.69%) SAP
1 1 (7.69%) Sitecore