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 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 62 78 63
Rank change year-on-year +16 -15 +27
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 478 673 1,736
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.26% 2.78% 3.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.49% 2.91% 4.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 490 1,180
10th Percentile £498 £513 £513
25th Percentile £550 £575 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £725 £739 £719
90th Percentile £825 £825 £775
UK median daily rate £646 £665 £625
% change year-on-year -2.86% +6.40% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 2
10th Percentile £50.20 £58.95 -
25th Percentile £50.50 £66.00 £56.50
Median hourly rate £54.50 £76.00 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.29% +28.81% +0.85%
75th Percentile £59.00 £80.25 £61.50
90th Percentile £59.60 £83.70 -
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
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 13,696 23,095 42,294
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 95.27% 95.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,252 16,383 30,711
10th Percentile £325 £360 £359
25th Percentile £425 £444 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 531 565
10th Percentile £14.26 £16.98 £13.60
25th Percentile £22.84 £25.00 £19.50
Median hourly rate £44.87 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +32.91% +70.19%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.13 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £77.50 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%

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 2 June 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 2 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 139 (29.08%) Finance
2 114 (23.85%) Social Skills
3 109 (22.80%) Azure
4 105 (21.97%) Agile
5 94 (19.67%) AWS
6 88 (18.41%) Security Cleared
7 81 (16.95%) Migration
8 72 (15.06%) SC Cleared
9 70 (14.64%) DevOps
10 63 (13.18%) Public Sector
11 57 (11.92%) Microsoft
12 55 (11.51%) Banking
12 55 (11.51%) GCP
12 55 (11.51%) Roadmaps
13 54 (11.30%) Microservices
14 53 (11.09%) Architectural Design
15 52 (10.88%) Stakeholder Management
16 48 (10.04%) SAP
17 47 (9.83%) Java
18 45 (9.41%) Problem-Solving
19 42 (8.79%) Degree
20 40 (8.37%) Oracle
21 39 (8.16%) Enterprise Architecture
22 38 (7.95%) BPSS Clearance
23 37 (7.74%) TOGAF
23 37 (7.74%) PLM
24 32 (6.69%) Python
25 31 (6.49%) Computer Science
26 30 (6.28%) Retail
26 30 (6.28%) Dynamics 365

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 17 (3.56%) Apache Airflow
2 15 (3.14%) Apache
3 13 (2.72%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.05%) Confluence
5 4 (0.84%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.84%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.63%) CMS
7 2 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.21%) Drupal
8 1 (0.21%) JBoss
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (1.05%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.42%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.21%) CATIA
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 21 (4.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (3.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (2.72%) Teamcenter
4 11 (2.30%) Oracle Assets
4 11 (2.30%) Oracle Payables
5 10 (2.09%) Oracle General Ledger
6 9 (1.88%) Oracle EBS
7 8 (1.67%) Oracle AGIS
8 6 (1.26%) Oracle Receivables
9 5 (1.05%) SAP HCM
9 5 (1.05%) SAP MM
9 5 (1.05%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 4 (0.84%) Loan IQ
10 4 (0.84%) Oracle Cash Management
10 4 (0.84%) SAP HR
10 4 (0.84%) SAP SD
11 3 (0.63%) SAP BPC
11 3 (0.63%) SAP FI
12 2 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
12 2 (0.42%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 109 (22.80%) Azure
2 94 (19.67%) AWS
3 55 (11.51%) GCP
4 30 (6.28%) Dynamics 365
5 27 (5.65%) Power Platform
6 20 (4.18%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (4.18%) SaaS
7 16 (3.35%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (3.35%) dbt
8 14 (2.93%) Snowflake
9 12 (2.51%) Cloud Computing
10 11 (2.30%) PaaS
11 9 (1.88%) OCI
11 9 (1.88%) Serverless
12 8 (1.67%) IaaS
13 7 (1.46%) PowerApps
13 7 (1.46%) SuccessFactors
13 7 (1.46%) Twilio
14 6 (1.26%) Power Automate
15 5 (1.05%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.09%) WAN
2 9 (1.88%) CTI
2 9 (1.88%) VoIP
3 8 (1.67%) ATM
4 6 (1.26%) LAN
5 4 (0.84%) Junos
5 4 (0.84%) SDH
6 3 (0.63%) Firewall
6 3 (0.63%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.42%) Internet
7 2 (0.42%) Intranet
7 2 (0.42%) MPLS
7 2 (0.42%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.42%) SAN
7 2 (0.42%) VSAN
8 1 (0.21%) 4G
8 1 (0.21%) DNS
8 1 (0.21%) VPN
8 1 (0.21%) WinSCP
8 1 (0.21%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.60%) Data Lake
2 19 (3.97%) Amazon Athena
3 16 (3.35%) Apache Arrow
3 16 (3.35%) Dremio
4 15 (3.14%) Apache Ignite
5 13 (2.72%) SQL Server
6 8 (1.67%) Oracle Database
6 8 (1.67%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.46%) Big Data
7 7 (1.46%) Power BI
8 6 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.05%) GIS
10 4 (0.84%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.84%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.63%) DB2
11 3 (0.63%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 17 (3.56%) JIRA
2 8 (1.67%) Git
3 7 (1.46%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.84%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.21%) Eclipse
General
1 139 (29.08%) Finance
2 114 (23.85%) Social Skills
3 63 (13.18%) Public Sector
4 55 (11.51%) Banking
5 30 (6.28%) Retail
6 28 (5.86%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (4.81%) Presentation Skills
8 22 (4.60%) Telecoms
9 20 (4.18%) Manufacturing
10 19 (3.97%) Investment Banking
11 16 (3.35%) Front Office
12 12 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (2.09%) Marketing
14 9 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.88%) Local Government
15 8 (1.67%) Financial Institution
15 8 (1.67%) General Ledger
16 5 (1.05%) Corporate Banking
16 5 (1.05%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.60%) Middleware
2 16 (3.35%) gRPC
2 16 (3.35%) Protocol Buffers
3 15 (3.14%) .NET
3 15 (3.14%) NumPy
3 15 (3.14%) Pandas
3 15 (3.14%) SciPy
4 13 (2.72%) Web Services
5 12 (2.51%) SailPoint
6 11 (2.30%) React
7 8 (1.67%) RESTful
7 8 (1.67%) SOAP
8 7 (1.46%) REST
9 6 (1.26%) .NET Framework
9 6 (1.26%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (1.26%) XSLT
10 5 (1.05%) Entity Framework
10 5 (1.05%) Kafka
10 5 (1.05%) Node.js
11 4 (0.84%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (3.97%) Derivative
2 16 (3.35%) Equities
2 16 (3.35%) Fixed Income
2 16 (3.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 16 (3.35%) Hedge funds
3 11 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (2.30%) Mainframe
3 11 (2.30%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 10 (2.09%) Public Cloud
5 9 (1.88%) Data Centre
5 9 (1.88%) IVR
6 8 (1.67%) Cloud Native
6 8 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.46%) Low-Code
7 7 (1.46%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.05%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.05%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.05%) Replication
10 4 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.93%) Windows
2 9 (1.88%) Linux
3 5 (1.05%) Unix
4 4 (0.84%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.63%) Android
6 1 (0.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (21.97%) Agile
2 81 (16.95%) Migration
3 70 (14.64%) DevOps
4 55 (11.51%) Roadmaps
5 54 (11.30%) Microservices
6 53 (11.09%) Architectural Design
7 52 (10.88%) Stakeholder Management
8 45 (9.41%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (8.16%) Enterprise Architecture
10 37 (7.74%) PLM
10 37 (7.74%) TOGAF
11 31 (6.49%) Computer Science
12 30 (6.28%) Containerisation
13 29 (6.07%) Technical Leadership
14 28 (5.86%) Architectural Patterns
14 28 (5.86%) Project Delivery
15 27 (5.65%) CRM
16 26 (5.44%) CI/CD
16 26 (5.44%) ERP
17 22 (4.60%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 47 (9.83%) Java
2 32 (6.69%) Python
3 27 (5.65%) JavaScript
3 27 (5.65%) SQL
4 21 (4.39%) TypeScript
5 14 (2.93%) C#
6 6 (1.26%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.84%) C
7 4 (0.84%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.63%) Apex Code
8 3 (0.63%) Bash
9 2 (0.42%) C++
9 2 (0.42%) Ruby
9 2 (0.42%) Scala
10 1 (0.21%) ABAP
10 1 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.21%) PHP
10 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.21%) VB
Qualifications
1 88 (18.41%) Security Cleared
2 72 (15.06%) SC Cleared
3 42 (8.79%) Degree
4 38 (7.95%) BPSS Clearance
5 19 (3.97%) DV Cleared
6 16 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (3.14%) Master's Degree
8 13 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (2.09%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.88%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.88%) TOGAF Certification
11 8 (1.67%) CCNP
12 7 (1.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (1.46%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.84%) HND
13 4 (0.84%) JNCIA
13 4 (0.84%) SAP Certification
14 3 (0.63%) CCIE
15 2 (0.42%) MBA
15 2 (0.42%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.72%) GDPR
2 8 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.46%) GAAP
4 6 (1.26%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.26%) ISO 22301
4 6 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 6 (1.26%) SLA
5 5 (1.05%) COBIT
5 5 (1.05%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.84%) HIPAA
6 4 (0.84%) NIST
6 4 (0.84%) QA
6 4 (0.84%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.42%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.42%) NCSC
8 1 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.21%) IFRS
8 1 (0.21%) PMO
8 1 (0.21%) SEPA
System Software
1 9 (1.88%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.46%) Docker
3 6 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.05%) vSphere
5 2 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.21%) ACF2
6 1 (0.21%) IAG
6 1 (0.21%) RACF
6 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (2.30%) Terraform
2 7 (1.46%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.26%) VxRail
4 3 (0.63%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.42%) Ansible
5 2 (0.42%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.42%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.21%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.21%) Grafana
6 1 (0.21%) Istio
6 1 (0.21%) Kibana
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.21%) Puppet
Vendors
1 57 (11.92%) Microsoft
2 48 (10.04%) SAP
3 40 (8.37%) Oracle
4 21 (4.39%) Google
5 18 (3.77%) Cisco
6 17 (3.56%) Salesforce
7 16 (3.35%) CyberArk
8 15 (3.14%) ServiceNow
9 12 (2.51%) BeyondTrust
10 11 (2.30%) VMware
11 9 (1.88%) Genesys
11 9 (1.88%) Siemens
12 7 (1.46%) Avaya
12 7 (1.46%) Dell
12 7 (1.46%) IBM
13 6 (1.26%) Juniper
13 6 (1.26%) Palo Alto
13 6 (1.26%) Sparx
13 6 (1.26%) Workday
14 5 (1.05%) F5