Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Solution Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Bristol is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 47 13
Rank change year-on-year -6 -34 +79
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 22 14 103
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 2.15% 2.43% 9.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.28% 2.52% 10.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 5 74
10th Percentile £524 - £539
25th Percentile £653 - £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £450 £650
Median % change year-on-year +55.56% -30.77% -
75th Percentile £769 - £688
90th Percentile £775 £653 £700
South West median daily rate £708 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +17.92% -7.69% -1.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £69.00 -
South West median hourly rate £89.00 £69.00 -
% change year-on-year +28.99% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 966 555 992
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.34% 96.52% 96.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 448 309 566
10th Percentile £271 £181 £260
25th Percentile £400 £313 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £514
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -12.37% +2.70%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £630
90th Percentile £725 £686 £688
South West median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 68 169
10th Percentile £17.87 £35.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £33.56 £61.25 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile - £68.75 £71.25
90th Percentile £67.84 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £50.39
% change year-on-year -11.54% +28.99% -21.27%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Solutions Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Bristol

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Bristol

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Bristol over the 6 months to 21 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in Bristol

Solutions Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Bristol

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 21 February 2026, Solutions Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bristol region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 14 (63.64%) SC Cleared
1 14 (63.64%) Security Cleared
2 6 (27.27%) Service Management
3 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (18.18%) Architectural Patterns
4 4 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (18.18%) Data Integration
4 4 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (18.18%) Logistics
4 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (13.64%) Architectural Design
5 3 (13.64%) AWS
5 3 (13.64%) Azure
5 3 (13.64%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (13.64%) Machine Learning
5 3 (13.64%) Roadmaps
5 3 (13.64%) SAP
5 3 (13.64%) SAP PP
5 3 (13.64%) Translating Business Requirements
6 2 (9.09%) Agile
6 2 (9.09%) API Design
6 2 (9.09%) API Integration
6 2 (9.09%) CAD
6 2 (9.09%) CI/CD
6 2 (9.09%) Containerisation
6 2 (9.09%) Customer Service
6 2 (9.09%) Data Modelling
6 2 (9.09%) DevSecOps
6 2 (9.09%) GCP

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 3 (13.64%) SAP PP
2 2 (9.09%) SAP EWM
2 2 (9.09%) SAP PM
2 2 (9.09%) SAP QM
2 2 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (4.55%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) AWS
1 3 (13.64%) Azure
2 2 (9.09%) GCP
3 1 (4.55%) Amazon Bedrock
3 1 (4.55%) Azure AI
3 1 (4.55%) Intacct
General
1 6 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
3 2 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Legal
4 1 (4.55%) Military
4 1 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) REST
1 2 (9.09%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Linux
1 2 (9.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (9.09%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Service Management
2 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (18.18%) Architectural Patterns
3 4 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (18.18%) Data Integration
3 4 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (18.18%) Logistics
3 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (13.64%) Architectural Design
4 3 (13.64%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (13.64%) Machine Learning
4 3 (13.64%) Roadmaps
4 3 (13.64%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (9.09%) Agile
5 2 (9.09%) CAD
5 2 (9.09%) Data Modelling
5 2 (9.09%) ITIL
5 2 (9.09%) ITSM
5 2 (9.09%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 14 (63.64%) SC Cleared
1 14 (63.64%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Kubernetes
1 2 (9.09%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) SAP
2 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.55%) Foundry
3 1 (4.55%) IBM
3 1 (4.55%) NVIDIA
3 1 (4.55%) Sage
3 1 (4.55%) Salesforce