Solutions Architect Contracts in Bristol

Solution Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Bristol is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 25 48
Rank change year-on-year -35 +23 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 9 63 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 1.33% 5.73% 3.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.42% 6.06% 3.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 46 27
10th Percentile £473 £500 -
25th Percentile £506 £531 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% -3.70% +12.50%
75th Percentile £681 £688 £731
90th Percentile £738 £775 £791
South West median daily rate £575 £650 £668
% change year-on-year -11.54% -2.69% +6.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £67.40
25th Percentile - - £69.50
Median hourly rate - - £73.00
75th Percentile - - £76.50
90th Percentile - - £78.60
South West median hourly rate - - £73.00
% change year-on-year - - +7.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 633 1,040 1,089
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.64% 94.63% 95.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 581 754
10th Percentile £244 £260 £325
25th Percentile £361 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £570 £600 £638
90th Percentile £646 £688 £711
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 253 130
10th Percentile £16.57 £28.00 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.87 £44.94 £52.81
Median hourly rate £50.49 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.21% +3.85% +44.44%
75th Percentile £67.75 £72.50 £72.89
90th Percentile £73.65 £80.00 £85.00
South West median hourly rate £32.50 £57.44 £62.78
% change year-on-year -43.42% -8.50% +35.00%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Bristol

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in Bristol

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Bristol over the 6 months to 15 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in Bristol

Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Architect in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 15 July 2025, 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 Bristol region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 6 (66.67%) Azure
2 6 (66.67%) Roadmaps
3 5 (55.56%) Enterprise Architecture
4 4 (44.44%) Technology Roadmap
4 4 (44.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (44.44%) VMware
5 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 3 (33.33%) User Experience
5 3 (33.33%) Architectural Design
5 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
6 2 (22.22%) Translating Business Requirements
6 2 (22.22%) Strategic Roadmap
6 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
6 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
7 1 (11.11%) SaaS
7 1 (11.11%) PaaS
7 1 (11.11%) Hyper-V
7 1 (11.11%) AWS
7 1 (11.11%) FMCG
7 1 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (11.11%) MODAF
7 1 (11.11%) webMethods
7 1 (11.11%) Agile
7 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
7 1 (11.11%) Network Design
7 1 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
7 1 (11.11%) SAP

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure App Service
2 1 (11.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Storage
2 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (11.11%) GCP
2 1 (11.11%) IaaS
2 1 (11.11%) iPaaS
2 1 (11.11%) PaaS
2 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) ARM Templates
1 1 (11.11%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
1 1 (11.11%) FMCG
1 1 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (11.11%) IoT
1 1 (11.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 5 (55.56%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (44.44%) Technology Roadmap
4 3 (33.33%) Architectural Design
4 3 (33.33%) User Experience
5 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
5 2 (22.22%) Strategic Roadmap
5 2 (22.22%) Translating Business Requirements
6 1 (11.11%) API Management
6 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
6 1 (11.11%) Decision Tree
6 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 1 (11.11%) RBAC
6 1 (11.11%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 1 (11.11%) Service Catalogue
6 1 (11.11%) Technical Debt
6 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (11.11%) Thought Leadership
6 1 (11.11%) Virtual Team Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (11.11%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) VMware
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (11.11%) SAP
3 1 (11.11%) webMethods