Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Solution Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Bristol is £663, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 November 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 53 24
Rank change year-on-year +5 -29 +40
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 20 21 67
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 2.54% 2.69% 6.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.74% 2.82% 6.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 50
10th Percentile £518 - -
25th Percentile £600 £450 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £480 £650
Median % change year-on-year +38.02% -26.15% +8.33%
75th Percentile £716 £744 £688
90th Percentile £753 £785 £703
South West median daily rate £663 £613 £650
% change year-on-year +8.16% -5.77% +4.00%

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 730 746 1,001
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 95.40% 95.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 364 409 635
10th Percentile £227 £213 £275
25th Percentile £385 £375 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £515
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -7.77% +3.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £739 £728 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £523 £525
% change year-on-year +0.48% -0.48% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 101 125
10th Percentile £13.46 £17.50 £33.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £47.50 £55.00
Median hourly rate £50.49 £65.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.92% +0.77% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £76.25
90th Percentile £67.84 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £33.00 £65.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -49.23% +15.06% -10.33%

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 17 November 2025.

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 17 November 2025, 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 13 (65.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 6 (30.00%) Roadmaps
4 5 (25.00%) Azure
5 4 (20.00%) AWS
5 4 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 4 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (20.00%) Machine Learning
6 3 (15.00%) Agile
6 3 (15.00%) AI
6 3 (15.00%) Architectural Design
6 3 (15.00%) Linux
6 3 (15.00%) Microservices
6 3 (15.00%) Technology Roadmap
6 3 (15.00%) User Experience
6 3 (15.00%) VMware
6 3 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (10.00%) API Design
7 2 (10.00%) API Integration
7 2 (10.00%) Architectural Patterns
7 2 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (10.00%) Containerisation
7 2 (10.00%) Decision-Making
7 2 (10.00%) DevSecOps
7 2 (10.00%) Domain-Driven Design
7 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
7 2 (10.00%) Kubernetes
7 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
7 2 (10.00%) Migration
7 2 (10.00%) Node.js

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 1 (5.00%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) Azure
2 4 (20.00%) AWS
3 1 (5.00%) Amazon Bedrock
3 1 (5.00%) Azure AI
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (5.00%) GCP
3 1 (5.00%) IaaS
3 1 (5.00%) iPaaS
3 1 (5.00%) PaaS
3 1 (5.00%) SaaS
General
1 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Legal
3 1 (5.00%) Military
3 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) Node.js
1 2 (10.00%) React
2 1 (5.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (5.00%) FMCG
1 1 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (5.00%) IoT
1 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Linux
2 2 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (10.00%) Ubuntu
3 1 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (20.00%) CI/CD
2 4 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (20.00%) Machine Learning
3 3 (15.00%) Agile
3 3 (15.00%) AI
3 3 (15.00%) Architectural Design
3 3 (15.00%) Microservices
3 3 (15.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 3 (15.00%) User Experience
4 2 (10.00%) API Design
4 2 (10.00%) API Integration
4 2 (10.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 2 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (10.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (10.00%) DevSecOps
4 2 (10.00%) OCR
4 2 (10.00%) Patch Management
4 2 (10.00%) Software Delivery
4 2 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (65.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (10.00%) SCOM
1 2 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) VMware
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) SAP
3 1 (5.00%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (5.00%) Foundry
3 1 (5.00%) NVIDIA
3 1 (5.00%) Oracle
3 1 (5.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.00%) webMethods