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 January 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 45 17
Rank change year-on-year -4 -28 +62
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 22 20 88
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 2.44% 3.21% 8.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.62% 3.31% 9.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 12 64
10th Percentile £546 - £575
25th Percentile £653 £450 £594
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £463 £650
Median % change year-on-year +51.35% -28.85% -
75th Percentile £769 £546 £688
90th Percentile £775 £772 £700
South West median daily rate £700 £575 £650
% change year-on-year +21.74% -11.54% -
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 841 604 950
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 96.79% 95.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 409 328 569
10th Percentile £250 £190 £261
25th Percentile £400 £334 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £750 £700 £700
South West median daily rate £515 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +1.48% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 71 141
10th Percentile £17.71 £35.00 £33.00
25th Percentile £33.50 £60.25 £55.00
Median hourly rate £63.14 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.87% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £76.25
90th Percentile £67.84 £75.00 £87.00
South West median hourly rate £57.35 £65.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -11.77% +15.06% -13.09%

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 January 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 January 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 13 (59.09%) SC Cleared
1 13 (59.09%) Security Cleared
2 5 (22.73%) Service Management
2 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (18.18%) Data Integration
3 4 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (18.18%) Logistics
4 3 (13.64%) Architectural Patterns
4 3 (13.64%) Machine Learning
4 3 (13.64%) Roadmaps
4 3 (13.64%) SAP
4 3 (13.64%) SAP PP
4 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (13.64%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (9.09%) AI
5 2 (9.09%) API Design
5 2 (9.09%) API Integration
5 2 (9.09%) Architectural Design
5 2 (9.09%) AWS
5 2 (9.09%) Azure
5 2 (9.09%) CI/CD
5 2 (9.09%) Containerisation
5 2 (9.09%) DevSecOps
5 2 (9.09%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (9.09%) Kubernetes
5 2 (9.09%) Linux
5 2 (9.09%) OCR
5 2 (9.09%) Patch Management
5 2 (9.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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 2 (9.09%) AWS
1 2 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (4.55%) Amazon Bedrock
2 1 (4.55%) Azure AI
2 1 (4.55%) GCP
2 1 (4.55%) Intacct
General
1 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.09%) Manufacturing
2 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Legal
3 1 (4.55%) Military
3 1 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) REST
1 1 (4.55%) 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 5 (22.73%) Service Management
1 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (18.18%) Data Integration
2 4 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
2 4 (18.18%) Logistics
3 3 (13.64%) Architectural Patterns
3 3 (13.64%) Machine Learning
3 3 (13.64%) Roadmaps
3 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (13.64%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (9.09%) AI
4 2 (9.09%) API Design
4 2 (9.09%) API Integration
4 2 (9.09%) CI/CD
4 2 (9.09%) Containerisation
4 2 (9.09%) DevSecOps
4 2 (9.09%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (9.09%) Software Architecture
4 2 (9.09%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 13 (59.09%) SC Cleared
1 13 (59.09%) 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%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.55%) Foundry
3 1 (4.55%) IBM
3 1 (4.55%) NVIDIA
3 1 (4.55%) Oracle
3 1 (4.55%) Sage
3 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow