Solutions Architect Contracts in Bristol

Solution Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Bristol is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2024.

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

6 months to
28 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 41 53
Rank change year-on-year -3 +12 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 29 46 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 3.30% 4.31% 3.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.46% 4.49% 3.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 34 32
10th Percentile £450 - £513
25th Percentile £480 £600 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £645 £600
Median % change year-on-year -22.48% +7.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £699 £691
90th Percentile £788 £775 £773
South West median daily rate £625 £650 £630
% change year-on-year -3.85% +3.17% +8.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £62.80
25th Percentile - - £64.75
Median hourly rate - £80.00 £68.00
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% +22.52%
75th Percentile - - £69.00
90th Percentile - - £69.60
South West median hourly rate - £80.00 £68.00
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -2.13%

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 837 1,025 1,280
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.11% 95.97% 94.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 445 684 875
10th Percentile £225 £313 £283
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £600
90th Percentile £700 £704 £675
South West median daily rate £513 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -4.65% +2.38% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 120 150
10th Percentile £19.83 £21.15 £21.93
25th Percentile £58.31 £50.00 £41.78
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £63.30
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +2.69% +158.37%
75th Percentile £72.50 £76.25 £69.54
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.40 £75.00
South West median hourly rate £67.50 £60.00 £56.86
% change year-on-year +12.50% +5.52% +26.36%

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 28 September 2024.

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 28 September 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 job ads across the Bristol region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 9 (31.03%) DevOps
2 8 (27.59%) SC Cleared
2 8 (27.59%) Security Cleared
3 7 (24.14%) Public Sector
4 6 (20.69%) Agile
4 6 (20.69%) Azure
5 5 (17.24%) ArcGIS
5 5 (17.24%) CI/CD
5 5 (17.24%) Roadmaps
5 5 (17.24%) Product Ownership
6 4 (13.79%) Customer Experience
6 4 (13.79%) Application Security
6 4 (13.79%) DevSecOps
6 4 (13.79%) Power Platform
6 4 (13.79%) PowerApps
6 4 (13.79%) Migration
6 4 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
6 4 (13.79%) SDLC
6 4 (13.79%) Power BI
7 3 (10.34%) Service Design
7 3 (10.34%) SharePoint
7 3 (10.34%) ERP
7 3 (10.34%) SQL
7 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (10.34%) Risk Management
7 3 (10.34%) Due Diligence
7 3 (10.34%) Business Agility
7 3 (10.34%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 3 (10.34%) Architecture Roadmap

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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (17.24%) ArcGIS
2 3 (10.34%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (6.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.69%) Azure
2 4 (13.79%) Power Platform
2 4 (13.79%) PowerApps
3 2 (6.90%) AWS
3 2 (6.90%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (6.90%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.45%) Amazon SQS
4 1 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (3.45%) IaaS
4 1 (3.45%) PaaS
4 1 (3.45%) SaaS
4 1 (3.45%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.79%) Power BI
2 1 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (3.45%) DynamoDB
2 1 (3.45%) InterSystems Cache
2 1 (3.45%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (3.45%) Redis
2 1 (3.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) JIRA
General
1 7 (24.14%) Public Sector
2 3 (10.34%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Banking
3 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) .NET
1 2 (6.90%) Middleware
2 1 (3.45%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.90%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Android
1 1 (3.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (31.03%) DevOps
2 6 (20.69%) Agile
3 5 (17.24%) CI/CD
3 5 (17.24%) Roadmaps
4 4 (13.79%) Application Security
4 4 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (13.79%) Customer Experience
4 4 (13.79%) DevSecOps
4 4 (13.79%) Migration
4 4 (13.79%) SDLC
5 3 (10.34%) Architectural Design
5 3 (10.34%) Architecture Roadmap
5 3 (10.34%) Business Agility
5 3 (10.34%) Due Diligence
5 3 (10.34%) ERP
5 3 (10.34%) Risk Management
5 3 (10.34%) Service Design
5 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (10.34%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 2 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) SQL
2 2 (6.90%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (27.59%) SC Cleared
1 8 (27.59%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.45%) AWS Certification
2 1 (3.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (3.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.45%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) ESRI
2 2 (6.90%) Sparx
3 1 (3.45%) Oracle