Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Solution Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Bristol is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 57 28
Rank change year-on-year -15 -29 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 18 9 54
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.36% 1.33% 5.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.45% 1.42% 5.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 4 39
10th Percentile £494 £574 £490
25th Percentile £525 £591 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £646
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.12% -2.49%
75th Percentile £688 £644 £681
90th Percentile - £723 £775
South West median daily rate £602 £575 £650
% change year-on-year +4.70% -11.54% -2.69%

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 1,238 632 1,007
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.58% 93.35% 94.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 595 332 560
10th Percentile £375 £250 £260
25th Percentile £431 £362 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -10.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £590
90th Percentile £650 £650 £688
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 309 104 249
10th Percentile £19.31 £16.03 £31.18
25th Percentile £42.30 £18.87 £44.94
Median hourly rate £65.00 £49.47 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.39% -26.71% +3.85%
75th Percentile £68.00 £67.63 £72.50
90th Percentile £72.54 £74.33 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £30.25 £57.50
% change year-on-year +90.08% -47.39% -8.73%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 (72.22%) SC Cleared
1 13 (72.22%) Security Cleared
2 10 (55.56%) Azure
3 6 (33.33%) TOGAF
4 5 (27.78%) DevOps
5 4 (22.22%) Agile
5 4 (22.22%) AWS
5 4 (22.22%) Data Modelling
6 3 (16.67%) API Integration
6 3 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
6 3 (16.67%) GCP
6 3 (16.67%) ITIL
6 3 (16.67%) Kubernetes
6 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 3 (16.67%) Oracle
6 3 (16.67%) PaaS
6 3 (16.67%) Risk Management
6 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (16.67%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (11.11%) Application Security
7 2 (11.11%) CI/CD
7 2 (11.11%) Data Governance
7 2 (11.11%) Docker
7 2 (11.11%) GitHub
7 2 (11.11%) IaaS
7 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
7 2 (11.11%) Java
7 2 (11.11%) Microservices
7 2 (11.11%) OpenShift

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 10 (55.56%) Azure
2 4 (22.22%) AWS
3 3 (16.67%) GCP
3 3 (16.67%) PaaS
4 2 (11.11%) GitHub
4 2 (11.11%) IaaS
4 2 (11.11%) OpenShift
4 2 (11.11%) Serverless
5 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
5 1 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (5.56%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (5.56%) OCI
5 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Firewall
1 1 (5.56%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Data Lake
1 1 (5.56%) EDRMS
1 1 (5.56%) Metadata
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Database
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Reports
General
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Finance
2 2 (11.11%) Military
2 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.56%) Aviation
3 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Legal
3 1 (5.56%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) SOAP
2 1 (5.56%) Node.js
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (5.56%) Quarkus
2 1 (5.56%) React Native
2 1 (5.56%) REST
2 1 (5.56%) Spring Boot
2 1 (5.56%) Swagger
2 1 (5.56%) Web Services
2 1 (5.56%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.56%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 5 (27.78%) DevOps
3 4 (22.22%) Agile
3 4 (22.22%) Data Modelling
4 3 (16.67%) API Integration
4 3 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
4 3 (16.67%) ITIL
4 3 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (11.11%) Application Security
5 2 (11.11%) CI/CD
5 2 (11.11%) Data Governance
5 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (11.11%) Microservices
5 2 (11.11%) Roadmaps
5 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (5.56%) Architecture Governance
6 1 (5.56%) Architecture Roadmap
6 1 (5.56%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) Java
2 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (72.22%) SC Cleared
1 13 (72.22%) Security Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (5.56%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.56%) CCNA
3 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.56%) MCSE
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
1 1 (5.56%) GRC
1 1 (5.56%) IFRS
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.56%) Argo
2 1 (5.56%) CASB
2 1 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 3 (16.67%) Oracle
2 2 (11.11%) Red Hat
3 1 (5.56%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (5.56%) Cisco
3 1 (5.56%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (5.56%) Databricks
3 1 (5.56%) Google
3 1 (5.56%) Huawei
3 1 (5.56%) IBM
3 1 (5.56%) MuleSoft
3 1 (5.56%) Qualys
3 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.56%) webMethods