Solutions Architect Contracts in the Midlands

Solution Architect
England > Midlands

The median Solution Architect daily rate in the Midlands is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 63 78
Rank change year-on-year +2 +15 -26
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 74 101 149
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.65% 3.09% 2.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.88% 3.27% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 78 113
10th Percentile £445 £538 £450
25th Percentile £455 £613 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £660 £630
Median % change year-on-year -5.30% +4.76% +15.60%
75th Percentile £688 £715 £700
90th Percentile £756 £811 £795
England median daily rate £650 £675 £638
% change year-on-year -3.70% +5.88% +10.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50.00 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
75th Percentile £60.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £89.00 £66.75 £59.00
% change year-on-year +33.33% +13.14% +6.31%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,573 3,091 4,831
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.16% 94.53% 95.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,741 2,185 3,522
10th Percentile £213 £228 £210
25th Percentile £338 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £462 £475 £469
Median % change year-on-year -2.74% +1.23% +15.86%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £569
90th Percentile £675 £690 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 108 153
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.40
25th Percentile £14.13 £14.52 £14.61
Median hourly rate £19.06 £20.41 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.60% +13.39% +20.00%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £52.01 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.47%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in the Midlands

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in the Midlands

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in the Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in the Midlands

Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Architect in the Midlands

Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Architect within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +3 44 £670 +3.00% 39
East Midlands -1 29 £455 -32.59% 10
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 Midlands region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 25 (33.78%) Azure
2 21 (28.38%) AWS
2 21 (28.38%) Banking
3 20 (27.03%) Finance
4 17 (22.97%) Architectural Design
5 14 (18.92%) Agile
6 12 (16.22%) Enterprise Architecture
7 11 (14.86%) Social Skills
8 10 (13.51%) Roadmaps
8 10 (13.51%) SC Cleared
8 10 (13.51%) Security Cleared
9 9 (12.16%) DevOps
9 9 (12.16%) Microservices
10 8 (10.81%) Progress Chef
10 8 (10.81%) Jenkins
10 8 (10.81%) Business Strategy
10 8 (10.81%) Architectural Patterns
10 8 (10.81%) CRM
10 8 (10.81%) Microsoft
11 7 (9.46%) Windows
11 7 (9.46%) Java
11 7 (9.46%) SQL Server
11 7 (9.46%) Salesforce
11 7 (9.46%) JIRA
11 7 (9.46%) Credit Risk
11 7 (9.46%) Git
11 7 (9.46%) Public Cloud
11 7 (9.46%) Data Lake
12 6 (8.11%) SDLC
12 6 (8.11%) Microsoft 365

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

Applications
1 1 (1.35%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 6 (8.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (6.76%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (4.05%) NetSuite
4 1 (1.35%) SAP EWM
4 1 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 25 (33.78%) Azure
2 21 (28.38%) AWS
3 6 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (6.76%) SaaS
5 4 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (5.41%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.05%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (4.05%) Boomi
7 2 (2.70%) IaaS
7 2 (2.70%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 1 (1.35%) OCI
8 1 (1.35%) PaaS
8 1 (1.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.05%) DNS
1 3 (4.05%) Firewall
1 3 (4.05%) NetScaler
2 2 (2.70%) SAN
2 2 (2.70%) WAN
3 1 (1.35%) IPsec
3 1 (1.35%) Kerberos
3 1 (1.35%) SDH
3 1 (1.35%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.46%) Data Lake
1 7 (9.46%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.41%) DB2
3 1 (1.35%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (10.81%) Jenkins
2 7 (9.46%) Git
2 7 (9.46%) JIRA
3 1 (1.35%) Rational DOORS
General
1 21 (28.38%) Banking
2 20 (27.03%) Finance
3 11 (14.86%) Social Skills
4 3 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (4.05%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (2.70%) Local Government
5 2 (2.70%) Retail
6 1 (1.35%) Aeronautics
6 1 (1.35%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.35%) General Ledger
6 1 (1.35%) Law
6 1 (1.35%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.35%) Marketing
6 1 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.35%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.76%) .NET
2 4 (5.41%) React
3 3 (4.05%) OpenAPI
3 3 (4.05%) RAML
3 3 (4.05%) RESTful
3 3 (4.05%) Swagger
4 2 (2.70%) HTML
4 2 (2.70%) OAuth
4 2 (2.70%) React Native
4 2 (2.70%) SAML
4 2 (2.70%) Visualforce
4 2 (2.70%) Web Services
4 2 (2.70%) XML
5 1 (1.35%) .NET Core
5 1 (1.35%) Middleware
5 1 (1.35%) Node.js
5 1 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (1.35%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.46%) Credit Risk
1 7 (9.46%) Public Cloud
2 5 (6.76%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (5.41%) Data Centre
3 4 (5.41%) Mainframe
4 3 (4.05%) Fat Client
4 3 (4.05%) Mobile App
4 3 (4.05%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.35%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.35%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.35%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.46%) Windows
2 4 (5.41%) Android
2 4 (5.41%) Apple iOS
2 4 (5.41%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.05%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.70%) Linux
4 2 (2.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (22.97%) Architectural Design
2 14 (18.92%) Agile
3 12 (16.22%) Enterprise Architecture
4 10 (13.51%) Roadmaps
5 9 (12.16%) DevOps
5 9 (12.16%) Microservices
6 8 (10.81%) Architectural Patterns
6 8 (10.81%) Business Strategy
6 8 (10.81%) CRM
7 6 (8.11%) IT Strategy
7 6 (8.11%) SDLC
7 6 (8.11%) Technology Strategy
8 5 (6.76%) API Design
8 5 (6.76%) Project Management
8 5 (6.76%) Strategic Roadmap
9 4 (5.41%) Domain-Driven Design
9 4 (5.41%) ETL
9 4 (5.41%) Migration
9 4 (5.41%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (5.41%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.46%) Java
2 4 (5.41%) C
2 4 (5.41%) SQL
3 3 (4.05%) C#
3 3 (4.05%) JavaScript
3 3 (4.05%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.70%) Apex Code
4 2 (2.70%) SOQL
5 1 (1.35%) X++
Qualifications
1 10 (13.51%) SC Cleared
1 10 (13.51%) Security Cleared
2 4 (5.41%) Degree
3 3 (4.05%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.70%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.70%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.70%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (1.35%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.35%) CAPM
5 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.35%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (1.35%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.35%) ISO 22301
1 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.35%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (6.76%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.05%) Citrix Hypervisor
2 3 (4.05%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (4.05%) XenApp
2 3 (4.05%) XenDesktop
3 2 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.70%) vSphere
4 1 (1.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (10.81%) Progress Chef
2 3 (4.05%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.35%) Ansible
3 1 (1.35%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (10.81%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.46%) Salesforce
3 3 (4.05%) Citrix
3 3 (4.05%) NetApp
4 2 (2.70%) Red Hat
4 2 (2.70%) SAP
4 2 (2.70%) VMware
5 1 (1.35%) Cisco
5 1 (1.35%) Guidewire
5 1 (1.35%) IBM
5 1 (1.35%) Juniper
5 1 (1.35%) Nokia
5 1 (1.35%) Oracle
5 1 (1.35%) Remedy
5 1 (1.35%) ServiceNow