Lead Solutions Architect Contracts in the South West

Lead Solution Architect
England > South West

The median Lead Solution Architect daily rate in the South West is £838, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 June 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
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 146 140 155
Rank change year-on-year -6 +15 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Solutions Architect 11 19 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.33% 0.56% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.60% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 16 10
10th Percentile £703 - £602
25th Percentile £734 £675 £662
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £838 £750 £773
Median % change year-on-year +11.67% -2.91% +6.55%
75th Percentile £894 £825 £797
90th Percentile £903 £913 £803
England median daily rate £800 £733 £700
% change year-on-year +9.22% +4.64% +12.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 3,056 3,142 3,474
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 92.74% 95.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,896 2,308 2,517
10th Percentile £216 £284 £225
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £620 £644 £600
90th Percentile £700 £721 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 252 212
10th Percentile £13.85 £17.70 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £48.68 £18.49
Median hourly rate £55.00 £63.23 £47.64
Median % change year-on-year -13.02% +32.74% +10.78%
75th Percentile £71.25 £75.13 £63.60
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.40 £68.29
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

Lead Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Solutions Architect in the South West

Lead Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead Solutions Architect in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Lead Solutions Architect in the South West

Lead Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Solutions Architect in the South West over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead Solutions Architect in the South West

Lead Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Solutions Architect within the South West region over the 6 months to 13 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
Wiltshire -10 10 £850 +13.33%
Bristol +2 1 £625 -16.67%
Lead Solutions Architect
England

Lead Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 13 June 2024, Lead 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 South West region featuring Lead Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
3 6 (54.55%) DV Cleared
3 6 (54.55%) Digital Marketing
3 6 (54.55%) Marketing
3 6 (54.55%) SAP
3 6 (54.55%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (54.55%) Electronics
3 6 (54.55%) Telecoms
3 6 (54.55%) Finance
3 6 (54.55%) Manufacturing
3 6 (54.55%) Programme Management
3 6 (54.55%) Public Sector
4 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (36.36%) ArchiMate
5 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (18.18%) Confluence
5 2 (18.18%) JIRA
5 2 (18.18%) Release Management
5 2 (18.18%) VMware
5 2 (18.18%) Change Management
5 2 (18.18%) DevSecOps
5 2 (18.18%) Requirements Management
5 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
6 1 (9.09%) Strategic Roadmap
6 1 (9.09%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
6 1 (9.09%) Technology Strategy
6 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
6 1 (9.09%) Identity Management

Lead Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (18.18%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 6 (54.55%) Electronics
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
1 6 (54.55%) Manufacturing
1 6 (54.55%) Marketing
1 6 (54.55%) Public Sector
1 6 (54.55%) Telecoms
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
1 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
1 1 (9.09%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (54.55%) Digital Marketing
1 6 (54.55%) Programme Management
2 4 (36.36%) ArchiMate
2 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (18.18%) Change Management
3 2 (18.18%) DevSecOps
3 2 (18.18%) Release Management
3 2 (18.18%) Requirements Management
3 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (9.09%) Data Migration
4 1 (9.09%) Identity Management
4 1 (9.09%) Information Exploitation
4 1 (9.09%) Line Management
4 1 (9.09%) Migration
4 1 (9.09%) Network Architecture
4 1 (9.09%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (9.09%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (9.09%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
3 6 (54.55%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) SAP
2 2 (18.18%) VMware
3 1 (9.09%) BiZZdesign