Solutions Architect Contracts with Work from Home Options

Solution Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Solution Architect daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 79 64
Rank change year-on-year +20 -15 +22
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 499 686 1,704
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.38% 2.87% 3.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.62% 3.02% 4.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 343 504 1,161
10th Percentile £490 £513 £513
25th Percentile £555 £575 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% +4.60%
75th Percentile £725 £741 £719
90th Percentile £838 £825 £775
UK median daily rate £646 £665 £633
% change year-on-year -2.86% +5.14% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 3
10th Percentile £50.20 £58.95 -
25th Percentile £50.50 £66.00 £56.50
Median hourly rate £54.50 £76.00 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.29% +28.81% +6.31%
75th Percentile £59.00 £80.25 £65.75
90th Percentile £59.60 £83.70 £68.30
UK median hourly rate £89.00 £67.50 £59.00
% change year-on-year +31.85% +14.41% +6.31%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,801 22,740 41,944
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 95.25% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,306 16,147 30,496
10th Percentile £325 £360 £358
25th Percentile £425 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 528 563
10th Percentile £14.27 £16.98 £14.05
25th Percentile £22.59 £25.00 £19.96
Median hourly rate £43.50 £50.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% +25.00% +70.21%
75th Percentile £63.56 £66.05 £59.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.15 £69.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Solutions Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Solutions Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Solutions Architect trend for jobs with a WFH option

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Solutions Architect.

Solutions Architect daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Solutions Architect over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Solutions Architect daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Solutions Architect
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Solutions Architect.

Solutions Architect hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 12 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 146 (29.26%) Finance
2 116 (23.25%) Social Skills
3 109 (21.84%) Azure
4 108 (21.64%) Agile
5 103 (20.64%) AWS
6 97 (19.44%) Migration
7 89 (17.84%) Security Cleared
8 73 (14.63%) SC Cleared
9 70 (14.03%) DevOps
10 65 (13.03%) Public Sector
11 63 (12.63%) GCP
11 63 (12.63%) Banking
12 59 (11.82%) Microsoft
13 54 (10.82%) Java
14 53 (10.62%) Microservices
14 53 (10.62%) Architectural Design
14 53 (10.62%) Roadmaps
15 52 (10.42%) Stakeholder Management
16 49 (9.82%) Oracle
16 49 (9.82%) SAP
17 46 (9.22%) Problem-Solving
18 44 (8.82%) Degree
19 39 (7.82%) Python
20 38 (7.62%) Enterprise Architecture
20 38 (7.62%) TOGAF
21 37 (7.41%) PLM
22 36 (7.21%) BPSS Clearance
23 35 (7.01%) JavaScript
24 33 (6.61%) SQL
25 31 (6.21%) Computer Science

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 23 (4.61%) Apache Airflow
2 21 (4.21%) Apache
3 13 (2.61%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.80%) WebLogic
5 5 (1.00%) Confluence
6 4 (0.80%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.80%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.80%) CMS
7 2 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.20%) Drupal
8 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.20%) JBoss
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (1.00%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.40%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.20%) CATIA
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 20 (4.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (3.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (2.61%) Teamcenter
4 11 (2.20%) Oracle Assets
4 11 (2.20%) Oracle Payables
5 10 (2.00%) Oracle General Ledger
6 9 (1.80%) Oracle EBS
6 9 (1.80%) Primavera
7 8 (1.60%) Oracle AGIS
8 6 (1.20%) Oracle Receivables
9 5 (1.00%) SAP FI
9 5 (1.00%) SAP HCM
9 5 (1.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 4 (0.80%) Loan IQ
10 4 (0.80%) Oracle Cash Management
10 4 (0.80%) SAP CO
10 4 (0.80%) SAP FI/CO
10 4 (0.80%) SAP HR
10 4 (0.80%) SAP MM
11 3 (0.60%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 109 (21.84%) Azure
2 103 (20.64%) AWS
3 63 (12.63%) GCP
4 28 (5.61%) Dynamics 365
5 24 (4.81%) Power Platform
6 22 (4.41%) dbt
7 21 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
8 20 (4.01%) Snowflake
9 19 (3.81%) SaaS
10 17 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (2.40%) Cloud Computing
12 11 (2.20%) PaaS
13 9 (1.80%) OCI
13 9 (1.80%) PowerApps
13 9 (1.80%) Serverless
14 8 (1.60%) IaaS
15 7 (1.40%) SuccessFactors
15 7 (1.40%) Twilio
16 6 (1.20%) Amazon ECS
16 6 (1.20%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.00%) WAN
2 9 (1.80%) CTI
2 9 (1.80%) VoIP
3 8 (1.60%) ATM
4 6 (1.20%) LAN
5 4 (0.80%) Junos
5 4 (0.80%) SDH
6 3 (0.60%) Firewall
6 3 (0.60%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.40%) Internet
7 2 (0.40%) Intranet
7 2 (0.40%) MPLS
7 2 (0.40%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.40%) SAN
7 2 (0.40%) VSAN
8 1 (0.20%) 4G
8 1 (0.20%) VPN
8 1 (0.20%) WinSCP
8 1 (0.20%) Wireless
8 1 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (5.61%) Data Lake
2 25 (5.01%) Amazon Athena
3 22 (4.41%) Apache Arrow
3 22 (4.41%) Dremio
4 21 (4.21%) Apache Ignite
5 17 (3.41%) Oracle Database
6 15 (3.01%) SQL Server
7 8 (1.60%) Big Data
7 8 (1.60%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (1.20%) Power BI
9 5 (1.00%) GIS
10 4 (0.80%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.80%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.60%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 17 (3.41%) JIRA
2 8 (1.60%) Git
3 7 (1.40%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.80%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.20%) Eclipse
General
1 146 (29.26%) Finance
2 116 (23.25%) Social Skills
3 65 (13.03%) Public Sector
4 63 (12.63%) Banking
5 30 (6.01%) Retail
6 28 (5.61%) Analytical Skills
7 26 (5.21%) Investment Banking
8 23 (4.61%) Presentation Skills
9 22 (4.41%) Front Office
10 21 (4.21%) Telecoms
11 20 (4.01%) Manufacturing
12 11 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 11 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (2.00%) General Ledger
13 10 (2.00%) Local Government
13 10 (2.00%) Marketing
14 8 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.40%) Financial Institution
16 5 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (1.00%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.41%) gRPC
1 22 (4.41%) Middleware
1 22 (4.41%) Protocol Buffers
2 21 (4.21%) NumPy
2 21 (4.21%) Pandas
2 21 (4.21%) SciPy
3 17 (3.41%) .NET
4 13 (2.61%) Web Services
5 12 (2.40%) SailPoint
6 11 (2.20%) React
7 8 (1.60%) .NET Framework
7 8 (1.60%) RESTful
7 8 (1.60%) SOAP
8 7 (1.40%) Entity Framework
8 7 (1.40%) REST
9 6 (1.20%) CSS
9 6 (1.20%) HTML
9 6 (1.20%) JSON
9 6 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (1.20%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.01%) Derivative
2 22 (4.41%) Equities
2 22 (4.41%) Fixed Income
2 22 (4.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 22 (4.41%) Hedge funds
3 18 (3.61%) Data Centre
4 12 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (2.20%) Mainframe
5 11 (2.20%) Public Cloud
5 11 (2.20%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 10 (2.00%) Cloud Native
7 9 (1.80%) IVR
8 7 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.40%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.00%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.00%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.00%) Replication
11 4 (0.80%) Blog
11 4 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.01%) Windows
2 10 (2.00%) Linux
3 6 (1.20%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.00%) Android
4 5 (1.00%) Unix
5 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (21.64%) Agile
2 97 (19.44%) Migration
3 70 (14.03%) DevOps
4 53 (10.62%) Architectural Design
4 53 (10.62%) Microservices
4 53 (10.62%) Roadmaps
5 52 (10.42%) Stakeholder Management
6 46 (9.22%) Problem-Solving
7 38 (7.62%) Enterprise Architecture
7 38 (7.62%) TOGAF
8 37 (7.41%) PLM
9 31 (6.21%) Computer Science
10 30 (6.01%) Technical Leadership
11 28 (5.61%) Containerisation
11 28 (5.61%) Project Delivery
11 28 (5.61%) Software Engineering
12 27 (5.41%) Architectural Patterns
13 26 (5.21%) CRM
13 26 (5.21%) ERP
14 25 (5.01%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 54 (10.82%) Java
2 39 (7.82%) Python
3 35 (7.01%) JavaScript
4 33 (6.61%) SQL
5 27 (5.41%) TypeScript
6 16 (3.21%) C#
7 6 (1.20%) PL/SQL
8 4 (0.80%) C
8 4 (0.80%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.60%) Apex Code
9 3 (0.60%) Bash
10 2 (0.40%) C++
10 2 (0.40%) Ruby
10 2 (0.40%) Scala
11 1 (0.20%) ABAP
11 1 (0.20%) PHP
11 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.20%) VB
Qualifications
1 89 (17.84%) Security Cleared
2 73 (14.63%) SC Cleared
3 44 (8.82%) Degree
4 36 (7.21%) BPSS Clearance
5 17 (3.41%) DV Cleared
6 16 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (3.01%) Master's Degree
8 13 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (2.00%) TOGAF Certification
10 9 (1.80%) AWS Certification
11 8 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (1.40%) Azure Certification
12 7 (1.40%) CCNP
13 6 (1.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.80%) HND
14 4 (0.80%) JNCIA
15 3 (0.60%) CCIE
15 3 (0.60%) SAP Certification
16 2 (0.40%) PhD
17 1 (0.20%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.61%) GDPR
2 8 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.40%) GAAP
4 6 (1.20%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.20%) ISO 22301
4 6 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 6 (1.20%) SLA
5 5 (1.00%) COBIT
5 5 (1.00%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.80%) HIPAA
6 4 (0.80%) QA
6 4 (0.80%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.60%) IFRS
7 3 (0.60%) NIST
8 2 (0.40%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.20%) NCSC
9 1 (0.20%) PMO
9 1 (0.20%) SEPA
System Software
1 9 (1.80%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.40%) Docker
3 6 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.00%) vSphere
5 2 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.20%) ACF2
6 1 (0.20%) IAG
6 1 (0.20%) RACF
6 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (2.40%) Terraform
2 8 (1.60%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.20%) VxRail
4 3 (0.60%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.40%) Ansible
5 2 (0.40%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.40%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.20%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.20%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.20%) Grafana
6 1 (0.20%) Istio
6 1 (0.20%) Kibana
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.20%) Puppet
6 1 (0.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 59 (11.82%) Microsoft
2 49 (9.82%) Oracle
2 49 (9.82%) SAP
3 24 (4.81%) Google
4 17 (3.41%) Cisco
5 16 (3.21%) CyberArk
5 16 (3.21%) Salesforce
6 15 (3.01%) ServiceNow
7 12 (2.40%) BeyondTrust
8 9 (1.80%) Genesys
8 9 (1.80%) Siemens
8 9 (1.80%) VMware
9 7 (1.40%) Avaya
9 7 (1.40%) Dell
10 6 (1.20%) IBM
10 6 (1.20%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.20%) Sparx
10 6 (1.20%) Workday
11 5 (1.00%) F5
11 5 (1.00%) Juniper