Solutions Architect Contracts in London

Solution Architect
England > London

The median Solution Architect daily rate in London is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 81 81 77
Rank change year-on-year 0 -4 +27
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 487 804 1,319
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.73% 2.97% 3.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.93% 3.12% 3.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 344 535 845
10th Percentile £486 £524 £513
25th Percentile £530 £600 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £675 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £750 £775 £748
90th Percentile £846 £850 £825
England median daily rate £650 £675 £625
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £31.91 -
25th Percentile £57.50 £33.65 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £36.54 -
Median % change year-on-year +64.20% - -
75th Percentile £62.50 £52.65 -
90th Percentile - £62.31 -
England median hourly rate £88.00 £66.00 £59.00
% change year-on-year +33.33% +11.86% +6.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,628 25,761 37,096
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.20% 95.30% 95.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,029 18,663 27,061
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £444 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £798 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 289 451
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.50 £22.06
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - +12.27%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £76.05 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.09% +100.00% +0.36%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in London

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in London

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in London

Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Architect in London

Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Central London -44 40 £638 -11.15% 20
West London +14 5 £575 -20.69% 6
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 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 London region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 143 (29.36%) Agile
2 136 (27.93%) Azure
3 132 (27.10%) Social Skills
4 131 (26.90%) Finance
5 126 (25.87%) AWS
6 84 (17.25%) Security Cleared
7 76 (15.61%) Migration
8 74 (15.20%) GCP
9 73 (14.99%) SC Cleared
10 72 (14.78%) Microsoft
11 65 (13.35%) DevOps
12 51 (10.47%) Python
13 50 (10.27%) Banking
14 49 (10.06%) Microservices
15 44 (9.03%) JavaScript
15 44 (9.03%) Data Lake
16 43 (8.83%) Architectural Design
17 42 (8.62%) Public Sector
18 41 (8.42%) Java
19 39 (8.01%) Power Platform
20 38 (7.80%) Degree
20 38 (7.80%) DV Cleared
21 36 (7.39%) TOGAF
21 36 (7.39%) CI/CD
21 36 (7.39%) Roadmaps
22 34 (6.98%) SaaS
23 33 (6.78%) Linux
24 32 (6.57%) Stakeholder Management
24 32 (6.57%) Problem-Solving
25 31 (6.37%) Data Modelling

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (4.72%) Apache Airflow
2 22 (4.52%) Apache
3 12 (2.46%) Apache Spark
3 12 (2.46%) SharePoint
4 10 (2.05%) OpenStack
5 8 (1.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 7 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (1.23%) CMS
7 6 (1.23%) Confluence
8 5 (1.03%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.62%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.41%) SAS
11 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.21%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (0.41%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 20 (4.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (2.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (2.05%) Distributed Ledger
3 10 (2.05%) Loan IQ
4 7 (1.44%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (1.03%) SAP BPC
6 4 (0.82%) Primavera
6 4 (0.82%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 4 (0.82%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.62%) Adobe Campaign
7 3 (0.62%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.41%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.41%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.41%) SAP HR
8 2 (0.41%) SAP MM
9 1 (0.21%) BusinessWorks
9 1 (0.21%) Maximo
9 1 (0.21%) SAP PP
9 1 (0.21%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 136 (27.93%) Azure
2 126 (25.87%) AWS
3 74 (15.20%) GCP
4 39 (8.01%) Power Platform
5 34 (6.98%) SaaS
6 29 (5.95%) Dynamics 365
7 22 (4.52%) Snowflake
8 21 (4.31%) dbt
9 19 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (3.29%) PaaS
11 11 (2.26%) IaaS
11 11 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
12 10 (2.05%) Boomi
12 10 (2.05%) Serverless
13 8 (1.64%) Slack
14 7 (1.44%) Entra ID
14 7 (1.44%) Power Automate
14 7 (1.44%) SuccessFactors
15 6 (1.23%) GitHub
15 6 (1.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.44%) Internet
2 6 (1.23%) Intranet
3 4 (0.82%) ATM
4 3 (0.62%) Firewall
4 3 (0.62%) Reverse Proxy
4 3 (0.62%) SAN
4 3 (0.62%) VSAN
5 2 (0.41%) 4G
5 2 (0.41%) WAN
6 1 (0.21%) DNS
6 1 (0.21%) LAN
6 1 (0.21%) RFID
6 1 (0.21%) SSL
6 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (9.03%) Data Lake
2 28 (5.75%) Big Data
3 23 (4.72%) Amazon Athena
4 21 (4.31%) Apache Arrow
4 21 (4.31%) Dremio
5 20 (4.11%) Apache Ignite
6 19 (3.90%) Power BI
7 18 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (2.05%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (1.85%) Apache Hive
10 8 (1.64%) Relational Database
10 8 (1.64%) Tableau
11 7 (1.44%) Impala
12 6 (1.23%) GIS
13 5 (1.03%) MongoDB
13 5 (1.03%) MySQL
13 5 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
14 4 (0.82%) OLAP
14 4 (0.82%) OLTP
14 4 (0.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (3.70%) Jenkins
2 11 (2.26%) JIRA
3 2 (0.41%) Git
3 2 (0.41%) Liquibase
4 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 132 (27.10%) Social Skills
2 131 (26.90%) Finance
3 50 (10.27%) Banking
4 42 (8.62%) Public Sector
5 26 (5.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (5.34%) Retail
6 25 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
7 24 (4.93%) Investment Banking
8 21 (4.31%) Front Office
9 20 (4.11%) Financial Institution
10 16 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
11 15 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.44%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.23%) Local Government
14 6 (1.23%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.82%) Marketing
15 4 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.62%) Law
16 3 (0.62%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.31%) gRPC
1 21 (4.31%) Protocol Buffers
2 20 (4.11%) NumPy
2 20 (4.11%) Pandas
2 20 (4.11%) SciPy
3 16 (3.29%) .NET
3 16 (3.29%) Middleware
4 15 (3.08%) SailPoint
5 13 (2.67%) HTML
5 13 (2.67%) REST
6 9 (1.85%) SOAP
6 9 (1.85%) XML
7 8 (1.64%) .NET Framework
7 8 (1.64%) Elastic Stack
7 8 (1.64%) PySpark
7 8 (1.64%) SAML
8 7 (1.44%) Web Services
9 6 (1.23%) LDAP
9 6 (1.23%) RESTful
10 5 (1.03%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (4.52%) Derivative
1 22 (4.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 21 (4.31%) Equities
2 21 (4.31%) Fixed Income
2 21 (4.31%) Hedge funds
3 11 (2.26%) Mainframe
4 10 (2.05%) Blockchain
4 10 (2.05%) Data Centre
4 10 (2.05%) Onboarding
5 9 (1.85%) Cloud Native
5 9 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.23%) CBDC
7 6 (1.23%) Enterprise Cloud
7 6 (1.23%) Low-Code
7 6 (1.23%) Web3
8 5 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.03%) IoT
8 5 (1.03%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 33 (6.78%) Linux
2 8 (1.64%) CentOS
2 8 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (1.23%) Windows
4 3 (0.62%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.21%) Android
5 1 (0.21%) tvOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (29.36%) Agile
2 76 (15.61%) Migration
3 65 (13.35%) DevOps
4 49 (10.06%) Microservices
5 43 (8.83%) Architectural Design
6 36 (7.39%) CI/CD
6 36 (7.39%) Roadmaps
6 36 (7.39%) TOGAF
7 32 (6.57%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (6.57%) Stakeholder Management
8 31 (6.37%) Analytics
8 31 (6.37%) Data Modelling
9 29 (5.95%) Data Management
10 28 (5.75%) Asset Management
10 28 (5.75%) Containerisation
10 28 (5.75%) Project Delivery
10 28 (5.75%) Scrum
10 28 (5.75%) Software Engineering
10 28 (5.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 27 (5.54%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 51 (10.47%) Python
2 44 (9.03%) JavaScript
3 41 (8.42%) Java
4 23 (4.72%) TypeScript
5 19 (3.90%) SQL
6 15 (3.08%) PowerShell
7 12 (2.46%) C#
8 9 (1.85%) Scala
9 8 (1.64%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.62%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.62%) Ruby
11 2 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.41%) U-SQL
12 1 (0.21%) Bash
12 1 (0.21%) Bicep
12 1 (0.21%) C++
12 1 (0.21%) Perl
12 1 (0.21%) PHP
Qualifications
1 84 (17.25%) Security Cleared
2 73 (14.99%) SC Cleared
3 38 (7.80%) Degree
3 38 (7.80%) DV Cleared
4 18 (3.70%) AWS Certification
5 14 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (1.85%) TOGAF Certification
7 7 (1.44%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.03%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.62%) MBA
10 3 (0.62%) PhD
10 3 (0.62%) SAP Certification
11 1 (0.21%) CCA
11 1 (0.21%) CISSP
11 1 (0.21%) CITP
11 1 (0.21%) PMP
11 1 (0.21%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.46%) GDPR
2 11 (2.26%) QA
3 10 (2.05%) SLA
4 9 (1.85%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.03%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.82%) COBIT
6 4 (0.82%) ISO 22301
6 4 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 3 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.41%) IFRS
8 2 (0.41%) NCSC
8 2 (0.41%) PMO
8 2 (0.41%) SEPA
9 1 (0.21%) DICOM
9 1 (0.21%) GRC
9 1 (0.21%) HL7
9 1 (0.21%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.21%) NIST
9 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (2.46%) Docker
1 12 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (2.26%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.23%) IAG
3 6 (1.23%) vSphere
4 5 (1.03%) ACF2
4 5 (1.03%) RACF
5 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.21%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (4.52%) Ansible
2 17 (3.49%) Terraform
3 14 (2.87%) Kubernetes
4 12 (2.46%) Puppet
5 9 (1.85%) Grafana
5 9 (1.85%) Kibana
6 8 (1.64%) logstash
6 8 (1.64%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.03%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.82%) VxRail
9 2 (0.41%) Ambari
9 2 (0.41%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.41%) Oozie
10 1 (0.21%) Dell DRAC
10 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.21%) TIBCO Hawk
Vendors
1 72 (14.78%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.54%) Oracle
2 27 (5.54%) SAP
3 22 (4.52%) VMware
4 21 (4.31%) Google
5 19 (3.90%) ServiceNow
6 18 (3.70%) CyberArk
6 18 (3.70%) Salesforce
7 13 (2.67%) BeyondTrust
8 10 (2.05%) Databricks
8 10 (2.05%) Talend
9 9 (1.85%) Dell
9 9 (1.85%) IBM
10 8 (1.64%) Adobe
10 8 (1.64%) Amdocs
10 8 (1.64%) Informatica
10 8 (1.64%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.03%) ESRI
11 5 (1.03%) Sparx
11 5 (1.03%) Workday