Digital Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in Central London

Digital Solution Architect
London > Central London

The median Digital Solution Architect daily rate in Central London is £738, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 131 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Solutions Architect 10 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.38% 0.049% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.052% -
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £650 - -
25th Percentile £713 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £738 - -
75th Percentile £775 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £725 £625 £638
% change year-on-year +16.00% -1.96% -8.93%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,498 1,911 2,273
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.98% 92.86% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,678 1,244 1,566
10th Percentile £350 £338 £350
25th Percentile £450 £437 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
London median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 30 24
10th Percentile £17.60 £21.51 £20.01
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £21.63
Median hourly rate £23.16 £30.04 £27.41
Median % change year-on-year -22.89% +9.60% -21.70%
75th Percentile £53.50 £51.31 £40.00
90th Percentile £64.00 £67.89 £48.30
London median hourly rate £39.00 £31.75 £27.83
% change year-on-year +22.83% +14.11% -28.65%

Digital Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Digital Solutions Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Digital Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Central London

Digital Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Digital Solutions Architect job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Digital Solutions Architect job vacancies in Central London

Digital Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Solutions Architect within the Central London region over the 6 months to 11 July 2026. 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
City of London +5 10 £738 - 3
Digital Solutions Architect
London

Digital Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 11 July 2026, Digital 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 Central London region featuring Digital Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 5 (50.00%) Presales
2 3 (30.00%) Microservices
2 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (20.00%) Agile
3 2 (20.00%) AWS
3 2 (20.00%) CMS
3 2 (20.00%) Content Management
3 2 (20.00%) Data Governance
3 2 (20.00%) Re-Platforming
3 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (20.00%) Technical Discovery
3 2 (20.00%) User Experience
4 1 (10.00%) AI
4 1 (10.00%) Amazon SageMaker
4 1 (10.00%) Analytics
4 1 (10.00%) Architecture Governance
4 1 (10.00%) Azure
4 1 (10.00%) Azure AI
4 1 (10.00%) Business Development
4 1 (10.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (10.00%) Data Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) Event-Driven
4 1 (10.00%) Generative AI
4 1 (10.00%) Google
4 1 (10.00%) Integration Patterns
4 1 (10.00%) Intelligent Automation
4 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 42001

Digital Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 2 (20.00%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Amazon SageMaker
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Azure AI
2 1 (10.00%) Vertex AI
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Retail
3 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) MACH
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Presales
2 3 (30.00%) Microservices
2 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (20.00%) Agile
3 2 (20.00%) Content Management
3 2 (20.00%) Data Governance
3 2 (20.00%) Re-Platforming
3 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (20.00%) Technical Discovery
3 2 (20.00%) User Experience
4 1 (10.00%) Architecture Governance
4 1 (10.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (10.00%) Event-Driven
4 1 (10.00%) Generative AI
4 1 (10.00%) Integration Patterns
4 1 (10.00%) Intelligent Automation
4 1 (10.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (10.00%) Product Strategy
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 42001
1 1 (10.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Google