Solutions Designer Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Solution Designer
Central London > City of London

The median Solution Designer daily rate in the City of London is £638, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 July 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 122 129
Rank change year-on-year -15 +7 +32
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Designer 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.083% 0.053% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% 0.057% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £756
25th Percentile £619 - £766
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 - £788
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.03%
75th Percentile £656 - £816
90th Percentile - - £829
Central London median daily rate £638 - £788
% change year-on-year - - +5.03%

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 2,254 1,745 1,999
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.84% 93.27% 94.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,501 1,117 1,355
10th Percentile £356 £338 £356
25th Percentile £455 £435 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £685 £688
90th Percentile £768 £775 £789
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £555
% change year-on-year - -0.81% -6.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 22 16
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.57 £20.22
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £21.63
Median hourly rate £19.50 £32.50 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% -2.99% -15.89%
75th Percentile £37.34 £62.00 £82.19
90th Percentile £60.25 £86.43 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £23.08 £30.04 £30.41
% change year-on-year -23.16% -1.22% -13.13%

Solutions Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Solutions Designer job vacancy trend in the City of London

Solutions Designer
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Solutions Designer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Solutions Designer job vacancies in the City of London

Solutions Designer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 23 July 2026, Solutions Designer 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 City of London region featuring Solutions Designer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) BeyondTrust
1 1 (50.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) GRC
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow

Solutions Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) BeyondTrust
1 1 (50.00%) CyberArk