Technical Solutions Architect Contracts in the City of London

Technical Solution Architect
Central London > City of London

The median Technical Solution Architect daily rate in the City of London is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 126 175
Rank change year-on-year +10 +49 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Solutions Architect 3 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.17% 0.046% 0.082%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.048% 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £620
25th Percentile £663 - £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - £700
75th Percentile £688 - £750
90th Percentile - - £780
Central London median daily rate £675 - £700

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,632 2,086 3,469
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 94.95% 95.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,021 1,483 2,364
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -6.25% +6.19%
75th Percentile £681 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £798 £820
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £585
% change year-on-year +4.55% -5.98% +4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 22
10th Percentile £22.00 £15.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -34.29% -6.04%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £92.75 £40.00 £87.97
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.78 £35.00
% change year-on-year +12.76% -26.34% -6.04%

Technical Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Solutions Architect in the City of London

Technical Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Solutions Architect in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Technical Solutions Architect in the City of London

Technical Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Technical 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 City of London region featuring Technical Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Kafka
2 2 (66.67%) Product Vision
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Event-Driven
2 2 (66.67%) Event-Driven Programming
2 2 (66.67%) Business Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) MODAF
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) Product Management
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) UML
3 1 (33.33%) Target Operating Model
3 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (33.33%) GCP
3 1 (33.33%) ArchiMate

Technical Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Kafka
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Event-Driven
1 2 (66.67%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Event-Driven Programming
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 2 (66.67%) Product Vision
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) ArchiMate
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Kanban
2 1 (33.33%) MODAF
2 1 (33.33%) Product Management
2 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
7 Technical Solutions Architect jobs in London