Digital Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Digital Solution Architect
England > London

The median Digital Solution Architect daily rate in London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 365 374 406
Rank change year-on-year +9 +32 +152
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Solutions Architect 4 5 12
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.028% 0.032% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.034% 0.066%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 11
10th Percentile £478 - £563
25th Percentile £500 £725 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £750 £700
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +7.14% +12.00%
75th Percentile £600 £775 -
90th Percentile £623 - -
England median daily rate £625 £615 £600
% change year-on-year +1.63% +2.50% -7.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 13,052 14,572 18,284
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 93.66% 93.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,666 9,460 13,218
10th Percentile £338 £338 £335
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -2.77%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £800 £788
England median daily rate £504 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.00% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 154 212
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.18
25th Percentile £21.00 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.65 £36.31
Median % change year-on-year -24.97% +0.95% +3.73%
75th Percentile £53.75 £54.69 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.32 £80.75 £73.54
England median hourly rate £25.47 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.08% -16.67% +38.46%

Digital Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in 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 London.

Digital Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in London

Digital Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Digital Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Solutions Architect in London over the 6 months to 2 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Solutions Architect in London

Digital Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 2 December 2025, 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 London region featuring Digital Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SDLC
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) Adobe
3 1 (25.00%) API Integration
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) CMS
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Drupal
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Open Source
3 1 (25.00%) PHP
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap

Digital Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 1 (25.00%) CMS
1 1 (25.00%) Drupal
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
General
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) SDLC
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) API Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Open Source
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe