Presales Solution Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Presales Solutions Architect
England > London

The median Presales Solutions Architect daily rate in London is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 April 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 398 - 374
Rank change year-on-year - - +132
Contract jobs requiring a Presales Solution Architect 5 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.029% - 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% - 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £725 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - £650
75th Percentile £775 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £750 - £650
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £81.25 - -
Median hourly rate £87.50 - -
75th Percentile £93.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £87.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 15,897 11,873 16,820
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.68% 93.61% 93.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,631 8,134 12,136
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £430 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £755 £800 £788
England median daily rate £507 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.52% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 148 336
10th Percentile £18.07 £21.15 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.71 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +2.03% +25.85% -21.66%
75th Percentile £59.85 £51.39 £46.59
90th Percentile £76.58 £65.00 £64.14
England median hourly rate £42.50 £33.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year +28.79% - -24.36%

Presales Solution Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Presales Solution Architect job vacancy trend in London

Presales Solution Architect
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Presales Solution Architect job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Presales Solution Architect job vacancies in London

Presales Solution Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Presales Solution Architect job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Presales Solution Architect job vacancies in London

Presales Solution 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 Presales Solution Architect within the London region over the 6 months to 5 April 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
Central London - 4 £750 - 3
Presales Solution Architect
England

Presales Solution Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 5 April 2026, Presales Solution 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 Presales Solution Architect in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Presales
2 3 (60.00%) AWS
2 3 (60.00%) Azure
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco
3 2 (40.00%) NIST
3 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) AI
4 1 (20.00%) Amazon SageMaker
4 1 (20.00%) Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) Azure AI
4 1 (20.00%) Business Development
4 1 (20.00%) CISM
4 1 (20.00%) CISSP
4 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Event-Driven
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall
4 1 (20.00%) GDPR
4 1 (20.00%) Generative AI
4 1 (20.00%) Google
4 1 (20.00%) GTM Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management

Presales Solution 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Amazon SageMaker
2 1 (20.00%) Azure AI
2 1 (20.00%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Presales
2 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) AI
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Business Development
3 1 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (20.00%) Microservices
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) SABSA
3 1 (20.00%) SIEM
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CISM
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) NIST
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (20.00%) GDPR
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 42001
2 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) Juniper
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (20.00%) Splunk