Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Solution Architect
England > London

The median Solution Architect daily rate in London is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 105 87
Rank change year-on-year -2 -18 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 374 370 491
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.60% 2.43% 2.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.82% 2.60% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 229 340
10th Percentile £456 £493 £513
25th Percentile £563 £550 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.35%
75th Percentile £738 £775 £738
90th Percentile £855 £863 £789
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £63.00 - -
25th Percentile £66.00 - -
Median hourly rate £87.50 - -
75th Percentile £95.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £83.82 £65.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year +27.97% -12.67% +7.14%

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 13,278 14,222 17,588
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 93.51% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,809 9,204 12,720
10th Percentile £340 £338 £329
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% -3.02%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £685
90th Percentile £757 £800 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 153 211
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.39 £17.75
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £28.06 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.82% - -
75th Percentile £56.69 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.79 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.30 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.94% -20.00% +38.46%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in London

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in London over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in London

Solutions Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in London

Solutions Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Solutions Architect in London over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Solutions Architect in London

Solutions 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 Solutions Architect within the London region over the 6 months to 17 December 2025. 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 +2 68 £662 -1.93% 24
West London -13 6 £625 -12.28% 8
East London +5 5 £700 -2.78% 2
South London - 3 £750 - 1
North London - 2 £800 -
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, 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 Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 150 (40.11%) Azure
2 79 (21.12%) AWS
3 75 (20.05%) Microsoft
4 68 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 66 (17.65%) Roadmaps
6 65 (17.38%) Security Cleared
7 55 (14.71%) SC Cleared
8 54 (14.44%) Agile
9 53 (14.17%) Enterprise Architecture
9 53 (14.17%) TOGAF
10 51 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 49 (13.10%) Technical Leadership
12 44 (11.76%) DevOps
12 44 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
13 40 (10.70%) Migration
14 39 (10.43%) Microservices
15 35 (9.36%) AI
16 34 (9.09%) SaaS
16 34 (9.09%) SAP
17 32 (8.56%) GCP
18 29 (7.75%) Data Modelling
18 29 (7.75%) Integration Patterns
18 29 (7.75%) Salesforce
19 28 (7.49%) Middleware
20 27 (7.22%) CRM
20 27 (7.22%) ERP
21 26 (6.95%) Architectural Design
21 26 (6.95%) SDLC
22 24 (6.42%) Data Architecture
22 24 (6.42%) ServiceNow

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 15 (4.01%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.48%) Confluence
3 5 (1.34%) CMS
3 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.07%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (0.80%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.53%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.27%) Apache
7 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.27%) Appian
7 1 (0.27%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.27%) Drupal
7 1 (0.27%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.27%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (1.34%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.53%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.27%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 21 (5.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.60%) Salesforce CRM
2 6 (1.60%) Workday HCM
3 5 (1.34%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.34%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.80%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.80%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.80%) SAP EWM
4 3 (0.80%) SAP PM
4 3 (0.80%) SAP PP
4 3 (0.80%) SAP QM
5 2 (0.53%) Endur
5 2 (0.53%) Maximo
5 2 (0.53%) SAP BRIM
5 2 (0.53%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.53%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.53%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.27%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.27%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 150 (40.11%) Azure
2 79 (21.12%) AWS
3 34 (9.09%) SaaS
4 32 (8.56%) GCP
5 21 (5.61%) Entra ID
6 20 (5.35%) Power Platform
7 18 (4.81%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (2.67%) Azure Logic Apps
10 9 (2.41%) PaaS
10 9 (2.41%) Snowflake
11 8 (2.14%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (2.14%) SuccessFactors
12 6 (1.60%) Azure Service Bus
12 6 (1.60%) PowerApps
13 5 (1.34%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (1.34%) Azure API Management
13 5 (1.34%) Azure Monitor
13 5 (1.34%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.74%) Firewall
2 10 (2.67%) WAN
3 9 (2.41%) VPN
4 7 (1.87%) DNS
5 6 (1.60%) Network Security
5 6 (1.60%) SD-WAN
6 5 (1.34%) BGP
6 5 (1.34%) DHCP
6 5 (1.34%) LAN
6 5 (1.34%) MPLS
6 5 (1.34%) OSPF
7 4 (1.07%) 5G
7 4 (1.07%) VLAN
8 3 (0.80%) BIG-IP
8 3 (0.80%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 3 (0.80%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 3 (0.80%) VSAN
8 3 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.53%) 4G
9 2 (0.53%) InfiniBand
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.74%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (3.21%) Data Lake
3 8 (2.14%) Power BI
3 8 (2.14%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.07%) Delta Lake
5 3 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (0.80%) Metadata
5 3 (0.80%) SAP BW
5 3 (0.80%) Tableau
6 2 (0.53%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.53%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.53%) GIS
6 2 (0.53%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.53%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.27%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.27%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.27%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.27%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 12 (3.21%) JIRA
2 3 (0.80%) Git
2 3 (0.80%) GitLab
2 3 (0.80%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.53%) Artifactory
3 2 (0.53%) Chocolatey
4 1 (0.27%) MLflow
4 1 (0.27%) Spinnaker
General
1 118 (31.55%) Finance
2 115 (30.75%) Social Skills
3 39 (10.43%) Public Sector
4 36 (9.63%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (8.82%) Banking
6 17 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (4.28%) Billing
7 16 (4.28%) Legal
8 13 (3.48%) Telecoms
9 12 (3.21%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (3.21%) Retail
10 10 (2.67%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.67%) Marketing
11 8 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.87%) Back Office
13 6 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.60%) Law
14 5 (1.34%) General Ledger
15 3 (0.80%) Electronics
15 3 (0.80%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (7.49%) Middleware
2 22 (5.88%) .NET
3 19 (5.08%) REST
4 9 (2.41%) AngularJS
4 9 (2.41%) OAuth
5 8 (2.14%) JSON
6 7 (1.87%) Kafka
6 7 (1.87%) React
6 7 (1.87%) RESTful
6 7 (1.87%) SOAP
7 6 (1.60%) Node.js
7 6 (1.60%) OpenID
7 6 (1.60%) Web Services
7 6 (1.60%) XML
8 5 (1.34%) Lightning Web Components
8 5 (1.34%) OAuth2
8 5 (1.34%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (1.34%) SAML
9 4 (1.07%) gRPC
10 3 (0.80%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.68%) Cloud Native
2 19 (5.08%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (3.21%) Product Ownership
4 10 (2.67%) FMCG
5 9 (2.41%) Data Centre
5 9 (2.41%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.14%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.34%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.34%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.34%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.34%) Reinsurance
8 5 (1.34%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.34%) Taxonomies
9 4 (1.07%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.07%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.80%) PDA
10 3 (0.80%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.60%) Windows
2 5 (1.34%) Linux
3 2 (0.53%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 66 (17.65%) Roadmaps
3 54 (14.44%) Agile
4 53 (14.17%) Enterprise Architecture
4 53 (14.17%) TOGAF
5 51 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 49 (13.10%) Technical Leadership
7 44 (11.76%) DevOps
7 44 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (10.70%) Migration
9 39 (10.43%) Microservices
10 35 (9.36%) AI
11 29 (7.75%) Data Modelling
11 29 (7.75%) Integration Patterns
12 27 (7.22%) CRM
12 27 (7.22%) ERP
13 26 (6.95%) Architectural Design
13 26 (6.95%) SDLC
14 24 (6.42%) Data Architecture
15 23 (6.15%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 22 (5.88%) Python
2 15 (4.01%) Java
3 13 (3.48%) C#
4 11 (2.94%) SQL
5 9 (2.41%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.41%) TypeScript
6 5 (1.34%) Bash
6 5 (1.34%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.27%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.27%) Go
7 1 (0.27%) PHP
7 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.27%) R
7 1 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 65 (17.38%) Security Cleared
2 55 (14.71%) SC Cleared
3 23 (6.15%) Degree
4 13 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.21%) Azure Certification
6 9 (2.41%) AWS Certification
7 8 (2.14%) TOGAF Certification
8 7 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.60%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.34%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.07%) CCNP
11 4 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.07%) SAP Certification
12 3 (0.80%) CCIE
12 3 (0.80%) CCSE
12 3 (0.80%) CISSP
12 3 (0.80%) JNCIE
12 3 (0.80%) JNCIP
12 3 (0.80%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.35%) GDPR
2 8 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (2.14%) QA
3 7 (1.87%) NIST
4 5 (1.34%) COBIT
4 5 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.34%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.34%) EU AI Act
5 3 (0.80%) GRC
5 3 (0.80%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.53%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.53%) MiFID
6 2 (0.53%) NCSC
6 2 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.27%) EMIR
7 1 (0.27%) PMO
7 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.27%) Solvency II
System Software
1 11 (2.94%) Active Directory
1 11 (2.94%) Docker
2 3 (0.80%) Slurm Workload Manager
2 3 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.80%) VMware NSX
2 3 (0.80%) vSphere
3 2 (0.53%) Ceph
3 2 (0.53%) Firmware
3 2 (0.53%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 19 (5.08%) Terraform
2 14 (3.74%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.87%) Ansible
4 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.53%) SCCM
7 1 (0.27%) Grafana
7 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.27%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 75 (20.05%) Microsoft
2 34 (9.09%) SAP
3 29 (7.75%) Salesforce
4 24 (6.42%) ServiceNow
5 22 (5.88%) Oracle
6 14 (3.74%) Databricks
7 12 (3.21%) Google
8 10 (2.67%) Workday
9 8 (2.14%) Cisco
9 8 (2.14%) IBM
10 5 (1.34%) F5
10 5 (1.34%) Juniper
11 4 (1.07%) Adobe
11 4 (1.07%) Concur
11 4 (1.07%) Dell
11 4 (1.07%) IFS
11 4 (1.07%) MuleSoft
11 4 (1.07%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.07%) Remedy
11 4 (1.07%) Software AG