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 15 November 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 93 85
Rank change year-on-year -19 -8 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 351 405 551
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.50% 2.58% 2.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.71% 2.74% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 249 391
10th Percentile £454 £463 £500
25th Percentile £553 £525 £578
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.35%
75th Percentile £725 £760 £750
90th Percentile £826 £888 £825
England median daily rate £625 £618 £650
% change year-on-year +1.21% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £63.00 - -
25th Percentile £66.00 £52.00 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £54.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +62.04% - -
75th Percentile £95.00 £56.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £83.82 £66.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year +27.00% -12.00% +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 12,975 14,769 18,950
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 93.91% 93.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,604 9,567 13,754
10th Percentile £334 £338 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £566
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -2.82% -1.57%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £789 £794
England median daily rate £510 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 156 226
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.25
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £26.68 £37.50 £38.45
Median % change year-on-year -28.87% -2.48% +21.11%
75th Percentile £49.13 £58.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.15 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +50.00%

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 15 November 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 15 November 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 15 November 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 +16 68 £650 -3.70% 85
East London +7 6 £688 -4.51% 4
South London - 4 £750 - 1
West London -15 3 £662 +1.85% 15
North London - 2 £800 - 1
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 November 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.

1 146 (41.60%) Azure
2 89 (25.36%) AWS
3 67 (19.09%) Microsoft
3 67 (19.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 62 (17.66%) Roadmaps
5 58 (16.52%) Enterprise Architecture
6 55 (15.67%) Agile
7 54 (15.38%) TOGAF
8 52 (14.81%) Security Cleared
9 50 (14.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 50 (14.25%) Technical Leadership
10 43 (12.25%) GCP
10 43 (12.25%) SC Cleared
11 42 (11.97%) Microservices
12 41 (11.68%) Migration
12 41 (11.68%) Problem-Solving
13 36 (10.26%) DevOps
14 35 (9.97%) SDLC
15 33 (9.40%) SaaS
16 32 (9.12%) Data Modelling
17 30 (8.55%) AI
17 30 (8.55%) SAP
18 26 (7.41%) CI/CD
18 26 (7.41%) Python
19 25 (7.12%) Integration Patterns
19 25 (7.12%) Java
19 25 (7.12%) Salesforce
20 24 (6.84%) .NET
20 24 (6.84%) Data Architecture
21 23 (6.55%) Architectural Design

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 18 (5.13%) Confluence
2 11 (3.13%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.42%) CMS
5 3 (0.85%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.85%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.57%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.28%) Apache
7 1 (0.28%) Appian
7 1 (0.28%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.28%) Drupal
7 1 (0.28%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.28%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (1.42%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.57%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 18 (5.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.99%) Payment Gateway
3 6 (1.71%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (1.14%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.85%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.57%) Endur
6 2 (0.57%) Maximo
6 2 (0.57%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.57%) SAP BRIM
6 2 (0.57%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.57%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.28%) Avolution ABACUS
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.28%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.28%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.28%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 146 (41.60%) Azure
2 89 (25.36%) AWS
3 43 (12.25%) GCP
4 33 (9.40%) SaaS
5 22 (6.27%) Power Platform
6 16 (4.56%) Dynamics 365
6 16 (4.56%) Entra ID
6 16 (4.56%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (3.99%) Snowflake
8 12 (3.42%) Cloud Computing
9 11 (3.13%) Azure Logic Apps
9 11 (3.13%) PaaS
10 10 (2.85%) Serverless
11 9 (2.56%) GitHub
12 8 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (1.71%) Azure Service Bus
13 6 (1.71%) IaaS
13 6 (1.71%) PowerApps
13 6 (1.71%) SuccessFactors
14 5 (1.42%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.56%) Firewall
2 9 (2.56%) WAN
3 8 (2.28%) VPN
4 7 (1.99%) DNS
5 6 (1.71%) SD-WAN
6 5 (1.42%) BGP
6 5 (1.42%) DHCP
6 5 (1.42%) LAN
6 5 (1.42%) Network Security
6 5 (1.42%) OSPF
7 4 (1.14%) MPLS
7 4 (1.14%) VLAN
7 4 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.85%) BIG-IP
8 3 (0.85%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 3 (0.85%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 2 (0.57%) 5G
9 2 (0.57%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.57%) VSAN
9 2 (0.57%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.99%) Data Lake
2 13 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (2.56%) SQL Server
4 7 (1.99%) Power BI
5 4 (1.14%) BigQuery
5 4 (1.14%) Delta Lake
6 3 (0.85%) Big Data
6 3 (0.85%) Metadata
6 3 (0.85%) SAP BW
6 3 (0.85%) Tableau
7 2 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.57%) NonStop SQL
7 2 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.57%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.28%) Apache Iceberg
8 1 (0.28%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.28%) Redis
8 1 (0.28%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 17 (4.84%) JIRA
2 6 (1.71%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.85%) Git
3 3 (0.85%) GitLab
3 3 (0.85%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.57%) Artifactory
4 2 (0.57%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.28%) MLflow
5 1 (0.28%) Spinnaker
General
1 122 (34.76%) Finance
2 111 (31.62%) Social Skills
3 38 (10.83%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (10.54%) Banking
5 33 (9.40%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.56%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (3.99%) Retail
8 12 (3.42%) Billing
8 12 (3.42%) Legal
9 11 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (3.13%) Telecoms
10 8 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.28%) Marketing
11 7 (1.99%) Back Office
12 6 (1.71%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.42%) General Ledger
14 4 (1.14%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.14%) Law
15 3 (0.85%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.84%) .NET
2 22 (6.27%) REST
3 19 (5.41%) Middleware
4 13 (3.70%) AngularJS
5 12 (3.42%) Kafka
6 10 (2.85%) OAuth
6 10 (2.85%) React
7 9 (2.56%) JSON
7 9 (2.56%) RESTful
8 7 (1.99%) OAuth2
8 7 (1.99%) SOAP
9 6 (1.71%) Node.js
9 6 (1.71%) Web Services
9 6 (1.71%) XML
10 5 (1.42%) Lightning Web Components
10 5 (1.42%) OpenID
10 5 (1.42%) Oracle Fusion
11 4 (1.14%) SAML
12 3 (0.85%) gRPC
13 2 (0.57%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.55%) Cloud Native
2 22 (6.27%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (4.84%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (2.28%) Onboarding
5 7 (1.99%) Management Information System
6 6 (1.71%) Low-Code
7 5 (1.42%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.42%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.42%) Reinsurance
7 5 (1.42%) Security Posture
7 5 (1.42%) Taxonomies
8 4 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.14%) FMCG
8 4 (1.14%) PDA
8 4 (1.14%) Private Cloud
9 3 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (0.85%) Operational Technology
9 3 (0.85%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.71%) Windows
2 4 (1.14%) Linux
3 2 (0.57%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.57%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (19.09%) Stakeholder Management
2 62 (17.66%) Roadmaps
3 58 (16.52%) Enterprise Architecture
4 55 (15.67%) Agile
5 54 (15.38%) TOGAF
6 50 (14.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 50 (14.25%) Technical Leadership
7 42 (11.97%) Microservices
8 41 (11.68%) Migration
8 41 (11.68%) Problem-Solving
9 36 (10.26%) DevOps
10 35 (9.97%) SDLC
11 32 (9.12%) Data Modelling
12 30 (8.55%) AI
13 26 (7.41%) CI/CD
14 25 (7.12%) Integration Patterns
15 24 (6.84%) Data Architecture
16 23 (6.55%) Architectural Design
16 23 (6.55%) CRM
17 22 (6.27%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 26 (7.41%) Python
2 25 (7.12%) Java
3 13 (3.70%) TypeScript
4 12 (3.42%) SQL
5 10 (2.85%) C#
5 10 (2.85%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.42%) Bash
6 5 (1.42%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.57%) COBOL
7 2 (0.57%) R
8 1 (0.28%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.28%) Go
8 1 (0.28%) PHP
8 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 52 (14.81%) Security Cleared
2 43 (12.25%) SC Cleared
3 19 (5.41%) Degree
4 13 (3.70%) Azure Certification
5 9 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.28%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (2.28%) TOGAF Certification
7 7 (1.99%) AWS Certification
7 7 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.42%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.14%) CCNP
9 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.14%) SAP Certification
10 3 (0.85%) CCIE
10 3 (0.85%) CCNA
10 3 (0.85%) CCSE
10 3 (0.85%) CISSP
10 3 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.85%) JNCIP
10 3 (0.85%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.27%) GDPR
2 9 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.28%) NIST
4 6 (1.71%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.42%) COBIT
5 5 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.42%) EU AI Act
5 5 (1.42%) QA
6 4 (1.14%) GRC
7 3 (0.85%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.85%) MiFID
7 3 (0.85%) NCSC
8 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.57%) ISO 15022
8 2 (0.57%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.57%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.28%) EMIR
9 1 (0.28%) PMO
9 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (2.56%) Active Directory
1 9 (2.56%) Docker
2 3 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.57%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.57%) vSphere
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.28%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (4.84%) Terraform
2 12 (3.42%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.99%) Ansible
4 5 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.57%) SCCM
7 1 (0.28%) Grafana
7 1 (0.28%) MIIS
7 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.28%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 67 (19.09%) Microsoft
2 30 (8.55%) SAP
3 25 (7.12%) Salesforce
4 23 (6.55%) ServiceNow
5 22 (6.27%) Google
6 19 (5.41%) Oracle
7 18 (5.13%) Databricks
8 11 (3.13%) IBM
9 10 (2.85%) Cisco
10 7 (1.99%) Workday
11 5 (1.42%) F5
11 5 (1.42%) IFS
11 5 (1.42%) Juniper
12 4 (1.14%) Adobe
12 4 (1.14%) Concur
12 4 (1.14%) OpenAI
12 4 (1.14%) Palo Alto
12 4 (1.14%) Remedy
12 4 (1.14%) Zscaler
13 3 (0.85%) OneLogin