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 26 February 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 93 89
Rank change year-on-year -8 -4 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 452 377 454
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.85% 2.80% 2.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.08% 2.99% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 234 304
10th Percentile £463 £492 £479
25th Percentile £550 £550 £532
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £638
Median % change year-on-year - +1.96% -5.56%
75th Percentile £738 £762 £738
90th Percentile £825 £825 £775
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £63.50 - -
25th Percentile £66.06 £52.50 £57.50
Median hourly rate £77.75 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.58% - -
75th Percentile £94.69 £67.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £95.00 - -
England median hourly rate £83.82 £66.00 £81.00
% change year-on-year +27.00% -18.52% +15.71%

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 14,665 12,602 16,855
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.58% 93.61% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,824 8,218 12,188
10th Percentile £350 £337 £325
25th Percentile £425 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 145 333
10th Percentile £18.07 £21.23 £15.96
25th Percentile £23.14 £24.66 £19.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% +28.07% -18.57%
75th Percentile £60.19 £53.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.61 £65.00
England median hourly rate £34.38 £36.50 £34.38
% change year-on-year -5.80% +6.18% -14.06%

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 26 February 2026.

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 26 February 2026.

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 26 February 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 -6 78 £675 +3.85% 25
South London -9 6 £750 - 1
West London -15 5 £625 +6.38% 6
East London -3 1 £630 -9.68% 2
North London - 1 £700 - 1
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 February 2026, 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.

1 155 (34.29%) Azure
2 98 (21.68%) AWS
3 81 (17.92%) Roadmaps
4 75 (16.59%) Microsoft
4 75 (16.59%) Security Cleared
5 65 (14.38%) Agile
6 64 (14.16%) SC Cleared
6 64 (14.16%) Stakeholder Management
7 63 (13.94%) AI
8 62 (13.72%) DevOps
9 61 (13.50%) Enterprise Architecture
10 52 (11.50%) Microservices
10 52 (11.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 50 (11.06%) Problem-Solving
12 43 (9.51%) Middleware
13 42 (9.29%) GCP
13 42 (9.29%) TOGAF
14 41 (9.07%) SAP
14 41 (9.07%) Technical Leadership
15 40 (8.85%) Migration
16 39 (8.63%) Integration Patterns
17 36 (7.96%) ERP
18 34 (7.52%) SaaS
19 33 (7.30%) Oracle
20 31 (6.86%) CI/CD
20 31 (6.86%) CRM
20 31 (6.86%) Degree
20 31 (6.86%) Python
21 30 (6.64%) Analytics
22 29 (6.42%) 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 14 (3.10%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.55%) Confluence
3 4 (0.88%) CMS
3 4 (0.88%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.66%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.66%) Camunda
4 3 (0.66%) nginx
5 2 (0.44%) Apache
5 2 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.44%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.44%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.22%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.22%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.44%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.44%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.22%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 27 (5.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.33%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.11%) SAP EWM
3 5 (1.11%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.88%) SAP PM
4 4 (0.88%) Teamcenter
5 3 (0.66%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.66%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.66%) SAP QM
6 2 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.44%) SAP BRIM
6 2 (0.44%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.22%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.22%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 155 (34.29%) Azure
2 98 (21.68%) AWS
3 42 (9.29%) GCP
4 34 (7.52%) SaaS
5 20 (4.42%) Power Platform
6 18 (3.98%) Entra ID
7 16 (3.54%) Dynamics 365
8 13 (2.88%) Snowflake
9 12 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (1.99%) Azure Logic Apps
11 8 (1.77%) SuccessFactors
12 7 (1.55%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (1.55%) Azure Service Bus
12 7 (1.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 7 (1.55%) iPaaS
12 7 (1.55%) Microsoft Copilot
12 7 (1.55%) Serverless
13 6 (1.33%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (1.11%) Azure Monitor
14 5 (1.11%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.65%) Firewall
2 10 (2.21%) WAN
3 9 (1.99%) VPN
4 8 (1.77%) SD-WAN
5 6 (1.33%) DNS
6 5 (1.11%) MPLS
6 5 (1.11%) Network Security
6 5 (1.11%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.88%) 5G
8 3 (0.66%) BGP
8 3 (0.66%) DHCP
8 3 (0.66%) LAN
8 3 (0.66%) OpenVPN
8 3 (0.66%) OSPF
8 3 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.44%) 3GPP
9 2 (0.44%) 4G
9 2 (0.44%) IPsec
9 2 (0.44%) VLAN
9 2 (0.44%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.32%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (2.88%) SQL Server
3 12 (2.65%) Data Lake
4 11 (2.43%) Power BI
5 7 (1.55%) Tableau
6 5 (1.11%) Electronic Patient Records
7 4 (0.88%) BigQuery
7 4 (0.88%) Metadata
7 4 (0.88%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.66%) Delta Lake
8 3 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.44%) GIS
9 2 (0.44%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (0.44%) Pinecone
9 2 (0.44%) SAP BW
9 2 (0.44%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.44%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.44%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 9 (1.99%) JIRA
2 4 (0.88%) MLflow
3 3 (0.66%) Git
4 2 (0.44%) Artifactory
4 2 (0.44%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.44%) Chocolatey
4 2 (0.44%) GitLab
4 2 (0.44%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.44%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.22%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
General
1 146 (32.30%) Finance
2 118 (26.11%) Social Skills
3 52 (11.50%) Banking
4 40 (8.85%) Public Sector
5 39 (8.63%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (4.42%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (4.20%) Legal
8 16 (3.54%) Billing
9 15 (3.32%) Manufacturing
9 15 (3.32%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (3.32%) Retail
10 13 (2.88%) Telecoms
11 10 (2.21%) Law
12 9 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.99%) Marketing
13 7 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.88%) Back Office
14 4 (0.88%) Private Banking
15 3 (0.66%) Electronics
15 3 (0.66%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (9.51%) Middleware
2 27 (5.97%) .NET
3 22 (4.87%) REST
4 10 (2.21%) AngularJS
4 10 (2.21%) React
5 9 (1.99%) OAuth
5 9 (1.99%) OpenID
6 8 (1.77%) Kafka
7 7 (1.55%) JSON
7 7 (1.55%) SOAP
8 6 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (1.33%) XML
9 5 (1.11%) .NET Core
9 5 (1.11%) .NET Framework
9 5 (1.11%) CSS
9 5 (1.11%) HTML
9 5 (1.11%) OAuth2
9 5 (1.11%) SAML
9 5 (1.11%) Vue
10 4 (0.88%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.19%) Cloud Native
2 19 (4.20%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (2.65%) Data Centre
3 12 (2.65%) Data Protection Act
4 11 (2.43%) FMCG
5 10 (2.21%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.21%) Product Ownership
6 8 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (1.33%) NHS
7 6 (1.33%) Reinsurance
7 6 (1.33%) Security Posture
7 6 (1.33%) Taxonomies
8 5 (1.11%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.11%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.11%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.11%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 4 (0.88%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.66%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.77%) Windows
2 4 (0.88%) Linux
3 2 (0.44%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.44%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.22%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (17.92%) Roadmaps
2 65 (14.38%) Agile
3 64 (14.16%) Stakeholder Management
4 63 (13.94%) AI
5 62 (13.72%) DevOps
6 61 (13.50%) Enterprise Architecture
7 52 (11.50%) Microservices
7 52 (11.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 50 (11.06%) Problem-Solving
9 42 (9.29%) TOGAF
10 41 (9.07%) Technical Leadership
11 40 (8.85%) Migration
12 39 (8.63%) Integration Patterns
13 36 (7.96%) ERP
14 31 (6.86%) CI/CD
14 31 (6.86%) CRM
15 30 (6.64%) Analytics
16 29 (6.42%) Architectural Design
17 28 (6.19%) Data Modelling
17 28 (6.19%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 31 (6.86%) Python
2 19 (4.20%) C#
3 18 (3.98%) Java
3 18 (3.98%) SQL
4 11 (2.43%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.99%) TypeScript
6 5 (1.11%) Bash
6 5 (1.11%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.66%) R
8 2 (0.44%) Korn
8 2 (0.44%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.22%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.22%) RPG
9 1 (0.22%) Scala
Qualifications
1 75 (16.59%) Security Cleared
2 64 (14.16%) SC Cleared
3 31 (6.86%) Degree
4 22 (4.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (3.76%) Azure Certification
6 12 (2.65%) Master's Degree
7 11 (2.43%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.77%) TOGAF Certification
9 6 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.11%) CISSP
11 4 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.88%) CISM
12 3 (0.66%) SAP Certification
13 2 (0.44%) CCNP
13 2 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.44%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.22%) CCIE
14 1 (0.22%) CSSLP
14 1 (0.22%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.97%) GDPR
2 8 (1.77%) QA
3 7 (1.55%) ISO 20022
3 7 (1.55%) PCI DSS
3 7 (1.55%) PSD2
4 6 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.11%) EU AI Act
5 5 (1.11%) SEPA
6 4 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (0.88%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.88%) HL7
6 4 (0.88%) NIST
7 3 (0.66%) GRC
7 3 (0.66%) NCSC
7 3 (0.66%) TARGET2
8 2 (0.44%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.22%) COBIT
9 1 (0.22%) MiFID
System Software
1 20 (4.42%) Docker
2 11 (2.43%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.66%) Squid
4 2 (0.44%) Ceph
4 2 (0.44%) Firmware
4 2 (0.44%) Lustre
4 2 (0.44%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (4.65%) Kubernetes
1 21 (4.65%) Terraform
2 7 (1.55%) FortiGate
2 7 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (1.11%) Ansible
4 4 (0.88%) Grafana
4 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.88%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.44%) Consul
5 2 (0.44%) Kubeflow
5 2 (0.44%) SCCM
6 1 (0.22%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 75 (16.59%) Microsoft
2 41 (9.07%) SAP
3 33 (7.30%) Oracle
4 29 (6.42%) Salesforce
5 19 (4.20%) ServiceNow
6 12 (2.65%) Cisco
6 12 (2.65%) Databricks
6 12 (2.65%) Software AG
7 10 (2.21%) Google
7 10 (2.21%) Workday
8 9 (1.99%) IBM
9 8 (1.77%) IFS
9 8 (1.77%) Palo Alto
10 5 (1.11%) Ariba
10 5 (1.11%) MuleSoft
11 4 (0.88%) Adobe
11 4 (0.88%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.88%) Dell
11 4 (0.88%) Juniper
11 4 (0.88%) OpenAI