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 25 December 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 103 91
Rank change year-on-year -6 -12 0
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 365 367 471
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.53% 2.45% 2.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.74% 2.62% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 231 324
10th Percentile £463 £500 £513
25th Percentile £563 £550 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.26%
75th Percentile £736 £775 £738
90th Percentile £842 £838 £775
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 £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 13,345 13,995 17,271
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 93.49% 93.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,835 9,037 12,468
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -1.79% -3.03%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £752 £800 £788
England median daily rate £508 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -3.33% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 153 211
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.47 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.87 £23.80 £21.63
Median hourly rate £28.89 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.47% - -
75th Percentile £57.50 £55.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -25.92% -22.62% +41.17%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -11 61 £656 -0.98% 36
West London -11 6 £625 -12.28% 5
East London +3 5 £700 -2.78% 2
South London - 3 £750 - 7
North London - 2 £800 -
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 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.

1 147 (40.27%) Azure
2 78 (21.37%) AWS
3 71 (19.45%) Microsoft
4 67 (18.36%) Security Cleared
5 65 (17.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 63 (17.26%) Roadmaps
7 58 (15.89%) SC Cleared
8 56 (15.34%) Agile
9 51 (13.97%) Enterprise Architecture
10 49 (13.42%) TOGAF
11 48 (13.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 48 (13.15%) Technical Leadership
12 45 (12.33%) DevOps
13 42 (11.51%) Problem-Solving
14 41 (11.23%) Microservices
15 39 (10.68%) Migration
16 38 (10.41%) SAP
17 36 (9.86%) AI
18 34 (9.32%) SaaS
19 32 (8.77%) Data Modelling
20 30 (8.22%) GCP
20 30 (8.22%) Middleware
21 29 (7.95%) Integration Patterns
21 29 (7.95%) Salesforce
22 28 (7.67%) ERP
23 26 (7.12%) Architectural Design
23 26 (7.12%) CRM
24 23 (6.30%) Data Integration
24 23 (6.30%) Degree
24 23 (6.30%) Identity Access Management

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 13 (3.56%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.74%) Confluence
3 4 (1.10%) CMS
3 4 (1.10%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.82%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.55%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.27%) Apache
6 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.27%) Appian
6 1 (0.27%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.27%) GeoServer
Applications
1 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (1.37%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.55%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.27%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 23 (6.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.37%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (1.10%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.82%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.82%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.82%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.82%) SAP EWM
5 3 (0.82%) SAP PM
5 3 (0.82%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.82%) SAP QM
5 3 (0.82%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.55%) Endur
6 2 (0.55%) Maximo
6 2 (0.55%) SAP BRIM
6 2 (0.55%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.55%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.55%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.27%) Avolution ABACUS
7 1 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 147 (40.27%) Azure
2 78 (21.37%) AWS
3 34 (9.32%) SaaS
4 30 (8.22%) GCP
5 19 (5.21%) Power Platform
6 18 (4.93%) Entra ID
7 17 (4.66%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (2.74%) Azure Logic Apps
9 9 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.47%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (2.47%) SuccessFactors
10 8 (2.19%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (2.19%) Snowflake
11 6 (1.64%) Azure Service Bus
11 6 (1.64%) PaaS
11 6 (1.64%) PowerApps
12 5 (1.37%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (1.37%) GitHub
12 5 (1.37%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 5 (1.37%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.56%) Firewall
2 10 (2.74%) WAN
3 8 (2.19%) VPN
4 7 (1.92%) SD-WAN
5 6 (1.64%) DNS
5 6 (1.64%) Network Security
6 5 (1.37%) BGP
6 5 (1.37%) LAN
6 5 (1.37%) MPLS
6 5 (1.37%) OSPF
7 4 (1.10%) 5G
7 4 (1.10%) DHCP
8 3 (0.82%) BIG-IP
8 3 (0.82%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 3 (0.82%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 3 (0.82%) VLAN
8 3 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.55%) InfiniBand
9 2 (0.55%) Radio Access Network
9 2 (0.55%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.29%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (3.01%) Data Lake
3 9 (2.47%) Power BI
4 8 (2.19%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.10%) Delta Lake
6 3 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.82%) Metadata
6 3 (0.82%) SAP BW
6 3 (0.82%) Tableau
7 2 (0.55%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.55%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.55%) GIS
7 2 (0.55%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 2 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.55%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.27%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.27%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.27%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.27%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 8 (2.19%) JIRA
2 3 (0.82%) Git
2 3 (0.82%) GitLab
3 2 (0.55%) Artifactory
3 2 (0.55%) Chocolatey
3 2 (0.55%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.27%) MLflow
General
1 118 (32.33%) Finance
2 112 (30.68%) Social Skills
3 42 (11.51%) Public Sector
4 35 (9.59%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (9.32%) Banking
6 17 (4.66%) Legal
7 16 (4.38%) Billing
8 15 (4.11%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (3.56%) Telecoms
10 12 (3.29%) Manufacturing
10 12 (3.29%) Retail
11 11 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (3.01%) Marketing
12 8 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.92%) Back Office
13 7 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.64%) Law
15 5 (1.37%) General Ledger
16 4 (1.10%) Electronics
16 4 (1.10%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (8.22%) Middleware
2 19 (5.21%) REST
3 17 (4.66%) .NET
4 9 (2.47%) OAuth
5 8 (2.19%) JSON
6 7 (1.92%) AngularJS
6 7 (1.92%) Kafka
6 7 (1.92%) SOAP
7 6 (1.64%) Node.js
7 6 (1.64%) OpenID
7 6 (1.64%) XML
8 5 (1.37%) OAuth2
8 5 (1.37%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (1.37%) React
8 5 (1.37%) SAML
9 4 (1.10%) gRPC
9 4 (1.10%) RESTful
10 3 (0.82%) GraphQL
10 3 (0.82%) SailPoint
10 3 (0.82%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.85%) Cloud Native
2 19 (5.21%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (2.74%) FMCG
3 10 (2.74%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.19%) Data Centre
4 8 (2.19%) Management Information System
4 8 (2.19%) Onboarding
5 7 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.37%) Low-Code
7 5 (1.37%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.37%) Reinsurance
7 5 (1.37%) Security Posture
7 5 (1.37%) Taxonomies
8 4 (1.10%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.10%) Private Cloud
9 3 (0.82%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.82%) PDA
9 3 (0.82%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.92%) Windows
2 4 (1.10%) Linux
3 2 (0.55%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (17.81%) Stakeholder Management
2 63 (17.26%) Roadmaps
3 56 (15.34%) Agile
4 51 (13.97%) Enterprise Architecture
5 49 (13.42%) TOGAF
6 48 (13.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 48 (13.15%) Technical Leadership
7 45 (12.33%) DevOps
8 42 (11.51%) Problem-Solving
9 41 (11.23%) Microservices
10 39 (10.68%) Migration
11 36 (9.86%) AI
12 32 (8.77%) Data Modelling
13 29 (7.95%) Integration Patterns
14 28 (7.67%) ERP
15 26 (7.12%) Architectural Design
15 26 (7.12%) CRM
16 23 (6.30%) Data Integration
16 23 (6.30%) Identity Access Management
17 22 (6.03%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 19 (5.21%) Python
2 13 (3.56%) C#
2 13 (3.56%) Java
3 11 (3.01%) SQL
4 9 (2.47%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.92%) TypeScript
6 5 (1.37%) Bash
6 5 (1.37%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.27%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.27%) Go
7 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 67 (18.36%) Security Cleared
2 58 (15.89%) SC Cleared
3 23 (6.30%) Degree
4 14 (3.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.29%) Azure Certification
6 9 (2.47%) AWS Certification
7 8 (2.19%) TOGAF Certification
8 7 (1.92%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.64%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.37%) SAP Certification
11 3 (0.82%) CCIE
11 3 (0.82%) CCNP
11 3 (0.82%) CCSE
11 3 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.82%) CISSP
11 3 (0.82%) JNCIE
11 3 (0.82%) JNCIP
11 3 (0.82%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.21%) GDPR
2 9 (2.47%) QA
3 8 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.64%) NIST
5 5 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.37%) EU AI Act
6 3 (0.82%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.82%) GRC
6 3 (0.82%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.55%) COBIT
7 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.55%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.55%) MiFID
7 2 (0.55%) NCSC
7 2 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.27%) EMIR
8 1 (0.27%) PMO
8 1 (0.27%) PSD2
8 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.27%) Solvency II
System Software
1 11 (3.01%) Active Directory
1 11 (3.01%) Docker
2 2 (0.55%) Ceph
2 2 (0.55%) Firmware
2 2 (0.55%) Lustre
2 2 (0.55%) Slurm Workload Manager
2 2 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.55%) VMware NSX
2 2 (0.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (4.93%) Terraform
2 14 (3.84%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.92%) Ansible
4 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.55%) SCCM
7 1 (0.27%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.27%) Grafana
7 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.27%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 71 (19.45%) Microsoft
2 38 (10.41%) SAP
3 29 (7.95%) Salesforce
4 22 (6.03%) Oracle
5 20 (5.48%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.29%) Databricks
6 12 (3.29%) Google
7 9 (2.47%) Cisco
8 8 (2.19%) IBM
9 7 (1.92%) Workday
10 6 (1.64%) Software AG
11 5 (1.37%) Ariba
11 5 (1.37%) Concur
11 5 (1.37%) F5
11 5 (1.37%) Juniper
11 5 (1.37%) Palo Alto
12 4 (1.10%) Adobe
12 4 (1.10%) Dell
12 4 (1.10%) IFS
12 4 (1.10%) MuleSoft