Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Solution Architect
England > London

The median Solution Architect daily rate in London is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 94 80
Rank change year-on-year +21 -14 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 696 377 518
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.61% 2.90% 2.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.88% 3.11% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 470 217 359
10th Percentile £492 £490 £475
25th Percentile £525 £568 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -5.80%
75th Percentile £738 £725 £775
90th Percentile £788 £800 £888
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £52.98 - £52.55
25th Percentile £55.19 £52.50 £53.38
Median hourly rate £60.25 £60.00 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +5.26% +9.57%
75th Percentile £65.19 £67.50 £60.88
90th Percentile £67.33 - £61.85
England median hourly rate £71.27 £61.50 £89.00
% change year-on-year +15.89% -30.90% +34.85%

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 17,928 12,127 16,543
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 93.39% 93.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,792 8,194 11,863
10th Percentile £358 £336 £325
25th Percentile £438 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 308 185 316
10th Percentile £18.07 £18.87 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.23 £23.45 £20.22
Median hourly rate £39.25 £32.89 £27.66
Median % change year-on-year +19.34% +18.93% -26.25%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.75 £46.49
90th Percentile £80.38 £64.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +57.89% -28.75% -8.95%

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 2 July 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 2 July 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 2 July 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 +10 109 £694 +1.68% 63
South London -6 6 £637 -2.00% 1
West London -18 5 £688 +17.02% 27
East London -2 3 £630 +20.00% 4
North London - 1 £650 -
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 July 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.

1 214 (30.75%) Azure
2 153 (21.98%) AWS
3 127 (18.25%) AI
4 120 (17.24%) Migration
5 118 (16.95%) Security Cleared
6 111 (15.95%) DevOps
7 109 (15.66%) Roadmaps
8 108 (15.52%) Stakeholder Management
9 105 (15.09%) Agile
10 101 (14.51%) SC Cleared
11 93 (13.36%) Enterprise Architecture
12 92 (13.22%) Microsoft
13 76 (10.92%) CI/CD
14 73 (10.49%) Analytics
15 70 (10.06%) Integration Patterns
16 65 (9.34%) TOGAF
17 63 (9.05%) Technical Leadership
18 62 (8.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 61 (8.76%) Problem-Solving
20 58 (8.33%) .NET
21 55 (7.90%) SAP
22 54 (7.76%) Data Architecture
23 51 (7.33%) Data Modelling
23 51 (7.33%) ERP
23 51 (7.33%) GCP
24 50 (7.18%) Event-Driven
24 50 (7.18%) Machine Learning
25 49 (7.04%) Microservices
26 47 (6.75%) Architectural Patterns
27 46 (6.61%) Oracle

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 (2.16%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.29%) Confluence
3 8 (1.15%) Camunda
4 5 (0.72%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.57%) Apache
5 4 (0.57%) CMS
6 3 (0.43%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.43%) nginx
7 2 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.14%) Appian
8 1 (0.14%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.14%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.29%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 31 (4.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.15%) SAP BRIM
4 7 (1.01%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.72%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 4 (0.57%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 4 (0.57%) SAP Convergent Charging
7 3 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.43%) Oracle Retail
7 3 (0.43%) SAP FSCM
7 3 (0.43%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.43%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.29%) SAP PM
9 1 (0.14%) DELMIA
9 1 (0.14%) Maximo
9 1 (0.14%) SAP CO
9 1 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.14%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 214 (30.75%) Azure
2 153 (21.98%) AWS
3 51 (7.33%) GCP
4 38 (5.46%) Power Platform
5 27 (3.88%) SaaS
6 24 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
7 23 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (3.30%) Serverless
8 21 (3.02%) Entra ID
9 19 (2.73%) Snowflake
10 17 (2.44%) GitHub
10 17 (2.44%) PaaS
11 13 (1.87%) Power Automate
12 12 (1.72%) Azure Machine Learning
12 12 (1.72%) IaaS
13 11 (1.58%) Azure AI
13 11 (1.58%) Microsoft 365
13 11 (1.58%) PowerApps
13 11 (1.58%) SuccessFactors
14 10 (1.44%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.01%) Firewall
2 12 (1.72%) Network Security
2 12 (1.72%) VPN
3 8 (1.15%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.86%) DNS
5 5 (0.72%) WAN
6 4 (0.57%) MPLS
6 4 (0.57%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.43%) FTP
7 3 (0.43%) OpenVPN
7 3 (0.43%) SSL
7 3 (0.43%) VoIP
7 3 (0.43%) Wireless
8 2 (0.29%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.29%) DHCP
8 2 (0.29%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 2 (0.29%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (0.29%) SDH
8 2 (0.29%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (4.89%) Data Lake
2 21 (3.02%) Power BI
3 16 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (2.30%) SQL Server
4 14 (2.01%) Metadata
5 11 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (1.15%) Big Data
7 6 (0.86%) Tableau
8 5 (0.72%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.57%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.57%) Flink
9 4 (0.57%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.43%) Delta Lake
10 3 (0.43%) Electronic Patient Records
10 3 (0.43%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 2 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.29%) Db2
Development Applications
1 14 (2.01%) JIRA
2 6 (0.86%) MLflow
3 5 (0.72%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.57%) Git
4 4 (0.57%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.43%) ERwin
5 3 (0.43%) Maven
6 2 (0.29%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.29%) GitLab
6 2 (0.29%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.14%) MSI
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.14%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.14%) Subversion
7 1 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.14%) VersionOne
General
1 171 (24.57%) Finance
2 140 (20.11%) Social Skills
3 61 (8.76%) Public Sector
4 57 (8.19%) Banking
5 44 (6.32%) Retail
6 35 (5.03%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (3.30%) Telecoms
8 22 (3.16%) Billing
9 19 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (2.44%) Legal
11 16 (2.30%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (0.86%) Local Government
14 6 (0.86%) Marketing
15 3 (0.43%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.43%) Automotive
15 3 (0.43%) Investment Banking
16 2 (0.29%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (8.33%) .NET
2 37 (5.32%) REST
3 34 (4.89%) Middleware
4 22 (3.16%) .NET Framework
5 18 (2.59%) React
6 13 (1.87%) AngularJS
7 12 (1.72%) Kafka
8 8 (1.15%) SOAP
8 8 (1.15%) Vue
9 7 (1.01%) .NET Core
9 7 (1.01%) HTML5 Canvas
9 7 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
10 6 (0.86%) CSS
10 6 (0.86%) HTML
11 5 (0.72%) LDAP
11 5 (0.72%) Spring
12 4 (0.57%) OAuth
12 4 (0.57%) PySpark
12 4 (0.57%) SAML
12 4 (0.57%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 69 (9.91%) Cloud Native
2 27 (3.88%) Product Ownership
3 22 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
4 17 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
4 17 (2.44%) Mainframe
5 16 (2.30%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (1.87%) Data Centre
8 12 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (1.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 11 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (1.58%) Onboarding
10 9 (1.29%) NHS
10 9 (1.29%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.15%) Enterprise Cloud
11 8 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.01%) AI Agents
12 7 (1.01%) Data Structures
13 6 (0.86%) Algorithms
13 6 (0.86%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.01%) Windows
2 3 (0.43%) Linux
3 2 (0.29%) Android
3 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.29%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (18.25%) AI
2 120 (17.24%) Migration
3 111 (15.95%) DevOps
4 109 (15.66%) Roadmaps
5 108 (15.52%) Stakeholder Management
6 105 (15.09%) Agile
7 93 (13.36%) Enterprise Architecture
8 76 (10.92%) CI/CD
9 73 (10.49%) Analytics
10 70 (10.06%) Integration Patterns
11 65 (9.34%) TOGAF
12 63 (9.05%) Technical Leadership
13 62 (8.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 61 (8.76%) Problem-Solving
15 54 (7.76%) Data Architecture
16 51 (7.33%) Data Modelling
16 51 (7.33%) ERP
17 50 (7.18%) Event-Driven
17 50 (7.18%) Machine Learning
18 49 (7.04%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 43 (6.18%) Python
2 37 (5.32%) Java
3 31 (4.45%) C#
4 25 (3.59%) SQL
5 17 (2.44%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.72%) TypeScript
7 7 (1.01%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.43%) Bash
8 3 (0.43%) R
9 2 (0.29%) Bicep
9 2 (0.29%) Scala
10 1 (0.14%) ABAP
10 1 (0.14%) C++
10 1 (0.14%) Groovy
10 1 (0.14%) Korn
10 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.14%) RPG
10 1 (0.14%) X++
Qualifications
1 118 (16.95%) Security Cleared
2 101 (14.51%) SC Cleared
3 44 (6.32%) Degree
4 16 (2.30%) Azure Certification
4 16 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (2.01%) AWS Certification
6 12 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.29%) TOGAF Certification
8 8 (1.15%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (0.86%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.72%) CISA
10 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.57%) CISSP
12 3 (0.43%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (0.29%) CCNP
13 2 (0.29%) CCSP
13 2 (0.29%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (4.02%) GDPR
2 18 (2.59%) Data Quality
3 14 (2.01%) SEPA
4 11 (1.58%) ISO 20022
4 11 (1.58%) NIST
5 10 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.15%) PSD2
7 7 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.01%) QA
8 4 (0.57%) HL7
8 4 (0.57%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.43%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.43%) NCSC
9 3 (0.43%) TARGET2
10 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.29%) GRC
10 2 (0.29%) PMO
11 1 (0.14%) IFRS
System Software
1 22 (3.16%) Docker
2 15 (2.16%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.43%) Squid
3 3 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.14%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 34 (4.89%) Kubernetes
2 33 (4.74%) Terraform
3 14 (2.01%) Ansible
4 9 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.01%) Grafana
5 7 (1.01%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.72%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.43%) SCCM
8 2 (0.29%) Argo
8 2 (0.29%) Consul
8 2 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.29%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.14%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.14%) Avamar
9 1 (0.14%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 92 (13.22%) Microsoft
2 55 (7.90%) SAP
3 46 (6.61%) Oracle
4 39 (5.60%) Databricks
4 39 (5.60%) ServiceNow
5 26 (3.74%) Salesforce
6 14 (2.01%) Cisco
7 12 (1.72%) Workday
8 11 (1.58%) Ariba
9 9 (1.29%) Google
10 8 (1.15%) IFS
10 8 (1.15%) OpenAI
11 7 (1.01%) IBM
12 5 (0.72%) Dynatrace
12 5 (0.72%) MuleSoft
12 5 (0.72%) Palo Alto
12 5 (0.72%) Siemens
12 5 (0.72%) Software AG
13 4 (0.57%) Confluent
13 4 (0.57%) Planon