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 September 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 119 92
Rank change year-on-year +45 -27 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 765 331 437
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.78% 2.50% 2.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.05% 2.70% 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 527 194 277
10th Percentile £502 £463 £484
25th Percentile £556 £563 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year - -3.70% -
75th Percentile £742 £725 £800
90th Percentile £802 £800 £888
England median daily rate £639 £624 £625
% change year-on-year +2.40% -0.20% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £36.65 - -
25th Percentile £39.13 - £52.00
Median hourly rate £44.00 - £54.00
75th Percentile £49.63 - £56.00
90th Percentile £52.55 - -
England median hourly rate £71.27 £30.20 £91.00
% change year-on-year +135.99% -66.81% +21.33%

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 18,886 12,270 15,135
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.25% 92.67% 94.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,176 8,216 10,170
10th Percentile £363 £325 £342
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £658 £671 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +3.96% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 384 207 182
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.00 £17.54
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £39.50 £30.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.51% -12.86% -6.67%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.25 £57.13
90th Percentile £81.25 £66.34 £74.69
England median hourly rate £43.50 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +72.96% -47.05% +5.56%

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 September 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 94 £694 +2.81% 77
West London -15 4 £650 +80.56% 24
North London +1 2 £650 -27.78%
East London -2 2 £650 -5.53% 3
South London -13 2 £1,050 +57.95% 5
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 September 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.

1 237 (30.98%) Azure
2 167 (21.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 151 (19.74%) AWS
4 137 (17.91%) Migration
5 136 (17.78%) AI
6 134 (17.52%) Roadmaps
7 120 (15.69%) Security Cleared
8 115 (15.03%) Enterprise Architecture
9 112 (14.64%) Microsoft
10 109 (14.25%) Agile
11 104 (13.59%) DevOps
12 103 (13.46%) SC Cleared
13 92 (12.03%) Integration Patterns
14 91 (11.90%) Technical Leadership
15 88 (11.50%) Analytics
16 84 (10.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 83 (10.85%) CI/CD
18 76 (9.93%) TOGAF
19 69 (9.02%) Event-Driven
20 67 (8.76%) Data Architecture
21 65 (8.50%) Architectural Patterns
21 65 (8.50%) SAP
22 64 (8.37%) Data Modelling
22 64 (8.37%) Translating Business Requirements
23 58 (7.58%) Microservices
23 58 (7.58%) Power Platform
24 57 (7.45%) Architecture Governance
24 57 (7.45%) Problem-Solving
25 55 (7.19%) .NET
26 52 (6.80%) GCP

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 9 (1.18%) CMS
2 8 (1.05%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.92%) Confluence
4 5 (0.65%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.39%) Apache
6 3 (0.39%) Camunda
6 3 (0.39%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.26%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.26%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.13%) Appian
8 1 (0.13%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.13%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 29 (3.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (3.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.05%) SAP BRIM
4 6 (0.78%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.65%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (0.65%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.52%) SAP Convergent Charging
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle Retail
7 3 (0.39%) SAP IBP
7 3 (0.39%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.26%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.26%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
8 2 (0.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 2 (0.26%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Campaign
9 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
9 1 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 1 (0.13%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 237 (30.98%) Azure
2 151 (19.74%) AWS
3 58 (7.58%) Power Platform
4 52 (6.80%) GCP
5 35 (4.58%) Dynamics 365
6 27 (3.53%) SaaS
7 26 (3.40%) Entra ID
8 22 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (2.75%) Serverless
10 19 (2.48%) GitHub
11 15 (1.96%) Microsoft Copilot
12 14 (1.83%) Azure AI
12 14 (1.83%) PaaS
13 13 (1.70%) Power Automate
13 13 (1.70%) Snowflake
14 12 (1.57%) PowerApps
15 11 (1.44%) OCI
16 10 (1.31%) Azure Functions
16 10 (1.31%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.31%) Network Security
2 9 (1.18%) Firewall
3 7 (0.92%) VPN
4 5 (0.65%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.52%) DMZ
5 4 (0.52%) MPLS
6 3 (0.39%) DNS
6 3 (0.39%) FTP
6 3 (0.39%) SSL
6 3 (0.39%) VoIP
6 3 (0.39%) Wireless
7 2 (0.26%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.26%) DHCP
7 2 (0.26%) HTTP
7 2 (0.26%) RFID
7 2 (0.26%) SDH
7 2 (0.26%) SMS
8 1 (0.13%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 1 (0.13%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 1 (0.13%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (5.10%) Data Lake
2 25 (3.27%) Power BI
3 18 (2.35%) SQL Server
4 16 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (2.09%) Metadata
5 9 (1.18%) Big Data
6 8 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (0.78%) Delta Lake
8 5 (0.65%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.65%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.65%) Power Query
9 4 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.52%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.52%) DynamoDB
9 4 (0.52%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.39%) GIS
10 3 (0.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.39%) Snowflake Schema
10 3 (0.39%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (1.18%) JIRA
2 6 (0.78%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.52%) Git
4 3 (0.39%) ERwin
4 3 (0.39%) Maven
4 3 (0.39%) MLflow
5 2 (0.26%) GitLab
5 2 (0.26%) PowerDesigner
5 2 (0.26%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.13%) MSI
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.13%) Postman
6 1 (0.13%) Subversion
6 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.13%) VersionOne
General
1 169 (22.09%) Social Skills
2 154 (20.13%) Finance
3 68 (8.89%) Retail
4 64 (8.37%) Public Sector
5 49 (6.41%) Banking
6 31 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
8 20 (2.61%) Billing
9 19 (2.48%) Telecoms
10 15 (1.96%) Manufacturing
11 13 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (1.70%) Legal
12 11 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.05%) Marketing
14 7 (0.92%) Advertising
14 7 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.65%) Automotive
15 5 (0.65%) Local Government
16 4 (0.52%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.52%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (7.19%) .NET
2 43 (5.62%) REST
3 28 (3.66%) Terraform
4 26 (3.40%) Kafka
5 24 (3.14%) .NET Framework
6 16 (2.09%) Middleware
7 13 (1.70%) React
8 11 (1.44%) SOAP
9 9 (1.18%) OAuth
10 8 (1.05%) AngularJS
10 8 (1.05%) HTML5 Canvas
11 7 (0.92%) .NET Core
11 7 (0.92%) Vue
12 6 (0.78%) Model Context Protocol
12 6 (0.78%) OAuth2
12 6 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
12 6 (0.78%) PySpark
12 6 (0.78%) SAML
12 6 (0.78%) Spring
13 5 (0.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 77 (10.07%) Cloud Native
2 29 (3.79%) Product Ownership
3 23 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
4 21 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
5 20 (2.61%) Hybrid Cloud
6 19 (2.48%) Management Information System
7 18 (2.35%) Mainframe
7 18 (2.35%) Onboarding
8 15 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
9 14 (1.83%) AI Agents
10 13 (1.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 11 (1.44%) Data Centre
12 10 (1.31%) Enterprise Cloud
12 10 (1.31%) Virtual Team
13 9 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (1.05%) IoT
15 7 (0.92%) Public Cloud
16 6 (0.78%) Algorithms
16 6 (0.78%) NHS
17 5 (0.65%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.92%) Windows
2 5 (0.65%) Linux
3 4 (0.52%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.26%) Android
4 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.13%) CentOS
5 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (21.83%) Stakeholder Management
2 137 (17.91%) Migration
3 136 (17.78%) AI
4 134 (17.52%) Roadmaps
5 115 (15.03%) Enterprise Architecture
6 109 (14.25%) Agile
7 104 (13.59%) DevOps
8 92 (12.03%) Integration Patterns
9 91 (11.90%) Technical Leadership
10 88 (11.50%) Analytics
11 84 (10.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 83 (10.85%) CI/CD
13 76 (9.93%) TOGAF
14 69 (9.02%) Event-Driven
15 67 (8.76%) Data Architecture
16 65 (8.50%) Architectural Patterns
17 64 (8.37%) Data Modelling
17 64 (8.37%) Translating Business Requirements
18 58 (7.58%) Microservices
19 57 (7.45%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 35 (4.58%) Java
2 27 (3.53%) C#
3 23 (3.01%) SQL
4 21 (2.75%) JavaScript
4 21 (2.75%) Python
5 14 (1.83%) TypeScript
6 12 (1.57%) PowerShell
7 5 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.39%) Bash
9 2 (0.26%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.26%) Bicep
9 2 (0.26%) Scala
10 1 (0.13%) ABAP
10 1 (0.13%) Go
10 1 (0.13%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 120 (15.69%) Security Cleared
2 103 (13.46%) SC Cleared
3 39 (5.10%) Degree
4 23 (3.01%) Azure Certification
5 18 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (2.09%) TOGAF Certification
7 13 (1.70%) AWS Certification
8 9 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.18%) DV Cleared
9 7 (0.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (0.78%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.65%) CISA
12 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (0.39%) CCSP
13 3 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.39%) CISSP
13 3 (0.39%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 2 (0.26%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.40%) GDPR
2 20 (2.61%) Data Quality
3 18 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (1.83%) SEPA
5 11 (1.44%) NIST
6 8 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (0.92%) ISO 20022
7 7 (0.92%) PMO
8 6 (0.78%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.65%) NCSC
9 5 (0.65%) QA
10 4 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.39%) PSD2
12 2 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.26%) GRC
12 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 18 (2.35%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.57%) Docker
3 5 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.39%) vSphere
5 1 (0.13%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (3.66%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.83%) Ansible
3 9 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.39%) Grafana
4 3 (0.39%) SCCM
5 2 (0.26%) Argo
5 2 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.13%) Avamar
6 1 (0.13%) EMC VPLEX
6 1 (0.13%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.13%) Puppet
6 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 112 (14.64%) Microsoft
2 65 (8.50%) SAP
3 51 (6.67%) Databricks
4 48 (6.27%) ServiceNow
5 41 (5.36%) Oracle
6 31 (4.05%) Salesforce
7 16 (2.09%) Google
8 13 (1.70%) BMC
9 11 (1.44%) IBM
10 9 (1.18%) Cisco
10 9 (1.18%) MuleSoft
11 8 (1.05%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.78%) TikTok
12 6 (0.78%) VMware
12 6 (0.78%) Workday
13 5 (0.65%) Ariba
13 5 (0.65%) CyberArk
13 5 (0.65%) Siemens
14 4 (0.52%) Ping Identity
14 4 (0.52%) Remedy