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 8 January 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 100 84
Rank change year-on-year -8 -16 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 380 348 464
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.65% 2.44% 2.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.87% 2.61% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 251 215 307
10th Percentile £463 £491 £513
25th Percentile £568 £550 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £650
75th Percentile £750 £775 £738
90th Percentile £850 £825 £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 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 13,256 13,317 16,753
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 93.41% 93.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,803 8,592 12,068
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £558
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.39% -3.84%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £799 £788
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 148 223
10th Percentile £17.50 £19.39 £17.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.65 £35.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% +2.94% -
75th Percentile £59.38 £53.75 £53.77
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% -22.22% +28.57%

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 8 January 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 8 January 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 8 January 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 -2 66 £662 +1.85% 30
West London -13 6 £625 -12.28% 4
East London +5 5 £700 +0.36% 3
North London - 2 £800 -
South London - 2 £750 - 2
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 January 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.

1 146 (38.42%) Azure
2 80 (21.05%) AWS
3 73 (19.21%) Security Cleared
4 70 (18.42%) Microsoft
5 61 (16.05%) SC Cleared
5 61 (16.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 60 (15.79%) Roadmaps
7 55 (14.47%) Agile
8 51 (13.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 51 (13.42%) Technical Leadership
9 48 (12.63%) DevOps
9 48 (12.63%) Enterprise Architecture
10 44 (11.58%) Problem-Solving
10 44 (11.58%) TOGAF
11 43 (11.32%) AI
11 43 (11.32%) Microservices
12 40 (10.53%) SAP
13 37 (9.74%) Migration
14 34 (8.95%) Middleware
15 33 (8.68%) Integration Patterns
16 32 (8.42%) SaaS
16 32 (8.42%) Salesforce
17 30 (7.89%) GCP
18 29 (7.63%) Data Modelling
19 28 (7.37%) ERP
20 27 (7.11%) Architectural Design
20 27 (7.11%) CRM
21 25 (6.58%) Identity Access Management
21 25 (6.58%) SAP S/4HANA
22 23 (6.05%) CI/CD

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 (3.42%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.37%) Confluence
3 4 (1.05%) CMS
3 4 (1.05%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.79%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.53%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.26%) Apache
6 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.26%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.26%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (1.32%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.53%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.26%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.26%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 25 (6.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.32%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.32%) SAP EWM
4 3 (0.79%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.79%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.79%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.79%) SAP PM
4 3 (0.79%) SAP PP
4 3 (0.79%) SAP QM
4 3 (0.79%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.53%) Endur
5 2 (0.53%) Maximo
5 2 (0.53%) SAP BRIM
5 2 (0.53%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.53%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.53%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.26%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 146 (38.42%) Azure
2 80 (21.05%) AWS
3 32 (8.42%) SaaS
4 30 (7.89%) GCP
5 19 (5.00%) Power Platform
6 17 (4.47%) Dynamics 365
6 17 (4.47%) Entra ID
7 10 (2.63%) Azure Logic Apps
7 10 (2.63%) SuccessFactors
8 9 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (2.11%) Snowflake
10 6 (1.58%) Azure Service Bus
10 6 (1.58%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (1.58%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.32%) Azure API Management
11 5 (1.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (1.32%) Fivetran
11 5 (1.32%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 5 (1.32%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.16%) WAN
2 11 (2.89%) Firewall
3 9 (2.37%) SD-WAN
4 8 (2.11%) VPN
5 6 (1.58%) Network Security
6 5 (1.32%) BGP
6 5 (1.32%) LAN
6 5 (1.32%) MPLS
6 5 (1.32%) OSPF
7 4 (1.05%) 5G
7 4 (1.05%) DHCP
7 4 (1.05%) DNS
8 3 (0.79%) BIG-IP
8 3 (0.79%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 3 (0.79%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 3 (0.79%) VLAN
8 3 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.53%) 4G
9 2 (0.53%) Radio Access Network
9 2 (0.53%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (2.37%) Data Lake
2 9 (2.37%) Power BI
3 8 (2.11%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (0.79%) Delta Lake
4 3 (0.79%) Metadata
4 3 (0.79%) SAP BW
4 3 (0.79%) Tableau
5 2 (0.53%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.53%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (0.53%) GIS
5 2 (0.53%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.53%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.26%) EDMS
6 1 (0.26%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.26%) Redis
6 1 (0.26%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 7 (1.84%) JIRA
2 3 (0.79%) Git
3 2 (0.53%) Artifactory
3 2 (0.53%) Chocolatey
3 2 (0.53%) GitLab
3 2 (0.53%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.26%) MLflow
General
1 123 (32.37%) Finance
2 113 (29.74%) Social Skills
3 44 (11.58%) Public Sector
4 37 (9.74%) Banking
5 36 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (5.26%) Legal
7 16 (4.21%) Billing
7 16 (4.21%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (3.42%) Telecoms
9 12 (3.16%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.63%) Marketing
11 9 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (2.37%) Law
11 9 (2.37%) Retail
12 8 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.84%) Back Office
14 4 (1.05%) Electronics
15 3 (0.79%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.79%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (8.95%) Middleware
2 18 (4.74%) REST
3 16 (4.21%) .NET
4 9 (2.37%) OAuth
5 8 (2.11%) JSON
6 7 (1.84%) AngularJS
6 7 (1.84%) SOAP
7 6 (1.58%) Kafka
7 6 (1.58%) Node.js
7 6 (1.58%) OpenID
7 6 (1.58%) XML
8 5 (1.32%) OAuth2
8 5 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (1.32%) React
8 5 (1.32%) SAML
9 4 (1.05%) gRPC
9 4 (1.05%) Vue
10 3 (0.79%) GraphQL
10 3 (0.79%) RESTful
10 3 (0.79%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.37%) Cloud Native
2 17 (4.47%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (2.63%) Data Centre
3 10 (2.63%) FMCG
3 10 (2.63%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.37%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.11%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (1.58%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.32%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.32%) Taxonomies
9 4 (1.05%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.05%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.05%) Reinsurance
10 3 (0.79%) AI Agents
10 3 (0.79%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.79%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.37%) Windows
2 4 (1.05%) Linux
3 2 (0.53%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (16.05%) Stakeholder Management
2 60 (15.79%) Roadmaps
3 55 (14.47%) Agile
4 51 (13.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 51 (13.42%) Technical Leadership
5 48 (12.63%) DevOps
5 48 (12.63%) Enterprise Architecture
6 44 (11.58%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (11.58%) TOGAF
7 43 (11.32%) AI
7 43 (11.32%) Microservices
8 37 (9.74%) Migration
9 33 (8.68%) Integration Patterns
10 29 (7.63%) Data Modelling
11 28 (7.37%) ERP
12 27 (7.11%) Architectural Design
12 27 (7.11%) CRM
13 25 (6.58%) Identity Access Management
14 23 (6.05%) CI/CD
14 23 (6.05%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 18 (4.74%) Python
2 13 (3.42%) C#
3 12 (3.16%) Java
4 11 (2.89%) SQL
5 9 (2.37%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.58%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.32%) Bash
7 5 (1.32%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.53%) Korn
9 1 (0.26%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.26%) Go
9 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.26%) Scala
Qualifications
1 73 (19.21%) Security Cleared
2 61 (16.05%) SC Cleared
3 22 (5.79%) Degree
4 16 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.16%) Azure Certification
6 9 (2.37%) Master's Degree
7 8 (2.11%) AWS Certification
7 8 (2.11%) TOGAF Certification
8 6 (1.58%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.32%) SAP Certification
10 3 (0.79%) CCIE
10 3 (0.79%) CCNP
10 3 (0.79%) CCSE
10 3 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.79%) CISSP
10 3 (0.79%) JNCIE
10 3 (0.79%) JNCIP
10 3 (0.79%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.00%) GDPR
2 9 (2.37%) QA
3 8 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.58%) NIST
5 5 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.32%) EU AI Act
6 3 (0.79%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.79%) GRC
6 3 (0.79%) NCSC
6 3 (0.79%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.53%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.53%) MiFID
7 2 (0.53%) PSD2
7 2 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.26%) COBIT
8 1 (0.26%) EMIR
8 1 (0.26%) PMO
8 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.26%) Solvency II
System Software
1 11 (2.89%) Active Directory
1 11 (2.89%) Docker
2 2 (0.53%) Ceph
2 2 (0.53%) Firmware
2 2 (0.53%) Lustre
2 2 (0.53%) Slurm Workload Manager
2 2 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.53%) VMware NSX
2 2 (0.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (5.00%) Terraform
2 13 (3.42%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.84%) Ansible
4 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.79%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.53%) SCCM
8 1 (0.26%) Grafana
8 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.26%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 70 (18.42%) Microsoft
2 40 (10.53%) SAP
3 32 (8.42%) Salesforce
4 23 (6.05%) Oracle
5 18 (4.74%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.16%) Google
7 11 (2.89%) Cisco
8 9 (2.37%) Databricks
9 8 (2.11%) IBM
9 8 (2.11%) Software AG
10 7 (1.84%) Palo Alto
10 7 (1.84%) Workday
11 5 (1.32%) Ariba
11 5 (1.32%) Concur
11 5 (1.32%) F5
11 5 (1.32%) Juniper
12 4 (1.05%) Adobe
12 4 (1.05%) Dell
12 4 (1.05%) IFS
12 4 (1.05%) Remedy