Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Solution Architect
England > London

The median Solution Architect daily rate in London is £638, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 July 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 103 86
Rank change year-on-year +38 -17 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 764 376 474
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.85% 2.77% 2.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.14% 2.97% 3.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 216 336
10th Percentile £493 £480 £485
25th Percentile £532 £568 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £650 £674
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% -3.49% -0.22%
75th Percentile £738 £725 £791
90th Percentile £788 £800 £888
England median daily rate £625 £625 £630
% change year-on-year - -0.79% -3.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £38.30 - £52.55
25th Percentile £43.25 £52.50 £53.38
Median hourly rate £53.00 £60.00 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +5.26% +9.57%
75th Percentile £61.63 £67.50 £60.88
90th Percentile £65.90 - £61.85
England median hourly rate £71.27 £45.10 £77.50
% change year-on-year +58.03% -41.81% +8.77%

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 18,473 12,646 15,469
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.04% 93.01% 94.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,088 8,560 11,001
10th Percentile £363 £328 £343
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.34% -1.32% -4.35%
75th Percentile £651 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 198 220
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.75 £22.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £29.54 £32.15
Median % change year-on-year +32.05% -8.12% -14.28%
75th Percentile £59.72 £50.38 £52.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £63.75 £71.31
England median hourly rate £45.56 £26.02 £43.00
% change year-on-year +75.08% -39.49% -1.58%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 +12 109 £675 - 40
South London -18 7 £744 +14.38% 4
West London -13 6 £650 +60.49% 9
East London 0 2 £650 -3.78%
North London -1 1 £650 -27.78%
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 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.

1 227 (29.71%) Azure
2 164 (21.47%) AWS
3 134 (17.54%) Stakeholder Management
4 133 (17.41%) Migration
5 130 (17.02%) AI
5 130 (17.02%) Roadmaps
6 126 (16.49%) Security Cleared
7 113 (14.79%) DevOps
8 109 (14.27%) Agile
9 108 (14.14%) Enterprise Architecture
9 108 (14.14%) SC Cleared
10 96 (12.57%) Microsoft
11 82 (10.73%) CI/CD
11 82 (10.73%) Integration Patterns
12 81 (10.60%) Analytics
13 76 (9.95%) Technical Leadership
14 75 (9.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 75 (9.82%) TOGAF
15 72 (9.42%) SAP
16 63 (8.25%) Event-Driven
17 62 (8.12%) ERP
18 61 (7.98%) Data Modelling
19 59 (7.72%) Data Architecture
20 58 (7.59%) GCP
20 58 (7.59%) Microservices
21 57 (7.46%) .NET
21 57 (7.46%) Problem-Solving
22 56 (7.33%) Architectural Patterns
23 54 (7.07%) Machine Learning
24 52 (6.81%) CRM

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 12 (1.57%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.92%) CMS
2 7 (0.92%) Confluence
3 6 (0.79%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.65%) Camunda
5 3 (0.39%) Apache
5 3 (0.39%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.39%) nginx
6 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.13%) Appian
7 1 (0.13%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.13%) ThingWorx
7 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 35 (4.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (2.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.05%) SAP BRIM
4 7 (0.92%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.65%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (0.65%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (0.65%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 4 (0.52%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 4 (0.52%) SAP Convergent Charging
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle Retail
7 3 (0.39%) SAP FSCM
7 3 (0.39%) Teamcenter
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.26%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.26%) SAP PM
8 2 (0.26%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.13%) SAP HR
9 1 (0.13%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 227 (29.71%) Azure
2 164 (21.47%) AWS
3 58 (7.59%) GCP
4 39 (5.10%) Power Platform
5 28 (3.66%) SaaS
6 27 (3.53%) Dynamics 365
7 26 (3.40%) Entra ID
8 25 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (3.01%) Serverless
10 18 (2.36%) GitHub
11 17 (2.23%) PaaS
12 16 (2.09%) Snowflake
13 13 (1.70%) Power Automate
14 12 (1.57%) Azure AI
14 12 (1.57%) IaaS
14 12 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
15 11 (1.44%) Azure Machine Learning
15 11 (1.44%) PowerApps
16 10 (1.31%) OCI
17 9 (1.18%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.57%) Firewall
2 11 (1.44%) Network Security
3 10 (1.31%) VPN
4 7 (0.92%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.65%) DNS
6 4 (0.52%) MPLS
7 3 (0.39%) DMZ
7 3 (0.39%) FTP
7 3 (0.39%) SSL
7 3 (0.39%) VoIP
7 3 (0.39%) Wireless
8 2 (0.26%) DHCP
8 2 (0.26%) HTTP
8 2 (0.26%) IPv4
8 2 (0.26%) IPv6
8 2 (0.26%) OpenVPN
8 2 (0.26%) RFID
8 2 (0.26%) SDH
8 2 (0.26%) SMS
8 2 (0.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (5.24%) Data Lake
2 22 (2.88%) Power BI
3 16 (2.09%) SQL Server
4 15 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (1.70%) Metadata
6 10 (1.31%) Big Data
6 10 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.65%) Delta Lake
8 4 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.52%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.52%) Flink
8 4 (0.52%) Hadoop
8 4 (0.52%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.52%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.39%) GIS
9 3 (0.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (0.39%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.39%) Star Schema
9 3 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (1.57%) JIRA
2 6 (0.79%) MLflow
3 5 (0.65%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.52%) Git
5 3 (0.39%) ERwin
5 3 (0.39%) Maven
5 3 (0.39%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.26%) GitLab
6 2 (0.26%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.13%) MSI
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.13%) Subversion
7 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.13%) VersionOne
General
1 171 (22.38%) Finance
2 157 (20.55%) Social Skills
3 67 (8.77%) Public Sector
4 61 (7.98%) Retail
5 58 (7.59%) Banking
6 29 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (3.27%) Telecoms
8 22 (2.88%) Billing
9 16 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
9 16 (2.09%) Legal
9 16 (2.09%) Manufacturing
10 14 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (0.79%) Local Government
12 6 (0.79%) Marketing
12 6 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.52%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.39%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.39%) Automotive
14 3 (0.39%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (7.46%) .NET
2 43 (5.63%) REST
3 32 (4.19%) Middleware
4 22 (2.88%) .NET Framework
5 21 (2.75%) Kafka
6 17 (2.23%) React
7 11 (1.44%) AngularJS
8 10 (1.31%) SOAP
9 8 (1.05%) HTML5 Canvas
9 8 (1.05%) OAuth
10 7 (0.92%) .NET Core
10 7 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
10 7 (0.92%) Vue
11 5 (0.65%) CSS
11 5 (0.65%) HTML
11 5 (0.65%) SAML
12 4 (0.52%) ASP.NET
12 4 (0.52%) LDAP
12 4 (0.52%) OpenID
12 4 (0.52%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 76 (9.95%) Cloud Native
2 29 (3.80%) Product Ownership
3 27 (3.53%) Legacy Systems
4 22 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (2.36%) Mainframe
6 17 (2.23%) Hybrid Cloud
7 16 (2.09%) Management Information System
8 14 (1.83%) Data Centre
9 13 (1.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 12 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
10 12 (1.57%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.31%) AI Agents
11 10 (1.31%) Enterprise Cloud
12 9 (1.18%) NHS
12 9 (1.18%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.05%) Algorithms
13 8 (1.05%) IoT
14 7 (0.92%) Data Structures
15 6 (0.79%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.79%) Windows
2 4 (0.52%) Linux
3 3 (0.39%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.26%) Android
4 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (17.54%) Stakeholder Management
2 133 (17.41%) Migration
3 130 (17.02%) AI
3 130 (17.02%) Roadmaps
4 113 (14.79%) DevOps
5 109 (14.27%) Agile
6 108 (14.14%) Enterprise Architecture
7 82 (10.73%) CI/CD
7 82 (10.73%) Integration Patterns
8 81 (10.60%) Analytics
9 76 (9.95%) Technical Leadership
10 75 (9.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 75 (9.82%) TOGAF
11 63 (8.25%) Event-Driven
12 62 (8.12%) ERP
13 61 (7.98%) Data Modelling
14 59 (7.72%) Data Architecture
15 58 (7.59%) Microservices
16 57 (7.46%) Problem-Solving
17 56 (7.33%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 38 (4.97%) Python
2 37 (4.84%) Java
3 32 (4.19%) C#
4 23 (3.01%) SQL
5 19 (2.49%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.57%) TypeScript
7 8 (1.05%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.39%) Bash
8 3 (0.39%) Scala
9 2 (0.26%) Bicep
9 2 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.13%) ABAP
10 1 (0.13%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.13%) C++
10 1 (0.13%) Go
10 1 (0.13%) Groovy
10 1 (0.13%) R
10 1 (0.13%) X++
Qualifications
1 126 (16.49%) Security Cleared
2 108 (14.14%) SC Cleared
3 39 (5.10%) Degree
4 19 (2.49%) Azure Certification
5 16 (2.09%) AWS Certification
6 13 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (1.57%) TOGAF Certification
8 8 (1.05%) DV Cleared
9 6 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (0.65%) CISA
10 5 (0.65%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.52%) CISSP
11 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.39%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (0.26%) CCSP
13 2 (0.26%) CISM
13 2 (0.26%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (3.93%) GDPR
2 20 (2.62%) Data Quality
3 15 (1.96%) SEPA
4 13 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (1.70%) NIST
5 12 (1.57%) ISO 20022
6 7 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (0.92%) PSD2
7 6 (0.79%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.65%) QA
9 4 (0.52%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.39%) HL7
10 3 (0.39%) NCSC
10 3 (0.39%) PMO
11 2 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.26%) TARGET2
System Software
1 18 (2.36%) Active Directory
1 18 (2.36%) Docker
2 4 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.26%) Squid
4 2 (0.26%) 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 34 (4.45%) Kubernetes
2 27 (3.53%) Terraform
3 13 (1.70%) Ansible
4 9 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.92%) Grafana
6 6 (0.79%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.39%) SCCM
8 2 (0.26%) Argo
8 2 (0.26%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.26%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.13%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.13%) Avamar
9 1 (0.13%) Consul
9 1 (0.13%) EMC VPLEX
9 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 96 (12.57%) Microsoft
2 72 (9.42%) SAP
3 48 (6.28%) Databricks
4 45 (5.89%) Oracle
5 42 (5.50%) ServiceNow
6 30 (3.93%) Salesforce
7 12 (1.57%) Ariba
7 12 (1.57%) Google
8 11 (1.44%) Cisco
8 11 (1.44%) Workday
9 9 (1.18%) OpenAI
10 8 (1.05%) IBM
10 8 (1.05%) IFS
11 6 (0.79%) MuleSoft
12 5 (0.65%) BMC
12 5 (0.65%) CyberArk
12 5 (0.65%) Siemens
12 5 (0.65%) VMware
13 4 (0.52%) Dynatrace
13 4 (0.52%) Yardi