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 6 December 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 100 84
Rank change year-on-year -13 -16 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 363 389 527
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.53% 2.48% 2.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.74% 2.64% 2.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 242 373
10th Percentile £450 £485 £500
25th Percentile £550 £532 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £632 £650
Median % change year-on-year +2.93% -2.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £725 £760 £738
90th Percentile £835 £861 £800
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 £65.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year +27.97% -12.67% +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 13,245 14,709 18,153
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.18% 93.59% 93.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,809 9,551 13,123
10th Percentile £338 £338 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £799 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.81% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 152 214
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.05
25th Percentile £21.35 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £27.86 £36.65 £36.14
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +1.41% +3.26%
75th Percentile £54.06 £54.06 £58.75
90th Percentile £74.75 £80.75 £73.31
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% -16.67% +36.36%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -1 68 £669 +2.85% 21
East London +7 6 £688 -4.51% 1
West London -12 5 £625 -12.28% 9
South London - 4 £750 - 4
North London - 2 £800 -
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 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.

1 149 (41.05%) Azure
2 86 (23.69%) AWS
3 71 (19.56%) Microsoft
4 70 (19.28%) Stakeholder Management
5 64 (17.63%) Roadmaps
6 58 (15.98%) Agile
6 58 (15.98%) Enterprise Architecture
7 56 (15.43%) Security Cleared
8 54 (14.88%) TOGAF
9 52 (14.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 49 (13.50%) Technical Leadership
11 46 (12.67%) SC Cleared
12 43 (11.85%) DevOps
12 43 (11.85%) Problem-Solving
13 40 (11.02%) Microservices
14 39 (10.74%) Migration
15 38 (10.47%) GCP
16 34 (9.37%) SaaS
17 32 (8.82%) AI
17 32 (8.82%) SAP
17 32 (8.82%) SDLC
18 30 (8.26%) Data Modelling
19 29 (7.99%) Integration Patterns
20 28 (7.71%) Middleware
20 28 (7.71%) ServiceNow
21 27 (7.44%) Python
22 26 (7.16%) Salesforce
23 25 (6.89%) Architectural Design
23 25 (6.89%) ERP
24 24 (6.61%) Data Architecture

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 18 (4.96%) Confluence
2 12 (3.31%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.38%) CMS
5 3 (0.83%) NServiceBus
5 3 (0.83%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.55%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.55%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.28%) Apache
7 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.28%) Appian
7 1 (0.28%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.28%) Drupal
7 1 (0.28%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (1.38%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.55%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.28%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 21 (5.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.65%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.38%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (1.38%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.10%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.83%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.83%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.83%) SAP EWM
5 3 (0.83%) SAP PM
5 3 (0.83%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.83%) SAP QM
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
7 1 (0.28%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.28%) Avolution ABACUS
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 149 (41.05%) Azure
2 86 (23.69%) AWS
3 38 (10.47%) GCP
4 34 (9.37%) SaaS
5 20 (5.51%) Entra ID
6 19 (5.23%) Power Platform
7 14 (3.86%) Dynamics 365
8 13 (3.58%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (2.75%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (2.75%) Cloud Computing
9 10 (2.75%) PaaS
9 10 (2.75%) Snowflake
10 8 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.93%) SuccessFactors
12 6 (1.65%) Azure Service Bus
13 5 (1.38%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (1.38%) Azure API Management
13 5 (1.38%) Fivetran
13 5 (1.38%) GitHub
13 5 (1.38%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.86%) Firewall
2 9 (2.48%) WAN
3 8 (2.20%) VPN
4 7 (1.93%) DNS
5 6 (1.65%) SD-WAN
6 5 (1.38%) BGP
6 5 (1.38%) DHCP
6 5 (1.38%) LAN
6 5 (1.38%) MPLS
6 5 (1.38%) Network Security
6 5 (1.38%) OSPF
7 4 (1.10%) VLAN
8 3 (0.83%) 5G
8 3 (0.83%) BIG-IP
8 3 (0.83%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 3 (0.83%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 3 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.55%) 3GPP
9 2 (0.55%) Internet
9 2 (0.55%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.86%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (3.58%) Data Lake
3 7 (1.93%) Power BI
3 7 (1.93%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.10%) Delta Lake
5 3 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (0.83%) Big Data
5 3 (0.83%) Metadata
5 3 (0.83%) SAP BW
5 3 (0.83%) Tableau
6 2 (0.55%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.55%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.55%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.28%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.28%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.28%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.28%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.28%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (4.68%) JIRA
2 3 (0.83%) Git
2 3 (0.83%) GitLab
2 3 (0.83%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.55%) Artifactory
3 2 (0.55%) Chocolatey
4 1 (0.28%) MLflow
4 1 (0.28%) Spinnaker
General
1 122 (33.61%) Finance
2 116 (31.96%) Social Skills
3 37 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (10.19%) Banking
4 35 (9.64%) Public Sector
5 16 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (4.13%) Billing
6 15 (4.13%) Legal
7 13 (3.58%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (3.58%) Retail
7 13 (3.58%) Telecoms
8 11 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.48%) Marketing
10 8 (2.20%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.93%) Back Office
11 7 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.65%) Law
13 5 (1.38%) General Ledger
14 4 (1.10%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.83%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (7.71%) Middleware
2 23 (6.34%) .NET
2 23 (6.34%) REST
3 12 (3.31%) AngularJS
4 10 (2.75%) OAuth
4 10 (2.75%) React
5 9 (2.48%) RESTful
6 8 (2.20%) JSON
6 8 (2.20%) Kafka
7 7 (1.93%) OAuth2
7 7 (1.93%) SOAP
8 6 (1.65%) Node.js
8 6 (1.65%) Web Services
8 6 (1.65%) XML
9 5 (1.38%) Lightning Web Components
9 5 (1.38%) OpenID
9 5 (1.38%) Oracle Fusion
10 4 (1.10%) gRPC
10 4 (1.10%) SAML
11 3 (0.83%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.71%) Cloud Native
2 18 (4.96%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (4.41%) Product Ownership
4 10 (2.75%) FMCG
5 9 (2.48%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.20%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.93%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.38%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.38%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.38%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.38%) Reinsurance
9 5 (1.38%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.38%) Taxonomies
10 4 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.10%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.10%) PDA
10 4 (1.10%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.83%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.65%) Windows
2 4 (1.10%) Linux
3 2 (0.55%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (19.28%) Stakeholder Management
2 64 (17.63%) Roadmaps
3 58 (15.98%) Agile
3 58 (15.98%) Enterprise Architecture
4 54 (14.88%) TOGAF
5 52 (14.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 49 (13.50%) Technical Leadership
7 43 (11.85%) DevOps
7 43 (11.85%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (11.02%) Microservices
9 39 (10.74%) Migration
10 32 (8.82%) AI
10 32 (8.82%) SDLC
11 30 (8.26%) Data Modelling
12 29 (7.99%) Integration Patterns
13 25 (6.89%) Architectural Design
13 25 (6.89%) ERP
14 24 (6.61%) Data Architecture
15 23 (6.34%) CI/CD
15 23 (6.34%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 27 (7.44%) Python
2 19 (5.23%) Java
3 13 (3.58%) TypeScript
4 11 (3.03%) C#
4 11 (3.03%) SQL
5 10 (2.75%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.38%) Bash
6 5 (1.38%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.55%) R
8 1 (0.28%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.28%) Go
8 1 (0.28%) PHP
8 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 56 (15.43%) Security Cleared
2 46 (12.67%) SC Cleared
3 21 (5.79%) Degree
4 12 (3.31%) Azure Certification
4 12 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.48%) AWS Certification
6 8 (2.20%) TOGAF Certification
7 7 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.65%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.10%) CCNP
10 4 (1.10%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.10%) SAP Certification
11 3 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.83%) CCIE
11 3 (0.83%) CCSE
11 3 (0.83%) CISSP
11 3 (0.83%) JNCIP
11 3 (0.83%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.06%) GDPR
2 9 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.20%) NIST
4 6 (1.65%) QA
5 5 (1.38%) COBIT
5 5 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.38%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.38%) EU AI Act
6 4 (1.10%) GRC
7 3 (0.83%) MiFID
7 3 (0.83%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.55%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.55%) NCSC
8 2 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.28%) EMIR
9 1 (0.28%) PMO
9 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.28%) Solvency II
System Software
1 12 (3.31%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.75%) Docker
3 3 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.55%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 2 (0.55%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.55%) vSphere
5 1 (0.28%) Ceph
5 1 (0.28%) Firmware
5 1 (0.28%) Lustre
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (4.68%) Terraform
2 13 (3.58%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.93%) Ansible
4 5 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.55%) SCCM
7 1 (0.28%) Grafana
7 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.28%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 71 (19.56%) Microsoft
2 32 (8.82%) SAP
3 28 (7.71%) ServiceNow
4 26 (7.16%) Salesforce
5 19 (5.23%) Oracle
6 17 (4.68%) Databricks
7 15 (4.13%) Google
8 9 (2.48%) Workday
9 8 (2.20%) Cisco
9 8 (2.20%) IBM
10 5 (1.38%) F5
10 5 (1.38%) IFS
10 5 (1.38%) Juniper
11 4 (1.10%) Adobe
11 4 (1.10%) Concur
11 4 (1.10%) MuleSoft
11 4 (1.10%) OpenAI
11 4 (1.10%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.10%) Remedy
11 4 (1.10%) Zscaler