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 20 August 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 110 94
Rank change year-on-year +41 -16 -15
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 768 349 457
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.83% 2.60% 2.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.11% 2.79% 3.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 527 201 317
10th Percentile £500 £475 £487
25th Percentile £541 £563 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year - -3.70% -1.82%
75th Percentile £747 £719 £800
90th Percentile £800 £800 £888
England median daily rate £630 £625 £638
% change year-on-year +0.80% -1.96% -1.92%
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% +27.72%

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 18,695 12,487 15,224
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.19% 92.96% 94.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,154 8,403 10,658
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% -1.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £659 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 356 208 197
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.40
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.00 £22.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £29.07 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.00% -13.22% -10.48%
75th Percentile £59.31 £48.94 £55.00
90th Percentile £79.38 £65.00 £71.88
England median hourly rate £42.50 £26.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +63.46% -42.22% +6.95%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 20 August 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 +21 99 £675 - 30
West London -17 6 £650 +80.56% 5
South London -8 4 £744 +14.38%
East London -1 2 £650 -5.53% 3
North London -2 2 £650 -27.78%
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 August 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.

1 230 (29.95%) Azure
2 158 (20.57%) AWS
3 148 (19.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 135 (17.58%) Migration
5 130 (16.93%) Roadmaps
6 129 (16.80%) AI
7 125 (16.28%) Security Cleared
8 110 (14.32%) Enterprise Architecture
9 107 (13.93%) SC Cleared
10 106 (13.80%) Agile
11 104 (13.54%) Microsoft
12 103 (13.41%) DevOps
13 93 (12.11%) Integration Patterns
14 88 (11.46%) Analytics
15 84 (10.94%) Technical Leadership
16 83 (10.81%) CI/CD
17 78 (10.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 70 (9.11%) Event-Driven
18 70 (9.11%) SAP
18 70 (9.11%) TOGAF
19 69 (8.98%) Data Architecture
20 66 (8.59%) Data Modelling
21 62 (8.07%) Architectural Patterns
22 58 (7.55%) Problem-Solving
23 57 (7.42%) Translating Business Requirements
24 56 (7.29%) Architecture Governance
24 56 (7.29%) ERP
25 55 (7.16%) GCP
26 53 (6.90%) .NET
26 53 (6.90%) Databricks

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 (1.17%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.91%) CMS
2 7 (0.91%) Confluence
3 6 (0.78%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.65%) Camunda
5 4 (0.52%) Apache
6 3 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.39%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.26%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.13%) Appian
8 1 (0.13%) OpenROAD
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%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 33 (4.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (2.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.04%) SAP BRIM
4 6 (0.78%) 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%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.52%) SAP Convergent Charging
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle Retail
7 3 (0.39%) SAP FSCM
7 3 (0.39%) SAP IBP
7 3 (0.39%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.26%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
8 2 (0.26%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
9 1 (0.13%) SAP APO
9 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 230 (29.95%) Azure
2 158 (20.57%) AWS
3 55 (7.16%) GCP
4 49 (6.38%) Power Platform
5 31 (4.04%) Dynamics 365
6 27 (3.52%) SaaS
7 26 (3.39%) Entra ID
8 22 (2.86%) Serverless
9 21 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
10 18 (2.34%) GitHub
11 17 (2.21%) Microsoft 365
12 16 (2.08%) Snowflake
13 15 (1.95%) PaaS
14 13 (1.69%) Azure AI
14 13 (1.69%) Power Automate
15 11 (1.43%) OCI
15 11 (1.43%) PowerApps
16 10 (1.30%) IaaS
17 9 (1.17%) Azure Logic Apps
17 9 (1.17%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.30%) Firewall
1 10 (1.30%) Network Security
2 8 (1.04%) VPN
3 6 (0.78%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.52%) DMZ
4 4 (0.52%) DNS
4 4 (0.52%) MPLS
5 3 (0.39%) FTP
5 3 (0.39%) SSL
5 3 (0.39%) VoIP
5 3 (0.39%) Wireless
6 2 (0.26%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.26%) DHCP
6 2 (0.26%) HTTP
6 2 (0.26%) IPv4
6 2 (0.26%) IPv6
6 2 (0.26%) RFID
6 2 (0.26%) SDH
6 2 (0.26%) SMS
6 2 (0.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (5.34%) Data Lake
2 26 (3.39%) Power BI
3 19 (2.47%) SQL Server
4 17 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (1.82%) Metadata
6 11 (1.43%) Big Data
7 10 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (0.91%) MongoDB
9 6 (0.78%) Delta Lake
10 5 (0.65%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.65%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.65%) Power Query
11 4 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.52%) Flink
11 4 (0.52%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 3 (0.39%) PowerPivot
12 3 (0.39%) Snowflake Schema
12 3 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (1.17%) JIRA
2 5 (0.65%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.52%) Git
4 3 (0.39%) ERwin
4 3 (0.39%) Maven
4 3 (0.39%) MLflow
4 3 (0.39%) PowerDesigner
4 3 (0.39%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.26%) GitLab
6 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.13%) MSI
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.13%) Subversion
6 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.13%) VersionOne
General
1 162 (21.09%) Social Skills
2 156 (20.31%) Finance
3 67 (8.72%) Retail
4 66 (8.59%) Public Sector
5 47 (6.12%) Banking
6 32 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
7 24 (3.13%) Telecoms
8 22 (2.86%) Billing
9 16 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
9 16 (2.08%) Legal
10 15 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (1.95%) Manufacturing
11 11 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (1.04%) Marketing
12 8 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (0.78%) Advertising
13 6 (0.78%) Local Government
14 4 (0.52%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.52%) Automotive
14 4 (0.52%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (6.90%) .NET
2 47 (6.12%) REST
3 25 (3.26%) Middleware
3 25 (3.26%) Terraform
4 24 (3.13%) Kafka
5 21 (2.73%) .NET Framework
6 12 (1.56%) React
7 10 (1.30%) AngularJS
7 10 (1.30%) OAuth
7 10 (1.30%) SOAP
8 8 (1.04%) HTML5 Canvas
9 6 (0.78%) OAuth2
9 6 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (0.78%) SAML
9 6 (0.78%) Vue
10 5 (0.65%) OpenID
10 5 (0.65%) RESTful
10 5 (0.65%) Spring
11 4 (0.52%) ASP.NET
11 4 (0.52%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 75 (9.77%) Cloud Native
2 30 (3.91%) Product Ownership
3 25 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
4 22 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (2.34%) Hybrid Cloud
5 18 (2.34%) Mainframe
5 18 (2.34%) Management Information System
6 16 (2.08%) Data Centre
6 16 (2.08%) Onboarding
7 12 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (1.43%) AI Agents
8 11 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (1.43%) Enterprise Cloud
9 10 (1.30%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 9 (1.17%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.04%) IoT
12 7 (0.91%) Data Structures
12 7 (0.91%) NHS
13 6 (0.78%) Algorithms
13 6 (0.78%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.91%) 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
1 148 (19.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 135 (17.58%) Migration
3 130 (16.93%) Roadmaps
4 129 (16.80%) AI
5 110 (14.32%) Enterprise Architecture
6 106 (13.80%) Agile
7 103 (13.41%) DevOps
8 93 (12.11%) Integration Patterns
9 88 (11.46%) Analytics
10 84 (10.94%) Technical Leadership
11 83 (10.81%) CI/CD
12 78 (10.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 70 (9.11%) Event-Driven
13 70 (9.11%) TOGAF
14 69 (8.98%) Data Architecture
15 66 (8.59%) Data Modelling
16 62 (8.07%) Architectural Patterns
17 58 (7.55%) Problem-Solving
18 57 (7.42%) Translating Business Requirements
19 56 (7.29%) Architecture Governance
Programming Languages
1 36 (4.69%) Java
2 28 (3.65%) Python
3 27 (3.52%) C#
4 23 (2.99%) SQL
5 18 (2.34%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.56%) PowerShell
7 11 (1.43%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.39%) Bash
9 3 (0.39%) Scala
10 2 (0.26%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.26%) Bicep
11 1 (0.13%) ABAP
11 1 (0.13%) C++
11 1 (0.13%) Go
11 1 (0.13%) Groovy
11 1 (0.13%) X++
Qualifications
1 125 (16.28%) Security Cleared
2 107 (13.93%) SC Cleared
3 36 (4.69%) Degree
4 19 (2.47%) Azure Certification
5 13 (1.69%) AWS Certification
5 13 (1.69%) TOGAF Certification
6 12 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.04%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (0.65%) CISA
8 5 (0.65%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.39%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.26%) CCSP
11 2 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.26%) CISSP
11 2 (0.26%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.13%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.52%) GDPR
2 20 (2.60%) Data Quality
3 16 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (1.69%) NIST
5 12 (1.56%) SEPA
6 7 (0.91%) ISO 20022
7 5 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.65%) QA
8 4 (0.52%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.52%) PMO
9 3 (0.39%) NCSC
9 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.39%) PSD2
10 2 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.26%) GRC
10 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.26%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 19 (2.47%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.69%) Docker
3 4 (0.52%) 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%) Squid
5 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 31 (4.04%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.82%) Ansible
3 9 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.78%) Grafana
5 5 (0.65%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.39%) SCCM
7 2 (0.26%) Argo
7 2 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.13%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.13%) Avamar
8 1 (0.13%) Consul
8 1 (0.13%) EMC VPLEX
8 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.13%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.13%) Puppet
8 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 104 (13.54%) Microsoft
2 70 (9.11%) SAP
3 53 (6.90%) Databricks
4 43 (5.60%) Oracle
4 43 (5.60%) ServiceNow
5 36 (4.69%) Salesforce
6 18 (2.34%) Google
7 13 (1.69%) BMC
8 12 (1.56%) Ariba
9 11 (1.43%) IBM
10 10 (1.30%) Cisco
11 9 (1.17%) Workday
12 8 (1.04%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.78%) MuleSoft
13 6 (0.78%) TikTok
13 6 (0.78%) VMware
14 5 (0.65%) CyberArk
14 5 (0.65%) Siemens
15 4 (0.52%) Dynatrace
15 4 (0.52%) Remedy