Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Solution Architect
England > London

The median Solution Architect daily rate in London is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 96 82
Rank change year-on-year +24 -14 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 701 379 517
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.63% 2.89% 2.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.91% 3.10% 3.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 474 218 361
10th Percentile £490 £491 £475
25th Percentile £520 £568 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -5.80%
75th Percentile £738 £725 £775
90th Percentile £788 £800 £888
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £52.98 - £52.55
25th Percentile £55.19 £52.50 £53.38
Median hourly rate £60.25 £60.00 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +5.26% +9.57%
75th Percentile £65.19 £67.50 £60.88
90th Percentile £67.33 - £61.85
England median hourly rate £71.27 £61.50 £89.00
% change year-on-year +15.89% -30.90% +34.85%

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 17,947 12,238 16,557
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.91% 93.40% 93.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,807 8,260 11,868
10th Percentile £358 £332 £325
25th Percentile £438 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 187 312
10th Percentile £18.07 £18.87 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.20 £23.60 £20.24
Median hourly rate £39.00 £32.50 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +16.86% -25.84%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.63 £46.49
90th Percentile £80.50 £64.25 £67.90
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.18 £40.00
% change year-on-year +59.69% -29.55% -8.95%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 +13 108 £694 +1.68% 44
South London -7 6 £637 -2.00% 1
West London -19 5 £688 +17.02% 11
East London -1 3 £630 +20.00% 4
North London - 1 £650 -
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 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.

1 215 (30.67%) Azure
2 151 (21.54%) AWS
3 127 (18.12%) AI
4 121 (17.26%) Migration
5 118 (16.83%) Security Cleared
6 111 (15.83%) DevOps
7 110 (15.69%) Roadmaps
8 109 (15.55%) Stakeholder Management
9 106 (15.12%) Agile
10 101 (14.41%) SC Cleared
11 94 (13.41%) Enterprise Architecture
12 93 (13.27%) Microsoft
13 76 (10.84%) CI/CD
14 73 (10.41%) Analytics
15 70 (9.99%) Integration Patterns
16 65 (9.27%) TOGAF
17 62 (8.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 62 (8.84%) Technical Leadership
18 61 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
19 59 (8.42%) .NET
20 57 (8.13%) SAP
21 54 (7.70%) Data Architecture
21 54 (7.70%) ERP
22 52 (7.42%) Data Modelling
23 51 (7.28%) GCP
23 51 (7.28%) Microservices
24 50 (7.13%) Event-Driven
24 50 (7.13%) Machine Learning
25 46 (6.56%) Architectural Patterns
25 46 (6.56%) Oracle

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 15 (2.14%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.28%) Confluence
3 8 (1.14%) Camunda
4 6 (0.86%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.71%) CMS
6 4 (0.57%) Apache
7 3 (0.43%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.43%) nginx
8 2 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.14%) Appian
9 1 (0.14%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.14%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.29%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 31 (4.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.14%) SAP BRIM
4 7 (1.00%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.71%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 4 (0.57%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 4 (0.57%) SAP Convergent Charging
7 3 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.43%) Oracle Retail
7 3 (0.43%) SAP FSCM
7 3 (0.43%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.43%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.29%) SAP PM
9 1 (0.14%) DELMIA
9 1 (0.14%) ENOVIA
9 1 (0.14%) Maximo
9 1 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.14%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 215 (30.67%) Azure
2 151 (21.54%) AWS
3 51 (7.28%) GCP
4 39 (5.56%) Power Platform
5 27 (3.85%) SaaS
6 25 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
7 24 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
8 23 (3.28%) Serverless
9 21 (3.00%) Entra ID
10 19 (2.71%) Snowflake
11 17 (2.43%) GitHub
11 17 (2.43%) PaaS
12 14 (2.00%) Power Automate
13 12 (1.71%) Azure Machine Learning
13 12 (1.71%) IaaS
13 12 (1.71%) PowerApps
14 11 (1.57%) Azure AI
14 11 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
14 11 (1.57%) SuccessFactors
15 10 (1.43%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.00%) Firewall
2 12 (1.71%) Network Security
2 12 (1.71%) VPN
3 8 (1.14%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.86%) DNS
5 5 (0.71%) WAN
6 4 (0.57%) MPLS
6 4 (0.57%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.43%) FTP
7 3 (0.43%) OpenVPN
7 3 (0.43%) SSL
7 3 (0.43%) VoIP
7 3 (0.43%) Wireless
8 2 (0.29%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.29%) DHCP
8 2 (0.29%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 2 (0.29%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (0.29%) SDH
8 2 (0.29%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (5.14%) Data Lake
2 22 (3.14%) Power BI
3 16 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (2.28%) SQL Server
4 14 (2.00%) Metadata
5 11 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (1.28%) Big Data
7 6 (0.86%) Tableau
8 5 (0.71%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.57%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.57%) Flink
9 4 (0.57%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.43%) Delta Lake
10 3 (0.43%) Electronic Patient Records
10 3 (0.43%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 2 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.29%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 14 (2.00%) JIRA
2 6 (0.86%) MLflow
3 5 (0.71%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.57%) Git
4 4 (0.57%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.43%) ERwin
5 3 (0.43%) Maven
6 2 (0.29%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.29%) GitLab
6 2 (0.29%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.14%) MSI
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.14%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.14%) Subversion
7 1 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.14%) VersionOne
General
1 170 (24.25%) Finance
2 142 (20.26%) Social Skills
3 61 (8.70%) Public Sector
4 57 (8.13%) Banking
5 46 (6.56%) Retail
6 35 (4.99%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (3.28%) Telecoms
8 22 (3.14%) Billing
9 19 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (2.43%) Legal
11 16 (2.28%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (0.86%) Local Government
14 6 (0.86%) Marketing
15 3 (0.43%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.43%) Automotive
15 3 (0.43%) Investment Banking
16 2 (0.29%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (8.42%) .NET
2 38 (5.42%) REST
3 34 (4.85%) Middleware
4 22 (3.14%) .NET Framework
5 18 (2.57%) React
6 13 (1.85%) AngularJS
6 13 (1.85%) Kafka
7 8 (1.14%) HTML5 Canvas
7 8 (1.14%) SOAP
7 8 (1.14%) Vue
8 7 (1.00%) .NET Core
8 7 (1.00%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (0.86%) CSS
9 6 (0.86%) HTML
10 5 (0.71%) LDAP
10 5 (0.71%) Spring
11 4 (0.57%) OAuth
11 4 (0.57%) PySpark
11 4 (0.57%) SAML
11 4 (0.57%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 69 (9.84%) Cloud Native
2 27 (3.85%) Product Ownership
3 23 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
4 17 (2.43%) Enterprise Software
4 17 (2.43%) Mainframe
5 16 (2.28%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (1.85%) Data Centre
8 12 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (1.71%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 11 (1.57%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (1.43%) NHS
11 9 (1.28%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.14%) Enterprise Cloud
12 8 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (1.00%) AI Agents
13 7 (1.00%) Data Structures
14 6 (0.86%) Algorithms
14 6 (0.86%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.00%) Windows
2 3 (0.43%) Linux
3 2 (0.29%) Android
3 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.29%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (18.12%) AI
2 121 (17.26%) Migration
3 111 (15.83%) DevOps
4 110 (15.69%) Roadmaps
5 109 (15.55%) Stakeholder Management
6 106 (15.12%) Agile
7 94 (13.41%) Enterprise Architecture
8 76 (10.84%) CI/CD
9 73 (10.41%) Analytics
10 70 (9.99%) Integration Patterns
11 65 (9.27%) TOGAF
12 62 (8.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 62 (8.84%) Technical Leadership
13 61 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
14 54 (7.70%) Data Architecture
14 54 (7.70%) ERP
15 52 (7.42%) Data Modelling
16 51 (7.28%) Microservices
17 50 (7.13%) Event-Driven
17 50 (7.13%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 43 (6.13%) Python
2 38 (5.42%) Java
3 32 (4.56%) C#
4 25 (3.57%) SQL
5 18 (2.57%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.71%) TypeScript
7 7 (1.00%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.43%) Bash
8 3 (0.43%) R
8 3 (0.43%) Scala
9 2 (0.29%) Bicep
10 1 (0.14%) ABAP
10 1 (0.14%) C++
10 1 (0.14%) Go
10 1 (0.14%) Groovy
10 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.14%) RPG
10 1 (0.14%) X++
Qualifications
1 118 (16.83%) Security Cleared
2 101 (14.41%) SC Cleared
3 44 (6.28%) Degree
4 16 (2.28%) Azure Certification
4 16 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (2.00%) AWS Certification
6 12 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.28%) TOGAF Certification
8 8 (1.14%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (0.86%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.71%) CISA
10 5 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.57%) CISSP
12 3 (0.43%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (0.29%) CCNP
13 2 (0.29%) CCSP
13 2 (0.29%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (3.99%) GDPR
2 18 (2.57%) Data Quality
3 14 (2.00%) SEPA
4 11 (1.57%) ISO 20022
4 11 (1.57%) NIST
5 10 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.14%) PSD2
7 7 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.00%) QA
8 4 (0.57%) HL7
8 4 (0.57%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.43%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.43%) NCSC
9 3 (0.43%) TARGET2
10 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.29%) GRC
10 2 (0.29%) PMO
11 1 (0.14%) IFRS
System Software
1 22 (3.14%) Docker
2 15 (2.14%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.43%) Squid
3 3 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.14%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 34 (4.85%) Kubernetes
2 33 (4.71%) Terraform
3 14 (2.00%) Ansible
4 9 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.00%) Grafana
5 7 (1.00%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.71%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.43%) SCCM
8 2 (0.29%) Argo
8 2 (0.29%) Consul
8 2 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.29%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.14%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.14%) Avamar
9 1 (0.14%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 93 (13.27%) Microsoft
2 57 (8.13%) SAP
3 46 (6.56%) Oracle
4 39 (5.56%) ServiceNow
5 38 (5.42%) Databricks
6 26 (3.71%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.00%) Cisco
8 12 (1.71%) Workday
9 11 (1.57%) Ariba
10 9 (1.28%) Google
11 8 (1.14%) IFS
11 8 (1.14%) OpenAI
12 7 (1.00%) IBM
13 5 (0.71%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.71%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.71%) Palo Alto
13 5 (0.71%) Siemens
13 5 (0.71%) Software AG
14 4 (0.57%) Confluent
14 4 (0.57%) Planon