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 25 August 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 116 88
Rank change year-on-year +43 -28 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 758 343 461
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.78% 2.56% 2.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.05% 2.76% 3.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 520 197 316
10th Percentile £500 £475 £485
25th Percentile £550 £563 £562
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year - -3.70% -1.82%
75th Percentile £750 £725 £800
90th Percentile £800 £800 £888
England median daily rate £630 £620 £630
% change year-on-year +1.61% -1.59% -3.08%
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 18,714 12,428 15,301
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 92.93% 94.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,137 8,360 10,597
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 £656 £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 362 206 193
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.53 £17.88
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.00 £22.00
Median hourly rate £38.25 £29.54 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +29.51% -10.69% -11.81%
75th Percentile £61.31 £49.69 £55.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.00 £71.75
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.23 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.48% -43.94% +2.60%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 +16 96 £694 +4.32% 20
West London -15 6 £650 +80.56% 8
South London -16 3 £850 +30.77%
East London 0 2 £650 -5.53% 3
North London -1 2 £650 -27.78%
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 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.

1 229 (30.21%) Azure
2 154 (20.32%) AWS
3 148 (19.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 133 (17.55%) Migration
5 129 (17.02%) AI
6 126 (16.62%) Roadmaps
7 124 (16.36%) Security Cleared
8 109 (14.38%) Enterprise Architecture
9 106 (13.98%) SC Cleared
10 105 (13.85%) Agile
11 104 (13.72%) Microsoft
12 103 (13.59%) DevOps
13 91 (12.01%) Integration Patterns
14 87 (11.48%) Analytics
15 85 (11.21%) Technical Leadership
16 84 (11.08%) CI/CD
17 78 (10.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 70 (9.23%) Event-Driven
19 69 (9.10%) TOGAF
20 68 (8.97%) Data Architecture
20 68 (8.97%) SAP
21 66 (8.71%) Data Modelling
22 61 (8.05%) Architectural Patterns
23 57 (7.52%) Problem-Solving
24 55 (7.26%) Translating Business Requirements
25 54 (7.12%) Databricks
25 54 (7.12%) ERP
25 54 (7.12%) GCP
26 53 (6.99%) .NET
27 52 (6.86%) Architecture Governance

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 (1.19%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.92%) CMS
3 6 (0.79%) Apache Spark
3 6 (0.79%) Confluence
4 5 (0.66%) Camunda
5 4 (0.53%) Apache
6 3 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.40%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.13%) Appian
7 1 (0.13%) nginx
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 31 (4.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (2.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.06%) SAP BRIM
4 6 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.66%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (0.66%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (0.66%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 4 (0.53%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 4 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.53%) SAP Convergent Charging
7 3 (0.40%) Oracle Retail
7 3 (0.40%) SAP FSCM
7 3 (0.40%) SAP IBP
7 3 (0.40%) SAP MM
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%) SAP HR
9 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 229 (30.21%) Azure
2 154 (20.32%) AWS
3 54 (7.12%) GCP
4 50 (6.60%) Power Platform
5 31 (4.09%) Dynamics 365
6 27 (3.56%) SaaS
7 26 (3.43%) Entra ID
8 21 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (2.77%) Serverless
9 19 (2.51%) GitHub
10 18 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
11 17 (2.24%) Snowflake
12 15 (1.98%) PaaS
13 13 (1.72%) Azure AI
13 13 (1.72%) Power Automate
14 11 (1.45%) PowerApps
15 10 (1.32%) IaaS
15 10 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
15 10 (1.32%) OCI
16 9 (1.19%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.32%) Network Security
2 8 (1.06%) Firewall
3 7 (0.92%) VPN
4 5 (0.66%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.53%) DMZ
5 4 (0.53%) MPLS
6 3 (0.40%) DNS
6 3 (0.40%) FTP
6 3 (0.40%) SSL
6 3 (0.40%) VoIP
6 3 (0.40%) Wireless
7 2 (0.26%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.26%) DHCP
7 2 (0.26%) HTTP
7 2 (0.26%) IPv4
7 2 (0.26%) IPv6
7 2 (0.26%) RFID
7 2 (0.26%) SDH
7 2 (0.26%) SMS
7 2 (0.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (5.54%) Data Lake
2 26 (3.43%) Power BI
3 19 (2.51%) SQL Server
4 17 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (1.72%) Metadata
6 10 (1.32%) Big Data
6 10 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (0.79%) Delta Lake
7 6 (0.79%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.66%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.66%) Power Query
9 4 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.53%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.53%) Flink
9 4 (0.53%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.40%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.40%) PowerPivot
10 3 (0.40%) Snowflake Schema
10 3 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (1.06%) JIRA
2 5 (0.66%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.53%) Git
4 3 (0.40%) ERwin
4 3 (0.40%) Maven
4 3 (0.40%) MLflow
5 2 (0.26%) GitLab
5 2 (0.26%) PowerDesigner
5 2 (0.26%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
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
1 161 (21.24%) Social Skills
2 153 (20.18%) Finance
3 66 (8.71%) Retail
4 65 (8.58%) Public Sector
5 46 (6.07%) Banking
6 33 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (3.03%) Telecoms
8 22 (2.90%) Billing
9 16 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
9 16 (2.11%) Legal
10 15 (1.98%) Manufacturing
11 13 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.06%) Marketing
14 7 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.79%) Advertising
15 6 (0.79%) Local Government
16 4 (0.53%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.53%) Automotive
16 4 (0.53%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (6.99%) .NET
2 46 (6.07%) REST
3 24 (3.17%) Terraform
4 23 (3.03%) Kafka
4 23 (3.03%) Middleware
5 21 (2.77%) .NET Framework
6 12 (1.58%) React
7 10 (1.32%) AngularJS
7 10 (1.32%) OAuth
7 10 (1.32%) SOAP
8 8 (1.06%) HTML5 Canvas
9 6 (0.79%) OAuth2
9 6 (0.79%) SAML
9 6 (0.79%) Vue
10 5 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (0.66%) RESTful
10 5 (0.66%) Spring
11 4 (0.53%) ASP.NET
11 4 (0.53%) OpenID
11 4 (0.53%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 74 (9.76%) Cloud Native
2 30 (3.96%) Product Ownership
3 25 (3.30%) Legacy Systems
4 22 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (2.37%) Mainframe
5 18 (2.37%) Management Information System
6 17 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
7 16 (2.11%) Onboarding
8 15 (1.98%) Data Centre
9 12 (1.58%) AI Agents
9 12 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (1.45%) Enterprise Cloud
11 10 (1.32%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 9 (1.19%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.06%) IoT
14 6 (0.79%) Algorithms
14 6 (0.79%) Data Structures
14 6 (0.79%) NHS
14 6 (0.79%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.92%) Windows
2 5 (0.66%) Linux
3 4 (0.53%) 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 (19.53%) Stakeholder Management
2 133 (17.55%) Migration
3 129 (17.02%) AI
4 126 (16.62%) Roadmaps
5 109 (14.38%) Enterprise Architecture
6 105 (13.85%) Agile
7 103 (13.59%) DevOps
8 91 (12.01%) Integration Patterns
9 87 (11.48%) Analytics
10 85 (11.21%) Technical Leadership
11 84 (11.08%) CI/CD
12 78 (10.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 70 (9.23%) Event-Driven
14 69 (9.10%) TOGAF
15 68 (8.97%) Data Architecture
16 66 (8.71%) Data Modelling
17 61 (8.05%) Architectural Patterns
18 57 (7.52%) Problem-Solving
19 55 (7.26%) Translating Business Requirements
20 54 (7.12%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 36 (4.75%) Java
2 28 (3.69%) Python
3 27 (3.56%) C#
4 23 (3.03%) SQL
5 18 (2.37%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.58%) PowerShell
7 11 (1.45%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.40%) Bash
9 3 (0.40%) 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
1 124 (16.36%) Security Cleared
2 106 (13.98%) SC Cleared
3 36 (4.75%) Degree
4 19 (2.51%) Azure Certification
5 14 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (1.72%) AWS Certification
6 13 (1.72%) TOGAF Certification
7 8 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.06%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (0.66%) CISA
8 5 (0.66%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.40%) 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%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.56%) GDPR
2 18 (2.37%) Data Quality
3 16 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (1.72%) NIST
5 12 (1.58%) SEPA
6 7 (0.92%) ISO 20022
7 5 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.66%) QA
8 4 (0.53%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.53%) PMO
9 3 (0.40%) NCSC
9 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.40%) 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 (2.51%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.72%) Docker
3 5 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.40%) 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 30 (3.96%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.85%) Ansible
3 8 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.66%) Grafana
5 4 (0.53%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.40%) 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%) EMC VPLEX
8 1 (0.13%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.13%) Puppet
8 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 104 (13.72%) Microsoft
2 68 (8.97%) SAP
3 54 (7.12%) Databricks
4 43 (5.67%) ServiceNow
5 39 (5.15%) Oracle
6 34 (4.49%) Salesforce
7 18 (2.37%) Google
8 13 (1.72%) BMC
9 10 (1.32%) Ariba
9 10 (1.32%) IBM
10 9 (1.19%) Cisco
10 9 (1.19%) Workday
11 8 (1.06%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.79%) MuleSoft
12 6 (0.79%) TikTok
12 6 (0.79%) VMware
13 5 (0.66%) CyberArk
13 5 (0.66%) Siemens
14 4 (0.53%) IFS
14 4 (0.53%) Remedy