Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Solution Architect
England > London

The median Solution Architect daily rate in London is £628, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 April 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 94 81
Rank change year-on-year +10 -13 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 560 366 492
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.19% 2.87% 2.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.44% 3.07% 2.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 372 235 345
10th Percentile £476 £508 £488
25th Percentile £525 £575 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £628 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% - -3.70%
75th Percentile £750 £750 £750
90th Percentile £813 £813 £838
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -3.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £54.35 - -
25th Percentile £58.63 £52.50 £57.50
Median hourly rate £64.75 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.92% - +21.21%
75th Percentile £69.06 £67.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £69.63 - -
England median hourly rate £71.27 £66.00 £88.00
% change year-on-year +7.98% -25.00% +31.84%

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 16,261 11,918 16,636
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 93.51% 93.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,837 8,182 12,042
10th Percentile £350 £341 £325
25th Percentile £425 £434 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.24% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 146 342
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.73 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.63 £24.30 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £27.66
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +26.56% -21.55%
75th Percentile £63.26 £50.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £64.38 £64.45
England median hourly rate £45.46 £31.64 £35.50
% change year-on-year +43.68% -10.87% -21.11%

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 April 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 April 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 April 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 85 £675 -2.17% 24
South London -9 6 £637 -0.08%
West London -21 6 £625 +6.38% 3
East London -3 3 £630 - 4
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 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.

1 159 (28.39%) Azure
2 123 (21.96%) AWS
3 96 (17.14%) AI
4 94 (16.79%) Agile
4 94 (16.79%) Security Cleared
5 92 (16.43%) DevOps
6 87 (15.54%) Roadmaps
7 82 (14.64%) Microsoft
8 80 (14.29%) SC Cleared
9 75 (13.39%) Migration
10 71 (12.68%) Problem-Solving
11 68 (12.14%) Stakeholder Management
12 64 (11.43%) Enterprise Architecture
13 58 (10.36%) CI/CD
14 56 (10.00%) Integration Patterns
14 56 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
15 53 (9.46%) Analytics
16 52 (9.29%) ERP
16 52 (9.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 51 (9.11%) Middleware
18 50 (8.93%) Microservices
19 48 (8.57%) SAP
20 44 (7.86%) Oracle
20 44 (7.86%) Python
21 43 (7.68%) GCP
22 42 (7.50%) .NET
23 41 (7.32%) TOGAF
24 40 (7.14%) Data Modelling
25 38 (6.79%) Machine Learning
26 36 (6.43%) Architectural Patterns

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 (2.68%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.25%) Camunda
3 6 (1.07%) Confluence
4 5 (0.89%) Apache
4 5 (0.89%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.71%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.54%) CMS
6 3 (0.54%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.54%) nginx
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.18%) Appian
7 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.18%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.18%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.18%) ThingWorx
7 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.36%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.18%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.18%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 30 (5.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.07%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.89%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.89%) SAP EWM
3 5 (0.89%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.89%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.71%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 4 (0.71%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 4 (0.71%) SAP PM
4 4 (0.71%) SAP PP
4 4 (0.71%) SAP QM
5 3 (0.54%) SAP FSCM
5 3 (0.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.36%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.36%) SAP BRIM
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 159 (28.39%) Azure
2 123 (21.96%) AWS
3 43 (7.68%) GCP
4 30 (5.36%) SaaS
5 27 (4.82%) Power Platform
6 18 (3.21%) Dynamics 365
7 17 (3.04%) Entra ID
8 16 (2.86%) Snowflake
9 15 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (2.68%) Serverless
10 12 (2.14%) PaaS
11 10 (1.79%) Azure AI
11 10 (1.79%) Azure Logic Apps
12 9 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (1.61%) SuccessFactors
13 8 (1.43%) Azure Machine Learning
14 7 (1.25%) Amazon SageMaker
14 7 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
14 7 (1.25%) GitHub
14 7 (1.25%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.79%) Firewall
2 9 (1.61%) WAN
3 8 (1.43%) VPN
4 7 (1.25%) Network Security
5 6 (1.07%) SD-WAN
6 5 (0.89%) DNS
7 4 (0.71%) MPLS
8 3 (0.54%) 5G
8 3 (0.54%) FTP
8 3 (0.54%) OpenVPN
8 3 (0.54%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.36%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 2 (0.36%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 2 (0.36%) InfiniBand
9 2 (0.36%) IPv4
9 2 (0.36%) IPv6
9 2 (0.36%) LAN
9 2 (0.36%) Radio Access Network
9 2 (0.36%) SMS
9 2 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (5.18%) Data Lake
2 15 (2.68%) SQL Server
3 13 (2.32%) Power BI
4 12 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.07%) Big Data
7 5 (0.89%) Electronic Patient Records
7 5 (0.89%) Metadata
7 5 (0.89%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 5 (0.89%) Tableau
8 4 (0.71%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (0.71%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.71%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.71%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.54%) Delta Lake
9 3 (0.54%) Flink
10 2 (0.36%) GIS
10 2 (0.36%) Pinecone
10 2 (0.36%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 11 (1.96%) JIRA
2 6 (1.07%) MLflow
3 4 (0.71%) Git
4 3 (0.54%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.36%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.36%) Chocolatey
5 2 (0.36%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.36%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.18%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.18%) ERwin
6 1 (0.18%) GitLab
6 1 (0.18%) Maven
6 1 (0.18%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.18%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.18%) Subversion
6 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.18%) VersionOne
General
1 155 (27.68%) Finance
2 133 (23.75%) Social Skills
3 57 (10.18%) Banking
4 51 (9.11%) Public Sector
5 37 (6.61%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
6 20 (3.57%) Legal
7 19 (3.39%) Telecoms
8 16 (2.86%) Manufacturing
9 15 (2.68%) Billing
9 15 (2.68%) Retail
10 14 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (1.79%) Law
12 8 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.25%) Marketing
14 4 (0.71%) Back Office
15 3 (0.54%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.54%) Local Government
16 2 (0.36%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (9.11%) Middleware
2 42 (7.50%) .NET
3 30 (5.36%) REST
4 18 (3.21%) React
5 14 (2.50%) Kafka
6 13 (2.32%) .NET Framework
6 13 (2.32%) AngularJS
7 10 (1.79%) Vue
8 8 (1.43%) SOAP
9 6 (1.07%) CSS
9 6 (1.07%) HTML
9 6 (1.07%) OAuth
10 5 (0.89%) OpenID
10 5 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (0.89%) Spring
11 4 (0.71%) .NET Core
11 4 (0.71%) FHIR
11 4 (0.71%) GraphQL
11 4 (0.71%) gRPC
11 4 (0.71%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 55 (9.82%) Cloud Native
2 19 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (2.86%) Data Centre
4 15 (2.68%) Data Protection Act
5 14 (2.50%) Product Ownership
6 13 (2.32%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (1.96%) FMCG
8 10 (1.79%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 9 (1.61%) Mainframe
9 9 (1.61%) Management Information System
9 9 (1.61%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.43%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.25%) AI Agents
11 7 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
12 6 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.07%) Mobile App
13 5 (0.89%) Virtual Team
14 4 (0.71%) NHS
14 4 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.43%) Windows
2 4 (0.71%) Linux
3 2 (0.36%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.36%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.18%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (17.14%) AI
2 94 (16.79%) Agile
3 92 (16.43%) DevOps
4 87 (15.54%) Roadmaps
5 75 (13.39%) Migration
6 71 (12.68%) Problem-Solving
7 68 (12.14%) Stakeholder Management
8 64 (11.43%) Enterprise Architecture
9 58 (10.36%) CI/CD
10 56 (10.00%) Integration Patterns
10 56 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
11 53 (9.46%) Analytics
12 52 (9.29%) ERP
12 52 (9.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 50 (8.93%) Microservices
14 41 (7.32%) TOGAF
15 40 (7.14%) Data Modelling
16 38 (6.79%) Machine Learning
17 36 (6.43%) Architectural Patterns
17 36 (6.43%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 44 (7.86%) Python
2 36 (6.43%) Java
3 24 (4.29%) C#
4 21 (3.75%) SQL
5 12 (2.14%) JavaScript
6 11 (1.96%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.07%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.54%) Bash
8 3 (0.54%) R
8 3 (0.54%) Scala
9 2 (0.36%) Korn
9 2 (0.36%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.18%) ABAP
10 1 (0.18%) Bicep
10 1 (0.18%) C++
10 1 (0.18%) RPG
10 1 (0.18%) X++
Qualifications
1 94 (16.79%) Security Cleared
2 80 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 34 (6.07%) Degree
4 21 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.21%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.50%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.32%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.89%) CISA
11 4 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.71%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.54%) CISSP
13 2 (0.36%) CCNP
13 2 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.36%) CISM
13 2 (0.36%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.18%) CCSE
14 1 (0.18%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.18%) GDPR
2 10 (1.79%) SEPA
3 9 (1.61%) ISO 20022
4 8 (1.43%) PSD2
4 8 (1.43%) QA
5 6 (1.07%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.89%) NIST
6 5 (0.89%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.71%) HL7
8 3 (0.54%) TARGET2
9 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.18%) NCSC
System Software
1 21 (3.75%) Docker
2 14 (2.50%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.54%) Squid
4 2 (0.36%) Ceph
4 2 (0.36%) Firmware
4 2 (0.36%) Lustre
4 2 (0.36%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.18%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (5.71%) Terraform
2 29 (5.18%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.43%) Grafana
3 8 (1.43%) Prometheus
3 8 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.25%) FortiGate
5 4 (0.71%) Ansible
5 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.36%) Consul
6 2 (0.36%) Kubeflow
6 2 (0.36%) SCCM
7 1 (0.18%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 82 (14.64%) Microsoft
2 48 (8.57%) SAP
3 44 (7.86%) Oracle
4 32 (5.71%) Salesforce
5 29 (5.18%) ServiceNow
6 25 (4.46%) Databricks
7 14 (2.50%) Workday
8 12 (2.14%) Software AG
9 11 (1.96%) Ariba
9 11 (1.96%) Google
10 9 (1.61%) Cisco
11 8 (1.43%) IBM
12 7 (1.25%) OpenAI
13 6 (1.07%) MuleSoft
14 5 (0.89%) Dynatrace
15 4 (0.71%) Confluent
15 4 (0.71%) IFS
15 4 (0.71%) Palo Alto
15 4 (0.71%) Planon
15 4 (0.71%) Yardi