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 17 January 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 97 90
Rank change year-on-year -11 -7 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 376 354 453
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.60% 2.52% 2.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.81% 2.70% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 221 300
10th Percentile £463 £494 £507
25th Percentile £563 £550 £570
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.70%
75th Percentile £770 £775 £738
90th Percentile £855 £825 £775
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 £66.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year +27.00% -12.00% +7.14%

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 13,358 13,119 16,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.51% 93.56% 93.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,859 8,445 12,227
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £558
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.43% -4.62%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 143 257
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £23.55 £23.80 £19.25
Median hourly rate £32.45 £35.00 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.29% +11.11% -7.35%
75th Percentile £62.63 £52.25 £53.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.35 £68.80
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £41.91
% change year-on-year -21.43% -16.48% +19.73%

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 17 January 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 17 January 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 17 January 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 -6 67 £675 +1.89% 19
West London -16 6 £625 -13.79% 6
East London +1 3 £765 +9.68% 1
North London - 2 £800 -
South London - 2 £750 - 2
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 January 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.

1 136 (36.17%) Azure
2 75 (19.95%) Security Cleared
3 74 (19.68%) AWS
4 66 (17.55%) Microsoft
5 63 (16.76%) SC Cleared
6 60 (15.96%) Stakeholder Management
7 59 (15.69%) Roadmaps
8 53 (14.10%) Agile
9 49 (13.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 47 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
11 45 (11.97%) DevOps
11 45 (11.97%) Technical Leadership
12 43 (11.44%) Problem-Solving
13 41 (10.90%) AI
14 40 (10.64%) Microservices
15 39 (10.37%) SAP
16 37 (9.84%) TOGAF
17 35 (9.31%) Migration
18 32 (8.51%) Middleware
18 32 (8.51%) Salesforce
19 30 (7.98%) SaaS
20 29 (7.71%) Integration Patterns
21 27 (7.18%) Architectural Design
21 27 (7.18%) CRM
22 26 (6.91%) Data Modelling
22 26 (6.91%) GCP
23 24 (6.38%) ERP
23 24 (6.38%) SAP S/4HANA
24 23 (6.12%) Degree
24 23 (6.12%) Identity Access Management

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 13 (3.46%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.13%) Confluence
3 4 (1.06%) CMS
3 4 (1.06%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.53%) NServiceBus
4 2 (0.53%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.27%) Apache
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.27%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.27%) GeoServer
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.06%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.53%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.27%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 24 (6.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.60%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.33%) SAP EWM
3 5 (1.33%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.80%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.80%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.80%) SAP PM
4 3 (0.80%) SAP PP
4 3 (0.80%) SAP QM
5 2 (0.53%) Maximo
5 2 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.53%) SAP BRIM
5 2 (0.53%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.53%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.53%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.27%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 136 (36.17%) Azure
2 74 (19.68%) AWS
3 30 (7.98%) SaaS
4 26 (6.91%) GCP
5 18 (4.79%) Power Platform
6 17 (4.52%) Dynamics 365
6 17 (4.52%) Entra ID
7 11 (2.93%) Azure Logic Apps
7 11 (2.93%) SuccessFactors
8 9 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (1.60%) Azure Service Bus
10 6 (1.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 6 (1.60%) Snowflake
11 5 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (1.33%) Fivetran
11 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (1.33%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 5 (1.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.19%) WAN
2 10 (2.66%) Firewall
2 10 (2.66%) SD-WAN
3 7 (1.86%) VPN
4 6 (1.60%) Network Security
5 5 (1.33%) BGP
5 5 (1.33%) LAN
5 5 (1.33%) MPLS
5 5 (1.33%) OSPF
6 4 (1.06%) 5G
7 3 (0.80%) BIG-IP
7 3 (0.80%) DHCP
7 3 (0.80%) DNS
7 3 (0.80%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 3 (0.80%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 3 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.53%) 4G
8 2 (0.53%) InfiniBand
8 2 (0.53%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (0.53%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.39%) Data Lake
1 9 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
1 9 (2.39%) Power BI
2 8 (2.13%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (0.80%) Delta Lake
3 3 (0.80%) SAP BW
3 3 (0.80%) Tableau
4 2 (0.53%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.53%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (0.53%) GIS
4 2 (0.53%) Metadata
4 2 (0.53%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.53%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (0.27%) EDMS
5 1 (0.27%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.27%) Redis
5 1 (0.27%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (1.60%) JIRA
2 3 (0.80%) Git
3 2 (0.53%) Artifactory
3 2 (0.53%) Chocolatey
3 2 (0.53%) GitLab
3 2 (0.53%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.27%) MLflow
General
1 121 (32.18%) Finance
2 108 (28.72%) Social Skills
3 43 (11.44%) Public Sector
4 38 (10.11%) Banking
5 34 (9.04%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (5.05%) Legal
7 16 (4.26%) Billing
8 14 (3.72%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (3.46%) Manufacturing
9 13 (3.46%) Telecoms
10 10 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (2.66%) Marketing
11 9 (2.39%) Law
11 9 (2.39%) Retail
12 8 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.33%) Back Office
14 4 (1.06%) Electronics
15 3 (0.80%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.80%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (8.51%) Middleware
2 18 (4.79%) REST
3 17 (4.52%) .NET
4 9 (2.39%) OAuth
5 8 (2.13%) JSON
6 7 (1.86%) AngularJS
6 7 (1.86%) SOAP
7 6 (1.60%) Kafka
7 6 (1.60%) OpenID
7 6 (1.60%) XML
8 5 (1.33%) Node.js
8 5 (1.33%) OAuth2
8 5 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (1.33%) SAML
9 4 (1.06%) gRPC
9 4 (1.06%) React
9 4 (1.06%) Vue
10 3 (0.80%) GraphQL
11 2 (0.53%) RESTful
11 2 (0.53%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.91%) Cloud Native
2 16 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (2.93%) FMCG
4 10 (2.66%) Data Centre
5 9 (2.39%) Onboarding
5 9 (2.39%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.13%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.60%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.33%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.33%) Taxonomies
10 4 (1.06%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.06%) Reinsurance
11 3 (0.80%) AI Agents
11 3 (0.80%) Credit Risk
11 3 (0.80%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.80%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.66%) Windows
2 4 (1.06%) Linux
3 2 (0.53%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.53%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.27%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (15.96%) Stakeholder Management
2 59 (15.69%) Roadmaps
3 53 (14.10%) Agile
4 49 (13.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 47 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
6 45 (11.97%) DevOps
6 45 (11.97%) Technical Leadership
7 43 (11.44%) Problem-Solving
8 41 (10.90%) AI
9 40 (10.64%) Microservices
10 37 (9.84%) TOGAF
11 35 (9.31%) Migration
12 29 (7.71%) Integration Patterns
13 27 (7.18%) Architectural Design
13 27 (7.18%) CRM
14 26 (6.91%) Data Modelling
15 24 (6.38%) ERP
16 23 (6.12%) Identity Access Management
17 22 (5.85%) CI/CD
17 22 (5.85%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 18 (4.79%) Python
2 13 (3.46%) C#
3 12 (3.19%) Java
4 11 (2.93%) SQL
5 9 (2.39%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.33%) Bash
6 5 (1.33%) PowerShell
6 5 (1.33%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.53%) Korn
7 2 (0.53%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.27%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.27%) Go
8 1 (0.27%) RPG
8 1 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 75 (19.95%) Security Cleared
2 63 (16.76%) SC Cleared
3 23 (6.12%) Degree
4 16 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.19%) Azure Certification
6 9 (2.39%) Master's Degree
7 8 (2.13%) AWS Certification
7 8 (2.13%) TOGAF Certification
8 6 (1.60%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.80%) CCIE
10 3 (0.80%) CCNP
10 3 (0.80%) CCSE
10 3 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.80%) CISSP
10 3 (0.80%) JNCIE
10 3 (0.80%) JNCIP
10 3 (0.80%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.79%) GDPR
2 8 (2.13%) QA
3 7 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.60%) NIST
5 5 (1.33%) EU AI Act
6 4 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.80%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.80%) GRC
7 3 (0.80%) NCSC
7 3 (0.80%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.53%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.53%) PSD2
8 2 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.27%) COBIT
9 1 (0.27%) MiFID
9 1 (0.27%) PMO
9 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.27%) Solvency II
System Software
1 11 (2.93%) Active Directory
1 11 (2.93%) Docker
2 2 (0.53%) Ceph
2 2 (0.53%) Firmware
2 2 (0.53%) Lustre
2 2 (0.53%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (4.52%) Terraform
2 12 (3.19%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.86%) Ansible
4 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.06%) FortiGate
5 4 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.53%) SCCM
7 1 (0.27%) Grafana
7 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.27%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 66 (17.55%) Microsoft
2 39 (10.37%) SAP
3 32 (8.51%) Salesforce
4 22 (5.85%) Oracle
5 18 (4.79%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.19%) Cisco
7 11 (2.93%) Google
8 9 (2.39%) Databricks
9 8 (2.13%) IBM
9 8 (2.13%) Palo Alto
9 8 (2.13%) Software AG
10 7 (1.86%) Workday
11 5 (1.33%) Ariba
11 5 (1.33%) F5
11 5 (1.33%) Juniper
12 4 (1.06%) Adobe
12 4 (1.06%) Dell
12 4 (1.06%) IFS
12 4 (1.06%) MuleSoft
12 4 (1.06%) Remedy