Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Solution Architect
England > London

The median Solution Architect daily rate in London is £626, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 June 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 94 80
Rank change year-on-year +17 -14 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 667 362 514
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.52% 2.91% 2.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.79% 3.12% 3.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 452 214 352
10th Percentile £493 £500 £475
25th Percentile £525 £568 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £626 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.77% - -5.45%
75th Percentile £750 £734 £775
90th Percentile £800 £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 £64.50 £89.00
% change year-on-year +10.50% -27.53% +33.33%

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 17,583 11,612 16,630
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.85% 93.47% 93.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,593 7,879 11,938
10th Percentile £358 £340 £325
25th Percentile £435 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £799 £800
England median daily rate £520 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 169 326
10th Percentile £18.75 £19.89 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.00 £20.22
Median hourly rate £39.25 £32.89 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +19.34% +18.27% -24.37%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.75 £46.05
90th Percentile £78.88 £65.00 £66.75
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.75 £39.53
% change year-on-year +56.52% -27.26% -12.17%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 18 June 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 +14 111 £675 -3.57% 18
South London -7 6 £637 -0.08% 1
West London -22 5 £688 +17.02% 12
East London -2 3 £630 +20.00% 2
North London - 1 £650 - 1
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 June 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.

1 202 (30.28%) Azure
2 149 (22.34%) AWS
3 124 (18.59%) Security Cleared
4 118 (17.69%) AI
5 111 (16.64%) Migration
6 108 (16.19%) DevOps
7 105 (15.74%) SC Cleared
8 101 (15.14%) Agile
9 99 (14.84%) Roadmaps
10 95 (14.24%) Stakeholder Management
11 86 (12.89%) Microsoft
12 83 (12.44%) Enterprise Architecture
13 75 (11.24%) CI/CD
14 69 (10.34%) Integration Patterns
15 68 (10.19%) Analytics
16 63 (9.45%) Problem-Solving
17 59 (8.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 59 (8.85%) TOGAF
18 56 (8.40%) Technical Leadership
19 55 (8.25%) SAP
20 53 (7.95%) .NET
21 50 (7.50%) Event-Driven
22 49 (7.35%) ERP
23 48 (7.20%) Data Modelling
23 48 (7.20%) GCP
23 48 (7.20%) Microservices
24 46 (6.90%) Data Architecture
24 46 (6.90%) Infrastructure as Code
25 44 (6.60%) Degree
26 43 (6.45%) 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 16 (2.40%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.20%) Camunda
3 7 (1.05%) Confluence
4 5 (0.75%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.60%) Apache
6 3 (0.45%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.45%) nginx
7 2 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.15%) Appian
8 1 (0.15%) CMS
8 1 (0.15%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.15%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.30%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.15%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 32 (4.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.20%) SAP BRIM
3 7 (1.05%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.75%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 4 (0.60%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 4 (0.60%) SAP Convergent Charging
6 3 (0.45%) SAP FSCM
6 3 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.45%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.45%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle Retail
7 2 (0.30%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.30%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.15%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.15%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 202 (30.28%) Azure
2 149 (22.34%) AWS
3 48 (7.20%) GCP
4 35 (5.25%) Power Platform
5 28 (4.20%) SaaS
6 22 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (3.30%) Serverless
7 19 (2.85%) Dynamics 365
7 19 (2.85%) Entra ID
8 17 (2.55%) PaaS
8 17 (2.55%) Snowflake
9 15 (2.25%) GitHub
10 12 (1.80%) Azure AI
10 12 (1.80%) Azure Machine Learning
10 12 (1.80%) IaaS
11 11 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
11 11 (1.65%) Power Automate
11 11 (1.65%) SuccessFactors
12 10 (1.50%) Azure Logic Apps
12 10 (1.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.95%) Firewall
2 12 (1.80%) Network Security
2 12 (1.80%) VPN
3 8 (1.20%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.05%) WAN
5 6 (0.90%) DNS
5 6 (0.90%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.60%) MPLS
7 3 (0.45%) FTP
7 3 (0.45%) OpenVPN
7 3 (0.45%) SSL
7 3 (0.45%) VoIP
7 3 (0.45%) Wireless
8 2 (0.30%) DHCP
8 2 (0.30%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 2 (0.30%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (0.30%) IPv4
8 2 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (0.30%) SDH
8 2 (0.30%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (4.50%) Data Lake
2 20 (3.00%) Power BI
3 15 (2.25%) SQL Server
4 14 (2.10%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (1.65%) Metadata
5 11 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.05%) Big Data
7 5 (0.75%) NoSQL
7 5 (0.75%) Tableau
8 4 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.60%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (0.60%) Flink
8 4 (0.60%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.45%) Delta Lake
9 3 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
9 3 (0.45%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 2 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.30%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 12 (1.80%) JIRA
2 6 (0.90%) MLflow
3 4 (0.60%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.60%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.45%) Maven
5 2 (0.30%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.30%) ERwin
5 2 (0.30%) Git
5 2 (0.30%) GitLab
6 1 (0.15%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.15%) MSI
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.15%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.15%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.15%) Subversion
6 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.15%) VersionOne
General
1 169 (25.34%) Finance
2 134 (20.09%) Social Skills
3 63 (9.45%) Public Sector
4 54 (8.10%) Banking
5 36 (5.40%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (4.35%) Retail
7 24 (3.60%) Telecoms
8 20 (3.00%) Billing
8 20 (3.00%) Documentation Skills
8 20 (3.00%) Legal
9 15 (2.25%) Manufacturing
10 9 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (0.90%) Local Government
12 5 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.75%) Law
12 5 (0.75%) Marketing
13 3 (0.45%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.45%) Automotive
13 3 (0.45%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (7.95%) .NET
2 36 (5.40%) Middleware
3 33 (4.95%) REST
4 19 (2.85%) .NET Framework
5 17 (2.55%) React
6 13 (1.95%) AngularJS
7 10 (1.50%) Kafka
8 8 (1.20%) Vue
9 7 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
9 7 (1.05%) SOAP
10 6 (0.90%) .NET Core
10 6 (0.90%) CSS
10 6 (0.90%) HTML
10 6 (0.90%) HTML5 Canvas
11 5 (0.75%) LDAP
11 5 (0.75%) Spring
12 4 (0.60%) FHIR
12 4 (0.60%) PySpark
12 4 (0.60%) SAML
12 4 (0.60%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 66 (9.90%) Cloud Native
2 23 (3.45%) Product Ownership
3 20 (3.00%) Legacy Systems
4 17 (2.55%) Mainframe
5 16 (2.40%) Management Information System
6 15 (2.25%) Data Centre
6 15 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.80%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
10 10 (1.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 8 (1.20%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.20%) Virtual Team
12 7 (1.05%) Data Structures
12 7 (1.05%) Enterprise Cloud
12 7 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.05%) NHS
13 6 (0.90%) Algorithms
14 5 (0.75%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.20%) Windows
2 3 (0.45%) Linux
3 2 (0.30%) Android
3 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.30%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.30%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (17.69%) AI
2 111 (16.64%) Migration
3 108 (16.19%) DevOps
4 101 (15.14%) Agile
5 99 (14.84%) Roadmaps
6 95 (14.24%) Stakeholder Management
7 83 (12.44%) Enterprise Architecture
8 75 (11.24%) CI/CD
9 69 (10.34%) Integration Patterns
10 68 (10.19%) Analytics
11 63 (9.45%) Problem-Solving
12 59 (8.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 59 (8.85%) TOGAF
13 56 (8.40%) Technical Leadership
14 50 (7.50%) Event-Driven
15 49 (7.35%) ERP
16 48 (7.20%) Data Modelling
16 48 (7.20%) Microservices
17 46 (6.90%) Data Architecture
17 46 (6.90%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 43 (6.45%) Python
2 36 (5.40%) Java
3 27 (4.05%) C#
4 24 (3.60%) SQL
5 15 (2.25%) JavaScript
6 11 (1.65%) TypeScript
7 7 (1.05%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.45%) Bash
8 3 (0.45%) R
9 2 (0.30%) Bicep
9 2 (0.30%) Korn
9 2 (0.30%) Scala
10 1 (0.15%) ABAP
10 1 (0.15%) C++
10 1 (0.15%) Groovy
10 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.15%) RPG
10 1 (0.15%) X++
Qualifications
1 124 (18.59%) Security Cleared
2 105 (15.74%) SC Cleared
3 44 (6.60%) Degree
4 18 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.40%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.10%) AWS Certification
7 12 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.50%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
10 7 (1.05%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.75%) CISA
12 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.60%) CISSP
14 3 (0.45%) DBS Check
15 2 (0.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 2 (0.30%) CCNP
15 2 (0.30%) CCSP
15 2 (0.30%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.50%) GDPR
2 15 (2.25%) Data Quality
3 12 (1.80%) SEPA
4 11 (1.65%) NIST
5 10 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.50%) PSD2
6 9 (1.35%) ISO 20022
6 9 (1.35%) QA
7 7 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.60%) HL7
8 4 (0.60%) NCSC
8 4 (0.60%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.45%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.45%) TARGET2
10 2 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.30%) GRC
11 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.15%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (3.30%) Docker
2 15 (2.25%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.45%) Squid
4 2 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 34 (5.10%) Kubernetes
2 33 (4.95%) Terraform
3 13 (1.95%) Ansible
4 7 (1.05%) FortiGate
4 7 (1.05%) Grafana
4 7 (1.05%) Prometheus
4 7 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.45%) SCCM
6 2 (0.30%) Argo
6 2 (0.30%) Consul
6 2 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.30%) Kubeflow
6 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.15%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 86 (12.89%) Microsoft
2 55 (8.25%) SAP
3 43 (6.45%) Oracle
4 39 (5.85%) ServiceNow
5 33 (4.95%) Databricks
6 32 (4.80%) Salesforce
7 15 (2.25%) Cisco
8 11 (1.65%) Ariba
8 11 (1.65%) Google
8 11 (1.65%) Workday
9 8 (1.20%) IFS
9 8 (1.20%) OpenAI
10 7 (1.05%) Palo Alto
10 7 (1.05%) Software AG
11 5 (0.75%) Aruba
11 5 (0.75%) Dynatrace
11 5 (0.75%) IBM
11 5 (0.75%) MuleSoft
11 5 (0.75%) Siemens
12 4 (0.60%) Confluent