Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Solution Architect
England > London

The median Solution Architect daily rate in London is £640, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 106 86
Rank change year-on-year +39 -20 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 775 374 467
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.85% 2.74% 2.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.13% 2.95% 3.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 529 214 330
10th Percentile £493 £480 £485
25th Percentile £532 £568 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 £650 £674
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% -3.49% -2.04%
75th Percentile £738 £725 £797
90th Percentile £788 £800 £888
England median daily rate £625 £625 £630
% change year-on-year - -0.79% -4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £38.30 - £52.55
25th Percentile £43.25 £52.50 £53.38
Median hourly rate £53.00 £60.00 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +5.26% +9.57%
75th Percentile £61.63 £67.50 £60.88
90th Percentile £65.90 - £61.85
England median hourly rate £71.27 £45.10 £77.50
% change year-on-year +58.03% -41.81% +8.77%

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 18,752 12,672 15,401
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 92.93% 94.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,269 8,586 10,953
10th Percentile £363 £326 £340
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £653 £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 353 201 213
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.75 £22.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £30.00 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -6.25% -14.48%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.50 £52.00
90th Percentile £78.71 £63.75 £71.75
England median hourly rate £45.00 £26.28 £43.90
% change year-on-year +71.23% -40.14% +2.09%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 +20 110 £675 - 42
West London -13 6 £650 +60.49% 11
South London -16 5 £744 +14.38% 4
East London -1 2 £650 -3.78%
North London -2 1 £650 -27.78%
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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.

1 233 (30.06%) Azure
2 163 (21.03%) AWS
3 145 (18.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 136 (17.55%) Migration
5 135 (17.42%) AI
6 133 (17.16%) Roadmaps
7 125 (16.13%) Security Cleared
8 112 (14.45%) DevOps
9 111 (14.32%) Enterprise Architecture
10 109 (14.06%) Agile
11 107 (13.81%) SC Cleared
12 103 (13.29%) Microsoft
13 86 (11.10%) Integration Patterns
14 84 (10.84%) Analytics
15 83 (10.71%) CI/CD
16 82 (10.58%) Technical Leadership
17 77 (9.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 76 (9.81%) TOGAF
19 71 (9.16%) SAP
20 66 (8.52%) Event-Driven
21 64 (8.26%) Data Architecture
22 62 (8.00%) ERP
23 61 (7.87%) Data Modelling
24 59 (7.61%) Problem-Solving
25 58 (7.48%) Microservices
26 57 (7.35%) .NET
26 57 (7.35%) Architectural Patterns
26 57 (7.35%) GCP
27 54 (6.97%) Machine Learning
28 53 (6.84%) CRM

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 12 (1.55%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.90%) CMS
2 7 (0.90%) Confluence
3 6 (0.77%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.65%) Camunda
5 4 (0.52%) Apache
6 3 (0.39%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.39%) nginx
7 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.13%) Appian
8 1 (0.13%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.13%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 34 (4.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.03%) SAP BRIM
4 7 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.65%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (0.65%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (0.65%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 4 (0.52%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 4 (0.52%) SAP Convergent Charging
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle Retail
7 3 (0.39%) SAP FSCM
7 3 (0.39%) Teamcenter
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.26%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.26%) SAP PM
8 2 (0.26%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.13%) SAP HR
9 1 (0.13%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 233 (30.06%) Azure
2 163 (21.03%) AWS
3 57 (7.35%) GCP
4 42 (5.42%) Power Platform
5 29 (3.74%) Dynamics 365
5 29 (3.74%) SaaS
6 26 (3.35%) Entra ID
7 24 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
8 23 (2.97%) Serverless
9 18 (2.32%) GitHub
10 17 (2.19%) PaaS
11 16 (2.06%) Snowflake
12 14 (1.81%) Microsoft 365
13 13 (1.68%) Power Automate
14 12 (1.55%) Azure AI
14 12 (1.55%) IaaS
15 11 (1.42%) Azure Machine Learning
15 11 (1.42%) PowerApps
16 10 (1.29%) OCI
17 9 (1.16%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.55%) Firewall
2 11 (1.42%) Network Security
3 10 (1.29%) VPN
4 7 (0.90%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.65%) DNS
6 4 (0.52%) MPLS
7 3 (0.39%) DMZ
7 3 (0.39%) FTP
7 3 (0.39%) SSL
7 3 (0.39%) VoIP
7 3 (0.39%) Wireless
8 2 (0.26%) DHCP
8 2 (0.26%) HTTP
8 2 (0.26%) IPv4
8 2 (0.26%) IPv6
8 2 (0.26%) OpenVPN
8 2 (0.26%) RFID
8 2 (0.26%) SDH
8 2 (0.26%) SMS
8 2 (0.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (5.29%) Data Lake
2 22 (2.84%) Power BI
3 17 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (1.94%) SQL Server
5 14 (1.81%) Metadata
6 11 (1.42%) Big Data
7 10 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (0.77%) Delta Lake
9 4 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.52%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.52%) Flink
9 4 (0.52%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.52%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.52%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
10 3 (0.39%) GIS
10 3 (0.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.39%) Star Schema
10 3 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (1.42%) JIRA
2 6 (0.77%) MLflow
3 5 (0.65%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.52%) Git
5 3 (0.39%) ERwin
5 3 (0.39%) Maven
5 3 (0.39%) PowerDesigner
5 3 (0.39%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.26%) GitLab
7 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.13%) MSI
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.13%) Subversion
7 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.13%) VersionOne
General
1 173 (22.32%) Finance
2 164 (21.16%) Social Skills
3 66 (8.52%) Public Sector
4 61 (7.87%) Retail
5 58 (7.48%) Banking
6 30 (3.87%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (3.23%) Telecoms
8 22 (2.84%) Billing
9 16 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
9 16 (2.06%) Legal
9 16 (2.06%) Manufacturing
10 14 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (0.90%) Marketing
13 6 (0.77%) Local Government
13 6 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.52%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.39%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.39%) Automotive
15 3 (0.39%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (7.35%) .NET
2 43 (5.55%) REST
3 32 (4.13%) Middleware
4 21 (2.71%) .NET Framework
4 21 (2.71%) Kafka
5 16 (2.06%) React
6 11 (1.42%) AngularJS
7 10 (1.29%) SOAP
8 8 (1.03%) HTML5 Canvas
8 8 (1.03%) OAuth
9 7 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
9 7 (0.90%) Vue
10 6 (0.77%) .NET Core
11 5 (0.65%) SAML
12 4 (0.52%) ASP.NET
12 4 (0.52%) CSS
12 4 (0.52%) HTML
12 4 (0.52%) LDAP
12 4 (0.52%) OpenID
12 4 (0.52%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 78 (10.06%) Cloud Native
2 31 (4.00%) Product Ownership
3 27 (3.48%) Legacy Systems
4 21 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (2.32%) Mainframe
6 17 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
6 17 (2.19%) Management Information System
7 14 (1.81%) Data Centre
8 13 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (1.55%) Onboarding
9 12 (1.55%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 10 (1.29%) AI Agents
10 10 (1.29%) Enterprise Cloud
11 9 (1.16%) NHS
11 9 (1.16%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.03%) Algorithms
12 8 (1.03%) IoT
13 7 (0.90%) Data Structures
14 6 (0.77%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.77%) Windows
2 4 (0.52%) Linux
3 3 (0.39%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.26%) Android
4 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (18.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 136 (17.55%) Migration
3 135 (17.42%) AI
4 133 (17.16%) Roadmaps
5 112 (14.45%) DevOps
6 111 (14.32%) Enterprise Architecture
7 109 (14.06%) Agile
8 86 (11.10%) Integration Patterns
9 84 (10.84%) Analytics
10 83 (10.71%) CI/CD
11 82 (10.58%) Technical Leadership
12 77 (9.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 76 (9.81%) TOGAF
14 66 (8.52%) Event-Driven
15 64 (8.26%) Data Architecture
16 62 (8.00%) ERP
17 61 (7.87%) Data Modelling
18 59 (7.61%) Problem-Solving
19 58 (7.48%) Microservices
20 57 (7.35%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 37 (4.77%) Java
2 36 (4.65%) Python
3 31 (4.00%) C#
4 24 (3.10%) SQL
5 20 (2.58%) JavaScript
6 11 (1.42%) TypeScript
7 8 (1.03%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.39%) Bash
8 3 (0.39%) Scala
9 2 (0.26%) Bicep
9 2 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.13%) ABAP
10 1 (0.13%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.13%) C++
10 1 (0.13%) Go
10 1 (0.13%) Groovy
10 1 (0.13%) R
10 1 (0.13%) X++
Qualifications
1 125 (16.13%) Security Cleared
2 107 (13.81%) SC Cleared
3 38 (4.90%) Degree
4 20 (2.58%) Azure Certification
5 16 (2.06%) AWS Certification
6 13 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (1.68%) TOGAF Certification
7 12 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.03%) DV Cleared
9 6 (0.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (0.65%) CISA
10 5 (0.65%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.52%) CISSP
11 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.39%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (0.26%) CCSP
13 2 (0.26%) CISM
13 2 (0.26%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (4.13%) GDPR
2 21 (2.71%) Data Quality
3 15 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (1.81%) SEPA
5 13 (1.68%) NIST
6 11 (1.42%) ISO 20022
7 8 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.77%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.77%) PSD2
9 5 (0.65%) QA
10 4 (0.52%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.52%) PMO
11 3 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.39%) HL7
11 3 (0.39%) NCSC
12 2 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.26%) GRC
12 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 18 (2.32%) Active Directory
1 18 (2.32%) Docker
2 4 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.26%) Squid
4 2 (0.26%) 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 34 (4.39%) Kubernetes
2 27 (3.48%) Terraform
3 13 (1.68%) Ansible
4 9 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.90%) Grafana
6 6 (0.77%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.39%) SCCM
8 2 (0.26%) Argo
8 2 (0.26%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.26%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.13%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.13%) Avamar
9 1 (0.13%) Consul
9 1 (0.13%) EMC VPLEX
9 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 103 (13.29%) Microsoft
2 71 (9.16%) SAP
3 52 (6.71%) Databricks
4 44 (5.68%) Oracle
4 44 (5.68%) ServiceNow
5 32 (4.13%) Salesforce
6 12 (1.55%) Ariba
6 12 (1.55%) Google
7 11 (1.42%) Cisco
7 11 (1.42%) Workday
8 9 (1.16%) OpenAI
9 8 (1.03%) IBM
9 8 (1.03%) IFS
10 6 (0.77%) BMC
10 6 (0.77%) MuleSoft
11 5 (0.65%) CyberArk
11 5 (0.65%) Siemens
11 5 (0.65%) VMware
12 4 (0.52%) Dynatrace
12 4 (0.52%) Yardi