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 24 April 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 94 83
Rank change year-on-year +5 -11 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 556 366 492
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.17% 2.87% 2.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.42% 3.07% 2.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 368 234 343
10th Percentile £475 £507 £486
25th Percentile £525 £575 £525
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% -3.70%
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 16,249 11,912 16,648
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 93.50% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,831 8,175 12,033
10th Percentile £350 £340 £325
25th Percentile £425 £431 £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 £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.90% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 145 342
10th Percentile £18.75 £21.08 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.88 £24.66 £20.01
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £27.66
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +26.56% -20.99%
75th Percentile £63.16 £50.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £64.50 £64.45
England median hourly rate £45.46 £31.76 £35.00
% change year-on-year +43.14% -9.26% -22.22%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -7 83 £675 -2.88% 23
South London -9 6 £637 -2.00% 1
West London -20 6 £625 +6.38% 4
East London -1 3 £630 - 5
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 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 (28.60%) Azure
2 123 (22.12%) AWS
3 94 (16.91%) Agile
3 94 (16.91%) AI
4 92 (16.55%) DevOps
4 92 (16.55%) Security Cleared
5 87 (15.65%) Roadmaps
6 84 (15.11%) Microsoft
7 79 (14.21%) SC Cleared
8 75 (13.49%) Migration
9 71 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
10 69 (12.41%) Stakeholder Management
11 65 (11.69%) Enterprise Architecture
12 58 (10.43%) CI/CD
13 57 (10.25%) Technical Leadership
14 56 (10.07%) Integration Patterns
15 53 (9.53%) Analytics
15 53 (9.53%) ERP
16 52 (9.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 51 (9.17%) Middleware
18 50 (8.99%) Microservices
19 46 (8.27%) SAP
20 44 (7.91%) Oracle
20 44 (7.91%) Python
21 42 (7.55%) .NET
21 42 (7.55%) GCP
22 41 (7.37%) Data Modelling
22 41 (7.37%) TOGAF
23 38 (6.83%) Machine Learning
24 37 (6.65%) 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 15 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.26%) Camunda
3 6 (1.08%) Confluence
4 5 (0.90%) Apache
4 5 (0.90%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.72%) CMS
5 4 (0.72%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
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 (0.72%) 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 (5.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.08%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.90%) SAP EWM
3 5 (0.90%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.90%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.72%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 4 (0.72%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 4 (0.72%) SAP PM
4 4 (0.72%) SAP PP
4 4 (0.72%) 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
7 1 (0.18%) DELMIA
7 1 (0.18%) Maximo
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 159 (28.60%) Azure
2 123 (22.12%) AWS
3 42 (7.55%) GCP
4 29 (5.22%) SaaS
5 28 (5.04%) Power Platform
6 19 (3.42%) Dynamics 365
7 17 (3.06%) Entra ID
8 16 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (2.88%) Snowflake
9 15 (2.70%) Serverless
10 12 (2.16%) PaaS
11 11 (1.98%) Azure Logic Apps
12 9 (1.62%) Azure AI
12 9 (1.62%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (1.62%) SuccessFactors
13 8 (1.44%) Azure Machine Learning
13 8 (1.44%) Microsoft Copilot
14 7 (1.26%) Azure Monitor
14 7 (1.26%) Azure Service Bus
14 7 (1.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.80%) Firewall
2 9 (1.62%) WAN
3 8 (1.44%) VPN
4 7 (1.26%) Network Security
5 6 (1.08%) SD-WAN
6 5 (0.90%) DNS
7 4 (0.72%) 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 (5.22%) Data Lake
2 16 (2.88%) SQL Server
3 13 (2.34%) Power BI
4 12 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.08%) Big Data
7 5 (0.90%) Electronic Patient Records
7 5 (0.90%) Metadata
7 5 (0.90%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 5 (0.90%) Tableau
8 4 (0.72%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (0.72%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.72%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.54%) Delta Lake
9 3 (0.54%) Flink
9 3 (0.54%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.36%) Pinecone
10 2 (0.36%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 11 (1.98%) JIRA
2 6 (1.08%) MLflow
3 4 (0.72%) 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
1 152 (27.34%) Finance
2 134 (24.10%) Social Skills
3 57 (10.25%) Banking
4 52 (9.35%) Public Sector
5 37 (6.65%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (3.78%) Documentation Skills
7 20 (3.60%) Legal
8 18 (3.24%) Telecoms
9 16 (2.88%) Manufacturing
9 16 (2.88%) Retail
10 14 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.98%) Billing
12 10 (1.80%) Law
13 8 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.26%) Marketing
15 4 (0.72%) Back Office
16 3 (0.54%) Investment Banking
16 3 (0.54%) Local Government
17 2 (0.36%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (9.17%) Middleware
2 42 (7.55%) .NET
3 30 (5.40%) REST
4 18 (3.24%) React
5 13 (2.34%) AngularJS
5 13 (2.34%) Kafka
6 12 (2.16%) .NET Framework
7 10 (1.80%) Vue
8 8 (1.44%) SOAP
9 6 (1.08%) CSS
9 6 (1.08%) HTML
9 6 (1.08%) OAuth
10 5 (0.90%) OpenID
10 5 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (0.90%) Spring
10 5 (0.90%) XML
11 4 (0.72%) GraphQL
11 4 (0.72%) LDAP
11 4 (0.72%) Spring Boot
11 4 (0.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 55 (9.89%) Cloud Native
2 20 (3.60%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (2.88%) Data Centre
4 15 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
5 14 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (2.52%) Product Ownership
6 11 (1.98%) FMCG
7 10 (1.80%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 9 (1.62%) Mainframe
8 9 (1.62%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.62%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.44%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.26%) AI Agents
10 7 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.08%) Mobile App
12 5 (0.90%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.72%) Public Cloud
13 4 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.44%) Windows
2 4 (0.72%) Linux
3 2 (0.36%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.36%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.18%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (16.91%) Agile
1 94 (16.91%) AI
2 92 (16.55%) DevOps
3 87 (15.65%) Roadmaps
4 75 (13.49%) Migration
5 71 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
6 69 (12.41%) Stakeholder Management
7 65 (11.69%) Enterprise Architecture
8 58 (10.43%) CI/CD
9 57 (10.25%) Technical Leadership
10 56 (10.07%) Integration Patterns
11 53 (9.53%) Analytics
11 53 (9.53%) ERP
12 52 (9.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 50 (8.99%) Microservices
14 41 (7.37%) Data Modelling
14 41 (7.37%) TOGAF
15 38 (6.83%) Machine Learning
16 37 (6.65%) CRM
17 36 (6.47%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 44 (7.91%) Python
2 36 (6.47%) Java
3 25 (4.50%) C#
4 21 (3.78%) SQL
5 13 (2.34%) JavaScript
6 11 (1.98%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.08%) 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%) Bicep
10 1 (0.18%) C++
10 1 (0.18%) RPG
10 1 (0.18%) X++
Qualifications
1 92 (16.55%) Security Cleared
2 79 (14.21%) SC Cleared
3 35 (6.29%) Degree
4 22 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.24%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.52%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.34%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.90%) CISA
11 4 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.54%) CISSP
12 3 (0.54%) DV Cleared
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%) Oracle Certification
14 1 (0.18%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.22%) GDPR
2 10 (1.80%) SEPA
3 9 (1.62%) ISO 20022
4 8 (1.44%) PSD2
4 8 (1.44%) QA
5 6 (1.08%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.90%) NIST
6 5 (0.90%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.72%) 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 (3.78%) Docker
2 14 (2.52%) 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 (5.76%) Terraform
2 29 (5.22%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.44%) Grafana
3 8 (1.44%) Prometheus
3 8 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.26%) FortiGate
5 4 (0.72%) Ansible
5 4 (0.72%) 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 84 (15.11%) Microsoft
2 46 (8.27%) SAP
3 44 (7.91%) Oracle
4 33 (5.94%) Salesforce
5 29 (5.22%) ServiceNow
6 25 (4.50%) Databricks
7 14 (2.52%) Workday
8 12 (2.16%) Software AG
9 11 (1.98%) Ariba
9 11 (1.98%) Google
10 9 (1.62%) Cisco
11 8 (1.44%) IBM
12 7 (1.26%) OpenAI
13 6 (1.08%) MuleSoft
14 5 (0.90%) Dynatrace
15 4 (0.72%) IFS
15 4 (0.72%) Palo Alto
15 4 (0.72%) Planon
15 4 (0.72%) Yardi
16 3 (0.54%) Foundry