Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Solution Architect
England > London

The median Solution Architect daily rate in London is £630, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 April 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 94 82
Rank change year-on-year -1 -12 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 523 353 492
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.03% 2.79% 2.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.27% 2.98% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 350 224 349
10th Percentile £475 £502 £487
25th Percentile £525 £570 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% - -3.70%
75th Percentile £750 £750 £738
90th Percentile £813 £821 £815
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -2.69%
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% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £69.06 £67.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £69.63 - -
England median hourly rate £71.27 £66.00 £87.00
% change year-on-year +7.98% -24.14% +28.89%

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 15,991 11,838 16,561
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 93.57% 93.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,669 8,121 11,961
10th Percentile £350 £338 £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 £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 143 339
10th Percentile £18.28 £21.30 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.55 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.71 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +2.03% +25.85% -20.54%
75th Percentile £60.25 £50.75 £44.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £64.75 £64.63
England median hourly rate £44.00 £32.50 £34.21
% change year-on-year +35.38% -5.00% -21.90%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -14 74 £675 - 52
South London -10 6 £637 -2.00%
West London -18 6 £625 +6.38% 8
East London -2 3 £630 -
North London - 1 £700 - 1
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 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.

1 152 (29.06%) Azure
2 120 (22.94%) AWS
3 91 (17.40%) Roadmaps
3 91 (17.40%) Security Cleared
4 89 (17.02%) Agile
5 85 (16.25%) AI
6 79 (15.11%) DevOps
6 79 (15.11%) Microsoft
7 77 (14.72%) SC Cleared
8 73 (13.96%) Problem-Solving
9 68 (13.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 66 (12.62%) Enterprise Architecture
11 65 (12.43%) Migration
12 56 (10.71%) Integration Patterns
12 56 (10.71%) Technical Leadership
13 55 (10.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 54 (10.33%) Middleware
15 51 (9.75%) Analytics
15 51 (9.75%) ERP
15 51 (9.75%) Microservices
16 47 (8.99%) CI/CD
16 47 (8.99%) SAP
17 44 (8.41%) Python
18 41 (7.84%) Oracle
18 41 (7.84%) TOGAF
19 40 (7.65%) Data Modelling
20 39 (7.46%) GCP
21 38 (7.27%) .NET
22 36 (6.88%) CRM
23 35 (6.69%) Architectural Design

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 (2.49%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.34%) Camunda
3 6 (1.15%) Confluence
4 5 (0.96%) Apache
4 5 (0.96%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.76%) CMS
5 4 (0.76%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.57%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.57%) nginx
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.19%) Appian
7 1 (0.19%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.19%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.19%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.19%) ThingWorx
7 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.19%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.19%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.19%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 32 (6.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.15%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.96%) SAP EWM
3 5 (0.96%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.96%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.76%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 4 (0.76%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 4 (0.76%) SAP PM
4 4 (0.76%) SAP PP
4 4 (0.76%) SAP QM
5 3 (0.57%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.57%) SAP FSCM
5 3 (0.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.19%) DELMIA
7 1 (0.19%) Maximo
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 152 (29.06%) Azure
2 120 (22.94%) AWS
3 39 (7.46%) GCP
4 33 (6.31%) SaaS
5 25 (4.78%) Power Platform
6 17 (3.25%) Entra ID
7 15 (2.87%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
7 15 (2.87%) Snowflake
8 11 (2.10%) Serverless
9 10 (1.91%) SuccessFactors
10 9 (1.72%) Azure Logic Apps
11 8 (1.53%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (1.53%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (1.53%) PaaS
12 7 (1.34%) Amazon SageMaker
12 7 (1.34%) Azure AI
12 7 (1.34%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (1.34%) Azure Machine Learning
12 7 (1.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.29%) Firewall
2 10 (1.91%) WAN
3 9 (1.72%) VPN
4 7 (1.34%) SD-WAN
5 5 (0.96%) DNS
5 5 (0.96%) Network Security
6 4 (0.76%) MPLS
6 4 (0.76%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.57%) 5G
7 3 (0.57%) OpenVPN
8 2 (0.38%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 2 (0.38%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (0.38%) FTP
8 2 (0.38%) InfiniBand
8 2 (0.38%) IPv4
8 2 (0.38%) IPv6
8 2 (0.38%) LAN
8 2 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.19%) SDH
9 1 (0.19%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.16%) Data Lake
2 16 (3.06%) SQL Server
3 14 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (2.68%) Power BI
4 7 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.34%) Tableau
5 6 (1.15%) Big Data
6 5 (0.96%) Electronic Patient Records
6 5 (0.96%) Metadata
7 4 (0.76%) BigQuery
7 4 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (0.76%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 4 (0.76%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.57%) Flink
8 3 (0.57%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.57%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.38%) GIS
9 2 (0.38%) Pinecone
9 2 (0.38%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.38%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 11 (2.10%) JIRA
2 4 (0.76%) Jenkins
2 4 (0.76%) MLflow
3 3 (0.57%) Artifactory
3 3 (0.57%) Git
4 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.38%) Chocolatey
4 2 (0.38%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.19%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.19%) ERwin
5 1 (0.19%) GitLab
5 1 (0.19%) Maven
5 1 (0.19%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.19%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.19%) Subversion
5 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.19%) VersionOne
General
1 149 (28.49%) Finance
2 132 (25.24%) Social Skills
3 53 (10.13%) Public Sector
4 52 (9.94%) Banking
5 41 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (4.02%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (3.63%) Legal
8 17 (3.25%) Retail
8 17 (3.25%) Telecoms
9 16 (3.06%) Manufacturing
10 14 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (2.10%) Billing
12 10 (1.91%) Law
13 9 (1.72%) Marketing
14 8 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.96%) Local Government
17 4 (0.76%) Back Office
17 4 (0.76%) Private Banking
18 2 (0.38%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (10.33%) Middleware
2 38 (7.27%) .NET
3 31 (5.93%) REST
4 18 (3.44%) React
5 16 (3.06%) AngularJS
6 13 (2.49%) Kafka
7 12 (2.29%) .NET Framework
8 10 (1.91%) Vue
9 8 (1.53%) SOAP
10 7 (1.34%) OAuth
11 6 (1.15%) CSS
11 6 (1.15%) HTML
11 6 (1.15%) OpenID
12 5 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
12 5 (0.96%) Spring
12 5 (0.96%) XML
13 4 (0.76%) .NET Core
13 4 (0.76%) GraphQL
13 4 (0.76%) LDAP
13 4 (0.76%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 48 (9.18%) Cloud Native
2 20 (3.82%) Legacy Systems
3 18 (3.44%) Data Centre
4 15 (2.87%) Data Protection Act
5 14 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (2.49%) Product Ownership
7 11 (2.10%) FMCG
8 9 (1.72%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.53%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.53%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (1.15%) AI Agents
11 6 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.15%) Mobile App
12 5 (0.96%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 4 (0.76%) NHS
13 4 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (0.76%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.57%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.53%) Windows
2 4 (0.76%) Linux
3 2 (0.38%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.38%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.19%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (17.40%) Roadmaps
2 89 (17.02%) Agile
3 85 (16.25%) AI
4 79 (15.11%) DevOps
5 73 (13.96%) Problem-Solving
6 68 (13.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 66 (12.62%) Enterprise Architecture
8 65 (12.43%) Migration
9 56 (10.71%) Integration Patterns
9 56 (10.71%) Technical Leadership
10 55 (10.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 51 (9.75%) Analytics
11 51 (9.75%) ERP
11 51 (9.75%) Microservices
12 47 (8.99%) CI/CD
13 41 (7.84%) TOGAF
14 40 (7.65%) Data Modelling
15 36 (6.88%) CRM
16 35 (6.69%) Architectural Design
16 35 (6.69%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 44 (8.41%) Python
2 33 (6.31%) Java
3 22 (4.21%) C#
4 20 (3.82%) SQL
5 13 (2.49%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.91%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.15%) PowerShell
8 5 (0.96%) Bash
9 3 (0.57%) R
9 3 (0.57%) Scala
10 2 (0.38%) Korn
10 2 (0.38%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.19%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.19%) C++
11 1 (0.19%) RPG
11 1 (0.19%) X++
Qualifications
1 91 (17.40%) Security Cleared
2 77 (14.72%) SC Cleared
3 32 (6.12%) Degree
4 21 (4.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (3.25%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.68%) Master's Degree
7 12 (2.29%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.57%) CISSP
10 3 (0.57%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.57%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.38%) CCNP
11 2 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.38%) CISM
12 1 (0.19%) CCIE
12 1 (0.19%) JNCIP
12 1 (0.19%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.54%) GDPR
2 8 (1.53%) ISO 20022
2 8 (1.53%) PSD2
2 8 (1.53%) QA
3 6 (1.15%) Data Quality
4 5 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.96%) NIST
4 5 (0.96%) PCI DSS
4 5 (0.96%) SEPA
5 4 (0.76%) HL7
6 3 (0.57%) TARGET2
7 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.19%) GRC
8 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.19%) NCSC
8 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (4.02%) Docker
2 13 (2.49%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.57%) Squid
4 2 (0.38%) Ceph
4 2 (0.38%) Firmware
4 2 (0.38%) Lustre
4 2 (0.38%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (5.54%) Kubernetes
2 28 (5.35%) Terraform
3 8 (1.53%) Grafana
3 8 (1.53%) Prometheus
4 7 (1.34%) FortiGate
4 7 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.15%) Ansible
6 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.38%) Consul
7 2 (0.38%) Kubeflow
7 2 (0.38%) SCCM
8 1 (0.19%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.19%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 79 (15.11%) Microsoft
2 47 (8.99%) SAP
3 41 (7.84%) Oracle
4 34 (6.50%) Salesforce
5 23 (4.40%) Databricks
5 23 (4.40%) ServiceNow
6 13 (2.49%) Workday
7 12 (2.29%) Software AG
8 11 (2.10%) Cisco
8 11 (2.10%) Google
9 10 (1.91%) Ariba
10 7 (1.34%) IBM
10 7 (1.34%) MuleSoft
11 6 (1.15%) OpenAI
12 5 (0.96%) Dynatrace
12 5 (0.96%) Palo Alto
13 4 (0.76%) F5
13 4 (0.76%) IFS
13 4 (0.76%) Planon
13 4 (0.76%) Yardi