Solutions Architect Contracts 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 7 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 83 78
Rank change year-on-year -13 -5 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 382 513 796
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.87% 2.92% 3.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.08% 3.11% 3.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 361 560
10th Percentile £492 £475 £519
25th Percentile £566 £525 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £688
Median % change year-on-year - -5.45% +5.77%
75th Percentile £725 £775 £789
90th Percentile £800 £888 £858
England median daily rate £625 £646 £675
% change year-on-year -3.25% -4.30% +3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £52.55 £32.49
25th Percentile £52.50 £53.38 £35.09
Median hourly rate £60.00 £57.00 £52.02
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +9.57% -
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.88 £75.94
90th Percentile - £61.85 £88.88
England median hourly rate £61.50 £88.00 £66.00
% change year-on-year -30.11% +33.33% +11.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 12,413 16,511 24,440
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.33% 93.96% 94.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,375 11,812 17,856
10th Percentile £331 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 306 280
10th Percentile £18.86 £16.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.11 £20.23 £22.86
Median hourly rate £32.00 £27.81 £37.42
Median % change year-on-year +15.07% -25.68% +6.91%
75th Percentile £50.50 £46.77 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.88 £68.38 £82.28
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £43.81
% change year-on-year -30.00% -8.69% +77.28%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Solutions Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in London

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in London.

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in London

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in London over the 6 months to 7 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in London

Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in London.

Hourly rate trend 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 7 July 2025. 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 +34 72 £683 +1.11% 94
South London - 7 £650 - 1
East London +13 3 £525 -34.38% 7
West London +8 3 £588 +2.17% 12
Solutions Architect
England

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 7 July 2025, Solutions Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 132 (34.55%) Azure
2 105 (27.49%) Finance
3 93 (24.35%) Social Skills
4 88 (23.04%) AWS
5 81 (21.20%) Microsoft
6 74 (19.37%) Agile
7 61 (15.97%) Security Cleared
8 59 (15.45%) Roadmaps
9 54 (14.14%) Stakeholder Management
10 52 (13.61%) Java
11 50 (13.09%) TOGAF
12 49 (12.83%) SC Cleared
13 48 (12.57%) Migration
14 45 (11.78%) DevOps
14 45 (11.78%) GCP
15 43 (11.26%) Enterprise Architecture
16 40 (10.47%) Microservices
17 39 (10.21%) Problem-Solving
18 36 (9.42%) Technical Leadership
19 35 (9.16%) SDLC
19 35 (9.16%) Banking
20 34 (8.90%) ServiceNow
20 34 (8.90%) CI/CD
21 30 (7.85%) Analytical Skills
21 30 (7.85%) CRM
22 29 (7.59%) JavaScript
22 29 (7.59%) Degree
23 27 (7.07%) SAP
23 27 (7.07%) .NET
23 27 (7.07%) SaaS

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (3.93%) Confluence
2 9 (2.36%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.31%) Apache
3 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.05%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.79%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.52%) CMS
6 2 (0.52%) nginx
7 1 (0.26%) Appian
7 1 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.26%) CICS
7 1 (0.26%) Drupal
7 1 (0.26%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.26%) SAS
7 1 (0.26%) Smallworld
Applications
1 8 (2.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 8 (2.09%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.52%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (3.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (2.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.83%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (1.05%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (1.05%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.79%) Primavera
6 2 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.52%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.52%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.52%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.52%) SAP MDG-S
7 1 (0.26%) Actimize
7 1 (0.26%) Avolution ABACUS
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.26%) SAP GTS
7 1 (0.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.26%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.26%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 132 (34.55%) Azure
2 88 (23.04%) AWS
3 45 (11.78%) GCP
4 27 (7.07%) SaaS
5 26 (6.81%) Power Platform
6 24 (6.28%) PaaS
6 24 (6.28%) Serverless
7 21 (5.50%) Dynamics 365
8 20 (5.24%) Microsoft 365
9 18 (4.71%) Entra ID
10 17 (4.45%) Snowflake
11 15 (3.93%) IaaS
12 14 (3.66%) PowerApps
13 12 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (2.88%) GitHub
15 10 (2.62%) Cloud Computing
16 9 (2.36%) Azure Logic Apps
17 8 (2.09%) Amazon EventBridge
17 8 (2.09%) Azure Functions
17 8 (2.09%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.83%) DNS
1 7 (1.83%) Firewall
2 3 (0.79%) HTTP
3 2 (0.52%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.52%) NGFW
3 2 (0.52%) SAN
3 2 (0.52%) WAN
3 2 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.26%) DHCP
4 1 (0.26%) Internet
4 1 (0.26%) LAN
4 1 (0.26%) Modbus
4 1 (0.26%) MQTT
4 1 (0.26%) Network Security
4 1 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.26%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.26%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.26%) VLAN
4 1 (0.26%) VPN
4 1 (0.26%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.24%) SQL Server
2 18 (4.71%) Big Data
3 13 (3.40%) Data Lake
4 11 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (2.36%) NoSQL
5 9 (2.36%) Power BI
6 5 (1.31%) BigQuery
6 5 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (1.31%) SAP HANA
6 5 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (1.05%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.79%) SAP BW
8 3 (0.79%) SAP Data Services
9 2 (0.52%) DB2
9 2 (0.52%) EDMS
9 2 (0.52%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.52%) OLTP
9 2 (0.52%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (4.19%) JIRA
2 14 (3.66%) Jenkins
3 11 (2.88%) GitLab
4 6 (1.57%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.05%) Liquibase
5 4 (1.05%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.79%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.26%) MLflow
7 1 (0.26%) MSI
7 1 (0.26%) Spinnaker
General
1 105 (27.49%) Finance
2 93 (24.35%) Social Skills
3 35 (9.16%) Banking
4 30 (7.85%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (6.54%) Presentation Skills
6 23 (6.02%) Public Sector
7 20 (5.24%) Retail
8 10 (2.62%) Law
8 10 (2.62%) Marketing
9 9 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.36%) Legal
10 8 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.57%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.31%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.05%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.05%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.79%) Billing
14 3 (0.79%) General Ledger
14 3 (0.79%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (7.07%) .NET
2 20 (5.24%) Kafka
3 18 (4.71%) HTML
4 17 (4.45%) REST
5 15 (3.93%) CSS
6 14 (3.66%) AngularJS
7 11 (2.88%) Middleware
7 11 (2.88%) React
8 10 (2.62%) Web Services
9 9 (2.36%) JSON
9 9 (2.36%) RESTful
10 8 (2.09%) XML
11 7 (1.83%) Lightning Web Components
12 6 (1.57%) ASP.NET
12 6 (1.57%) SOAP
13 5 (1.31%) .NET Framework
13 5 (1.31%) ASP.NET Web API
13 5 (1.31%) OAuth
13 5 (1.31%) Spring Boot
13 5 (1.31%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.28%) Cloud Native
2 20 (5.24%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (4.45%) Public Cloud
4 15 (3.93%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.66%) Management Information System
6 13 (3.40%) Private Cloud
7 7 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (1.83%) Mainframe
7 7 (1.83%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.57%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.31%) CMDB
9 5 (1.31%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.79%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.79%) Data Fabric
10 3 (0.79%) Distributed Applications
10 3 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.52%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.52%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.88%) Linux
2 9 (2.36%) Windows
3 4 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.79%) CentOS
4 3 (0.79%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.52%) Debian
5 2 (0.52%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (19.37%) Agile
2 59 (15.45%) Roadmaps
3 54 (14.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 50 (13.09%) TOGAF
5 48 (12.57%) Migration
6 45 (11.78%) DevOps
7 43 (11.26%) Enterprise Architecture
8 40 (10.47%) Microservices
9 39 (10.21%) Problem-Solving
10 36 (9.42%) Technical Leadership
11 35 (9.16%) SDLC
12 34 (8.90%) CI/CD
13 30 (7.85%) CRM
14 26 (6.81%) Decision-Making
15 25 (6.54%) Data Integration
15 25 (6.54%) Technical Architecture
16 24 (6.28%) Analytics
17 23 (6.02%) Artificial Intelligence
18 22 (5.76%) Architectural Design
19 21 (5.50%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 52 (13.61%) Java
2 29 (7.59%) JavaScript
3 24 (6.28%) Python
4 22 (5.76%) SQL
5 20 (5.24%) C#
6 12 (3.14%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.57%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.31%) Scala
9 4 (1.05%) Apex Code
9 4 (1.05%) R
10 3 (0.79%) COBOL
10 3 (0.79%) Go
11 2 (0.52%) Bicep
11 2 (0.52%) Groovy
12 1 (0.26%) Bash
12 1 (0.26%) C++
12 1 (0.26%) JCL
12 1 (0.26%) PHP
Qualifications
1 61 (15.97%) Security Cleared
2 49 (12.83%) SC Cleared
3 29 (7.59%) Degree
4 13 (3.40%) TOGAF Certification
5 12 (3.14%) Azure Certification
6 11 (2.88%) AWS Certification
7 9 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.31%) CISM
8 5 (1.31%) CISSP
8 5 (1.31%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.31%) SAP Certification
9 4 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.05%) CCNA
9 4 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.79%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.52%) OCP
11 2 (0.52%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.36%) GDPR
2 8 (2.09%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.83%) QA
4 6 (1.57%) GRC
5 4 (1.05%) COBIT
5 4 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.05%) NIST
6 2 (0.52%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.52%) DICOM
6 2 (0.52%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.52%) HL7
6 2 (0.52%) ISO 15022
6 2 (0.52%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.26%) FISMA
7 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.26%) MiFID
7 1 (0.26%) NCSC
7 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (4.19%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.83%) Docker
3 5 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.05%) vSphere
5 3 (0.79%) vCloud
5 3 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.79%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (0.52%) OpenAM
6 2 (0.52%) OpenDJ
6 2 (0.52%) OpenIDM
7 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (5.24%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.09%) Terraform
3 7 (1.83%) Ansible
4 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.05%) Kibana
6 2 (0.52%) SCCM
7 1 (0.26%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.26%) MIIS
7 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 81 (21.20%) Microsoft
2 34 (8.90%) ServiceNow
3 27 (7.07%) SAP
4 26 (6.81%) Salesforce
5 23 (6.02%) Databricks
5 23 (6.02%) Google
5 23 (6.02%) Oracle
6 9 (2.36%) IBM
7 7 (1.83%) Talend
7 7 (1.83%) VMware
8 6 (1.57%) OpenAI
8 6 (1.57%) Workday
9 4 (1.05%) Ariba
9 4 (1.05%) Atlassian
9 4 (1.05%) Cisco
9 4 (1.05%) Informatica
9 4 (1.05%) Qualys
10 3 (0.79%) BiZZdesign
11 2 (0.52%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.52%) Virgin Media