Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends 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 31 August 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 115 91
Rank change year-on-year +41 -24 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 757 338 451
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.76% 2.51% 2.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.03% 2.70% 2.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 521 197 303
10th Percentile £503 £475 £485
25th Percentile £550 £563 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year - -3.70% -
75th Percentile £750 £725 £800
90th Percentile £800 £805 £888
England median daily rate £637 £623 £625
% change year-on-year +2.33% -0.40% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £36.65 - -
25th Percentile £39.13 - £52.00
Median hourly rate £44.00 - £54.00
75th Percentile £49.63 - £56.00
90th Percentile £52.55 - -
England median hourly rate £71.27 £30.20 £91.00
% change year-on-year +135.99% -66.81% +27.72%

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 18,774 12,520 15,286
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.33% 92.97% 94.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,129 8,428 10,485
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £773 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 370 208 194
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.05 £17.88
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.00 £22.28
Median hourly rate £38.25 £30.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.41% -12.16% -6.67%
75th Percentile £61.31 £50.88 £55.75
90th Percentile £78.88 £65.00 £71.88
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +4.65%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 +15 96 £685 +1.41% 24
West London -16 5 £650 +80.56% 8
South London -15 3 £850 +27.87% 2
North London +1 2 £650 -27.78%
East London -1 2 £650 -5.53% 1
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 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.

1 229 (30.25%) Azure
2 155 (20.48%) Stakeholder Management
3 153 (20.21%) AWS
4 134 (17.70%) Migration
5 132 (17.44%) AI
6 127 (16.78%) Roadmaps
7 121 (15.98%) Security Cleared
8 111 (14.66%) Enterprise Architecture
9 109 (14.40%) Agile
10 105 (13.87%) Microsoft
11 104 (13.74%) SC Cleared
12 101 (13.34%) DevOps
13 88 (11.62%) Integration Patterns
14 87 (11.49%) Technical Leadership
15 85 (11.23%) Analytics
16 84 (11.10%) CI/CD
17 78 (10.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 70 (9.25%) TOGAF
19 68 (8.98%) Data Architecture
19 68 (8.98%) Event-Driven
19 68 (8.98%) SAP
20 65 (8.59%) Architectural Patterns
21 63 (8.32%) Data Modelling
22 58 (7.66%) Problem-Solving
23 55 (7.27%) Translating Business Requirements
24 53 (7.00%) .NET
24 53 (7.00%) Architecture Governance
24 53 (7.00%) Power Platform
25 52 (6.87%) Databricks
25 52 (6.87%) GCP

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 8 (1.06%) CMS
1 8 (1.06%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.92%) Confluence
3 6 (0.79%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.53%) Apache
4 4 (0.53%) Camunda
5 3 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.40%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.13%) Appian
6 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.13%) nginx
6 1 (0.13%) OpenROAD
6 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.13%) ThingWorx
6 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 31 (4.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (2.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.06%) SAP BRIM
4 5 (0.66%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.66%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (0.66%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (0.66%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 4 (0.53%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 4 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.53%) SAP Convergent Charging
6 3 (0.40%) Oracle Retail
6 3 (0.40%) SAP FSCM
6 3 (0.40%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.40%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.26%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
7 2 (0.26%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.13%) SAP APO
8 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 229 (30.25%) Azure
2 153 (20.21%) AWS
3 53 (7.00%) Power Platform
4 52 (6.87%) GCP
5 31 (4.10%) Dynamics 365
6 27 (3.57%) SaaS
7 26 (3.43%) Entra ID
8 22 (2.91%) Serverless
9 20 (2.64%) Azure DevOps
9 20 (2.64%) Microsoft 365
10 19 (2.51%) GitHub
11 15 (1.98%) PaaS
12 14 (1.85%) Azure AI
13 13 (1.72%) Power Automate
13 13 (1.72%) Snowflake
14 12 (1.59%) Microsoft Copilot
14 12 (1.59%) PowerApps
15 11 (1.45%) OCI
16 10 (1.32%) IaaS
17 9 (1.19%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.45%) Network Security
2 9 (1.19%) Firewall
3 7 (0.92%) VPN
4 5 (0.66%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.53%) DMZ
5 4 (0.53%) MPLS
6 3 (0.40%) DNS
6 3 (0.40%) FTP
6 3 (0.40%) SSL
6 3 (0.40%) VoIP
6 3 (0.40%) Wireless
7 2 (0.26%) DHCP
7 2 (0.26%) HTTP
7 2 (0.26%) IPv4
7 2 (0.26%) IPv6
7 2 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (0.26%) RFID
7 2 (0.26%) SDH
7 2 (0.26%) SMS
7 2 (0.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (5.28%) Data Lake
2 26 (3.43%) Power BI
3 19 (2.51%) SQL Server
4 16 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (1.98%) Metadata
6 10 (1.32%) Big Data
7 9 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (0.79%) Delta Lake
8 6 (0.79%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.66%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.66%) Power Query
10 4 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.53%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.53%) Flink
10 4 (0.53%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.40%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 3 (0.40%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.40%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (1.19%) JIRA
2 5 (0.66%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.53%) Git
4 3 (0.40%) ERwin
4 3 (0.40%) Maven
4 3 (0.40%) MLflow
5 2 (0.26%) GitLab
5 2 (0.26%) PowerDesigner
5 2 (0.26%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.13%) MSI
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.13%) Subversion
6 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.13%) VersionOne
General
1 167 (22.06%) Social Skills
2 150 (19.82%) Finance
3 66 (8.72%) Retail
4 62 (8.19%) Public Sector
5 47 (6.21%) Banking
6 34 (4.49%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (3.04%) Telecoms
8 21 (2.77%) Billing
9 17 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
10 16 (2.11%) Legal
11 14 (1.85%) Manufacturing
12 13 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (0.92%) Marketing
14 7 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.79%) Advertising
16 5 (0.66%) Local Government
17 4 (0.53%) Aerospace
17 4 (0.53%) Automotive
17 4 (0.53%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (7.00%) .NET
2 45 (5.94%) REST
3 24 (3.17%) Kafka
3 24 (3.17%) Terraform
4 22 (2.91%) .NET Framework
5 21 (2.77%) Middleware
6 11 (1.45%) React
7 10 (1.32%) OAuth
7 10 (1.32%) SOAP
8 9 (1.19%) AngularJS
9 8 (1.06%) HTML5 Canvas
10 6 (0.79%) Model Context Protocol
10 6 (0.79%) OAuth2
10 6 (0.79%) SAML
11 5 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
11 5 (0.66%) PySpark
11 5 (0.66%) RESTful
11 5 (0.66%) Spring
11 5 (0.66%) Vue
11 5 (0.66%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 76 (10.04%) Cloud Native
2 29 (3.83%) Product Ownership
3 24 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
4 23 (3.04%) Enterprise Software
5 19 (2.51%) Hybrid Cloud
6 18 (2.38%) Mainframe
6 18 (2.38%) Management Information System
7 15 (1.98%) Data Centre
7 15 (1.98%) Onboarding
8 14 (1.85%) AI Agents
9 13 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (1.45%) Enterprise Cloud
10 11 (1.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 9 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (1.06%) IoT
12 8 (1.06%) Virtual Team
13 6 (0.79%) Algorithms
13 6 (0.79%) NHS
13 6 (0.79%) Public Cloud
14 5 (0.66%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.92%) Windows
2 5 (0.66%) Linux
3 4 (0.53%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.26%) Android
4 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.13%) CentOS
5 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (20.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 134 (17.70%) Migration
3 132 (17.44%) AI
4 127 (16.78%) Roadmaps
5 111 (14.66%) Enterprise Architecture
6 109 (14.40%) Agile
7 101 (13.34%) DevOps
8 88 (11.62%) Integration Patterns
9 87 (11.49%) Technical Leadership
10 85 (11.23%) Analytics
11 84 (11.10%) CI/CD
12 78 (10.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 70 (9.25%) TOGAF
14 68 (8.98%) Data Architecture
14 68 (8.98%) Event-Driven
15 65 (8.59%) Architectural Patterns
16 63 (8.32%) Data Modelling
17 58 (7.66%) Problem-Solving
18 55 (7.27%) Translating Business Requirements
19 53 (7.00%) Architecture Governance
Programming Languages
1 36 (4.76%) Java
2 28 (3.70%) C#
3 25 (3.30%) Python
4 23 (3.04%) SQL
5 19 (2.51%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.59%) PowerShell
6 12 (1.59%) TypeScript
7 5 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.40%) Bash
8 3 (0.40%) Scala
9 2 (0.26%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.26%) Bicep
10 1 (0.13%) ABAP
10 1 (0.13%) C++
10 1 (0.13%) Go
10 1 (0.13%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 121 (15.98%) Security Cleared
2 104 (13.74%) SC Cleared
3 38 (5.02%) Degree
4 19 (2.51%) Azure Certification
5 15 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (1.85%) AWS Certification
6 14 (1.85%) TOGAF Certification
7 9 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.06%) DV Cleared
9 6 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (0.66%) CISA
10 5 (0.66%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (0.40%) CCSP
12 3 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.40%) CISSP
12 3 (0.40%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.26%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.30%) GDPR
2 17 (2.25%) Data Quality
3 16 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (1.72%) NIST
5 12 (1.59%) SEPA
6 6 (0.79%) ISO 20022
7 5 (0.66%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.66%) QA
8 4 (0.53%) PMO
9 3 (0.40%) NCSC
9 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.26%) GRC
10 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.26%) PSD2
10 2 (0.26%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 19 (2.51%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.72%) Docker
3 5 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.40%) 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 30 (3.96%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.85%) Ansible
3 8 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.66%) Grafana
5 4 (0.53%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.40%) SCCM
7 2 (0.26%) Argo
7 2 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.13%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.13%) Avamar
8 1 (0.13%) EMC VPLEX
8 1 (0.13%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.13%) Puppet
8 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 105 (13.87%) Microsoft
2 68 (8.98%) SAP
3 52 (6.87%) Databricks
4 43 (5.68%) ServiceNow
5 39 (5.15%) Oracle
6 33 (4.36%) Salesforce
7 18 (2.38%) Google
8 13 (1.72%) BMC
9 11 (1.45%) IBM
10 10 (1.32%) Ariba
11 9 (1.19%) Cisco
12 8 (1.06%) OpenAI
13 7 (0.92%) MuleSoft
13 7 (0.92%) Workday
14 6 (0.79%) TikTok
14 6 (0.79%) VMware
15 5 (0.66%) CyberArk
15 5 (0.66%) Siemens
16 4 (0.53%) IFS
16 4 (0.53%) Planon