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 30 March 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 94 85
Rank change year-on-year +2 -9 0
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 506 366 491
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.01% 2.88% 2.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.25% 3.08% 2.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 243 347
10th Percentile £475 £500 £485
25th Percentile £532 £563 £532
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% - -3.70%
75th Percentile £750 £750 £738
90th Percentile £820 £825 £775
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -1.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £63.50 - -
25th Percentile £66.06 £52.50 £57.50
Median hourly rate £77.75 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.58% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £94.69 £67.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £95.00 - -
England median hourly rate £83.82 £66.00 £87.00
% change year-on-year +27.00% -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 15,566 11,900 16,836
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.57% 93.60% 93.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,413 8,153 12,158
10th Percentile £350 £340 £325
25th Percentile £425 £430 £443
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 £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 150 341
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.19 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £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 £62.13 £51.80 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £67.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £41.26 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +19.58% +6.15% -23.53%

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 30 March 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 30 March 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 30 March 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 -9 76 £675 +1.47% 41
West London -15 7 £625 +6.38% 6
South London -13 6 £637 -2.00%
East London +1 2 £650 - 1
North London - 1 £700 -
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 March 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.

1 153 (30.24%) Azure
2 120 (23.72%) AWS
3 95 (18.77%) Roadmaps
4 88 (17.39%) Security Cleared
5 80 (15.81%) Agile
6 79 (15.61%) Microsoft
7 74 (14.62%) AI
7 74 (14.62%) SC Cleared
8 71 (14.03%) DevOps
9 70 (13.83%) Problem-Solving
10 67 (13.24%) Enterprise Architecture
11 63 (12.45%) Stakeholder Management
12 59 (11.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 56 (11.07%) Migration
14 53 (10.47%) Technical Leadership
15 51 (10.08%) Microservices
16 50 (9.88%) Middleware
17 49 (9.68%) Integration Patterns
18 44 (8.70%) GCP
18 44 (8.70%) Python
18 44 (8.70%) SAP
18 44 (8.70%) TOGAF
19 43 (8.50%) ERP
20 41 (8.10%) Analytics
20 41 (8.10%) CI/CD
21 37 (7.31%) Oracle
22 34 (6.72%) Architectural Design
23 33 (6.52%) .NET
23 33 (6.52%) CRM
23 33 (6.52%) Data Modelling

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 14 (2.77%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.19%) Camunda
2 6 (1.19%) Confluence
3 5 (0.99%) Apache
3 5 (0.99%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.79%) CMS
4 4 (0.79%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.59%) nginx
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.20%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.20%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.20%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.20%) OpenROAD
6 1 (0.20%) ThingWorx
6 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.40%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.20%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.20%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 30 (5.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.19%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.99%) SAP EWM
3 5 (0.99%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.99%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.79%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 4 (0.79%) SAP PM
4 4 (0.79%) SAP PP
4 4 (0.79%) SAP QM
5 3 (0.59%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 3 (0.59%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.59%) SAP FSCM
5 3 (0.59%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.20%) DELMIA
7 1 (0.20%) Maximo
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 153 (30.24%) Azure
2 120 (23.72%) AWS
3 44 (8.70%) GCP
4 33 (6.52%) SaaS
5 23 (4.55%) Power Platform
6 18 (3.56%) Entra ID
7 15 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (2.96%) Dynamics 365
7 15 (2.96%) Snowflake
8 10 (1.98%) Serverless
9 9 (1.78%) Azure Logic Apps
10 8 (1.58%) SuccessFactors
11 7 (1.38%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (1.38%) Azure Machine Learning
11 7 (1.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 7 (1.38%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (1.38%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (1.19%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (1.19%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.37%) Firewall
2 11 (2.17%) WAN
3 10 (1.98%) VPN
4 8 (1.58%) SD-WAN
5 7 (1.38%) Network Security
6 5 (0.99%) DNS
6 5 (0.99%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.79%) MPLS
8 3 (0.59%) 5G
8 3 (0.59%) OpenVPN
9 2 (0.40%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 2 (0.40%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 2 (0.40%) InfiniBand
9 2 (0.40%) IPv4
9 2 (0.40%) IPv6
9 2 (0.40%) LAN
9 2 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.20%) BIG-IP
10 1 (0.20%) SDH
10 1 (0.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.15%) Data Lake
2 15 (2.96%) SQL Server
3 13 (2.57%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (2.57%) Power BI
4 7 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.19%) Metadata
5 6 (1.19%) Tableau
6 5 (0.99%) Big Data
6 5 (0.99%) Electronic Patient Records
7 4 (0.79%) BigQuery
7 4 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (0.79%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.59%) Flink
8 3 (0.59%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.59%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.40%) GIS
9 2 (0.40%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (0.40%) Pinecone
9 2 (0.40%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.40%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 9 (1.78%) JIRA
2 4 (0.79%) Jenkins
2 4 (0.79%) MLflow
3 3 (0.59%) Artifactory
3 3 (0.59%) Git
4 2 (0.40%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.40%) Chocolatey
4 2 (0.40%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.20%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.20%) ERwin
5 1 (0.20%) GitLab
5 1 (0.20%) Maven
5 1 (0.20%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.20%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.20%) Subversion
5 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.20%) VersionOne
General
1 153 (30.24%) Finance
2 130 (25.69%) Social Skills
3 56 (11.07%) Banking
4 53 (10.47%) Public Sector
5 42 (8.30%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (4.15%) Legal
7 20 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (3.16%) Retail
8 16 (3.16%) Telecoms
9 15 (2.96%) Manufacturing
9 15 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (2.37%) Billing
11 10 (1.98%) Law
12 9 (1.78%) Marketing
13 7 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.99%) Local Government
15 4 (0.79%) Back Office
15 4 (0.79%) Private Banking
16 3 (0.59%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (9.88%) Middleware
2 33 (6.52%) .NET
3 29 (5.73%) REST
4 16 (3.16%) React
5 15 (2.96%) AngularJS
6 14 (2.77%) Kafka
7 9 (1.78%) OAuth
7 9 (1.78%) Vue
8 8 (1.58%) .NET Framework
8 8 (1.58%) OpenID
9 6 (1.19%) SOAP
10 5 (0.99%) .NET Core
10 5 (0.99%) CSS
10 5 (0.99%) GraphQL
10 5 (0.99%) gRPC
10 5 (0.99%) HTML
10 5 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (0.99%) SAML
10 5 (0.99%) Spring
10 5 (0.99%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.30%) Cloud Native
2 20 (3.95%) Legacy Systems
3 18 (3.56%) Data Centre
4 16 (3.16%) Product Ownership
5 15 (2.96%) Data Protection Act
6 12 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (2.17%) FMCG
8 9 (1.78%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.38%) Data Structures
9 7 (1.38%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.19%) AI Agents
10 6 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.19%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.19%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.19%) Taxonomies
11 5 (0.99%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 4 (0.79%) NHS
12 4 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.58%) Windows
2 4 (0.79%) Linux
3 2 (0.40%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.40%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (18.77%) Roadmaps
2 80 (15.81%) Agile
3 74 (14.62%) AI
4 71 (14.03%) DevOps
5 70 (13.83%) Problem-Solving
6 67 (13.24%) Enterprise Architecture
7 63 (12.45%) Stakeholder Management
8 59 (11.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 56 (11.07%) Migration
10 53 (10.47%) Technical Leadership
11 51 (10.08%) Microservices
12 49 (9.68%) Integration Patterns
13 44 (8.70%) TOGAF
14 43 (8.50%) ERP
15 41 (8.10%) Analytics
15 41 (8.10%) CI/CD
16 34 (6.72%) Architectural Design
17 33 (6.52%) CRM
17 33 (6.52%) Data Modelling
18 32 (6.32%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 44 (8.70%) Python
2 29 (5.73%) Java
3 21 (4.15%) C#
4 20 (3.95%) SQL
5 12 (2.37%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.98%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.19%) PowerShell
8 5 (0.99%) Bash
9 3 (0.59%) R
9 3 (0.59%) Scala
10 2 (0.40%) Korn
10 2 (0.40%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.20%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.20%) C++
11 1 (0.20%) RPG
11 1 (0.20%) X++
Qualifications
1 88 (17.39%) Security Cleared
2 74 (14.62%) SC Cleared
3 33 (6.52%) Degree
4 22 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (3.36%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.77%) Master's Degree
7 12 (2.37%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 6 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.99%) CISSP
10 4 (0.79%) CISM
10 4 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.59%) SAP Certification
12 2 (0.40%) CCNP
12 2 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.40%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.20%) CSSLP
13 1 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.20%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.73%) GDPR
2 8 (1.58%) ISO 20022
2 8 (1.58%) NIST
2 8 (1.58%) PSD2
2 8 (1.58%) QA
3 7 (1.38%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.19%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.99%) EU AI Act
5 5 (0.99%) SEPA
6 4 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (0.79%) HL7
7 3 (0.59%) TARGET2
8 2 (0.40%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.20%) COBIT
9 1 (0.20%) GRC
9 1 (0.20%) NCSC
9 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (4.15%) Docker
2 12 (2.37%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.59%) Squid
4 2 (0.40%) Ceph
4 2 (0.40%) Firmware
4 2 (0.40%) Lustre
4 2 (0.40%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (5.34%) Kubernetes
2 26 (5.14%) Terraform
3 8 (1.58%) Grafana
3 8 (1.58%) Prometheus
4 7 (1.38%) FortiGate
4 7 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.19%) Ansible
6 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.40%) Consul
7 2 (0.40%) Kubeflow
7 2 (0.40%) SCCM
8 1 (0.20%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.20%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 79 (15.61%) Microsoft
2 44 (8.70%) SAP
3 37 (7.31%) Oracle
4 31 (6.13%) Salesforce
5 22 (4.35%) ServiceNow
6 20 (3.95%) Databricks
7 13 (2.57%) Cisco
8 12 (2.37%) Software AG
8 12 (2.37%) Workday
9 11 (2.17%) Google
10 10 (1.98%) Ariba
11 9 (1.78%) IBM
12 8 (1.58%) Palo Alto
13 6 (1.19%) OpenAI
14 5 (0.99%) Atlassian
14 5 (0.99%) Dynatrace
14 5 (0.99%) IFS
14 5 (0.99%) MuleSoft
15 4 (0.79%) F5
15 4 (0.79%) Yardi