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 29 April 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 89 80
Rank change year-on-year +4 -9 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 570 359 482
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.23% 2.86% 2.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.48% 3.06% 2.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 381 227 339
10th Percentile £481 £509 £487
25th Percentile £525 £575 £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% - -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% - +64.20%
75th Percentile £69.06 £67.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £69.63 - -
England median hourly rate £71.27 £63.00 £88.00
% change year-on-year +13.13% -28.41% +33.33%

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 16,387 11,743 16,513
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 93.49% 93.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,914 8,049 11,936
10th Percentile £350 £341 £325
25th Percentile £425 £431 £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 £752 £800 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 146 337
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.45 £16.01
25th Percentile £24.03 £24.30 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +27.27% -21.43%
75th Percentile £63.16 £50.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £64.38 £65.00
England median hourly rate £46.50 £31.70 £35.83
% change year-on-year +46.69% -11.53% -20.38%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 0 89 £675 -1.10% 28
South London -16 6 £637 -0.08%
West London -19 6 £625 +6.38% 3
East London -1 3 £630 - 2
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 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.

1 158 (27.72%) Azure
2 125 (21.93%) AWS
3 99 (17.37%) AI
4 94 (16.49%) Security Cleared
5 93 (16.32%) Agile
6 91 (15.96%) DevOps
7 87 (15.26%) Roadmaps
8 82 (14.39%) Microsoft
9 81 (14.21%) SC Cleared
10 76 (13.33%) Migration
11 70 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
12 68 (11.93%) Stakeholder Management
13 61 (10.70%) Enterprise Architecture
14 59 (10.35%) CI/CD
15 57 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
16 56 (9.82%) Integration Patterns
17 53 (9.30%) Analytics
17 53 (9.30%) SAP
18 51 (8.95%) Middleware
18 51 (8.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 50 (8.77%) ERP
19 50 (8.77%) Microservices
20 44 (7.72%) Python
21 43 (7.54%) GCP
21 43 (7.54%) Oracle
22 41 (7.19%) .NET
22 41 (7.19%) Data Modelling
23 40 (7.02%) TOGAF
24 39 (6.84%) Machine Learning
25 36 (6.32%) Architectural Patterns

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 (2.63%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.23%) Camunda
3 6 (1.05%) Confluence
4 5 (0.88%) Apache
4 5 (0.88%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.70%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.53%) CMS
6 3 (0.53%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.53%) 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 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.35%) 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 32 (5.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.05%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.88%) SAP EWM
3 5 (0.88%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.88%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.70%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 4 (0.70%) SAP BRIM
4 4 (0.70%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 4 (0.70%) SAP PM
4 4 (0.70%) SAP PP
4 4 (0.70%) SAP QM
5 3 (0.53%) SAP FSCM
5 3 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.18%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 158 (27.72%) Azure
2 125 (21.93%) AWS
3 43 (7.54%) GCP
4 29 (5.09%) SaaS
5 26 (4.56%) Power Platform
6 17 (2.98%) Dynamics 365
7 16 (2.81%) Snowflake
8 15 (2.63%) Entra ID
8 15 (2.63%) Serverless
9 14 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (2.11%) PaaS
11 10 (1.75%) Azure AI
11 10 (1.75%) SuccessFactors
12 9 (1.58%) Azure Logic Apps
12 9 (1.58%) Azure Machine Learning
12 9 (1.58%) Microsoft 365
13 7 (1.23%) Amazon SageMaker
13 7 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (1.23%) GitHub
13 7 (1.23%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.75%) Firewall
2 9 (1.58%) WAN
3 8 (1.40%) VPN
4 7 (1.23%) Network Security
5 6 (1.05%) SD-WAN
6 5 (0.88%) DNS
7 4 (0.70%) MPLS
8 3 (0.53%) 5G
8 3 (0.53%) FTP
8 3 (0.53%) OpenVPN
8 3 (0.53%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.35%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 2 (0.35%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 2 (0.35%) InfiniBand
9 2 (0.35%) IPv4
9 2 (0.35%) IPv6
9 2 (0.35%) LAN
9 2 (0.35%) Radio Access Network
9 2 (0.35%) SMS
9 2 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (5.09%) Data Lake
2 14 (2.46%) SQL Server
3 13 (2.28%) Power BI
4 12 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.05%) Big Data
7 5 (0.88%) Electronic Patient Records
7 5 (0.88%) Metadata
7 5 (0.88%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 5 (0.88%) Tableau
8 4 (0.70%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (0.70%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.70%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.70%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.53%) Delta Lake
9 3 (0.53%) Flink
10 2 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.35%) Pinecone
10 2 (0.35%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 11 (1.93%) JIRA
2 6 (1.05%) MLflow
3 4 (0.70%) Git
4 3 (0.53%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.35%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.35%) Chocolatey
5 2 (0.35%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.35%) 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%) MSI
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
1 155 (27.19%) Finance
2 130 (22.81%) Social Skills
3 57 (10.00%) Banking
4 48 (8.42%) Public Sector
5 37 (6.49%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (3.51%) Billing
6 20 (3.51%) Legal
6 20 (3.51%) Telecoms
7 19 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (2.63%) Manufacturing
9 14 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (2.46%) Retail
10 10 (1.75%) Law
11 8 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.23%) Marketing
13 4 (0.70%) Back Office
14 3 (0.53%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.53%) Local Government
15 2 (0.35%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (8.95%) Middleware
2 41 (7.19%) .NET
3 31 (5.44%) REST
4 18 (3.16%) React
5 14 (2.46%) Kafka
6 13 (2.28%) .NET Framework
6 13 (2.28%) AngularJS
7 10 (1.75%) Vue
8 8 (1.40%) SOAP
9 6 (1.05%) CSS
9 6 (1.05%) HTML
9 6 (1.05%) OAuth
10 5 (0.88%) OpenID
10 5 (0.88%) Spring
11 4 (0.70%) GraphQL
11 4 (0.70%) gRPC
11 4 (0.70%) LDAP
11 4 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
11 4 (0.70%) Spring Boot
11 4 (0.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 55 (9.65%) Cloud Native
2 18 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (2.81%) Data Centre
4 15 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
5 14 (2.46%) Product Ownership
6 12 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (1.93%) FMCG
8 10 (1.75%) Mainframe
8 10 (1.75%) Management Information System
8 10 (1.75%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 9 (1.58%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.40%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.23%) AI Agents
11 7 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.05%) Mobile App
13 5 (0.88%) NHS
13 5 (0.88%) Virtual Team
14 4 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.40%) Windows
2 4 (0.70%) Linux
3 2 (0.35%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.35%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.18%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (17.37%) AI
2 93 (16.32%) Agile
3 91 (15.96%) DevOps
4 87 (15.26%) Roadmaps
5 76 (13.33%) Migration
6 70 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
7 68 (11.93%) Stakeholder Management
8 61 (10.70%) Enterprise Architecture
9 59 (10.35%) CI/CD
10 57 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
11 56 (9.82%) Integration Patterns
12 53 (9.30%) Analytics
13 51 (8.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 50 (8.77%) ERP
14 50 (8.77%) Microservices
15 41 (7.19%) Data Modelling
16 40 (7.02%) TOGAF
17 39 (6.84%) Machine Learning
18 36 (6.32%) Architectural Patterns
19 35 (6.14%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 44 (7.72%) Python
2 36 (6.32%) Java
3 24 (4.21%) C#
4 22 (3.86%) SQL
5 11 (1.93%) JavaScript
5 11 (1.93%) TypeScript
6 7 (1.23%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.53%) Bash
7 3 (0.53%) R
7 3 (0.53%) Scala
8 2 (0.35%) Korn
8 2 (0.35%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.18%) ABAP
9 1 (0.18%) Bicep
9 1 (0.18%) C++
9 1 (0.18%) RPG
9 1 (0.18%) X++
Qualifications
1 94 (16.49%) Security Cleared
2 81 (14.21%) SC Cleared
3 35 (6.14%) Degree
4 21 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.16%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.46%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.28%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.88%) CISA
11 4 (0.70%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.70%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.53%) CISSP
13 2 (0.35%) CCNP
13 2 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.35%) CISM
13 2 (0.35%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.18%) Oracle Certification
14 1 (0.18%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.09%) GDPR
2 10 (1.75%) SEPA
3 9 (1.58%) ISO 20022
4 8 (1.40%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.40%) PSD2
4 8 (1.40%) QA
5 5 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.88%) NIST
5 5 (0.88%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.70%) HL7
7 3 (0.53%) TARGET2
8 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.18%) GRC
9 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.18%) NCSC
System Software
1 21 (3.68%) Docker
2 14 (2.46%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.53%) Squid
4 2 (0.35%) Ceph
4 2 (0.35%) Firmware
4 2 (0.35%) Lustre
4 2 (0.35%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft App-V
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 (5.61%) Terraform
2 29 (5.09%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.40%) Grafana
3 8 (1.40%) Prometheus
4 7 (1.23%) FortiGate
4 7 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.70%) Ansible
5 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.53%) SCCM
7 2 (0.35%) Consul
7 2 (0.35%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.18%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 82 (14.39%) Microsoft
2 53 (9.30%) SAP
3 43 (7.54%) Oracle
4 31 (5.44%) Salesforce
4 31 (5.44%) ServiceNow
5 25 (4.39%) Databricks
6 14 (2.46%) Workday
7 12 (2.11%) Software AG
8 11 (1.93%) Ariba
8 11 (1.93%) Google
9 9 (1.58%) Cisco
10 8 (1.40%) IBM
11 7 (1.23%) OpenAI
12 6 (1.05%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.88%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.88%) IFS
14 4 (0.70%) Confluent
14 4 (0.70%) Palo Alto
14 4 (0.70%) Planon
14 4 (0.70%) Yardi