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 3 June 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 93 81
Rank change year-on-year +15 -12 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 639 353 498
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.48% 2.92% 2.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.75% 3.13% 3.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 439 211 338
10th Percentile £500 £510 £481
25th Percentile £525 £575 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £750 £739 £763
90th Percentile £800 £813 £888
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £52.98 - £52.55
25th Percentile £55.19 £52.50 £53.38
Median hourly rate £60.25 £60.00 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +5.26% +9.57%
75th Percentile £65.19 £67.50 £60.88
90th Percentile £67.33 - £61.85
England median hourly rate £71.27 £64.50 £89.00
% change year-on-year +10.50% -27.53% +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 17,049 11,286 16,405
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 93.51% 93.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,271 7,654 11,842
10th Percentile £356 £350 £325
25th Percentile £433 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £676
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £518 £517 £525
% change year-on-year +0.10% -1.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 157 327
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.24 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.03 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +17.19% +15.07% -22.75%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.00 £47.18
90th Percentile £76.74 £63.10 £67.40
England median hourly rate £45.00 £29.57 £37.75
% change year-on-year +52.21% -21.68% -16.11%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 3 June 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 +12 104 £694 +1.68% 53
South London -9 6 £637 -0.08% 4
West London -22 5 £638 +8.51% 5
East London -4 3 £630 - 3
North London - 1 £650 - 1
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 June 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.

1 191 (29.89%) Azure
2 138 (21.60%) AWS
3 125 (19.56%) Security Cleared
4 112 (17.53%) AI
5 105 (16.43%) SC Cleared
6 104 (16.28%) DevOps
7 103 (16.12%) Migration
8 96 (15.02%) Agile
9 92 (14.40%) Roadmaps
10 85 (13.30%) Microsoft
11 81 (12.68%) Stakeholder Management
12 71 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
13 67 (10.49%) CI/CD
14 64 (10.02%) Integration Patterns
15 63 (9.86%) Problem-Solving
16 58 (9.08%) Analytics
17 56 (8.76%) Technical Leadership
18 55 (8.61%) SAP
18 55 (8.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 53 (8.29%) ERP
20 51 (7.98%) .NET
21 48 (7.51%) TOGAF
22 46 (7.20%) Event-Driven
23 45 (7.04%) GCP
23 45 (7.04%) Microservices
24 43 (6.73%) Degree
24 43 (6.73%) Oracle
25 42 (6.57%) Infrastructure as Code
26 41 (6.42%) Middleware
26 41 (6.42%) Python

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 18 (2.82%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.25%) Camunda
3 6 (0.94%) Confluence
4 4 (0.63%) Apache
4 4 (0.63%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.47%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.47%) nginx
6 2 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.16%) Appian
7 1 (0.16%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.16%) ThingWorx
7 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.31%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.16%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.16%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 30 (4.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.25%) SAP BRIM
3 7 (1.10%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.78%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 5 (0.78%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.63%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 4 (0.63%) SAP Convergent Charging
5 4 (0.63%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.47%) SAP FSCM
6 3 (0.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.31%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.31%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.16%) DELMIA
8 1 (0.16%) Maximo
8 1 (0.16%) SAP AFS
8 1 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.16%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 191 (29.89%) Azure
2 138 (21.60%) AWS
3 45 (7.04%) GCP
4 31 (4.85%) Power Platform
5 29 (4.54%) SaaS
6 20 (3.13%) Serverless
7 19 (2.97%) Dynamics 365
8 17 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (2.50%) Snowflake
10 15 (2.35%) Entra ID
10 15 (2.35%) PaaS
11 12 (1.88%) Azure AI
11 12 (1.88%) SuccessFactors
12 11 (1.72%) Azure Machine Learning
13 10 (1.56%) GitHub
13 10 (1.56%) IaaS
13 10 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
14 9 (1.41%) Azure Logic Apps
14 9 (1.41%) Azure Service Bus
14 9 (1.41%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.72%) Network Security
2 10 (1.56%) Firewall
2 10 (1.56%) VPN
3 8 (1.25%) WAN
4 6 (0.94%) DNS
4 6 (0.94%) SD-WAN
4 6 (0.94%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.63%) MPLS
6 3 (0.47%) FTP
6 3 (0.47%) OpenVPN
6 3 (0.47%) VoIP
7 2 (0.31%) 5G
7 2 (0.31%) DHCP
7 2 (0.31%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 2 (0.31%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (0.31%) IPv4
7 2 (0.31%) IPv6
7 2 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (0.31%) SDH
7 2 (0.31%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (4.38%) Data Lake
2 17 (2.66%) Power BI
3 14 (2.19%) SQL Server
4 12 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.41%) Metadata
5 9 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.94%) Big Data
7 5 (0.78%) Electronic Patient Records
7 5 (0.78%) NoSQL
7 5 (0.78%) Tableau
8 4 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (0.63%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.47%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.47%) Flink
9 3 (0.47%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 2 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.31%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.31%) Pinecone
10 2 (0.31%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 11 (1.72%) JIRA
2 6 (0.94%) MLflow
3 4 (0.63%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.63%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.47%) Maven
5 2 (0.31%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.31%) Git
6 1 (0.16%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.16%) ERwin
6 1 (0.16%) GitLab
6 1 (0.16%) MSI
6 1 (0.16%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.16%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.16%) Subversion
6 1 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.16%) VersionOne
General
1 166 (25.98%) Finance
2 130 (20.34%) Social Skills
3 58 (9.08%) Public Sector
4 56 (8.76%) Banking
5 33 (5.16%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (3.91%) Telecoms
7 22 (3.44%) Billing
7 22 (3.44%) Retail
8 19 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
8 19 (2.97%) Legal
9 17 (2.66%) Manufacturing
10 12 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.10%) Law
13 6 (0.94%) Marketing
14 5 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.63%) Local Government
16 3 (0.47%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.47%) Automotive
16 3 (0.47%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (7.98%) .NET
2 41 (6.42%) Middleware
3 30 (4.69%) REST
4 19 (2.97%) .NET Framework
5 18 (2.82%) React
6 14 (2.19%) AngularJS
7 9 (1.41%) Kafka
7 9 (1.41%) Vue
8 6 (0.94%) .NET Core
8 6 (0.94%) CSS
8 6 (0.94%) HTML
8 6 (0.94%) LDAP
8 6 (0.94%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (0.94%) SOAP
9 5 (0.78%) Spring
10 4 (0.63%) FHIR
10 4 (0.63%) HTML5 Canvas
10 4 (0.63%) OpenID
10 4 (0.63%) Spring Boot
11 3 (0.47%) LlamaIndex
Miscellaneous
1 63 (9.86%) Cloud Native
2 23 (3.60%) Product Ownership
3 20 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
4 17 (2.66%) Mainframe
5 15 (2.35%) Data Centre
6 14 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (2.03%) Management Information System
8 12 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.72%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
10 10 (1.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 9 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (1.25%) AI Agents
12 8 (1.25%) Virtual Team
13 7 (1.10%) Data Structures
13 7 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (1.10%) NHS
14 6 (0.94%) Algorithms
15 5 (0.78%) Enterprise Cloud
16 4 (0.63%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.10%) Windows
2 3 (0.47%) Linux
3 2 (0.31%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.16%) Android
4 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.16%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (17.53%) AI
2 104 (16.28%) DevOps
3 103 (16.12%) Migration
4 96 (15.02%) Agile
5 92 (14.40%) Roadmaps
6 81 (12.68%) Stakeholder Management
7 71 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
8 67 (10.49%) CI/CD
9 64 (10.02%) Integration Patterns
10 63 (9.86%) Problem-Solving
11 58 (9.08%) Analytics
12 56 (8.76%) Technical Leadership
13 55 (8.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 53 (8.29%) ERP
15 48 (7.51%) TOGAF
16 46 (7.20%) Event-Driven
17 45 (7.04%) Microservices
18 42 (6.57%) Infrastructure as Code
19 40 (6.26%) Architectural Patterns
19 40 (6.26%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 41 (6.42%) Python
2 34 (5.32%) Java
3 26 (4.07%) C#
4 20 (3.13%) SQL
5 13 (2.03%) JavaScript
6 11 (1.72%) TypeScript
7 7 (1.10%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.47%) R
9 2 (0.31%) Bash
9 2 (0.31%) Korn
9 2 (0.31%) Scala
10 1 (0.16%) ABAP
10 1 (0.16%) Bicep
10 1 (0.16%) C++
10 1 (0.16%) Groovy
10 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.16%) RPG
10 1 (0.16%) X++
Qualifications
1 125 (19.56%) Security Cleared
2 105 (16.43%) SC Cleared
3 43 (6.73%) Degree
4 18 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.88%) AWS Certification
6 12 (1.88%) Azure Certification
6 12 (1.88%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.10%) TOGAF Certification
8 6 (0.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 6 (0.94%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.78%) CISA
9 5 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.63%) CISSP
11 3 (0.47%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.31%) CCNP
12 2 (0.31%) CCSP
12 2 (0.31%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (4.38%) GDPR
2 12 (1.88%) Data Quality
2 12 (1.88%) SEPA
3 10 (1.56%) PSD2
3 10 (1.56%) QA
4 9 (1.41%) ISO 20022
5 8 (1.25%) NIST
6 7 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.63%) HL7
8 4 (0.63%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.47%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.47%) NCSC
9 3 (0.47%) TARGET2
10 2 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.31%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.16%) GRC
11 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.16%) PMO
System Software
1 21 (3.29%) Docker
2 14 (2.19%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.47%) Squid
3 3 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.16%) Ceph
4 1 (0.16%) Firmware
4 1 (0.16%) Lustre
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (5.16%) Terraform
2 32 (5.01%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.25%) Ansible
3 8 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.10%) FortiGate
4 7 (1.10%) Grafana
4 7 (1.10%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.31%) Argo
5 2 (0.31%) Consul
5 2 (0.31%) Kubeflow
5 2 (0.31%) SCCM
6 1 (0.16%) Amdocs OSS
6 1 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 85 (13.30%) Microsoft
2 55 (8.61%) SAP
3 43 (6.73%) Oracle
4 36 (5.63%) ServiceNow
5 33 (5.16%) Salesforce
6 31 (4.85%) Databricks
7 13 (2.03%) Cisco
7 13 (2.03%) Workday
8 11 (1.72%) Ariba
8 11 (1.72%) Google
9 10 (1.56%) Software AG
10 8 (1.25%) IFS
11 6 (0.94%) OpenAI
11 6 (0.94%) Siemens
12 5 (0.78%) Dynatrace
12 5 (0.78%) IBM
12 5 (0.78%) MuleSoft
12 5 (0.78%) Palo Alto
13 4 (0.63%) Confluent
13 4 (0.63%) Planon