Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Solution Architect
England > London

The median Solution Architect daily rate in London is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 July 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 102 87
Rank change year-on-year +32 -15 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 740 386 486
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.74% 2.83% 2.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.02% 3.03% 3.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 501 224 342
10th Percentile £493 £482 £481
25th Percentile £525 £568 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -3.70%
75th Percentile £738 £725 £775
90th Percentile £788 £800 £888
England median daily rate £625 £625 £638
% change year-on-year - -1.96% -3.77%
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 £61.50 £87.50
% change year-on-year +15.89% -29.71% +22.81%

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 18,412 12,722 16,033
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 93.24% 94.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,063 8,609 11,448
10th Percentile £360 £331 £331
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £763 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 199 263
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.15
25th Percentile £22.00 £22.83 £21.90
Median hourly rate £39.00 £30.81 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year +26.60% -2.85% -18.69%
75th Percentile £59.72 £50.25 £51.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £63.75 £70.90
England median hourly rate £45.56 £27.39 £41.27
% change year-on-year +66.34% -33.63% -6.22%

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 20 July 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 20 July 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 20 July 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 +15 102 £675 - 36
South London -13 7 £744 +14.38% 2
West London -14 6 £650 +44.44% 11
East London -1 3 £630 -6.67% 2
North London - 1 £650 -
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 July 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.

1 224 (30.27%) Azure
2 164 (22.16%) AWS
3 131 (17.70%) AI
4 126 (17.03%) Migration
5 124 (16.76%) Roadmaps
6 121 (16.35%) Security Cleared
7 120 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
8 113 (15.27%) DevOps
9 109 (14.73%) Agile
10 105 (14.19%) Enterprise Architecture
11 103 (13.92%) SC Cleared
12 95 (12.84%) Microsoft
13 80 (10.81%) Analytics
14 78 (10.54%) CI/CD
15 77 (10.41%) Integration Patterns
16 72 (9.73%) Technical Leadership
17 71 (9.59%) TOGAF
18 70 (9.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 67 (9.05%) SAP
20 62 (8.38%) Data Modelling
21 61 (8.24%) ERP
22 60 (8.11%) GCP
23 59 (7.97%) Problem-Solving
24 58 (7.84%) .NET
24 58 (7.84%) Event-Driven
25 56 (7.57%) Data Architecture
26 55 (7.43%) Microservices
27 54 (7.30%) Machine Learning
28 52 (7.03%) Architectural Patterns
29 50 (6.76%) CRM

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 12 (1.62%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.08%) Camunda
2 8 (1.08%) Confluence
3 7 (0.95%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.81%) CMS
5 4 (0.54%) Apache
5 4 (0.54%) nginx
6 3 (0.41%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.14%) Appian
8 1 (0.14%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.14%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.14%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 34 (4.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.08%) SAP BRIM
4 7 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (0.68%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (0.68%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 4 (0.54%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 4 (0.54%) SAP Convergent Charging
7 3 (0.41%) Oracle Retail
7 3 (0.41%) SAP FSCM
7 3 (0.41%) Teamcenter
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.27%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.27%) SAP PM
8 2 (0.27%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.14%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.14%) SAP HR
9 1 (0.14%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 224 (30.27%) Azure
2 164 (22.16%) AWS
3 60 (8.11%) GCP
4 40 (5.41%) Power Platform
5 29 (3.92%) SaaS
6 28 (3.78%) Dynamics 365
7 24 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
8 23 (3.11%) Serverless
9 22 (2.97%) Entra ID
10 21 (2.84%) Snowflake
11 17 (2.30%) GitHub
11 17 (2.30%) PaaS
12 14 (1.89%) Power Automate
13 12 (1.62%) IaaS
13 12 (1.62%) PowerApps
14 11 (1.49%) Azure AI
14 11 (1.49%) Azure Machine Learning
14 11 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
15 9 (1.22%) Azure Logic Apps
15 9 (1.22%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.76%) Firewall
2 11 (1.49%) Network Security
2 11 (1.49%) VPN
3 8 (1.08%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.81%) DNS
5 4 (0.54%) MPLS
6 3 (0.41%) FTP
6 3 (0.41%) OpenVPN
6 3 (0.41%) SSL
6 3 (0.41%) VoIP
6 3 (0.41%) Wireless
7 2 (0.27%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.27%) DHCP
7 2 (0.27%) HTTP
7 2 (0.27%) IPv4
7 2 (0.27%) IPv6
7 2 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (0.27%) SDH
7 2 (0.27%) SMS
7 2 (0.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (5.14%) Data Lake
2 23 (3.11%) Power BI
3 17 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (2.30%) SQL Server
4 14 (1.89%) Metadata
5 11 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (1.35%) Big Data
7 6 (0.81%) Tableau
8 5 (0.68%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.54%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.54%) Flink
9 4 (0.54%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.54%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.41%) Delta Lake
10 3 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
10 3 (0.41%) GIS
10 3 (0.41%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.41%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 14 (1.89%) JIRA
2 6 (0.81%) MLflow
3 5 (0.68%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.54%) Git
4 4 (0.54%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.41%) ERwin
5 3 (0.41%) Maven
6 2 (0.27%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.27%) GitLab
6 2 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.14%) MSI
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.14%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.14%) Subversion
7 1 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.14%) VersionOne
General
1 170 (22.97%) Finance
2 148 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 66 (8.92%) Public Sector
4 58 (7.84%) Banking
5 55 (7.43%) Retail
6 32 (4.32%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (3.38%) Telecoms
8 22 (2.97%) Billing
9 19 (2.57%) Documentation Skills
10 16 (2.16%) Legal
11 15 (2.03%) Manufacturing
12 11 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (0.81%) Local Government
14 6 (0.81%) Marketing
14 6 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.41%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.41%) Automotive
15 3 (0.41%) Investment Banking
16 2 (0.27%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (7.84%) .NET
2 41 (5.54%) REST
3 33 (4.46%) Middleware
4 23 (3.11%) .NET Framework
5 19 (2.57%) Kafka
6 18 (2.43%) React
7 12 (1.62%) AngularJS
8 8 (1.08%) .NET Core
8 8 (1.08%) HTML5 Canvas
8 8 (1.08%) SOAP
9 7 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
9 7 (0.95%) Vue
10 6 (0.81%) CSS
10 6 (0.81%) HTML
11 5 (0.68%) LDAP
11 5 (0.68%) OAuth
11 5 (0.68%) Spring
12 4 (0.54%) ASP.NET
12 4 (0.54%) SAML
12 4 (0.54%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 74 (10.00%) Cloud Native
2 28 (3.78%) Legacy Systems
2 28 (3.78%) Product Ownership
3 20 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
4 17 (2.30%) Mainframe
5 16 (2.16%) Hybrid Cloud
6 15 (2.03%) Management Information System
7 14 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (1.76%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 12 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (1.49%) Data Centre
10 11 (1.49%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.35%) NHS
12 9 (1.22%) AI Agents
12 9 (1.22%) Enterprise Cloud
12 9 (1.22%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (0.95%) Algorithms
14 7 (0.95%) Data Structures
14 7 (0.95%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.68%) Windows
2 4 (0.54%) Linux
3 2 (0.27%) Android
3 2 (0.27%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (17.70%) AI
2 126 (17.03%) Migration
3 124 (16.76%) Roadmaps
4 120 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 113 (15.27%) DevOps
6 109 (14.73%) Agile
7 105 (14.19%) Enterprise Architecture
8 80 (10.81%) Analytics
9 78 (10.54%) CI/CD
10 77 (10.41%) Integration Patterns
11 72 (9.73%) Technical Leadership
12 71 (9.59%) TOGAF
13 70 (9.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 62 (8.38%) Data Modelling
15 61 (8.24%) ERP
16 59 (7.97%) Problem-Solving
17 58 (7.84%) Event-Driven
18 56 (7.57%) Data Architecture
19 55 (7.43%) Microservices
20 54 (7.30%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 43 (5.81%) Python
2 39 (5.27%) Java
3 33 (4.46%) C#
4 24 (3.24%) SQL
5 19 (2.57%) JavaScript
6 13 (1.76%) TypeScript
7 7 (0.95%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.41%) Bash
8 3 (0.41%) R
8 3 (0.41%) Scala
9 2 (0.27%) Bicep
10 1 (0.14%) ABAP
10 1 (0.14%) C++
10 1 (0.14%) Go
10 1 (0.14%) Groovy
10 1 (0.14%) X++
Qualifications
1 121 (16.35%) Security Cleared
2 103 (13.92%) SC Cleared
3 42 (5.68%) Degree
4 19 (2.57%) Azure Certification
5 16 (2.16%) AWS Certification
6 15 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (1.49%) TOGAF Certification
9 8 (1.08%) DV Cleared
10 7 (0.95%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.68%) CISA
13 4 (0.54%) CISSP
13 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.41%) DBS Check
15 2 (0.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 2 (0.27%) CCSP
15 2 (0.27%) CISM
15 2 (0.27%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.92%) GDPR
2 19 (2.57%) Data Quality
3 15 (2.03%) SEPA
4 12 (1.62%) ISO 20022
4 12 (1.62%) NIST
5 11 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.08%) PSD2
7 7 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.81%) QA
9 5 (0.68%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.54%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.54%) HL7
11 3 (0.41%) NCSC
11 3 (0.41%) PMO
11 3 (0.41%) TARGET2
12 2 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.27%) GRC
13 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 22 (2.97%) Docker
2 15 (2.03%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.41%) Squid
3 3 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.14%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (5.00%) Kubernetes
2 32 (4.32%) Terraform
3 13 (1.76%) Ansible
4 9 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (1.08%) Grafana
6 7 (0.95%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.41%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.41%) SCCM
8 2 (0.27%) Argo
8 2 (0.27%) Consul
8 2 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.27%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.14%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.14%) Avamar
9 1 (0.14%) EMC VPLEX
9 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 95 (12.84%) Microsoft
2 67 (9.05%) SAP
3 46 (6.22%) Oracle
4 43 (5.81%) Databricks
5 39 (5.27%) ServiceNow
6 25 (3.38%) Salesforce
7 12 (1.62%) Ariba
8 11 (1.49%) Cisco
8 11 (1.49%) Workday
9 10 (1.35%) Google
10 8 (1.08%) IFS
10 8 (1.08%) OpenAI
11 7 (0.95%) IBM
12 5 (0.68%) Dynatrace
12 5 (0.68%) MuleSoft
12 5 (0.68%) Siemens
13 4 (0.54%) BMC
13 4 (0.54%) Confluent
13 4 (0.54%) Planon
13 4 (0.54%) Software AG