Solutions Architect Contracts 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 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 80 81
Rank change year-on-year -17 +1 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 359 484 803
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.86% 2.71% 2.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.06% 2.91% 3.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 341 535
10th Percentile £509 £485 £524
25th Percentile £573 £525 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year - -3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £750 £750 £775
90th Percentile £813 £850 £850
England median daily rate £625 £650 £675
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £31.91
25th Percentile £52.50 £57.50 £33.65
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £36.54
Median % change year-on-year - +64.20% -
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.50 £52.65
90th Percentile - - £62.31
England median hourly rate £63.00 £88.00 £66.00
% change year-on-year -28.41% +33.33% +11.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Solutions Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in London

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in London.

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in London

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in London

Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in London.

Hourly rate trend 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 1 May 2025. 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 +41 76 £683 +9.20% 21
South London - 5 £638 -
West London +10 3 £588 +2.17% 3
East London - 2 - - 3
Solutions Architect
England

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Solutions Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 131 (36.49%) Azure
2 89 (24.79%) Social Skills
3 78 (21.73%) Finance
4 76 (21.17%) AWS
5 74 (20.61%) Agile
6 73 (20.33%) Microsoft
7 62 (17.27%) Security Cleared
8 53 (14.76%) SC Cleared
8 53 (14.76%) Roadmaps
9 52 (14.48%) Stakeholder Management
10 47 (13.09%) DevOps
11 43 (11.98%) TOGAF
12 42 (11.70%) Migration
13 39 (10.86%) Java
14 34 (9.47%) Enterprise Architecture
14 34 (9.47%) GCP
14 34 (9.47%) ServiceNow
15 33 (9.19%) SAP
16 32 (8.91%) Degree
17 31 (8.64%) JavaScript
17 31 (8.64%) Microservices
18 28 (7.80%) CI/CD
18 28 (7.80%) Problem-Solving
19 26 (7.24%) Technical Leadership
19 26 (7.24%) Analytics
20 25 (6.96%) Retail
21 24 (6.69%) SaaS
21 24 (6.69%) Event-Driven
21 24 (6.69%) Power Platform
21 24 (6.69%) Public Sector

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (3.34%) Confluence
2 5 (1.39%) Apache
2 5 (1.39%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.56%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.28%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.28%) CICS
4 1 (0.28%) CMS
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.28%) Smallworld
4 1 (0.28%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (3.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (2.23%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.11%) Trello
5 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 15 (4.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.39%) SAP MDG
3 5 (1.39%) SAP MDG-S
4 4 (1.11%) SAP QM
5 3 (0.84%) Primavera
6 2 (0.56%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.56%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.56%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.56%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.56%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.28%) Actimize
7 1 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.28%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.28%) Shopify
7 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 131 (36.49%) Azure
2 76 (21.17%) AWS
3 34 (9.47%) GCP
4 24 (6.69%) Power Platform
4 24 (6.69%) SaaS
5 21 (5.85%) Dynamics 365
6 19 (5.29%) Serverless
7 17 (4.74%) Entra ID
8 15 (4.18%) PaaS
9 14 (3.90%) PowerApps
10 12 (3.34%) Microsoft 365
11 10 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (2.51%) Azure Functions
12 9 (2.51%) Azure Logic Apps
12 9 (2.51%) IaaS
12 9 (2.51%) Snowflake
13 8 (2.23%) GitHub
14 7 (1.95%) Power Automate
15 6 (1.67%) Azure API Management
16 5 (1.39%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.39%) MQTT
2 4 (1.11%) DNS
2 4 (1.11%) Firewall
2 4 (1.11%) Modbus
2 4 (1.11%) Network Security
3 2 (0.56%) HTTP
4 1 (0.28%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.28%) LAN
4 1 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.28%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.90%) Big Data
2 13 (3.62%) SQL Server
3 9 (2.51%) Power BI
4 8 (2.23%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.95%) Data Lake
6 6 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (1.39%) SAP HANA
7 5 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.84%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.84%) Metadata
8 3 (0.84%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.56%) DB2
9 2 (0.56%) EDMS
9 2 (0.56%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.56%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.56%) OLTP
9 2 (0.56%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (3.34%) JIRA
2 11 (3.06%) GitLab
3 9 (2.51%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.67%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.11%) MSI
6 3 (0.84%) Liquibase
6 3 (0.84%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.84%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.28%) MLflow
7 1 (0.28%) TeamCity
General
1 89 (24.79%) Social Skills
2 78 (21.73%) Finance
3 25 (6.96%) Retail
4 24 (6.69%) Public Sector
5 23 (6.41%) Banking
6 22 (6.13%) Analytical Skills
7 20 (5.57%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (3.62%) Marketing
9 12 (3.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (3.34%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.79%) Legal
11 8 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.95%) Law
12 7 (1.95%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.11%) Back Office
13 4 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.84%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.56%) Billing
15 2 (0.56%) Electronics
15 2 (0.56%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (6.13%) HTML
2 17 (4.74%) .NET
3 15 (4.18%) CSS
4 14 (3.90%) Kafka
5 13 (3.62%) REST
6 11 (3.06%) JSON
7 10 (2.79%) AngularJS
7 10 (2.79%) React
7 10 (2.79%) Web Services
8 9 (2.51%) GraphQL
8 9 (2.51%) Node.js
9 8 (2.23%) Middleware
9 8 (2.23%) XML
10 6 (1.67%) RESTful
11 5 (1.39%) .NET Framework
11 5 (1.39%) ASP.NET
11 5 (1.39%) ASP.NET Web API
11 5 (1.39%) OAuth
11 5 (1.39%) SOAP
11 5 (1.39%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.29%) Public Cloud
2 18 (5.01%) Cloud Native
3 16 (4.46%) Management Information System
4 15 (4.18%) Legacy Systems
4 15 (4.18%) Private Cloud
5 9 (2.51%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.23%) CMDB
7 7 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.67%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.39%) IoT
9 5 (1.39%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.39%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.39%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.39%) Reference Data
10 4 (1.11%) Mainframe
10 4 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.84%) Distributed Applications
11 3 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.51%) Windows
2 6 (1.67%) Linux
3 3 (0.84%) CentOS
3 3 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (0.84%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (20.61%) Agile
2 53 (14.76%) Roadmaps
3 52 (14.48%) Stakeholder Management
4 47 (13.09%) DevOps
5 43 (11.98%) TOGAF
6 42 (11.70%) Migration
7 34 (9.47%) Enterprise Architecture
8 31 (8.64%) Microservices
9 28 (7.80%) CI/CD
9 28 (7.80%) Problem-Solving
10 26 (7.24%) Analytics
10 26 (7.24%) Technical Leadership
11 24 (6.69%) Event-Driven
12 23 (6.41%) CRM
12 23 (6.41%) Data Architecture
13 22 (6.13%) Event-Driven Architecture
14 21 (5.85%) Data Integration
14 21 (5.85%) Technical Architecture
15 20 (5.57%) ITSM
15 20 (5.57%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 39 (10.86%) Java
2 31 (8.64%) JavaScript
3 20 (5.57%) C#
4 19 (5.29%) SQL
5 15 (4.18%) Python
6 7 (1.95%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.67%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.39%) Scala
9 3 (0.84%) Apex Code
9 3 (0.84%) Bicep
9 3 (0.84%) Go
10 1 (0.28%) Bash
10 1 (0.28%) C++
10 1 (0.28%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 62 (17.27%) Security Cleared
2 53 (14.76%) SC Cleared
3 32 (8.91%) Degree
4 21 (5.85%) TOGAF Certification
5 15 (4.18%) AWS Certification
6 9 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 8 (2.23%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.67%) CISM
8 6 (1.67%) CISSP
9 4 (1.11%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.11%) SAP Certification
10 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.56%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.56%) OCP
11 2 (0.56%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.28%) CISA
12 1 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.28%) MBA
12 1 (0.28%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.95%) QA
2 6 (1.67%) GRC
3 5 (1.39%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.84%) GDPR
5 3 (0.84%) NIST
6 2 (0.56%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.56%) DICOM
6 2 (0.56%) HL7
6 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.28%) FISMA
7 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.28%) SLA
7 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 20 (5.57%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.95%) Docker
3 5 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.84%) vCloud
4 3 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.84%) VMware Workstation
4 3 (0.84%) vSphere
5 1 (0.28%) KVM
5 1 (0.28%) OpenAM
5 1 (0.28%) OpenDJ
5 1 (0.28%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 21 (5.85%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.06%) Terraform
3 9 (2.51%) Ansible
4 5 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.11%) Kibana
6 3 (0.84%) SCCM
7 2 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.28%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.28%) Nagios
Vendors
1 73 (20.33%) Microsoft
2 34 (9.47%) ServiceNow
3 33 (9.19%) SAP
4 23 (6.41%) Salesforce
5 19 (5.29%) Oracle
6 12 (3.34%) Google
7 11 (3.06%) Databricks
8 9 (2.51%) BiZZdesign
9 7 (1.95%) IBM
10 6 (1.67%) Atlassian
10 6 (1.67%) Talend
11 5 (1.39%) Ariba
11 5 (1.39%) Qualys
12 4 (1.11%) VMware
12 4 (1.11%) Workday
13 3 (0.84%) Genesys
13 3 (0.84%) OpenAI
14 2 (0.56%) Dell
14 2 (0.56%) Foundry
14 2 (0.56%) Informatica