Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends 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 10 September 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 117 93
Rank change year-on-year +41 -24 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 761 339 449
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.75% 2.51% 2.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.02% 2.71% 2.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 522 198 292
10th Percentile £500 £463 £485
25th Percentile £550 £563 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year - -3.70% -
75th Percentile £748 £725 £800
90th Percentile £805 £800 £888
England median daily rate £638 £618 £625
% change year-on-year +3.23% -1.19% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £36.65 - -
25th Percentile £39.13 - £52.00
Median hourly rate £44.00 - £54.00
75th Percentile £49.63 - £56.00
90th Percentile £52.55 - -
England median hourly rate £71.27 £30.20 £91.00
% change year-on-year +135.99% -66.81% +27.72%

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 18,953 12,528 15,198
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.28% 92.78% 94.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,219 8,384 10,288
10th Percentile £363 £325 £347
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £680
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £506 £525
% change year-on-year +3.75% -3.62% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 385 207 184
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.05 £17.61
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £40.00 £31.49 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.02% -10.03% -6.67%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.38 £56.38
90th Percentile £81.25 £66.34 £74.06
England median hourly rate £43.50 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +72.96% -47.05% +7.95%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 10 September 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 +7 92 £694 +2.81% 43
West London -15 4 £650 +80.56% 10
North London -1 2 £650 -27.78%
East London -2 2 £650 -5.53% 2
South London -14 1 £1,300 +95.56% 3
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 September 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.

1 236 (31.01%) Azure
2 159 (20.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 152 (19.97%) AWS
4 139 (18.27%) Migration
5 133 (17.48%) AI
6 131 (17.21%) Roadmaps
7 117 (15.37%) Security Cleared
8 113 (14.85%) Enterprise Architecture
9 110 (14.45%) Agile
10 107 (14.06%) Microsoft
11 104 (13.67%) DevOps
12 99 (13.01%) SC Cleared
13 89 (11.70%) Integration Patterns
14 88 (11.56%) Technical Leadership
15 86 (11.30%) Analytics
16 82 (10.78%) CI/CD
16 82 (10.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 71 (9.33%) TOGAF
18 70 (9.20%) Event-Driven
19 67 (8.80%) Data Architecture
20 65 (8.54%) Architectural Patterns
20 65 (8.54%) SAP
21 63 (8.28%) Data Modelling
22 62 (8.15%) Translating Business Requirements
23 56 (7.36%) Architecture Governance
23 56 (7.36%) Power Platform
23 56 (7.36%) Problem-Solving
24 55 (7.23%) Microservices
25 52 (6.83%) .NET
25 52 (6.83%) GCP

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 9 (1.18%) CMS
2 8 (1.05%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.92%) Confluence
4 6 (0.79%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.53%) Apache
6 3 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.39%) Camunda
6 3 (0.39%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.26%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.13%) Appian
8 1 (0.13%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.13%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 29 (3.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (3.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.05%) SAP BRIM
4 5 (0.66%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.66%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (0.66%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (0.66%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 4 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.53%) SAP Convergent Charging
6 3 (0.39%) Oracle Retail
6 3 (0.39%) SAP FSCM
6 3 (0.39%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.39%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.26%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
7 2 (0.26%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.13%) Cognos Controller
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 1 (0.13%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 236 (31.01%) Azure
2 152 (19.97%) AWS
3 56 (7.36%) Power Platform
4 52 (6.83%) GCP
5 33 (4.34%) Dynamics 365
6 28 (3.68%) SaaS
7 26 (3.42%) Entra ID
8 24 (3.15%) Serverless
9 22 (2.89%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
11 19 (2.50%) GitHub
12 15 (1.97%) PaaS
13 14 (1.84%) Azure AI
13 14 (1.84%) Microsoft Copilot
14 13 (1.71%) Power Automate
15 12 (1.58%) PowerApps
15 12 (1.58%) Snowflake
16 11 (1.45%) Azure Functions
16 11 (1.45%) OCI
17 10 (1.31%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.45%) Network Security
2 9 (1.18%) Firewall
3 7 (0.92%) VPN
4 5 (0.66%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.53%) DMZ
5 4 (0.53%) MPLS
6 3 (0.39%) DNS
6 3 (0.39%) FTP
6 3 (0.39%) SSL
6 3 (0.39%) VoIP
6 3 (0.39%) Wireless
7 2 (0.26%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.26%) DHCP
7 2 (0.26%) HTTP
7 2 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (0.26%) RFID
7 2 (0.26%) SDH
7 2 (0.26%) SMS
7 2 (0.26%) WAN
8 1 (0.13%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (5.12%) Data Lake
2 25 (3.29%) Power BI
3 18 (2.37%) SQL Server
4 15 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (1.97%) Metadata
5 8 (1.05%) Big Data
5 8 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.79%) Delta Lake
6 6 (0.79%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.66%) NoSQL
7 5 (0.66%) Power Query
8 4 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.53%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.53%) Flink
8 4 (0.53%) Hadoop
8 4 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.39%) GIS
9 3 (0.39%) PowerPivot
9 3 (0.39%) Snowflake Schema
9 3 (0.39%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (1.18%) JIRA
2 5 (0.66%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.53%) Git
4 3 (0.39%) ERwin
4 3 (0.39%) Maven
4 3 (0.39%) MLflow
5 2 (0.26%) GitLab
5 2 (0.26%) PowerDesigner
5 2 (0.26%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.13%) MSI
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.13%) Subversion
6 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.13%) VersionOne
General
1 168 (22.08%) Social Skills
2 153 (20.11%) Finance
3 67 (8.80%) Retail
4 65 (8.54%) Public Sector
5 47 (6.18%) Banking
6 31 (4.07%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (2.89%) Billing
8 21 (2.76%) Telecoms
9 17 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (1.97%) Manufacturing
11 13 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (1.71%) Legal
12 10 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (0.92%) Marketing
13 7 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (0.79%) Advertising
15 5 (0.66%) Local Government
16 4 (0.53%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.53%) Automotive
16 4 (0.53%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (6.83%) .NET
2 44 (5.78%) REST
3 25 (3.29%) Kafka
4 24 (3.15%) Terraform
5 22 (2.89%) .NET Framework
6 17 (2.23%) Middleware
7 11 (1.45%) React
8 10 (1.31%) SOAP
9 9 (1.18%) OAuth
10 8 (1.05%) AngularJS
10 8 (1.05%) HTML5 Canvas
11 6 (0.79%) Model Context Protocol
11 6 (0.79%) OAuth2
12 5 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
12 5 (0.66%) PySpark
12 5 (0.66%) RESTful
12 5 (0.66%) SAML
12 5 (0.66%) Spring
12 5 (0.66%) Vue
12 5 (0.66%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 75 (9.86%) Cloud Native
2 29 (3.81%) Product Ownership
3 24 (3.15%) Legacy Systems
4 23 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
5 21 (2.76%) Hybrid Cloud
6 18 (2.37%) Mainframe
6 18 (2.37%) Management Information System
7 16 (2.10%) Onboarding
8 13 (1.71%) AI Agents
8 13 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (1.58%) Data Centre
9 12 (1.58%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 11 (1.45%) Enterprise Cloud
11 9 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (1.05%) IoT
12 8 (1.05%) Virtual Team
13 7 (0.92%) Public Cloud
14 6 (0.79%) Algorithms
14 6 (0.79%) NHS
15 5 (0.66%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.92%) Windows
2 5 (0.66%) Linux
3 4 (0.53%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.26%) Android
4 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.13%) CentOS
5 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (20.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 139 (18.27%) Migration
3 133 (17.48%) AI
4 131 (17.21%) Roadmaps
5 113 (14.85%) Enterprise Architecture
6 110 (14.45%) Agile
7 104 (13.67%) DevOps
8 89 (11.70%) Integration Patterns
9 88 (11.56%) Technical Leadership
10 86 (11.30%) Analytics
11 82 (10.78%) CI/CD
11 82 (10.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 71 (9.33%) TOGAF
13 70 (9.20%) Event-Driven
14 67 (8.80%) Data Architecture
15 65 (8.54%) Architectural Patterns
16 63 (8.28%) Data Modelling
17 62 (8.15%) Translating Business Requirements
18 56 (7.36%) Architecture Governance
18 56 (7.36%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 36 (4.73%) Java
2 28 (3.68%) C#
3 23 (3.02%) Python
4 22 (2.89%) SQL
5 19 (2.50%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.58%) PowerShell
6 12 (1.58%) TypeScript
7 5 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.39%) Bash
8 3 (0.39%) Scala
9 2 (0.26%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.26%) Bicep
10 1 (0.13%) ABAP
10 1 (0.13%) C++
10 1 (0.13%) Go
10 1 (0.13%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 117 (15.37%) Security Cleared
2 99 (13.01%) SC Cleared
3 36 (4.73%) Degree
4 21 (2.76%) Azure Certification
5 18 (2.37%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (1.97%) TOGAF Certification
7 12 (1.58%) AWS Certification
8 9 (1.18%) DV Cleared
9 7 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (0.66%) CISA
11 5 (0.66%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (0.39%) CCSP
13 3 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.39%) CISSP
13 3 (0.39%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 2 (0.26%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.15%) GDPR
2 19 (2.50%) Data Quality
3 16 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (1.71%) SEPA
5 11 (1.45%) NIST
6 7 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (0.92%) ISO 20022
7 6 (0.79%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.79%) PMO
8 5 (0.66%) QA
9 3 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.39%) NCSC
9 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.26%) GRC
10 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.26%) PSD2
10 2 (0.26%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 19 (2.50%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.45%) Docker
3 5 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.39%) vSphere
5 1 (0.13%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (3.68%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.84%) Ansible
3 8 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.39%) Grafana
4 3 (0.39%) SCCM
5 2 (0.26%) Argo
5 2 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.26%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.13%) Amdocs OSS
6 1 (0.13%) Avamar
6 1 (0.13%) EMC VPLEX
6 1 (0.13%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.13%) Puppet
6 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 107 (14.06%) Microsoft
2 65 (8.54%) SAP
3 49 (6.44%) Databricks
4 46 (6.04%) ServiceNow
5 39 (5.12%) Oracle
6 32 (4.20%) Salesforce
7 15 (1.97%) Google
8 13 (1.71%) BMC
9 11 (1.45%) IBM
10 9 (1.18%) Cisco
11 8 (1.05%) MuleSoft
11 8 (1.05%) OpenAI
12 7 (0.92%) Ariba
13 6 (0.79%) TikTok
13 6 (0.79%) VMware
13 6 (0.79%) Workday
14 5 (0.66%) CyberArk
14 5 (0.66%) Siemens
15 4 (0.53%) IFS
15 4 (0.53%) Remedy