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 8 February 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 90 86
Rank change year-on-year -20 -4 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 406 371 470
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.72% 2.72% 2.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.94% 2.90% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 229 315
10th Percentile £463 £489 £493
25th Percentile £562 £550 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £647
Median % change year-on-year - +0.46% -4.15%
75th Percentile £748 £763 £738
90th Percentile £826 £825 £775
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £63.00 - -
25th Percentile £66.00 £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £60.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +45.83% - -
75th Percentile £95.00 £67.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £83.82 £66.00 £87.50
% change year-on-year +27.00% -24.57% +25.00%

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 13,814 12,776 17,388
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.66% 93.62% 93.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,208 8,172 12,584
10th Percentile £350 £332 £325
25th Percentile £425 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £780
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 141 335
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.55 £24.66 £19.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £37.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +31.58% -12.31%
75th Percentile £61.25 £53.75 £49.48
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.75 £65.45
England median hourly rate £30.11 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -13.99% - -3.19%

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 8 February 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 8 February 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 8 February 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 -9 73 £675 +3.85% 43
West London -14 5 £625 -7.41% 7
South London - 4 £750 - 2
East London -1 1 £630 -9.68% 1
North London - 1 £700 -
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 February 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.

1 142 (34.98%) Azure
2 88 (21.67%) AWS
3 71 (17.49%) Roadmaps
4 70 (17.24%) Microsoft
5 69 (17.00%) Security Cleared
6 62 (15.27%) Agile
7 60 (14.78%) SC Cleared
8 57 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
9 53 (13.05%) DevOps
9 53 (13.05%) Enterprise Architecture
10 51 (12.56%) AI
11 49 (12.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 48 (11.82%) Microservices
13 45 (11.08%) Problem-Solving
14 41 (10.10%) Technical Leadership
15 37 (9.11%) Middleware
15 37 (9.11%) TOGAF
16 36 (8.87%) SAP
17 34 (8.37%) Migration
18 33 (8.13%) SaaS
19 32 (7.88%) GCP
19 32 (7.88%) Integration Patterns
20 29 (7.14%) CRM
20 29 (7.14%) Salesforce
21 28 (6.90%) Architectural Design
21 28 (6.90%) Degree
22 27 (6.65%) Data Modelling
23 26 (6.40%) CI/CD
24 25 (6.16%) Analytics
24 25 (6.16%) Data Integration

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 (2.96%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.72%) Confluence
3 4 (0.99%) CMS
3 4 (0.99%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.74%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.74%) Camunda
5 2 (0.49%) Apache
5 2 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.49%) nginx
5 2 (0.49%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.49%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.25%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.25%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.49%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.49%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.25%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.25%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 22 (5.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.48%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.23%) SAP EWM
3 5 (1.23%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.74%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.74%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.74%) SAP PM
4 3 (0.74%) SAP PP
4 3 (0.74%) SAP QM
4 3 (0.74%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.49%) SAP BRIM
5 2 (0.49%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.25%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 142 (34.98%) Azure
2 88 (21.67%) AWS
3 33 (8.13%) SaaS
4 32 (7.88%) GCP
5 18 (4.43%) Entra ID
5 18 (4.43%) Power Platform
6 15 (3.69%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (2.96%) Snowflake
8 11 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (2.46%) Azure Logic Apps
10 8 (1.97%) SuccessFactors
11 7 (1.72%) iPaaS
11 7 (1.72%) Serverless
12 6 (1.48%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (1.48%) Azure Service Bus
12 6 (1.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (1.23%) Copilot Studio
13 5 (1.23%) Fivetran
13 5 (1.23%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.46%) Firewall
1 10 (2.46%) WAN
2 8 (1.97%) SD-WAN
2 8 (1.97%) VPN
3 5 (1.23%) DNS
3 5 (1.23%) MPLS
4 4 (0.99%) 5G
4 4 (0.99%) Network Security
4 4 (0.99%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.74%) BGP
5 3 (0.74%) DHCP
5 3 (0.74%) LAN
5 3 (0.74%) OSPF
5 3 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.49%) 4G
6 2 (0.49%) IPsec
6 2 (0.49%) OpenVPN
6 2 (0.49%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.49%) VLAN
6 2 (0.49%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.96%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (2.71%) SQL Server
3 10 (2.46%) Power BI
4 8 (1.97%) Data Lake
5 6 (1.48%) Tableau
6 3 (0.74%) Delta Lake
6 3 (0.74%) Metadata
6 3 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.49%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.49%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.49%) GIS
7 2 (0.49%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.49%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 2 (0.49%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.49%) SAP BW
7 2 (0.49%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.25%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.25%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 8 (1.97%) JIRA
2 3 (0.74%) Git
3 2 (0.49%) Artifactory
3 2 (0.49%) Chocolatey
3 2 (0.49%) GitLab
3 2 (0.49%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.25%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.25%) MLflow
4 1 (0.25%) SonarQube
General
1 131 (32.27%) Finance
2 113 (27.83%) Social Skills
3 44 (10.84%) Banking
4 38 (9.36%) Public Sector
5 37 (9.11%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (4.68%) Legal
7 17 (4.19%) Billing
8 15 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (3.20%) Manufacturing
11 12 (2.96%) Marketing
11 12 (2.96%) Telecoms
12 10 (2.46%) Law
12 10 (2.46%) Retail
13 9 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (1.23%) Back Office
16 4 (0.99%) Electronics
17 3 (0.74%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.74%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (9.11%) Middleware
2 21 (5.17%) REST
3 20 (4.93%) .NET
4 9 (2.22%) OAuth
5 8 (1.97%) AngularJS
5 8 (1.97%) JSON
5 8 (1.97%) OpenID
5 8 (1.97%) SOAP
6 6 (1.48%) Kafka
6 6 (1.48%) React
6 6 (1.48%) XML
7 5 (1.23%) Node.js
7 5 (1.23%) OAuth2
7 5 (1.23%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (1.23%) SAML
8 4 (0.99%) GraphQL
8 4 (0.99%) gRPC
8 4 (0.99%) Vue
9 3 (0.74%) .NET Core
9 3 (0.74%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.91%) Cloud Native
2 17 (4.19%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (2.71%) Data Centre
3 11 (2.71%) FMCG
4 9 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
4 9 (2.22%) Onboarding
4 9 (2.22%) Product Ownership
5 8 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (1.48%) Management Information System
6 6 (1.48%) Security Posture
6 6 (1.48%) Taxonomies
7 5 (1.23%) Mobile App
8 4 (0.99%) AI Agents
8 4 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (0.99%) Operational Technology
8 4 (0.99%) Reinsurance
9 3 (0.74%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.74%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.97%) Windows
2 4 (0.99%) Linux
3 2 (0.49%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.49%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.25%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (17.49%) Roadmaps
2 62 (15.27%) Agile
3 57 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
4 53 (13.05%) DevOps
4 53 (13.05%) Enterprise Architecture
5 51 (12.56%) AI
6 49 (12.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 48 (11.82%) Microservices
8 45 (11.08%) Problem-Solving
9 41 (10.10%) Technical Leadership
10 37 (9.11%) TOGAF
11 34 (8.37%) Migration
12 32 (7.88%) Integration Patterns
13 29 (7.14%) CRM
14 28 (6.90%) Architectural Design
15 27 (6.65%) Data Modelling
16 26 (6.40%) CI/CD
17 25 (6.16%) Analytics
17 25 (6.16%) Data Integration
17 25 (6.16%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (5.67%) Python
2 17 (4.19%) Java
3 15 (3.69%) C#
3 15 (3.69%) SQL
4 8 (1.97%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.72%) TypeScript
6 5 (1.23%) Bash
6 5 (1.23%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.74%) R
8 2 (0.49%) Korn
8 2 (0.49%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.25%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.25%) Go
9 1 (0.25%) RPG
9 1 (0.25%) Scala
Qualifications
1 69 (17.00%) Security Cleared
2 60 (14.78%) SC Cleared
3 28 (6.90%) Degree
4 20 (4.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.45%) Azure Certification
6 12 (2.96%) Master's Degree
7 9 (2.22%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.97%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.99%) CISSP
11 3 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.74%) CISM
11 3 (0.74%) SAP Certification
12 2 (0.49%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.25%) CCSE
13 1 (0.25%) CSSLP
13 1 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.25%) JNCIE
13 1 (0.25%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.17%) GDPR
2 8 (1.97%) QA
3 6 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.23%) EU AI Act
4 5 (1.23%) NIST
5 4 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.99%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.99%) PSD2
6 3 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.74%) GRC
6 3 (0.74%) ISO 20022
6 3 (0.74%) NCSC
6 3 (0.74%) SEPA
7 2 (0.49%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.49%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.49%) TARGET2
8 1 (0.25%) COBIT
8 1 (0.25%) MiFID
8 1 (0.25%) Solvency II
System Software
1 15 (3.69%) Docker
2 11 (2.71%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.49%) Ceph
3 2 (0.49%) Firmware
3 2 (0.49%) Lustre
3 2 (0.49%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 2 (0.49%) Squid
4 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.25%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (4.68%) Terraform
2 15 (3.69%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.48%) FortiGate
3 6 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.23%) Ansible
5 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.74%) Grafana
6 3 (0.74%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.49%) SCCM
8 1 (0.25%) Consul
8 1 (0.25%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 70 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 36 (8.87%) SAP
3 29 (7.14%) Salesforce
4 24 (5.91%) Oracle
5 18 (4.43%) ServiceNow
6 11 (2.71%) Google
6 11 (2.71%) Software AG
7 10 (2.46%) Cisco
7 10 (2.46%) Databricks
8 8 (1.97%) IBM
8 8 (1.97%) Palo Alto
9 7 (1.72%) Workday
10 5 (1.23%) Adobe
11 4 (0.99%) Dell
11 4 (0.99%) IFS
11 4 (0.99%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.74%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.74%) F5
12 3 (0.74%) Foundry
12 3 (0.74%) Talend