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 26 June 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 92 82
Rank change year-on-year +17 -10 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 681 374 517
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.56% 2.95% 2.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.83% 3.15% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 462 214 355
10th Percentile £493 £489 £475
25th Percentile £525 £568 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -5.45%
75th Percentile £748 £725 £775
90th Percentile £788 £800 £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 £61.50 £89.00
% change year-on-year +15.89% -30.90% +34.85%

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 17,759 11,870 16,503
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.88% 93.49% 93.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,724 8,036 11,854
10th Percentile £358 £336 £325
25th Percentile £438 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £687
90th Percentile £760 £798 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 182 316
10th Percentile £18.48 £18.87 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.11 £20.22
Median hourly rate £41.00 £32.25 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.13% +17.27% -25.21%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.38 £46.49
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £66.75
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.18 £39.78
% change year-on-year +59.69% -29.15% -8.17%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 +14 110 £694 +1.68% 19
South London -7 6 £637 -0.08% 1
West London -20 5 £688 +17.02% 9
East London 0 3 £630 +20.00% 5
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 26 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.

1 211 (30.98%) Azure
2 151 (22.17%) AWS
3 125 (18.36%) AI
4 121 (17.77%) Security Cleared
5 115 (16.89%) Migration
6 111 (16.30%) DevOps
7 104 (15.27%) Agile
7 104 (15.27%) Roadmaps
8 103 (15.12%) SC Cleared
9 99 (14.54%) Stakeholder Management
10 90 (13.22%) Enterprise Architecture
11 88 (12.92%) Microsoft
12 76 (11.16%) CI/CD
13 72 (10.57%) Analytics
14 70 (10.28%) Integration Patterns
15 62 (9.10%) Problem-Solving
15 62 (9.10%) TOGAF
16 60 (8.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 60 (8.81%) Technical Leadership
17 58 (8.52%) .NET
18 52 (7.64%) Data Architecture
18 52 (7.64%) GCP
18 52 (7.64%) SAP
19 49 (7.20%) ERP
19 49 (7.20%) Event-Driven
20 48 (7.05%) Microservices
21 47 (6.90%) Machine Learning
22 46 (6.75%) Data Modelling
23 45 (6.61%) Architectural Patterns
23 45 (6.61%) Infrastructure as Code

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 15 (2.20%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.17%) Camunda
2 8 (1.17%) Confluence
3 5 (0.73%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.59%) Apache
5 3 (0.44%) CMS
5 3 (0.44%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.44%) nginx
6 2 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.15%) Appian
7 1 (0.15%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.15%) ThingWorx
7 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.29%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.15%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 31 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.17%) SAP BRIM
4 7 (1.03%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.73%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 4 (0.59%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 4 (0.59%) SAP Convergent Charging
7 3 (0.44%) SAP FSCM
7 3 (0.44%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.44%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle Retail
8 2 (0.29%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.29%) SAP PM
8 2 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.15%) Aladdin
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 1 (0.15%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
Cloud Services
1 211 (30.98%) Azure
2 151 (22.17%) AWS
3 52 (7.64%) GCP
4 37 (5.43%) Power Platform
5 27 (3.96%) SaaS
6 23 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (3.38%) Serverless
7 21 (3.08%) Entra ID
8 20 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
9 19 (2.79%) Snowflake
10 17 (2.50%) PaaS
11 15 (2.20%) GitHub
12 13 (1.91%) Power Automate
13 12 (1.76%) Azure Machine Learning
13 12 (1.76%) IaaS
14 11 (1.62%) Azure AI
14 11 (1.62%) Microsoft 365
14 11 (1.62%) PowerApps
15 10 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
15 10 (1.47%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.06%) Firewall
2 12 (1.76%) Network Security
2 12 (1.76%) VPN
3 8 (1.17%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.88%) DNS
4 6 (0.88%) WAN
5 5 (0.73%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.59%) MPLS
7 3 (0.44%) FTP
7 3 (0.44%) OpenVPN
7 3 (0.44%) SSL
7 3 (0.44%) VoIP
7 3 (0.44%) Wireless
8 2 (0.29%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.29%) DHCP
8 2 (0.29%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 2 (0.29%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (0.29%) RFID
8 2 (0.29%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (4.85%) Data Lake
2 21 (3.08%) Power BI
3 16 (2.35%) SQL Server
4 15 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (2.06%) Metadata
6 11 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (1.17%) Big Data
8 5 (0.73%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.73%) Tableau
9 4 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.59%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.59%) Flink
9 4 (0.59%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.44%) Delta Lake
10 3 (0.44%) Electronic Patient Records
10 3 (0.44%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.44%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 2 (0.29%) Db2
11 2 (0.29%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 13 (1.91%) JIRA
2 6 (0.88%) MLflow
3 4 (0.59%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.59%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.44%) Git
4 3 (0.44%) Maven
5 2 (0.29%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.29%) ERwin
5 2 (0.29%) GitLab
5 2 (0.29%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.15%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.15%) MSI
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.15%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.15%) Subversion
6 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.15%) VersionOne
General
1 168 (24.67%) Finance
2 138 (20.26%) Social Skills
3 62 (9.10%) Public Sector
4 55 (8.08%) Banking
5 36 (5.29%) Retail
6 35 (5.14%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (3.38%) Telecoms
8 20 (2.94%) Billing
9 19 (2.79%) Legal
10 18 (2.64%) Documentation Skills
11 16 (2.35%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (0.88%) Local Government
15 5 (0.73%) Marketing
16 4 (0.59%) Law
17 3 (0.44%) Aerospace
17 3 (0.44%) Automotive
18 2 (0.29%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (8.52%) .NET
2 35 (5.14%) Middleware
2 35 (5.14%) REST
3 22 (3.23%) .NET Framework
4 18 (2.64%) React
5 13 (1.91%) AngularJS
6 10 (1.47%) Kafka
7 8 (1.17%) Vue
8 7 (1.03%) .NET Core
8 7 (1.03%) HTML5 Canvas
8 7 (1.03%) Oracle Fusion
8 7 (1.03%) SOAP
9 6 (0.88%) CSS
9 6 (0.88%) HTML
10 5 (0.73%) LDAP
10 5 (0.73%) Spring
11 4 (0.59%) OAuth
11 4 (0.59%) PySpark
11 4 (0.59%) SAML
11 4 (0.59%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 68 (9.99%) Cloud Native
2 27 (3.96%) Product Ownership
3 21 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
4 17 (2.50%) Mainframe
5 16 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
5 16 (2.35%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.06%) Data Centre
6 14 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (1.91%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (1.76%) Hybrid Cloud
9 10 (1.47%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 8 (1.17%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.03%) AI Agents
11 7 (1.03%) Enterprise Cloud
11 7 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.03%) NHS
12 6 (0.88%) Algorithms
12 6 (0.88%) Data Structures
12 6 (0.88%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.17%) Windows
2 3 (0.44%) Linux
3 2 (0.29%) Android
3 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.29%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (18.36%) AI
2 115 (16.89%) Migration
3 111 (16.30%) DevOps
4 104 (15.27%) Agile
4 104 (15.27%) Roadmaps
5 99 (14.54%) Stakeholder Management
6 90 (13.22%) Enterprise Architecture
7 76 (11.16%) CI/CD
8 72 (10.57%) Analytics
9 70 (10.28%) Integration Patterns
10 62 (9.10%) Problem-Solving
10 62 (9.10%) TOGAF
11 60 (8.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 60 (8.81%) Technical Leadership
12 52 (7.64%) Data Architecture
13 49 (7.20%) ERP
13 49 (7.20%) Event-Driven
14 48 (7.05%) Microservices
15 47 (6.90%) Machine Learning
16 46 (6.75%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 43 (6.31%) Python
2 37 (5.43%) Java
3 31 (4.55%) C#
4 25 (3.67%) SQL
5 17 (2.50%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.76%) TypeScript
7 7 (1.03%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.44%) Bash
8 3 (0.44%) R
9 2 (0.29%) Bicep
9 2 (0.29%) Scala
10 1 (0.15%) ABAP
10 1 (0.15%) C++
10 1 (0.15%) Groovy
10 1 (0.15%) Korn
10 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.15%) RPG
10 1 (0.15%) X++
Qualifications
1 121 (17.77%) Security Cleared
2 103 (15.12%) SC Cleared
3 44 (6.46%) Degree
4 17 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.35%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.06%) AWS Certification
7 12 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.32%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
9 6 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (0.88%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.73%) CISA
10 5 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.59%) CISSP
12 3 (0.44%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.29%) CCNP
13 2 (0.29%) CCSP
13 2 (0.29%) CISM
13 2 (0.29%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.26%) GDPR
2 17 (2.50%) Data Quality
3 12 (1.76%) SEPA
4 11 (1.62%) NIST
5 10 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.32%) ISO 20022
6 9 (1.32%) PSD2
7 7 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.03%) QA
8 4 (0.59%) HL7
8 4 (0.59%) NCSC
8 4 (0.59%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.44%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.44%) TARGET2
10 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.29%) GRC
11 1 (0.15%) IFRS
11 1 (0.15%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (3.23%) Docker
2 15 (2.20%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.44%) Squid
3 3 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.15%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 35 (5.14%) Kubernetes
2 33 (4.85%) Terraform
3 13 (1.91%) Ansible
4 9 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.03%) Grafana
5 7 (1.03%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.88%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.44%) SCCM
8 2 (0.29%) Argo
8 2 (0.29%) Consul
8 2 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.29%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.15%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.15%) Avamar
9 1 (0.15%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 88 (12.92%) Microsoft
2 52 (7.64%) SAP
3 45 (6.61%) Oracle
4 39 (5.73%) ServiceNow
5 36 (5.29%) Databricks
6 29 (4.26%) Salesforce
7 15 (2.20%) Cisco
8 11 (1.62%) Workday
9 10 (1.47%) Google
10 9 (1.32%) Ariba
11 8 (1.17%) IFS
11 8 (1.17%) OpenAI
12 7 (1.03%) IBM
13 6 (0.88%) Palo Alto
13 6 (0.88%) Software AG
14 5 (0.73%) Dynatrace
14 5 (0.73%) MuleSoft
14 5 (0.73%) Siemens
15 4 (0.59%) CyberArk
15 4 (0.59%) Yardi