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 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 104 88
Rank change year-on-year -8 -16 0
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 372 353 464
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.58% 2.41% 2.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.79% 2.58% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 221 313
10th Percentile £463 £494 £513
25th Percentile £566 £550 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.76%
75th Percentile £738 £775 £738
90th Percentile £831 £825 £775
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £63.00 - -
25th Percentile £66.00 - -
Median hourly rate £87.50 - -
75th Percentile £95.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £83.82 £66.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year +27.00% -12.00% +7.14%

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 13,324 13,661 17,008
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 93.46% 93.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,838 8,810 12,270
10th Percentile £350 £337 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £553
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -0.62% -4.25%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £799 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 150 218
10th Percentile £17.50 £19.76 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.88 £23.80 £21.31
Median hourly rate £31.00 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.44% - +2.94%
75th Percentile £57.81 £53.75 £57.88
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.15
England median hourly rate £27.21 £35.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -22.26% -23.71% +40.01%

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 1 January 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 1 January 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 1 January 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 -11 63 £650 -1.89% 22
West London -13 6 £625 -12.28% 4
East London +4 5 £700 +0.36% 1
North London - 2 £800 -
South London - 2 £750 - 1
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 January 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.

1 147 (39.52%) Azure
2 77 (20.70%) AWS
3 71 (19.09%) Microsoft
4 69 (18.55%) Security Cleared
5 63 (16.94%) Roadmaps
5 63 (16.94%) Stakeholder Management
6 59 (15.86%) SC Cleared
7 55 (14.78%) Agile
8 50 (13.44%) Technical Leadership
9 49 (13.17%) Enterprise Architecture
9 49 (13.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 46 (12.37%) DevOps
10 46 (12.37%) TOGAF
11 43 (11.56%) Problem-Solving
12 42 (11.29%) Microservices
13 39 (10.48%) AI
13 39 (10.48%) SAP
14 37 (9.95%) Migration
15 34 (9.14%) SaaS
16 33 (8.87%) Data Modelling
17 32 (8.60%) Integration Patterns
17 32 (8.60%) Middleware
18 31 (8.33%) Salesforce
19 30 (8.06%) GCP
20 28 (7.53%) ERP
21 27 (7.26%) CRM
22 26 (6.99%) Architectural Design
23 25 (6.72%) Identity Access Management
24 24 (6.45%) Data Integration
24 24 (6.45%) SAP S/4HANA

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 13 (3.49%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.42%) Confluence
3 4 (1.08%) CMS
3 4 (1.08%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.81%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.54%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.27%) Apache
6 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.27%) Appian
6 1 (0.27%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.27%) GeoServer
Applications
1 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (1.34%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.54%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.27%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 24 (6.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.34%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (1.08%) SAP EWM
5 3 (0.81%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.81%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.81%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.81%) SAP PM
5 3 (0.81%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.81%) SAP QM
5 3 (0.81%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.54%) Endur
6 2 (0.54%) Maximo
6 2 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.54%) SAP BRIM
6 2 (0.54%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.54%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.54%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.27%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 147 (39.52%) Azure
2 77 (20.70%) AWS
3 34 (9.14%) SaaS
4 30 (8.06%) GCP
5 19 (5.11%) Power Platform
6 18 (4.84%) Entra ID
7 17 (4.57%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (2.69%) Azure Logic Apps
9 9 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.42%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (2.42%) SuccessFactors
10 8 (2.15%) Snowflake
11 6 (1.61%) Azure Service Bus
11 6 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (1.61%) PowerApps
12 5 (1.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 5 (1.34%) GitHub
12 5 (1.34%) PaaS
12 5 (1.34%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 5 (1.34%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.96%) Firewall
1 11 (2.96%) WAN
2 8 (2.15%) SD-WAN
2 8 (2.15%) VPN
3 6 (1.61%) Network Security
4 5 (1.34%) BGP
4 5 (1.34%) LAN
4 5 (1.34%) MPLS
4 5 (1.34%) OSPF
5 4 (1.08%) 5G
5 4 (1.08%) DHCP
5 4 (1.08%) DNS
6 3 (0.81%) BIG-IP
6 3 (0.81%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 3 (0.81%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 3 (0.81%) VLAN
6 3 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.54%) InfiniBand
7 2 (0.54%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (0.54%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (2.96%) Data Lake
3 9 (2.42%) Power BI
4 8 (2.15%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.08%) Delta Lake
6 3 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.81%) Metadata
6 3 (0.81%) SAP BW
6 3 (0.81%) Tableau
7 2 (0.54%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.54%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.54%) GIS
7 2 (0.54%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 2 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.54%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.27%) EDMS
8 1 (0.27%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.27%) Redis
8 1 (0.27%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 7 (1.88%) JIRA
2 3 (0.81%) Git
3 2 (0.54%) Artifactory
3 2 (0.54%) Chocolatey
3 2 (0.54%) GitLab
3 2 (0.54%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.27%) MLflow
General
1 120 (32.26%) Finance
2 111 (29.84%) Social Skills
3 43 (11.56%) Public Sector
4 36 (9.68%) Banking
5 35 (9.41%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (5.11%) Legal
7 16 (4.30%) Billing
7 16 (4.30%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (3.49%) Telecoms
9 12 (3.23%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (2.69%) Marketing
11 9 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.42%) Law
11 9 (2.42%) Retail
12 7 (1.88%) Back Office
13 4 (1.08%) Electronics
13 4 (1.08%) General Ledger
14 3 (0.81%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (8.60%) Middleware
2 18 (4.84%) REST
3 16 (4.30%) .NET
4 9 (2.42%) OAuth
5 8 (2.15%) JSON
6 7 (1.88%) SOAP
7 6 (1.61%) AngularJS
7 6 (1.61%) Kafka
7 6 (1.61%) Node.js
7 6 (1.61%) OpenID
7 6 (1.61%) XML
8 5 (1.34%) OAuth2
8 5 (1.34%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (1.34%) SAML
9 4 (1.08%) gRPC
9 4 (1.08%) React
9 4 (1.08%) RESTful
10 3 (0.81%) GraphQL
10 3 (0.81%) SailPoint
10 3 (0.81%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.99%) Cloud Native
2 17 (4.57%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (2.69%) FMCG
3 10 (2.69%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.42%) Data Centre
4 9 (2.42%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.15%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.61%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.34%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.34%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.34%) Reinsurance
8 5 (1.34%) Taxonomies
9 4 (1.08%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.81%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.81%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.81%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.15%) Windows
2 4 (1.08%) Linux
3 2 (0.54%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (16.94%) Roadmaps
1 63 (16.94%) Stakeholder Management
2 55 (14.78%) Agile
3 50 (13.44%) Technical Leadership
4 49 (13.17%) Enterprise Architecture
4 49 (13.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 46 (12.37%) DevOps
5 46 (12.37%) TOGAF
6 43 (11.56%) Problem-Solving
7 42 (11.29%) Microservices
8 39 (10.48%) AI
9 37 (9.95%) Migration
10 33 (8.87%) Data Modelling
11 32 (8.60%) Integration Patterns
12 28 (7.53%) ERP
13 27 (7.26%) CRM
14 26 (6.99%) Architectural Design
15 25 (6.72%) Identity Access Management
16 24 (6.45%) Data Integration
17 23 (6.18%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 18 (4.84%) Python
2 13 (3.49%) C#
3 12 (3.23%) Java
4 11 (2.96%) SQL
5 9 (2.42%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.61%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.34%) Bash
7 5 (1.34%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.27%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.27%) Go
8 1 (0.27%) Korn
8 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 69 (18.55%) Security Cleared
2 59 (15.86%) SC Cleared
3 22 (5.91%) Degree
4 15 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.23%) Azure Certification
6 8 (2.15%) AWS Certification
6 8 (2.15%) Master's Degree
6 8 (2.15%) TOGAF Certification
7 6 (1.61%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.34%) SAP Certification
9 3 (0.81%) CCIE
9 3 (0.81%) CCNP
9 3 (0.81%) CCSE
9 3 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.81%) CISSP
9 3 (0.81%) JNCIE
9 3 (0.81%) JNCIP
9 3 (0.81%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.38%) GDPR
2 9 (2.42%) QA
3 8 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.61%) NIST
5 5 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.34%) EU AI Act
6 3 (0.81%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.81%) GRC
6 3 (0.81%) NCSC
6 3 (0.81%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.54%) COBIT
7 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.54%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.54%) MiFID
7 2 (0.54%) PSD2
7 2 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.27%) EMIR
8 1 (0.27%) PMO
8 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.27%) Solvency II
System Software
1 11 (2.96%) Active Directory
1 11 (2.96%) Docker
2 2 (0.54%) Ceph
2 2 (0.54%) Firmware
2 2 (0.54%) Lustre
2 2 (0.54%) Slurm Workload Manager
2 2 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.54%) VMware NSX
2 2 (0.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (5.11%) Terraform
2 13 (3.49%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.88%) Ansible
4 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.54%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.54%) SCCM
7 1 (0.27%) Grafana
7 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.27%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 71 (19.09%) Microsoft
2 39 (10.48%) SAP
3 31 (8.33%) Salesforce
4 22 (5.91%) Oracle
5 19 (5.11%) ServiceNow
6 13 (3.49%) Databricks
7 12 (3.23%) Google
8 10 (2.69%) Cisco
9 8 (2.15%) IBM
10 7 (1.88%) Software AG
10 7 (1.88%) Workday
11 6 (1.61%) Palo Alto
12 5 (1.34%) Ariba
12 5 (1.34%) Concur
12 5 (1.34%) F5
12 5 (1.34%) Juniper
13 4 (1.08%) Adobe
13 4 (1.08%) Dell
13 4 (1.08%) IFS
13 4 (1.08%) Remedy