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 11 June 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 93 83
Rank change year-on-year +15 -10 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 650 354 511
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.46% 2.89% 2.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.72% 3.09% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 442 211 348
10th Percentile £493 £500 £482
25th Percentile £525 £575 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -7.11%
75th Percentile £750 £738 £766
90th Percentile £800 £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 £64.50 £89.00
% change year-on-year +10.50% -27.53% +33.33%

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 17,467 11,455 16,568
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 93.56% 93.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,526 7,752 11,944
10th Percentile £356 £341 £325
25th Percentile £433 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £762 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +1.17% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 285 164 328
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.24 £15.98
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.14 £20.17
Median hourly rate £39.00 £32.25 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +20.93% +15.97% -22.75%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.50 £46.59
90th Percentile £78.13 £64.63 £67.30
England median hourly rate £45.00 £29.07 £38.50
% change year-on-year +54.80% -24.49% -14.44%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 +16 106 £675 -2.17% 28
South London -11 6 £637 -0.08% 1
West London -22 4 £650 +10.64% 8
East London -3 3 £630 - 3
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 11 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.

1 196 (30.15%) Azure
2 142 (21.85%) AWS
3 123 (18.92%) Security Cleared
4 115 (17.69%) AI
5 106 (16.31%) DevOps
6 105 (16.15%) Migration
7 103 (15.85%) SC Cleared
8 95 (14.62%) Agile
9 91 (14.00%) Roadmaps
10 87 (13.38%) Microsoft
10 87 (13.38%) Stakeholder Management
11 78 (12.00%) Enterprise Architecture
12 73 (11.23%) CI/CD
13 67 (10.31%) Integration Patterns
14 62 (9.54%) Analytics
15 61 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
16 57 (8.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 55 (8.46%) .NET
17 55 (8.46%) Technical Leadership
17 55 (8.46%) TOGAF
18 54 (8.31%) SAP
19 52 (8.00%) ERP
20 48 (7.38%) Event-Driven
21 47 (7.23%) Infrastructure as Code
22 46 (7.08%) GCP
23 45 (6.92%) Degree
23 45 (6.92%) Microservices
24 43 (6.62%) Data Modelling
24 43 (6.62%) Oracle
25 42 (6.46%) Python

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 18 (2.77%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.23%) Camunda
3 7 (1.08%) Confluence
4 4 (0.62%) Apache
4 4 (0.62%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.46%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.46%) nginx
6 2 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
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%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.15%) ThingWorx
7 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.31%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.15%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 30 (4.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.23%) SAP BRIM
3 7 (1.08%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.77%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 4 (0.62%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 4 (0.62%) SAP Convergent Charging
6 3 (0.46%) SAP FSCM
6 3 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.46%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.46%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle Retail
7 2 (0.31%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.31%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.15%) SAP AFS
8 1 (0.15%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.15%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 196 (30.15%) Azure
2 142 (21.85%) AWS
3 46 (7.08%) GCP
4 32 (4.92%) Power Platform
5 28 (4.31%) SaaS
6 21 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
7 20 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (3.08%) Serverless
8 18 (2.77%) Entra ID
9 16 (2.46%) PaaS
9 16 (2.46%) Snowflake
10 12 (1.85%) Azure AI
10 12 (1.85%) GitHub
11 11 (1.69%) Azure Machine Learning
11 11 (1.69%) IaaS
12 10 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
12 10 (1.54%) Power Automate
12 10 (1.54%) SuccessFactors
13 9 (1.38%) Azure Service Bus
13 9 (1.38%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.85%) Firewall
2 11 (1.69%) VPN
3 10 (1.54%) Network Security
4 8 (1.23%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.08%) WAN
6 6 (0.92%) DNS
6 6 (0.92%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.62%) MPLS
8 3 (0.46%) FTP
8 3 (0.46%) OpenVPN
8 3 (0.46%) SSL
8 3 (0.46%) VoIP
8 3 (0.46%) Wireless
9 2 (0.31%) DHCP
9 2 (0.31%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 2 (0.31%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 2 (0.31%) IPv4
9 2 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
9 2 (0.31%) SDH
9 2 (0.31%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (4.31%) Data Lake
2 18 (2.77%) Power BI
3 14 (2.15%) SQL Server
4 12 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.38%) Metadata
5 9 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.92%) Big Data
7 5 (0.77%) NoSQL
7 5 (0.77%) Tableau
8 4 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (0.62%) Flink
8 4 (0.62%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.46%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
9 3 (0.46%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.46%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 2 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.31%) Db2
10 2 (0.31%) GIS
Development Applications
1 12 (1.85%) JIRA
2 6 (0.92%) MLflow
3 4 (0.62%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.62%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.46%) Maven
5 2 (0.31%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.31%) ERwin
5 2 (0.31%) Git
5 2 (0.31%) GitLab
6 1 (0.15%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.15%) MSI
6 1 (0.15%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.15%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.15%) Subversion
6 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.15%) VersionOne
General
1 167 (25.69%) Finance
2 132 (20.31%) Social Skills
3 56 (8.62%) Public Sector
4 53 (8.15%) Banking
5 34 (5.23%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (4.00%) Retail
7 24 (3.69%) Telecoms
8 21 (3.23%) Billing
9 19 (2.92%) Documentation Skills
9 19 (2.92%) Legal
10 16 (2.46%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.92%) Law
13 6 (0.92%) Marketing
14 5 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.62%) Local Government
16 3 (0.46%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.46%) Automotive
16 3 (0.46%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (8.46%) .NET
2 36 (5.54%) Middleware
3 32 (4.92%) REST
4 19 (2.92%) .NET Framework
5 18 (2.77%) React
6 14 (2.15%) AngularJS
7 9 (1.38%) Kafka
7 9 (1.38%) Vue
8 6 (0.92%) .NET Core
8 6 (0.92%) CSS
8 6 (0.92%) HTML
8 6 (0.92%) LDAP
8 6 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (0.92%) SOAP
9 5 (0.77%) HTML5 Canvas
9 5 (0.77%) SAML
9 5 (0.77%) Spring
10 4 (0.62%) OAuth
10 4 (0.62%) OpenID
10 4 (0.62%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 64 (9.85%) Cloud Native
2 23 (3.54%) Product Ownership
3 21 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
4 17 (2.62%) Mainframe
5 16 (2.46%) Data Centre
6 14 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
6 14 (2.15%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (1.69%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
9 10 (1.54%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 8 (1.23%) AI Agents
10 8 (1.23%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.08%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.08%) NHS
12 6 (0.92%) Algorithms
13 5 (0.77%) Enterprise Cloud
13 5 (0.77%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.23%) Windows
2 4 (0.62%) Linux
3 2 (0.31%) Android
3 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.31%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (17.69%) AI
2 106 (16.31%) DevOps
3 105 (16.15%) Migration
4 95 (14.62%) Agile
5 91 (14.00%) Roadmaps
6 87 (13.38%) Stakeholder Management
7 78 (12.00%) Enterprise Architecture
8 73 (11.23%) CI/CD
9 67 (10.31%) Integration Patterns
10 62 (9.54%) Analytics
11 61 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
12 57 (8.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 55 (8.46%) Technical Leadership
13 55 (8.46%) TOGAF
14 52 (8.00%) ERP
15 48 (7.38%) Event-Driven
16 47 (7.23%) Infrastructure as Code
17 45 (6.92%) Microservices
18 43 (6.62%) Data Modelling
19 41 (6.31%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 42 (6.46%) Python
2 37 (5.69%) Java
3 28 (4.31%) C#
4 20 (3.08%) SQL
5 14 (2.15%) JavaScript
6 11 (1.69%) TypeScript
7 7 (1.08%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.46%) R
9 2 (0.31%) Bash
9 2 (0.31%) Korn
9 2 (0.31%) Scala
10 1 (0.15%) ABAP
10 1 (0.15%) Bicep
10 1 (0.15%) C++
10 1 (0.15%) Groovy
10 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.15%) RPG
10 1 (0.15%) X++
Qualifications
1 123 (18.92%) Security Cleared
2 103 (15.85%) SC Cleared
3 45 (6.92%) Degree
4 18 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (2.00%) Azure Certification
5 13 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.85%) AWS Certification
7 10 (1.54%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.08%) TOGAF Certification
9 6 (0.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (0.92%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.77%) CISA
10 5 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.62%) CISSP
12 3 (0.46%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (0.31%) CCNP
13 2 (0.31%) CCSP
13 2 (0.31%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (4.31%) GDPR
2 13 (2.00%) Data Quality
3 12 (1.85%) SEPA
4 10 (1.54%) PSD2
4 10 (1.54%) QA
5 9 (1.38%) ISO 20022
5 9 (1.38%) NIST
6 8 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.62%) HL7
8 4 (0.62%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.46%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.46%) NCSC
9 3 (0.46%) TARGET2
10 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.31%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.15%) GRC
11 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.15%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (3.38%) Docker
2 14 (2.15%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.46%) Squid
4 2 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.15%) Ceph
5 1 (0.15%) Firmware
5 1 (0.15%) Lustre
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 34 (5.23%) Terraform
2 32 (4.92%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.85%) Ansible
4 8 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.08%) FortiGate
5 7 (1.08%) Grafana
5 7 (1.08%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.46%) SCCM
7 2 (0.31%) Argo
7 2 (0.31%) Consul
7 2 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.31%) Kubeflow
7 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.15%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 87 (13.38%) Microsoft
2 54 (8.31%) SAP
3 43 (6.62%) Oracle
4 39 (6.00%) ServiceNow
5 31 (4.77%) Databricks
6 30 (4.62%) Salesforce
7 15 (2.31%) Cisco
8 11 (1.69%) Ariba
8 11 (1.69%) Google
8 11 (1.69%) Workday
9 8 (1.23%) IFS
9 8 (1.23%) Software AG
10 7 (1.08%) Palo Alto
11 6 (0.92%) OpenAI
12 5 (0.77%) Aruba
12 5 (0.77%) Dynatrace
12 5 (0.77%) IBM
12 5 (0.77%) Siemens
13 4 (0.62%) CyberArk
13 4 (0.62%) Yardi