Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Solution Architect
England > London

The median Solution Architect daily rate in London is £639, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 100 82
Rank change year-on-year -11 -18 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 353 400 542
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.49% 2.52% 2.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.70% 2.70% 2.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 246 389
10th Percentile £450 £480 £500
25th Percentile £550 £532 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £639 £644 £650
Median % change year-on-year -0.82% -0.92% -3.70%
75th Percentile £725 £772 £738
90th Percentile £839 £881 £800
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 £65.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year +27.97% -12.67% +7.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 13,090 14,839 18,513
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 93.65% 93.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,692 9,606 13,396
10th Percentile £333 £339 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% -2.22%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £799 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -3.81% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 161 216
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.08
25th Percentile £21.35 £23.80 £21.69
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £36.14
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +3.76% +3.26%
75th Percentile £51.48 £58.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.42 £81.18 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.32 £39.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -35.08% -13.33% +38.46%

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 29 November 2025.

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 29 November 2025.

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 29 November 2025. 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 +5 65 £650 -3.70% 12
East London +7 6 £688 -4.51% 1
West London -13 4 £569 -20.21% 8
South London - 4 £750 - 1
North London - 2 £800 -
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 November 2025, 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.

1 149 (42.21%) Azure
2 87 (24.65%) AWS
3 69 (19.55%) Stakeholder Management
4 68 (19.26%) Microsoft
5 63 (17.85%) Roadmaps
6 57 (16.15%) Enterprise Architecture
7 56 (15.86%) Agile
8 54 (15.30%) TOGAF
9 53 (15.01%) Security Cleared
10 52 (14.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 48 (13.60%) Technical Leadership
12 43 (12.18%) SC Cleared
13 42 (11.90%) GCP
14 41 (11.61%) DevOps
14 41 (11.61%) Problem-Solving
15 39 (11.05%) Microservices
15 39 (11.05%) Migration
16 33 (9.35%) Data Modelling
16 33 (9.35%) SaaS
16 33 (9.35%) SDLC
17 31 (8.78%) SAP
18 30 (8.50%) AI
19 27 (7.65%) CI/CD
19 27 (7.65%) ServiceNow
20 26 (7.37%) Integration Patterns
20 26 (7.37%) Python
20 26 (7.37%) Salesforce
21 25 (7.08%) Data Architecture
22 24 (6.80%) .NET
22 24 (6.80%) CRM

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 (5.10%) Confluence
2 12 (3.40%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.42%) CMS
5 3 (0.85%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.85%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.57%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.28%) Apache
7 1 (0.28%) Appian
7 1 (0.28%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.28%) Drupal
7 1 (0.28%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.28%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (1.42%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.57%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 19 (5.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.70%) Payment Gateway
2 6 (1.70%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (1.13%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.85%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.85%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.57%) Endur
5 2 (0.57%) Maximo
5 2 (0.57%) SAP BRIM
5 2 (0.57%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.57%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.28%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.28%) Avolution ABACUS
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.28%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.28%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 149 (42.21%) Azure
2 87 (24.65%) AWS
3 42 (11.90%) GCP
4 33 (9.35%) SaaS
5 20 (5.67%) Entra ID
5 20 (5.67%) Power Platform
6 15 (4.25%) Dynamics 365
7 13 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (3.12%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (2.83%) Cloud Computing
9 10 (2.83%) PaaS
9 10 (2.83%) Snowflake
10 8 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (2.27%) GitHub
11 6 (1.70%) Azure Service Bus
11 6 (1.70%) PowerApps
11 6 (1.70%) SuccessFactors
12 5 (1.42%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (1.42%) Azure API Management
12 5 (1.42%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.97%) Firewall
2 9 (2.55%) WAN
3 8 (2.27%) VPN
4 7 (1.98%) DNS
5 6 (1.70%) SD-WAN
6 5 (1.42%) BGP
6 5 (1.42%) DHCP
6 5 (1.42%) LAN
6 5 (1.42%) Network Security
6 5 (1.42%) OSPF
7 4 (1.13%) MPLS
7 4 (1.13%) VLAN
8 3 (0.85%) BIG-IP
8 3 (0.85%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 3 (0.85%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 3 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.57%) 4G
9 2 (0.57%) 5G
9 2 (0.57%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.57%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.97%) Data Lake
1 14 (3.97%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (1.98%) Power BI
2 7 (1.98%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.42%) BigQuery
4 4 (1.13%) Delta Lake
5 3 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (0.85%) Big Data
5 3 (0.85%) Metadata
5 3 (0.85%) SAP BW
5 3 (0.85%) Tableau
6 2 (0.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.57%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.28%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.28%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.28%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.28%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.28%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 17 (4.82%) JIRA
2 6 (1.70%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.85%) Git
3 3 (0.85%) GitLab
3 3 (0.85%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.57%) Artifactory
4 2 (0.57%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.28%) MLflow
5 1 (0.28%) Spinnaker
General
1 122 (34.56%) Finance
2 112 (31.73%) Social Skills
3 36 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (10.20%) Banking
4 35 (9.92%) Public Sector
5 15 (4.25%) Presentation Skills
6 14 (3.97%) Billing
6 14 (3.97%) Legal
7 13 (3.68%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (3.68%) Retail
8 12 (3.40%) Telecoms
9 11 (3.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.55%) Marketing
11 8 (2.27%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.98%) Back Office
12 7 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.42%) General Ledger
13 5 (1.42%) Law
14 4 (1.13%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.85%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.80%) .NET
1 24 (6.80%) Middleware
2 23 (6.52%) REST
3 12 (3.40%) AngularJS
4 10 (2.83%) Kafka
4 10 (2.83%) OAuth
4 10 (2.83%) React
5 9 (2.55%) RESTful
6 8 (2.27%) JSON
7 7 (1.98%) OAuth2
7 7 (1.98%) SOAP
8 6 (1.70%) Node.js
8 6 (1.70%) Web Services
8 6 (1.70%) XML
9 5 (1.42%) Lightning Web Components
9 5 (1.42%) OpenID
9 5 (1.42%) Oracle Fusion
10 4 (1.13%) gRPC
10 4 (1.13%) SAML
11 3 (0.85%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.93%) Cloud Native
2 19 (5.38%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (4.53%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.55%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (2.27%) Management Information System
6 6 (1.70%) FMCG
7 5 (1.42%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.42%) Low-Code
7 5 (1.42%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.42%) Reinsurance
7 5 (1.42%) Security Posture
7 5 (1.42%) Taxonomies
8 4 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.13%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.13%) PDA
8 4 (1.13%) Private Cloud
9 3 (0.85%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.85%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.70%) Windows
2 3 (0.85%) Linux
3 2 (0.57%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (19.55%) Stakeholder Management
2 63 (17.85%) Roadmaps
3 57 (16.15%) Enterprise Architecture
4 56 (15.86%) Agile
5 54 (15.30%) TOGAF
6 52 (14.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 48 (13.60%) Technical Leadership
8 41 (11.61%) DevOps
8 41 (11.61%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (11.05%) Microservices
9 39 (11.05%) Migration
10 33 (9.35%) Data Modelling
10 33 (9.35%) SDLC
11 30 (8.50%) AI
12 27 (7.65%) CI/CD
13 26 (7.37%) Integration Patterns
14 25 (7.08%) Data Architecture
15 24 (6.80%) CRM
15 24 (6.80%) ERP
16 23 (6.52%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 26 (7.37%) Python
2 22 (6.23%) Java
3 13 (3.68%) TypeScript
4 11 (3.12%) C#
4 11 (3.12%) JavaScript
4 11 (3.12%) SQL
5 5 (1.42%) Bash
5 5 (1.42%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.57%) R
7 1 (0.28%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.28%) Go
7 1 (0.28%) PHP
7 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 53 (15.01%) Security Cleared
2 43 (12.18%) SC Cleared
3 20 (5.67%) Degree
4 12 (3.40%) Azure Certification
5 11 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.55%) AWS Certification
7 8 (2.27%) TOGAF Certification
8 7 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.70%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.13%) CCNP
11 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.13%) SAP Certification
12 3 (0.85%) CCIE
12 3 (0.85%) CCSE
12 3 (0.85%) CISSP
12 3 (0.85%) JNCIE
12 3 (0.85%) JNCIP
12 3 (0.85%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.85%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.95%) GDPR
2 9 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.27%) NIST
4 6 (1.70%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.70%) QA
5 5 (1.42%) COBIT
5 5 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.42%) EU AI Act
6 4 (1.13%) GRC
7 3 (0.85%) MiFID
7 3 (0.85%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.57%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.57%) NCSC
8 2 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.28%) EMIR
9 1 (0.28%) PMO
9 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.28%) Solvency II
System Software
1 12 (3.40%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.55%) Docker
3 3 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.57%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.57%) vSphere
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.28%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (4.82%) Terraform
2 12 (3.40%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.98%) Ansible
4 5 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.57%) SCCM
7 1 (0.28%) Grafana
7 1 (0.28%) MIIS
7 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.28%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 68 (19.26%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.78%) SAP
3 27 (7.65%) ServiceNow
4 26 (7.37%) Salesforce
5 20 (5.67%) Oracle
6 19 (5.38%) Google
7 18 (5.10%) Databricks
8 8 (2.27%) Cisco
8 8 (2.27%) IBM
8 8 (2.27%) Workday
9 5 (1.42%) F5
9 5 (1.42%) IFS
9 5 (1.42%) Juniper
10 4 (1.13%) Adobe
10 4 (1.13%) Concur
10 4 (1.13%) OpenAI
10 4 (1.13%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.13%) Remedy
10 4 (1.13%) Zscaler
11 3 (0.85%) Informatica