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 11 August 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 108 92
Rank change year-on-year +38 -16 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 779 361 457
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.86% 2.66% 2.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.15% 2.86% 2.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 531 208 322
10th Percentile £500 £479 £488
25th Percentile £535 £563 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year - -3.70% -
75th Percentile £738 £725 £800
90th Percentile £788 £800 £888
England median daily rate £630 £625 £638
% change year-on-year +0.80% -1.96% -1.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £36.65 - £52.55
25th Percentile £39.13 - £53.38
Median hourly rate £44.00 - £57.00
75th Percentile £49.63 - £60.88
90th Percentile £52.55 - £61.85
England median hourly rate £71.27 £30.20 £90.00
% change year-on-year +135.99% -66.44% +26.32%

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 18,769 12,620 15,280
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.10% 92.98% 94.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,234 8,539 10,760
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 349 200 201
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.89 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.98 £22.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £29.54 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +26.97% -10.69% -12.97%
75th Percentile £58.75 £49.56 £53.75
90th Percentile £79.00 £63.88 £71.88
England median hourly rate £43.10 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +71.38% -44.11% +8.43%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 +21 105 £675 - 45
West London -14 6 £650 +60.49% 11
South London -12 5 £744 +14.38% 2
East London -1 2 £650 -5.53% 2
North London -2 1 £650 -27.78%
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 August 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.

1 233 (29.91%) Azure
2 159 (20.41%) AWS
3 149 (19.13%) Stakeholder Management
4 139 (17.84%) Migration
5 136 (17.46%) AI
6 132 (16.94%) Roadmaps
7 125 (16.05%) Security Cleared
8 110 (14.12%) Enterprise Architecture
9 109 (13.99%) DevOps
10 106 (13.61%) Agile
10 106 (13.61%) Microsoft
10 106 (13.61%) SC Cleared
11 91 (11.68%) Integration Patterns
12 90 (11.55%) Analytics
13 83 (10.65%) CI/CD
13 83 (10.65%) Technical Leadership
14 77 (9.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 74 (9.50%) TOGAF
16 71 (9.11%) SAP
17 68 (8.73%) Data Architecture
18 67 (8.60%) Event-Driven
19 65 (8.34%) Data Modelling
20 62 (7.96%) ERP
21 61 (7.83%) Architectural Patterns
22 60 (7.70%) .NET
23 59 (7.57%) Problem-Solving
24 55 (7.06%) Architecture Governance
24 55 (7.06%) GCP
24 55 (7.06%) Translating Business Requirements
25 54 (6.93%) Microservices

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 10 (1.28%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.90%) CMS
2 7 (0.90%) Confluence
3 6 (0.77%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.64%) Camunda
5 4 (0.51%) Apache
6 3 (0.39%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.26%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.13%) Appian
8 1 (0.13%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.13%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 35 (4.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.03%) SAP BRIM
4 7 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (0.64%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (0.64%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 4 (0.51%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 4 (0.51%) SAP Convergent Charging
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle Retail
7 3 (0.39%) SAP FSCM
7 3 (0.39%) SAP IBP
7 3 (0.39%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.26%) SAP PM
8 2 (0.26%) SAP SD
8 2 (0.26%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.13%) SAP CO
9 1 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.13%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 233 (29.91%) Azure
2 159 (20.41%) AWS
3 55 (7.06%) GCP
4 48 (6.16%) Power Platform
5 32 (4.11%) Dynamics 365
6 27 (3.47%) SaaS
7 26 (3.34%) Entra ID
8 23 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (2.82%) Serverless
10 18 (2.31%) GitHub
11 16 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
11 16 (2.05%) PaaS
12 15 (1.93%) Snowflake
13 13 (1.67%) Azure AI
13 13 (1.67%) Power Automate
14 11 (1.41%) IaaS
14 11 (1.41%) OCI
14 11 (1.41%) PowerApps
15 9 (1.16%) Azure Logic Apps
15 9 (1.16%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.28%) Firewall
1 10 (1.28%) Network Security
2 8 (1.03%) VPN
3 6 (0.77%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.51%) DMZ
4 4 (0.51%) DNS
4 4 (0.51%) MPLS
5 3 (0.39%) FTP
5 3 (0.39%) SSL
5 3 (0.39%) VoIP
5 3 (0.39%) Wireless
6 2 (0.26%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.26%) DHCP
6 2 (0.26%) HTTP
6 2 (0.26%) IPv4
6 2 (0.26%) IPv6
6 2 (0.26%) RFID
6 2 (0.26%) SDH
6 2 (0.26%) SMS
6 2 (0.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (5.52%) Data Lake
2 25 (3.21%) Power BI
3 18 (2.31%) SQL Server
4 17 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (1.80%) Metadata
6 11 (1.41%) Big Data
7 10 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (0.77%) Delta Lake
9 5 (0.64%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.64%) Power Query
10 4 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.51%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.51%) Flink
10 4 (0.51%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.51%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
11 3 (0.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 3 (0.39%) PowerPivot
11 3 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.39%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 11 (1.41%) JIRA
2 5 (0.64%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.51%) Git
4 3 (0.39%) ERwin
4 3 (0.39%) Maven
4 3 (0.39%) MLflow
4 3 (0.39%) PowerDesigner
4 3 (0.39%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.26%) GitLab
6 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.13%) MSI
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.13%) Subversion
6 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.13%) VersionOne
General
1 165 (21.18%) Finance
2 164 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 66 (8.47%) Retail
4 65 (8.34%) Public Sector
5 52 (6.68%) Banking
6 31 (3.98%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (3.21%) Telecoms
8 22 (2.82%) Billing
9 16 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
9 16 (2.05%) Legal
9 16 (2.05%) Manufacturing
10 15 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (1.03%) Marketing
13 7 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (0.77%) Advertising
14 6 (0.77%) Local Government
15 4 (0.51%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.51%) Automotive
15 4 (0.51%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (7.70%) .NET
2 44 (5.65%) REST
3 28 (3.59%) Middleware
4 23 (2.95%) .NET Framework
5 22 (2.82%) Kafka
6 16 (2.05%) React
7 11 (1.41%) AngularJS
8 10 (1.28%) OAuth
8 10 (1.28%) SOAP
9 8 (1.03%) HTML5 Canvas
10 7 (0.90%) Vue
11 6 (0.77%) .NET Core
11 6 (0.77%) OAuth2
11 6 (0.77%) Oracle Fusion
11 6 (0.77%) SAML
12 5 (0.64%) CSS
12 5 (0.64%) HTML
12 5 (0.64%) OpenID
12 5 (0.64%) RESTful
13 4 (0.51%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 75 (9.63%) Cloud Native
2 30 (3.85%) Product Ownership
3 27 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
4 22 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
5 18 (2.31%) Mainframe
5 18 (2.31%) Management Information System
6 16 (2.05%) Data Centre
7 13 (1.67%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (1.54%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 11 (1.41%) AI Agents
9 11 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (1.41%) Enterprise Cloud
10 9 (1.16%) NHS
10 9 (1.16%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.03%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.03%) IoT
12 7 (0.90%) Data Structures
13 6 (0.77%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.77%) Windows
2 4 (0.51%) Linux
3 3 (0.39%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.26%) Android
4 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (19.13%) Stakeholder Management
2 139 (17.84%) Migration
3 136 (17.46%) AI
4 132 (16.94%) Roadmaps
5 110 (14.12%) Enterprise Architecture
6 109 (13.99%) DevOps
7 106 (13.61%) Agile
8 91 (11.68%) Integration Patterns
9 90 (11.55%) Analytics
10 83 (10.65%) CI/CD
10 83 (10.65%) Technical Leadership
11 77 (9.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 74 (9.50%) TOGAF
13 68 (8.73%) Data Architecture
14 67 (8.60%) Event-Driven
15 65 (8.34%) Data Modelling
16 62 (7.96%) ERP
17 61 (7.83%) Architectural Patterns
18 59 (7.57%) Problem-Solving
19 55 (7.06%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 36 (4.62%) Java
2 33 (4.24%) C#
3 31 (3.98%) Python
4 23 (2.95%) SQL
5 21 (2.70%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.54%) TypeScript
7 8 (1.03%) PowerShell
8 5 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.39%) Bash
9 3 (0.39%) Scala
10 2 (0.26%) Bicep
11 1 (0.13%) ABAP
11 1 (0.13%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.13%) C++
11 1 (0.13%) Go
11 1 (0.13%) Groovy
11 1 (0.13%) X++
Qualifications
1 125 (16.05%) Security Cleared
2 106 (13.61%) SC Cleared
3 37 (4.75%) Degree
4 22 (2.82%) Azure Certification
5 15 (1.93%) AWS Certification
5 15 (1.93%) TOGAF Certification
6 11 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.03%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (0.64%) CISA
10 4 (0.51%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.39%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.26%) CCSP
12 2 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.26%) CISSP
12 2 (0.26%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.13%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.98%) GDPR
2 21 (2.70%) Data Quality
3 16 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (1.80%) SEPA
5 13 (1.67%) NIST
6 11 (1.41%) ISO 20022
7 6 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (0.77%) PSD2
8 5 (0.64%) QA
9 4 (0.51%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.51%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.51%) PMO
10 3 (0.39%) HL7
10 3 (0.39%) NCSC
11 2 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.26%) GRC
11 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 19 (2.44%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.05%) Docker
3 4 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.26%) vSphere
6 1 (0.13%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.13%) Squid
6 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 32 (4.11%) Kubernetes
2 26 (3.34%) Terraform
3 13 (1.67%) Ansible
4 9 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.77%) Grafana
6 5 (0.64%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.39%) SCCM
8 2 (0.26%) Argo
8 2 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.13%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.13%) Avamar
9 1 (0.13%) Consul
9 1 (0.13%) EMC VPLEX
9 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 106 (13.61%) Microsoft
2 71 (9.11%) SAP
3 52 (6.68%) Databricks
4 45 (5.78%) Oracle
5 44 (5.65%) ServiceNow
6 33 (4.24%) Salesforce
7 17 (2.18%) Google
8 12 (1.54%) Ariba
9 10 (1.28%) Cisco
9 10 (1.28%) Workday
10 9 (1.16%) IBM
11 8 (1.03%) BMC
11 8 (1.03%) OpenAI
12 7 (0.90%) IFS
12 7 (0.90%) MuleSoft
13 6 (0.77%) TikTok
14 5 (0.64%) CyberArk
14 5 (0.64%) Siemens
14 5 (0.64%) VMware
15 4 (0.51%) Confluent