Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Solution Architect
England > London

The median Solution Architect daily rate in London is £637, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 106 85
Rank change year-on-year +39 -21 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 763 381 479
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.84% 2.79% 2.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.12% 2.99% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 516 218 339
10th Percentile £493 £480 £482
25th Percentile £530 £575 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £637 £650 £660
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -1.52% -2.22%
75th Percentile £738 £725 £788
90th Percentile £788 £800 £888
England median daily rate £625 £625 £630
% change year-on-year - -0.79% -3.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £38.30 - £52.55
25th Percentile £43.25 £52.50 £53.38
Median hourly rate £53.00 £60.00 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +5.26% +9.57%
75th Percentile £61.63 £67.50 £60.88
90th Percentile £65.90 - £61.85
England median hourly rate £71.27 £45.10 £77.50
% change year-on-year +58.03% -41.81% +8.77%

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 18,508 12,723 15,563
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.04% 93.07% 94.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,114 8,611 11,076
10th Percentile £363 £331 £340
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £548 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.46% -0.45% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 200 228
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.97 £22.75 £22.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £30.00 £32.40
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -7.39% -17.38%
75th Percentile £59.36 £50.13 £52.44
90th Percentile £77.83 £63.88 £71.44
England median hourly rate £45.25 £26.30 £43.00
% change year-on-year +72.05% -38.84% -1.71%

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 27 July 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 27 July 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 27 July 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 +13 106 £675 - 40
South London -13 7 £744 +14.38% 4
West London -15 6 £650 +60.49% 7
East London +1 2 £650 -3.78% 2
North London - 1 £650 -
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 July 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.

1 230 (30.14%) Azure
2 169 (22.15%) AWS
3 135 (17.69%) AI
4 134 (17.56%) Migration
5 130 (17.04%) Roadmaps
6 129 (16.91%) Stakeholder Management
7 125 (16.38%) Security Cleared
8 116 (15.20%) DevOps
9 111 (14.55%) Agile
10 109 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
11 107 (14.02%) SC Cleared
12 95 (12.45%) Microsoft
13 84 (11.01%) Analytics
14 83 (10.88%) CI/CD
15 79 (10.35%) Integration Patterns
16 76 (9.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 76 (9.96%) Technical Leadership
17 74 (9.70%) TOGAF
18 71 (9.31%) SAP
19 63 (8.26%) Data Modelling
19 63 (8.26%) ERP
20 62 (8.13%) Event-Driven
20 62 (8.13%) GCP
21 60 (7.86%) Data Architecture
22 59 (7.73%) Microservices
23 58 (7.60%) .NET
23 58 (7.60%) Problem-Solving
24 56 (7.34%) Architectural Patterns
25 55 (7.21%) Machine Learning
26 52 (6.82%) 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 12 (1.57%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.92%) Apache Spark
2 7 (0.92%) CMS
2 7 (0.92%) Confluence
3 5 (0.66%) Camunda
4 3 (0.39%) Apache
4 3 (0.39%) Jupyter
4 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.39%) nginx
5 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.13%) Appian
6 1 (0.13%) OpenROAD
6 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.13%) ThingWorx
6 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 (4.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (2.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.05%) SAP BRIM
4 7 (0.92%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.66%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (0.66%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (0.66%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 4 (0.52%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 4 (0.52%) SAP Convergent Charging
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle Retail
7 3 (0.39%) SAP FSCM
7 3 (0.39%) Teamcenter
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.26%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.26%) SAP PM
8 2 (0.26%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.13%) SAP HR
9 1 (0.13%) SAP PP
9 1 (0.13%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 230 (30.14%) Azure
2 169 (22.15%) AWS
3 62 (8.13%) GCP
4 42 (5.50%) Power Platform
5 28 (3.67%) SaaS
6 27 (3.54%) Dynamics 365
7 26 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
8 23 (3.01%) Entra ID
8 23 (3.01%) Serverless
9 21 (2.75%) Snowflake
10 18 (2.36%) GitHub
11 17 (2.23%) PaaS
12 13 (1.70%) Power Automate
13 12 (1.57%) Azure AI
13 12 (1.57%) IaaS
13 12 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
14 11 (1.44%) Azure Machine Learning
14 11 (1.44%) PowerApps
15 10 (1.31%) OCI
16 9 (1.18%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.57%) Firewall
2 11 (1.44%) Network Security
3 10 (1.31%) VPN
4 7 (0.92%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.66%) DNS
6 4 (0.52%) MPLS
7 3 (0.39%) FTP
7 3 (0.39%) SSL
7 3 (0.39%) VoIP
7 3 (0.39%) Wireless
8 2 (0.26%) DHCP
8 2 (0.26%) DMZ
8 2 (0.26%) HTTP
8 2 (0.26%) IPv4
8 2 (0.26%) IPv6
8 2 (0.26%) OpenVPN
8 2 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (0.26%) SDH
8 2 (0.26%) SMS
8 2 (0.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (5.11%) Data Lake
2 25 (3.28%) Power BI
3 18 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (2.23%) SQL Server
5 14 (1.83%) Metadata
6 10 (1.31%) Big Data
6 10 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (0.79%) Tableau
8 5 (0.66%) Delta Lake
9 4 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.52%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.52%) Flink
9 4 (0.52%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.52%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.52%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.52%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
10 3 (0.39%) GIS
10 3 (0.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.39%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 13 (1.70%) JIRA
2 6 (0.79%) MLflow
3 5 (0.66%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.52%) Git
5 3 (0.39%) ERwin
5 3 (0.39%) Maven
5 3 (0.39%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.26%) GitLab
6 2 (0.26%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.13%) MSI
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.13%) Subversion
7 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.13%) VersionOne
General
1 173 (22.67%) Finance
2 158 (20.71%) Social Skills
3 68 (8.91%) Public Sector
4 61 (7.99%) Retail
5 59 (7.73%) Banking
6 31 (4.06%) Analytical Skills
7 26 (3.41%) Telecoms
8 22 (2.88%) Billing
9 17 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
10 16 (2.10%) Legal
10 16 (2.10%) Manufacturing
11 14 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.79%) Local Government
13 6 (0.79%) Marketing
13 6 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.52%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.39%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.39%) Automotive
15 3 (0.39%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (7.60%) .NET
2 43 (5.64%) REST
3 33 (4.33%) Middleware
4 23 (3.01%) .NET Framework
5 21 (2.75%) Kafka
6 18 (2.36%) React
7 11 (1.44%) AngularJS
8 10 (1.31%) SOAP
9 8 (1.05%) .NET Core
9 8 (1.05%) HTML5 Canvas
10 7 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
10 7 (0.92%) Vue
11 6 (0.79%) CSS
11 6 (0.79%) HTML
11 6 (0.79%) OAuth
12 4 (0.52%) ASP.NET
12 4 (0.52%) LDAP
12 4 (0.52%) PySpark
12 4 (0.52%) RESTful
12 4 (0.52%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 75 (9.83%) Cloud Native
2 29 (3.80%) Product Ownership
3 28 (3.67%) Legacy Systems
4 21 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (2.23%) Hybrid Cloud
5 17 (2.23%) Mainframe
6 15 (1.97%) Management Information System
7 14 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
7 14 (1.83%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 13 (1.70%) Data Centre
9 12 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (1.57%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.31%) AI Agents
10 10 (1.31%) Enterprise Cloud
10 10 (1.31%) NHS
11 9 (1.18%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.05%) Algorithms
12 8 (1.05%) IoT
13 7 (0.92%) Data Structures
14 6 (0.79%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.79%) Windows
2 4 (0.52%) 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
1 135 (17.69%) AI
2 134 (17.56%) Migration
3 130 (17.04%) Roadmaps
4 129 (16.91%) Stakeholder Management
5 116 (15.20%) DevOps
6 111 (14.55%) Agile
7 109 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
8 84 (11.01%) Analytics
9 83 (10.88%) CI/CD
10 79 (10.35%) Integration Patterns
11 76 (9.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 76 (9.96%) Technical Leadership
12 74 (9.70%) TOGAF
13 63 (8.26%) Data Modelling
13 63 (8.26%) ERP
14 62 (8.13%) Event-Driven
15 60 (7.86%) Data Architecture
16 59 (7.73%) Microservices
17 58 (7.60%) Problem-Solving
18 56 (7.34%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 41 (5.37%) Python
2 38 (4.98%) Java
3 33 (4.33%) C#
4 24 (3.15%) SQL
5 19 (2.49%) JavaScript
6 13 (1.70%) TypeScript
7 8 (1.05%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.39%) Bash
8 3 (0.39%) Scala
9 2 (0.26%) Bicep
9 2 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.26%) R
10 1 (0.13%) ABAP
10 1 (0.13%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.13%) C++
10 1 (0.13%) Go
10 1 (0.13%) Groovy
10 1 (0.13%) X++
Qualifications
1 125 (16.38%) Security Cleared
2 107 (14.02%) SC Cleared
3 41 (5.37%) Degree
4 20 (2.62%) Azure Certification
5 16 (2.10%) AWS Certification
6 14 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (1.57%) TOGAF Certification
8 8 (1.05%) DV Cleared
9 6 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (0.79%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.66%) CISA
11 4 (0.52%) CISSP
11 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.39%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (0.26%) CCSP
13 2 (0.26%) CISM
13 2 (0.26%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.80%) GDPR
2 20 (2.62%) Data Quality
3 16 (2.10%) SEPA
4 13 (1.70%) ISO 20022
4 13 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (1.70%) NIST
5 8 (1.05%) PSD2
6 7 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (0.79%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.66%) QA
9 4 (0.52%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.52%) HL7
10 3 (0.39%) NCSC
10 3 (0.39%) PMO
10 3 (0.39%) TARGET2
11 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
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 (2.49%) Docker
2 16 (2.10%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.26%) Squid
5 2 (0.26%) vSphere
6 1 (0.13%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 35 (4.59%) Kubernetes
2 30 (3.93%) Terraform
3 13 (1.70%) Ansible
4 8 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.92%) Grafana
6 6 (0.79%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.39%) SCCM
8 2 (0.26%) Argo
8 2 (0.26%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.26%) Kubeflow
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%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 95 (12.45%) Microsoft
2 71 (9.31%) SAP
3 47 (6.16%) Databricks
4 46 (6.03%) Oracle
5 41 (5.37%) ServiceNow
6 27 (3.54%) Salesforce
7 13 (1.70%) Google
8 12 (1.57%) Ariba
9 11 (1.44%) Cisco
9 11 (1.44%) Workday
10 9 (1.18%) IBM
10 9 (1.18%) OpenAI
11 8 (1.05%) IFS
12 5 (0.66%) BMC
12 5 (0.66%) CyberArk
12 5 (0.66%) MuleSoft
12 5 (0.66%) Siemens
12 5 (0.66%) VMware
13 4 (0.52%) Dynatrace
13 4 (0.52%) Yardi