Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Solution Architect
England > London

The median Solution Architect daily rate in London is £626, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026.

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 98 82
Rank change year-on-year +18 -16 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 583 362 480
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.27% 2.88% 2.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.53% 3.08% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 390 224 337
10th Percentile £481 £513 £487
25th Percentile £525 £574 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £626 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.69% - -4.41%
75th Percentile £750 £750 £750
90th Percentile £813 £809 £850
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -2.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £54.35 - -
25th Percentile £58.63 £52.50 £57.50
Median hourly rate £64.75 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.92% - +15.34%
75th Percentile £69.06 £67.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £69.63 - -
England median hourly rate £71.27 £63.00 £89.00
% change year-on-year +13.13% -29.21% +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 16,509 11,741 16,509
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 93.40% 93.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,969 8,053 11,937
10th Percentile £350 £341 £325
25th Percentile £425 £430 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £676 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 273 145 336
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.33 £16.01
25th Percentile £24.03 £24.00 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.65 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.23% +26.00% -21.99%
75th Percentile £63.32 £50.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £64.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £30.90 £36.50
% change year-on-year +52.09% -15.34% -17.05%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 6 May 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 -7 91 £694 -0.14% 40
West London -19 7 £625 +6.38% 5
South London -13 6 £637 -0.08%
East London -4 3 £630 - 3
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 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.

1 163 (27.96%) Azure
2 128 (21.96%) AWS
3 103 (17.67%) AI
4 97 (16.64%) Security Cleared
5 94 (16.12%) DevOps
6 91 (15.61%) Agile
7 85 (14.58%) Roadmaps
8 84 (14.41%) SC Cleared
9 81 (13.89%) Microsoft
10 75 (12.86%) Migration
11 68 (11.66%) Stakeholder Management
12 67 (11.49%) Problem-Solving
13 59 (10.12%) CI/CD
14 57 (9.78%) Enterprise Architecture
14 57 (9.78%) Integration Patterns
15 53 (9.09%) Analytics
15 53 (9.09%) SAP
15 53 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
16 51 (8.75%) Microservices
16 51 (8.75%) Middleware
17 48 (8.23%) ERP
18 47 (8.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 45 (7.72%) Python
20 43 (7.38%) GCP
21 41 (7.03%) .NET
21 41 (7.03%) Oracle
22 40 (6.86%) Machine Learning
23 39 (6.69%) Data Modelling
23 39 (6.69%) TOGAF
24 38 (6.52%) Architectural Patterns

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 14 (2.40%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.37%) Camunda
3 6 (1.03%) Confluence
4 5 (0.86%) Apache
4 5 (0.86%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.69%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.51%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.51%) nginx
7 2 (0.34%) CMS
8 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.17%) Appian
8 1 (0.17%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.17%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.34%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.17%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.17%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 32 (5.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.03%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (0.86%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.86%) SAP EWM
3 5 (0.86%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.86%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.69%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 4 (0.69%) SAP BRIM
4 4 (0.69%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 4 (0.69%) SAP PM
4 4 (0.69%) SAP PP
4 4 (0.69%) SAP QM
5 3 (0.51%) SAP FSCM
5 3 (0.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.17%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 163 (27.96%) Azure
2 128 (21.96%) AWS
3 43 (7.38%) GCP
4 30 (5.15%) SaaS
5 27 (4.63%) Power Platform
6 16 (2.74%) Serverless
6 16 (2.74%) Snowflake
7 15 (2.57%) Dynamics 365
8 14 (2.40%) Entra ID
9 13 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (2.23%) PaaS
10 12 (2.06%) Azure AI
11 11 (1.89%) Azure Machine Learning
11 11 (1.89%) SuccessFactors
12 9 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
13 8 (1.37%) GitHub
14 7 (1.20%) Amazon SageMaker
14 7 (1.20%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (1.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 7 (1.20%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.72%) Firewall
2 9 (1.54%) WAN
3 8 (1.37%) Network Security
3 8 (1.37%) VPN
4 6 (1.03%) SD-WAN
5 5 (0.86%) DNS
6 4 (0.69%) MPLS
7 3 (0.51%) 5G
7 3 (0.51%) FTP
7 3 (0.51%) OpenVPN
7 3 (0.51%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.34%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 2 (0.34%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (0.34%) InfiniBand
8 2 (0.34%) IPv4
8 2 (0.34%) IPv6
8 2 (0.34%) LAN
8 2 (0.34%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (0.34%) SMS
8 2 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (4.80%) Data Lake
2 14 (2.40%) Power BI
3 12 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (2.06%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.03%) Big Data
6 5 (0.86%) Electronic Patient Records
6 5 (0.86%) Metadata
6 5 (0.86%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 5 (0.86%) Tableau
7 4 (0.69%) BigQuery
7 4 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (0.69%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.69%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.69%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.51%) Delta Lake
8 3 (0.51%) Flink
9 2 (0.34%) DB2
9 2 (0.34%) Pinecone
9 2 (0.34%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 11 (1.89%) JIRA
2 6 (1.03%) MLflow
3 4 (0.69%) Git
4 3 (0.51%) Artifactory
4 3 (0.51%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.51%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.34%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.34%) Chocolatey
5 2 (0.34%) Maven
6 1 (0.17%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.17%) ERwin
6 1 (0.17%) GitLab
6 1 (0.17%) MSI
6 1 (0.17%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.17%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.17%) Subversion
6 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.17%) VersionOne
General
1 154 (26.42%) Finance
2 124 (21.27%) Social Skills
3 57 (9.78%) Banking
4 48 (8.23%) Public Sector
5 34 (5.83%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (4.12%) Telecoms
7 21 (3.60%) Billing
7 21 (3.60%) Legal
8 17 (2.92%) Documentation Skills
9 16 (2.74%) Manufacturing
10 14 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (2.06%) Retail
12 10 (1.72%) Law
13 8 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.20%) Marketing
15 6 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.51%) Back Office
16 3 (0.51%) Local Government
17 2 (0.34%) Electronics
17 2 (0.34%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (8.75%) Middleware
2 41 (7.03%) .NET
3 29 (4.97%) REST
4 18 (3.09%) React
5 14 (2.40%) .NET Framework
5 14 (2.40%) AngularJS
6 12 (2.06%) Kafka
7 10 (1.72%) Vue
8 6 (1.03%) CSS
8 6 (1.03%) HTML
8 6 (1.03%) SOAP
9 5 (0.86%) Spring
10 4 (0.69%) .NET Core
10 4 (0.69%) FHIR
10 4 (0.69%) GraphQL
10 4 (0.69%) gRPC
10 4 (0.69%) LDAP
10 4 (0.69%) OpenID
10 4 (0.69%) Oracle Fusion
10 4 (0.69%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 56 (9.61%) Cloud Native
2 16 (2.74%) Data Centre
2 16 (2.74%) Product Ownership
3 15 (2.57%) Data Protection Act
4 14 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (1.89%) FMCG
5 11 (1.89%) Mainframe
6 10 (1.72%) Management Information System
6 10 (1.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 8 (1.37%) Data Structures
7 8 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (1.37%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.20%) AI Agents
8 7 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (1.20%) NHS
9 6 (1.03%) Mobile App
10 5 (0.86%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.37%) Windows
2 4 (0.69%) Linux
3 2 (0.34%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.34%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (17.67%) AI
2 94 (16.12%) DevOps
3 91 (15.61%) Agile
4 85 (14.58%) Roadmaps
5 75 (12.86%) Migration
6 68 (11.66%) Stakeholder Management
7 67 (11.49%) Problem-Solving
8 59 (10.12%) CI/CD
9 57 (9.78%) Enterprise Architecture
9 57 (9.78%) Integration Patterns
10 53 (9.09%) Analytics
10 53 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
11 51 (8.75%) Microservices
12 48 (8.23%) ERP
13 47 (8.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 40 (6.86%) Machine Learning
15 39 (6.69%) Data Modelling
15 39 (6.69%) TOGAF
16 38 (6.52%) Architectural Patterns
17 37 (6.35%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 45 (7.72%) Python
2 36 (6.17%) Java
3 23 (3.95%) C#
4 22 (3.77%) SQL
5 11 (1.89%) TypeScript
6 10 (1.72%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.37%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.69%) Bash
9 3 (0.51%) R
9 3 (0.51%) Scala
10 2 (0.34%) Korn
10 2 (0.34%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.17%) ABAP
11 1 (0.17%) Bicep
11 1 (0.17%) C++
11 1 (0.17%) RPG
11 1 (0.17%) X++
Qualifications
1 97 (16.64%) Security Cleared
2 84 (14.41%) SC Cleared
3 37 (6.35%) Degree
4 20 (3.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.74%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.40%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.23%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.86%) CISA
12 4 (0.69%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.51%) CISSP
14 2 (0.34%) CCNP
14 2 (0.34%) CISM
14 2 (0.34%) PMI Certification
15 1 (0.17%) CCSE
15 1 (0.17%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (4.63%) GDPR
2 11 (1.89%) SEPA
3 9 (1.54%) Data Quality
3 9 (1.54%) ISO 20022
3 9 (1.54%) PSD2
4 8 (1.37%) QA
5 6 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.03%) NIST
6 5 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.86%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.69%) HL7
8 3 (0.51%) TARGET2
9 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.17%) GRC
10 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.17%) NCSC
System Software
1 22 (3.77%) Docker
2 13 (2.23%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.51%) Squid
4 2 (0.34%) Ceph
4 2 (0.34%) Firmware
4 2 (0.34%) Lustre
4 2 (0.34%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (5.49%) Terraform
2 30 (5.15%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.37%) Grafana
3 8 (1.37%) Prometheus
4 7 (1.20%) FortiGate
4 7 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.69%) Ansible
5 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.51%) SCCM
7 2 (0.34%) Consul
7 2 (0.34%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.17%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.17%) Argo
Vendors
1 81 (13.89%) Microsoft
2 53 (9.09%) SAP
3 41 (7.03%) Oracle
4 34 (5.83%) ServiceNow
5 32 (5.49%) Salesforce
6 26 (4.46%) Databricks
7 14 (2.40%) Workday
8 12 (2.06%) Software AG
9 11 (1.89%) Ariba
9 11 (1.89%) Google
10 9 (1.54%) Cisco
11 7 (1.20%) OpenAI
12 6 (1.03%) IBM
12 6 (1.03%) IFS
13 5 (0.86%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.86%) MuleSoft
14 4 (0.69%) Confluent
14 4 (0.69%) Palo Alto
14 4 (0.69%) Planon
14 4 (0.69%) Yardi