Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Solution Architect
England > London

The median Solution Architect daily rate in London is £630, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 93 81
Rank change year-on-year -4 -12 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 525 358 491
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.03% 2.83% 2.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.26% 3.02% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 354 226 347
10th Percentile £477 £506 £488
25th Percentile £525 £571 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £650 £640
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +1.56% -5.19%
75th Percentile £750 £750 £738
90th Percentile £813 £819 £805
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% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £69.06 £67.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £69.63 - -
England median hourly rate £71.27 £66.00 £87.00
% change year-on-year +7.98% -24.14% +28.89%

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 16,086 11,843 16,724
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 93.49% 93.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,735 8,116 12,083
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £430 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 142 346
10th Percentile £18.75 £21.21 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.03 £24.66 £19.94
Median hourly rate £37.25 £35.00 £27.66
Median % change year-on-year +6.43% +26.56% -20.99%
75th Percentile £63.08 £50.75 £44.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £64.88 £64.77
England median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £34.21
% change year-on-year +38.46% -5.00% -21.59%

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 17 April 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 17 April 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 17 April 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 -12 74 £675 - 34
South London -11 6 £637 -2.00%
West London -20 6 £625 +6.38% 7
East London -3 3 £630 - 2
North London - 1 £700 - 1
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 April 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.

1 153 (29.14%) Azure
2 119 (22.67%) AWS
3 91 (17.33%) Agile
4 90 (17.14%) Roadmaps
5 89 (16.95%) Security Cleared
6 86 (16.38%) AI
7 80 (15.24%) DevOps
7 80 (15.24%) Microsoft
8 76 (14.48%) SC Cleared
9 71 (13.52%) Problem-Solving
10 66 (12.57%) Migration
11 65 (12.38%) Enterprise Architecture
11 65 (12.38%) Stakeholder Management
12 55 (10.48%) Integration Patterns
13 54 (10.29%) Technical Leadership
14 53 (10.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 51 (9.71%) Analytics
15 51 (9.71%) ERP
15 51 (9.71%) Middleware
16 50 (9.52%) Microservices
17 47 (8.95%) CI/CD
18 46 (8.76%) SAP
19 43 (8.19%) Python
20 41 (7.81%) Oracle
20 41 (7.81%) TOGAF
21 40 (7.62%) .NET
22 39 (7.43%) Data Modelling
22 39 (7.43%) GCP
23 36 (6.86%) CRM
24 35 (6.67%) Architectural Design

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 13 (2.48%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.33%) Camunda
3 6 (1.14%) Confluence
4 5 (0.95%) Apache
4 5 (0.95%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.76%) CMS
5 4 (0.76%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.57%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.57%) nginx
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.19%) Appian
7 1 (0.19%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.19%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.19%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.19%) ThingWorx
7 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.19%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.19%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.19%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 31 (5.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.14%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.95%) SAP EWM
3 5 (0.95%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.95%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.76%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 4 (0.76%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 4 (0.76%) SAP PM
4 4 (0.76%) SAP PP
4 4 (0.76%) SAP QM
5 3 (0.57%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.57%) SAP FSCM
5 3 (0.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 153 (29.14%) Azure
2 119 (22.67%) AWS
3 39 (7.43%) GCP
4 32 (6.10%) SaaS
5 25 (4.76%) Power Platform
6 18 (3.43%) Entra ID
7 16 (3.05%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (2.86%) Snowflake
9 10 (1.90%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (1.90%) Serverless
9 10 (1.90%) SuccessFactors
10 8 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (1.52%) Microsoft Copilot
10 8 (1.52%) PaaS
11 7 (1.33%) Amazon SageMaker
11 7 (1.33%) Azure AI
11 7 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (1.33%) Azure Machine Learning
11 7 (1.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.90%) Firewall
1 10 (1.90%) WAN
2 9 (1.71%) VPN
3 7 (1.33%) SD-WAN
4 5 (0.95%) DNS
4 5 (0.95%) Network Security
5 4 (0.76%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.57%) 5G
6 3 (0.57%) MPLS
6 3 (0.57%) OpenVPN
7 2 (0.38%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 2 (0.38%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (0.38%) FTP
7 2 (0.38%) InfiniBand
7 2 (0.38%) IPv4
7 2 (0.38%) IPv6
7 2 (0.38%) LAN
7 2 (0.38%) SMS
7 2 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.19%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.14%) Data Lake
2 16 (3.05%) SQL Server
3 13 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (2.48%) Power BI
4 7 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.14%) Big Data
5 6 (1.14%) Tableau
6 5 (0.95%) Electronic Patient Records
6 5 (0.95%) Metadata
7 4 (0.76%) BigQuery
7 4 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (0.76%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 4 (0.76%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.57%) Flink
8 3 (0.57%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.57%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.38%) GIS
9 2 (0.38%) Pinecone
9 2 (0.38%) Weaviate
10 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (2.10%) JIRA
2 4 (0.76%) MLflow
3 3 (0.57%) Artifactory
3 3 (0.57%) Git
3 3 (0.57%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.38%) Chocolatey
4 2 (0.38%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.19%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.19%) ERwin
5 1 (0.19%) GitLab
5 1 (0.19%) Maven
5 1 (0.19%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.19%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.19%) Subversion
5 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.19%) VersionOne
General
1 152 (28.95%) Finance
2 130 (24.76%) Social Skills
3 54 (10.29%) Banking
4 53 (10.10%) Public Sector
5 38 (7.24%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (3.62%) Legal
8 16 (3.05%) Manufacturing
8 16 (3.05%) Retail
9 15 (2.86%) Telecoms
10 14 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (2.10%) Billing
12 10 (1.90%) Law
13 9 (1.71%) Marketing
14 7 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.95%) Local Government
16 4 (0.76%) Back Office
17 3 (0.57%) Investment Banking
17 3 (0.57%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (9.71%) Middleware
2 40 (7.62%) .NET
3 30 (5.71%) REST
4 18 (3.43%) React
5 15 (2.86%) AngularJS
6 13 (2.48%) .NET Framework
6 13 (2.48%) Kafka
7 10 (1.90%) Vue
8 7 (1.33%) OAuth
8 7 (1.33%) SOAP
9 6 (1.14%) CSS
9 6 (1.14%) HTML
9 6 (1.14%) OpenID
10 5 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (0.95%) Spring
10 5 (0.95%) XML
11 4 (0.76%) GraphQL
11 4 (0.76%) gRPC
11 4 (0.76%) LDAP
11 4 (0.76%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 49 (9.33%) Cloud Native
2 20 (3.81%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (3.05%) Data Centre
4 14 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
4 14 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (2.67%) Product Ownership
5 11 (2.10%) FMCG
6 9 (1.71%) Onboarding
7 8 (1.52%) Data Structures
7 8 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (1.52%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.14%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.14%) Mobile App
10 5 (0.95%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 4 (0.76%) NHS
11 4 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.76%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.57%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.52%) Windows
2 4 (0.76%) Linux
3 2 (0.38%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.38%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.19%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (17.33%) Agile
2 90 (17.14%) Roadmaps
3 86 (16.38%) AI
4 80 (15.24%) DevOps
5 71 (13.52%) Problem-Solving
6 66 (12.57%) Migration
7 65 (12.38%) Enterprise Architecture
7 65 (12.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 55 (10.48%) Integration Patterns
9 54 (10.29%) Technical Leadership
10 53 (10.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 51 (9.71%) Analytics
11 51 (9.71%) ERP
12 50 (9.52%) Microservices
13 47 (8.95%) CI/CD
14 41 (7.81%) TOGAF
15 39 (7.43%) Data Modelling
16 36 (6.86%) CRM
17 35 (6.67%) Architectural Design
17 35 (6.67%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 43 (8.19%) Python
2 34 (6.48%) Java
3 24 (4.57%) C#
4 20 (3.81%) SQL
5 13 (2.48%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.90%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.14%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.76%) Bash
9 3 (0.57%) R
9 3 (0.57%) Scala
10 2 (0.38%) Korn
10 2 (0.38%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.19%) C++
11 1 (0.19%) RPG
11 1 (0.19%) X++
Qualifications
1 89 (16.95%) Security Cleared
2 76 (14.48%) SC Cleared
3 34 (6.48%) Degree
4 22 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.43%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.67%) Master's Degree
7 11 (2.10%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.57%) CISSP
11 3 (0.57%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.57%) SAP Certification
12 2 (0.38%) CCNP
12 2 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.38%) CISM
13 1 (0.19%) CCSE
13 1 (0.19%) JNCIP
13 1 (0.19%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.52%) GDPR
2 8 (1.52%) ISO 20022
2 8 (1.52%) PSD2
2 8 (1.52%) QA
3 6 (1.14%) Data Quality
4 5 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.95%) NIST
4 5 (0.95%) PCI DSS
4 5 (0.95%) SEPA
5 4 (0.76%) HL7
6 3 (0.57%) TARGET2
7 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.19%) GRC
8 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.19%) NCSC
8 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (3.81%) Docker
2 14 (2.67%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.57%) Squid
4 2 (0.38%) Ceph
4 2 (0.38%) Firmware
4 2 (0.38%) Lustre
4 2 (0.38%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (5.33%) Kubernetes
2 27 (5.14%) Terraform
3 8 (1.52%) Grafana
3 8 (1.52%) Prometheus
4 7 (1.33%) FortiGate
4 7 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.95%) Ansible
6 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.38%) Consul
7 2 (0.38%) Kubeflow
7 2 (0.38%) SCCM
8 1 (0.19%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.19%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 80 (15.24%) Microsoft
2 46 (8.76%) SAP
3 41 (7.81%) Oracle
4 32 (6.10%) Salesforce
5 23 (4.38%) Databricks
5 23 (4.38%) ServiceNow
6 13 (2.48%) Workday
7 12 (2.29%) Software AG
8 11 (2.10%) Google
9 10 (1.90%) Ariba
10 9 (1.71%) Cisco
11 7 (1.33%) IBM
12 6 (1.14%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.95%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.95%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.95%) Palo Alto
14 4 (0.76%) Adobe
14 4 (0.76%) Atlassian
14 4 (0.76%) IFS
14 4 (0.76%) Yardi