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 29 December 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 102 90
Rank change year-on-year -10 -12 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 362 356 471
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.53% 2.42% 2.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.74% 2.59% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 225 319
10th Percentile £463 £496 £513
25th Percentile £569 £550 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.89%
75th Percentile £738 £775 £738
90th Percentile £859 £833 £775
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 £66.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year +27.00% -12.00% +7.14%

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 13,234 13,745 17,177
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 93.47% 93.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,771 8,872 12,415
10th Percentile £350 £333 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -1.79% -3.45%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £795 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -3.81% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 150 219
10th Percentile £17.50 £19.76 £17.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - -
75th Percentile £57.50 £54.69 £58.38
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.10
England median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.86% -22.22% +37.32%

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 December 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 December 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 December 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 -8 62 £662 -0.08% 65
West London -14 6 £625 -12.28% 5
East London +4 5 £700 +0.36% 2
North London - 2 £800 -
South London - 2 £750 - 11
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 December 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.

1 145 (40.06%) Azure
2 76 (20.99%) AWS
3 70 (19.34%) Microsoft
4 65 (17.96%) Security Cleared
5 63 (17.40%) Stakeholder Management
6 62 (17.13%) Roadmaps
7 56 (15.47%) SC Cleared
8 54 (14.92%) Agile
9 49 (13.54%) Enterprise Architecture
9 49 (13.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 49 (13.54%) Technical Leadership
10 46 (12.71%) DevOps
10 46 (12.71%) TOGAF
11 41 (11.33%) Problem-Solving
12 39 (10.77%) Microservices
12 39 (10.77%) SAP
13 37 (10.22%) Migration
14 36 (9.94%) AI
15 33 (9.12%) SaaS
16 32 (8.84%) Data Modelling
17 31 (8.56%) Middleware
18 30 (8.29%) GCP
18 30 (8.29%) Integration Patterns
19 29 (8.01%) Salesforce
20 28 (7.73%) ERP
21 26 (7.18%) Architectural Design
21 26 (7.18%) CRM
22 24 (6.63%) Identity Access Management
22 24 (6.63%) SAP S/4HANA
23 23 (6.35%) Data Integration

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 (3.59%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.49%) Confluence
3 4 (1.10%) CMS
3 4 (1.10%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.83%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.55%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.28%) Apache
6 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.28%) Appian
6 1 (0.28%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.28%) GeoServer
Applications
1 5 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (1.38%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.55%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.28%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.28%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 24 (6.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.38%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (1.10%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (1.10%) SAP EWM
5 3 (0.83%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.83%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.83%) SAP PM
5 3 (0.83%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.83%) SAP QM
5 3 (0.83%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.55%) Endur
6 2 (0.55%) Maximo
6 2 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.55%) SAP BRIM
6 2 (0.55%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.55%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.55%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 145 (40.06%) Azure
2 76 (20.99%) AWS
3 33 (9.12%) SaaS
4 30 (8.29%) GCP
5 19 (5.25%) Power Platform
6 18 (4.97%) Entra ID
7 17 (4.70%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (2.76%) Azure Logic Apps
9 9 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.49%) SuccessFactors
10 8 (2.21%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (2.21%) Snowflake
11 7 (1.93%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (1.66%) Azure Service Bus
12 6 (1.66%) PowerApps
13 5 (1.38%) Azure API Management
13 5 (1.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 5 (1.38%) Fivetran
13 5 (1.38%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 5 (1.38%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.04%) Firewall
2 10 (2.76%) WAN
3 8 (2.21%) VPN
4 7 (1.93%) SD-WAN
5 6 (1.66%) Network Security
6 5 (1.38%) BGP
6 5 (1.38%) LAN
6 5 (1.38%) MPLS
6 5 (1.38%) OSPF
7 4 (1.10%) 5G
7 4 (1.10%) DHCP
7 4 (1.10%) DNS
8 3 (0.83%) BIG-IP
8 3 (0.83%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 3 (0.83%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 3 (0.83%) VLAN
8 3 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.55%) 4G
9 2 (0.55%) IPsec
9 2 (0.55%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (3.04%) Data Lake
3 9 (2.49%) Power BI
4 8 (2.21%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.10%) Delta Lake
6 3 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.83%) Metadata
6 3 (0.83%) SAP BW
6 3 (0.83%) Tableau
7 2 (0.55%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.55%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.55%) GIS
7 2 (0.55%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 2 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.55%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.28%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.28%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.28%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.28%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 7 (1.93%) JIRA
2 3 (0.83%) Git
3 2 (0.55%) Artifactory
3 2 (0.55%) Chocolatey
3 2 (0.55%) GitLab
3 2 (0.55%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.28%) MLflow
General
1 117 (32.32%) Finance
2 109 (30.11%) Social Skills
3 41 (11.33%) Public Sector
4 34 (9.39%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (9.39%) Banking
5 17 (4.70%) Legal
6 16 (4.42%) Billing
7 15 (4.14%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (3.59%) Telecoms
9 12 (3.31%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (2.76%) Marketing
11 9 (2.49%) Retail
12 8 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.93%) Back Office
13 7 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.93%) Law
14 4 (1.10%) Electronics
14 4 (1.10%) General Ledger
15 3 (0.83%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (8.56%) Middleware
2 18 (4.97%) REST
3 16 (4.42%) .NET
4 9 (2.49%) OAuth
5 8 (2.21%) JSON
6 7 (1.93%) SOAP
7 6 (1.66%) AngularJS
7 6 (1.66%) Kafka
7 6 (1.66%) Node.js
7 6 (1.66%) OpenID
7 6 (1.66%) XML
8 5 (1.38%) OAuth2
8 5 (1.38%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (1.38%) SAML
9 4 (1.10%) gRPC
9 4 (1.10%) React
9 4 (1.10%) RESTful
10 3 (0.83%) GraphQL
10 3 (0.83%) SailPoint
10 3 (0.83%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.91%) Cloud Native
2 18 (4.97%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (2.76%) FMCG
3 10 (2.76%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.21%) Data Centre
4 8 (2.21%) Management Information System
5 7 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (1.93%) Onboarding
6 6 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.38%) Low-Code
7 5 (1.38%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.38%) Reinsurance
7 5 (1.38%) Security Posture
7 5 (1.38%) Taxonomies
8 4 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.10%) Operational Technology
9 3 (0.83%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.83%) Private Cloud
9 3 (0.83%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.93%) Windows
2 4 (1.10%) Linux
3 2 (0.55%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (17.40%) Stakeholder Management
2 62 (17.13%) Roadmaps
3 54 (14.92%) Agile
4 49 (13.54%) Enterprise Architecture
4 49 (13.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 49 (13.54%) Technical Leadership
5 46 (12.71%) DevOps
5 46 (12.71%) TOGAF
6 41 (11.33%) Problem-Solving
7 39 (10.77%) Microservices
8 37 (10.22%) Migration
9 36 (9.94%) AI
10 32 (8.84%) Data Modelling
11 30 (8.29%) Integration Patterns
12 28 (7.73%) ERP
13 26 (7.18%) Architectural Design
13 26 (7.18%) CRM
14 24 (6.63%) Identity Access Management
15 23 (6.35%) Data Integration
16 22 (6.08%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 18 (4.97%) Python
2 13 (3.59%) C#
3 12 (3.31%) Java
4 11 (3.04%) SQL
5 9 (2.49%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.66%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.38%) Bash
7 5 (1.38%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.28%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.28%) Go
8 1 (0.28%) Korn
8 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 65 (17.96%) Security Cleared
2 56 (15.47%) SC Cleared
3 21 (5.80%) Degree
4 14 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.31%) Azure Certification
6 8 (2.21%) AWS Certification
6 8 (2.21%) TOGAF Certification
7 7 (1.93%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.66%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.38%) SAP Certification
10 3 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.83%) CCIE
10 3 (0.83%) CCNP
10 3 (0.83%) CCSE
10 3 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.83%) CISSP
10 3 (0.83%) JNCIP
10 3 (0.83%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.25%) GDPR
2 9 (2.49%) QA
3 8 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.66%) NIST
5 5 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.38%) EU AI Act
6 3 (0.83%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.83%) GRC
6 3 (0.83%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.55%) COBIT
7 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.55%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.55%) MiFID
7 2 (0.55%) NCSC
7 2 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.28%) EMIR
8 1 (0.28%) PMO
8 1 (0.28%) PSD2
8 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.28%) Solvency II
System Software
1 11 (3.04%) Active Directory
1 11 (3.04%) Docker
2 2 (0.55%) Ceph
2 2 (0.55%) Firmware
2 2 (0.55%) Lustre
2 2 (0.55%) Slurm Workload Manager
2 2 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.55%) VMware NSX
2 2 (0.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (4.97%) Terraform
2 12 (3.31%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.93%) Ansible
4 5 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.55%) SCCM
7 1 (0.28%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.28%) Grafana
7 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.28%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 70 (19.34%) Microsoft
2 39 (10.77%) SAP
3 29 (8.01%) Salesforce
4 21 (5.80%) Oracle
5 19 (5.25%) ServiceNow
6 13 (3.59%) Databricks
7 12 (3.31%) Google
8 9 (2.49%) Cisco
9 8 (2.21%) IBM
10 7 (1.93%) Workday
11 6 (1.66%) Software AG
12 5 (1.38%) Ariba
12 5 (1.38%) Concur
12 5 (1.38%) F5
12 5 (1.38%) Juniper
12 5 (1.38%) Palo Alto
13 4 (1.10%) Adobe
13 4 (1.10%) IFS
13 4 (1.10%) MuleSoft
13 4 (1.10%) Zscaler