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 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 97 88
Rank change year-on-year -10 -9 0
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 370 348 469
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.62% 2.48% 2.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.83% 2.65% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 215 311
10th Percentile £463 £494 £513
25th Percentile £563 £550 £573
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.89%
75th Percentile £750 £775 £738
90th Percentile £831 £825 £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 13,055 13,132 16,961
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.54% 93.51% 93.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,650 8,462 12,244
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.79% -3.45%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £799 £788
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 143 236
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £23.33 £23.80 £20.69
Median hourly rate £32.45 £35.00 £32.60
Median % change year-on-year -7.29% +7.38% -4.13%
75th Percentile £60.00 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £43.33
% change year-on-year -21.43% -19.22% +23.80%

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 January 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 January 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 January 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 -10 65 £656 +3.92% 27
West London -13 6 £625 -12.28% 5
East London +2 5 £700 +0.36% 2
North London - 2 £800 -
South London - 2 £750 - 3
Solutions Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 January 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.

1 135 (36.49%) Azure
2 76 (20.54%) AWS
3 75 (20.27%) Security Cleared
4 66 (17.84%) Microsoft
5 63 (17.03%) SC Cleared
6 60 (16.22%) Roadmaps
6 60 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 54 (14.59%) Agile
8 48 (12.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 48 (12.97%) Technical Leadership
9 47 (12.70%) Enterprise Architecture
10 45 (12.16%) DevOps
11 43 (11.62%) Problem-Solving
12 42 (11.35%) AI
13 40 (10.81%) Microservices
13 40 (10.81%) SAP
14 39 (10.54%) TOGAF
15 35 (9.46%) Migration
16 32 (8.65%) Middleware
16 32 (8.65%) SaaS
16 32 (8.65%) Salesforce
17 31 (8.38%) Integration Patterns
18 28 (7.57%) ERP
19 27 (7.30%) Architectural Design
19 27 (7.30%) CRM
19 27 (7.30%) GCP
20 26 (7.03%) Data Modelling
21 25 (6.76%) Identity Access Management
21 25 (6.76%) SAP S/4HANA
22 24 (6.49%) Oracle

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 (3.78%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.16%) Confluence
3 4 (1.08%) CMS
3 4 (1.08%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.54%) NServiceBus
4 2 (0.54%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.27%) Apache
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.27%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.27%) GeoServer
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.08%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.54%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.27%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 25 (6.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.35%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.35%) SAP EWM
3 5 (1.35%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.81%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.81%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.81%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.81%) SAP PM
4 3 (0.81%) SAP PP
4 3 (0.81%) SAP QM
5 2 (0.54%) Maximo
5 2 (0.54%) SAP BRIM
5 2 (0.54%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.54%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.54%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.27%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 135 (36.49%) Azure
2 76 (20.54%) AWS
3 32 (8.65%) SaaS
4 27 (7.30%) GCP
5 19 (5.14%) Power Platform
6 17 (4.59%) Dynamics 365
6 17 (4.59%) Entra ID
7 12 (3.24%) SuccessFactors
8 10 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
9 9 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (1.62%) PowerApps
11 6 (1.62%) Snowflake
12 5 (1.35%) Azure Service Bus
12 5 (1.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 5 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (1.35%) Fivetran
12 5 (1.35%) GitHub
12 5 (1.35%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 5 (1.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.97%) WAN
2 10 (2.70%) Firewall
3 9 (2.43%) SD-WAN
4 7 (1.89%) VPN
5 6 (1.62%) Network Security
6 5 (1.35%) BGP
6 5 (1.35%) LAN
6 5 (1.35%) MPLS
6 5 (1.35%) OSPF
7 4 (1.08%) 5G
8 3 (0.81%) BIG-IP
8 3 (0.81%) DHCP
8 3 (0.81%) DNS
8 3 (0.81%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 3 (0.81%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 3 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.54%) IPsec
9 2 (0.54%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.54%) VLAN
9 2 (0.54%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.43%) Data Lake
1 9 (2.43%) Data Warehouse
1 9 (2.43%) Power BI
2 8 (2.16%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (0.81%) Delta Lake
3 3 (0.81%) Metadata
3 3 (0.81%) SAP BW
3 3 (0.81%) Tableau
4 2 (0.54%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.54%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (0.54%) GIS
4 2 (0.54%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.54%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (0.27%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Iceberg
5 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.27%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 6 (1.62%) JIRA
2 3 (0.81%) Git
3 2 (0.54%) Artifactory
3 2 (0.54%) Chocolatey
3 2 (0.54%) GitLab
3 2 (0.54%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.27%) MLflow
General
1 119 (32.16%) Finance
2 107 (28.92%) Social Skills
3 42 (11.35%) Public Sector
4 37 (10.00%) Banking
5 33 (8.92%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (5.14%) Legal
7 15 (4.05%) Billing
8 14 (3.78%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (3.51%) Telecoms
10 12 (3.24%) Manufacturing
11 10 (2.70%) Marketing
12 9 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (2.43%) Law
12 9 (2.43%) Retail
13 8 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.62%) Back Office
15 4 (1.08%) Electronics
16 3 (0.81%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.81%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (8.65%) Middleware
2 18 (4.86%) REST
3 15 (4.05%) .NET
4 9 (2.43%) OAuth
5 8 (2.16%) JSON
6 7 (1.89%) AngularJS
6 7 (1.89%) SOAP
7 6 (1.62%) Kafka
7 6 (1.62%) Node.js
7 6 (1.62%) OpenID
7 6 (1.62%) XML
8 5 (1.35%) OAuth2
8 5 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (1.35%) React
8 5 (1.35%) SAML
9 4 (1.08%) gRPC
9 4 (1.08%) Vue
10 3 (0.81%) GraphQL
10 3 (0.81%) SailPoint
11 2 (0.54%) BREW
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.30%) Cloud Native
2 16 (4.32%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (2.70%) FMCG
4 9 (2.43%) Data Centre
4 9 (2.43%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.16%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.89%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (1.62%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.35%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.35%) Taxonomies
9 4 (1.08%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.08%) Reinsurance
10 3 (0.81%) AI Agents
10 3 (0.81%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.81%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.81%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.43%) Windows
2 4 (1.08%) Linux
3 2 (0.54%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (16.22%) Roadmaps
1 60 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
2 54 (14.59%) Agile
3 48 (12.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 48 (12.97%) Technical Leadership
4 47 (12.70%) Enterprise Architecture
5 45 (12.16%) DevOps
6 43 (11.62%) Problem-Solving
7 42 (11.35%) AI
8 40 (10.81%) Microservices
9 39 (10.54%) TOGAF
10 35 (9.46%) Migration
11 31 (8.38%) Integration Patterns
12 28 (7.57%) ERP
13 27 (7.30%) Architectural Design
13 27 (7.30%) CRM
14 26 (7.03%) Data Modelling
15 25 (6.76%) Identity Access Management
16 22 (5.95%) CI/CD
16 22 (5.95%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 18 (4.86%) Python
2 13 (3.51%) C#
3 12 (3.24%) Java
4 10 (2.70%) SQL
5 9 (2.43%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.62%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.35%) Bash
7 5 (1.35%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.54%) Korn
9 1 (0.27%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.27%) Go
9 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 75 (20.27%) Security Cleared
2 63 (17.03%) SC Cleared
3 23 (6.22%) Degree
4 16 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.24%) Azure Certification
6 9 (2.43%) Master's Degree
7 8 (2.16%) AWS Certification
7 8 (2.16%) TOGAF Certification
8 6 (1.62%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.35%) SAP Certification
10 3 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.81%) CCIE
10 3 (0.81%) CCNP
10 3 (0.81%) CCSE
10 3 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.81%) CISSP
10 3 (0.81%) JNCIP
10 3 (0.81%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.86%) GDPR
2 10 (2.70%) QA
3 7 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.62%) NIST
5 5 (1.35%) EU AI Act
6 4 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.81%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.81%) GRC
7 3 (0.81%) NCSC
7 3 (0.81%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.54%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.54%) PSD2
8 2 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.27%) COBIT
9 1 (0.27%) MiFID
9 1 (0.27%) PMO
9 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.27%) Solvency II
System Software
1 11 (2.97%) Active Directory
1 11 (2.97%) Docker
2 2 (0.54%) Ceph
2 2 (0.54%) Firmware
2 2 (0.54%) Lustre
2 2 (0.54%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (4.86%) Terraform
2 12 (3.24%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.89%) Ansible
4 5 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.81%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.54%) SCCM
8 1 (0.27%) Grafana
8 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.27%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 66 (17.84%) Microsoft
2 40 (10.81%) SAP
3 32 (8.65%) Salesforce
4 24 (6.49%) Oracle
5 18 (4.86%) ServiceNow
6 11 (2.97%) Cisco
6 11 (2.97%) Google
7 9 (2.43%) Databricks
7 9 (2.43%) Workday
8 8 (2.16%) IBM
8 8 (2.16%) Software AG
9 7 (1.89%) Palo Alto
10 5 (1.35%) Ariba
10 5 (1.35%) Concur
10 5 (1.35%) F5
10 5 (1.35%) Juniper
11 4 (1.08%) Adobe
11 4 (1.08%) Dell
11 4 (1.08%) IFS
11 4 (1.08%) Remedy