Technical Solutions Architect Contracts in London

Technical Solution Architect
England > London

The median Technical Solution Architect daily rate in London is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 332 383 476
Rank change year-on-year +51 +93 +69
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Solutions Architect 21 8 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.17% 0.045% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.048% 0.066%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 12
10th Percentile £581 £494 £566
25th Percentile £655 £506 £619
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £575 £700
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% -17.86% +5.66%
75th Percentile £788 £647 £806
90th Percentile - £681 £833
England median daily rate £675 £600 £675
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +14.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Technical Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Technical Solutions Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Solutions Architect in London

Technical Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Solutions Architect in London.

Daily rate trend for Technical Solutions Architect in London

Technical Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Solutions Architect in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Solutions Architect in London

Technical 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 Technical Solutions Architect within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +6 3 £675 -
Technical Solutions Architect
England

Technical Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Technical Solutions Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Technical Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 15 (71.43%) Azure
2 12 (57.14%) Roadmaps
3 11 (52.38%) Java
4 10 (47.62%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (47.62%) AWS
5 9 (42.86%) GCP
5 9 (42.86%) TOGAF
5 9 (42.86%) MODAF
5 9 (42.86%) Microsoft
5 9 (42.86%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 8 (38.10%) Decision-Making
6 8 (38.10%) Architecture Roadmap
6 8 (38.10%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (38.10%) Management Information System
6 8 (38.10%) MS Visio
6 8 (38.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (28.57%) DevOps
7 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
8 4 (19.05%) Business Strategy
8 4 (19.05%) ServiceNow
8 4 (19.05%) Kafka
8 4 (19.05%) Data Security
9 3 (14.29%) Retail
9 3 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
9 3 (14.29%) Network Security
9 3 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
9 3 (14.29%) Security Architecture
9 3 (14.29%) Software Architecture
9 3 (14.29%) Mobile App
9 3 (14.29%) Private Cloud

Technical Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 8 (38.10%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 15 (71.43%) Azure
2 10 (47.62%) AWS
3 9 (42.86%) GCP
4 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.76%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) Network Security
General
1 8 (38.10%) Presentation Skills
2 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (19.05%) Kafka
2 2 (9.52%) CSS
2 2 (9.52%) HTML
3 1 (4.76%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Management Information System
2 3 (14.29%) Mobile App
2 3 (14.29%) Private Cloud
2 3 (14.29%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Roadmaps
2 10 (47.62%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (42.86%) MODAF
3 9 (42.86%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 9 (42.86%) TOGAF
4 8 (38.10%) Architecture Roadmap
4 8 (38.10%) Decision-Making
5 6 (28.57%) DevOps
6 4 (19.05%) Business Strategy
6 4 (19.05%) Data Security
7 3 (14.29%) Application Security
7 3 (14.29%) Cloud Security
7 3 (14.29%) DevSecOps
7 3 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (14.29%) Security Architecture
7 3 (14.29%) Software Architecture
7 3 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
7 3 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
8 2 (9.52%) Predictive Modelling
8 2 (9.52%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (52.38%) Java
2 2 (9.52%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
1 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Kubernetes
1 2 (9.52%) SCCM
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 4 (19.05%) ServiceNow