.NET Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends

Microsoft .NET Solutions Architect
UK

The median Microsoft .NET Solutions Architect daily rate in the UK is £455, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 587 550 619
Rank change year-on-year -37 +69 +160
Contract jobs requiring a .NET Solutions Architect 3 5 12
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.014% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.015% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 9
10th Percentile £454 - £669
25th Percentile £455 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £500 £680
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% -26.47% -0.73%
75th Percentile £528 £563 -
90th Percentile £571 £600 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £563 £680
% change year-on-year +6.67% -17.28% +11.02%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 32,472 33,653 43,373
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.95% 92.85% 93.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,595 20,286 29,396
10th Percentile £279 £300 £290
25th Percentile £402 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £648
90th Percentile £725 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,912 1,252 1,544
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.22 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% -20.00% +55.71%
75th Percentile £55.12 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.14 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +86.55%

.NET Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '.NET Solutions Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

.NET Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

.NET Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for .NET Solutions Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for .NET Solutions Architect job vacancies in the UK

.NET Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET Solutions Architect over the 6 months to 19 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for .NET Solutions Architect in the UK

.NET Solutions Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for .NET Solutions Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for .NET Solutions Architect job vacancies in the UK

.NET Solutions Architect
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Solutions Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 19 November 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
England -34 3 £455 -9.00%
Work from Home +3 2 £528 +5.50%
London -2 2 £455 -9.10%
North of England -38 1 £600 +20.00%
UK excluding London -40 1 £600 +6.67%
Yorkshire - 1 £600 -

.NET Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 November 2025, .NET 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 featuring .NET Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) AngularJS
2 2 (66.67%) API Development
2 2 (66.67%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Confluence
2 2 (66.67%) Design Patterns
2 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) React
2 2 (66.67%) Resource Allocation
2 2 (66.67%) REST
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
2 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 2 (66.67%) Software Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Debt
2 2 (66.67%) TypeScript
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) GDPR
3 1 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (33.33%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 1 (33.33%) SnapLogic

.NET Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 2 (66.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) AngularJS
2 2 (66.67%) React
2 2 (66.67%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) API Development
1 2 (66.67%) Architectural Patterns
1 2 (66.67%) Design Patterns
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Resource Allocation
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
1 2 (66.67%) SDLC
1 2 (66.67%) Software Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Debt
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) SnapLogic