.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 5 November 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 566 553 620
Rank change year-on-year -13 +67 +182
Contract jobs requiring a .NET Solutions Architect 4 5 13
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.012% 0.014% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.015% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 11
10th Percentile £454 - £630
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 £775
90th Percentile £571 £600 -
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 31,437 33,917 43,537
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.87% 93.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,929 20,451 29,620
10th Percentile £278 £300 £299
25th Percentile £402 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,780 1,278 1,520
10th Percentile £14.05 £15.09 £14.92
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.21 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.39 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.74% -16.91% +55.71%
75th Percentile £51.02 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.14% -19.10% +85.42%

.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 5 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 7 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 5 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 -4 4 £455 -9.00%
London +12 2 £455 -9.10%
Work from Home +1 2 £528 +5.50%
UK excluding London -36 2 £600 +6.67%
North of England -41 2 £600 +20.00%
North West -27 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 £600 -

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

For the 6 months to 5 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 4 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) AngularJS
2 2 (50.00%) API Development
2 2 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Confluence
2 2 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) JIRA
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) React
2 2 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 2 (50.00%) REST
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
2 2 (50.00%) SDLC
2 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (50.00%) Software Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Debt
2 2 (50.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (25.00%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Coaching
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development

.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 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (50.00%) AngularJS
2 2 (50.00%) React
2 2 (50.00%) REST
3 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) API Development
1 2 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 2 (50.00%) Design Patterns
1 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (50.00%) Scrum
1 2 (50.00%) SDLC
1 2 (50.00%) Software Architecture
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Debt
2 1 (25.00%) Architecture Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) SnapLogic