.NET Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends

Microsoft .NET Solutions Architect
UK

The median Microsoft .NET Solutions Architect daily rate in the UK is £490, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 April 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 614 518 583
Rank change year-on-year -96 +65 +122
Contract jobs requiring a .NET Solutions Architect 1 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.002% 0.010% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.011% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £659
25th Percentile - £585 £673
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £590 £690
Median % change year-on-year -16.88% -14.57% +10.40%
75th Percentile - £594 £772
90th Percentile - - £811
UK excluding London median daily rate - £590 £680
% change year-on-year - -13.31% +20.35%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 42,836 27,359 40,556
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 92.64% 92.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,486 17,911 26,489
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +2.63% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,746 1,013 2,627
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.44 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.51 £16.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £30.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% -14.29% -22.22%
75th Percentile £65.60 £63.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.00 £28.88 £37.18
% change year-on-year +52.38% -22.34% -12.52%

.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
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 2 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 23 April 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
England -102 1 £490 -16.88%
London - 1 £490 -

.NET Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 April 2026, .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 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering

.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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree