Solutions Architect Contracts in Central London

Solution Architect
London > Central London

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Central London is £659 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 59 95
Rank change year-on-year -36 +36 -20
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 42 137 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.76% 3.71% 2.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.84% 3.90% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 64 73
10th Percentile £521 £556 £540
25th Percentile £559 £600 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £659 £675 £650
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £700 £751 £750
90th Percentile £798 £825 £775
London median daily rate £650 £700 £650
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +8.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,284 3,510 4,244
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.45% 95.12% 94.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,605 2,388 3,219
10th Percentile £340 £325 £356
25th Percentile £438 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £675
90th Percentile £788 £804 £775
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 23 49
10th Percentile £20.07 £15.50 £15.38
25th Percentile £21.44 £18.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £27.41 £35.00 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.70% -11.39% +122.69%
75th Percentile £28.98 £61.25 £51.75
90th Percentile £41.88 £87.64 £62.50
London median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +8.63%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Central London

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in Central London

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Central London over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in Central London

Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Architect in Central London

Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 31 May 2024. 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
City of London -32 39 £660 -2.22% 18
West End of London 0 2 £535 -6.06% 2
Solutions Architect
London

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, 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 Central London region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 19 (45.24%) Azure
2 15 (35.71%) Microsoft
3 14 (33.33%) Finance
4 13 (30.95%) Agile
5 11 (26.19%) Social Skills
6 10 (23.81%) Banking
7 8 (19.05%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (19.05%) AWS
7 8 (19.05%) Analytics
7 8 (19.05%) DevOps
8 7 (16.67%) Microservices
8 7 (16.67%) Degree
8 7 (16.67%) Telecoms
8 7 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (16.67%) Customer Experience
9 6 (14.29%) CI/CD
10 5 (11.90%) Product Ownership
10 5 (11.90%) Customer Service
10 5 (11.90%) Roadmaps
10 5 (11.90%) GCP
10 5 (11.90%) SDLC
10 5 (11.90%) API Development
10 5 (11.90%) Case Management
10 5 (11.90%) Application Security
10 5 (11.90%) Power Automate
10 5 (11.90%) Power Platform
10 5 (11.90%) Contact Management
10 5 (11.90%) Investment Banking
10 5 (11.90%) CRM
10 5 (11.90%) SLA

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (19.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (7.14%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (2.38%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (2.38%) Apache Spark
3 1 (2.38%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.38%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (2.38%) NetSuite
2 1 (2.38%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (2.38%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.38%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (2.38%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (2.38%) Primavera
2 1 (2.38%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 19 (45.24%) Azure
2 8 (19.05%) AWS
3 7 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (11.90%) GCP
4 5 (11.90%) Power Automate
4 5 (11.90%) Power Platform
4 5 (11.90%) SaaS
5 3 (7.14%) IaaS
5 3 (7.14%) PaaS
6 2 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (4.76%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.76%) CTI
1 2 (4.76%) VoIP
2 1 (2.38%) Internet
2 1 (2.38%) Intranet
2 1 (2.38%) NX-OS
2 1 (2.38%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.52%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.38%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.38%) Hadoop
General
1 14 (33.33%) Finance
2 11 (26.19%) Social Skills
3 10 (23.81%) Banking
4 7 (16.67%) Telecoms
5 5 (11.90%) Investment Banking
6 4 (9.52%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (7.14%) Retail
8 1 (2.38%) Advertising
8 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (2.38%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.38%) General Ledger
8 1 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.38%) Law
8 1 (2.38%) Local Government
8 1 (2.38%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.52%) Middleware
1 4 (9.52%) REST
2 3 (7.14%) .NET
2 3 (7.14%) .NET Framework
2 3 (7.14%) Web Services
3 1 (2.38%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Product Ownership
2 4 (9.52%) Mainframe
3 3 (7.14%) Enterprise Cloud
3 3 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (4.76%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.76%) IVR
4 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.38%) Blockchain
5 1 (2.38%) CBDC
5 1 (2.38%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (2.38%) IoT
5 1 (2.38%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (2.38%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.38%) Web3
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (30.95%) Agile
2 8 (19.05%) Analytics
2 8 (19.05%) DevOps
3 7 (16.67%) Customer Experience
3 7 (16.67%) Microservices
4 6 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 5 (11.90%) API Development
5 5 (11.90%) Application Security
5 5 (11.90%) Case Management
5 5 (11.90%) Computer Science
5 5 (11.90%) Contact Management
5 5 (11.90%) CRM
5 5 (11.90%) Customer Service
5 5 (11.90%) Roadmaps
5 5 (11.90%) SDLC
6 4 (9.52%) Architectural Design
6 4 (9.52%) Architecture Roadmap
6 4 (9.52%) Data Analytics
6 4 (9.52%) Mentoring
6 4 (9.52%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.76%) Java
2 1 (2.38%) C#
2 1 (2.38%) C++
2 1 (2.38%) Python
2 1 (2.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (16.67%) Degree
2 4 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.76%) AWS Certification
3 2 (4.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 2 (4.76%) Azure Certification
3 2 (4.76%) Master's Degree
3 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (4.76%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.90%) SLA
2 4 (9.52%) GDPR
3 2 (4.76%) HIPAA
3 2 (4.76%) PCI DSS
3 2 (4.76%) SOC 2
4 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 5 (11.90%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.38%) VMware NSX
2 1 (2.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (2.38%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 15 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.52%) Google
3 3 (7.14%) Cisco
3 3 (7.14%) Salesforce
4 2 (4.76%) Avaya
4 2 (4.76%) Genesys
4 2 (4.76%) Oracle
4 2 (4.76%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.38%) Adobe
5 1 (2.38%) BeyondTrust
5 1 (2.38%) CyberArk
5 1 (2.38%) Foundry
5 1 (2.38%) IBM
5 1 (2.38%) Marketo
5 1 (2.38%) SAP
5 1 (2.38%) VMware
5 1 (2.38%) Workday