Lead Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Lead Solution Architect
England > East of England

The median Lead Solution Architect daily rate in the East of England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 - 92
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Solutions Architect 5 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.21% - 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% - 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £550 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £625 £713 £750
% change year-on-year -12.28% -5.00% +0.67%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 2,142 1,099 1,362
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 84.41% 88.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 888 485 551
10th Percentile £190 £187 £200
25th Percentile £363 £363 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -7.69%
75th Percentile £594 £595 £574
90th Percentile £700 £688 £625
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 614 266 355
10th Percentile £14.85 £14.38 £14.48
25th Percentile £20.25 £16.70 £21.37
Median hourly rate £50.00 £37.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -21.05% +8.57%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £64.18
90th Percentile £80.00 £76.25 £69.50
England median hourly rate £43.61 £25.15 £46.18
% change year-on-year +73.38% -45.54% +2.62%

Lead Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Lead Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in the East of England

Lead Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Solutions Architect job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Solutions Architect job vacancies in the East of England

Lead Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Solutions Architect within the East of England region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Bedfordshire - 3 £525 -
Hertfordshire - 2 - - 3
Lead Solutions Architect
England

Lead Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 20 September 2026, Lead 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 across the East of England region featuring Lead Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 2 (40.00%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (20.00%) Architecture Governance
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Coaching
2 1 (20.00%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Domain-Driven Design
2 1 (20.00%) Event-Driven
2 1 (20.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Microservices
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management

Lead Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 2 (40.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Agile
1 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (20.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (20.00%) Coaching
1 1 (20.00%) Cost Optimisation
1 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (20.00%) Domain-Driven Design
1 1 (20.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (20.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (20.00%) Microservices
1 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft