Lead Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in Luton

Lead Solution Architect
Bedfordshire > Luton

The median Lead Solution Architect daily rate in Luton 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 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Solutions Architect 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 1.84% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.91% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £550 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £525 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Luton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Luton. 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 Luton with a recognized job title 157 140 99
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.32% 88.05% 93.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 72 50
10th Percentile £74 £163 £386
25th Percentile £399 £459 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £554 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.19% +5.48% +5.00%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £574
90th Percentile £671 £650 £639
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 24 14
10th Percentile £52.58 £67.50 £51.41
25th Percentile £67.89 £76.88 £55.16
Median hourly rate £75.00 £86.25 £63.25
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +36.36% +15.00%
75th Percentile £81.73 £91.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £89.08 £92.20 £76.40
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £72.75 £82.25 £64.50
% change year-on-year -11.55% +27.52% +17.27%

Lead Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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 Luton.

Lead Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Luton

Lead Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Luton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Solutions Architect job vacancies in Luton.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Solutions Architect job vacancies in Luton

Lead Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton

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 Luton region featuring Lead Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (33.33%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Coaching
1 1 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
1 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 1 (33.33%) Domain-Driven Design
1 1 (33.33%) Event-Driven
1 1 (33.33%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Microservices
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management

Lead Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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 (33.33%) AWS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (33.33%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (33.33%) Coaching
1 1 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
1 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 1 (33.33%) Domain-Driven Design
1 1 (33.33%) Event-Driven
1 1 (33.33%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Microservices
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared