Lead Architect Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Lead Architect
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Lead Architect daily rate in Oxfordshire is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2026.

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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Architect 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 0.33% - 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% - 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - £813
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £825
75th Percentile £675 - £838
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £650 £625 £688
% change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% +3.77%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 251 101 193
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.95% 94.39% 85.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 60 121
10th Percentile £225 £204 £131
25th Percentile £324 £259 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £463 £375
Median % change year-on-year +3.78% +23.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £500
90th Percentile £638 £688 £550
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 7 30
10th Percentile £13.38 £22.44 £12.92
25th Percentile £18.25 £24.33 £13.97
Median hourly rate £19.34 £27.76 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.33% +42.36% -24.86%
75th Percentile £31.29 £46.30 £26.00
90th Percentile £53.75 - £65.00
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +69.23% -31.58% -

Lead Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Lead Architect job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Lead Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Architect job vacancies in Oxfordshire

Lead Architect Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 14 May 2026, Lead 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 Oxfordshire region featuring Lead Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt

Lead Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt