Lead Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in Preston

Lead Solution Architect
Lancashire > Preston

As of 14 August 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Lead Solution Architect daily rate in Preston.

 6 months to
14 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Solutions Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 0.78% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Lancashire median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77.25 - -
Median hourly rate £83.50 - -
75th Percentile £89.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £83.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Preston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Preston. 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 Preston with a recognized job title 114 72 40
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.37% 92.31% 65.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 45 28
10th Percentile £375 £290 £200
25th Percentile £519 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £450 £575
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -21.74% +31.84%
75th Percentile £712 £610 £646
90th Percentile £950 £665 £835
Lancashire median daily rate £600 £475 £484
% change year-on-year +26.32% -1.86% -3.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 14 5
10th Percentile £26.26 - £24.31
25th Percentile £37.25 £26.88 £25.30
Median hourly rate £69.00 £40.83 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.01% +45.80% -34.12%
75th Percentile £71.50 £64.40 £51.88
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.10 £61.25
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.56 £37.29 £40.33
% change year-on-year +22.17% -7.53% -9.26%

Lead Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 14 August 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 Preston region featuring Lead Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) PLM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure

Lead Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) PLM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
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