Lead Architect Contract Job Trends in Watford

Lead Architect
Hertfordshire > Watford

The median Lead Architect daily rate in Watford is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Architect 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Watford 1.96% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.44% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £625 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Watford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Watford. 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 Watford with a recognized job title 82 35 94
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 80.39% 97.22% 94.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 26 75
10th Percentile £238 £244 £275
25th Percentile £325 £320 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £375
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +20.00% -25.00%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £481
90th Percentile £623 - £695
Hertfordshire median daily rate £510 £525 £428
% change year-on-year -2.86% +22.81% -14.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 5
10th Percentile £14.98 £27.93 £13.20
25th Percentile £15.00 £28.52 £13.69
Median hourly rate £15.98 £31.49 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.27% +117.17% -34.09%
75th Percentile £18.47 £41.02 £14.75
90th Percentile £43.20 £45.55 £14.90
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £50.00 £57.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -16.67%

Lead Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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 Watford.

Lead Architect job vacancy trend in Watford

Lead Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Watford

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

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

Lead Architect Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford

For the 6 months to 26 June 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 Watford region featuring Lead Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) RBAC
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
1 2 (100.00%) SailPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) API Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team Management

Lead Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford 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 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) RBAC
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) API Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft