Lead Architect Contract Job Trends in Wokingham

Lead Architect
Berkshire > Wokingham

The median Lead Architect daily rate in Wokingham is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 26 -
Rank change year-on-year -33 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Architect 5 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wokingham 1.12% 2.56% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.40% 3.08% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £555 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £673 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £650 £625 £625
% change year-on-year +4.00% - +25.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Wokingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wokingham. 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 Wokingham with a recognized job title 356 130 89
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 79.64% 83.33% 97.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 81 62
10th Percentile £300 £325 £310
25th Percentile £358 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +2.49% -18.70%
75th Percentile £508 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £675 £620
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -2.91%

Lead Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

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 Wokingham.

Lead Architect job vacancy trend in Wokingham

Lead Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Wokingham

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

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

Lead Architect Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wokingham

For the 6 months to 20 March 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 Wokingham region featuring Lead Architect in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) OpenShift
2 2 (40.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (40.00%) Virgin Media
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Architectural Design
3 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (20.00%) GitOps
3 1 (20.00%) High Availability
3 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Security Hardening
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation

Lead Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wokingham 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 3 (60.00%) OpenShift
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Agile
1 1 (20.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (20.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (20.00%) GitOps
1 1 (20.00%) High Availability
1 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (20.00%) Security Hardening
1 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Red Hat
1 2 (40.00%) Virgin Media