Lead Architect Contracts in Edinburgh

Lead Architect
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Lead Architect daily rate in Edinburgh is £766 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 106 119
Rank change year-on-year +42 +13 -17
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Architect 7 6 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.87% 0.47% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.92% 0.49% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 10
10th Percentile £588 £656 £796
25th Percentile £650 £700 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £766 £800 £800
Median % change year-on-year -4.28% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £822 £938 £852
90th Percentile £830 £968 £863
Scotland median daily rate £766 £750 £800
% change year-on-year +2.10% -6.25% +20.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 763 1,228 1,863
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.26% 95.64% 95.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 876 1,277
10th Percentile £206 £240 £230
25th Percentile £400 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £547 £565
90th Percentile £663 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £463
% change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 12 21
10th Percentile £16.00 £13.62 £14.55
25th Percentile £16.50 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £21.26 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +135.18% -18.23% -54.78%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £54.43 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £24.29 £21.75 £26.85
% change year-on-year +11.68% -18.99% -28.40%

Lead Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings that featured Lead Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Lead Architect in Edinburgh

Lead Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead Architect in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Lead Architect in Edinburgh

Lead Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Architect in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead Architect in Edinburgh

Lead Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Lead Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Lead Architect in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Public Sector
2 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
2 4 (57.14%) Design Patterns
2 4 (57.14%) LAN
2 4 (57.14%) WAN
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) CCNP
2 4 (57.14%) CCNA
2 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 4 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 4 (57.14%) IIS
2 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 4 (57.14%) VMware
2 4 (57.14%) Load Balancing
2 4 (57.14%) SCCM
2 4 (57.14%) F5
2 4 (57.14%) Windows Server
2 4 (57.14%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (57.14%) Strategic Roadmap
3 3 (42.86%) Organisational Awareness
3 3 (42.86%) Mentoring
3 3 (42.86%) Bash
3 3 (42.86%) PowerShell
3 3 (42.86%) Python
3 3 (42.86%) SAN
4 2 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) Degree
5 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 1 (14.29%) Banking

Lead Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) GCP
1 1 (14.29%) OCI
1 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) LAN
1 4 (57.14%) WAN
2 3 (42.86%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (85.71%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Kafka
1 1 (14.29%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
1 4 (57.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Design Patterns
1 4 (57.14%) Load Balancing
1 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
1 4 (57.14%) Strategic Roadmap
2 3 (42.86%) Mentoring
2 3 (42.86%) Organisational Awareness
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (14.29%) High Availability
4 1 (14.29%) Information Security
4 1 (14.29%) Microservices
4 1 (14.29%) Migration
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Bash
1 3 (42.86%) PowerShell
1 3 (42.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) CCNA
1 4 (57.14%) CCNP
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (14.29%) ISO 20022
1 1 (14.29%) ISO 8583
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
1 4 (57.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) F5
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
1 4 (57.14%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle