Lead Architect Contracts in England

Lead Architect
UK > England

The median Lead Architect daily rate in England is £725 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 312 465 449
Rank change year-on-year +153 -16 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Architect 239 191 355
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.66% 0.40% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 0.42% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 142 235
10th Percentile £527 £589 £550
25th Percentile £600 £652 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £742 £665
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% +11.50% +2.31%
75th Percentile £850 £788 £784
90th Percentile £875 £961 £875
UK median daily rate £700 £743 £675
% change year-on-year -5.79% +10.07% +3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 £35.00 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £45.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +55.56% - -
75th Percentile £72.50 £56.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £35.00 £66.00
% change year-on-year +100.00% -46.97% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 33,742 45,591 67,107
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.62% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,367 32,416 47,845
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,431 1,343 1,853
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.39 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.62
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.23
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +93.72% +5.59%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.38 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.40 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%

Lead Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Architect in England

Lead Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Lead Architect in England

Lead Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Architect in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead Architect in England

Lead Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lead Architect in England.

Hourly rate trend for Lead Architect in England

Lead Architect
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +93 88 £675 -9.15% 23
South West +49 81 £670 -7.59% 2
North of England +43 38 £850 +6.25% 6
North West +39 35 £850 +25.93% 2
South East +5 13 £688 +5.77% 3
Midlands +31 11 £659 +4.32% 6
West Midlands +31 9 £750 -6.25% 3
East of England +11 3 £850 +70.00%
Yorkshire +11 3 £645 -24.12% 1
East Midlands +12 2 £534 -11.96% 3
Lead Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 England region featuring Lead Architect in the job title.

1 121 (50.63%) Security Cleared
2 100 (41.84%) SC Cleared
3 52 (21.76%) Strategic Thinking
4 51 (21.34%) Agile
5 48 (20.08%) Finance
6 45 (18.83%) CI/CD
7 44 (18.41%) DevOps
8 42 (17.57%) Public Sector
9 41 (17.15%) Stakeholder Management
10 39 (16.32%) Windows
11 37 (15.48%) Zero Trust
12 36 (15.06%) Node.js
13 35 (14.64%) Security Architecture
13 35 (14.64%) Apple iOS
13 35 (14.64%) Android
13 35 (14.64%) VPN
13 35 (14.64%) Firewall
14 34 (14.23%) Risk Management
14 34 (14.23%) AWS
14 34 (14.23%) Social Skills
14 34 (14.23%) Roadmaps
14 34 (14.23%) Mobile Device Management
14 34 (14.23%) Windows Server
15 32 (13.39%) Telecoms
16 31 (12.97%) Project Management
16 31 (12.97%) Threat Intelligence
17 29 (12.13%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
18 28 (11.72%) Identity Access Management
18 28 (11.72%) Public Cloud
18 28 (11.72%) Design Patterns

Lead Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 5 (2.09%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (2.09%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.26%) Apache
3 2 (0.84%) Confluence
4 1 (0.42%) IIS
4 1 (0.42%) JBoss
4 1 (0.42%) Mule
4 1 (0.42%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 4 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.42%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.42%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.42%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.42%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.42%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.42%) SAP MDG-S
2 1 (0.42%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.42%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 34 (14.23%) AWS
2 19 (7.95%) Azure
3 7 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (2.93%) Serverless
4 6 (2.51%) AWS Lambda
4 6 (2.51%) AWS Step Functions
4 6 (2.51%) GCP
5 5 (2.09%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.67%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (1.67%) Amazon S3
6 4 (1.67%) OneDrive
7 3 (1.26%) Amazon Kinesis
7 3 (1.26%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.26%) IaaS
7 3 (1.26%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.26%) Snowflake
7 3 (1.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (0.84%) PaaS
8 2 (0.84%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (14.64%) Firewall
1 35 (14.64%) VPN
2 10 (4.18%) LAN
2 10 (4.18%) WAN
3 4 (1.67%) Unified Communications
3 4 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.26%) BGP
4 3 (1.26%) Wireless
5 2 (0.84%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (0.84%) IPsec
5 2 (0.84%) Junos
5 2 (0.84%) MPLS
6 1 (0.42%) CATAPAN
6 1 (0.42%) IPv4
6 1 (0.42%) IPv6
6 1 (0.42%) Network Security
6 1 (0.42%) OSPF
6 1 (0.42%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.42%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.35%) Data Lake
2 7 (2.93%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.67%) Big Data
5 3 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (1.26%) Flink
6 2 (0.84%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (0.84%) Amazon QuickSight
6 2 (0.84%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.42%) DB2
7 1 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.42%) Metadata
7 1 (0.42%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (0.42%) Power BI
7 1 (0.42%) Redis
7 1 (0.42%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.42%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (2.09%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.67%) JIRA
3 2 (0.84%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.84%) Selenium
4 1 (0.42%) Appium
4 1 (0.42%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.42%) ERwin
4 1 (0.42%) MSI
4 1 (0.42%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.42%) Terragrunt
4 1 (0.42%) Vagrant
4 1 (0.42%) webpack
General
1 48 (20.08%) Finance
2 42 (17.57%) Public Sector
3 34 (14.23%) Social Skills
4 32 (13.39%) Telecoms
5 18 (7.53%) Manufacturing
6 13 (5.44%) Legal
7 10 (4.18%) Banking
7 10 (4.18%) Marketing
8 8 (3.35%) Electronics
9 6 (2.51%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.26%) Retail
12 2 (0.84%) French Language
12 2 (0.84%) Front Office
12 2 (0.84%) Games
12 2 (0.84%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.42%) Military
13 1 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (15.06%) Node.js
2 10 (4.18%) React
3 9 (3.77%) CSS
4 8 (3.35%) .NET
5 7 (2.93%) .NET Core
6 5 (2.09%) Kafka
7 2 (0.84%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.84%) GraphQL
7 2 (0.84%) Playwright
7 2 (0.84%) Spring
8 1 (0.42%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.42%) CSS3
8 1 (0.42%) Entity Framework
8 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
8 1 (0.42%) SAP ALE
8 1 (0.42%) SAP Business Workflow
8 1 (0.42%) SAP Fiori
8 1 (0.42%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.42%) Visualforce
8 1 (0.42%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.72%) Public Cloud
2 22 (9.21%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (7.11%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.35%) CESG
5 7 (2.93%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.93%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (2.09%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.84%) Data Fabric
8 2 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.84%) NHS
8 2 (0.84%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.84%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (0.84%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.42%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.42%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.42%) Fixed Income
9 1 (0.42%) FMCG
9 1 (0.42%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 39 (16.32%) Windows
2 35 (14.64%) Android
2 35 (14.64%) Apple iOS
3 34 (14.23%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.26%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.84%) Linux
6 1 (0.42%) AIX
6 1 (0.42%) Solaris
6 1 (0.42%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (21.76%) Strategic Thinking
2 51 (21.34%) Agile
3 45 (18.83%) CI/CD
4 44 (18.41%) DevOps
5 41 (17.15%) Stakeholder Management
6 37 (15.48%) Zero Trust
7 35 (14.64%) Security Architecture
8 34 (14.23%) Mobile Device Management
8 34 (14.23%) Risk Management
8 34 (14.23%) Roadmaps
9 31 (12.97%) Project Management
9 31 (12.97%) Threat Intelligence
10 29 (12.13%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 28 (11.72%) Design Patterns
11 28 (11.72%) Identity Access Management
12 27 (11.30%) Network Management
13 25 (10.46%) Digital Identity
14 21 (8.79%) Systems Engineering
15 19 (7.95%) Microservices
16 18 (7.53%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.44%) JavaScript
2 11 (4.60%) SQL
2 11 (4.60%) TypeScript
3 10 (4.18%) C#
4 9 (3.77%) Java
5 7 (2.93%) T-SQL
6 4 (1.67%) Python
7 3 (1.26%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.42%) ABAP
8 1 (0.42%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.42%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.42%) Swift
Qualifications
1 121 (50.63%) Security Cleared
2 100 (41.84%) SC Cleared
3 27 (11.30%) Degree
4 17 (7.11%) DV Cleared
5 10 (4.18%) CISM
5 10 (4.18%) CISSP
6 8 (3.35%) CEH
6 8 (3.35%) CISA
6 8 (3.35%) CISMP
6 8 (3.35%) CompTIA Security+
6 8 (3.35%) ISACA
6 8 (3.35%) SSCP
7 3 (1.26%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.84%) CCNP
8 2 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.84%) JNCIS
9 1 (0.42%) CCDP
9 1 (0.42%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.46%) JSP 440
2 9 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (3.77%) NIST
3 8 (3.35%) GDPR
3 8 (3.35%) HIPAA
3 8 (3.35%) PCI DSS
4 7 (2.93%) SLA
5 3 (1.26%) GRC
5 3 (1.26%) QA
6 2 (0.84%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.42%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (0.84%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.84%) Docker
1 2 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 4 (1.67%) Terraform
2 3 (1.26%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.84%) PingFederate
3 2 (0.84%) SCCM
4 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.42%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 14 (5.86%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.44%) SAP
3 8 (3.35%) Google
4 7 (2.93%) Pega
5 6 (2.51%) Databricks
6 5 (2.09%) Apple
7 3 (1.26%) Cisco
7 3 (1.26%) Juniper
8 2 (0.84%) IBM
8 2 (0.84%) Oracle
8 2 (0.84%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.84%) VMware
9 1 (0.42%) AppDynamics
9 1 (0.42%) Brio
9 1 (0.42%) F5
9 1 (0.42%) ForgeRock
9 1 (0.42%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.42%) Infor
9 1 (0.42%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.42%) ServiceNow