Lead Architect Contracts in the South West

Lead Architect
England > South West

The median Lead Architect daily rate in the South West is £713 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 80 132 148
Rank change year-on-year +52 +16 -17
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Architect 71 36 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.22% 0.98% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.38% 1.06% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 31 16
10th Percentile £625 £649 £534
25th Percentile £660 £675 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 £740 £668
Median % change year-on-year -3.72% +10.75% -4.55%
75th Percentile £847 £822 £788
90th Percentile £898 £963 £800
England median daily rate £725 £725 £675
% change year-on-year - +7.41% +3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £45.00 -
% change year-on-year +55.56% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 the South West with a recognized job title 2,985 3,400 3,576
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.46% 92.32% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,927 2,534 2,546
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £391 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £703 £713 £661
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 386 279 203
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.09 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.75 £51.25 £16.99
Median hourly rate £48.29 £65.00 £45.20
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% +43.81% +6.35%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.05
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £69.05
England median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -21.11% +100.00% +0.36%

Lead Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Architect in the South West

Lead Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead Architect in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Lead Architect in the South West

Lead Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Architect in the South West over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead Architect in the South West

Lead Architect
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Wiltshire +22 43 £788 +8.62%
Bristol +30 22 £313 -59.68% 4
Devon - 6 £664 -
Lead Architect
England

Lead Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 24 April 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 South West region featuring Lead Architect in the job title.

1 70 (98.59%) Security Cleared
2 60 (84.51%) SC Cleared
3 41 (57.75%) Strategic Thinking
4 30 (42.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 27 (38.03%) Identity Access Management
6 26 (36.62%) Project Management
7 25 (35.21%) JSP 440
7 25 (35.21%) Digital Identity
8 19 (26.76%) Telecoms
9 17 (23.94%) Network Management
10 15 (21.13%) Manufacturing
11 14 (19.72%) Public Sector
12 13 (18.31%) DV Cleared
12 13 (18.31%) Degree
13 12 (16.90%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (15.49%) Systems Engineering
15 9 (12.68%) Cybersecurity
16 8 (11.27%) CompTIA Security+
16 8 (11.27%) Security Operations
16 8 (11.27%) GDPR
16 8 (11.27%) ISACA
16 8 (11.27%) HIPAA
16 8 (11.27%) Information Assurance
16 8 (11.27%) PCI DSS
16 8 (11.27%) NIST
16 8 (11.27%) CISA
16 8 (11.27%) CISM
16 8 (11.27%) SSCP
16 8 (11.27%) CISSP
16 8 (11.27%) CESG

Lead Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (4.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.82%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.63%) LAN
1 4 (5.63%) Unified Communications
1 4 (5.63%) WAN
1 4 (5.63%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.41%) DNS
2 1 (1.41%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.41%) Metadata
1 1 (1.41%) Metadata Repository
1 1 (1.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.23%) JIRA
2 1 (1.41%) ERwin
General
1 19 (26.76%) Telecoms
2 15 (21.13%) Manufacturing
3 14 (19.72%) Public Sector
4 7 (9.86%) Social Skills
5 6 (8.45%) Electronics
5 6 (8.45%) Finance
5 6 (8.45%) Marketing
6 3 (4.23%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.23%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.90%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (11.27%) CESG
3 6 (8.45%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.41%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.41%) PKI
5 1 (1.41%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.41%) Linux
1 1 (1.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (57.75%) Strategic Thinking
2 30 (42.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 27 (38.03%) Identity Access Management
4 26 (36.62%) Project Management
5 25 (35.21%) Digital Identity
6 17 (23.94%) Network Management
7 11 (15.49%) Systems Engineering
8 9 (12.68%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (11.27%) Information Assurance
9 8 (11.27%) Information Security
9 8 (11.27%) Security Operations
10 7 (9.86%) Programme Management
11 6 (8.45%) Business Intelligence
11 6 (8.45%) Digital Marketing
11 6 (8.45%) Zero Trust
12 5 (7.04%) Network Architecture
13 4 (5.63%) ArchiMate
13 4 (5.63%) Data Security
13 4 (5.63%) IT Strategy
13 4 (5.63%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 70 (98.59%) Security Cleared
2 60 (84.51%) SC Cleared
3 13 (18.31%) Degree
3 13 (18.31%) DV Cleared
4 8 (11.27%) CEH
4 8 (11.27%) CISA
4 8 (11.27%) CISM
4 8 (11.27%) CISMP
4 8 (11.27%) CISSP
4 8 (11.27%) CompTIA Security+
4 8 (11.27%) ISACA
4 8 (11.27%) SSCP
5 1 (1.41%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (35.21%) JSP 440
2 8 (11.27%) GDPR
2 8 (11.27%) HIPAA
2 8 (11.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (11.27%) NIST
2 8 (11.27%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.82%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (4.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (1.41%) OPNET
Vendors
1 7 (9.86%) SAP
2 3 (4.23%) VMware
3 1 (1.41%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.41%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (1.41%) IBM
3 1 (1.41%) Oracle