Lead Architect Contracts

Lead Architect
UK

The median Lead Architect daily rate in the UK is £725 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 348 514 460
Rank change year-on-year +166 -54 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Architect 264 206 449
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.61% 0.34% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.36% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 146 291
10th Percentile £519 £569 £550
25th Percentile £600 £658 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £740 £675
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% +9.63% +3.85%
75th Percentile £838 £800 £788
90th Percentile £875 £969 £863
UK excluding London median daily rate £750 £733 £700
% change year-on-year +2.39% +4.64% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £35.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -46.97% -
75th Percentile £72.50 £56.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £35.00 -
% change year-on-year +100.00% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 40,172 56,583 84,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,161 39,538 59,512
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.93% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,585 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.27 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.55%

Lead Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Architect in the UK

Lead Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Lead Architect in the UK

Lead Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Architect over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead Architect in the UK

Lead Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Lead Architect in the UK

Lead Architect
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England +177 237 £725 -2.03% 51
UK excluding London +131 155 £750 +2.39% 20
Work from Home +109 88 £700 -5.41% 25
London +98 85 £700 -5.41% 30
South West +57 74 £700 -5.41% 3
North of England +57 39 £850 - 8
North West +42 36 £850 - 4
South East +21 17 £688 +1.85% 2
Midlands +29 11 £659 -9.58% 5
West Midlands +35 9 £750 -6.25% 4
Scotland +32 7 £766 +2.10%
Northern Ireland - 4 £563 -
East of England +18 3 £850 +70.00% 2
Yorkshire +18 3 £645 -24.12% 3
East Midlands +19 2 £534 -18.74% 1

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 featuring Lead Architect in the job title.

1 129 (48.86%) Security Cleared
2 105 (39.77%) SC Cleared
3 57 (21.59%) Public Sector
4 52 (19.70%) Finance
4 52 (19.70%) Agile
5 47 (17.80%) CI/CD
5 47 (17.80%) Strategic Thinking
6 45 (17.05%) DevOps
7 44 (16.67%) Windows
8 43 (16.29%) Roadmaps
9 42 (15.91%) Stakeholder Management
10 39 (14.77%) Security Architecture
11 38 (14.39%) AWS
11 38 (14.39%) Firewall
11 38 (14.39%) VPN
11 38 (14.39%) Windows Server
12 37 (14.02%) Zero Trust
12 37 (14.02%) Social Skills
12 37 (14.02%) Risk Management
13 35 (13.26%) Android
13 35 (13.26%) Apple iOS
13 35 (13.26%) Node.js
14 34 (12.88%) Mobile Device Management
15 33 (12.50%) Telecoms
16 32 (12.12%) Project Management
16 32 (12.12%) Design Patterns
17 31 (11.74%) Threat Intelligence
18 30 (11.36%) Identity Access Management
18 30 (11.36%) Public Cloud
19 29 (10.98%) Cyber Threat Intelligence

Lead Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 7 (2.65%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.27%) IIS
3 5 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.14%) Apache
5 2 (0.76%) Confluence
5 2 (0.76%) JBoss
6 1 (0.38%) CICS
6 1 (0.38%) Mule
Applications
1 4 (1.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.38%) HFM
3 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.38%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.38%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.38%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.38%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 38 (14.39%) AWS
2 24 (9.09%) Azure
3 12 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (3.03%) Amazon EC2
5 7 (2.65%) AWS Step Functions
5 7 (2.65%) IaaS
5 7 (2.65%) PaaS
5 7 (2.65%) Power Platform
5 7 (2.65%) Serverless
5 7 (2.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 6 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
6 6 (2.27%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.89%) Amazon S3
7 5 (1.89%) GCP
7 5 (1.89%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.14%) Amazon Kinesis
8 3 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.14%) SaaS
8 3 (1.14%) Snowflake
9 2 (0.76%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 38 (14.39%) Firewall
1 38 (14.39%) VPN
2 16 (6.06%) LAN
2 16 (6.06%) WAN
3 6 (2.27%) BGP
4 5 (1.89%) Network Security
5 4 (1.52%) CATAPAN
5 4 (1.52%) IPv4
5 4 (1.52%) IPv6
5 4 (1.52%) OSPF
5 4 (1.52%) Unified Communications
5 4 (1.52%) VLAN
5 4 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (1.52%) Wireless
6 3 (1.14%) SAN
7 2 (0.76%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.76%) DAB
7 2 (0.76%) IPsec
7 2 (0.76%) Junos
7 2 (0.76%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.17%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (3.03%) Data Lake
2 8 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (2.27%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.52%) Big Data
5 3 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (1.14%) DB2
5 3 (1.14%) Flink
6 2 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (0.76%) Amazon QuickSight
6 2 (0.76%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.38%) Metadata
7 1 (0.38%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (0.38%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.38%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (0.38%) Power BI
7 1 (0.38%) Redis
7 1 (0.38%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.38%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (3.41%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.14%) JIRA
3 2 (0.76%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.76%) Selenium
3 2 (0.76%) Vagrant
4 1 (0.38%) Appium
4 1 (0.38%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.38%) ERwin
4 1 (0.38%) MSI
4 1 (0.38%) Terragrunt
General
1 57 (21.59%) Public Sector
2 52 (19.70%) Finance
3 37 (14.02%) Social Skills
4 33 (12.50%) Telecoms
5 25 (9.47%) Manufacturing
6 13 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (4.92%) Legal
6 13 (4.92%) Marketing
7 12 (4.55%) Electronics
8 9 (3.41%) Banking
9 5 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.52%) Retail
11 2 (0.76%) French Language
11 2 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.38%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.38%) Front Office
12 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.38%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.38%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (13.26%) Node.js
2 5 (1.89%) .NET
2 5 (1.89%) Kafka
3 3 (1.14%) .NET Core
3 3 (1.14%) CSS
3 3 (1.14%) PyTorch
3 3 (1.14%) React
3 3 (1.14%) scikit-learn
3 3 (1.14%) TensorFlow
4 2 (0.76%) GraphQL
4 2 (0.76%) Playwright
4 2 (0.76%) Spring
5 1 (0.38%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.38%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.38%) Lambda Expressions
5 1 (0.38%) LDAP
5 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
5 1 (0.38%) Next.js
5 1 (0.38%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.38%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 30 (11.36%) Public Cloud
2 18 (6.82%) Product Ownership
3 17 (6.44%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (3.03%) CESG
4 8 (3.03%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.65%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (1.89%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.89%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.14%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.14%) LIMS
9 2 (0.76%) Data Fabric
9 2 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.76%) NHS
9 2 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.76%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (0.76%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.38%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.38%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 44 (16.67%) Windows
2 38 (14.39%) Windows Server
3 35 (13.26%) Android
3 35 (13.26%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.14%) Linux
4 3 (1.14%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.76%) AIX
5 2 (0.76%) Solaris
5 2 (0.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (19.70%) Agile
2 47 (17.80%) CI/CD
2 47 (17.80%) Strategic Thinking
3 45 (17.05%) DevOps
4 43 (16.29%) Roadmaps
5 42 (15.91%) Stakeholder Management
6 39 (14.77%) Security Architecture
7 37 (14.02%) Risk Management
7 37 (14.02%) Zero Trust
8 34 (12.88%) Mobile Device Management
9 32 (12.12%) Design Patterns
9 32 (12.12%) Project Management
10 31 (11.74%) Threat Intelligence
11 30 (11.36%) Identity Access Management
12 29 (10.98%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 25 (9.47%) Digital Identity
14 22 (8.33%) Network Management
15 21 (7.95%) Microservices
15 21 (7.95%) Strategic Roadmap
16 19 (7.20%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.41%) JavaScript
1 9 (3.41%) SQL
2 8 (3.03%) Python
3 7 (2.65%) Java
4 6 (2.27%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.27%) TypeScript
5 4 (1.52%) C#
6 3 (1.14%) Bash
6 3 (1.14%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.38%) Assembly Language
7 1 (0.38%) COBOL
7 1 (0.38%) JCL
7 1 (0.38%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.38%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.38%) Swift
Qualifications
1 129 (48.86%) Security Cleared
2 105 (39.77%) SC Cleared
3 23 (8.71%) Degree
4 21 (7.95%) DV Cleared
5 11 (4.17%) CISSP
6 10 (3.79%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (3.79%) CISM
7 9 (3.41%) CCNP
7 9 (3.41%) CISA
8 8 (3.03%) CEH
8 8 (3.03%) CISMP
8 8 (3.03%) CompTIA Security+
8 8 (3.03%) ISACA
8 8 (3.03%) SSCP
9 7 (2.65%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.89%) CCNA
10 5 (1.89%) JNCIS
11 4 (1.52%) CCDP
11 4 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.47%) JSP 440
2 11 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (3.79%) NIST
4 9 (3.41%) GDPR
4 9 (3.41%) PCI DSS
5 8 (3.03%) HIPAA
5 8 (3.03%) SLA
6 4 (1.52%) NCSC
6 4 (1.52%) QA
7 3 (1.14%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.14%) GRC
8 2 (0.76%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.38%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.38%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 8 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.76%) Docker
5 1 (0.38%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 8 (3.03%) Terraform
2 6 (2.27%) SCCM
3 3 (1.14%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.76%) PingFederate
4 2 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.76%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 26 (9.85%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.33%) SAP
3 8 (3.03%) Oracle
4 7 (2.65%) Google
4 7 (2.65%) Pega
4 7 (2.65%) VMware
5 6 (2.27%) Cisco
5 6 (2.27%) Databricks
5 6 (2.27%) F5
5 6 (2.27%) Juniper
6 5 (1.89%) Apple
7 4 (1.52%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.52%) IBM
7 4 (1.52%) Infor
8 3 (1.14%) LabWare
8 3 (1.14%) Sparx
9 2 (0.76%) AppDynamics
9 2 (0.76%) Informatica
10 1 (0.38%) Hyperion
10 1 (0.38%) Salesforce