Lead Architect Contracts in Birmingham

Lead Architect
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Lead Architect daily rate in Birmingham is £750 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 75 86
Rank change year-on-year +13 +11 -29
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Architect 5 3 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.66% 0.33% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 0.34% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 8
10th Percentile - £570 £623
25th Percentile £725 £581 £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £800 £725
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +10.34% +52.63%
75th Percentile £775 £950 £747
90th Percentile - £980 £783
West Midlands median daily rate £750 £800 £631
% change year-on-year -6.25% +26.73% +5.21%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 702 877 1,286
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 95.74% 95.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 491 587 946
10th Percentile £250 £263 £205
25th Percentile £325 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -3.00% +5.26% +17.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 35 23
10th Percentile £13.10 £11.40 £12.55
25th Percentile £17.75 £12.50 £14.16
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +14.42% -2.89%
75th Percentile £48.75 £24.94 £18.00
90th Percentile £57.91 £60.50 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £19.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year +18.42% +11.76% +6.25%

Lead Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Architect in Birmingham

Lead Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Lead Architect in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 Birmingham region featuring Lead Architect in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 3 (60.00%) Presales
4 1 (20.00%) Service Design
4 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
4 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Technical Debt
4 1 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Coaching
4 1 (20.00%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
4 1 (20.00%) Business Transformation
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) NetSuite
4 1 (20.00%) JIRA
4 1 (20.00%) Workflow
4 1 (20.00%) CRM
4 1 (20.00%) ERP

Lead Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) NetSuite
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 3 (60.00%) Presales
3 1 (20.00%) Business Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) Coaching
3 1 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (20.00%) Service Design
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Debt
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Salesforce