Lead Architect Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Lead Architect
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Lead Architect daily rate in Birmingham is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
30 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 65 66
Rank change year-on-year -8 +1 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Architect 3 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.39% 0.44% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.47% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £694 £607 £682
% change year-on-year +14.29% -10.93% +22.24%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 677 640 668
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.96% 94.53% 93.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 442 431 453
10th Percentile £214 £196 £241
25th Percentile £370 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.11% -2.63%
75th Percentile £588 £619 £588
90th Percentile £650 £738 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 15 21
10th Percentile £12.62 £17.33 £14.14
25th Percentile £13.25 £23.78 £16.50
Median hourly rate £19.25 £30.45 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.78% -44.64% +175.00%
75th Percentile £26.25 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £32.63 £56.45 £68.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £23.82 £23.00
% change year-on-year +4.95% +3.57% +29.80%

Lead Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Lead Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Lead Architect job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Lead Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Architect job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Architect job vacancies in Birmingham

Lead Architect Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, Lead Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Lead Architect in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) AI
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
1 2 (66.67%) Data Quality
1 2 (66.67%) Metadata
1 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Design

Lead Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Metadata
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) AI
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
1 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Design
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Data Quality
Lead Architect jobs