Lead Architect Contract Job Trends in Derby

Lead Architect
Derbyshire > Derby

The median Lead Architect daily rate in Derby is £800, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025.

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

 6 months to
3 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 23 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Architect 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 1.72% 0.82% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.92% 0.84% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - -
Derbyshire median daily rate £800 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Derby

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Derby. 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 Derby with a recognized job title 104 119 111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.66% 97.54% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 56 74
10th Percentile £166 £250 £185
25th Percentile £352 £319 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £611 £588 £621
90th Percentile £725 £629 £664
Derbyshire median daily rate £488 £455 £463
% change year-on-year +7.14% -1.62% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 15 14
10th Percentile £18.57 - £15.99
25th Percentile £25.04 £17.00 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% +36.46% +9.26%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £25.58 - £20.00
Derbyshire median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £17.72
% change year-on-year +4.01% +36.46% +14.32%

Lead Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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 Derby.

Lead Architect job vacancy trend in Derby

Lead Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Derby

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

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

Lead Architect Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby

For the 6 months to 3 November 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 Derby region featuring Lead Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) ArchiMate
1 2 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) BPMN
1 2 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) Zachman Framework

Lead Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) ArchiMate
1 2 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 2 (100.00%) BPMN
1 2 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) Zachman Framework
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
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