Lead Architect Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Lead Architect
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The median Lead Architect daily rate in Derbyshire 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 24 27 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Architect 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 1.41% 0.60% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.61% 0.62% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £800 £575 -
% change year-on-year +39.13% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Derbyshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Derbyshire. 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 Derbyshire with a recognized job title 124 161 147
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.32% 96.99% 94.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 65 94
10th Percentile £142 £273 £160
25th Percentile £316 £325 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £455 £463
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -1.62% +8.82%
75th Percentile £650 £588 £621
90th Percentile £748 £629 £664
East Midlands median daily rate £415 £445 £475
% change year-on-year -6.74% -6.32% +2.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 22 21
10th Percentile £18.57 £17.00 £17.71
25th Percentile £25.04 £21.27 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% +36.46% +14.32%
75th Percentile - £50.00 £28.75
90th Percentile £25.58 - £54.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.39 £24.18 £18.16
% change year-on-year -11.54% +33.13% +7.04%

Lead Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Lead Architect job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Lead Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

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

Lead Architect
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 3 November 2025. 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
Derby +1 2 £800 -
Lead Architect
East Midlands

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

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 Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire 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