Technical Architecture Contracts in Leeds

Technical Architecture
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leeds requiring Technical Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Technical Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 - 84
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs citing Technical Architecture 5 0 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 1.08% - 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% - 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 11
10th Percentile £516 - £450
25th Percentile £522 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.52%
75th Percentile £575 - £663
90th Percentile - - £688
West Yorkshire median daily rate £550 - £550
% change year-on-year - - -18.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

Technical Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 428 692 1,211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 92.04% 86.61% 91.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 421 872
10th Percentile £263 £300 £388
25th Percentile £350 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £620
90th Percentile £638 £669 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 24 12
10th Percentile £17.08 £11.75 £12.38
25th Percentile £31.54 £12.15 £16.87
Median hourly rate £41.00 £12.30 £58.25
Median % change year-on-year +233.33% -78.88% +158.37%
75th Percentile £98.08 £12.53 £70.00
90th Percentile £102.00 £14.82 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £12.53 £25.25
% change year-on-year +119.47% -50.38% +40.28%

Technical Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Job postings citing Technical Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Architecture in Leeds

Technical Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Architecture in Leeds.

Daily rate trend for Technical Architecture in Leeds

Technical Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 3 (60.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Linux Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Network Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Architect
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Technical Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
1 1 (20.00%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (20.00%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (80.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Microservices
2 3 (60.00%) Security Management
2 3 (60.00%) SOA
2 3 (60.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Backlog Management
3 1 (20.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (20.00%) Backlog Refinement
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Service Design
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
3 1 (20.00%) User Stories
3 1 (20.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) Bash
2 3 (60.00%) Perl
2 3 (60.00%) PL/SQL
3 1 (20.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle