Architect Contracts in Leicester

Architect
Leicestershire > Leicester

The median Architect daily rate in Leicester is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 24 16
Rank change year-on-year +17 -8 -8
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 14 4 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicester 12.61% 3.45% 4.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.59% 3.57% 4.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 3 8
10th Percentile £552 - £451
25th Percentile £573 £538 £566
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £650
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +13.04%
75th Percentile £666 £631 £850
90th Percentile £688 £643 -
Leicestershire median daily rate £620 £575 £650
% change year-on-year +7.78% -11.54% +13.04%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leicester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Leicester. 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 Leicester with a recognized job title 103 112 169
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 96.55% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 95 142
10th Percentile £133 £263 £265
25th Percentile £319 £326 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £600 £450 £485
90th Percentile £625 £563 £575
Leicestershire median daily rate £375 £395 £400
% change year-on-year -5.06% -1.25% +18.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 7
10th Percentile £14.98 £13.02 £14.17
25th Percentile £19.81 £14.54 £14.91
Median hourly rate £25.00 £20.46 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.19% +16.91% +9.38%
75th Percentile £27.81 £32.81 £45.84
90th Percentile £28.38 £62.63 £46.67
Leicestershire median hourly rate £25.00 £20.46 £18.75
% change year-on-year +22.19% +9.12% +17.19%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Leicester

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Daily rate trend for Architect in Leicester

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 Leicester region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (42.86%) SC Cleared
2 6 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 6 (42.86%) Azure
3 5 (35.71%) Agile
4 4 (28.57%) Web Services
4 4 (28.57%) Windows
5 3 (21.43%) SQL
5 3 (21.43%) Python
5 3 (21.43%) LDAP
5 3 (21.43%) SAML
5 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
5 3 (21.43%) PowerShell
5 3 (21.43%) Firewall
5 3 (21.43%) Hyper-V
5 3 (21.43%) SolarWinds
5 3 (21.43%) OAuth
5 3 (21.43%) Bash
5 3 (21.43%) OpenID
5 3 (21.43%) SailPoint
5 3 (21.43%) Entra ID
5 3 (21.43%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (21.43%) Okta
5 3 (21.43%) Power Platform
5 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
5 3 (21.43%) RBAC
6 2 (14.29%) Machine Learning
6 2 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (14.29%) Data Acquisition
6 2 (14.29%) Data Lake

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester 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 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Entra ID
2 3 (21.43%) Power Platform
3 2 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (7.14%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) Firewall
2 1 (7.14%) SAN
2 1 (7.14%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Big Data
1 2 (14.29%) Data Lake
1 2 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (14.29%) NoSQL
1 2 (14.29%) Power BI
General
1 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) Web Services
2 3 (21.43%) LDAP
2 3 (21.43%) OAuth
2 3 (21.43%) OpenID
2 3 (21.43%) SailPoint
2 3 (21.43%) SAML
3 1 (7.14%) IDoc
3 1 (7.14%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Linux
2 2 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
3 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
3 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Agile
2 3 (21.43%) RBAC
3 2 (14.29%) Analytics
3 2 (14.29%) API Design
3 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (14.29%) Data Acquisition
3 2 (14.29%) Data Architecture
3 2 (14.29%) Data Modelling
3 2 (14.29%) Data Strategy
3 2 (14.29%) ETL
3 2 (14.29%) Machine Learning
3 2 (14.29%) Network Architecture
3 2 (14.29%) Open Source
4 1 (7.14%) Architectural Design
4 1 (7.14%) Business Strategy
4 1 (7.14%) Migration
4 1 (7.14%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.14%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) Bash
1 3 (21.43%) PowerShell
1 3 (21.43%) Python
1 3 (21.43%) SQL
2 1 (7.14%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 6 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
2 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
1 3 (21.43%) Hyper-V
2 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (14.29%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) Okta
2 3 (21.43%) SolarWinds
3 1 (7.14%) Citrix
3 1 (7.14%) F5
3 1 (7.14%) SAP
3 1 (7.14%) VMware