Architect Contract Job Trends in Leicester

Architect
Leicestershire > Leicester

The median Architect daily rate in Leicester is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 8 15
Rank change year-on-year -6 +7 +9
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 3 8 10
As % of all contract jobs in Leicester 3.37% 10.13% 7.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.70% 10.81% 7.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 8
10th Percentile £420 £475 £525
25th Percentile £450 £511 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £670 £658
Median % change year-on-year -25.35% +1.86% +9.58%
75th Percentile £565 £715 £725
90th Percentile £604 £720 -
Leicestershire median daily rate £500 £670 £665
% change year-on-year -25.35% +0.71% +6.40%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leicester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 81 74 134
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 93.67% 96.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 53 95
10th Percentile £126 £253 £263
25th Percentile £299 £304 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £449 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.01% -10.20% +23.46%
75th Percentile £581 £525 £581
90th Percentile £625 £702 £701
Leicestershire median daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year - -5.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £12.58
25th Percentile - - £13.16
Median hourly rate £13.84 - £15.77
Median % change year-on-year - - -49.54%
75th Percentile - - £46.60
90th Percentile - - £60.50
Leicestershire median hourly rate £23.00 £24.00 £19.69
% change year-on-year -4.17% +21.89% +10.93%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Architect job vacancy trend in Leicester

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Leicester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Leicester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Leicester

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Leicester over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Leicester

Architect Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester

For the 6 months to 7 November 2025, 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 Leicester region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Kafka
2 1 (33.33%) AWS Certification
2 1 (33.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) AWS Certification
1 1 (33.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared