Architect Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Architect
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median Architect daily rate in Leicestershire 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 22 10 18
Rank change year-on-year -12 +8 +12
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 3 8 11
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 1.91% 8.00% 6.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.13% 8.51% 6.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 9
10th Percentile £420 £475 £525
25th Percentile £450 £511 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £670 £665
Median % change year-on-year -25.35% +0.71% +6.40%
75th Percentile £565 £715 £725
90th Percentile £604 £720 £730
East Midlands median daily rate £500 £495 £650
% change year-on-year +1.01% -23.85% +8.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leicestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 141 94 166
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.81% 94.00% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 71 119
10th Percentile £126 £200 £158
25th Percentile £188 £291 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £538 £514 £575
90th Percentile £635 £659 £697
East Midlands median daily rate £415 £445 £474
% change year-on-year -6.74% -6.07% +2.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 10
10th Percentile £17.05 - £13.04
25th Percentile £20.44 £23.50 £13.37
Median hourly rate £23.00 £24.00 £19.69
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +21.89% +10.93%
75th Percentile £29.31 £24.50 £23.19
90th Percentile £30.25 - £56.90
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.39 £24.18 £18.16
% change year-on-year -11.54% +33.13% +7.04%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Architect job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Leicestershire

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire

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

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Leicestershire

Architect
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 7 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
Leicester -6 3 £500 -25.35% 9
Architect
East Midlands

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

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 Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire 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