Lead Architect Contracts in the North West

Lead Architect
England > North West

The median Lead Architect daily rate in the North West is £775, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 103 140
Rank change year-on-year -20 +37 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Architect 3 35 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.15% 1.31% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 1.38% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 24 9
10th Percentile - £603 -
25th Percentile £763 £794 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £850 £675
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +25.93% -3.57%
75th Percentile £788 - £850
90th Percentile - - £1,650
England median daily rate £663 £725 £740
% change year-on-year -8.59% -2.03% +11.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
England median hourly rate £81.00 £70.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +15.71% +55.56% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 1,827 2,534 2,919
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.88% 94.73% 94.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,213 1,641 2,068
10th Percentile £250 £276 £300
25th Percentile £375 £393 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £588
90th Percentile £659 £675 £675
England median daily rate £523 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.38% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 273 125
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.07 £14.59
25th Percentile £17.14 £13.50 £18.82
Median hourly rate £28.99 £27.50 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +5.42% -9.95% +30.57%
75th Percentile £60.00 £46.91 £48.75
90th Percentile £84.39 £70.50 £66.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £36.92 £44.77
% change year-on-year -18.73% -17.54% +94.63%

Lead Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Architect in the North West

Lead Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead Architect in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Lead Architect in the North West

Lead Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lead Architect in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Lead Architect in the North West

Lead Architect
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Manchester -10 3 £775 -8.82% 5
Lead Architect
England

Lead Architect Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, Lead 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 North West region featuring Lead Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Debt
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Node.js
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) BYOD
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
3 1 (33.33%) Serverless
3 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns

Lead Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Serverless
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) BYOD
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Debt
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared