Lead Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Lead Solution Architect
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

As of 4 October 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Lead Solution Architect daily rate in Sheffield.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 - 53
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Solutions Architect 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.17% - 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% - 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 530 363 382
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.98% 86.22% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 356 198 245
10th Percentile £305 £300 £375
25th Percentile £390 £436 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £535 £587
Median % change year-on-year -11.13% -9.02% +11.90%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £651
90th Percentile £619 £650 £745
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £525 £568
% change year-on-year -9.52% -7.57% +13.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 5
10th Percentile £14.98 £15.05 £14.67
25th Percentile £16.68 £20.00 £18.25
Median hourly rate £19.50 £21.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £22.33 £21.50 £22.75
90th Percentile £24.02 £21.80 £27.85
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.50 £21.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% +6.58%

Lead Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Lead Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Lead Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 4 October 2025, Lead Solutions 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 Sheffield region featuring Lead Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) PhD
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Centrify
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 1 (100.00%) BiZZdesign

Lead Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Secrets Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PhD
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BiZZdesign
1 1 (100.00%) Centrify
1 1 (100.00%) CyberArk