Lead Data Architect Contract Job Trends in Telford

Lead Data Architect
Shropshire > Telford

The median Lead Data Architect daily rate in Telford is £668, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
26 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Data Architect 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Telford 0.28% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £659 - -
25th Percentile £661 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £668 - -
75th Percentile £672 - -
90th Percentile £672 - -
Shropshire median daily rate £668 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Telford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Telford. 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 Telford with a recognized job title 695 154 77
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.66% 91.67% 81.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 590 118 58
10th Percentile £360 £321 £257
25th Percentile £415 £403 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £485
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +3.09% -3.00%
75th Percentile £540 £537 £519
90th Percentile £630 £549 £538
Shropshire median daily rate £470 £500 £485
% change year-on-year -6.00% +3.09% +1.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 1 0
10th Percentile £45.05 - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 -
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% - -
75th Percentile £61.00 - -
90th Percentile £65.25 - -
Shropshire median hourly rate £52.50 £31.31 -
% change year-on-year +67.70% - -

Lead Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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

Lead Data Architect job vacancy trend in Telford

Lead Data Architect Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford

For the 6 months to 26 August 2026, Lead Data 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 Telford region featuring Lead Data Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Observability
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Architecture Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Cutover Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (50.00%) Metadata
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Governance

Lead Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford 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 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Metadata
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Observability
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Architecture Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Cutover Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Governance
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
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