Lead Infrastructure Architect Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Lead Infrastructure Architect
South East > West Sussex

The median Lead Infrastructure Architect daily rate in West Sussex is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - 35
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Infrastructure Architect 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 0.40% - 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% - 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £675 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £400
75th Percentile £725 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £700 £695 £525
% change year-on-year +0.72% +32.38% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Sussex. 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 West Sussex with a recognized job title 214 127 215
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.58% 94.07% 96.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 90 154
10th Percentile £205 £190 £204
25th Percentile £291 £343 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £450 £511
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -11.89% +3.18%
75th Percentile £560 £528 £575
90th Percentile £720 £638 £680
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 1 4
10th Percentile £12.63 - £17.25
25th Percentile £13.10 - £24.75
Median hourly rate £19.50 £15.00 £46.96
Median % change year-on-year +29.97% -68.06% +111.91%
75th Percentile £40.63 - £66.27
90th Percentile £67.50 - £68.55
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -22.73% +46.67%

Lead Infrastructure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Lead Infrastructure Architect job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Lead Infrastructure Architect
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Infrastructure Architect within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 24 December 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
Worthing - 1 £700 -
Lead Infrastructure Architect
South East

Lead Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex

For the 6 months to 24 December 2025, Lead Infrastructure 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 West Sussex region featuring Lead Infrastructure Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) BCP
1 1 (100.00%) BIG-IP
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Virtualisation
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) Server Virtualisation
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Lead Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BIG-IP
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BCP
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Virtualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Server Virtualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware