Lead Architect Contracts in Wiltshire

Lead Architect
South West > Wiltshire

The median Lead Architect daily rate in Wiltshire is £688, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 47 71
Rank change year-on-year -5 +24 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Architect 5 42 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 1.11% 4.45% 1.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% 4.88% 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 13 21
10th Percentile £616 £640 -
25th Percentile £641 £713 £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £775 £725
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +6.90% +7.41%
75th Percentile £741 £875 £825
90th Percentile £769 £900 £963
South West median daily rate £625 £700 £740
% change year-on-year -10.71% -5.41% +9.63%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wiltshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wiltshire. 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 Wiltshire with a recognized job title 401 860 1,040
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.31% 91.10% 94.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 641 866
10th Percentile £270 £263 £338
25th Percentile £463 £460 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.18%
75th Percentile £626 £650 £651
90th Percentile £688 £725 £723
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 24 16
10th Percentile £18.58 - £40.63
25th Percentile £18.69 £14.25 £61.13
Median hourly rate £18.87 £20.75 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.06% -68.32% +19.09%
75th Percentile £39.44 £74.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £51.77 - £83.75
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%

Lead Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Architect in Wiltshire

Lead Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead Architect in Wiltshire.

Daily rate trend for Lead Architect in Wiltshire

Lead Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Architect in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Lead Architect in Wiltshire

Lead Architect
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Swindon - 3 - - 1
Corsham -1 1 £775 -
Lead Architect
South West

Lead Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 1 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 Wiltshire region featuring Lead Architect in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Pega
2 2 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (20.00%) Architectural Design
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) Electronics
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum

Lead Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
1 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (20.00%) Architectural Design
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Business Process Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Compliance Management
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Risk and Compliance Management
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Pega
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) SAP