Lead Architect Contracts in Manchester

Lead Architect
North West > Manchester

The median Lead Architect daily rate in Manchester is £850, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024.

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

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 104 134
Rank change year-on-year +42 +30 -37
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Architect 34 7 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 2.34% 0.40% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.45% 0.41% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 4 13
10th Percentile £696 £815 £513
25th Percentile - £838 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £1,250 £665
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +87.97% +17.18%
75th Percentile - £1,650 £725
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £850 £703 £700
% change year-on-year +20.91% +0.43% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
North West median hourly rate - £35.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,388 1,687 2,557
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.40% 95.96% 97.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 943 1,261 1,986
10th Percentile £313 £313 £229
25th Percentile £400 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% +2.56% +11.43%
75th Percentile £575 £590 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £663
North West median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 45 60
10th Percentile £12.14 £14.41 £11.71
25th Percentile £13.41 £16.85 £14.25
Median hourly rate £27.00 £20.71 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year +30.40% +4.84% +16.18%
75th Percentile £62.50 £37.50 £34.06
90th Percentile £73.75 £65.60 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £32.90 £29.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +13.43% +16.00% +38.45%

Lead Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Architect in Manchester

Lead Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Lead Architect in Manchester

Lead Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Architect in Manchester over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead Architect in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 10 June 2024, 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 Manchester region featuring Lead Architect in the job title.

1 31 (91.18%) Agile
2 30 (88.24%) Firewall
2 30 (88.24%) Risk Management
2 30 (88.24%) Windows
2 30 (88.24%) VPN
2 30 (88.24%) Apple iOS
2 30 (88.24%) Android
2 30 (88.24%) Mobile Device Management
2 30 (88.24%) Windows Server
3 28 (82.35%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 28 (82.35%) Threat Intelligence
3 28 (82.35%) DevOps
3 28 (82.35%) Node.js
3 28 (82.35%) Security Architecture
3 28 (82.35%) CI/CD
3 28 (82.35%) Zero Trust
4 26 (76.47%) Public Cloud
5 24 (70.59%) Design Patterns
6 15 (44.12%) Security Cleared
7 14 (41.18%) SC Cleared
8 13 (38.24%) Roadmaps
9 12 (35.29%) Microservices
10 11 (32.35%) Product Strategy
10 11 (32.35%) Technical Leadership
10 11 (32.35%) Strategic Roadmap
11 9 (26.47%) Product Ownership
12 7 (20.59%) Product Roadmap
12 7 (20.59%) User Experience
13 6 (17.65%) Legal
13 6 (17.65%) Public Sector

Lead Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA
Communications & Networking
1 30 (88.24%) Firewall
1 30 (88.24%) VPN
General
1 6 (17.65%) Legal
1 6 (17.65%) Public Sector
2 2 (5.88%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.94%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (82.35%) Node.js
2 1 (2.94%) Middleware
2 1 (2.94%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 26 (76.47%) Public Cloud
2 9 (26.47%) Product Ownership
3 5 (14.71%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.94%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 30 (88.24%) Android
1 30 (88.24%) Apple iOS
1 30 (88.24%) Windows
1 30 (88.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (91.18%) Agile
2 30 (88.24%) Mobile Device Management
2 30 (88.24%) Risk Management
3 28 (82.35%) CI/CD
3 28 (82.35%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 28 (82.35%) DevOps
3 28 (82.35%) Security Architecture
3 28 (82.35%) Threat Intelligence
3 28 (82.35%) Zero Trust
4 24 (70.59%) Design Patterns
5 13 (38.24%) Roadmaps
6 12 (35.29%) Microservices
7 11 (32.35%) Product Strategy
7 11 (32.35%) Strategic Roadmap
7 11 (32.35%) Technical Leadership
8 7 (20.59%) Product Roadmap
8 7 (20.59%) User Experience
9 4 (11.76%) Containerisation
10 3 (8.82%) Enterprise Architecture
10 3 (8.82%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 15 (44.12%) Security Cleared
2 14 (41.18%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.94%) Degree
3 1 (2.94%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.94%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) Apple
1 5 (14.71%) Google
2 1 (2.94%) SAP