Lead Architect Contracts in the South West

Lead Architect
England > South West

The median Lead Architect daily rate in the South West is £664, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 125 150
Rank change year-on-year +42 +25 -21
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Architect 76 34 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.30% 1.00% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.49% 1.08% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 29 14
10th Percentile £473 £661 £538
25th Percentile £592 £675 £662
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £664 £750 £775
Median % change year-on-year -11.40% -3.23% +10.32%
75th Percentile £800 £825 £788
90th Percentile £893 £963 £800
England median daily rate £700 £743 £700
% change year-on-year -5.79% +6.14% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £45.00 -
% change year-on-year +55.56% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 the South West with a recognized job title 3,056 3,142 3,474
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 92.74% 95.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,896 2,308 2,517
10th Percentile £216 £284 £225
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £620 £644 £600
90th Percentile £700 £721 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 252 212
10th Percentile £13.85 £17.70 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £48.68 £18.49
Median hourly rate £55.00 £63.23 £47.64
Median % change year-on-year -13.02% +32.74% +10.78%
75th Percentile £71.25 £75.13 £63.60
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.40 £68.29
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

Lead Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Architect in the South West

Lead Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead Architect in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Lead Architect in the South West

Lead Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Architect in the South West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead Architect in the South West

Lead Architect
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
Bristol +32 36 £538 -30.65%
Wiltshire +5 35 £800 +12.28%
Devon - 5 £660 -
Lead Architect
England

Lead Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 12 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 South West region featuring Lead Architect in the job title.

1 72 (94.74%) Security Cleared
2 62 (81.58%) SC Cleared
3 45 (59.21%) Strategic Thinking
4 29 (38.16%) Network Management
4 29 (38.16%) Telecoms
5 23 (30.26%) Stakeholder Management
6 22 (28.95%) Degree
6 22 (28.95%) Self-Motivation
7 21 (27.63%) Systems Engineering
8 20 (26.32%) Identity Access Management
9 19 (25.00%) Digital Identity
9 19 (25.00%) JSP 440
9 19 (25.00%) Project Management
10 15 (19.74%) Public Sector
11 13 (17.11%) Manufacturing
12 12 (15.79%) DV Cleared
13 8 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
14 7 (9.21%) NIST
14 7 (9.21%) CompTIA Security+
14 7 (9.21%) Security Operations
14 7 (9.21%) GDPR
14 7 (9.21%) CISA
14 7 (9.21%) CISM
14 7 (9.21%) SSCP
14 7 (9.21%) CESG
14 7 (9.21%) Information Security
14 7 (9.21%) CISSP
14 7 (9.21%) ISACA
14 7 (9.21%) PCI DSS
14 7 (9.21%) HIPAA

Lead Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.63%) Confluence
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.32%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.63%) AWS
2 1 (1.32%) Azure
2 1 (1.32%) Entra ID
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (1.32%) OneDrive
2 1 (1.32%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.26%) LAN
1 4 (5.26%) Unified Communications
1 4 (5.26%) WAN
1 4 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (2.63%) JIRA
General
1 29 (38.16%) Telecoms
2 15 (19.74%) Public Sector
3 13 (17.11%) Manufacturing
4 6 (7.89%) Electronics
4 6 (7.89%) Finance
4 6 (7.89%) Marketing
4 6 (7.89%) Social Skills
5 2 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 22 (28.95%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (9.21%) CESG
3 5 (6.58%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.32%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.32%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.32%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (59.21%) Strategic Thinking
2 29 (38.16%) Network Management
3 23 (30.26%) Stakeholder Management
4 21 (27.63%) Systems Engineering
5 20 (26.32%) Identity Access Management
6 19 (25.00%) Digital Identity
6 19 (25.00%) Project Management
7 8 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (9.21%) Information Assurance
8 7 (9.21%) Information Security
8 7 (9.21%) Security Operations
9 6 (7.89%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (7.89%) Digital Marketing
9 6 (7.89%) Programme Management
9 6 (7.89%) Zero Trust
10 5 (6.58%) Enterprise Architecture
10 5 (6.58%) Network Architecture
10 5 (6.58%) Roadmaps
11 4 (5.26%) ArchiMate
11 4 (5.26%) IT Strategy
Qualifications
1 72 (94.74%) Security Cleared
2 62 (81.58%) SC Cleared
3 22 (28.95%) Degree
4 12 (15.79%) DV Cleared
5 7 (9.21%) CEH
5 7 (9.21%) CISA
5 7 (9.21%) CISM
5 7 (9.21%) CISMP
5 7 (9.21%) CISSP
5 7 (9.21%) CompTIA Security+
5 7 (9.21%) ISACA
5 7 (9.21%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (25.00%) JSP 440
2 7 (9.21%) GDPR
2 7 (9.21%) HIPAA
2 7 (9.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (9.21%) NIST
2 7 (9.21%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.63%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.32%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (7.89%) SAP
2 2 (2.63%) VMware
3 1 (1.32%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft