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The table below looks at the demand for the Lead Architect role in IT jobs within the Berkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lead Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Lead Architect
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank225278
Rank change on same period last yearUp+53
Matching permanent IT job ads158
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.197 %0.070 %
Salaries quoted103
Average minimum salary£62,000£66,667
Average salary£65,750£75,000
% change on same period last year-12.33 %
Average maximum salary£69,500£83,333
UK excluding London average salary£65,053£69,163
% change on same period last year-5.94 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads761011412
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.910 %5.108 %
Salaries quoted63699337
Average minimum salary£38,871£38,405
Average salary£42,272£42,054
% change on same period last year+0.51 %
Average maximum salary£45,673£45,703
UK excluding London average salary£38,468£39,125
% change on same period last year-1.68 %
Lead Architect South EastLead Architect
South East

Lead Architect
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Lead Architect across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire Lead Architect Demand Trend

Lead Architect
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Lead Architect across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Lead Architect Salary Trend

Lead Architect
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lead Architect across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Berkshire Lead Architect Salary Histogram

Lead Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Architect within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingUp+205--
BracknellNew entry-2£65,000-
Lead Architect South EastLead Architect
South East

Lead Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Lead Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Lead Architect in their job title.

112 (40.00 %)Telecoms
210 (33.33 %)HP
210 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
38 (26.67 %)Microsoft
47 (23.33 %)J2EE
47 (23.33 %)Mainframe
56 (20.00 %)SOA
65 (16.67 %)UNIX
65 (16.67 %)BSS
74 (13.33 %)JCL
74 (13.33 %)Windows
74 (13.33 %)COBOL
74 (13.33 %)Sun
74 (13.33 %)CICS
83 (10.00 %)Supplier Management
83 (10.00 %)Enterprise Architecture
83 (10.00 %)Degree
83 (10.00 %)Performance Management
83 (10.00 %)NetApp
83 (10.00 %)Dell
83 (10.00 %)SAN
83 (10.00 %)Client/Server
83 (10.00 %)EAI
83 (10.00 %)MS Excel
83 (10.00 %)Java
83 (10.00 %).NET
83 (10.00 %)Solaris
83 (10.00 %)Oracle
83 (10.00 %)SQL Server
83 (10.00 %)IBM

Lead Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Lead Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Lead Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (23.33 %)J2EE
23 (10.00 %).NET
32 (6.667 %).NET Framework
32 (6.667 %)WCF
32 (6.667 %)ASP.NET
32 (6.667 %)Hibernate
32 (6.667 %)Spring
41 (3.333 %)JSF
41 (3.333 %)AJAX
41 (3.333 %)Lucene
41 (3.333 %)JDBC
41 (3.333 %)SOAP
41 (3.333 %)Struts
41 (3.333 %)WebServices
41 (3.333 %)J2SE
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (13.33 %)CICS
21 (3.333 %)BizTalk Server
21 (3.333 %)SharePoint
Berkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (10.00 %)MS Excel
21 (3.333 %)MS Project
Berkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (3.333 %)Dynamics CRM
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (16.67 %)BSS
23 (10.00 %)SAN
31 (3.333 %)Internet
31 (3.333 %)Wireless
31 (3.333 %)WAN
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (10.00 %)SQL Server
Berkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (40.00 %)Telecoms
23 (10.00 %)Billing
32 (6.667 %)Education
32 (6.667 %)Retail
41 (3.333 %)Health
41 (3.333 %)Marketing
Berkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (23.33 %)Mainframe
23 (10.00 %)Client/Server
32 (6.667 %)Computer Science
41 (3.333 %)Multithreading
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (16.67 %)UNIX
24 (13.33 %)Windows
33 (10.00 %)Solaris
42 (6.667 %)HPUX
51 (3.333 %)Linux
51 (3.333 %)zOS
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
26 (20.00 %)SOA
33 (10.00 %)EAI
33 (10.00 %)Supplier Management
33 (10.00 %)Enterprise Architecture
33 (10.00 %)Performance Management
42 (6.667 %)E-Commerce
42 (6.667 %)Agile Software Development
51 (3.333 %)Data Management
51 (3.333 %)Content Management
51 (3.333 %)Systems Analysis
51 (3.333 %)Load Balancing
51 (3.333 %)Data Modelling
51 (3.333 %)PRINCE2
51 (3.333 %)OO
51 (3.333 %)CRM
51 (3.333 %)Business Intelligence
51 (3.333 %)Project Management
51 (3.333 %)Service Management
51 (3.333 %)ITSM
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (13.33 %)COBOL
14 (13.33 %)JCL
23 (10.00 %)Java
31 (3.333 %)C++
Berkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (10.00 %)Degree
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.333 %)QA
Berkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (33.33 %)HP
28 (26.67 %)Microsoft
34 (13.33 %)Sun
43 (10.00 %)Oracle
43 (10.00 %)IBM
43 (10.00 %)Dell
43 (10.00 %)NetApp
52 (6.667 %)ATG