The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. 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 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Architect
Rank 112 94 90
Rank change year-on-year
-18 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Architect 6 6 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.353% 0.405% 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.373% 0.422% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 1
Average salary £55,000 £72,500 £85,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.13% -14.70%
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1610 1423 1284
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.71% 96.02% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1351 1272 1115
Average salary £42,255 £39,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.34% +4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £23,750
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Lead Architect
West Midlands

Lead Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Lead Architect across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Birmingham Lead Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Lead Architect
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Lead Architect Salary Trend

Lead Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lead Architect across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham Lead Architect Salary Histogram

Lead Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

1 11 (52.38%) Microsoft
1 11 (52.38%) .NET
2 9 (42.86%) UML
2 9 (42.86%) SOA
2 9 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (42.86%) Logistics
3 7 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
4 5 (23.81%) CRM
4 5 (23.81%) Oracle
4 5 (23.81%) Marketing
5 4 (19.05%) SCOM
5 4 (19.05%) VMware
5 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
6 3 (14.29%) B2C
6 3 (14.29%) Retail
6 3 (14.29%) E-Commerce
6 3 (14.29%) ERP
6 3 (14.29%) Business Development
6 3 (14.29%) Telecoms
6 3 (14.29%) Oracle Retail
6 3 (14.29%) Analytics
6 3 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (9.524%) Xen
7 2 (9.524%) Degree
7 2 (9.524%) Windows Vista
7 2 (9.524%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (9.524%) SCCM
7 2 (9.524%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (9.524%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (9.524%) VMware Infrastructure

Lead Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Application Development
1 11 (52.38%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (9.524%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (9.524%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (9.524%) MS Exchange
1 2 (9.524%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Oracle Retail
2 2 (9.524%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.762%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.524%) Oracle Reports
General
1 5 (23.81%) Marketing
2 3 (14.29%) Retail
2 3 (14.29%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.762%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (9.524%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.524%) Windows Vista
1 2 (9.524%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) UML
1 9 (42.86%) SOA
1 9 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
1 9 (42.86%) Logistics
2 7 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
3 5 (23.81%) CRM
4 3 (14.29%) B2C
4 3 (14.29%) E-Commerce
4 3 (14.29%) ERP
4 3 (14.29%) Business Development
4 3 (14.29%) Analytics
5 2 (9.524%) ITIL
5 2 (9.524%) Service Delivery
6 1 (4.762%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.524%) C#
1 2 (9.524%) SQL
1 2 (9.524%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (9.524%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.524%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.524%) Xen
2 2 (9.524%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (9.524%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) SCOM
2 2 (9.524%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (52.38%) Microsoft
2 5 (23.81%) Oracle
3 4 (19.05%) VMware
4 2 (9.524%) PeopleSoft
4 2 (9.524%) Cisco
4 2 (9.524%) IBM
4 2 (9.524%) HP
4 2 (9.524%) Citrix
4 2 (9.524%) NetApp
4 2 (9.524%) Salesforce.com