The first table below looks at the demand for the Head of Architecture role in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Head of Architecture in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Head of Architecture
Rank 316 316 330
Rank change year-on-year
0 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Architecture 7 7 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.058% 0.053% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.057% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 5
Average salary £100,000 £85,000 £120,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% -29.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £94,000 £77,000 £84,500
10% offered a salary of more than £106,000 £99,000 £130,000
UK excluding London average salary £85,000 £76,250 £80,000
% change year-on-year
+11.47% -4.68%
All Job Titles
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
11163 12316 14730
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 92.96% 93.51% 93.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9631 11241 13261
Average salary £52,500 £53,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.94% -3.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £77,500 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Head of Architecture
London

Head of Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Head of Architecture across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

City of London Head of Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Head of Architecture
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Head of Architecture across the City of London region.

City of London Head of Architecture Salary Trend

Head of Architecture
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Head of Architecture across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

City of London Head of Architecture Salary Histogram

Head of Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited Head of Architecture 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 Head of Architecture in their job title.

1 6 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (41.67%) Banking
2 5 (41.67%) SOA
2 5 (41.67%) Oracle
3 4 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (33.33%) Degree
4 3 (25.00%) Investment Management
4 3 (25.00%) Investment Banking
4 3 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (25.00%) Data Management
4 3 (25.00%) Information Management
4 3 (25.00%) Data Architecture
4 3 (25.00%) Visualisation
4 3 (25.00%) Hedge funds
4 3 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
4 3 (25.00%) Data Quality
4 3 (25.00%) Master Data Management
4 3 (25.00%) J2EE
4 3 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 3 (25.00%) ETL
4 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
4 3 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (25.00%) OLTP
5 2 (16.67%) Java
5 2 (16.67%) XML
5 2 (16.67%) TDD
5 2 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (16.67%) Information Architecture
5 2 (16.67%) Performance Testing
5 2 (16.67%) TOGAF

Head of Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited Head of Architecture 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 Head of Architecture in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (25.00%) J2EE
2 2 (16.67%) XML
3 1 (8.333%) .NET
3 1 (8.333%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) ESB
2 1 (8.333%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Temenos T24
1 1 (8.333%) MultiFonds
1 1 (8.333%) Advent Geneva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) HTTP
1 1 (8.333%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (25.00%) OLTP
3 1 (8.333%) RDBMS
3 1 (8.333%) DataStage
General
1 6 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (41.67%) Banking
3 3 (25.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (8.333%) Retail Banking
4 1 (8.333%) Retail
4 1 (8.333%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Visualisation
1 3 (25.00%) Hedge funds
1 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (8.333%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (8.333%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) Solaris
1 1 (8.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) SOA
2 3 (25.00%) Investment Management
2 3 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (25.00%) Data Management
2 3 (25.00%) Information Management
2 3 (25.00%) Data Architecture
2 3 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
2 3 (25.00%) Master Data Management
2 3 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (25.00%) ETL
2 3 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (16.67%) TDD
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (16.67%) Information Architecture
3 2 (16.67%) Performance Testing
3 2 (16.67%) TOGAF
4 1 (8.333%) Fund Management
4 1 (8.333%) Time Management
4 1 (8.333%) Financial Modelling
4 1 (8.333%) IT Governance
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (8.333%) COBIT
2 1 (8.333%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (8.333%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Oracle
2 1 (8.333%) Advent
2 1 (8.333%) Cadis
2 1 (8.333%) RainStor
2 1 (8.333%) Ab Initio
2 1 (8.333%) VMware
2 1 (8.333%) SAP
2 1 (8.333%) IBM
2 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.333%) Temenos
2 1 (8.333%) EMC
2 1 (8.333%) Informatica
City, London
Working for this renowned logistics organisation who are investing in technology to help their people work more smartly and developing products and services that will help their future...
Informatiq Consulting
Salary: £70000 - £100000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
City of London
Head of Enterprise Architecture (EMEA) Key Skills: ? Experience working on large scale database applications, data warehousing or BI initiatives ?... Expertise with design patterns for VLDB with heavy use...
Annapurna HR
Salary: £95000 - £105000 per annum + 25% bonus +car allow. + bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
Head of Enterprise Architecture (EMEA) Key Skills: Experience working on large scale database applications, data warehousing or BI initiatives... Expertise with design patterns for VLDB with heavy use...
Annapurna
Salary: £100000 - £110000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
City of London
Head of Enterprise Architecture (EMEA) Key Skills: Experience working on large scale database applications, data warehousing or BI initiatives... Expertise with design patterns for VLDB with heavy use...
Annapurna HR
Salary: £100000 - £110000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 30 May 2013
City of London
They are looking for an experienced Head of IT Architecture / Enterprise Architect with a proven track record, possibly from a Solutions Architect, Applications Architect or Information Architecture background...
bridgenoble
Salary: £95000 - £105000 per annum + + £80k Package
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
Satigo
Salary: £95,000 - £105,000 per year plus Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013