The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Architect 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 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Architect
Rank 278 239 281
Rank change year-on-year
-39 +42
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Architect 43 85 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.369% 0.651% 0.324%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.397% 0.698% 0.346%
Number of salaries quoted 42 72 44
Average salary £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £60,050 £55,000 £55,450
10% offered a salary of more than £99,500 £92,500 £105,000
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
All Job Titles
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
10837 12171 14447
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 92.90% 93.16% 93.65%
Number of salaries quoted 9335 11069 13022
Average salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Lead Architect
London

Lead Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Lead Architect Salary Trend

Lead Architect
Salary Histogram

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

City of London Lead Architect Salary Histogram

Lead Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 29 (37.18%) Banking
2 27 (34.62%) .NET
3 25 (32.05%) Finance
4 23 (29.49%) Java
5 18 (23.08%) SOA
6 16 (20.51%) SQL
6 16 (20.51%) Middleware
7 14 (17.95%) Agile Software Development
7 14 (17.95%) Enterprise Architecture
8 13 (16.67%) Investment Banking
8 13 (16.67%) Risk Management
9 12 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (15.38%) C#
9 12 (15.38%) Web Services
10 11 (14.10%) Microsoft
10 11 (14.10%) Internet
10 11 (14.10%) TOGAF
11 10 (12.82%) Java EE
11 10 (12.82%) OO
11 10 (12.82%) Oracle
11 10 (12.82%) SQL Server
12 9 (11.54%) ITIL
12 9 (11.54%) Degree
12 9 (11.54%) Content Management
13 8 (10.26%) Retail Banking
13 8 (10.26%) Strategic Planning
13 8 (10.26%) WCF
13 8 (10.26%) Windows
13 8 (10.26%) Project Management
13 8 (10.26%) Change Management

Lead Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 27 (34.62%) .NET
2 16 (20.51%) Middleware
3 12 (15.38%) Web Services
4 10 (12.82%) Java EE
5 8 (10.26%) WCF
6 6 (7.692%) SOAP
6 6 (7.692%) WPF
6 6 (7.692%) REST
7 4 (5.128%) WebSphere
7 4 (5.128%) Task Parallel Library
7 4 (5.128%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (3.846%) WebCenter
9 2 (2.564%) HTML
9 2 (2.564%) ASP.NET
9 2 (2.564%) XML
9 2 (2.564%) XSLT
9 2 (2.564%) Ruby on Rails
9 2 (2.564%) Sinatra
9 2 (2.564%) Node.js
10 1 (1.282%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 5 (6.410%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.128%) MQSeries
2 4 (5.128%) ESB
3 3 (3.846%) Oracle Service Bus
3 3 (3.846%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (3.846%) Oracle Coherence
3 3 (3.846%) FileNet
4 2 (2.564%) Commerce Server
4 2 (2.564%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (2.564%) WebLogic
4 2 (2.564%) IIS
4 2 (2.564%) Apache
4 2 (2.564%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (1.282%) MS Exchange
5 1 (1.282%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 6 (7.692%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.846%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (2.564%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.564%) RMDS
3 1 (1.282%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 11 (14.10%) Internet
2 3 (3.846%) HTTP
2 3 (3.846%) SAN
3 2 (2.564%) WAN
3 2 (2.564%) NAS
4 1 (1.282%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (1.282%) FWSM
4 1 (1.282%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.282%) BIG-IP
4 1 (1.282%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (1.282%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.282%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.82%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.128%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 4 (5.128%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (5.128%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (3.846%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.564%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (2.564%) NoSQL
4 2 (2.564%) Redis
4 2 (2.564%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (2.564%) Hadoop
5 1 (1.282%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 1 (1.282%) MorphX
General
1 29 (37.18%) Banking
2 25 (32.05%) Finance
3 13 (16.67%) Investment Banking
4 8 (10.26%) Retail Banking
4 8 (10.26%) Retail
5 5 (6.410%) Advertising
6 4 (5.128%) Billing
6 4 (5.128%) Corporate Banking
7 2 (2.564%) Front Office
7 2 (2.564%) Marketing
8 1 (1.282%) Legal
8 1 (1.282%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.692%) Web 2.0
1 6 (7.692%) Mobile Banking
2 5 (6.410%) Open Source
2 5 (6.410%) PaaS
2 5 (6.410%) IaaS
3 4 (5.128%) Mathematics
3 4 (5.128%) Online Banking
3 4 (5.128%) Cryptography
3 4 (5.128%) Hedge funds
4 3 (3.846%) iPad
4 3 (3.846%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.846%) Kindle
4 3 (3.846%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.564%) Clustering
5 2 (2.564%) N-Tier
5 2 (2.564%) Credit Risk
5 2 (2.564%) Market Risk
5 2 (2.564%) Social Network
6 1 (1.282%) Smart Meter
6 1 (1.282%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.26%) Windows
2 6 (7.692%) Android
2 6 (7.692%) Apple iOS
3 3 (3.846%) UNIX
4 2 (2.564%) Solaris
4 2 (2.564%) Linux
5 1 (1.282%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.282%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.282%) Windows Vista
5 1 (1.282%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (23.08%) SOA
2 14 (17.95%) Agile Software Development
2 14 (17.95%) Enterprise Architecture
3 13 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 12 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (14.10%) TOGAF
6 10 (12.82%) OO
7 9 (11.54%) ITIL
7 9 (11.54%) Content Management
8 8 (10.26%) Strategic Planning
8 8 (10.26%) Project Management
8 8 (10.26%) Change Management
8 8 (10.26%) Service Management
8 8 (10.26%) Process Management
9 6 (7.692%) Product Management
10 5 (6.410%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (6.410%) Multithreading
10 5 (6.410%) Wealth Management
10 5 (6.410%) Technical Architecture
10 5 (6.410%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 23 (29.49%) Java
2 16 (20.51%) SQL
3 12 (15.38%) C#
4 6 (7.692%) VBA
5 3 (3.846%) C
5 3 (3.846%) T-SQL
5 3 (3.846%) Shell Script
6 2 (2.564%) Ruby
7 1 (1.282%) C++
Qualifications
1 9 (11.54%) Degree
2 3 (3.846%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.564%) MCSE
4 1 (1.282%) CCIE
4 1 (1.282%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.282%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.282%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.564%) QA
2 1 (1.282%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.282%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.282%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (5.128%) Active Directory
1 4 (5.128%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.564%) XenApp
3 1 (1.282%) XenServer
3 1 (1.282%) XenDesktop
3 1 (1.282%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.282%) vSphere
3 1 (1.282%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 1 (1.282%) VMware Server
3 1 (1.282%) Xen
3 1 (1.282%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (2.564%) SCCM
1 2 (2.564%) Puppet
2 1 (1.282%) SCOM
2 1 (1.282%) Tivoli
2 1 (1.282%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 11 (14.10%) Microsoft
2 10 (12.82%) Oracle
3 6 (7.692%) Tableau
4 5 (6.410%) Pega
4 5 (6.410%) Sybase
4 5 (6.410%) VMware
5 4 (5.128%) Cisco
5 4 (5.128%) IBM
6 3 (3.846%) DataSynapse
6 3 (3.846%) Citrix
6 3 (3.846%) Kofax
7 2 (2.564%) NetApp
7 2 (2.564%) EMC
7 2 (2.564%) 29West
7 2 (2.564%) Rackspace
8 1 (1.282%) Veeam
8 1 (1.282%) Sitecore
8 1 (1.282%) 3PAR
8 1 (1.282%) Actimize
8 1 (1.282%) Lotus
City, London
Lead Enterprise Technology Architect - Banking - TOGAF - London. Lead Enterprise Technology Architect required for our client, a well known central figure in the UK Banking industry. You will define...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
PEGA, finance, london, java, CRM, databases, architect, lead, agile A leading financial software house is looking to hire a Lead PEGA Architect responsible for the development and implementation...
Aston Carter
Salary: £60000 - £85000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 19 May 2013
City of London
Strong experience of XenServer 5.6 & Presentation Server. Very good experience of XenApp 5.0 - 6.5, XenDesktop 5.5 - 5.6, Presentation server 4.0... General understanding...
clearedgeconsulting
Salary: £53000 - £59000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 4 May 2013
City, London
Strong experience of XenServer 5.6 & Presentation Server. Very good experience of XenApp 5.0 - 6.5, XenDesktop 5.5 - 5.6, Presentation server 4.0... General understanding...
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Salary: £53000 - £59000 per annum + BENS
Posted: 20 May 2013