The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Software Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lead Software Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 18 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Software Architect
Rank 843 858 -
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Architect 8 25 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.008% 0.022% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.023% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 24 0
Average salary £65,000 £81,250 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £52,500 -
% change year-on-year
+23.80% -
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
97362 107351 114720
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.40% 95.02% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 81957 92751 97893
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Lead Software Architect
UK

Lead Software Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Lead Software Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Lead Software Architect
Salary Trend

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

England Lead Software Architect Salary Trend

Lead Software Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Software Architect within the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
East of England +2 7 £65,000 +23.80%
North West - 1 - -
Lead Software Architect
UK

Lead Software Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Lead Software 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 Software Architect in their job title.

1 12 (66.67%) QA
1 12 (66.67%) C#
2 10 (55.56%) C
2 10 (55.56%) Sun
2 10 (55.56%) Embedded C
2 10 (55.56%) Aerospace
2 10 (55.56%) Validation
2 10 (55.56%) Project Management
2 10 (55.56%) Degree
2 10 (55.56%) Rational DOORS
3 8 (44.44%) .NET
4 6 (33.33%) WCF
5 5 (27.78%) SaaS
5 5 (27.78%) MySQL
5 5 (27.78%) SQL
6 4 (22.22%) Internet
7 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
7 3 (16.67%) OO
8 2 (11.11%) OOA/OOD
8 2 (11.11%) TDD
8 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (11.11%) Multithreading
8 2 (11.11%) Dependency Injection
8 2 (11.11%) Refactoring
8 2 (11.11%) Load Balancing
9 1 (5.556%) SAP Business One
9 1 (5.556%) WPF
9 1 (5.556%) Subversion
9 1 (5.556%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (5.556%) Dynamics AX

Lead Software Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Lead Software 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 Software Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (44.44%) .NET
2 6 (33.33%) WCF
3 1 (5.556%) WPF
3 1 (5.556%) .NET Framework
Business Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (5.556%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (5.556%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (5.556%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) Internet
2 1 (5.556%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) MySQL
2 1 (5.556%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (55.56%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (5.556%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.556%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (5.556%) Subversion
General
1 10 (55.56%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) SaaS
2 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Project Management
1 10 (55.56%) Validation
2 3 (16.67%) OO
3 2 (11.11%) OOA/OOD
3 2 (11.11%) TDD
3 2 (11.11%) Refactoring
3 2 (11.11%) Load Balancing
3 2 (11.11%) Multithreading
3 2 (11.11%) Dependency Injection
4 1 (5.556%) OOP
4 1 (5.556%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 12 (66.67%) C#
2 10 (55.56%) C
2 10 (55.56%) Embedded C
3 5 (27.78%) SQL
4 1 (5.556%) T-SQL
4 1 (5.556%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 10 (55.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Sun
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.556%) Epicor
3 1 (5.556%) Oracle
3 1 (5.556%) SAP