The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Architect
Rank 140 131 114
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Architect 8 3 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.308% 0.144% 0.324%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.322% 0.148% 0.334%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 6
Average salary £104,000 £75,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+38.66% +80.72%
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
All Job Titles
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2485 2033 1794
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 95.65% 97.46% 96.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2014 1749 1527
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Lead Architect
West Yorkshire

Lead Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Lead Architect Salary Trend

Lead Architect
Salary Histogram

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

Leeds Lead Architect Salary Histogram

Lead Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 8 (57.14%) Finance
2 7 (50.00%) TOGAF
3 6 (42.86%) BPMN
4 4 (28.57%) DataPower
4 4 (28.57%) Banking
4 4 (28.57%) WebSphere Process Server
4 4 (28.57%) Zachman Framework
4 4 (28.57%) Online Banking
4 4 (28.57%) WebSphere
4 4 (28.57%) BAPI
4 4 (28.57%) HP
4 4 (28.57%) TeamSite
4 4 (28.57%) Internet
4 4 (28.57%) Tivoli
4 4 (28.57%) Tivoli Monitoring
4 4 (28.57%) C
4 4 (28.57%) Oracle
4 4 (28.57%) DB2
4 4 (28.57%) WebSphere Application Server
4 4 (28.57%) ESB
4 4 (28.57%) LogLogic
5 3 (21.43%) Big Data
6 1 (7.143%) ITIL
6 1 (7.143%) OO
6 1 (7.143%) C#
6 1 (7.143%) Java
6 1 (7.143%) .NET
6 1 (7.143%) J2EE
6 1 (7.143%) Project Management
6 1 (7.143%) Agile Software Development

Lead Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 4 (28.57%) WebSphere
1 4 (28.57%) BAPI
2 1 (7.143%) .NET
2 1 (7.143%) J2EE
2 1 (7.143%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 4 (28.57%) WebSphere Process Server
1 4 (28.57%) TeamSite
1 4 (28.57%) WebSphere Application Server
1 4 (28.57%) ESB
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) DB2
2 3 (21.43%) Big Data
General
1 8 (57.14%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) DataPower
1 4 (28.57%) Online Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 6 (42.86%) BPMN
3 4 (28.57%) Zachman Framework
4 1 (7.143%) ITIL
4 1 (7.143%) OO
4 1 (7.143%) Project Management
4 1 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (7.143%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (7.143%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) C
2 1 (7.143%) C#
2 1 (7.143%) Java
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) Tivoli
1 4 (28.57%) Tivoli Monitoring
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) HP
1 4 (28.57%) Oracle
1 4 (28.57%) LogLogic