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This section looks at the demand for the Lead Architect role in IT jobs within the London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Lead Architect
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank491522
Rank change on same period last yearUp+31
Matching permanent IT job ads148211
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.080 %0.088 %
As % of the category below0.216 %0.209 %
Salaries quoted127190
Average minimum salary£68,583£73,274
Average salary£74,081£76,937
% change on same period last year-3.71 %
Average maximum salary£79,579£80,600
UK excluding London average salary£66,789£65,620
% change on same period last year+1.78 %
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
London
Matching permanent IT job ads68605101098
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled36.93 %42.14 %
Salaries quoted5717877919
Average minimum salary£45,790£47,385
Average salary£49,962£51,863
% change on same period last year-3.66 %
Average maximum salary£54,133£56,340
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Lead Architect EnglandLead Architect
England

Lead Architect
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Lead Architect across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Lead Architect Demand Trend

Lead Architect
Salary Trend

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

London Lead Architect Salary Trend

Lead Architect
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lead Architect across the London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

London Lead Architect Salary Histogram

Lead Architect
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Architect within the London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-557£70,982-7.35 %
BeckenhamNew entry-6£80,417-
CroydonNew entry-3£79,333-
HayesNew entry-3--
Canary WharfUp+142£60,750-13.21 %
Lead Architect EnglandLead Architect
England

Lead Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the 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.

1133 (43.46 %)Java
298 (32.03 %).NET
390 (29.41 %)C#
473 (23.86 %)C++
564 (20.92 %)Finance
663 (20.59 %)Oracle
757 (18.63 %)Banking
855 (17.97 %)XML
951 (16.67 %)MS Visio
1042 (13.73 %)J2EE
1138 (12.42 %)Technical Architecture
1236 (11.76 %)Market Risk
1236 (11.76 %)WebServices
1335 (11.44 %)UML
1335 (11.44 %)SQL
1335 (11.44 %)Retail
1434 (11.11 %)SQL Server
1533 (10.78 %)Microsoft
1631 (10.13 %)JavaScript
1730 (9.804 %)E-Commerce
1730 (9.804 %)Front Office
1730 (9.804 %).NET Framework
1829 (9.477 %)Project Management
1928 (9.150 %)HTML
2027 (8.824 %)Derivative
2126 (8.497 %)SAP
2225 (8.170 %)SOAP
2225 (8.170 %)OO
2225 (8.170 %)SOA
2225 (8.170 %)Investment Banking

Lead Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the 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.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
198 (32.03 %).NET
255 (17.97 %)XML
342 (13.73 %)J2EE
436 (11.76 %)WebServices
530 (9.804 %).NET Framework
628 (9.150 %)HTML
725 (8.170 %)SOAP
725 (8.170 %)WebSphere
824 (7.843 %)ASP.NET
919 (6.209 %)Hibernate
1018 (5.882 %)AJAX
1018 (5.882 %)JSP
1116 (5.229 %)ASP
1116 (5.229 %)Spring
1215 (4.902 %)JDBC
1314 (4.575 %)Servlets
1314 (4.575 %)EJB
1413 (4.248 %)DCOM
1413 (4.248 %)Middleware
1413 (4.248 %)CORBA
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
120 (6.536 %)WebLogic
216 (5.229 %)JBoss
314 (4.575 %)WebSphere Application Server
314 (4.575 %)BizTalk Server
413 (4.248 %)Oracle Application Server
59 (2.941 %)ESB
68 (2.614 %)Exchange Server 2003
68 (2.614 %)MS Exchange
68 (2.614 %)Apache
77 (2.288 %)IIS
77 (2.288 %)CMS
77 (2.288 %)Commerce Server
77 (2.288 %)Alfresco
77 (2.288 %)EPiServer
86 (1.961 %)SharePoint
95 (1.634 %)WPS
104 (1.307 %)SharePoint Server 2007
104 (1.307 %)WebLogic Portal
104 (1.307 %)SAS
113 (0.980 %)NetWeaver
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
151 (16.67 %)MS Visio
213 (4.248 %)MS Excel
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.654 %)SAP CRM
12 (0.654 %)SAP MDM
21 (0.327 %)Dynamics CRM
21 (0.327 %)Microsoft CRM
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
122 (7.190 %)Internet
24 (1.307 %)WAN
33 (0.980 %)LAN
33 (0.980 %)TCP/IP
33 (0.980 %)SAN
33 (0.980 %)Intranet
42 (0.654 %)SNMP
42 (0.654 %)DMZ
42 (0.654 %)Broadband
42 (0.654 %)Ethernet
42 (0.654 %)IPsec
51 (0.327 %)MPLS
51 (0.327 %)FTP
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
134 (11.11 %)SQL Server
219 (6.209 %)SAP BW
318 (5.882 %)RDBMS
413 (4.248 %)Datawarehouse
510 (3.268 %)Oracle 8/8i
66 (1.961 %)SQL Server 2000
66 (1.961 %)SQL Server 2005
75 (1.634 %)ETL
83 (0.980 %)OLAP
83 (0.980 %)Oracle OLAP
92 (0.654 %)SAP BI
92 (0.654 %)MySQL
92 (0.654 %)DB2
92 (0.654 %)Oracle 10g
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (2.288 %)Visual Studio
17 (2.288 %)Eclipse
17 (2.288 %)NUnit
17 (2.288 %)CruiseControl
23 (0.980 %)Flash
32 (0.654 %)Ant
32 (0.654 %)JUnit
41 (0.327 %)Oracle Forms
41 (0.327 %)Subversion
41 (0.327 %)Synon
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
164 (20.92 %)Finance
257 (18.63 %)Banking
335 (11.44 %)Retail
430 (9.804 %)Front Office
525 (8.170 %)Investment Banking
616 (5.229 %)Insurance
78 (2.614 %)Music
78 (2.614 %)Education
85 (1.634 %)Health
94 (1.307 %)Financial Institution
94 (1.307 %)Marketing
94 (1.307 %)Games
103 (0.980 %)Retail Banking
103 (0.980 %)Telecoms
112 (0.654 %)Back Office
112 (0.654 %)Advertising
112 (0.654 %)Government
112 (0.654 %)FMCG
121 (0.327 %)Publishing
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
136 (11.76 %)Market Risk
227 (8.824 %)Derivative
315 (4.902 %)Credit Risk
414 (4.575 %)Equities
513 (4.248 %)Web 2.0
513 (4.248 %)N-Tier
611 (3.595 %)Fixed Income
710 (3.268 %)Grid Computing
710 (3.268 %)Data Integration
88 (2.614 %)Client/Server
97 (2.288 %)Credit Derivative
97 (2.288 %)Interest Rate Derivative
106 (1.961 %)Equity Derivative
106 (1.961 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
106 (1.961 %)Computer Science
114 (1.307 %)PKI
122 (0.654 %)Biometrics
122 (0.654 %)Social Network
131 (0.327 %)Mainframe
131 (0.327 %)Management Information System
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
123 (7.516 %)UNIX
221 (6.863 %)Linux
314 (4.575 %)Windows
48 (2.614 %)Windows 2000
48 (2.614 %)Windows Server 2003
56 (1.961 %)Solaris
62 (0.654 %)Windows NT
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
138 (12.42 %)Technical Architecture
235 (11.44 %)UML
330 (9.804 %)E-Commerce
429 (9.477 %)Project Management
525 (8.170 %)SOA
525 (8.170 %)OO
624 (7.843 %)Business Intelligence
723 (7.516 %)Data Architecture
821 (6.863 %)Enterprise Architecture
915 (4.902 %)Risk Management
1013 (4.248 %)Validation
1013 (4.248 %)Content Management
1112 (3.922 %)Software Engineering
1211 (3.595 %)Data Migration
1211 (3.595 %)Migration
1211 (3.595 %)RUP
1310 (3.268 %)Agile Software Development
148 (2.614 %)ERP
148 (2.614 %)Data Modelling
157 (2.288 %)EAI
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1133 (43.46 %)Java
290 (29.41 %)C#
373 (23.86 %)C++
435 (11.44 %)SQL
531 (10.13 %)JavaScript
619 (6.209 %)VB.NET
717 (5.556 %)VB
814 (4.575 %)C
913 (4.248 %)PL/SQL
913 (4.248 %)DHTML
913 (4.248 %)Perl
913 (4.248 %)Tcl
107 (2.288 %)Python
115 (1.634 %)PHP
124 (1.307 %)Transact-SQL
132 (0.654 %)Ruby
141 (0.327 %)VBA
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
115 (4.902 %)Degree
22 (0.654 %)MCSE
22 (0.654 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (0.654 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.654 %)QA
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (2.614 %)Active Directory
22 (0.654 %)ISA Server
22 (0.654 %)VMware ESX
22 (0.654 %)VMware Infrastructure
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (1.307 %)CA SiteMinder
22 (0.654 %)SCCM
22 (0.654 %)SCOM
22 (0.654 %)OpenView
22 (0.654 %)Tivoli
22 (0.654 %)MOM
22 (0.654 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
163 (20.59 %)Oracle
233 (10.78 %)Microsoft
326 (8.497 %)SAP
410 (3.268 %)IBM
58 (2.614 %)VMware
67 (2.288 %)ATG
67 (2.288 %)Mediasurface
67 (2.288 %)Vignette
67 (2.288 %)Interwoven
67 (2.288 %)Tridion
76 (1.961 %)Sun
85 (1.634 %)Mercator
85 (1.634 %)Informatica
94 (1.307 %)BEA
94 (1.307 %)Sybase
94 (1.307 %)Ab Initio
94 (1.307 %)Teradata
94 (1.307 %)Endeca
102 (0.654 %)Altiris
102 (0.654 %)HP