The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the South West 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 17 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Architect
Rank 195 214 164
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -50
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Architect 15 1 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.286% 0.018% 0.699%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.296% 0.019% 0.736%
Number of salaries quoted 15 1 5
Average salary £52,000 £80,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-35.00% +60.00%
UK excluding London average salary £64,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year
-7.85% -
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5066 5265 5574
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.57% 95.45% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4462 4544 4772
Average salary £35,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.38% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Lead Architect
England

Lead Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West Lead Architect Salary Trend

Lead Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lead Architect across the South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South West Lead Architect Salary Histogram

Lead Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Architect within the South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Dorset - 9 £52,000 -
Wiltshire +12 4 £61,250 -23.43%
Bristol - 2 £60,000 -
Lead Architect
England

Lead Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 25 (67.57%) Business Intelligence
2 16 (43.24%) Data Modelling
2 16 (43.24%) Data Management
2 16 (43.24%) Information Management
2 16 (43.24%) Data Architecture
2 16 (43.24%) Data Governance
3 14 (37.84%) Data Quality
3 14 (37.84%) Zachman Framework
3 14 (37.84%) TOGAF
4 12 (32.43%) Microsoft
4 12 (32.43%) SQL
4 12 (32.43%) T-SQL
4 12 (32.43%) .NET
4 12 (32.43%) C#
4 12 (32.43%) SQL Server
4 12 (32.43%) ASP.NET
5 9 (24.32%) OO
5 9 (24.32%) OLAP
5 9 (24.32%) Visual Studio
5 9 (24.32%) OOD
5 9 (24.32%) ETL
5 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 9 (24.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (24.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 9 (24.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 8 (21.62%) Master Data Management
7 5 (13.51%) J2EE
7 5 (13.51%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (10.81%) Retail
8 4 (10.81%) Fredhopper

Lead Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 12 (32.43%) ASP.NET
1 12 (32.43%) .NET
2 5 (13.51%) J2EE
3 4 (10.81%) HTML
3 4 (10.81%) XML
3 4 (10.81%) JMS
3 4 (10.81%) WSDL
4 1 (2.703%) HTML5
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.703%) BIG-IP
1 1 (2.703%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (2.703%) FWSM
1 1 (2.703%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (32.43%) SQL Server
2 9 (24.32%) OLAP
2 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 9 (24.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 9 (24.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 9 (24.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 5 (13.51%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 9 (24.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (10.81%) Retail
2 1 (2.703%) Investment Banking
2 1 (2.703%) Front Office
2 1 (2.703%) Back Office
2 1 (2.703%) Finance
2 1 (2.703%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.405%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.81%) UNIX
2 3 (8.108%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (67.57%) Business Intelligence
2 16 (43.24%) Data Modelling
2 16 (43.24%) Data Management
2 16 (43.24%) Information Management
2 16 (43.24%) Data Architecture
2 16 (43.24%) Data Governance
3 14 (37.84%) Zachman Framework
3 14 (37.84%) TOGAF
4 9 (24.32%) OOD
4 9 (24.32%) OO
4 9 (24.32%) ETL
5 8 (21.62%) Master Data Management
6 4 (10.81%) E-Commerce
6 4 (10.81%) SOA
6 4 (10.81%) Change Management
7 3 (8.108%) Data Analysis
7 3 (8.108%) Requirements Analysis
8 2 (5.405%) Business Analysis
8 2 (5.405%) ITIL
8 2 (5.405%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 12 (32.43%) C#
1 12 (32.43%) SQL
1 12 (32.43%) T-SQL
2 1 (2.703%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (5.405%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (5.405%) SC Cleared
1 2 (5.405%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.703%) CCIE
2 1 (2.703%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (37.84%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.703%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 12 (32.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.81%) ATG
2 4 (10.81%) Fredhopper
2 4 (10.81%) Oracle
3 1 (2.703%) Cisco