Lead Architect Jobs in the Thames Valley

Lead Architect
South East > Thames Valley

The median Lead Architect salary in the Thames Valley is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 224 253 266
Rank change year-on-year +29 +13 -56
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Architect 20 13 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.30% 0.21% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.24% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 14 5 9
10th Percentile - £67,250 £75,618
25th Percentile £61,000 £72,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £82,375
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -8.95% +6.29%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £91,750
90th Percentile - £96,500 £102,000
South East median annual salary £70,000 £80,000 £90,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% -11.60% +20.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,377 5,507 6,676
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.70% 89.88% 96.24%
Number of salaries quoted 4,541 3,214 4,169
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Lead Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Lead Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Lead Architect in the Thames Valley

Lead Architect
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Architect in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Lead Architect in the Thames Valley

Lead Architect
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Architect in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Architect in the Thames Valley

Lead Architect
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Architect within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +40 19 £65,000 -13.33%
Buckinghamshire -15 1 £100,000 +11.11% 1
Lead Architect
South East

Lead Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Lead Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Lead Architect in the job title.

1 11 (55.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (45.00%) SC Cleared
3 7 (35.00%) IT Strategy
4 6 (30.00%) Azure
4 6 (30.00%) Agile
4 6 (30.00%) Automotive
4 6 (30.00%) Systems Engineering
4 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
5 5 (25.00%) Change Management
5 5 (25.00%) Open Source
6 4 (20.00%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (20.00%) Amazon SQS
6 4 (20.00%) AWS
6 4 (20.00%) ArchiMate
6 4 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (20.00%) Oracle Database
6 4 (20.00%) Relational Database
6 4 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (20.00%) Cloud Operations
6 4 (20.00%) Re-Platforming
6 4 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (20.00%) Amazon EKS
6 4 (20.00%) Sparx
6 4 (20.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 4 (20.00%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (20.00%) AWS Certification
6 4 (20.00%) Public Cloud
6 4 (20.00%) Spring Boot
6 4 (20.00%) SDLC
6 4 (20.00%) Kanban

Lead Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (20.00%) WebLogic
2 1 (5.00%) Apache
2 1 (5.00%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 6 (30.00%) Azure
2 4 (20.00%) Amazon EKS
2 4 (20.00%) Amazon SQS
2 4 (20.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) BGP
1 4 (20.00%) DNS
1 4 (20.00%) SSL
1 4 (20.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (20.00%) Oracle Database
1 4 (20.00%) RDBMS
1 4 (20.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (5.00%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (5.00%) Big Data
2 1 (5.00%) Data Vault
2 1 (5.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 6 (30.00%) Automotive
1 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (20.00%) RabbitMQ
1 4 (20.00%) Spring Boot
2 1 (5.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (20.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (5.00%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Linux
1 4 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) IT Strategy
2 6 (30.00%) Agile
2 6 (30.00%) Systems Engineering
3 5 (25.00%) Change Management
3 5 (25.00%) Open Source
4 4 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
4 4 (20.00%) ArchiMate
4 4 (20.00%) Cloud Operations
4 4 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (20.00%) Data Migration
4 4 (20.00%) Kanban
4 4 (20.00%) Load Balancing
4 4 (20.00%) Migration
4 4 (20.00%) Project Management
4 4 (20.00%) Re-Platforming
4 4 (20.00%) Scrum
4 4 (20.00%) SDLC
4 4 (20.00%) TOGAF
5 2 (10.00%) Data Architecture
5 2 (10.00%) PLM
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) Java
1 1 (5.00%) Python
1 1 (5.00%) Scala
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (45.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (20.00%) AWS Certification
3 4 (20.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 4 (20.00%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Oracle
1 4 (20.00%) Sparx