The first table below looks at the demand for the Head of Architecture role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Head of Architecture 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Head of Architecture
Rank 798 852 848
Rank change year-on-year
+54 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Architecture 73 49 47
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.066% 0.041% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.070% 0.043% 0.039%
Number of salaries quoted 61 27 44
Average salary £85,000 £85,000 £95,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -10.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £70,000 £73,500
10% offered a salary of more than £102,500 £119,000 £120,000
UK excluding London average salary £85,000 £76,250 £80,000
% change year-on-year
+11.47% -4.68%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
104165 114120 121133
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.41% 94.97% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 86738 97875 102752
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
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%

Head of Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Head of Architecture within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Head of Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Head of Architecture
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Head of Architecture within the UK.

Head of Architecture Salary Trend

Head of Architecture
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Head of Architecture over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 within the UK.

Head of Architecture Salary Histogram

Head of Architecture
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Architecture within the UK 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +56 72 £85,000 - 20
London +49 24 £100,000 +11.11% 12
South East -4 15 £90,000 +28.57% 5
North West - 15 £85,000 - 1
Hampshire - 8 £90,000 - 1
City of London -3 7 £100,000 +17.64% 6
Merseyside - 7 £85,000 -
Liverpool - 7 £85,000 -
Southampton - 7 £90,000 -
Staines - 5 £100,000 - 2
Surrey - 5 £100,000 - 2
East Midlands +2 4 £70,000 -
Yorkshire -8 4 £78,750 -
West Midlands -13 4 £70,000 -
Nottinghamshire - 4 £70,000 -
Nottingham - 4 £70,000 -
West Yorkshire -14 2 £68,750 -
South Yorkshire - 2 £80,000 -
Oldham - 2 £71,356 -
Leeds - 2 £68,750 -
Sheffield - 2 £80,000 -
Manchester - 2 £71,356 -
East of England +4 1 £62,500 -30.55% 1
Berkshire 0 1 - - 2
Docklands, London 0 1 £110,000 +25.71%
South West - 1 £60,000 -
Staffordshire - 1 £80,000 -
Hertfordshire - 1 £62,500 - 1
Stirling - 1 £90,000 -
Watford - 1 £62,500 - 1

Head of Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Head of Architecture 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 Head of Architecture in their job title.

1 62 (44.93%) Enterprise Architecture
2 57 (41.30%) Finance
3 37 (26.81%) TOGAF
4 27 (19.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 23 (16.67%) Java
5 23 (16.67%) Oracle
6 21 (15.22%) Data Modelling
7 20 (14.49%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (12.32%) Banking
8 17 (12.32%) Technical Architecture
9 16 (11.59%) Data Architecture
9 16 (11.59%) ETL
10 14 (10.14%) Retail
11 13 (9.420%) Zachman Framework
11 13 (9.420%) XML
11 13 (9.420%) ITIL
12 12 (8.696%) PRINCE2
12 12 (8.696%) UML
12 12 (8.696%) Business Intelligence
12 12 (8.696%) Degree
13 11 (7.971%) Web Development
13 11 (7.971%) Logistics
13 11 (7.971%) Ruby
13 11 (7.971%) Publishing
13 11 (7.971%) PHP
14 10 (7.246%) Investment Management
15 9 (6.522%) Visualisation
15 9 (6.522%) Data Management
15 9 (6.522%) Information Management
15 9 (6.522%) Microsoft

Head of Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Head of Architecture 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 Head of Architecture in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (9.420%) XML
2 8 (5.797%) .NET
3 4 (2.899%) Web Services
3 4 (2.899%) LAMP
3 4 (2.899%) MapReduce
4 3 (2.174%) J2EE
5 2 (1.449%) HTML
6 1 (0.725%) ASP
6 1 (0.725%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.449%) SharePoint
1 2 (1.449%) ESB
Business Applications
1 5 (3.623%) MultiFonds
1 5 (3.623%) Advent Geneva
2 2 (1.449%) Temenos T24
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.899%) SAN
2 2 (1.449%) Internet
3 1 (0.725%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (14.49%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (6.522%) OLTP
3 5 (3.623%) DataStage
4 4 (2.899%) Data Mining
5 3 (2.174%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.174%) VLDB
6 1 (0.725%) RDBMS
General
1 57 (41.30%) Finance
2 17 (12.32%) Banking
3 14 (10.14%) Retail
4 11 (7.971%) Publishing
5 3 (2.174%) Investment Banking
5 3 (2.174%) Advertising
5 3 (2.174%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (1.449%) Back Office
6 2 (1.449%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.449%) Retail Banking
7 1 (0.725%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.522%) Visualisation
1 9 (6.522%) Hedge funds
2 7 (5.072%) SaaS
2 7 (5.072%) IIBA
3 5 (3.623%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.899%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.174%) PaaS
5 3 (2.174%) NHS
5 3 (2.174%) Data Integration
6 2 (1.449%) Computer Science
6 2 (1.449%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.449%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.449%) AS400
7 1 (0.725%) Clustering
7 1 (0.725%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.348%) UNIX
2 1 (0.725%) Windows
2 1 (0.725%) Solaris
2 1 (0.725%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (44.93%) Enterprise Architecture
2 37 (26.81%) TOGAF
3 27 (19.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 21 (15.22%) Data Modelling
5 17 (12.32%) Technical Architecture
6 16 (11.59%) Data Architecture
6 16 (11.59%) ETL
7 13 (9.420%) ITIL
7 13 (9.420%) Zachman Framework
8 12 (8.696%) PRINCE2
8 12 (8.696%) UML
8 12 (8.696%) Business Intelligence
9 11 (7.971%) Logistics
9 11 (7.971%) Web Development
10 10 (7.246%) Investment Management
11 9 (6.522%) Data Visualisation
11 9 (6.522%) Master Data Management
11 9 (6.522%) Data Management
11 9 (6.522%) Information Management
12 8 (5.797%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 23 (16.67%) Java
2 11 (7.971%) PHP
2 11 (7.971%) Ruby
3 6 (4.348%) C#
4 3 (2.174%) SQL
5 2 (1.449%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 12 (8.696%) Degree
2 2 (1.449%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (1.449%) ISEB
3 1 (0.725%) CISSP
3 1 (0.725%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (0.725%) CCIE
3 1 (0.725%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.522%) Data Quality
2 7 (5.072%) QA
3 4 (2.899%) COBIT
4 1 (0.725%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (0.725%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (0.725%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 23 (16.67%) Oracle
2 9 (6.522%) Microsoft
3 5 (3.623%) IBM
3 5 (3.623%) Informatica
3 5 (3.623%) Ab Initio
3 5 (3.623%) Advent
3 5 (3.623%) Cadis
3 5 (3.623%) RainStor
4 3 (2.174%) VMware
4 3 (2.174%) SAP
5 2 (1.449%) Temenos
5 2 (1.449%) Citrix
6 1 (0.725%) EMC
Staines, South East
This is a very important and strategic appointment for the company.Role: Head of Architecture - MarketingTeam Size: 10 - 20Salary: £100k + £7k car, pension, health, 30% bonusLocation: Staines, MiddlesexThe...
FMC Select Ltd
Salary: £100000 - £105000 per annum + 30% bonus + car + pension
Posted: 5 June 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
The ideal candidate will be an experienced Architect with team management and development experience, negotiation of commercial contracts, architecture methods (TOGAF, Zacman, NAFF etc) and development of IT...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £75000 - £80000 per annum + £8k Car Allowance + 30% Bonus
Posted: 12 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
The ideal candidate will be an experienced Architect with team management and development experience, negotiation of commercial contracts, architecture methods (TOGAF, Zacman, NAFF etc) and development of IT...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £75000 - £80000 per annum + £8k Car Allowance + 30% Bonus
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
The ideal candidate will be an experienced Architect with team management and development experience, negotiation of commercial contracts, architecture methods (TOGAF, Zacman, NAFF etc) and development of IT...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £75000 - £80000 per annum + £8k Car Allowance + 30% Bonus
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
Working for this renowned logistics organisation who are investing in technology to help their people work more smartly and developing products and services that will help their future...
Informatiq Consulting
Salary: £70000 - £100000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
Staines, South East
FMC Select Ltd
Salary: £100000 - £110000 per annum + 30% bonus + car + pension
Posted: 5 June 2013
London
Royal Mail Group
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 7 June 2013
London
Computer Futures
Posted: 4 June 2013
London
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £80000 - £90000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
London
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £75000 - £80000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
Annapurna HR
Salary: £100000 - £110000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 30 May 2013
City, London
Annapurna
Salary: £100000 - £110000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
City of London
Annapurna HR
Salary: £95000 - £105000 per annum + 25% bonus +car allow. + bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
Whitchurch, Hampshire
Police Mutual
Salary: Up to £80,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
England
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £54998.00 - £67805.00 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
bridgenoble
Salary: £95000 - £105000 per annum + + £80k Package
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
Satigo
Salary: £95,000 - £105,000 per year plus Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
Watford, South East
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £60000.00 - £65000.00 per annum
Posted: 31 May 2013