Lead Architect Jobs in Berkshire

Lead Architect
South East > Berkshire

The median Lead Architect salary in Berkshire is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 140 175
Rank change year-on-year +22 +35 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Architect 2 19 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.12% 0.62% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.65% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1 13 4
10th Percentile - - £66,375
25th Percentile £57,500 £61,000 £70,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -13.33% -19.14%
75th Percentile £62,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile - - £91,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% -12.50% -12.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,272 2,937 2,879
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 78.62% 95.45% 92.42%
Number of salaries quoted 578 2,089 1,635
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £83,750 £92,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Lead Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Architect in Berkshire

Lead Architect
Salary Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Architect in Berkshire.

Salary trend for Lead Architect in Berkshire

Lead Architect
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Architect within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 11 May 2025. 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
Reading +42 2 £60,000 -1.64% 1
Lead Architect
South East

Lead Architect Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, 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 Berkshire region featuring Lead Architect in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Back Office
1 1 (50.00%) Computacenter
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) French Language
1 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Business Agility
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps

Lead Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Back Office
1 1 (50.00%) French Language
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Agility
1 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Computacenter