Lead Enterprise Architect Job Trends in the Midlands

Lead Enterprise Architect
England > Midlands

The median Lead Enterprise Architect salary in the Midlands is £150,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 228 - 230
Rank change year-on-year - - +126
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Enterprise Architect 5 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.090% - 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% - 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £150,000 - £85,000
75th Percentile - - £87,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £150,000 £122,500 £112,500
% change year-on-year +22.45% +8.89% +23.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 5,150 8,630 5,103
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.06% 94.78% 96.23%
Number of salaries quoted 3,171 4,405 3,943
10th Percentile £26,968 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,625 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% -4.17% -

Lead Enterprise Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Lead Enterprise Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Lead Enterprise Architect job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Lead Enterprise Architect
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Lead Enterprise Architect job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Enterprise Architect job vacancies in the Midlands

Lead Enterprise Architect
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Enterprise Architect within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
East Midlands - 3 - - 2
Lead Enterprise Architect
England

Lead Enterprise Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 19 October 2025, Lead Enterprise Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Lead Enterprise Architect in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 5 (100.00%) ERP
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) DevOps
3 3 (60.00%) Adobe
3 3 (60.00%) AI
3 3 (60.00%) AI Transformation
3 3 (60.00%) AWS
3 3 (60.00%) Azure
3 3 (60.00%) CRM
3 3 (60.00%) Customer Experience
3 3 (60.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (60.00%) E-Commerce
3 3 (60.00%) GCP
3 3 (60.00%) Generative AI
3 3 (60.00%) Machine Learning
3 3 (60.00%) Microservices
3 3 (60.00%) Order Management
3 3 (60.00%) Product Management
3 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (60.00%) Salesforce
3 3 (60.00%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
3 3 (60.00%) Shopify
4 2 (40.00%) API Design
4 2 (40.00%) Architectural Design
4 2 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
4 2 (40.00%) Customer Engagement
4 2 (40.00%) Customer Insight
4 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (40.00%) Data Architecture

Lead Enterprise Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (60.00%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) GCP
1 3 (60.00%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
2 2 (40.00%) OCI
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle CX
2 2 (40.00%) PaaS
2 2 (40.00%) SaaS
General
1 3 (60.00%) Retail
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (40.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 5 (100.00%) ERP
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) DevOps
3 3 (60.00%) AI
3 3 (60.00%) AI Transformation
3 3 (60.00%) CRM
3 3 (60.00%) Customer Experience
3 3 (60.00%) E-Commerce
3 3 (60.00%) Generative AI
3 3 (60.00%) Machine Learning
3 3 (60.00%) Microservices
3 3 (60.00%) Order Management
3 3 (60.00%) Product Management
3 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (40.00%) Customer Engagement
4 2 (40.00%) Customer Insight
4 2 (40.00%) Data Architecture
4 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
4 2 (40.00%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) TOGAF Certification
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Adobe
1 3 (60.00%) Salesforce
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle