Lead Architect Jobs in the South East

Lead Architect
England > South East

The median Lead Architect salary in the South East is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 329 375 431
Rank change year-on-year +46 +56 -74
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Architect 58 34 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.35% 0.23% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.26% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 35 12 22
10th Percentile £61,000 £72,500 £71,375
25th Percentile £67,500 £73,438 £82,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £80,000 £91,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -12.57% +22.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £93,125 £120,000
90th Percentile £95,500 £97,250 £150,000
England median annual salary £80,000 £92,169 £90,000
% change year-on-year -13.20% +2.41% +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 15,669 13,202 19,109
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.92% 90.39% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 11,272 8,288 12,502
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Lead Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Architect in the South East

Lead Architect
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Architect in the South East.

Salary trend for Lead Architect in the South East

Lead Architect
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Architect in the South East over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Architect in the South East

Lead Architect
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Architect within the South East region over the 6 months to 7 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
Thames Valley +28 33 £65,000 -13.33%
Berkshire +43 19 £65,000 -13.33%
Hampshire -8 17 £70,000 -11.11%
Buckinghamshire -10 14 £100,000 +11.11%
Kent - 4 £70,000 -
West Sussex +35 2 - -
Surrey +2 1 - - 2
Lead Architect
England

Lead Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 7 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 South East region featuring Lead Architect in the job title.

1 26 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 24 (41.38%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (39.66%) Security Cleared
4 21 (36.21%) Agile
5 18 (31.03%) Coaching
6 17 (29.31%) Mentoring
7 16 (27.59%) Prototyping
7 16 (27.59%) Degree
8 15 (25.86%) Line Management
8 15 (25.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (18.97%) Azure
10 10 (17.24%) Microsoft
11 9 (15.52%) .NET
11 9 (15.52%) CTI
11 9 (15.52%) C#
11 9 (15.52%) Visual Studio
11 9 (15.52%) Windows
11 9 (15.52%) Software Engineering
11 9 (15.52%) TOGAF
11 9 (15.52%) Git
11 9 (15.52%) Team Foundation Server
11 9 (15.52%) SC Cleared
11 9 (15.52%) Police
12 8 (13.79%) Change Management
12 8 (13.79%) Scrum
13 7 (12.07%) Finance
13 7 (12.07%) IT Strategy
14 6 (10.34%) Systems Engineering
14 6 (10.34%) Automotive
14 6 (10.34%) Data Modelling

Lead Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (6.90%) WebLogic
2 1 (1.72%) Apache
2 1 (1.72%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 4 (6.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 11 (18.97%) Azure
2 5 (8.62%) Amazon EKS
2 5 (8.62%) AWS
3 4 (6.90%) Amazon SQS
3 4 (6.90%) Matillion
3 4 (6.90%) Power Platform
3 4 (6.90%) Serverless
3 4 (6.90%) Snowflake
4 1 (1.72%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.72%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (1.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 9 (15.52%) CTI
2 6 (10.34%) BGP
3 4 (6.90%) DNS
3 4 (6.90%) SSL
3 4 (6.90%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.45%) CATAPAN
4 2 (3.45%) DAB
4 2 (3.45%) Firewall
4 2 (3.45%) IPv4
4 2 (3.45%) IPv6
4 2 (3.45%) OSPF
4 2 (3.45%) VLAN
5 1 (1.72%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.90%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (6.90%) Data Lake
1 4 (6.90%) Metadata
1 4 (6.90%) Oracle Database
1 4 (6.90%) Power BI
1 4 (6.90%) RDBMS
1 4 (6.90%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.72%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (1.72%) Big Data
2 1 (1.72%) Data Vault
2 1 (1.72%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (15.52%) Git
1 9 (15.52%) Team Foundation Server
1 9 (15.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 26 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 15 (25.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (15.52%) Police
4 7 (12.07%) Finance
5 6 (10.34%) Automotive
6 4 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (6.90%) Billing
6 4 (6.90%) Wearables
7 3 (5.17%) Law
8 1 (1.72%) Legal
8 1 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (15.52%) .NET
2 4 (6.90%) RabbitMQ
2 4 (6.90%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.72%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.90%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (6.90%) Public Cloud
2 1 (1.72%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 9 (15.52%) Windows
2 4 (6.90%) Linux
2 4 (6.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (41.38%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (36.21%) Agile
3 18 (31.03%) Coaching
4 17 (29.31%) Mentoring
5 16 (27.59%) Prototyping
6 15 (25.86%) Line Management
7 9 (15.52%) Software Engineering
7 9 (15.52%) TOGAF
8 8 (13.79%) Change Management
8 8 (13.79%) Scrum
9 7 (12.07%) IT Strategy
10 6 (10.34%) Data Architecture
10 6 (10.34%) Data Modelling
10 6 (10.34%) Systems Engineering
11 5 (8.62%) Analytics
11 5 (8.62%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (8.62%) Data Governance
11 5 (8.62%) Data Management
11 5 (8.62%) Data Security
11 5 (8.62%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.52%) C#
2 4 (6.90%) SQL
2 4 (6.90%) T-SQL
3 2 (3.45%) C++
4 1 (1.72%) Java
4 1 (1.72%) Python
4 1 (1.72%) Scala
Qualifications
1 23 (39.66%) Security Cleared
2 16 (27.59%) Degree
3 9 (15.52%) SC Cleared
4 5 (8.62%) Azure Certification
5 4 (6.90%) AWS Certification
5 4 (6.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.72%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.90%) GDPR
2 1 (1.72%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (1.72%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.62%) Databricks
3 4 (6.90%) Oracle
3 4 (6.90%) Sparx
4 3 (5.17%) Fortinet
5 2 (3.45%) Cisco
5 2 (3.45%) Juniper
6 1 (1.72%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (1.72%) VMware