Lead Architect
UK
The median Lead Architect salary in the UK is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 513 | 499 | 708 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -14 | +209 | +112 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Architect | 192 | 463 | 264 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.34% | 0.45% | 0.28% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.38% | 0.47% | 0.30% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 101 | 298 | 162 |
| 10th Percentile | £60,000 | £62,857 | £70,700 |
| 25th Percentile | £80,000 | £71,075 | £78,691 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £100,000 | £80,000 | £95,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +25.00% | -15.79% | +8.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £120,000 | £91,250 | £115,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £125,000 | £105,000 | £137,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £94,637 | £79,932 | £90,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.40% | -11.19% | +22.03% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title | 50,444 | 98,297 | 87,491 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.33% | 94.81% | 91.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,384 | 69,991 | 55,965 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,748 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.49% |
Lead Architect
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Lead Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Lead Architect
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Architect.
Lead Architect
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Architect over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.
Lead Architect
Top 15 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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 |
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| England | -29 | 166 | £105,000 | +27.27% | 99 |
| UK excluding London | -22 | 118 | £94,637 | +18.40% | 55 |
| North of England | -28 | 78 | £90,000 | +12.60% | 10 |
| London | +88 | 67 | £111,250 | +11.25% | 52 |
| North West | +8 | 67 | £87,500 | +9.47% | 6 |
| Work from Home | -44 | 57 | £94,637 | +18.40% | 62 |
| Scotland | +109 | 14 | £94,637 | +25.93% | 4 |
| South East | +30 | 9 | £72,500 | +3.57% | 12 |
| Yorkshire | +3 | 9 | £94,637 | +14.71% | 1 |
| South West | +81 | 7 | £100,000 | +3.90% | 17 |
| West Midlands | +12 | 7 | £64,692 | -18.98% | 4 |
| Midlands | +8 | 7 | £64,692 | -18.98% | 5 |
| North East | +27 | 2 | £64,692 | -19.07% | 3 |
| Wales | +27 | 2 | £68,506 | -0.35% | 4 |
| Northern Ireland | +38 | 1 | £69,384 | -7.67% | 1 |
Lead Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 31 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 featuring Lead Architect in the job title.
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Lead Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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