Lead Architect Job Trends in West London

Lead Architect
London > West London

The median Lead Architect salary in West London is £79,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 November 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 - 44
Rank change year-on-year - - +69
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Architect 8 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in West London 2.15% - 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.47% - 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £76,250 - £76,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,000 - £78,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.99%
75th Percentile £84,125 - £80,250
90th Percentile £88,750 - -
London median annual salary £102,500 £105,000 £105,000
% change year-on-year -2.38% - +10.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West London. 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 West London with a recognized job title 324 338 310
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.10% 97.13% 93.66%
Number of salaries quoted 220 168 259
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,313 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £45,000 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.50% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £87,500 £84,000
London median annual salary £72,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +3.45%

Lead Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Lead Architect job vacancy trend in West London

Lead Architect
Salary Trend in West London

Salary distribution trend for Lead Architect job vacancies in West London.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Architect job vacancies in West London

Lead Architect
Job Locations in West London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Architect within the West London region over the 6 months to 9 November 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
Wembley - 4 £83,250 - 2
Hillingdon - 1 - - 3
Lead Architect
London

Lead Architect Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London

For the 6 months to 9 November 2025, Lead 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 West London region featuring Lead Architect in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Architectural Patterns
1 7 (87.50%) AWS
1 7 (87.50%) Azure
1 7 (87.50%) Community of Practice
1 7 (87.50%) Customer Experience
1 7 (87.50%) Data Architecture
1 7 (87.50%) Decision-Making
1 7 (87.50%) DevOps
1 7 (87.50%) Domain-Driven Design
1 7 (87.50%) Event-Driven
1 7 (87.50%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 7 (87.50%) Integration Patterns
1 7 (87.50%) Microservices
1 7 (87.50%) Observability
1 7 (87.50%) Platform Engineering
1 7 (87.50%) Product Strategy
2 4 (50.00%) GCP
2 4 (50.00%) IBM
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
3 1 (12.50%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) SAP IBP
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Supply Chain Planning

Lead Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London 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 1 (12.50%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) AWS
1 7 (87.50%) Azure
2 4 (50.00%) GCP
General
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (87.50%) Influencing Skills
2 7 (87.50%) Retail
3 1 (12.50%) French Language
3 1 (12.50%) German Language
3 1 (12.50%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) Cloud Native
2 5 (62.50%) Enterprise Cloud
3 4 (50.00%) AS400
3 4 (50.00%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Architectural Patterns
1 7 (87.50%) Community of Practice
1 7 (87.50%) Customer Experience
1 7 (87.50%) Data Architecture
1 7 (87.50%) Decision-Making
1 7 (87.50%) DevOps
1 7 (87.50%) Domain-Driven Design
1 7 (87.50%) Event-Driven
1 7 (87.50%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 7 (87.50%) Integration Patterns
1 7 (87.50%) Microservices
1 7 (87.50%) Observability
1 7 (87.50%) Platform Engineering
1 7 (87.50%) Product Strategy
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
2 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
2 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (12.50%) Supply Chain Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) IBM
2 1 (12.50%) SAP