Lead Architect Jobs in England

Lead Architect
UK > England

The median Lead Architect salary in England is £82,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 484 680 774
Rank change year-on-year +196 +94 -226
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Architect 376 249 422
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.43% 0.28% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.31% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 258 149 256
10th Percentile £63,117 £72,500 £56,374
25th Percentile £72,493 £78,691 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £95,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.16% +8.57% +2.94%
75th Percentile £95,000 £117,500 £112,500
90th Percentile £113,250 £137,500 £140,625
UK median annual salary £80,000 £95,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% +8.57% +2.94%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 82,670 80,142 132,199
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.50% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 61,486 50,956 74,862
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.57% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Lead Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Architect in England

Lead Architect
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Lead Architect in England

Lead Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Architect in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Architect in England

Lead Architect
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 23 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
North of England +130 130 £79,932 -11.19% 13
London +63 85 £100,000 - 26
Midlands +38 61 £78,984 +1.91% 7
South East +36 57 £70,000 -12.50% 7
Yorkshire +122 55 £82,500 -14.95% 2
North West +32 53 £79,842 -11.29% 6
West Midlands +44 48 £79,842 +6.46% 5
South West +16 38 £96,250 +6.94% 3
North East +14 22 £79,966 -17.98% 5
East Midlands +4 12 £77,500 -3.13% 2
East of England +5 3 £100,000 +5.26% 3
Lead Architect
UK

Lead Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 23 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 England region featuring Lead Architect in the job title.

1 120 (31.91%) Azure
2 92 (24.47%) AWS
3 90 (23.94%) Roadmaps
4 81 (21.54%) Mentoring
5 80 (21.28%) Finance
6 78 (20.74%) Social Skills
7 73 (19.41%) Coaching
8 71 (18.88%) Agile
9 59 (15.69%) Enterprise Software
9 59 (15.69%) Security Cleared
10 58 (15.43%) AWS Certification
10 58 (15.43%) Public Cloud
10 58 (15.43%) Azure Certification
11 54 (14.36%) Oracle
12 53 (14.10%) Decision-Making
13 51 (13.56%) Relational Database
14 47 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
15 46 (12.23%) Degree
16 43 (11.44%) Migration
17 42 (11.17%) TOGAF
17 42 (11.17%) Microsoft
18 41 (10.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 40 (10.64%) Enterprise Architecture
19 40 (10.64%) SC Cleared
19 40 (10.64%) Security Architecture
20 39 (10.37%) IT Strategy
21 38 (10.11%) SDLC
22 37 (9.84%) Application Security
22 37 (9.84%) CISSP
23 35 (9.31%) SQL

Lead Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 28 (7.45%) WebLogic
2 2 (0.53%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.27%) Apache
3 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.27%) Appian
3 1 (0.27%) Drupal
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 28 (7.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.06%) SAP PP
4 3 (0.80%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.27%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.27%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.27%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.27%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 120 (31.91%) Azure
2 92 (24.47%) AWS
3 29 (7.71%) Amazon EKS
4 28 (7.45%) Amazon SQS
5 26 (6.91%) GCP
6 7 (1.86%) Power Platform
7 5 (1.33%) Azure Stack
7 5 (1.33%) OCI
7 5 (1.33%) SaaS
7 5 (1.33%) Serverless
8 4 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.06%) Matillion
8 4 (1.06%) Snowflake
9 3 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.80%) PaaS
9 3 (0.80%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 2 (0.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.53%) IaaS
10 2 (0.53%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 29 (7.71%) BGP
1 29 (7.71%) DNS
2 28 (7.45%) SSL
2 28 (7.45%) TCP/IP
3 27 (7.18%) SD-WAN
3 27 (7.18%) WAN
4 9 (2.39%) CTI
5 7 (1.86%) Network Security
6 6 (1.60%) Broadband
7 4 (1.06%) Internet
8 3 (0.80%) 5G
9 1 (0.27%) CATAPAN
9 1 (0.27%) DAB
9 1 (0.27%) Firewall
9 1 (0.27%) FTP
9 1 (0.27%) IPv4
9 1 (0.27%) IPv6
9 1 (0.27%) NGN
9 1 (0.27%) OSPF
9 1 (0.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (13.56%) Relational Database
2 28 (7.45%) Amazon RDS
2 28 (7.45%) Oracle Database
2 28 (7.45%) RDBMS
3 21 (5.59%) SQL Server
4 19 (5.05%) DB2
5 10 (2.66%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.86%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.33%) Power BI
8 4 (1.06%) Metadata
9 3 (0.80%) Big Data
9 3 (0.80%) QualityStage
10 2 (0.53%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.27%) Couchbase
11 1 (0.27%) Data Vault
11 1 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.27%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.27%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (2.66%) Team Foundation Server
1 10 (2.66%) Visual Studio
2 9 (2.39%) Git
3 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.27%) Maven
General
1 80 (21.28%) Finance
2 78 (20.74%) Social Skills
3 41 (10.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 35 (9.31%) Public Sector
5 23 (6.12%) Influencing Skills
6 20 (5.32%) Legal
7 13 (3.46%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (3.19%) Law
9 9 (2.39%) Marketing
9 9 (2.39%) Police
10 8 (2.13%) Automotive
11 6 (1.60%) Banking
11 6 (1.60%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.33%) Billing
12 5 (1.33%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.33%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.06%) Local Government
13 4 (1.06%) Wearables
14 3 (0.80%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (7.71%) Spring Boot
2 28 (7.45%) RabbitMQ
3 18 (4.79%) .NET
4 6 (1.60%) HTML
5 4 (1.06%) CSS
5 4 (1.06%) Kafka
6 3 (0.80%) EDI
6 3 (0.80%) SAP TM
6 3 (0.80%) Spring
7 2 (0.53%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.53%) Web Services
8 1 (0.27%) Apache Camel
8 1 (0.27%) HTML5
8 1 (0.27%) IDoc
8 1 (0.27%) SAP PI
8 1 (0.27%) SOAP
8 1 (0.27%) Visualforce
8 1 (0.27%) XBRL
8 1 (0.27%) XML
8 1 (0.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 59 (15.69%) Enterprise Software
2 58 (15.43%) Public Cloud
3 32 (8.51%) Management Information System
4 27 (7.18%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 14 (3.72%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.13%) Cloud Native
6 8 (2.13%) IoT
7 6 (1.60%) Robotics
8 5 (1.33%) Replication
9 4 (1.06%) Cyberattack
9 4 (1.06%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.80%) Culture of Ownership
10 3 (0.80%) FMCG
10 3 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.53%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.53%) Video\Live Streaming
11 2 (0.53%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.27%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.27%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 29 (7.71%) Linux
2 28 (7.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 9 (2.39%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (23.94%) Roadmaps
2 81 (21.54%) Mentoring
3 73 (19.41%) Coaching
4 71 (18.88%) Agile
5 53 (14.10%) Decision-Making
6 47 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 43 (11.44%) Migration
8 42 (11.17%) TOGAF
9 40 (10.64%) Enterprise Architecture
9 40 (10.64%) Security Architecture
10 39 (10.37%) IT Strategy
11 38 (10.11%) SDLC
12 37 (9.84%) Application Security
13 35 (9.31%) Systems Engineering
14 34 (9.04%) Information Security
15 33 (8.78%) OWASP
15 33 (8.78%) Project Management
15 33 (8.78%) Scrum
16 31 (8.24%) Collaborative Working
16 31 (8.24%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 35 (9.31%) SQL
2 16 (4.26%) C#
3 14 (3.72%) Java
4 11 (2.93%) Python
5 7 (1.86%) Scala
6 6 (1.60%) C
6 6 (1.60%) R
7 4 (1.06%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.80%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.53%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.53%) C++
10 1 (0.27%) ABAP
10 1 (0.27%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.27%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 59 (15.69%) Security Cleared
2 58 (15.43%) AWS Certification
2 58 (15.43%) Azure Certification
3 46 (12.23%) Degree
4 40 (10.64%) SC Cleared
5 37 (9.84%) CISSP
6 33 (8.78%) CISM
7 28 (7.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 27 (7.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 27 (7.18%) CCSK
8 27 (7.18%) CCSP
8 27 (7.18%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.60%) CISA
10 6 (1.60%) SANS
11 5 (1.33%) CRISC
11 5 (1.33%) DV Cleared
12 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.53%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (9.04%) NIST
2 5 (1.33%) GDPR
3 4 (1.06%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.80%) NCSC
4 3 (0.80%) QA
5 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 28 (7.45%) Docker
2 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (7.71%) Kubernetes
2 27 (7.18%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.53%) Terraform
Vendors
1 54 (14.36%) Oracle
2 42 (11.17%) Microsoft
3 28 (7.45%) Sparx
4 22 (5.85%) Google
5 21 (5.59%) Pega
6 19 (5.05%) IBM
7 11 (2.93%) ServiceNow
7 11 (2.93%) Unisys
8 7 (1.86%) Databricks
8 7 (1.86%) SAP
9 4 (1.06%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.80%) Virgin Media
11 2 (0.53%) Fortinet
12 1 (0.27%) Bloomberg
12 1 (0.27%) Conga
12 1 (0.27%) Extreme Networks
12 1 (0.27%) Juniper
12 1 (0.27%) MuleSoft
12 1 (0.27%) Reuters
12 1 (0.27%) VMware