Lead Architect Jobs

Lead Architect
UK

The median Lead Architect salary in the UK is £82,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 499 693 843
Rank change year-on-year +194 +150 -258
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Architect 477 256 471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.44% 0.27% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.30% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 308 156 292
10th Percentile £62,857 £70,250 £52,434
25th Percentile £71,075 £80,610 £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 £90,000 £117,500 £110,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £137,500 £132,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £79,932 £90,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -11.19% +20.00% +6.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

Lead Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Architect in the UK

Lead Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Lead Architect in the UK

Lead Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Architect over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Architect in the UK

Lead Architect
Top 17 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 9 June 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
England +164 411 £83,750 -11.84% 25
UK excluding London +178 374 £79,932 -11.19% 8
Work from Home +175 251 £79,932 -13.28% 13
North of England +146 161 £81,250 -22.62% 5
London +14 82 £100,000 - 15
Midlands +23 67 £79,842 +3.02% 1
North West +36 66 £79,932 -11.19% 2
Yorkshire +116 65 £82,500 -26.67% 2
South East +22 57 £70,000 -17.65% 1
West Midlands +33 54 £79,887 +6.52%
South West +3 39 £95,000 +5.56%
North East +14 30 £80,000 -30.43% 1
Scotland -47 26 £75,150 -18.46%
Wales +26 16 £68,750 +9.58%
East Midlands -23 12 £77,500 -3.13% 1
Northern Ireland - 5 £75,150 -
East of England -15 3 £100,000 +5.26% 1

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 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 featuring Lead Architect in the job title.

1 158 (33.12%) Azure
2 128 (26.83%) AWS
3 107 (22.43%) Social Skills
4 104 (21.80%) Agile
5 103 (21.59%) Mentoring
6 100 (20.96%) Finance
7 98 (20.55%) Roadmaps
8 92 (19.29%) Public Cloud
9 91 (19.08%) Security Cleared
10 82 (17.19%) Coaching
11 78 (16.35%) AWS Certification
12 77 (16.14%) Enterprise Software
12 77 (16.14%) Azure Certification
12 77 (16.14%) Oracle
13 72 (15.09%) SC Cleared
14 70 (14.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 70 (14.68%) Relational Database
15 68 (14.26%) SDLC
16 65 (13.63%) Decision-Making
16 65 (13.63%) Migration
17 61 (12.79%) TOGAF
18 54 (11.32%) Open Source
19 53 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
19 53 (11.11%) Systems Engineering
20 52 (10.90%) Project Management
21 51 (10.69%) Scrum
22 50 (10.48%) Microsoft
22 50 (10.48%) Degree
23 49 (10.27%) Data Migration
23 49 (10.27%) Collaborative Working

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:

Application Platforms
1 46 (9.64%) WebLogic
2 2 (0.42%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.21%) Apache
3 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.21%) Appian
3 1 (0.21%) Drupal
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 46 (9.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 7 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.84%) SAP PP
4 3 (0.63%) SAP IBP
5 2 (0.42%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.21%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.21%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.21%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.21%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 158 (33.12%) Azure
2 128 (26.83%) AWS
3 47 (9.85%) Amazon EKS
4 46 (9.64%) Amazon SQS
5 31 (6.50%) GCP
6 12 (2.52%) Power Platform
7 8 (1.68%) OCI
8 7 (1.47%) dbt
8 7 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (1.26%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.26%) Snowflake
10 5 (1.05%) Azure Stack
10 5 (1.05%) Kong
10 5 (1.05%) SaaS
10 5 (1.05%) Serverless
11 4 (0.84%) Azure API Management
11 4 (0.84%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (0.84%) Matillion
11 4 (0.84%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 47 (9.85%) BGP
1 47 (9.85%) DNS
2 46 (9.64%) SSL
2 46 (9.64%) TCP/IP
3 29 (6.08%) WAN
4 27 (5.66%) SD-WAN
5 9 (1.89%) Broadband
5 9 (1.89%) CTI
6 6 (1.26%) Network Security
7 5 (1.05%) 5G
8 4 (0.84%) Internet
9 2 (0.42%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.42%) LAN
9 2 (0.42%) Wireless
10 1 (0.21%) DAB
10 1 (0.21%) Firewall
10 1 (0.21%) FTP
10 1 (0.21%) IPv4
10 1 (0.21%) IPv6
10 1 (0.21%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (14.68%) Relational Database
2 48 (10.06%) Oracle Database
3 46 (9.64%) Amazon RDS
3 46 (9.64%) RDBMS
4 21 (4.40%) SQL Server
5 19 (3.98%) DB2
6 14 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.47%) Data Lake
8 6 (1.26%) Metadata
9 5 (1.05%) Power BI
10 4 (0.84%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.63%) Big Data
11 3 (0.63%) QualityStage
12 2 (0.42%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.42%) MongoDB
13 1 (0.21%) Apache Cassandra
13 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 1 (0.21%) Data Vault
13 1 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
13 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (2.10%) Team Foundation Server
1 10 (2.10%) Visual Studio
2 9 (1.89%) Git
General
1 107 (22.43%) Social Skills
2 100 (20.96%) Finance
3 70 (14.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 43 (9.01%) Public Sector
5 25 (5.24%) Law
6 23 (4.82%) Influencing Skills
7 21 (4.40%) Marketing
8 20 (4.19%) Legal
9 13 (2.73%) Analytical Skills
10 12 (2.52%) Police
11 8 (1.68%) Automotive
12 7 (1.47%) Banking
13 6 (1.26%) Billing
13 6 (1.26%) Financial Institution
13 6 (1.26%) Games
14 5 (1.05%) Back Office
14 5 (1.05%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.05%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.84%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (9.64%) RabbitMQ
1 46 (9.64%) Spring Boot
2 18 (3.77%) .NET
3 8 (1.68%) Node.js
4 7 (1.47%) Django
4 7 (1.47%) React
5 6 (1.26%) HTML
5 6 (1.26%) Kafka
5 6 (1.26%) OAuth
5 6 (1.26%) SAML
6 4 (0.84%) CSS
7 3 (0.63%) EDI
7 3 (0.63%) SAP TM
7 3 (0.63%) Spring
8 2 (0.42%) Middleware
8 2 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (0.42%) Visualforce
8 2 (0.42%) XML
9 1 (0.21%) SOAP
9 1 (0.21%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 92 (19.29%) Public Cloud
2 77 (16.14%) Enterprise Software
3 32 (6.71%) Management Information System
4 27 (5.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 15 (3.14%) Cloud Native
6 14 (2.94%) Product Ownership
7 9 (1.89%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.68%) IoT
9 6 (1.26%) Robotics
10 5 (1.05%) Culture of Ownership
10 5 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.05%) Replication
11 4 (0.84%) Cyberattack
11 4 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (0.63%) FMCG
12 3 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
13 2 (0.42%) Data Structures
13 2 (0.42%) Video\Live Streaming
13 2 (0.42%) Virtual Team
14 1 (0.21%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 47 (9.85%) Linux
2 46 (9.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 11 (2.31%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (21.80%) Agile
2 103 (21.59%) Mentoring
3 98 (20.55%) Roadmaps
4 82 (17.19%) Coaching
5 68 (14.26%) SDLC
6 65 (13.63%) Decision-Making
6 65 (13.63%) Migration
7 61 (12.79%) TOGAF
8 54 (11.32%) Open Source
9 53 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
9 53 (11.11%) Systems Engineering
10 52 (10.90%) Project Management
11 51 (10.69%) Scrum
12 49 (10.27%) Collaborative Working
12 49 (10.27%) Data Migration
13 48 (10.06%) Kanban
14 47 (9.85%) Cloud Operations
14 47 (9.85%) Re-Platforming
15 46 (9.64%) Actionable Insight
15 46 (9.64%) ArchiMate
Programming Languages
1 37 (7.76%) SQL
2 18 (3.77%) Python
3 16 (3.35%) C#
3 16 (3.35%) Java
4 7 (1.47%) Scala
5 6 (1.26%) C
5 6 (1.26%) R
6 4 (0.84%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.63%) Apex Code
7 3 (0.63%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.42%) C++
8 2 (0.42%) SOQL
9 1 (0.21%) ABAP
9 1 (0.21%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 91 (19.08%) Security Cleared
2 78 (16.35%) AWS Certification
3 77 (16.14%) Azure Certification
4 72 (15.09%) SC Cleared
5 50 (10.48%) Degree
6 46 (9.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 43 (9.01%) CISSP
8 39 (8.18%) CISM
9 27 (5.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 27 (5.66%) CCSK
9 27 (5.66%) CCSP
9 27 (5.66%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 6 (1.26%) CISA
11 6 (1.26%) SANS
12 5 (1.05%) CRISC
12 5 (1.05%) DV Cleared
12 5 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (8.39%) NIST
2 7 (1.47%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.05%) GDPR
3 5 (1.05%) QA
4 3 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.63%) NCSC
5 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 27 (5.66%) Docker
2 2 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 34 (7.13%) Kubernetes
2 27 (5.66%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.21%) Terraform
Vendors
1 77 (16.14%) Oracle
2 50 (10.48%) Microsoft
3 46 (9.64%) Sparx
4 21 (4.40%) Google
4 21 (4.40%) Pega
5 19 (3.98%) IBM
6 17 (3.56%) ServiceNow
6 17 (3.56%) Unisys
7 9 (1.89%) Databricks
7 9 (1.89%) SAP
8 7 (1.47%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.05%) Virgin Media
10 3 (0.63%) VMware
11 2 (0.42%) Conga
11 2 (0.42%) DocuSign
11 2 (0.42%) Fortinet
12 1 (0.21%) Extreme Networks
12 1 (0.21%) Guidewire
12 1 (0.21%) MuleSoft
12 1 (0.21%) Reuters