Lead Architect Jobs in England

Lead Architect
UK > England

The median Lead Architect salary in England is £83,750 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 486 650 805
Rank change year-on-year +164 +155 -246
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Architect 411 238 414
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.44% 0.29% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.32% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 286 141 254
10th Percentile £63,750 £72,500 £54,537
25th Percentile £72,493 £78,691 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,750 £95,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.84% +8.57% +2.94%
75th Percentile £90,000 £118,500 £111,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £137,500 £141,375
UK median annual salary £82,500 £95,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -13.16% +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 89,103 75,397 137,915
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 91.21% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 65,080 49,497 75,489
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,402 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £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 9 June 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 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
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
East Midlands -23 12 £77,500 -3.13% 1
East of England -15 3 £100,000 +5.26% 1
Lead Architect
UK

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

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 across the England region featuring Lead Architect in the job title.

1 117 (28.47%) Azure
2 98 (23.84%) AWS
3 93 (22.63%) Roadmaps
4 92 (22.38%) Mentoring
5 85 (20.68%) Finance
6 83 (20.19%) Social Skills
7 82 (19.95%) Coaching
8 77 (18.73%) Agile
9 64 (15.57%) Public Cloud
10 62 (15.09%) Security Cleared
11 60 (14.60%) AWS Certification
12 59 (14.36%) Enterprise Software
13 58 (14.11%) Azure Certification
14 53 (12.90%) Decision-Making
15 52 (12.65%) Oracle
16 51 (12.41%) Relational Database
17 47 (11.44%) Problem-Solving
18 46 (11.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 46 (11.19%) Degree
19 45 (10.95%) Migration
20 43 (10.46%) SC Cleared
21 41 (9.98%) TOGAF
22 40 (9.73%) IT Strategy
22 40 (9.73%) Architectural Patterns
22 40 (9.73%) Security Architecture
23 38 (9.25%) SDLC
24 37 (9.00%) Application Security
24 37 (9.00%) Enterprise Architecture
24 37 (9.00%) Microsoft
24 37 (9.00%) CISSP

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 (6.81%) WebLogic
2 2 (0.49%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.24%) Apache
3 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.24%) Appian
3 1 (0.24%) Drupal
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 28 (6.81%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.97%) SAP PP
4 3 (0.73%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.24%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.24%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.24%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.24%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 117 (28.47%) Azure
2 98 (23.84%) AWS
3 30 (7.30%) GCP
4 29 (7.06%) Amazon EKS
5 28 (6.81%) Amazon SQS
6 7 (1.70%) Power Platform
7 6 (1.46%) OCI
8 5 (1.22%) Azure Stack
8 5 (1.22%) Kong
8 5 (1.22%) Serverless
9 4 (0.97%) dbt
9 4 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (0.97%) Matillion
9 4 (0.97%) SaaS
9 4 (0.97%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 4 (0.97%) Snowflake
10 3 (0.73%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 2 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.49%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 29 (7.06%) BGP
1 29 (7.06%) DNS
1 29 (7.06%) WAN
2 28 (6.81%) SSL
2 28 (6.81%) TCP/IP
3 27 (6.57%) SD-WAN
4 9 (2.19%) CTI
5 8 (1.95%) Broadband
6 6 (1.46%) Network Security
7 5 (1.22%) 5G
8 4 (0.97%) Internet
9 2 (0.49%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.49%) LAN
9 2 (0.49%) Wireless
10 1 (0.24%) DAB
10 1 (0.24%) Firewall
10 1 (0.24%) FTP
10 1 (0.24%) IPv4
10 1 (0.24%) IPv6
10 1 (0.24%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (12.41%) Relational Database
2 28 (6.81%) Amazon RDS
2 28 (6.81%) Oracle Database
2 28 (6.81%) RDBMS
3 21 (5.11%) SQL Server
4 19 (4.62%) DB2
5 10 (2.43%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.70%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.22%) Power BI
8 4 (0.97%) Metadata
9 3 (0.73%) Big Data
9 3 (0.73%) QualityStage
10 1 (0.24%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.24%) Data Vault
10 1 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.24%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (2.43%) Team Foundation Server
1 10 (2.43%) Visual Studio
2 9 (2.19%) Git
General
1 85 (20.68%) Finance
2 83 (20.19%) Social Skills
3 46 (11.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 32 (7.79%) Public Sector
5 23 (5.60%) Influencing Skills
6 20 (4.87%) Legal
7 13 (3.16%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (2.92%) Law
9 9 (2.19%) Marketing
9 9 (2.19%) Police
10 8 (1.95%) Automotive
11 6 (1.46%) Banking
11 6 (1.46%) Billing
11 6 (1.46%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.22%) Back Office
12 5 (1.22%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.22%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.97%) Local Government
13 4 (0.97%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.81%) RabbitMQ
1 28 (6.81%) Spring Boot
2 17 (4.14%) .NET
3 6 (1.46%) HTML
4 4 (0.97%) CSS
4 4 (0.97%) Django
4 4 (0.97%) Kafka
4 4 (0.97%) Node.js
4 4 (0.97%) React
5 3 (0.73%) EDI
5 3 (0.73%) SAP TM
6 2 (0.49%) Spring
6 2 (0.49%) Visualforce
6 2 (0.49%) XML
7 1 (0.24%) FIXML
7 1 (0.24%) SAP PI
7 1 (0.24%) SAP XI
7 1 (0.24%) SOAP
7 1 (0.24%) Web Services
7 1 (0.24%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 64 (15.57%) Public Cloud
2 59 (14.36%) Enterprise Software
3 32 (7.79%) Management Information System
4 27 (6.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 14 (3.41%) Product Ownership
6 12 (2.92%) Cloud Native
7 9 (2.19%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.95%) IoT
9 6 (1.46%) Robotics
10 5 (1.22%) Culture of Ownership
10 5 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.22%) Replication
11 4 (0.97%) Cyberattack
12 3 (0.73%) FMCG
12 3 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.49%) Data Structures
13 2 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
13 2 (0.49%) Video\Live Streaming
13 2 (0.49%) Virtual Team
14 1 (0.24%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 29 (7.06%) Linux
2 28 (6.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 9 (2.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (22.63%) Roadmaps
2 92 (22.38%) Mentoring
3 82 (19.95%) Coaching
4 77 (18.73%) Agile
5 53 (12.90%) Decision-Making
6 47 (11.44%) Problem-Solving
7 45 (10.95%) Migration
8 41 (9.98%) TOGAF
9 40 (9.73%) Architectural Patterns
9 40 (9.73%) IT Strategy
9 40 (9.73%) Security Architecture
10 38 (9.25%) SDLC
11 37 (9.00%) Application Security
11 37 (9.00%) Enterprise Architecture
12 35 (8.52%) Systems Engineering
12 35 (8.52%) Technical Leadership
13 34 (8.27%) Design Patterns
13 34 (8.27%) Project Management
14 33 (8.03%) Information Security
14 33 (8.03%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 34 (8.27%) SQL
2 15 (3.65%) C#
2 15 (3.65%) Python
3 14 (3.41%) Java
4 7 (1.70%) Scala
5 6 (1.46%) C
5 6 (1.46%) R
6 4 (0.97%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.73%) Apex Code
7 3 (0.73%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.49%) C++
8 2 (0.49%) SOQL
9 1 (0.24%) ABAP
9 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 62 (15.09%) Security Cleared
2 60 (14.60%) AWS Certification
3 58 (14.11%) Azure Certification
4 46 (11.19%) Degree
5 43 (10.46%) SC Cleared
6 37 (9.00%) CISSP
7 33 (8.03%) CISM
8 28 (6.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 27 (6.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 27 (6.57%) CCSK
9 27 (6.57%) CCSP
9 27 (6.57%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.46%) CISA
11 6 (1.46%) SANS
12 5 (1.22%) CRISC
12 5 (1.22%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.49%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.27%) NIST
2 5 (1.22%) GDPR
3 4 (0.97%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.73%) NCSC
4 3 (0.73%) QA
5 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 27 (6.57%) Docker
2 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (6.81%) Kubernetes
2 27 (6.57%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.24%) Terraform
Vendors
1 52 (12.65%) Oracle
2 37 (9.00%) Microsoft
3 28 (6.81%) Sparx
4 21 (5.11%) Google
4 21 (5.11%) Pega
5 19 (4.62%) IBM
6 11 (2.68%) ServiceNow
6 11 (2.68%) Unisys
7 7 (1.70%) Databricks
7 7 (1.70%) SAP
8 6 (1.46%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.22%) Virgin Media
10 2 (0.49%) Conga
10 2 (0.49%) DocuSign
10 2 (0.49%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.24%) Bloomberg
11 1 (0.24%) Cisco
11 1 (0.24%) Guidewire
11 1 (0.24%) Juniper
11 1 (0.24%) Reuters