Lead Architect Jobs in London

Lead Architect
England > London

The median Lead Architect salary in London is £100,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 416 471 694
Rank change year-on-year +55 +223 -244
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Architect 83 137 228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.34% 0.43% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.45% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 49 89 160
10th Percentile £70,885 £77,000 £69,000
25th Percentile £79,043 £85,000 £82,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.09%
75th Percentile £115,000 £119,000 £122,500
90th Percentile £140,000 £138,500 £150,000
England median annual salary £82,500 £95,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -13.16% +8.57% +2.94%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 22,868 30,463 70,595
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 95.03% 96.24%
Number of salaries quoted 16,938 22,839 34,712
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,875 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%

Lead Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Architect in London

Lead Architect
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Lead Architect in London

Lead Architect
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Architect in London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Architect in London

Lead Architect
Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Central London +69 31 £130,000 -20.00% 2
Lead Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 London region featuring Lead Architect in the job title.

1 28 (33.73%) Roadmaps
2 24 (28.92%) Azure
3 23 (27.71%) Finance
4 20 (24.10%) Mentoring
4 20 (24.10%) Agile
5 17 (20.48%) Technical Leadership
6 16 (19.28%) Technology Roadmap
7 15 (18.07%) AWS
7 15 (18.07%) Security Cleared
8 13 (15.66%) Social Skills
8 13 (15.66%) AWS Certification
9 12 (14.46%) DevOps
9 12 (14.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (14.46%) Thought Leadership
9 12 (14.46%) Migration
10 10 (12.05%) SC Cleared
10 10 (12.05%) TOGAF
10 10 (12.05%) Azure Certification
10 10 (12.05%) Public Cloud
11 9 (10.84%) Coaching
11 9 (10.84%) Product Requirements
11 9 (10.84%) Artificial Intelligence
11 9 (10.84%) Oracle
11 9 (10.84%) Product Ownership
12 8 (9.64%) CISSP
12 8 (9.64%) Management Information System
12 8 (9.64%) Degree
12 8 (9.64%) Systems Engineering
12 8 (9.64%) Data Strategy
12 8 (9.64%) Customer Requirements

Lead Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (4.82%) WebLogic
2 2 (2.41%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.20%) Drupal
3 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 4 (4.82%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (28.92%) Azure
2 15 (18.07%) AWS
3 8 (9.64%) GCP
4 4 (4.82%) Amazon EKS
4 4 (4.82%) Amazon SQS
4 4 (4.82%) OCI
5 3 (3.61%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.41%) SaaS
6 2 (2.41%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.20%) dbt
7 1 (1.20%) IaaS
7 1 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.20%) PaaS
7 1 (1.20%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 1 (1.20%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.02%) 5G
1 5 (6.02%) Broadband
1 5 (6.02%) DNS
2 4 (4.82%) BGP
2 4 (4.82%) SD-WAN
2 4 (4.82%) SSL
2 4 (4.82%) TCP/IP
2 4 (4.82%) WAN
3 2 (2.41%) Internet
4 1 (1.20%) Network Security
4 1 (1.20%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.64%) Relational Database
2 7 (8.43%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (4.82%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (4.82%) Oracle Database
3 4 (4.82%) RDBMS
4 3 (3.61%) Data Lake
5 2 (2.41%) Big Data
6 1 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (1.20%) Power BI
6 1 (1.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (1.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 23 (27.71%) Finance
2 13 (15.66%) Social Skills
3 12 (14.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (6.02%) Back Office
4 5 (6.02%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (4.82%) Local Government
6 3 (3.61%) Banking
7 2 (2.41%) Advertising
7 2 (2.41%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.41%) Retail
7 2 (2.41%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.20%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.20%) French Language
8 1 (1.20%) German Language
8 1 (1.20%) Italian Language
8 1 (1.20%) Marketing
8 1 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.20%) Spanish Language
8 1 (1.20%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.82%) CSS
1 4 (4.82%) HTML
1 4 (4.82%) RabbitMQ
1 4 (4.82%) Spring Boot
2 3 (3.61%) .NET
3 2 (2.41%) Kafka
3 2 (2.41%) Spring
4 1 (1.20%) Django
4 1 (1.20%) FIXML
4 1 (1.20%) Middleware
4 1 (1.20%) Node.js
4 1 (1.20%) React
4 1 (1.20%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.05%) Public Cloud
2 9 (10.84%) Product Ownership
3 8 (9.64%) Management Information System
4 5 (6.02%) Cloud Native
4 5 (6.02%) Culture of Ownership
4 5 (6.02%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (4.82%) Cyberattack
5 4 (4.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 4 (4.82%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.41%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.20%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.20%) IoT
7 1 (1.20%) PKI
7 1 (1.20%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (1.20%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.02%) Linux
2 4 (4.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (33.73%) Roadmaps
2 20 (24.10%) Agile
2 20 (24.10%) Mentoring
3 17 (20.48%) Technical Leadership
4 16 (19.28%) Technology Roadmap
5 12 (14.46%) DevOps
5 12 (14.46%) Migration
5 12 (14.46%) Thought Leadership
6 10 (12.05%) TOGAF
7 9 (10.84%) Artificial Intelligence
7 9 (10.84%) Coaching
7 9 (10.84%) Product Requirements
8 8 (9.64%) Creative Thinking
8 8 (9.64%) Customer Requirements
8 8 (9.64%) Data Strategy
8 8 (9.64%) Systems Engineering
9 7 (8.43%) Analytics
9 7 (8.43%) IT Strategy
10 6 (7.23%) Line Management
10 6 (7.23%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.61%) Java
2 2 (2.41%) C#
2 2 (2.41%) Python
3 1 (1.20%) Apex Code
3 1 (1.20%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.20%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.20%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (18.07%) Security Cleared
2 13 (15.66%) AWS Certification
3 10 (12.05%) Azure Certification
3 10 (12.05%) SC Cleared
4 8 (9.64%) CISSP
4 8 (9.64%) Degree
5 4 (4.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (4.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 4 (4.82%) CCSK
5 4 (4.82%) CCSP
5 4 (4.82%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (4.82%) CISM
5 4 (4.82%) DV Cleared
6 3 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.41%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.41%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (1.20%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.82%) NIST
2 1 (1.20%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.20%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (4.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (4.82%) Kubernetes
1 4 (4.82%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (10.84%) Oracle
2 6 (7.23%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.23%) ServiceNow
2 6 (7.23%) Unisys
3 5 (6.02%) Pega
3 5 (6.02%) Virgin Media
4 4 (4.82%) Sparx
5 3 (3.61%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.41%) Databricks
6 2 (2.41%) Google
7 1 (1.20%) Bloomberg
7 1 (1.20%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.20%) Reuters