Lead Architect jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-11, Skillenai has indexed 29 job postings with the title “Lead Architect” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is application development.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-11
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+How many Lead Architect jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 29 job postings with the title “Lead Architect” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-11.
+What skills do Lead Architect jobs require?
Across Lead Architect postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-11, the skills mentioned most often are application development, testing, System design, Python, AWS.
+Which cities are hiring the most Lead Architect?
As of 2026-09-11, Lead Architect postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Plano, New York City, Chicago, Columbus, Bournemouth.
+Is Lead Architect a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 29 Lead Architect postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-11. The skill mentioned most often in Lead Architect postings is application development, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Lead Architect postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Lead Architect
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| application development | 10 | 34.5% |
| testing | 9 | 31.0% |
| System design | 9 | 31.0% |
| Python | 8 | 27.6% |
| AWS | 8 | 27.6% |
| software architecture | 7 | 24.1% |
| SQL | 6 | 20.7% |
| microservices | 6 | 20.7% |
| architecture governance | 6 | 20.7% |
| Azure | 5 | 17.2% |
| Java | 5 | 17.2% |
| machine learning | 4 | 13.8% |
| secure production code | 4 | 13.8% |
| Mobile | 4 | 13.8% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 13.8% |
Top metros hiring Lead Architect
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Plano | 4 | 13.8% |
| New York City | 3 | 10.3% |
| Chicago | 2 | 6.9% |
| Columbus | 2 | 6.9% |
| Bournemouth | 1 | 3.4% |
| Draper | 1 | 3.4% |
| Farnborough | 1 | 3.4% |
| Hunt Valley | 1 | 3.4% |
| Hyderabad | 1 | 3.4% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-11, matching postings whose canonical role is “Lead Architect”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Lead Architect
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-09-11
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- 90
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