The IT architect – specialty, rather new to the market. The first workers with such employment records began to appear shortly before crisis of 2008. Now headhunters already surely operate with a set of the duties and skills accompanying this position.
Work of highly skilled IT architects is paid much above, than specialists of many other "IT" professions. According to data of the research organized by recruiting company Antal Russia, average monthly salary of IT architects in 2010 was 100–280 thousand rubles that is comparable to level of income of Chief information officers. Meanwhile to find this IT architect not easy.
The IT architect is a person who decides how finally the information system of the organization in general and in parts will look. The main objective of the IT architect in the company is in providing solving of tasks of business by means of information technologies. And, it should not only create the solution, but also control correctness of its implementation.