Technical Architect
UK

The median Technical Architect salary in the UK is £77,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 421 374 593
Rank change year-on-year -47 +219 -86
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 588 921 793
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.60% 0.89% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.97% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 412 396 475
10th Percentile £57,541 £61,250 £53,418
25th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +7.14%

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 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Architect in the UK

Technical Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Technical Architect in the UK

Technical Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Architect over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Architect in the UK

Technical 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 Technical Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 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 -31 485 £82,500 -2.94% 96
UK excluding London -78 330 £75,000 -6.25% 66
London +9 192 £85,000 - 38
Work from Home -58 186 £70,000 -12.50% 53
North of England -9 74 £70,000 -15.15% 11
South West -28 68 £80,000 +3.23% 8
South East +17 58 £90,000 +2.86% 17
East of England +11 51 £85,000 - 14
Yorkshire +79 35 £67,500 -20.59% 4
Midlands -7 35 £65,050 -13.27% 10
North West -20 35 £76,450 +22.32% 6
Wales +11 24 £63,823 +1.72% 7
West Midlands +6 21 £75,000 - 4
Scotland -90 18 £72,500 -14.71% 4
East Midlands -26 14 £60,000 -31.43% 6
North East -8 4 £68,950 -27.42% 1
Northern Ireland +11 2 £75,400 -

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Technical 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 Technical Architect in the job title.

1 186 (31.63%) Social Skills
2 184 (31.29%) Azure
3 152 (25.85%) Security Cleared
4 148 (25.17%) Microsoft
5 144 (24.49%) Agile
6 132 (22.45%) Roadmaps
7 124 (21.09%) AWS
8 118 (20.07%) DevOps
9 111 (18.88%) SC Cleared
10 109 (18.54%) Technical Leadership
11 102 (17.35%) Problem-Solving
12 94 (15.99%) Degree
13 85 (14.46%) Microservices
14 84 (14.29%) Mentoring
15 83 (14.12%) Technical Architecture
16 82 (13.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 80 (13.61%) Finance
18 74 (12.59%) .NET
19 73 (12.41%) C#
20 72 (12.24%) Java
21 69 (11.73%) Kubernetes
22 64 (10.88%) Linux
23 62 (10.54%) Management Information System
24 61 (10.37%) Public Sector
25 60 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
26 58 (9.86%) Power Platform
27 56 (9.52%) Cloud Native
27 56 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
28 54 (9.18%) Business Intelligence
29 52 (8.84%) Coaching

Technical 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 19 (3.23%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.68%) Drupal
3 3 (0.51%) CMS
3 3 (0.51%) Confluence
3 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.34%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.34%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 8 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.34%) Revit
Business Applications
1 20 (3.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.36%) Elite 3E
2 8 (1.36%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.85%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.34%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 184 (31.29%) Azure
2 124 (21.09%) AWS
3 58 (9.86%) Power Platform
4 40 (6.80%) Dynamics 365
5 39 (6.63%) SaaS
6 33 (5.61%) PowerApps
7 31 (5.27%) Microsoft 365
8 27 (4.59%) GCP
9 26 (4.42%) Cloud Computing
10 21 (3.57%) Azure Service Bus
10 21 (3.57%) Power Automate
11 17 (2.89%) PaaS
12 12 (2.04%) Azure AKS
12 12 (2.04%) Azure App Service
13 11 (1.87%) dbt
13 11 (1.87%) IaaS
14 8 (1.36%) Azure Sentinel
15 7 (1.19%) Azure API Management
16 6 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
17 5 (0.85%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.23%) Firewall
2 17 (2.89%) LAN
3 10 (1.70%) DNS
4 9 (1.53%) WAN
4 9 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (1.36%) Wireless
6 6 (1.02%) Broadband
7 4 (0.68%) Intranet
7 4 (0.68%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (0.51%) CTI
8 3 (0.51%) Internet
8 3 (0.51%) VPN
9 2 (0.34%) Asterisk PBX
9 2 (0.34%) Extranet
9 2 (0.34%) PBX
9 2 (0.34%) RTP
9 2 (0.34%) SAN
9 2 (0.34%) SSL
9 2 (0.34%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (0.34%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (5.95%) Power BI
1 35 (5.95%) Relational Database
2 27 (4.59%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.70%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (1.53%) CockroachDB
5 8 (1.36%) MySQL
6 6 (1.02%) Big Data
6 6 (1.02%) RDBMS
7 5 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.68%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.68%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.51%) Data Vault
9 3 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.51%) Redis
9 3 (0.51%) SAP BW
9 3 (0.51%) Snowflake Schema
9 3 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.51%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 45 (7.65%) Git
2 31 (5.27%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.04%) GitLab
4 9 (1.53%) Sonatype Nexus
5 8 (1.36%) Jaeger
6 4 (0.68%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.68%) JIRA
6 4 (0.68%) JUnit
6 4 (0.68%) Maven
7 3 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.51%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.34%) MLflow
8 2 (0.34%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.17%) DbUnit
9 1 (0.17%) jMock
9 1 (0.17%) Mockito
9 1 (0.17%) Postman
9 1 (0.17%) Selenium
9 1 (0.17%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.17%) TestNG
General
1 186 (31.63%) Social Skills
2 82 (13.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 80 (13.61%) Finance
4 61 (10.37%) Public Sector
5 43 (7.31%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (5.61%) Banking
7 30 (5.10%) Retail
8 28 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
9 23 (3.91%) Legal
9 23 (3.91%) Marketing
10 18 (3.06%) Aerospace
11 16 (2.72%) Law
12 13 (2.21%) Financial Institution
13 11 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (1.87%) Retail Banking
14 10 (1.70%) Health Technology
15 8 (1.36%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (1.19%) Police
17 6 (1.02%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (12.59%) .NET
2 32 (5.44%) React
3 28 (4.76%) REST
4 23 (3.91%) HTML
5 22 (3.74%) .NET Core
6 21 (3.57%) Entity Framework
6 21 (3.57%) Web Services
7 20 (3.40%) XML
8 19 (3.23%) Kafka
9 18 (3.06%) ASP.NET
10 17 (2.89%) JSON
10 17 (2.89%) Node.js
10 17 (2.89%) RESTful
11 16 (2.72%) Spring
12 15 (2.55%) .NET Framework
12 15 (2.55%) Middleware
12 15 (2.55%) OAuth
13 13 (2.21%) Hibernate
13 13 (2.21%) SOAP
13 13 (2.21%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 62 (10.54%) Management Information System
2 56 (9.52%) Cloud Native
3 27 (4.59%) Legacy Systems
3 27 (4.59%) PKI
4 26 (4.42%) Data Centre
5 22 (3.74%) Greenfield Project
5 22 (3.74%) Product Ownership
6 20 (3.40%) Public Cloud
7 17 (2.89%) Distributed Systems
8 15 (2.55%) Cyberattack
9 14 (2.38%) Onboarding
10 13 (2.21%) iPhone
10 13 (2.21%) NHS
11 12 (2.04%) Private Cloud
12 10 (1.70%) Data Structures
12 10 (1.70%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.36%) PropTech
13 8 (1.36%) Robotics
14 6 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
15 5 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 64 (10.88%) Linux
2 20 (3.40%) Android
2 20 (3.40%) Apple iOS
3 12 (2.04%) Windows
4 3 (0.51%) CentOS
4 3 (0.51%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.51%) Unix
5 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (24.49%) Agile
2 132 (22.45%) Roadmaps
3 118 (20.07%) DevOps
4 109 (18.54%) Technical Leadership
5 102 (17.35%) Problem-Solving
6 85 (14.46%) Microservices
7 84 (14.29%) Mentoring
8 83 (14.12%) Technical Architecture
9 60 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
10 56 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
11 54 (9.18%) Business Intelligence
12 52 (8.84%) Coaching
13 50 (8.50%) Architectural Design
13 50 (8.50%) Migration
13 50 (8.50%) Open Source
13 50 (8.50%) Project Management
14 48 (8.16%) Architectural Patterns
15 44 (7.48%) Computer Science
16 41 (6.97%) Actionable Insight
16 41 (6.97%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 73 (12.41%) C#
2 72 (12.24%) Java
3 46 (7.82%) JavaScript
3 46 (7.82%) Python
4 26 (4.42%) C
5 24 (4.08%) SQL
6 8 (1.36%) Perl
6 8 (1.36%) T-SQL
7 7 (1.19%) Bash
7 7 (1.19%) PowerShell
8 6 (1.02%) PHP
9 5 (0.85%) ABAP
9 5 (0.85%) C++
10 4 (0.68%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.34%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.34%) Swift
13 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.17%) SOQL
13 1 (0.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 152 (25.85%) Security Cleared
2 111 (18.88%) SC Cleared
3 94 (15.99%) Degree
4 39 (6.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (4.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (3.74%) Azure Certification
7 18 (3.06%) AWS Certification
7 18 (3.06%) Master's Degree
8 17 (2.89%) CISSP
9 15 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (2.38%) CISM
11 13 (2.21%) DV Cleared
11 13 (2.21%) OSCP
12 8 (1.36%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (1.19%) PhD
14 5 (0.85%) CCIE
15 4 (0.68%) PMI Certification
15 4 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 3 (0.51%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (1.53%) QA
2 6 (1.02%) Data Quality
3 4 (0.68%) GDPR
4 3 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (0.51%) ISO 9000
4 3 (0.51%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.17%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.17%) NCSC
5 1 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 42 (7.14%) Docker
2 20 (3.40%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.36%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (0.68%) KVM
6 3 (0.51%) Xen
7 2 (0.34%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.34%) Kamailio
8 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 69 (11.73%) Kubernetes
2 20 (3.40%) Ansible
3 9 (1.53%) Puppet
4 8 (1.36%) Kiali
5 5 (0.85%) Terraform
6 3 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.17%) Consul
8 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.17%) Grafana
8 1 (0.17%) Kibana
8 1 (0.17%) logstash
8 1 (0.17%) Nagios
8 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.17%) SCCM
8 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.17%) vRealize
8 1 (0.17%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 148 (25.17%) Microsoft
2 28 (4.76%) ServiceNow
3 22 (3.74%) Salesforce
4 21 (3.57%) Google
5 18 (3.06%) Oracle
5 18 (3.06%) SAP
6 13 (2.21%) Cisco
7 10 (1.70%) BMC
7 10 (1.70%) VMware
8 8 (1.36%) AppDynamics
8 8 (1.36%) HP
8 8 (1.36%) Red Hat
8 8 (1.36%) Remedy
8 8 (1.36%) Splunk
9 7 (1.19%) ANSYS
10 6 (1.02%) Databricks
10 6 (1.02%) Meraki
11 4 (0.68%) ForgeRock
11 4 (0.68%) mParticle
11 4 (0.68%) Sparx