Technical Architecture
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Technical Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Technical Architecture over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 320 321 409
Rank change year-on-year +1 +88 -1
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 875 1,121 1,381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.89% 1.07% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 1.12% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 330 495 703
10th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £47,300
25th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £105,000
90th Percentile £103,250 £103,700 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Technical Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Technical Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Technical Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Architecture in the UK

Technical Architecture
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Technical Architecture in the UK

Technical Architecture
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Architecture over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Architecture in the UK

Technical Architecture
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 Architecture within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 -11 617 £72,500 -6.45% 98
UK excluding London +22 594 £70,000 - 64
Work from Home -98 214 £70,000 -9.68% 50
London -37 174 £82,500 -2.94% 40
North of England +62 163 £65,000 -7.14% 23
North West +28 104 £70,000 - 10
South East +11 98 £72,500 - 11
Scotland -44 85 £80,200 +34.73% 9
Midlands -1 83 £67,500 -6.90% 3
South West -7 71 £65,050 -1.81% 10
Yorkshire +90 56 £57,500 -17.86% 8
East Midlands -7 47 £82,500 - 2
Wales +21 46 £60,000 -35.14% 3
Northern Ireland +49 41 £65,200 +0.31% 1
West Midlands +9 36 £67,500 - 1
East of England -3 7 £90,000 +12.50% 6
North East -1 3 £63,000 - 6

Technical Architecture
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 26 (2.97%) Apache Spark
2 10 (1.14%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.69%) CMS
3 6 (0.69%) WebSphere
4 4 (0.46%) IIS
4 4 (0.46%) SAS
5 2 (0.23%) NetWeaver
5 2 (0.23%) nginx
5 2 (0.23%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.11%) Drupal
Applications
1 9 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.46%) SPSS
4 3 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.34%) Siemens NX
5 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.91%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.34%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.23%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.11%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.11%) HFM
5 1 (0.11%) Magento
5 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.11%) Shopify
5 1 (0.11%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 183 (20.91%) Azure
2 106 (12.11%) AWS
3 59 (6.74%) GCP
4 49 (5.60%) SaaS
5 31 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (2.40%) IaaS
7 21 (2.40%) Power Platform
8 20 (2.29%) PaaS
9 15 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (1.60%) GitHub
10 14 (1.60%) Serverless
11 11 (1.26%) dbt
12 10 (1.14%) Entra ID
13 9 (1.03%) AWS Lambda
14 8 (0.91%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (0.91%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (0.57%) SuccessFactors
16 4 (0.46%) Azure Sentinel
16 4 (0.46%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 386 (44.11%) VSAT
2 20 (2.29%) Firewall
3 11 (1.26%) VPN
4 10 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (1.03%) SSL
5 9 (1.03%) WAN
6 8 (0.91%) Wireless
7 7 (0.80%) SAN
8 5 (0.57%) LAN
8 5 (0.57%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (0.23%) Broadband
9 2 (0.23%) DHCP
9 2 (0.23%) DNS
9 2 (0.23%) SNMP
10 1 (0.11%) DMZ
10 1 (0.11%) Internet
10 1 (0.11%) IPsec
10 1 (0.11%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.11%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.46%) Relational Database
2 28 (3.20%) Elasticsearch
2 28 (3.20%) SQL Server
3 26 (2.97%) Apache Ignite
3 26 (2.97%) Data Mining
3 26 (2.97%) Hadoop
4 23 (2.63%) RDBMS
5 17 (1.94%) Data Lake
6 11 (1.26%) Big Data
7 8 (0.91%) CockroachDB
8 7 (0.80%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.46%) DB2
9 4 (0.46%) EDRMS
9 4 (0.46%) MySQL
10 3 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.34%) Metadata
10 3 (0.34%) Power BI
10 3 (0.34%) Redis
10 3 (0.34%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 18 (2.06%) Jenkins
2 12 (1.37%) Git
3 9 (1.03%) GitLab
3 9 (1.03%) JIRA
4 8 (0.91%) CircleCI
4 8 (0.91%) git-flow
4 8 (0.91%) Jaeger
4 8 (0.91%) Sonatype Nexus
5 6 (0.69%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.23%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.23%) Gradle
6 2 (0.23%) Maven
6 2 (0.23%) Postman
7 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 145 (16.57%) Social Skills
2 109 (12.46%) Finance
3 102 (11.66%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (8.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 50 (5.71%) Public Sector
6 27 (3.09%) Law
7 21 (2.40%) Marketing
7 21 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
8 19 (2.17%) Banking
9 15 (1.71%) Legal
10 14 (1.60%) Financial Institution
11 13 (1.49%) Retail
12 12 (1.37%) French Language
13 8 (0.91%) Advertising
14 5 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.57%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.57%) Tech for Good
15 4 (0.46%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.46%) Police
Job Titles
1 638 (72.91%) Architect
2 386 (44.11%) Software Architect
3 94 (10.74%) Developer
4 87 (9.94%) Senior
5 79 (9.03%) Technical Architect
6 59 (6.74%) Solutions Architect
7 48 (5.49%) Scala Developer
8 39 (4.46%) Senior Architect
9 30 (3.43%) Analyst
10 28 (3.20%) Cloud Architect
10 28 (3.20%) IT Architect
11 26 (2.97%) Security Architect
12 25 (2.86%) Systems Architect
13 24 (2.74%) Enterprise Architect
14 23 (2.63%) Project Manager
15 22 (2.51%) Consultant
16 21 (2.40%) Technical Analyst
17 20 (2.29%) Business Analyst
17 20 (2.29%) Lead
18 19 (2.17%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (6.86%) .NET
2 43 (4.91%) RESTful
3 40 (4.57%) SOAP
4 39 (4.46%) HTML
5 37 (4.23%) CSS
6 34 (3.89%) Kafka
6 34 (3.89%) React
7 33 (3.77%) Node.js
8 30 (3.43%) JSON
8 30 (3.43%) Web Services
9 20 (2.29%) Akka
10 18 (2.06%) XML
11 17 (1.94%) REST
12 13 (1.49%) AngularJS
12 13 (1.49%) Django
13 12 (1.37%) Middleware
14 11 (1.26%) .NET Framework
15 10 (1.14%) Spring Boot
16 8 (0.91%) .NET Core
16 8 (0.91%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 60 (6.86%) Management Information System
2 33 (3.77%) Virtual Team
3 30 (3.43%) Product Ownership
4 28 (3.20%) Security Posture
5 25 (2.86%) Onboarding
6 22 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (2.06%) Cloud Native
8 15 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (1.14%) PropTech
11 9 (1.03%) Public Cloud
12 8 (0.91%) CMDB
13 7 (0.80%) Data Centre
13 7 (0.80%) Distributed Architecture
14 6 (0.69%) Client/Server
15 5 (0.57%) Cyber Threat
15 5 (0.57%) Hybrid Cloud
15 5 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
15 5 (0.57%) PMI
16 4 (0.46%) Cybercrime
Operating Systems
1 29 (3.31%) Linux
2 17 (1.94%) Windows
3 9 (1.03%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.69%) SUSE
4 6 (0.69%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 5 (0.57%) Android
5 5 (0.57%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 446 (50.97%) TOGAF
2 408 (46.63%) Actionable Insight
3 394 (45.03%) Validation
4 393 (44.91%) Network Architecture
5 390 (44.57%) Network Management
6 386 (44.11%) Model Validation
6 386 (44.11%) Requirements Management
7 204 (23.31%) Agile
8 102 (11.66%) Project Management
9 96 (10.97%) Roadmaps
10 94 (10.74%) DevOps
10 94 (10.74%) Software Engineering
11 93 (10.63%) Problem-Solving
12 89 (10.17%) CI/CD
13 71 (8.11%) Business Strategy
14 62 (7.09%) SDLC
15 58 (6.63%) Migration
15 58 (6.63%) Project Delivery
16 51 (5.83%) Microservices
17 50 (5.71%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 97 (11.09%) Java
2 81 (9.26%) JavaScript
3 61 (6.97%) SQL
4 51 (5.83%) C#
5 48 (5.49%) Scala
6 38 (4.34%) Python
7 20 (2.29%) Go
8 11 (1.26%) T-SQL
9 8 (0.91%) Apex Code
9 8 (0.91%) Shell Script
9 8 (0.91%) TypeScript
10 7 (0.80%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.69%) PowerShell
11 6 (0.69%) SOQL
12 5 (0.57%) ABAP
13 4 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (0.46%) PHP
13 4 (0.46%) RPG
14 3 (0.34%) Bash
14 3 (0.34%) C++
Qualifications
1 139 (15.89%) Security Cleared
2 117 (13.37%) Degree
3 92 (10.51%) SC Cleared
4 27 (3.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (2.63%) CISSP
6 20 (2.29%) Cisco Certification
7 15 (1.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 13 (1.49%) CCSP
9 12 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.26%) CCSK
11 9 (1.03%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.69%) CISM
13 5 (0.57%) CCIE
13 5 (0.57%) CREST Certified
13 5 (0.57%) OSCP
13 5 (0.57%) PMI Certification
14 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
15 3 (0.34%) CISA
16 2 (0.23%) AWS Certification
16 2 (0.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (2.29%) NIST
3 17 (1.94%) Accessibility
4 16 (1.83%) GDPR
5 13 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 6 (0.69%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.57%) QA
8 4 (0.46%) COBIT
8 4 (0.46%) PMO
9 3 (0.34%) ISO 9000
10 2 (0.23%) GRC
10 2 (0.23%) NCSC
11 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.11%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.11%) ISO 31000
11 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 22 (2.51%) Docker
2 19 (2.17%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.11%) RACF
6 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 32 (3.66%) Kubernetes
2 23 (2.63%) Ansible
3 15 (1.71%) Terraform
4 8 (0.91%) HP UCMDB
4 8 (0.91%) Kiali
5 6 (0.69%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.34%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.23%) Grafana
8 2 (0.23%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.11%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 102 (11.66%) Microsoft
2 39 (4.46%) Google
3 18 (2.06%) Oracle
3 18 (2.06%) Salesforce
4 15 (1.71%) SAP
5 11 (1.26%) ServiceNow
6 10 (1.14%) HP
7 9 (1.03%) Splunk
8 8 (0.91%) AppDynamics
8 8 (0.91%) BMC
8 8 (0.91%) Cisco
8 8 (0.91%) Citrix
8 8 (0.91%) McAfee
8 8 (0.91%) Remedy
8 8 (0.91%) VMware
9 7 (0.80%) DocuSign
9 7 (0.80%) IBM
10 6 (0.69%) Apttus
10 6 (0.69%) Palo Alto
11 5 (0.57%) Databricks