Technical Architect Jobs in Cardiff

Technical Architect
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Technical Architect salary in Cardiff is £64,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 58 61
Rank change year-on-year +30 +3 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 4 8 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 2.19% 1.21% 0.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.25% 1.29% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 1
10th Percentile £52,425 £51,550 -
25th Percentile £56,063 £51,750 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,250 £53,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.09% -37.06% +12.73%
75th Percentile £66,938 £59,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £67,275 £70,090 -
South Wales median annual salary £63,375 £62,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year +1.40% -26.47% +13.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 178 620 525
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.27% 93.80% 90.99%
Number of salaries quoted 126 539 401
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,157 £30,750
25th Percentile £33,656 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year - -0.34% -4.43%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,766 £67,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £51,500 £45,000 £45,496
% change year-on-year +14.44% -1.09% -9.01%

Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Architect in Cardiff

Technical Architect
Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

Salary trend for Technical Architect in Cardiff

Technical Architect
Salary Histogram in Cardiff

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Architect in Cardiff over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Architect in Cardiff

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, 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 across the Cardiff region featuring Technical Architect in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Network Security
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) VLAN
2 2 (50.00%) Retail
2 2 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (50.00%) Wireless
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) CCIE
2 2 (50.00%) CCNP
2 2 (50.00%) CCNA
2 2 (50.00%) VPN
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Internet
3 1 (25.00%) 802.11
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) CISSP
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) SCADA
3 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Edge Computing

Technical Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (50.00%) Network Security
2 2 (50.00%) VLAN
2 2 (50.00%) VPN
2 2 (50.00%) Wireless
3 1 (25.00%) 802.11
3 1 (25.00%) Internet
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Retail
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (25.00%) IoT
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (25.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Edge Computing
3 1 (25.00%) High Availability
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) CCIE
2 2 (50.00%) CCNA
2 2 (50.00%) CCNP
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) CISSP
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco