Technical Architecture Job Trends in Cardiff

Technical Architecture
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Technical Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 44 44
Rank change year-on-year +11 0 +40
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 1 13 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 0.34% 2.30% 1.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 3.16% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1 12 7
10th Percentile - £71,075 £56,000
25th Percentile £71,349 £71,169 £60,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,830 £80,000 £70,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.46% +13.48% -6.00%
75th Percentile £78,312 - £72,752
90th Percentile - - £74,150
South Wales median annual salary £73,415 £80,000 £70,500
% change year-on-year -8.23% +13.48% -6.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Technical Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 255 411 378
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 87.93% 72.87% 95.94%
Number of salaries quoted 180 284 327
10th Percentile £27,950 £28,950 £33,426
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,537 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.07% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,250 £78,708 £75,000
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -1.96%

Technical Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Technical Architecture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Technical Architecture job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Technical Architecture
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Technical Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Technical Architecture

Technical Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Django
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared