Technical Architect Job Trends in Edinburgh

Technical Architect
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Technical Architect salary in Edinburgh is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 92 88
Rank change year-on-year +3 -4 +71
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 5 8 19
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.53% 0.62% 1.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.65% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 9
10th Percentile £73,079 - £64,725
25th Percentile £75,674 - £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year - +13.35% -5.90%
75th Percentile - - £72,433
90th Percentile - - £93,940
Scotland median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year - +13.35% -5.90%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 836 1,222 976
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.47% 95.02% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 401 533 781
10th Percentile £25,750 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £29,500 £45,000 £42,874
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £73,775 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £89,750 £91,934
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £54,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% -7.27%

Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Technical Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Technical Architect job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Technical Architect
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for Technical Architect job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Architect job vacancies in Edinburgh

Technical Architect
Job Locations in Edinburgh

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Architect within the Edinburgh region over the 6 months to 4 December 2025. 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
Balerno - 1 - -
Technical Architect
Scotland

Technical Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 4 December 2025, Technical Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Technical Architect in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Django
1 3 (60.00%) Node.js
1 3 (60.00%) Python
1 3 (60.00%) React
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) AWS
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Community of Practice
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) GitLab
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Apex Code
3 1 (20.00%) Broadband
3 1 (20.00%) CCNA
3 1 (20.00%) CCNP
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Coaching
3 1 (20.00%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (20.00%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Design Patterns
3 1 (20.00%) DNS
3 1 (20.00%) Event-Driven
3 1 (20.00%) F5
3 1 (20.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (20.00%) GCP

Technical Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) GCP
2 1 (20.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Broadband
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
1 1 (20.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) GitLab
2 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (20.00%) SonarQube
General
1 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Games
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) Django
1 3 (60.00%) Node.js
1 3 (60.00%) React
2 1 (20.00%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (20.00%) REST
2 1 (20.00%) SOAP
2 1 (20.00%) Visualforce
2 1 (20.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (20.00%) Private Cloud
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (20.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile
1 2 (40.00%) Community of Practice
1 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (40.00%) DevOps
1 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Coaching
2 1 (20.00%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (20.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) Open Source
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (20.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (20.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) Apex Code
2 1 (20.00%) SOQL
2 1 (20.00%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CCNA
1 1 (20.00%) CCNP
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) F5
1 1 (20.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (20.00%) Splunk