Technical Architect Job Trends in Edinburgh

Technical Architect
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Technical Architect salary in Edinburgh is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 July 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 75 73
Rank change year-on-year +17 -2 +36
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 10 6 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.95% 0.71% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 0.81% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 10 3 16
10th Percentile £70,464 £62,000 £66,250
25th Percentile £73,511 £65,000 £69,869
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £70,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -12.50% -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £107,500
Scotland median annual salary £85,000 £70,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +21.43% -12.50% -11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 1,025 737 1,262
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.81% 86.91% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 656 347 944
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,929 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,875 £71,375
90th Percentile £85,000 £98,584 £89,625
Scotland median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +2.94% -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
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Architect in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 24 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Architect in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 24 July 2026, 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 6 (60.00%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (30.00%) Agile
2 3 (30.00%) AI
3 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (20.00%) dbt
3 2 (20.00%) LLM
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (20.00%) Open Source
3 2 (20.00%) OpenAI
3 2 (20.00%) Prototyping
3 2 (20.00%) Rapid Prototyping
3 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) Service Design
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) Apache
4 1 (10.00%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (10.00%) API Integration
4 1 (10.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (10.00%) BigQuery
4 1 (10.00%) Cloud Composer
4 1 (10.00%) Data Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (10.00%) Data Ingestion
4 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
4 1 (10.00%) Dataform
4 1 (10.00%) DevOps

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 (10.00%) Apache
1 1 (10.00%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) dbt
2 1 (10.00%) Cloud Composer
2 1 (10.00%) Dataform
2 1 (10.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) BigQuery
1 1 (10.00%) Metadata
1 1 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 3 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (30.00%) Agile
2 3 (30.00%) AI
3 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (20.00%) LLM
3 2 (20.00%) Open Source
3 2 (20.00%) Prototyping
3 2 (20.00%) Rapid Prototyping
3 2 (20.00%) Service Design
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) API Integration
4 1 (10.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (10.00%) Data Ingestion
4 1 (10.00%) DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (10.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (10.00%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (20.00%) OpenAI
2 1 (10.00%) Google