Principal Technical Architect Job Trends in Farnborough

Principal Technical Architect
Hampshire > Farnborough

The median Principal Technical Architect salary in Farnborough is £130,000 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 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Technical Architect 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Farnborough 0.74% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £125,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 - -
75th Percentile £135,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £130,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Farnborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Farnborough. 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 Farnborough with a recognized job title 132 105 103
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.06% 100.00% 99.04%
Number of salaries quoted 96 35 85
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,100 £31,700
25th Percentile £51,250 £35,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £86,563 £57,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £90,000
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +8.91% -8.18%

Principal Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

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

Principal Technical Architect job vacancy trend in Farnborough

Principal Technical Architect Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough

For the 6 months to 4 December 2025, Principal 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 Farnborough region featuring Principal Technical Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) OpenShift
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust

Principal Technical Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough 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
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) OpenShift
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes