Technical Architect Job Trends in the South East

Technical Architect
England > South East

The median Technical Architect salary in the South East is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 227 267
Rank change year-on-year -34 +40 +87
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 12 69 29
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.12% 0.77% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.85% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 11 60 10
10th Percentile - £59,625 £48,375
25th Percentile £60,000 £76,563 £57,775
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £82,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +6.45% -11.43%
75th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £86,875
90th Percentile - £87,750 £90,125
England median annual salary £88,431 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +10.54% -5.88% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 9,525 8,164 8,390
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.96% 91.12% 94.78%
Number of salaries quoted 5,943 4,286 6,046
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,750 £28,925
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,911 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%

Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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 the South East.

Technical Architect job vacancy trend in the South East

Technical Architect
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Technical Architect job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Architect job vacancies in the South East

Technical Architect
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Architect in the South East over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Architect in the South East

Technical Architect
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Architect within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
Thames Valley -21 11 £70,000 -15.15% 4
Buckinghamshire +3 7 £60,000 -7.69% 1
Berkshire -36 4 £90,000 +9.09% 2
Hampshire +24 1 £130,000 +188.89% 3
Technical Architect
England

Technical Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 13 January 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 South East region featuring Technical Architect in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) Presales
2 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (33.33%) SaaS
3 3 (25.00%) AWS
3 3 (25.00%) Azure
3 3 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
3 3 (25.00%) DevOps
3 3 (25.00%) ITSM
3 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (25.00%) Project Management
3 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 3 (25.00%) Systems Thinking
4 2 (16.67%) Agile
4 2 (16.67%) API Management
4 2 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
4 2 (16.67%) Azure Certification
4 2 (16.67%) Cloud Security
4 2 (16.67%) Containerisation
4 2 (16.67%) Docker
4 2 (16.67%) GCP
4 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
4 2 (16.67%) Microservices
4 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 2 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
5 1 (8.33%) .NET
5 1 (8.33%) .NET Core
5 1 (8.33%) ABAP
5 1 (8.33%) Active Directory

Technical Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) SaaS
2 3 (25.00%) AWS
2 3 (25.00%) Azure
3 2 (16.67%) GCP
4 1 (8.33%) Azure AKS
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
4 1 (8.33%) IaaS
4 1 (8.33%) OpenShift
4 1 (8.33%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Database
1 1 (8.33%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Git
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Retail
3 3 (25.00%) Marketing
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (8.33%) Law
4 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
4 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) .NET
1 1 (8.33%) .NET Core
1 1 (8.33%) ASP.NET
1 1 (8.33%) ASP.NET Core
1 1 (8.33%) Azure Blueprints
1 1 (8.33%) Entity Framework
1 1 (8.33%) Hibernate
1 1 (8.33%) Node.js
1 1 (8.33%) SAPUI5
1 1 (8.33%) Spring
1 1 (8.33%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Digital Signage
2 1 (8.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Presales
2 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
3 3 (25.00%) DevOps
3 3 (25.00%) ITSM
3 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (25.00%) Project Management
3 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 3 (25.00%) Systems Thinking
4 2 (16.67%) Agile
4 2 (16.67%) API Management
4 2 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
4 2 (16.67%) Cloud Security
4 2 (16.67%) Containerisation
4 2 (16.67%) Microservices
4 2 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
5 1 (8.33%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 1 (8.33%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (8.33%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) ABAP
1 1 (8.33%) C#
1 1 (8.33%) Java
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Azure Certification
1 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) AWS Certification
2 1 (8.33%) CISSP
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) NCSC
1 1 (8.33%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Docker
2 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Google
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle
1 1 (8.33%) SAP
1 1 (8.33%) Workday