Technical Architecture Job Trends in the South East

Technical Architecture
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Technical Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 233 319
Rank change year-on-year -34 +86 -29
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 29 31 62
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.20% 0.42% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.47% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 17 6 37
10th Percentile - £59,375 £57,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £64,125 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% +2.07% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile - £84,875 £131,500
England median annual salary £79,669 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.22% +3.45% -6.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,602 6,579 13,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 72.75% 89.84% 84.39%
Number of salaries quoted 6,842 3,384 9,857
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

Technical Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Technical Architecture job vacancy trend in the South East

Technical Architecture
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Technical Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Technical Architecture

Technical Architecture
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Architecture in the South East over the 6 months to 4 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Architecture in the South East

Technical Architecture
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 Architecture within the South East region over the 6 months to 4 May 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 -10 15 £77,500 -1.59% 3
Hampshire -19 12 £75,000 +17.65% 5
Buckinghamshire - 8 £77,500 - 3
Berkshire -23 4 - -
Oxfordshire +3 3 - -
Kent - 1 - - 1
Surrey - 1 - - 2
Technical Architecture
England

Technical Architecture
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (31.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (31.03%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (37.93%) Power Platform
2 9 (31.03%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (31.03%) PowerApps
3 5 (17.24%) GCP
4 4 (13.79%) AWS
5 3 (10.34%) OCI
6 2 (6.90%) Azure
7 1 (3.45%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (31.03%) Power BI
2 5 (17.24%) Metadata
General
1 12 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 7 (24.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 7 (24.14%) Law
2 7 (24.14%) Public Sector
3 3 (10.34%) Aviation
3 3 (10.34%) Legal
3 3 (10.34%) Marketing
4 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Finance
5 1 (3.45%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (41.38%) Architect
2 9 (31.03%) Consultant
2 9 (31.03%) Principal Consultant
3 5 (17.24%) Data Architect
4 4 (13.79%) ServiceNow Architect
5 3 (10.34%) Head of Business Transformation
6 2 (6.90%) Developer
6 2 (6.90%) Full-Stack Developer
6 2 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (3.45%) Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Business Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Engineering Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Head of E-Commerce
7 1 (3.45%) Head of Technology
7 1 (3.45%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) .NET
1 2 (6.90%) Node.js
1 2 (6.90%) React
1 2 (6.90%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (6.90%) Cloud Native
2 2 (6.90%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (6.90%) Low-Code
3 1 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (65.52%) Agile
2 11 (37.93%) Data Science
2 11 (37.93%) Decision-Making
3 10 (34.48%) Data Analysis
4 9 (31.03%) Digital Enablement
4 9 (31.03%) Project Management
4 9 (31.03%) Visualisation
5 8 (27.59%) Data Architecture
6 7 (24.14%) Community of Practice
6 7 (24.14%) Computer Science
6 7 (24.14%) Data Modelling
6 7 (24.14%) Technology Strategy
7 5 (17.24%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (17.24%) Business Strategy
7 5 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (17.24%) Data Strategy
7 5 (17.24%) Logical Data Model
7 5 (17.24%) Physical Data Model
7 5 (17.24%) Technical Leadership
7 5 (17.24%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 11 (37.93%) Python
2 9 (31.03%) VBA
3 5 (17.24%) SQL
4 3 (10.34%) PL/SQL
5 2 (6.90%) C#
5 2 (6.90%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (55.17%) Degree
2 15 (51.72%) Security Cleared
3 14 (48.28%) SC Cleared
4 9 (31.03%) APMP
4 9 (31.03%) Master's Degree
4 9 (31.03%) MBA
5 5 (17.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (10.34%) DBS Check
7 2 (6.90%) AWS Certification
7 2 (6.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (6.90%) Azure Certification
7 2 (6.90%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) Google
1 4 (13.79%) ServiceNow
2 3 (10.34%) Oracle