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 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 243 260 233
Rank change year-on-year +17 -27 +97
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 22 37 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.21% 0.40% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.45% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 18 22 31
10th Percentile £50,516 £56,625 £36,750
25th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £71,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% +5.93% -18.18%
75th Percentile £85,313 £78,826 £85,000
90th Percentile £96,500 £93,250 -
England median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -15.15% +6.45%

All Process and 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 8,461 8,194 6,659
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 81.42% 87.53% 92.26%
Number of salaries quoted 5,035 4,105 4,658
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £34,250 £43,911 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £54,073
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +6.34% -1.69%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,833 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 23 December 2025.

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 23 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
Hampshire +34 12 £75,000 +15.38% 8
Thames Valley +1 9 £75,000 - 30
Buckinghamshire +11 6 £71,250 +5.56% 7
Berkshire -4 2 - - 18
Oxfordshire +15 1 £75,000 +31.00% 5
Surrey - 1 £95,000 - 7
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 6 (27.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft 365
1 7 (31.82%) Power Platform
2 6 (27.27%) PowerApps
3 5 (22.73%) Azure
4 2 (9.09%) AWS
4 2 (9.09%) Google Analytics
4 2 (9.09%) SaaS
4 2 (9.09%) Vertex AI
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (4.55%) GCP
5 1 (4.55%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (27.27%) Power BI
2 2 (9.09%) Data Mining
2 2 (9.09%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.55%) Data Lake
3 1 (4.55%) MongoDB
3 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) GitLab
1 1 (4.55%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Finance
3 4 (18.18%) Law
3 4 (18.18%) Retail
4 2 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 2 (9.09%) Marketing
5 1 (4.55%) Financial Institution
5 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Consultant
1 6 (27.27%) Principal Consultant
2 4 (18.18%) Architect
2 4 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (13.64%) Engineering Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Head of E-Commerce
4 2 (9.09%) Head of Technology
4 2 (9.09%) Lead
4 2 (9.09%) Security Specialist
4 2 (9.09%) Senior
4 2 (9.09%) Software Engineering Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Software Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Data Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Head of Development
5 1 (4.55%) Head of Software Development
5 1 (4.55%) Information Security Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Security Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Service Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) .NET
2 1 (4.55%) .NET Core
2 1 (4.55%) Kendo UI
2 1 (4.55%) React
2 1 (4.55%) RESTful
2 1 (4.55%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (13.64%) Security Posture
3 2 (9.09%) Algorithms
3 2 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (9.09%) Product Ownership
4 1 (4.55%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.55%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (4.55%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (4.55%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Agile
2 8 (36.36%) Data Analysis
2 8 (36.36%) Data Science
2 8 (36.36%) Decision-Making
2 8 (36.36%) DevOps
2 8 (36.36%) Visualisation
3 6 (27.27%) CI/CD
3 6 (27.27%) Digital Enablement
3 6 (27.27%) Project Management
3 6 (27.27%) Strategic Thinking
4 5 (22.73%) Enterprise Architecture
4 5 (22.73%) Roadmaps
5 4 (18.18%) Analytics
5 4 (18.18%) Code Quality
5 4 (18.18%) Commercial Awareness
5 4 (18.18%) Software Engineering
6 3 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (13.64%) Performance Engineering
6 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (13.64%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) Python
1 6 (27.27%) VBA
2 2 (9.09%) C#
3 1 (4.55%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (36.36%) Degree
2 7 (31.82%) SC Cleared
2 7 (31.82%) Security Cleared
3 6 (27.27%) APMP
3 6 (27.27%) Master's Degree
3 6 (27.27%) MBA
4 1 (4.55%) AWS Certification
4 1 (4.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
4 1 (4.55%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) QA
2 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Google
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
3 2 (9.09%) OpenAI