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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 250 273 241
Rank change year-on-year +23 -32 +57
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 33 41 39
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.38% 0.36% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.45% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 16 21 29
10th Percentile £49,193 £60,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £66,563 £62,500 £56,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - -3.45%
75th Percentile £88,438 £79,435 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £76,640 £74,185 £82,500
% change year-on-year +3.31% -10.08% +10.00%

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 7,542 9,211 7,178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 86.33% 81.25% 93.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4,561 4,830 5,007
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,750 £42,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £69,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 7 November 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 7 November 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
Thames Valley +16 22 £75,000 - 39
Berkshire +9 15 - - 32
Hampshire +27 9 £75,000 +11.11% 5
Buckinghamshire +15 4 £67,500 - 6
Oxfordshire +33 3 £75,000 +134.38% 1
Middlesex -9 1 - -
Surrey - 1 £95,000 -
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 4 (12.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.03%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 15 (45.45%) Vertex AI
2 6 (18.18%) Azure
2 6 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (12.12%) Power Platform
3 4 (12.12%) PowerApps
4 2 (6.06%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (6.06%) SaaS
5 1 (3.03%) AWS
5 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.03%) GitHub
5 1 (3.03%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Broadband
1 1 (3.03%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (45.45%) Data Mining
2 4 (12.12%) Power BI
3 2 (6.06%) Data Lake
3 2 (6.06%) SQL Server
4 1 (3.03%) Delta Lake
4 1 (3.03%) MongoDB
4 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) GitLab
1 1 (3.03%) Jenkins
General
1 22 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 18 (54.55%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (54.55%) Law
3 16 (48.48%) Retail
4 6 (18.18%) Finance
5 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.03%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.03%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 15 (45.45%) Lead
1 15 (45.45%) Senior
2 4 (12.12%) Architect
2 4 (12.12%) Consultant
2 4 (12.12%) Principal Consultant
3 3 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (6.06%) Engineering Manager
4 2 (6.06%) Information Security Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Security Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Security Specialist
4 2 (6.06%) Software Engineering Manager
4 2 (6.06%) Software Manager
5 1 (3.03%) Data Manager
5 1 (3.03%) Head of Development
5 1 (3.03%) Head of E-Commerce
5 1 (3.03%) Head of Software Development
5 1 (3.03%) Head of Technology
5 1 (3.03%) Project Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Service Manager
5 1 (3.03%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) .NET
1 1 (3.03%) .NET Core
1 1 (3.03%) Kendo UI
1 1 (3.03%) React
1 1 (3.03%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 15 (45.45%) Algorithms
2 3 (9.09%) Security Posture
3 2 (6.06%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (6.06%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (6.06%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.03%) MPEG
4 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (69.70%) Agile
2 19 (57.58%) Data Science
2 19 (57.58%) DevOps
2 19 (57.58%) Visualisation
3 18 (54.55%) Roadmaps
3 18 (54.55%) Strategic Thinking
4 16 (48.48%) Analytics
4 16 (48.48%) Data Engineering
4 16 (48.48%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (45.45%) AI
5 15 (45.45%) Customer-Centricity
5 15 (45.45%) DataOps
5 15 (45.45%) Incident Management
5 15 (45.45%) Machine Learning
5 15 (45.45%) MLOps
5 15 (45.45%) Natural Language Processing
5 15 (45.45%) Performance Monitoring
5 15 (45.45%) Statistical Analysis
5 15 (45.45%) Statistical Modelling
5 15 (45.45%) Time Series Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) Python
1 4 (12.12%) VBA
2 1 (3.03%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) Degree
2 4 (12.12%) APMP
2 4 (12.12%) Master's Degree
2 4 (12.12%) MBA
2 4 (12.12%) SC Cleared
2 4 (12.12%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.03%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 16 (48.48%) Google
3 15 (45.45%) OpenAI
4 1 (3.03%) Databricks