Technical Architect Jobs in South Wales

Technical Architect
Wales > South Wales

The median Technical Architect salary in South Wales is £64,625 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 81 79
Rank change year-on-year +25 -2 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 7 25 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 0.91% 1.71% 2.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 1.88% 2.36%
Number of salaries quoted 6 23 0
10th Percentile £56,000 - -
25th Percentile £61,469 £51,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,625 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.71% - -
75th Percentile £71,063 £70,000 -
90th Percentile £72,250 £70,250 -
Wales median annual salary £64,625 £61,912 £46,210
% change year-on-year +4.38% +33.98% -38.39%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 660 1,331 1,016
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.16% 90.85% 89.36%
Number of salaries quoted 417 885 574
10th Percentile £23,504 £27,157 £30,000
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £36,303
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,221 £46,138 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.85% +2.53% -8.16%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £62,988
90th Percentile £71,873 £70,000 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £49,104 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +9.12% - -5.26%

Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings that featured Technical Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Architect in South Wales

Technical Architect
Salary Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Architect in South Wales.

Salary trend for Technical Architect in South Wales

Technical Architect
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Architect in South Wales over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Architect in South Wales

Technical Architect
Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Cardiff +28 3 £64,625 +20.79% 3
Newport -20 3 £71,500 +5.93% 1
Glamorgan - 1 £51,500 - 2
Technical Architect
Wales

Technical Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 10 May 2025, Technical Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South Wales region featuring Technical Architect in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
1 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
2 3 (42.86%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Edge Computing
3 2 (28.57%) Azure Service Bus
3 2 (28.57%) Network Segmentation
3 2 (28.57%) Azure API Management
3 2 (28.57%) Operational Technology
3 2 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (28.57%) VLAN
3 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (28.57%) Wireless
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) VPN
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) CCIE
3 2 (28.57%) CCNP
3 2 (28.57%) CCNA
3 2 (28.57%) Network Security
3 2 (28.57%) Azure
3 2 (28.57%) SCADA
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (28.57%) Retail
3 2 (28.57%) Analytics
3 2 (28.57%) IoT

Technical Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Azure API Management
1 2 (28.57%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
2 3 (42.86%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (28.57%) Network Security
3 2 (28.57%) VLAN
3 2 (28.57%) VPN
3 2 (28.57%) Wireless
4 1 (14.29%) 802.11
4 1 (14.29%) Internet
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Retail
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (28.57%) IoT
2 2 (28.57%) Operational Technology
2 2 (28.57%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
3 2 (28.57%) Analytics
3 2 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (28.57%) Edge Computing
3 2 (28.57%) Network Segmentation
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (14.29%) High Availability
4 1 (14.29%) Information Security
4 1 (14.29%) Line Management
4 1 (14.29%) Network Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Prototyping
4 1 (14.29%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) CCIE
2 2 (28.57%) CCNA
2 2 (28.57%) CCNP
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (14.29%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Aruba
2 1 (14.29%) HP