Principal Technical Architect Job Trends in Swansea

Principal Technical Architect
West Wales > Swansea

The median Principal Technical Architect salary in Swansea is £83,781 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 May 2026.

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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Technical Architect 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Swansea 0.41% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £76,641 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,781 - -
75th Percentile £90,921 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Wales median annual salary £83,781 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Swansea

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Swansea. 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 Swansea with a recognized job title 225 51 165
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 89.47% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 138 30 148
10th Percentile - £21,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £34,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £49,104 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.36% +9.12% +12.50%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,762 £55,125
90th Percentile £80,000 £60,371 £66,421
West Wales median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% +12.50%

Principal Technical Architect Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swansea

For the 6 months to 5 May 2026, Principal 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 Swansea region featuring Principal Technical Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture

Principal Technical Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swansea 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture