Technical Architect Job Trends in Swansea

Technical Architect
West Wales > Swansea

The median Technical Architect salary in Swansea is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 June 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - 34
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 16 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Swansea 5.32% - 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.78% - 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 16 0 1
10th Percentile £63,744 - -
25th Percentile £73,417 - £57,910
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £63,823
Median % change year-on-year - - +38.12%
75th Percentile £95,000 - £69,736
90th Percentile - - -
West Wales median annual salary £80,000 - £63,823
% change year-on-year - - +38.12%

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 277 37 195
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.03% 82.22% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 180 27 176
10th Percentile £35,000 £21,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,666 £30,344 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £37,733 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +45.76% -16.15% +10.42%
75th Percentile £75,000 £53,762 £55,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £59,857 £65,000
West Wales median annual salary £50,000 £37,733 £42,500
% change year-on-year +32.51% -11.22% +4.28%

Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Swansea

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Technical Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Swansea.

Technical Architect job vacancy trend in Swansea

Technical Architect
Salary Trend in Swansea

Salary distribution trend for Technical Architect job vacancies in Swansea.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Architect job vacancies in Swansea

Technical Architect
Salary Histogram in Swansea

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Architect in Swansea over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Architect in Swansea

Technical Architect Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swansea

For the 6 months to 17 June 2026, 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 Technical Architect in the job title.

1 4 (25.00%) Agile
1 4 (25.00%) AWS
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
1 4 (25.00%) Data Security
1 4 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 4 (25.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (12.50%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (12.50%) Architecture Governance
2 2 (12.50%) Architecture Roadmap
2 2 (12.50%) CI/CD
2 2 (12.50%) Coaching
2 2 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (12.50%) Decision-Making
2 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 2 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (12.50%) LAN
2 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (12.50%) PlantUML
2 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
2 2 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (12.50%) Unified Communications
2 2 (12.50%) WAN
2 2 (12.50%) WLAN

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:

Applications
1 2 (12.50%) PlantUML
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) AWS
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) LAN
1 2 (12.50%) Unified Communications
1 2 (12.50%) WAN
1 2 (12.50%) WLAN
General
1 4 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (18.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Agile
1 4 (25.00%) Data Security
1 4 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 4 (25.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (12.50%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (12.50%) Architecture Governance
2 2 (12.50%) Architecture Roadmap
2 2 (12.50%) CI/CD
2 2 (12.50%) Coaching
2 2 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (12.50%) Decision-Making
2 2 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
2 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
2 2 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft