Principal Technical Architect Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Principal Technical Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Principal Technical Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £130,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 December 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 511 591 547
Rank change year-on-year +80 -44 +251
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Technical Architect 1 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.003% 0.005% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.005% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £125,000 £102,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 £105,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% - -
75th Percentile £135,000 £107,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £102,950 £105,000 £105,000
% change year-on-year -1.95% - +30.82%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 34,956 41,037 27,570
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.87% 93.86% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 21,784 21,637 20,925
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,125 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,836 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.90% -3.61% -

Principal Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Principal Technical Architect job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Principal Technical Architect
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Principal Technical Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Principal Technical Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Principal Technical Architect
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Technical Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 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
South East - 1 £130,000 - 1
Principal Technical Architect
UK

Principal Technical Architect Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 5 December 2025, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Principal Technical Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) OpenShift
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust

Principal Technical Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) OpenShift
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes