Technical Architecture Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Technical Architecture
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Technical Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 402 372 345
Rank change year-on-year -30 -27 +103
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 104 185 234
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.51% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.58% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 60 112 195
10th Percentile £56,003 £38,750 £44,558
25th Percentile £65,375 £43,438 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,830 £74,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% +5.71% -3.45%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £88,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year - -3.23% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,958 31,987 30,742
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.54% 88.93% 88.63%
Number of salaries quoted 18,919 14,386 22,914
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Technical Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Technical Architecture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Technical Architecture job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Technical Architecture
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Technical Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Technical Architecture

Technical Architecture
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Architecture in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Architecture in the UK excluding London

Technical Architecture
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 Technical Architecture within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
North of England -18 26 £74,830 +76.07% 13
South East +16 23 £75,000 +2.74% 45
Midlands -12 23 £72,500 -5.17% 11
West Midlands -4 14 £72,500 -3.85% 7
South West +14 12 £72,500 -3.33% 11
North West -3 11 £58,665 +38.04% 5
Yorkshire -3 10 £80,000 +3.23% 4
East Midlands -11 9 £80,000 +3.23% 4
Northern Ireland -9 6 £74,830 -6.46% 2
North East +5 5 £67,500 -15.63% 4
Wales -1 5 £73,415 -8.23% 11
Scotland -8 5 £74,830 -6.46% 3
East of England +20 4 £70,750 -21.39% 15
Technical Architecture
UK

Technical Architecture
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (6.73%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.81%) CMS
3 2 (1.92%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.96%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.96%) JBoss
4 1 (0.96%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (6.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.96%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (5.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.88%) NetSuite
2 3 (2.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.92%) SAP Travel Management
4 1 (0.96%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.96%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.96%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 29 (27.88%) Azure
2 27 (25.96%) AWS
3 13 (12.50%) Power Platform
4 12 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (7.69%) PowerApps
6 7 (6.73%) SaaS
7 6 (5.77%) GCP
8 4 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.92%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.96%) Adobe Analytics
10 1 (0.96%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.96%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.96%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.96%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.96%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.96%) GitHub
10 1 (0.96%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.96%) Serverless
10 1 (0.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.88%) Firewall
2 1 (0.96%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.69%) Power BI
2 6 (5.77%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.88%) MySQL
4 2 (1.92%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.96%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.96%) DB2
5 1 (0.96%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.96%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.88%) JUnit
1 3 (2.88%) Maven
2 2 (1.92%) Mockito
3 1 (0.96%) Git
3 1 (0.96%) GitLab
3 1 (0.96%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.96%) JIRA
3 1 (0.96%) Selenium
General
1 52 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 37 (35.58%) Finance
2 37 (35.58%) Public Sector
3 30 (28.85%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
5 8 (7.69%) Marketing
5 8 (7.69%) Retail
6 7 (6.73%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (6.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (6.73%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (5.77%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.88%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.92%) Law
10 1 (0.96%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.96%) Legal
10 1 (0.96%) Publishing
10 1 (0.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 62 (59.62%) Architect
2 35 (33.65%) Solutions Architect
3 13 (12.50%) Developer
4 12 (11.54%) Technical Architect
5 9 (8.65%) Enterprise Architect
5 9 (8.65%) Lead
6 7 (6.73%) Consultant
6 7 (6.73%) Full-Stack Developer
6 7 (6.73%) Principal Consultant
7 6 (5.77%) C# Architect
7 6 (5.77%) Senior
8 5 (4.81%) Lead Architect
9 4 (3.85%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 4 (3.85%) Senior Developer
9 4 (3.85%) Systems Engineer
10 3 (2.88%) E-Commerce Developer
10 3 (2.88%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
10 3 (2.88%) Product Architect
10 3 (2.88%) SaaS Architect
10 3 (2.88%) Senior E-Commerce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (15.38%) React
2 9 (8.65%) .NET
3 7 (6.73%) Node.js
4 5 (4.81%) CSS
4 5 (4.81%) Django
4 5 (4.81%) REST
4 5 (4.81%) Web Services
5 3 (2.88%) GraphQL
5 3 (2.88%) Laravel
5 3 (2.88%) Next.js
5 3 (2.88%) React Native
5 3 (2.88%) Spring
6 2 (1.92%) HTML
6 2 (1.92%) RESTful
6 2 (1.92%) SAP TM
7 1 (0.96%) EJB
7 1 (0.96%) JSR 170
7 1 (0.96%) Middleware
7 1 (0.96%) OSGi
7 1 (0.96%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 25 (24.04%) Self-Motivation
2 22 (21.15%) Virtual Team
3 7 (6.73%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (6.73%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (3.85%) Client/Server
4 4 (3.85%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (3.85%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.88%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.88%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.88%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.92%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.96%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.96%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.96%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.96%) Life Science
7 1 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.88%) Linux
2 1 (0.96%) Windows
2 1 (0.96%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (34.62%) Decision-Making
2 32 (30.77%) Project Management
3 30 (28.85%) Agile
3 30 (28.85%) Continuous Improvement
4 29 (27.88%) Strategic Thinking
5 28 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (25.96%) AI
7 26 (25.00%) Analytics
7 26 (25.00%) Roadmaps
8 25 (24.04%) B2B
8 25 (24.04%) Due Diligence
9 24 (23.08%) Customer Experience
10 22 (21.15%) Business Development
10 22 (21.15%) Creative Problem-Solving
10 22 (21.15%) Customer Insight
10 22 (21.15%) Financial Modelling
11 19 (18.27%) Enterprise Architecture
12 13 (12.50%) DevOps
13 12 (11.54%) Business Strategy
14 11 (10.58%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 18 (17.31%) Python
2 9 (8.65%) C#
3 8 (7.69%) SQL
3 8 (7.69%) TypeScript
4 7 (6.73%) JavaScript
4 7 (6.73%) VBA
5 5 (4.81%) Java
6 3 (2.88%) PHP
7 2 (1.92%) Bash
7 2 (1.92%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.96%) R
Qualifications
1 23 (22.12%) Security Cleared
2 22 (21.15%) SC Cleared
3 10 (9.62%) Degree
4 8 (7.69%) Master's Degree
4 8 (7.69%) MBA
5 7 (6.73%) APMP
6 2 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.92%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.96%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.96%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.96%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.88%) QA
2 1 (0.96%) GDPR
2 1 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (2.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.88%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.96%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (11.54%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.77%) SAP
3 3 (2.88%) Sparx
4 2 (1.92%) Google
4 2 (1.92%) Oracle
5 1 (0.96%) Adobe
5 1 (0.96%) Pega