Technical Architect Job Trends

Technical Architect
UK

The median Technical Architect salary in the UK is £85,000 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 362 511 415
Rank change year-on-year +149 -96 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 422 143 572
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.46% 0.33% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.37% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 320 116 412
10th Percentile £55,000 £61,105 £57,541
25th Percentile £65,596 £71,250 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +6.45% -8.82%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.03% +10.00% -6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 84,558 38,400 90,620
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.98% 89.39% 94.55%
Number of salaries quoted 54,560 23,425 66,674
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,425 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,375 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,000 £52,900
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +11.53% -11.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%

Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Technical Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Technical Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for Technical Architect job vacancies in the UK

Technical Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Architect over the 6 months to 5 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Architect in the UK

Technical Architect
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 5 May 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
England +112 312 £85,000 +3.03% 77
UK excluding London +45 216 £85,000 +3.03% 58
Work from Home +108 179 £85,000 +3.03% 37
London +73 116 £85,000 -5.56% 35
North of England +13 88 £87,431 +2.86% 14
Yorkshire -23 40 £86,216 +27.73% 2
North West +6 35 £87,431 -2.85% 10
Scotland +8 29 £90,000 +28.57% 1
East of England +9 26 £100,000 +17.65% 3
Midlands -26 23 £80,000 +14.29% 8
South West -37 17 £50,000 -13.04% 9
West Midlands -17 16 £80,000 +10.34% 2
North East -21 13 £88,431 +26.33% 2
Wales -25 13 £70,000 +10.45% 8
South East -67 11 £80,000 -3.03% 13
Northern Ireland - 9 £95,000 - 2
East Midlands -40 7 £45,000 -21.96% 6

Technical Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 May 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 featuring Technical Architect in the job title.

1 84 (19.91%) Agile
1 84 (19.91%) Azure
2 66 (15.64%) DevOps
3 56 (13.27%) Roadmaps
4 55 (13.03%) Continuous Improvement
5 51 (12.09%) AWS
5 51 (12.09%) Technical Architecture
6 49 (11.61%) Mentoring
7 47 (11.14%) Security Cleared
8 45 (10.66%) Microsoft
9 41 (9.72%) Event-Driven
10 39 (9.24%) Design Patterns
10 39 (9.24%) Project Delivery
11 38 (9.00%) Problem-Solving
11 38 (9.00%) SC Cleared
11 38 (9.00%) Technology Roadmap
12 37 (8.77%) CI/CD
12 37 (8.77%) TOGAF
13 35 (8.29%) Architectural Patterns
14 34 (8.06%) Enterprise Architecture
14 34 (8.06%) Migration
15 31 (7.35%) AI
15 31 (7.35%) Analytics
16 30 (7.11%) Service Delivery
16 30 (7.11%) Technical Leadership
16 30 (7.11%) Technology Strategy
17 29 (6.87%) Salesforce
18 28 (6.64%) Microservices
18 28 (6.64%) SaaS
19 26 (6.16%) Stakeholder Engagement

Technical Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 9 (2.13%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.42%) Confluence
3 5 (1.18%) SAS
4 4 (0.95%) Documentum
5 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.47%) Camunda
7 1 (0.24%) Apache
7 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.24%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.47%) ArchiCAD
1 2 (0.47%) Revit
2 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.18%) Oracle Cash Management
1 5 (1.18%) Oracle Payables
1 5 (1.18%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.47%) SAP PSCD
5 1 (0.24%) Findur
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 84 (19.91%) Azure
2 51 (12.09%) AWS
3 28 (6.64%) SaaS
4 24 (5.69%) GCP
4 24 (5.69%) PaaS
5 13 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (2.84%) Power Platform
7 9 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (2.13%) IaaS
8 8 (1.90%) OCI
8 8 (1.90%) Serverless
9 6 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.42%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (1.18%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (1.18%) Entra ID
11 4 (0.95%) Azure AKS
11 4 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.95%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (0.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (0.95%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.27%) Broadband
2 8 (1.90%) Firewall
3 7 (1.66%) LAN
3 7 (1.66%) VPN
3 7 (1.66%) WAN
4 5 (1.18%) SSL
4 5 (1.18%) WLAN
5 4 (0.95%) Unified Communications
5 4 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.95%) Wireless
6 3 (0.71%) DNS
6 3 (0.71%) Fibre Channel
6 3 (0.71%) Internet
6 3 (0.71%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.47%) Network Security
8 1 (0.24%) IPsec
8 1 (0.24%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.32%) Metadata
2 6 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.18%) BigQuery
3 5 (1.18%) Data Lake
3 5 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (1.18%) SQL Server
4 4 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
4 4 (0.95%) MongoDB
4 4 (0.95%) NoSQL
4 4 (0.95%) Power BI
4 4 (0.95%) Redis
5 2 (0.47%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.24%) Big Data
6 1 (0.24%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.24%) Pentaho
6 1 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.24%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 1 (0.24%) SAS Enterprise Miner
6 1 (0.24%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 18 (4.27%) GitLab
1 18 (4.27%) Jenkins
1 18 (4.27%) SonarQube
2 6 (1.42%) JIRA
3 5 (1.18%) Git
4 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.24%) RStudio
General
1 74 (17.54%) Social Skills
2 70 (16.59%) Public Sector
3 36 (8.53%) Finance
4 30 (7.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 29 (6.87%) Marketing
6 19 (4.50%) Law
7 18 (4.27%) Games
8 13 (3.08%) Legal
9 9 (2.13%) Local Government
10 7 (1.66%) Analytical Skills
11 6 (1.42%) Banking
11 6 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.42%) Police
12 5 (1.18%) Aviation
12 5 (1.18%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.95%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.95%) Retail
14 3 (0.71%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.47%) Back Office
15 2 (0.47%) Digital Health
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.21%) Middleware
2 20 (4.74%) SOAP
3 19 (4.50%) REST
4 18 (4.27%) Lightning Web Components
4 18 (4.27%) Visualforce
5 11 (2.61%) Django
5 11 (2.61%) Node.js
5 11 (2.61%) React
6 6 (1.42%) .NET
6 6 (1.42%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (0.95%) Spring
8 3 (0.71%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.71%) ASP.NET
8 3 (0.71%) ASP.NET Core
8 3 (0.71%) Entity Framework
8 3 (0.71%) Hibernate
8 3 (0.71%) Kafka
8 3 (0.71%) OAuth
8 3 (0.71%) RESTful
8 3 (0.71%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.64%) Product Ownership
2 14 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
3 13 (3.08%) Data Centre
4 11 (2.61%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (2.13%) IoT
6 8 (1.90%) Cloud Native
6 8 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.18%) CMDB
7 5 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.18%) PKI
7 5 (1.18%) Synthetic Data
8 4 (0.95%) Digital Signage
8 4 (0.95%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.71%) Enterprise Storage
9 3 (0.71%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.71%) VxBlock/Vblock
10 2 (0.47%) Blockchain
10 2 (0.47%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.47%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.71%) Windows
1 3 (0.71%) Windows Server
2 2 (0.47%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (19.91%) Agile
2 66 (15.64%) DevOps
3 56 (13.27%) Roadmaps
4 55 (13.03%) Continuous Improvement
5 51 (12.09%) Technical Architecture
6 49 (11.61%) Mentoring
7 41 (9.72%) Event-Driven
8 39 (9.24%) Design Patterns
8 39 (9.24%) Project Delivery
9 38 (9.00%) Problem-Solving
9 38 (9.00%) Technology Roadmap
10 37 (8.77%) CI/CD
10 37 (8.77%) TOGAF
11 35 (8.29%) Architectural Patterns
12 34 (8.06%) Enterprise Architecture
12 34 (8.06%) Migration
13 31 (7.35%) AI
13 31 (7.35%) Analytics
14 30 (7.11%) Technical Leadership
14 30 (7.11%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 20 (4.74%) Python
2 18 (4.27%) Apex Code
2 18 (4.27%) SOQL
2 18 (4.27%) SOSL
3 10 (2.37%) C#
3 10 (2.37%) Java
4 9 (2.13%) SQL
5 3 (0.71%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.47%) Ruby
6 2 (0.47%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.24%) Go
7 1 (0.24%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.24%) R
Qualifications
1 47 (11.14%) Security Cleared
2 38 (9.00%) SC Cleared
3 10 (2.37%) Degree
3 10 (2.37%) RIBA
4 8 (1.90%) AWS Certification
5 7 (1.66%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 5 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.95%) CCNA
8 4 (0.95%) CISSP
8 4 (0.95%) CITP
8 4 (0.95%) CWNA
9 3 (0.71%) Dell Certification
9 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.47%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.24%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.24%) CCNP
11 1 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.13%) GDPR
2 8 (1.90%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.18%) PMO
4 3 (0.71%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.71%) IFRS
4 3 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.47%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.47%) WCAG
6 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.24%) NCSC
6 1 (0.24%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (2.13%) Docker
2 7 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.18%) vSphere
4 4 (0.95%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.95%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.24%) Firmware
6 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (2.84%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.66%) Terraform
3 6 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.71%) Ansible
4 3 (0.71%) Avamar
4 3 (0.71%) Dell DRAC
4 3 (0.71%) EMC NetWorker
4 3 (0.71%) EMC VPLEX
4 3 (0.71%) VxRail
5 2 (0.47%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.24%) Argo
6 1 (0.24%) CASB
6 1 (0.24%) Grafana
6 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 45 (10.66%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.87%) Salesforce
3 20 (4.74%) ServiceNow
4 18 (4.27%) Splunk
5 16 (3.79%) Palantir
6 14 (3.32%) Oracle
7 11 (2.61%) Google
7 11 (2.61%) YouTube
8 7 (1.66%) VMware
9 6 (1.42%) OpenText
10 5 (1.18%) Computacenter
10 5 (1.18%) CyberArk
10 5 (1.18%) Databricks
10 5 (1.18%) SAP
11 4 (0.95%) Meraki
11 4 (0.95%) Pega
12 3 (0.71%) 3PAR
12 3 (0.71%) Isilon
12 3 (0.71%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.71%) Nimble Storage