Technical Architect Job Trends

Technical Architect
UK

The median Technical Architect salary in the UK is £84,913 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 July 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 525 372
Rank change year-on-year +190 -153 +47
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 548 161 696
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.56% 0.33% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.37% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 387 122 519
10th Percentile £55,000 £60,096 £51,750
25th Percentile £65,000 £71,188 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £84,913 £82,500 £75,150
Median % change year-on-year +2.92% +9.78% -9.73%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,938 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.03% +10.00% -10.45%

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 91,792 43,286 97,206
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.16% 89.92% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 62,979 25,366 69,843
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,130 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.26% - -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 8 July 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 8 July 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 +117 373 £85,000 +3.03% 115
UK excluding London +129 315 £85,000 +3.03% 79
Work from Home +117 196 £85,000 +3.03% 54
North of England +72 137 £85,000 - 30
London +30 116 £80,000 -11.11% 40
North West +44 64 £85,000 -5.56% 14
Yorkshire +6 40 £85,000 -1.45% 5
Scotland +40 37 £85,000 +21.43% 3
North East -14 33 £85,000 +21.43% 11
Wales -22 33 £80,000 +11.89% 2
Midlands -11 30 £86,216 +23.17% 8
South West -33 27 £50,000 -31.03% 14
West Midlands -3 24 £86,216 -4.21% 8
East of England -5 20 £95,000 +18.75% 3
Northern Ireland - 20 £95,000 - 3
South East -50 14 £100,000 +21.21% 18
East Midlands -24 6 - -

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

For the 6 months to 8 July 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.

1 113 (20.62%) Agile
2 108 (19.71%) Azure
3 87 (15.88%) DevOps
4 85 (15.51%) Security Cleared
5 83 (15.15%) AWS
6 76 (13.87%) Continuous Improvement
7 75 (13.69%) Roadmaps
8 74 (13.50%) Technical Architecture
9 70 (12.77%) CI/CD
9 70 (12.77%) Mentoring
10 69 (12.59%) Microsoft
11 66 (12.04%) SC Cleared
12 64 (11.68%) Technical Leadership
13 61 (11.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 59 (10.77%) AI
15 55 (10.04%) Event-Driven
16 45 (8.21%) Design Patterns
17 43 (7.85%) Technology Roadmap
18 41 (7.48%) Decision-Making
18 41 (7.48%) Enterprise Architecture
19 40 (7.30%) Coaching
20 39 (7.12%) Architectural Patterns
20 39 (7.12%) TOGAF
21 36 (6.57%) Microservices
21 36 (6.57%) Migration
22 35 (6.39%) Analytics
23 34 (6.20%) Integration Patterns
23 34 (6.20%) Problem-Solving
24 33 (6.02%) Stakeholder Management
25 32 (5.84%) Data Modelling

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 8 (1.46%) Confluence
2 5 (0.91%) SAS
3 4 (0.73%) Documentum
3 4 (0.73%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.36%) Camunda
5 1 (0.18%) Apache
5 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (1.82%) Revit
2 9 (1.64%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.36%) ArchiCAD
3 2 (0.36%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.18%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.36%) SAP PSCD
3 1 (0.18%) Findur
3 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.18%) Oracle Utilities
Cloud Services
1 108 (19.71%) Azure
2 83 (15.15%) AWS
3 31 (5.66%) SaaS
4 29 (5.29%) GCP
5 17 (3.10%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (3.10%) Power Platform
6 14 (2.55%) PaaS
7 12 (2.19%) GitHub
8 11 (2.01%) Amazon S3
8 11 (2.01%) Entra ID
9 10 (1.82%) Amazon EMR
9 10 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (1.46%) Serverless
11 7 (1.28%) IaaS
12 6 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (1.09%) Azure Service Bus
12 6 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (1.09%) dbt
12 6 (1.09%) Nutanix
13 5 (0.91%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.28%) Broadband
2 9 (1.64%) CTI
2 9 (1.64%) VoIP
2 9 (1.64%) VPN
3 7 (1.28%) Firewall
3 7 (1.28%) LAN
3 7 (1.28%) WAN
4 6 (1.09%) Fibre Channel
4 6 (1.09%) iSCSI
4 6 (1.09%) Network Security
4 6 (1.09%) WLAN
5 5 (0.91%) Unified Communications
6 4 (0.73%) DNS
6 4 (0.73%) SSL
7 2 (0.36%) Internet
7 2 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.18%) IPsec
8 1 (0.18%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.55%) Data Lake
1 14 (2.55%) Metadata
2 8 (1.46%) Power BI
3 6 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
4 5 (0.91%) BigQuery
4 5 (0.91%) NoSQL
4 5 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.91%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (0.55%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.36%) MySQL
6 2 (0.36%) Redis
6 2 (0.36%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.18%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.18%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 1 (0.18%) SAS Enterprise Miner
7 1 (0.18%) SAS Visual Analytics
7 1 (0.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (3.65%) Jenkins
1 20 (3.65%) SonarQube
2 19 (3.47%) GitLab
3 8 (1.46%) JIRA
4 3 (0.55%) Git
5 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.18%) Maven
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.18%) RStudio
General
1 97 (17.70%) Public Sector
2 95 (17.34%) Social Skills
3 39 (7.12%) Finance
3 39 (7.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 23 (4.20%) Marketing
5 19 (3.47%) Law
6 18 (3.28%) Games
7 17 (3.10%) Legal
8 13 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (1.64%) Local Government
10 7 (1.28%) Analytical Skills
11 6 (1.09%) Police
12 5 (0.91%) Aerospace
12 5 (0.91%) Aviation
13 4 (0.73%) Banking
14 3 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.55%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.36%) Investment Banking
16 1 (0.18%) Advertising
16 1 (0.18%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (4.74%) REST
2 24 (4.38%) SOAP
3 19 (3.47%) Lightning Web Components
3 19 (3.47%) Visualforce
4 15 (2.74%) Kafka
5 13 (2.37%) Middleware
6 11 (2.01%) PySpark
7 7 (1.28%) .NET
8 6 (1.09%) OAuth
8 6 (1.09%) RESTful
9 5 (0.91%) OpenID
9 5 (0.91%) Spring
10 4 (0.73%) CSS
10 4 (0.73%) HTML
10 4 (0.73%) Spring Boot
11 3 (0.55%) OAuth2
12 2 (0.36%) Django
12 2 (0.36%) SAP Fiori
12 2 (0.36%) Web Services
12 2 (0.36%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (4.56%) Product Ownership
2 23 (4.20%) Cloud Native
3 17 (3.10%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (2.74%) Data Centre
5 13 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (1.64%) IVR
7 8 (1.46%) CMDB
7 8 (1.46%) IoT
8 7 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.09%) Enterprise Storage
9 6 (1.09%) VxBlock/Vblock
10 4 (0.73%) PKI
10 4 (0.73%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.55%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.55%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.36%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.36%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.36%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.46%) Windows
2 6 (1.09%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.91%) Linux
4 2 (0.36%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (20.62%) Agile
2 87 (15.88%) DevOps
3 76 (13.87%) Continuous Improvement
4 75 (13.69%) Roadmaps
5 74 (13.50%) Technical Architecture
6 70 (12.77%) CI/CD
6 70 (12.77%) Mentoring
7 64 (11.68%) Technical Leadership
8 61 (11.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 59 (10.77%) AI
10 55 (10.04%) Event-Driven
11 45 (8.21%) Design Patterns
12 43 (7.85%) Technology Roadmap
13 41 (7.48%) Decision-Making
13 41 (7.48%) Enterprise Architecture
14 40 (7.30%) Coaching
15 39 (7.12%) Architectural Patterns
15 39 (7.12%) TOGAF
16 36 (6.57%) Microservices
16 36 (6.57%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 29 (5.29%) Python
2 19 (3.47%) Apex Code
2 19 (3.47%) SOQL
2 19 (3.47%) SOSL
3 15 (2.74%) Java
4 14 (2.55%) C#
5 10 (1.82%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.09%) SQL
7 5 (0.91%) Go
7 5 (0.91%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.55%) Bicep
9 2 (0.36%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.36%) Ruby
9 2 (0.36%) X++
10 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.18%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 85 (15.51%) Security Cleared
2 66 (12.04%) SC Cleared
3 15 (2.74%) DV Cleared
4 12 (2.19%) Degree
5 8 (1.46%) RIBA
6 6 (1.09%) Dell Certification
6 6 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (0.91%) AWS Certification
7 5 (0.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 5 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.73%) CISSP
8 4 (0.73%) CITP
9 2 (0.36%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.36%) BC Cleared
9 2 (0.36%) CCNA
9 2 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.36%) CWNA
10 1 (0.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.01%) Accessibility
2 10 (1.82%) Data Quality
3 9 (1.64%) GDPR
4 8 (1.46%) PMO
5 3 (0.55%) IFRS
5 3 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (0.55%) WCAG
6 2 (0.36%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.36%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.18%) PSD2
7 1 (0.18%) QA
7 1 (0.18%) SEPA
System Software
1 16 (2.92%) Docker
2 12 (2.19%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.28%) Hyper-V
3 7 (1.28%) vSphere
4 2 (0.36%) Firmware
5 1 (0.18%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 23 (4.20%) Terraform
2 21 (3.83%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.09%) Avamar
3 6 (1.09%) Dell DRAC
3 6 (1.09%) EMC NetWorker
3 6 (1.09%) EMC VPLEX
3 6 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (1.09%) VxRail
4 2 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.36%) Ansible
4 2 (0.36%) Argo
4 2 (0.36%) Grafana
4 2 (0.36%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.18%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 69 (12.59%) Microsoft
2 31 (5.66%) Salesforce
3 28 (5.11%) ServiceNow
4 21 (3.83%) Splunk
5 14 (2.55%) Databricks
6 12 (2.19%) VMware
7 10 (1.82%) Cisco
7 10 (1.82%) Computacenter
8 9 (1.64%) Avaya
8 9 (1.64%) Genesys
8 9 (1.64%) Google
8 9 (1.64%) YouTube
9 7 (1.28%) OpenAI
9 7 (1.28%) Oracle
9 7 (1.28%) SAP
10 6 (1.09%) 3PAR
10 6 (1.09%) Dell
10 6 (1.09%) Isilon
10 6 (1.09%) NetApp
10 6 (1.09%) Veeam