Technical Architect Job Trends

Technical Architect
UK

The median Technical Architect salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 November 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 456 372 414
Rank change year-on-year -84 +42 +115
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 202 450 343
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.38% 0.67% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.71% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 154 312 253
10th Percentile £62,500 £50,000 £56,658
25th Percentile £71,349 £65,000 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.03% -2.94%
75th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £71,538
% change year-on-year - +11.83% -10.58%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 47,639 63,412 49,716
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.05% 94.54% 95.39%
Number of salaries quoted 29,798 35,443 38,501
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £51,242 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.30% -2.40% -

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 19 November 2025.

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 19 November 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
England -64 160 £82,500 +3.13% 117
UK excluding London -70 115 £80,000 - 72
Work from Home +8 71 £77,500 +3.13% 58
London +5 68 £88,750 +18.33% 48
North of England +46 35 £85,000 +6.25% 10
Midlands +22 21 £76,750 +9.64% 4
North West +23 17 £85,000 +6.25% 5
Yorkshire +19 15 £95,000 +31.03% 3
West Midlands +26 14 £80,000 +6.45% 3
Scotland +2 13 £80,000 -
South East -21 13 £82,500 - 43
South West +1 12 £70,000 +1.82% 9
Wales -18 10 £80,000 +45.45%
East Midlands +11 7 £65,000 -7.14% 1
East of England +7 7 £100,000 +31.15% 7
Northern Ireland -3 4 £80,000 - 1
North East -7 2 £87,500 +9.38% 2

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

For the 6 months to 19 November 2025, 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 64 (31.68%) Azure
2 50 (24.75%) Roadmaps
3 45 (22.28%) DevOps
4 42 (20.79%) Technical Leadership
5 40 (19.80%) Agile
5 40 (19.80%) Mentoring
6 35 (17.33%) Technical Architecture
7 34 (16.83%) AWS
8 30 (14.85%) Enterprise Architecture
8 30 (14.85%) Python
9 29 (14.36%) Analytics
10 28 (13.86%) Security Cleared
11 27 (13.37%) Microsoft
11 27 (13.37%) Node.js
12 25 (12.38%) Django
12 25 (12.38%) Event-Driven
12 25 (12.38%) Microservices
13 24 (11.88%) CI/CD
13 24 (11.88%) Problem-Solving
13 24 (11.88%) SC Cleared
14 23 (11.39%) Continuous Improvement
15 22 (10.89%) Technology Roadmap
16 21 (10.40%) .NET
16 21 (10.40%) React
17 20 (9.90%) Architectural Patterns
17 20 (9.90%) TOGAF
18 18 (8.91%) AI
18 18 (8.91%) Oracle
18 18 (8.91%) SQL
19 17 (8.42%) Design Patterns

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 4 (1.98%) nginx
2 2 (0.99%) CMS
2 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.99%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.50%) JBoss
Applications
1 4 (1.98%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.99%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.99%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.99%) Revit
Business Applications
1 8 (3.96%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (1.98%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.99%) Shopify
4 1 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 64 (31.68%) Azure
2 34 (16.83%) AWS
3 15 (7.43%) GCP
4 14 (6.93%) Azure Service Bus
5 11 (5.45%) Azure AKS
5 11 (5.45%) SaaS
6 10 (4.95%) PaaS
7 8 (3.96%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (3.96%) Azure Event Grid
7 8 (3.96%) Azure Logic Apps
7 8 (3.96%) OCI
8 7 (3.47%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (2.97%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 6 (2.97%) SonarCloud
10 5 (2.48%) Serverless
11 4 (1.98%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (1.98%) Azure Stack
11 4 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.98%) OpenShift
12 3 (1.49%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.96%) Broadband
2 6 (2.97%) DNS
3 5 (2.48%) Network Security
4 4 (1.98%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 4 (1.98%) Firewall
5 3 (1.49%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.99%) LAN
6 2 (0.99%) PBX
6 2 (0.99%) Skype
6 2 (0.99%) VoIP
6 2 (0.99%) WAN
7 1 (0.50%) SAN
7 1 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.44%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.97%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.98%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.98%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.99%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.99%) Snowflake Schema
5 2 (0.99%) Tick Data
6 1 (0.50%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.50%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.50%) DB2
6 1 (0.50%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.50%) Power BI
6 1 (0.50%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.50%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 12 (5.94%) GitLab
1 12 (5.94%) Jenkins
2 10 (4.95%) Git
3 8 (3.96%) SonarQube
4 6 (2.97%) MSBuild
4 6 (2.97%) Octopus Deploy
4 6 (2.97%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (2.97%) Visual Studio
General
1 38 (18.81%) Social Skills
2 22 (10.89%) Public Sector
3 20 (9.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 16 (7.92%) Marketing
5 14 (6.93%) Law
6 8 (3.96%) Games
6 8 (3.96%) Legal
6 8 (3.96%) Retail
7 6 (2.97%) Finance
8 5 (2.48%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (2.48%) Banking
9 3 (1.49%) Back Office
9 3 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.99%) Digital Health
10 2 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.99%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.50%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.50%) Publishing
11 1 (0.50%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (13.37%) Node.js
2 25 (12.38%) Django
3 21 (10.40%) .NET
3 21 (10.40%) React
4 15 (7.43%) REST
5 10 (4.95%) gRPC
6 9 (4.46%) Lightning Web Components
6 9 (4.46%) SOAP
6 9 (4.46%) Visualforce
7 8 (3.96%) ASP.NET
8 6 (2.97%) Bootstrap
8 6 (2.97%) CSS
8 6 (2.97%) HTML
8 6 (2.97%) JSON
8 6 (2.97%) Middleware
8 6 (2.97%) Web Services
8 6 (2.97%) XML
9 4 (1.98%) Celery
9 4 (1.98%) Flask
9 4 (1.98%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.91%) Product Ownership
2 10 (4.95%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (3.47%) Cloud Native
4 6 (2.97%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.98%) Media Streaming
6 4 (1.98%) Private Cloud
6 4 (1.98%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.49%) IoT
7 3 (1.49%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.49%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.99%) Blog
8 2 (0.99%) Digital Signage
8 2 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.99%) Hedge funds
8 2 (0.99%) Home Automation
8 2 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.99%) Social Media
8 2 (0.99%) Synthetic Data
8 2 (0.99%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.95%) Windows
2 6 (2.97%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.50%) Linux
3 1 (0.50%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (24.75%) Roadmaps
2 45 (22.28%) DevOps
3 42 (20.79%) Technical Leadership
4 40 (19.80%) Agile
4 40 (19.80%) Mentoring
5 35 (17.33%) Technical Architecture
6 30 (14.85%) Enterprise Architecture
7 29 (14.36%) Analytics
8 25 (12.38%) Event-Driven
8 25 (12.38%) Microservices
9 24 (11.88%) CI/CD
9 24 (11.88%) Problem-Solving
10 23 (11.39%) Continuous Improvement
11 22 (10.89%) Technology Roadmap
12 20 (9.90%) Architectural Patterns
12 20 (9.90%) TOGAF
13 18 (8.91%) AI
14 17 (8.42%) Design Patterns
15 16 (7.92%) Community of Practice
16 14 (6.93%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 30 (14.85%) Python
2 18 (8.91%) SQL
3 15 (7.43%) C#
4 9 (4.46%) Apex Code
5 8 (3.96%) SOQL
5 8 (3.96%) SOSL
6 7 (3.47%) JavaScript
7 6 (2.97%) Java
8 3 (1.49%) ABAP
9 2 (0.99%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.50%) Go
Qualifications
1 28 (13.86%) Security Cleared
2 24 (11.88%) SC Cleared
3 9 (4.46%) Degree
4 7 (3.47%) Azure Certification
5 6 (2.97%) TOGAF Certification
6 5 (2.48%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.48%) CCNA
6 5 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.98%) CCNP
8 2 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.99%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.99%) MCP
9 1 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.50%) CISM
9 1 (0.50%) CISSP
9 1 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.50%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.50%) MBA
9 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.95%) GDPR
2 4 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.98%) QA
3 3 (1.49%) HIPAA
3 3 (1.49%) SOC 2
4 2 (0.99%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.50%) GRC
5 1 (0.50%) HL7
5 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (0.50%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.50%) NCSC
5 1 (0.50%) NIST
5 1 (0.50%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 15 (7.43%) Docker
2 8 (3.96%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.98%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 15 (7.43%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.97%) Terraform
3 1 (0.50%) VxRail
Vendors
1 27 (13.37%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.91%) Oracle
3 13 (6.44%) Salesforce
4 8 (3.96%) Informatica
4 8 (3.96%) Splunk
5 7 (3.47%) Google
6 4 (1.98%) Extreme Networks
6 4 (1.98%) F5
6 4 (1.98%) Gigya
6 4 (1.98%) Juniper
6 4 (1.98%) MuleSoft
6 4 (1.98%) PayPal
6 4 (1.98%) SAP
6 4 (1.98%) Workday
7 3 (1.49%) Cisco
7 3 (1.49%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.99%) Autodesk
8 2 (0.99%) NEC
8 2 (0.99%) Sony
8 2 (0.99%) YouTube