Technical Architect
UK

The median Technical Architect salary in the UK is £77,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 404 368 614
Rank change year-on-year -36 +246 -94
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 609 910 801
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.61% 0.90% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.98% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 417 385 459
10th Percentile £57,500 £60,500 £53,418
25th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,864 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,182 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Technical Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Architect in the UK

Technical Architect
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Architect.

Salary trend for Technical Architect in the UK

Technical Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Architect over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

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 May 2024. 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 -18 498 £82,500 -2.94% 87
UK excluding London -64 348 £75,000 -6.25% 61
London +16 192 £85,000 - 35
Work from Home -67 187 £70,000 -12.50% 51
North of England -3 80 £70,000 -15.15% 10
South West -31 70 £80,000 +4.92% 9
South East +23 58 £90,000 +2.86% 16
East of England +5 54 £85,000 - 10
Yorkshire +72 39 £70,000 -17.65% 3
Midlands -19 37 £65,050 -13.27% 8
North West -25 37 £76,450 +22.32% 6
Wales +8 26 £61,912 +33.98% 7
West Midlands +2 21 £75,000 - 3
Scotland -85 19 £73,950 -13.00% 4
East Midlands -26 16 £60,000 -31.43% 5
Northern Ireland +13 4 £75,400 -
North East -7 4 £68,950 -27.42% 1

Technical Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Technical Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Technical Architect in the job title.

1 186 (30.54%) Social Skills
2 185 (30.38%) Azure
3 157 (25.78%) Agile
4 152 (24.96%) Security Cleared
5 150 (24.63%) Microsoft
6 147 (24.14%) Roadmaps
7 125 (20.53%) AWS
8 117 (19.21%) DevOps
9 111 (18.23%) SC Cleared
10 106 (17.41%) Technical Leadership
11 101 (16.58%) Problem-Solving
12 93 (15.27%) Degree
13 85 (13.96%) Technical Architecture
14 84 (13.79%) Microservices
15 83 (13.63%) Mentoring
16 82 (13.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 80 (13.14%) Finance
18 76 (12.48%) Linux
19 74 (12.15%) .NET
20 73 (11.99%) C#
21 71 (11.66%) Java
21 71 (11.66%) Cloud Native
22 68 (11.17%) Kubernetes
23 62 (10.18%) Management Information System
24 61 (10.02%) Power Platform
25 60 (9.85%) Public Sector
26 59 (9.69%) Cybersecurity
27 56 (9.20%) Stakeholder Management
28 55 (9.03%) Business Intelligence
29 52 (8.54%) Coaching

Technical Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (3.28%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.66%) Drupal
2 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.49%) CMS
4 2 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.33%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.33%) Confluence
4 2 (0.33%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.33%) Revit
Business Applications
1 21 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.31%) Elite 3E
2 8 (1.31%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.82%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.66%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.33%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 185 (30.38%) Azure
2 125 (20.53%) AWS
3 61 (10.02%) Power Platform
4 43 (7.06%) Dynamics 365
5 39 (6.40%) SaaS
6 33 (5.42%) PowerApps
7 32 (5.25%) Microsoft 365
8 27 (4.43%) Cloud Computing
8 27 (4.43%) GCP
9 21 (3.45%) Azure Service Bus
9 21 (3.45%) Power Automate
10 18 (2.96%) PaaS
11 12 (1.97%) Azure AKS
11 12 (1.97%) Azure App Service
11 12 (1.97%) IaaS
12 11 (1.81%) dbt
13 8 (1.31%) Azure Sentinel
14 7 (1.15%) Azure API Management
15 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Purview
16 5 (0.82%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.12%) Firewall
2 17 (2.79%) LAN
3 10 (1.64%) DNS
4 9 (1.48%) WAN
4 9 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (1.31%) Wireless
6 6 (0.99%) Broadband
7 4 (0.66%) Intranet
7 4 (0.66%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (0.49%) CTI
8 3 (0.49%) Internet
8 3 (0.49%) VPN
9 2 (0.33%) Asterisk PBX
9 2 (0.33%) Extranet
9 2 (0.33%) PBX
9 2 (0.33%) RTP
9 2 (0.33%) SAN
9 2 (0.33%) SSL
9 2 (0.33%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (0.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (5.91%) Relational Database
2 35 (5.75%) Power BI
3 27 (4.43%) SQL Server
4 15 (2.46%) Data Lake
5 10 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.48%) CockroachDB
7 8 (1.31%) MySQL
8 6 (0.99%) RDBMS
9 5 (0.82%) Big Data
9 5 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.82%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.82%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.49%) Data Vault
10 3 (0.49%) Redis
10 3 (0.49%) SAP BW
10 3 (0.49%) Snowflake Schema
10 3 (0.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.49%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 45 (7.39%) Git
2 31 (5.09%) Jenkins
3 12 (1.97%) GitLab
4 9 (1.48%) Sonatype Nexus
5 8 (1.31%) Jaeger
6 4 (0.66%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.66%) JUnit
6 4 (0.66%) Maven
7 3 (0.49%) JIRA
7 3 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.49%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.33%) MLflow
8 2 (0.33%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.16%) DbUnit
9 1 (0.16%) jMock
9 1 (0.16%) Mockito
9 1 (0.16%) Postman
9 1 (0.16%) Selenium
9 1 (0.16%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.16%) SonarQube
General
1 186 (30.54%) Social Skills
2 82 (13.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 80 (13.14%) Finance
4 60 (9.85%) Public Sector
5 42 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (5.42%) Aerospace
7 32 (5.25%) Banking
8 30 (4.93%) Retail
9 29 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
10 23 (3.78%) Marketing
11 22 (3.61%) Legal
12 17 (2.79%) Law
13 13 (2.13%) Financial Institution
14 11 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (1.81%) Retail Banking
15 10 (1.64%) Health Technology
16 8 (1.31%) Manufacturing
16 8 (1.31%) Police
17 7 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
18 6 (0.99%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (12.15%) .NET
2 32 (5.25%) React
3 27 (4.43%) REST
4 23 (3.78%) HTML
5 22 (3.61%) .NET Core
6 21 (3.45%) Entity Framework
6 21 (3.45%) Web Services
7 19 (3.12%) XML
8 18 (2.96%) ASP.NET
8 18 (2.96%) Kafka
8 18 (2.96%) Node.js
9 17 (2.79%) JSON
9 17 (2.79%) RESTful
10 16 (2.63%) Spring
11 15 (2.46%) .NET Framework
11 15 (2.46%) Middleware
11 15 (2.46%) OAuth
12 13 (2.13%) Hibernate
13 12 (1.97%) Django
13 12 (1.97%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 71 (11.66%) Cloud Native
2 62 (10.18%) Management Information System
3 27 (4.43%) Data Centre
3 27 (4.43%) Legacy Systems
4 25 (4.11%) PKI
5 22 (3.61%) Greenfield Project
5 22 (3.61%) Product Ownership
6 20 (3.28%) Public Cloud
7 17 (2.79%) Distributed Systems
8 16 (2.63%) Legacy Applications
9 15 (2.46%) Cyberattack
10 14 (2.30%) Onboarding
11 13 (2.13%) iPhone
11 13 (2.13%) NHS
12 12 (1.97%) Private Cloud
13 10 (1.64%) Data Structures
13 10 (1.64%) Virtual Team
14 8 (1.31%) PropTech
15 7 (1.15%) Robotics
16 6 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 76 (12.48%) Linux
2 21 (3.45%) Android
2 21 (3.45%) Apple iOS
3 12 (1.97%) Windows
4 3 (0.49%) CentOS
4 3 (0.49%) Unix
5 2 (0.33%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (25.78%) Agile
2 147 (24.14%) Roadmaps
3 117 (19.21%) DevOps
4 106 (17.41%) Technical Leadership
5 101 (16.58%) Problem-Solving
6 85 (13.96%) Technical Architecture
7 84 (13.79%) Microservices
8 83 (13.63%) Mentoring
9 59 (9.69%) Cybersecurity
10 56 (9.20%) Stakeholder Management
11 55 (9.03%) Business Intelligence
12 52 (8.54%) Coaching
13 51 (8.37%) Architectural Design
13 51 (8.37%) Project Management
14 50 (8.21%) Migration
15 48 (7.88%) Architectural Patterns
15 48 (7.88%) Open Source
16 43 (7.06%) Computer Science
17 41 (6.73%) Actionable Insight
17 41 (6.73%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 73 (11.99%) C#
2 71 (11.66%) Java
3 46 (7.55%) JavaScript
3 46 (7.55%) Python
4 26 (4.27%) C
5 24 (3.94%) SQL
6 8 (1.31%) Perl
6 8 (1.31%) T-SQL
7 7 (1.15%) Bash
7 7 (1.15%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.99%) PHP
9 5 (0.82%) ABAP
9 5 (0.82%) C++
10 3 (0.49%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.33%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.33%) Swift
12 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.16%) SOQL
12 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 152 (24.96%) Security Cleared
2 111 (18.23%) SC Cleared
3 93 (15.27%) Degree
4 38 (6.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (3.61%) Azure Certification
7 18 (2.96%) AWS Certification
8 17 (2.79%) CISSP
8 17 (2.79%) Master's Degree
9 15 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (2.30%) CISM
10 14 (2.30%) DV Cleared
11 13 (2.13%) OSCP
12 8 (1.31%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (1.15%) PhD
14 5 (0.82%) CCIE
15 4 (0.66%) PMI Certification
15 4 (0.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 3 (0.49%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (1.48%) QA
3 6 (0.99%) Data Quality
4 5 (0.82%) GDPR
5 4 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.49%) ISO 9000
6 3 (0.49%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.16%) NIST
System Software
1 41 (6.73%) Docker
2 20 (3.28%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.31%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (0.66%) KVM
6 3 (0.49%) Xen
7 2 (0.33%) Kamailio
8 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 68 (11.17%) Kubernetes
2 20 (3.28%) Ansible
3 9 (1.48%) Puppet
4 8 (1.31%) Kiali
5 5 (0.82%) Terraform
6 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.33%) SCCM
8 1 (0.16%) Consul
8 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.16%) Grafana
8 1 (0.16%) Kibana
8 1 (0.16%) logstash
8 1 (0.16%) Nagios
8 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.16%) vRealize
Vendors
1 150 (24.63%) Microsoft
2 29 (4.76%) ServiceNow
3 22 (3.61%) Salesforce
4 21 (3.45%) Google
5 18 (2.96%) Oracle
5 18 (2.96%) SAP
6 13 (2.13%) Cisco
7 10 (1.64%) BMC
7 10 (1.64%) VMware
8 8 (1.31%) AppDynamics
8 8 (1.31%) HP
8 8 (1.31%) Remedy
8 8 (1.31%) Splunk
9 7 (1.15%) ANSYS
9 7 (1.15%) Red Hat
10 6 (0.99%) Databricks
10 6 (0.99%) Meraki
11 4 (0.66%) Palo Alto
11 4 (0.66%) Solace
11 4 (0.66%) Sparx