Technical Architect Job Trends

Technical Architect
UK

The median Technical Architect salary in the UK is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 October 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 518 350 422
Rank change year-on-year -168 +72 +109
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 152 483 352
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.71% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.75% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 111 333 263
10th Percentile £59,630 £45,000 £56,300
25th Percentile £66,875 £63,750 £65,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -3.03% -2.94%
75th Percentile £95,000 £86,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £95,000 £104,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - +10.34% -6.45%

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 44,568 64,813 52,404
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.14% 95.27% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 26,697 36,797 40,580
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,000 £42,814
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -

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 28 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Architect in the UK

Technical Architect
Top 16 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 28 October 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 -124 126 £82,500 +3.13% 200
UK excluding London -160 83 £80,000 - 168
Work from Home -23 70 £82,500 +9.78% 119
London -23 57 £90,000 +20.00% 61
North of England -5 19 £82,500 +3.13% 57
South East -11 17 £82,500 - 64
Midlands -2 15 £67,500 -3.57% 5
Scotland -11 12 £74,830 -6.46% 6
South West +12 11 £75,000 -6.25% 15
West Midlands +20 9 £72,415 -3.80% 3
Yorkshire +10 9 £95,000 +26.67% 17
North West +5 9 £79,915 -0.11% 29
East Midlands -2 6 £65,000 -7.14% 2
Wales -24 5 £80,000 +45.45% 10
East of England -19 3 £90,000 +16.13% 11
Northern Ireland -2 1 £74,830 -6.46% 3

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

For the 6 months to 28 October 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 (42.11%) Azure
2 48 (31.58%) Technical Leadership
3 47 (30.92%) DevOps
4 46 (30.26%) Roadmaps
5 35 (23.03%) AWS
6 34 (22.37%) Agile
6 34 (22.37%) Mentoring
7 33 (21.71%) Technical Architecture
8 31 (20.39%) Security Cleared
9 27 (17.76%) CI/CD
9 27 (17.76%) Event-Driven
9 27 (17.76%) Problem-Solving
10 26 (17.11%) Microservices
11 25 (16.45%) Enterprise Architecture
11 25 (16.45%) SC Cleared
12 24 (15.79%) Microsoft
13 23 (15.13%) .NET
14 22 (14.47%) Design Patterns
15 21 (13.82%) Continuous Improvement
16 20 (13.16%) Analytics
16 20 (13.16%) TOGAF
17 19 (12.50%) SQL
17 19 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
18 18 (11.84%) REST
19 17 (11.18%) Architectural Patterns
19 17 (11.18%) C#
19 17 (11.18%) Community of Practice
19 17 (11.18%) Docker
19 17 (11.18%) GCP
19 17 (11.18%) Kubernetes

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 6 (3.95%) nginx
2 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.32%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.66%) CMS
3 1 (0.66%) JBoss
3 1 (0.66%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (2.63%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.32%) AutoCAD
2 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.32%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.32%) Revit
Business Applications
1 8 (5.26%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (2.63%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.32%) Shopify
4 1 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 64 (42.11%) Azure
2 35 (23.03%) AWS
3 17 (11.18%) GCP
4 15 (9.87%) Azure Service Bus
5 12 (7.89%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (5.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 9 (5.92%) SonarCloud
7 8 (5.26%) Azure AKS
7 8 (5.26%) OCI
7 8 (5.26%) SaaS
8 7 (4.61%) PaaS
8 7 (4.61%) Serverless
9 6 (3.95%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (3.95%) Azure Logic Apps
9 6 (3.95%) OpenShift
10 5 (3.29%) Azure Event Grid
10 5 (3.29%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (2.63%) Azure Stack
11 4 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (1.97%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.26%) Broadband
1 8 (5.26%) DNS
1 8 (5.26%) Network Security
2 6 (3.95%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 5 (3.29%) Firewall
4 3 (1.97%) Unified Communications
5 2 (1.32%) LAN
5 2 (1.32%) PBX
5 2 (1.32%) SAN
5 2 (1.32%) Skype
5 2 (1.32%) VoIP
5 2 (1.32%) WAN
6 1 (0.66%) NAS
6 1 (0.66%) VLAN
6 1 (0.66%) VPN
6 1 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.66%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.58%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.92%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (3.29%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.63%) MongoDB
4 4 (2.63%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.32%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.32%) Snowflake Schema
5 2 (1.32%) Tick Data
6 1 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.66%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.66%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.66%) DB2
6 1 (0.66%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.66%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.66%) Power BI
6 1 (0.66%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.66%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 14 (9.21%) GitLab
2 12 (7.89%) Git
2 12 (7.89%) Jenkins
3 9 (5.92%) MSBuild
3 9 (5.92%) Octopus Deploy
3 9 (5.92%) Team Foundation Server
3 9 (5.92%) Visual Studio
4 8 (5.26%) SonarQube
General
1 34 (22.37%) Social Skills
2 22 (14.47%) Public Sector
3 19 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 14 (9.21%) Marketing
5 12 (7.89%) Law
6 11 (7.24%) Retail
7 8 (5.26%) Games
8 7 (4.61%) Finance
9 4 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (2.63%) Banking
10 3 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.32%) Back Office
11 2 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.32%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.66%) Automotive
12 1 (0.66%) Electronics
12 1 (0.66%) Publishing
12 1 (0.66%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.66%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (15.13%) .NET
2 18 (11.84%) REST
3 13 (8.55%) gRPC
3 13 (8.55%) Node.js
4 11 (7.24%) Django
5 10 (6.58%) ASP.NET
6 9 (5.92%) Bootstrap
6 9 (5.92%) CSS
6 9 (5.92%) HTML
6 9 (5.92%) JSON
6 9 (5.92%) Lightning Web Components
6 9 (5.92%) SOAP
6 9 (5.92%) Visualforce
6 9 (5.92%) XML
7 7 (4.61%) React
8 6 (3.95%) Kafka
8 6 (3.95%) Middleware
8 6 (3.95%) Web Services
9 4 (2.63%) GraphQL
9 4 (2.63%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.53%) Product Ownership
2 10 (6.58%) Cloud Native
3 9 (5.92%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (4.61%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (3.95%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.95%) Private Cloud
5 6 (3.95%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.63%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.63%) Media Streaming
7 3 (1.97%) IoT
8 2 (1.32%) Blog
8 2 (1.32%) Digital Signage
8 2 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.32%) Hedge funds
8 2 (1.32%) Home Automation
8 2 (1.32%) Social Media
8 2 (1.32%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (1.32%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.66%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.66%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.24%) Windows
2 6 (3.95%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.32%) Linux
4 1 (0.66%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (31.58%) Technical Leadership
2 47 (30.92%) DevOps
3 46 (30.26%) Roadmaps
4 34 (22.37%) Agile
4 34 (22.37%) Mentoring
5 33 (21.71%) Technical Architecture
6 27 (17.76%) CI/CD
6 27 (17.76%) Event-Driven
6 27 (17.76%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (17.11%) Microservices
8 25 (16.45%) Enterprise Architecture
9 22 (14.47%) Design Patterns
10 21 (13.82%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (13.16%) Analytics
11 20 (13.16%) TOGAF
12 19 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
13 17 (11.18%) Architectural Patterns
13 17 (11.18%) Community of Practice
14 16 (10.53%) High Availability
15 15 (9.87%) AI
Programming Languages
1 19 (12.50%) SQL
2 17 (11.18%) C#
3 16 (10.53%) Python
4 10 (6.58%) JavaScript
5 9 (5.92%) Apex Code
6 8 (5.26%) SOQL
6 8 (5.26%) SOSL
7 7 (4.61%) Java
8 3 (1.97%) ABAP
9 2 (1.32%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.66%) Go
Qualifications
1 31 (20.39%) Security Cleared
2 25 (16.45%) SC Cleared
3 10 (6.58%) Degree
4 8 (5.26%) CCNA
4 8 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (4.61%) Azure Certification
5 7 (4.61%) CCNP
6 6 (3.95%) AWS Certification
6 6 (3.95%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (1.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.32%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.32%) MCP
8 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.66%) CCIE
9 1 (0.66%) CISM
9 1 (0.66%) CISSP
9 1 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.66%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.53%) GDPR
2 7 (4.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.95%) HIPAA
3 6 (3.95%) SOC 2
4 4 (2.63%) QA
5 1 (0.66%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.66%) GRC
5 1 (0.66%) HL7
5 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (0.66%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.66%) NCSC
5 1 (0.66%) NIST
5 1 (0.66%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 17 (11.18%) Docker
2 8 (5.26%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.63%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (11.18%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.61%) Terraform
3 1 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.66%) Grafana
3 1 (0.66%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.66%) VxRail
Vendors
1 24 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.87%) Oracle
3 12 (7.89%) Salesforce
4 8 (5.26%) Splunk
5 6 (3.95%) F5
6 5 (3.29%) Google
6 5 (3.29%) Informatica
6 5 (3.29%) SAP
7 4 (2.63%) Extreme Networks
7 4 (2.63%) Gigya
7 4 (2.63%) Juniper
7 4 (2.63%) PayPal
7 4 (2.63%) Workday
8 3 (1.97%) Cisco
8 3 (1.97%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.32%) Autodesk
9 2 (1.32%) NEC
9 2 (1.32%) Panasonic
9 2 (1.32%) Sony
9 2 (1.32%) VMware