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 15 September 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 277 525 359
Rank change year-on-year +248 -166 +56
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 741 144 542
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.65% 0.29% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.33% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 516 113 380
10th Percentile £61,565 £61,268 £49,779
25th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £76,450
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +7.91% -7.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 £75,400
% change year-on-year +3.03% +9.42% -8.61%

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 106,427 44,033 73,876
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 89.62% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 73,226 25,764 44,965
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,131 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,319 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.85% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -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 15 September 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 15 September 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 +181 554 £85,855 +4.07% 327
UK excluding London +194 492 £85,000 +3.03% 177
North of England +124 229 £85,000 +6.25% 63
Work from Home +112 228 £85,000 +3.03% 140
London +30 126 £95,000 +5.56% 163
North West +61 90 £85,000 -11.46% 39
North East +3 70 £85,000 +21.43% 11
Yorkshire +15 69 £85,855 +4.07% 13
Midlands -5 62 £88,000 +25.71% 31
South West -27 57 £75,000 -9.09% 20
West Midlands +3 55 £88,000 +10.00% 28
Wales -33 44 £80,000 +11.89% 4
East of England +8 38 £100,000 - 9
South East -39 26 £82,500 - 38
Northern Ireland - 24 £82,500 - 1
Scotland +18 21 £85,000 +21.43% 13
East Midlands -26 7 - - 3

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

For the 6 months to 15 September 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.

1 135 (18.22%) Agile
2 130 (17.54%) Security Cleared
3 124 (16.73%) Azure
4 117 (15.79%) Technical Architecture
5 106 (14.30%) SC Cleared
6 104 (14.04%) Technical Leadership
7 102 (13.77%) AI
8 101 (13.63%) Mentoring
9 98 (13.23%) Microsoft
10 97 (13.09%) AWS
11 78 (10.53%) Roadmaps
12 77 (10.39%) CI/CD
13 74 (9.99%) Coaching
14 69 (9.31%) Continuous Improvement
14 69 (9.31%) DevOps
15 68 (9.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 61 (8.23%) Architectural Patterns
17 58 (7.83%) Digital Transformation Programme
18 53 (7.15%) Decision-Making
19 51 (6.88%) Microservices
20 47 (6.34%) Integration Patterns
21 45 (6.07%) Architecture Governance
22 43 (5.80%) Enterprise Architecture
22 43 (5.80%) SaaS
23 42 (5.67%) Project Delivery
23 42 (5.67%) Translating Business Requirements
24 41 (5.53%) Event-Driven
25 39 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
26 38 (5.13%) Design Patterns
26 38 (5.13%) GCP

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 11 (1.48%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.81%) Confluence
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 14 (1.89%) Chatbot
2 9 (1.21%) Revit
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.27%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.13%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 8 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.81%) Oracle Utilities
3 4 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.27%) Distributed Ledger
4 2 (0.27%) SAP PSCD
5 1 (0.13%) Findur
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 124 (16.73%) Azure
2 97 (13.09%) AWS
3 43 (5.80%) SaaS
4 39 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
5 38 (5.13%) GCP
6 17 (2.29%) Microsoft Copilot
7 16 (2.16%) Entra ID
8 14 (1.89%) Power Platform
9 13 (1.75%) GitHub
9 13 (1.75%) IaaS
10 12 (1.62%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 11 (1.48%) Azure AKS
11 11 (1.48%) dbt
11 11 (1.48%) PaaS
11 11 (1.48%) Serverless
12 10 (1.35%) Amazon EMR
12 10 (1.35%) Amazon S3
12 10 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (1.35%) OneDrive
13 9 (1.21%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.89%) CTI
1 14 (1.89%) VoIP
2 13 (1.75%) LAN
2 13 (1.75%) Network Security
3 12 (1.62%) Firewall
4 11 (1.48%) VPN
4 11 (1.48%) WAN
5 9 (1.21%) Unified Communications
6 7 (0.94%) Wireless
6 7 (0.94%) WLAN
7 6 (0.81%) Fibre Channel
7 6 (0.81%) iSCSI
8 4 (0.54%) Broadband
9 3 (0.40%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (0.40%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (0.40%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.27%) Cisco Wireless
10 2 (0.27%) DNS
10 2 (0.27%) GPON
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.35%) Data Lake
2 7 (0.94%) Power BI
3 6 (0.81%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.54%) Metadata
4 4 (0.54%) NoSQL
4 4 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.27%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.27%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.13%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.13%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.13%) Big Data
6 1 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.13%) Db2
6 1 (0.13%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.13%) MySQL
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.13%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.13%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 7 (0.94%) Claude Code
2 6 (0.81%) Jenkins
2 6 (0.81%) JIRA
2 6 (0.81%) SonarQube
3 5 (0.67%) Git
3 5 (0.67%) GitLab
4 1 (0.13%) Maven
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.13%) RStudio
General
1 142 (19.16%) Public Sector
2 87 (11.74%) Social Skills
3 62 (8.37%) Finance
4 46 (6.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (2.56%) Legal
6 14 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (1.89%) Marketing
7 12 (1.62%) Law
8 7 (0.94%) Police
9 6 (0.81%) Aerospace
10 4 (0.54%) Banking
10 4 (0.54%) Games
10 4 (0.54%) Local Government
10 4 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (0.54%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.40%) Analytical Skills
12 2 (0.27%) Aviation
12 2 (0.27%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.27%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.27%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (4.32%) Middleware
2 28 (3.78%) Terraform
3 15 (2.02%) Kafka
4 14 (1.89%) REST
5 11 (1.48%) PySpark
5 11 (1.48%) SOAP
6 9 (1.21%) .NET
7 8 (1.08%) Model Context Protocol
8 7 (0.94%) CSS
8 7 (0.94%) HTML
8 7 (0.94%) Langfuse
8 7 (0.94%) Spring
9 6 (0.81%) OAuth
10 5 (0.67%) Lightning Web Components
10 5 (0.67%) OpenID
10 5 (0.67%) RESTful
10 5 (0.67%) SAP Fiori
10 5 (0.67%) Visualforce
11 4 (0.54%) LangChain
11 4 (0.54%) LlamaIndex
Miscellaneous
1 27 (3.64%) Cloud Native
2 21 (2.83%) Data Centre
3 18 (2.43%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (1.89%) IVR
5 10 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (1.08%) AI Agents
6 8 (1.08%) CMDB
6 8 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.08%) Onboarding
7 7 (0.94%) Product Ownership
8 6 (0.81%) Enterprise Storage
8 6 (0.81%) VxBlock/Vblock
9 4 (0.54%) Blog
9 4 (0.54%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (0.54%) Life Science
10 3 (0.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 2 (0.27%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.27%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.27%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.62%) Windows
2 11 (1.48%) Linux
3 7 (0.94%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (18.22%) Agile
2 117 (15.79%) Technical Architecture
3 104 (14.04%) Technical Leadership
4 102 (13.77%) AI
5 101 (13.63%) Mentoring
6 78 (10.53%) Roadmaps
7 77 (10.39%) CI/CD
8 74 (9.99%) Coaching
9 69 (9.31%) Continuous Improvement
9 69 (9.31%) DevOps
10 68 (9.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 61 (8.23%) Architectural Patterns
12 58 (7.83%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 53 (7.15%) Decision-Making
14 51 (6.88%) Microservices
15 47 (6.34%) Integration Patterns
16 45 (6.07%) Architecture Governance
17 43 (5.80%) Enterprise Architecture
18 42 (5.67%) Project Delivery
18 42 (5.67%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 32 (4.32%) Python
2 23 (3.10%) C#
3 17 (2.29%) Java
4 13 (1.75%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.21%) Bicep
6 7 (0.94%) Go
7 5 (0.67%) Apex Code
7 5 (0.67%) SOQL
7 5 (0.67%) SOSL
7 5 (0.67%) SQL
7 5 (0.67%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.40%) ABAP
8 3 (0.40%) X++
9 2 (0.27%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.13%) COBOL
10 1 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.13%) R
10 1 (0.13%) RPG
10 1 (0.13%) Ruby
10 1 (0.13%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 130 (17.54%) Security Cleared
2 106 (14.30%) SC Cleared
3 19 (2.56%) DV Cleared
4 15 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
4 15 (2.02%) Degree
5 10 (1.35%) AWS Certification
6 9 (1.21%) Azure Certification
7 8 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (1.08%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 8 (1.08%) RIBA
8 6 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (0.81%) Dell Certification
8 6 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.67%) CCIE
9 5 (0.67%) CCNA
9 5 (0.67%) CCNP
10 4 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.54%) CISSP
11 3 (0.40%) BC Cleared
11 3 (0.40%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.02%) Accessibility
2 6 (0.81%) PMO
3 5 (0.67%) GDPR
4 4 (0.54%) QA
5 3 (0.40%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.40%) GRC
5 3 (0.40%) IFRS
5 3 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.27%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.13%) NCSC
7 1 (0.13%) PSD2
7 1 (0.13%) SEPA
7 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 20 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (2.56%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.56%) Docker
3 7 (0.94%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.81%) vSphere
5 3 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.27%) Firmware
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Flume
7 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (3.51%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.81%) Avamar
2 6 (0.81%) Dell DRAC
2 6 (0.81%) EMC NetWorker
2 6 (0.81%) EMC VPLEX
2 6 (0.81%) VxRail
3 3 (0.40%) Grafana
3 3 (0.40%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.27%) Ansible
4 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.13%) Argo
Vendors
1 98 (13.23%) Microsoft
2 31 (4.18%) ServiceNow
3 23 (3.10%) VMware
4 22 (2.97%) Salesforce
5 20 (2.70%) Cisco
5 20 (2.70%) Computacenter
6 16 (2.16%) Google
7 14 (1.89%) Avaya
7 14 (1.89%) Genesys
8 13 (1.75%) Oracle
9 12 (1.62%) OpenAI
10 11 (1.48%) Databricks
11 10 (1.35%) Adobe
11 10 (1.35%) SAP
11 10 (1.35%) Workday
12 9 (1.21%) NetApp
12 9 (1.21%) Veeam
13 7 (0.94%) Splunk
14 6 (0.81%) CyberArk
14 6 (0.81%) Nimble Storage