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 21 April 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 479 421
Rank change year-on-year +135 -58 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 433 164 547
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.39% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.44% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 335 131 389
10th Percentile £58,011 £60,000 £57,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £70,375 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +6.45% -8.82%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,290
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.03% +10.00% -6.25%

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 81,353 37,364 89,331
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 89.32% 94.55%
Number of salaries quoted 51,978 23,468 66,062
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,261
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +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 21 April 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 21 April 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 +100 326 £81,000 -1.82% 100
UK excluding London +43 234 £85,000 +3.03% 81
Work from Home +108 178 £81,000 -1.82% 22
London +62 113 £81,000 -10.00% 23
North of England +16 101 £87,431 -0.08% 21
Yorkshire -16 44 £86,216 +27.73% 7
North West -5 42 £87,431 -5.48% 11
Scotland +4 29 £90,000 +28.57% 2
Midlands -21 25 £80,000 +14.29% 12
East of England -15 24 £100,000 +2.56% 15
West Midlands -16 19 £80,000 +10.34% 4
South West -44 19 £54,769 -8.72% 14
North East -27 15 £88,431 +7.19% 3
Wales -26 13 £70,000 +35.92% 1
South East -77 13 £85,000 +3.03% 17
Northern Ireland - 10 £95,000 - 2
East Midlands -55 6 £45,000 -21.96% 8

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

For the 6 months to 21 April 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 85 (19.63%) Agile
2 80 (18.48%) Azure
3 69 (15.94%) DevOps
4 59 (13.63%) Roadmaps
5 58 (13.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 57 (13.16%) Mentoring
7 50 (11.55%) Technical Architecture
8 46 (10.62%) AWS
9 45 (10.39%) Microsoft
10 43 (9.93%) Security Cleared
11 41 (9.47%) Project Delivery
12 40 (9.24%) Event-Driven
12 40 (9.24%) Technology Roadmap
13 39 (9.01%) Problem-Solving
13 39 (9.01%) TOGAF
14 37 (8.55%) Enterprise Architecture
15 36 (8.31%) Architectural Patterns
16 35 (8.08%) Analytics
16 35 (8.08%) CI/CD
16 35 (8.08%) Design Patterns
16 35 (8.08%) SC Cleared
17 33 (7.62%) Technology Strategy
18 32 (7.39%) Migration
18 32 (7.39%) Service Delivery
19 30 (6.93%) Microservices
20 29 (6.70%) AI
20 29 (6.70%) Technical Leadership
21 27 (6.24%) Community of Practice
21 27 (6.24%) SaaS
21 27 (6.24%) Salesforce

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 9 (2.08%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.39%) Confluence
3 5 (1.15%) SAS
4 4 (0.92%) Documentum
5 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.46%) Camunda
7 1 (0.23%) Apache
7 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.23%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.46%) ArchiCAD
1 2 (0.46%) Revit
2 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.15%) Oracle Cash Management
1 5 (1.15%) Oracle Payables
1 5 (1.15%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.23%) Findur
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 80 (18.48%) Azure
2 46 (10.62%) AWS
3 27 (6.24%) SaaS
4 24 (5.54%) PaaS
5 23 (5.31%) GCP
6 12 (2.77%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (2.54%) Power Platform
8 10 (2.31%) Cloud Computing
9 9 (2.08%) IaaS
10 8 (1.85%) OCI
11 7 (1.62%) Serverless
12 6 (1.39%) Azure AKS
12 6 (1.39%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (1.39%) Azure Service Bus
12 6 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (1.15%) Azure Event Grid
13 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
14 4 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (0.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (0.92%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.16%) Broadband
2 8 (1.85%) Firewall
3 7 (1.62%) VPN
4 6 (1.39%) LAN
4 6 (1.39%) WAN
5 5 (1.15%) SSL
6 4 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.92%) Wireless
6 4 (0.92%) WLAN
7 3 (0.69%) DNS
7 3 (0.69%) Internet
7 3 (0.69%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.46%) Network Security
9 1 (0.23%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (0.23%) IPsec
9 1 (0.23%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.23%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.23%) Metadata
2 7 (1.62%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.15%) BigQuery
4 5 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (0.92%) Data Lake
5 4 (0.92%) MongoDB
5 4 (0.92%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.92%) Power BI
5 4 (0.92%) Redis
6 1 (0.23%) Big Data
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.23%) Pentaho
6 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.23%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.23%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 1 (0.23%) SAS Enterprise Miner
6 1 (0.23%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 18 (4.16%) GitLab
1 18 (4.16%) Jenkins
1 18 (4.16%) SonarQube
2 6 (1.39%) Git
2 6 (1.39%) JIRA
3 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.23%) RStudio
General
1 73 (16.86%) Social Skills
2 68 (15.70%) Public Sector
3 33 (7.62%) Finance
4 32 (7.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (6.93%) Marketing
6 20 (4.62%) Law
7 19 (4.39%) Legal
8 18 (4.16%) Games
9 9 (2.08%) Local Government
10 8 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (1.62%) Analytical Skills
12 6 (1.39%) Banking
12 6 (1.39%) Police
13 5 (1.15%) Aviation
13 5 (1.15%) General Ledger
14 4 (0.92%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.92%) Retail
15 2 (0.46%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.46%) Digital Health
15 2 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (5.31%) Middleware
2 19 (4.39%) SOAP
3 18 (4.16%) Lightning Web Components
3 18 (4.16%) REST
3 18 (4.16%) Visualforce
4 15 (3.46%) Django
4 15 (3.46%) Node.js
4 15 (3.46%) React
5 7 (1.62%) .NET
6 6 (1.39%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (1.15%) Spring
8 4 (0.92%) .NET Core
8 4 (0.92%) ASP.NET
8 4 (0.92%) ASP.NET Core
8 4 (0.92%) Entity Framework
8 4 (0.92%) Hibernate
8 4 (0.92%) Spring MVC
9 3 (0.69%) RESTful
10 2 (0.46%) OAuth
10 2 (0.46%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.70%) Product Ownership
2 14 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (2.31%) IoT
5 9 (2.08%) Data Centre
6 8 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.62%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.15%) PKI
8 5 (1.15%) Synthetic Data
9 4 (0.92%) CMDB
9 4 (0.92%) Digital Signage
9 4 (0.92%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.69%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.46%) Blockchain
11 2 (0.46%) Operational Technology
12 1 (0.23%) Greenfield Project
12 1 (0.23%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.23%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.69%) Linux
1 3 (0.69%) Windows
1 3 (0.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (19.63%) Agile
2 69 (15.94%) DevOps
3 59 (13.63%) Roadmaps
4 58 (13.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 57 (13.16%) Mentoring
6 50 (11.55%) Technical Architecture
7 41 (9.47%) Project Delivery
8 40 (9.24%) Event-Driven
8 40 (9.24%) Technology Roadmap
9 39 (9.01%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (9.01%) TOGAF
10 37 (8.55%) Enterprise Architecture
11 36 (8.31%) Architectural Patterns
12 35 (8.08%) Analytics
12 35 (8.08%) CI/CD
12 35 (8.08%) Design Patterns
13 33 (7.62%) Technology Strategy
14 32 (7.39%) Migration
14 32 (7.39%) Service Delivery
15 30 (6.93%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 21 (4.85%) Python
2 18 (4.16%) Apex Code
2 18 (4.16%) SOQL
2 18 (4.16%) SOSL
3 11 (2.54%) SQL
4 9 (2.08%) C#
4 9 (2.08%) Java
5 2 (0.46%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.46%) Ruby
6 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.23%) Go
6 1 (0.23%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.23%) R
6 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 43 (9.93%) Security Cleared
2 35 (8.08%) SC Cleared
3 11 (2.54%) Degree
4 10 (2.31%) RIBA
5 8 (1.85%) AWS Certification
6 6 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 6 (1.39%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.92%) CCNA
8 4 (0.92%) CISSP
8 4 (0.92%) CITP
8 4 (0.92%) CWNA
9 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.46%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.23%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.23%) CCNP
11 1 (0.23%) Dell Certification
11 1 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.08%) GDPR
2 7 (1.62%) Data Quality
3 4 (0.92%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.69%) IFRS
4 3 (0.69%) PMO
4 3 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.46%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.46%) WCAG
6 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.23%) NCSC
6 1 (0.23%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (2.31%) Docker
2 5 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.69%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.69%) vSphere
4 2 (0.46%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.23%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.23%) Firmware
5 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (3.00%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.62%) Terraform
3 6 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.69%) Ansible
5 2 (0.46%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.23%) Argo
6 1 (0.23%) Avamar
6 1 (0.23%) CASB
6 1 (0.23%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.23%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.23%) EMC VPLEX
6 1 (0.23%) Grafana
6 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.23%) VxRail
Vendors
1 45 (10.39%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.24%) Salesforce
3 19 (4.39%) ServiceNow
4 18 (4.16%) Splunk
5 17 (3.93%) Oracle
6 16 (3.70%) Palantir
7 12 (2.77%) Google
8 9 (2.08%) YouTube
9 6 (1.39%) OpenText
10 5 (1.15%) Informatica
10 5 (1.15%) VMware
11 4 (0.92%) Databricks
11 4 (0.92%) Meraki
11 4 (0.92%) MuleSoft
11 4 (0.92%) Pega
12 3 (0.69%) Computacenter
12 3 (0.69%) CyberArk
12 3 (0.69%) SAP
13 2 (0.46%) Adobe
13 2 (0.46%) SolarWinds