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 6 March 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 374 484 410
Rank change year-on-year +110 -74 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 354 191 483
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.42% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.46% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 282 126 350
10th Percentile £62,500 £58,830 £57,869
25th Percentile £71,349 £70,000 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £90,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £82,500 £75,400
% change year-on-year -3.03% +9.42% -5.75%

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 66,132 41,732 74,862
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.60% 91.05% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 41,854 22,904 57,825
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,472 £45,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,557
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -5.36%

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 6 March 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 6 March 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 +67 270 £80,000 -3.03% 73
UK excluding London +42 194 £80,000 -3.03% 55
Work from Home +86 140 £80,000 -3.03% 39
London +70 100 £91,250 +7.35% 38
North of England +28 79 £80,000 -11.11% 13
North West +17 37 £82,500 -13.16% 4
Yorkshire -11 32 £80,000 - 6
Scotland +15 25 £90,000 - 7
Midlands -10 21 £80,000 +12.28% 5
East of England +14 17 £100,000 +2.56%
South West -11 16 £70,000 +1.82% 7
Wales -4 14 £72,415 +40.61% 2
West Midlands +4 13 £80,000 +3.23% 5
South East -64 12 £85,000 +3.03% 20
North East -4 10 £84,216 -11.35% 3
Northern Ireland - 10 £95,000 - 1
East Midlands -31 8 £60,500 +12.39%

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

For the 6 months to 6 March 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 83 (23.45%) Agile
2 75 (21.19%) Azure
3 65 (18.36%) DevOps
4 59 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 55 (15.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 49 (13.84%) AWS
7 48 (13.56%) Mentoring
8 47 (13.28%) Security Cleared
9 43 (12.15%) SC Cleared
10 42 (11.86%) Technical Architecture
11 41 (11.58%) Architectural Patterns
12 40 (11.30%) Enterprise Architecture
13 39 (11.02%) Problem-Solving
14 38 (10.73%) Event-Driven
15 37 (10.45%) Microsoft
15 37 (10.45%) Technology Roadmap
15 37 (10.45%) TOGAF
16 35 (9.89%) Project Delivery
17 33 (9.32%) Analytics
18 32 (9.04%) CI/CD
19 31 (8.76%) Design Patterns
20 30 (8.47%) Technical Leadership
21 29 (8.19%) Technology Strategy
22 27 (7.63%) Microservices
22 27 (7.63%) Migration
23 25 (7.06%) PaaS
23 25 (7.06%) Python
23 25 (7.06%) Stakeholder Management
23 25 (7.06%) Translating Business Requirements
24 24 (6.78%) Architectural Design

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 7 (1.98%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.13%) Confluence
2 4 (1.13%) Documentum
2 4 (1.13%) SAS
3 2 (0.56%) CMS
3 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.28%) Camunda
4 1 (0.28%) JBoss
Applications
1 2 (0.56%) ArchiCAD
1 2 (0.56%) Revit
2 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.41%) Oracle Cash Management
1 5 (1.41%) Oracle Payables
1 5 (1.41%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 75 (21.19%) Azure
2 49 (13.84%) AWS
3 25 (7.06%) PaaS
4 24 (6.78%) SaaS
5 20 (5.65%) GCP
6 10 (2.82%) Azure AKS
6 10 (2.82%) Azure Service Bus
6 10 (2.82%) Cloud Computing
6 10 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (2.82%) Serverless
7 9 (2.54%) Azure Event Grid
7 9 (2.54%) Azure Logic Apps
8 7 (1.98%) IaaS
8 7 (1.98%) OCI
9 5 (1.41%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (1.41%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.13%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 4 (1.13%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.85%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.52%) Broadband
2 7 (1.98%) Firewall
3 5 (1.41%) LAN
3 5 (1.41%) SSL
3 5 (1.41%) VPN
3 5 (1.41%) WAN
4 4 (1.13%) Unified Communications
4 4 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (1.13%) Wireless
4 4 (1.13%) WLAN
5 3 (0.85%) DNS
5 3 (0.85%) Internet
6 1 (0.28%) IPsec
6 1 (0.28%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.28%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.39%) Metadata
1 12 (3.39%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
2 5 (1.41%) Data Lake
2 5 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (1.13%) BigQuery
3 4 (1.13%) MongoDB
3 4 (1.13%) Redis
4 2 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.56%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.56%) Power BI
5 1 (0.28%) DB2
5 1 (0.28%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.28%) MySQL
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.28%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 16 (4.52%) GitLab
1 16 (4.52%) Jenkins
1 16 (4.52%) SonarQube
2 5 (1.41%) Git
3 4 (1.13%) JIRA
4 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
General
1 66 (18.64%) Social Skills
2 58 (16.38%) Public Sector
3 32 (9.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 28 (7.91%) Marketing
5 24 (6.78%) Finance
6 20 (5.65%) Law
7 16 (4.52%) Games
7 16 (4.52%) Legal
8 9 (2.54%) Local Government
9 8 (2.26%) Analytical Skills
10 7 (1.98%) Banking
10 7 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.41%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.13%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.13%) Retail
13 3 (0.85%) Police
14 2 (0.56%) Aviation
14 2 (0.56%) Digital Health
14 2 (0.56%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (6.21%) Node.js
2 21 (5.93%) Django
2 21 (5.93%) React
3 19 (5.37%) Middleware
4 16 (4.52%) Lightning Web Components
4 16 (4.52%) REST
4 16 (4.52%) SOAP
4 16 (4.52%) Visualforce
5 8 (2.26%) .NET
6 7 (1.98%) Web Services
7 6 (1.69%) Spring
8 5 (1.41%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (1.13%) .NET Core
9 4 (1.13%) ASP.NET
9 4 (1.13%) ASP.NET Core
9 4 (1.13%) Entity Framework
9 4 (1.13%) Hibernate
9 4 (1.13%) Spring MVC
10 2 (0.56%) OAuth
10 2 (0.56%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 26 (7.34%) Product Ownership
2 12 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (2.54%) Cloud Native
4 9 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (2.26%) IoT
5 8 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.41%) PKI
6 5 (1.41%) Synthetic Data
7 4 (1.13%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.13%) Digital Signage
7 4 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.13%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.85%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.85%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.56%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.28%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.28%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.28%) Hackathon
10 1 (0.28%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.56%) Linux
1 2 (0.56%) Windows
1 2 (0.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (23.45%) Agile
2 65 (18.36%) DevOps
3 59 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 55 (15.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 48 (13.56%) Mentoring
6 42 (11.86%) Technical Architecture
7 41 (11.58%) Architectural Patterns
8 40 (11.30%) Enterprise Architecture
9 39 (11.02%) Problem-Solving
10 38 (10.73%) Event-Driven
11 37 (10.45%) Technology Roadmap
11 37 (10.45%) TOGAF
12 35 (9.89%) Project Delivery
13 33 (9.32%) Analytics
14 32 (9.04%) CI/CD
15 31 (8.76%) Design Patterns
16 30 (8.47%) Technical Leadership
17 29 (8.19%) Technology Strategy
18 27 (7.63%) Microservices
18 27 (7.63%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 25 (7.06%) Python
2 16 (4.52%) Apex Code
2 16 (4.52%) SOQL
2 16 (4.52%) SOSL
3 12 (3.39%) SQL
4 10 (2.82%) C#
4 10 (2.82%) Java
5 2 (0.56%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.28%) ABAP
6 1 (0.28%) Go
6 1 (0.28%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.28%) Ruby
6 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 47 (13.28%) Security Cleared
2 43 (12.15%) SC Cleared
3 12 (3.39%) AWS Certification
4 9 (2.54%) RIBA
5 8 (2.26%) Degree
6 7 (1.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 7 (1.98%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.41%) CISSP
8 4 (1.13%) CCNA
8 4 (1.13%) CITP
8 4 (1.13%) CWNA
9 3 (0.85%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.28%) CCNP
11 1 (0.28%) CISM
11 1 (0.28%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.69%) Data Quality
2 5 (1.41%) GDPR
3 4 (1.13%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.56%) NCSC
4 2 (0.56%) NIST
4 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.56%) PMO
4 2 (0.56%) WCAG
5 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (0.28%) JSP 440
System Software
1 10 (2.82%) Docker
2 2 (0.56%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.56%) vSphere
3 1 (0.28%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 15 (4.24%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (1.41%) Terraform
4 3 (0.85%) Ansible
5 2 (0.56%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.28%) Argo
6 1 (0.28%) CASB
Vendors
1 37 (10.45%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.50%) Salesforce
3 18 (5.08%) Oracle
4 16 (4.52%) Palantir
4 16 (4.52%) Splunk
5 12 (3.39%) ServiceNow
6 11 (3.11%) Google
7 9 (2.54%) Informatica
8 8 (2.26%) YouTube
9 5 (1.41%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.13%) Meraki
10 4 (1.13%) OpenText
10 4 (1.13%) Pega
11 3 (0.85%) Databricks
11 3 (0.85%) Workday
12 2 (0.56%) Adobe
12 2 (0.56%) SAP
12 2 (0.56%) SolarWinds
12 2 (0.56%) VMware
13 1 (0.28%) Netskope