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 11 November 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 471 356 407
Rank change year-on-year -115 +51 +116
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 189 466 350
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.69% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.73% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 146 321 254
10th Percentile £62,500 £45,000 £56,547
25th Percentile £71,349 £63,750 £65,406
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £82,475
Median % change year-on-year - -3.00% -2.97%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £103,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - +10.34% -9.38%

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 46,784 63,693 50,976
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.01% 94.85% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 28,718 35,683 39,423
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% -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 11 November 2025.

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 11 November 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 -112 150 £82,500 +3.13% 160
UK excluding London -87 108 £80,000 - 110
Work from Home -9 71 £80,000 +6.45% 109
London -16 62 £87,500 +16.55% 64
North of England +23 35 £85,000 +6.25% 11
Midlands +19 19 £76,165 +8.81% 8
North West +17 17 £85,000 +6.25% 5
Yorkshire +15 15 £95,000 +35.71% 3
South East -24 14 £82,500 - 56
West Midlands +27 13 £80,000 +6.28% 5
Scotland +3 12 £77,415 -3.23% 3
South West -2 12 £70,000 - 14
Wales -22 9 £80,000 +49.79% 5
East Midlands +11 6 £65,000 -7.14% 3
East of England -1 4 £95,000 +11.76% 11
Northern Ireland -4 3 £80,000 - 4
North East -2 2 £87,500 +9.38% 3

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

For the 6 months to 11 November 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 66 (34.92%) Azure
2 48 (25.40%) DevOps
2 48 (25.40%) Roadmaps
3 44 (23.28%) Technical Leadership
4 40 (21.16%) Mentoring
5 39 (20.63%) Agile
6 35 (18.52%) AWS
6 35 (18.52%) Technical Architecture
7 30 (15.87%) Security Cleared
8 29 (15.34%) Enterprise Architecture
9 28 (14.81%) Analytics
10 27 (14.29%) CI/CD
10 27 (14.29%) Microsoft
11 26 (13.76%) Event-Driven
11 26 (13.76%) Microservices
11 26 (13.76%) Python
11 26 (13.76%) SC Cleared
12 25 (13.23%) Problem-Solving
13 23 (12.17%) Node.js
14 22 (11.64%) .NET
14 22 (11.64%) Continuous Improvement
15 21 (11.11%) Django
15 21 (11.11%) Technology Roadmap
15 21 (11.11%) TOGAF
16 20 (10.58%) Architectural Patterns
17 19 (10.05%) Design Patterns
18 18 (9.52%) SQL
19 17 (8.99%) AI
19 17 (8.99%) Oracle
19 17 (8.99%) React

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 4 (2.12%) nginx
2 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.06%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.53%) CMS
3 1 (0.53%) JBoss
Applications
1 4 (2.12%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.06%) AutoCAD
2 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.06%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.06%) Revit
Business Applications
1 8 (4.23%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (2.12%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.06%) Shopify
4 1 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 66 (34.92%) Azure
2 35 (18.52%) AWS
3 16 (8.47%) GCP
4 15 (7.94%) Azure Service Bus
5 10 (5.29%) Azure AKS
5 10 (5.29%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (4.76%) PaaS
6 9 (4.76%) SaaS
7 8 (4.23%) Azure Logic Apps
7 8 (4.23%) OCI
8 7 (3.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 7 (3.70%) Azure Event Grid
8 7 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (3.70%) SonarCloud
9 6 (3.17%) Serverless
10 5 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (2.12%) Azure Stack
11 4 (2.12%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (2.12%) OpenShift
12 3 (1.59%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.23%) Broadband
2 6 (3.17%) DNS
3 5 (2.65%) Network Security
4 4 (2.12%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 4 (2.12%) Firewall
5 3 (1.59%) Unified Communications
6 2 (1.06%) LAN
6 2 (1.06%) PBX
6 2 (1.06%) Skype
6 2 (1.06%) VoIP
6 2 (1.06%) WAN
7 1 (0.53%) SAN
7 1 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.82%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.70%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.12%) MongoDB
4 4 (2.12%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.06%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.06%) Snowflake Schema
5 2 (1.06%) Tick Data
6 1 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.53%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.53%) DB2
6 1 (0.53%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.53%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.53%) Power BI
6 1 (0.53%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.53%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 12 (6.35%) GitLab
1 12 (6.35%) Jenkins
2 11 (5.82%) Git
3 8 (4.23%) SonarQube
4 7 (3.70%) MSBuild
4 7 (3.70%) Octopus Deploy
4 7 (3.70%) Team Foundation Server
4 7 (3.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 36 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 24 (12.70%) Public Sector
3 20 (10.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (7.94%) Marketing
5 13 (6.88%) Law
6 9 (4.76%) Retail
7 8 (4.23%) Games
7 8 (4.23%) Legal
8 7 (3.70%) Finance
9 5 (2.65%) Banking
10 4 (2.12%) Analytical Skills
11 3 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.06%) Back Office
12 2 (1.06%) Digital Health
12 2 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.06%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.53%) Electronics
13 1 (0.53%) Publishing
13 1 (0.53%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (12.17%) Node.js
2 22 (11.64%) .NET
3 21 (11.11%) Django
4 17 (8.99%) React
5 16 (8.47%) REST
6 11 (5.82%) gRPC
7 9 (4.76%) ASP.NET
7 9 (4.76%) Lightning Web Components
7 9 (4.76%) SOAP
7 9 (4.76%) Visualforce
8 7 (3.70%) Bootstrap
8 7 (3.70%) CSS
8 7 (3.70%) HTML
8 7 (3.70%) JSON
8 7 (3.70%) XML
9 6 (3.17%) Middleware
9 6 (3.17%) Web Services
10 5 (2.65%) Kafka
11 4 (2.12%) RabbitMQ
11 4 (2.12%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.52%) Product Ownership
2 10 (5.29%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (4.76%) Cloud Native
4 6 (3.17%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.12%) Media Streaming
6 4 (2.12%) Private Cloud
6 4 (2.12%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.59%) IoT
7 3 (1.59%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.06%) Blog
8 2 (1.06%) Digital Signage
8 2 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.06%) Hedge funds
8 2 (1.06%) Home Automation
8 2 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.06%) Social Media
8 2 (1.06%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (1.06%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.53%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.29%) Windows
2 6 (3.17%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.53%) Linux
3 1 (0.53%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (25.40%) DevOps
1 48 (25.40%) Roadmaps
2 44 (23.28%) Technical Leadership
3 40 (21.16%) Mentoring
4 39 (20.63%) Agile
5 35 (18.52%) Technical Architecture
6 29 (15.34%) Enterprise Architecture
7 28 (14.81%) Analytics
8 27 (14.29%) CI/CD
9 26 (13.76%) Event-Driven
9 26 (13.76%) Microservices
10 25 (13.23%) Problem-Solving
11 22 (11.64%) Continuous Improvement
12 21 (11.11%) Technology Roadmap
12 21 (11.11%) TOGAF
13 20 (10.58%) Architectural Patterns
14 19 (10.05%) Design Patterns
15 17 (8.99%) AI
16 16 (8.47%) Community of Practice
16 16 (8.47%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 26 (13.76%) Python
2 18 (9.52%) SQL
3 16 (8.47%) C#
4 9 (4.76%) Apex Code
5 8 (4.23%) JavaScript
5 8 (4.23%) SOQL
5 8 (4.23%) SOSL
6 7 (3.70%) Java
7 3 (1.59%) ABAP
8 2 (1.06%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.53%) Go
Qualifications
1 30 (15.87%) Security Cleared
2 26 (13.76%) SC Cleared
3 9 (4.76%) Degree
4 7 (3.70%) Azure Certification
5 6 (3.17%) TOGAF Certification
6 5 (2.65%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.65%) CCNA
6 5 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.12%) CCNP
8 2 (1.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.06%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.06%) MCP
8 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.53%) CISM
9 1 (0.53%) CISSP
9 1 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.53%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.53%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.35%) GDPR
2 5 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.12%) HIPAA
3 4 (2.12%) QA
3 4 (2.12%) SOC 2
4 2 (1.06%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.53%) GRC
5 1 (0.53%) HL7
5 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (0.53%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.53%) NCSC
5 1 (0.53%) NIST
5 1 (0.53%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 16 (8.47%) Docker
2 8 (4.23%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.12%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 16 (8.47%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.17%) Terraform
3 1 (0.53%) VxRail
Vendors
1 27 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.99%) Oracle
3 13 (6.88%) Salesforce
4 8 (4.23%) Splunk
5 7 (3.70%) Google
5 7 (3.70%) Informatica
6 4 (2.12%) Extreme Networks
6 4 (2.12%) F5
6 4 (2.12%) Gigya
6 4 (2.12%) Juniper
6 4 (2.12%) MuleSoft
6 4 (2.12%) PayPal
6 4 (2.12%) SAP
6 4 (2.12%) Workday
7 3 (1.59%) Cisco
8 2 (1.06%) Autodesk
8 2 (1.06%) Foundry
8 2 (1.06%) NEC
8 2 (1.06%) Ribbon
8 2 (1.06%) Sony