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 20 January 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 406 454 401
Rank change year-on-year +48 -53 +64
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 260 257 375
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.49% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.52% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 212 166 266
10th Percentile £64,439 £60,000 £56,000
25th Percentile £73,498 £70,000 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,938 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £99,700
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - +6.67% -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 55,541 49,002 57,717
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.82% 92.63% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 34,360 25,280 44,689
10th Percentile £28,697 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,272 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -5.04%

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 20 January 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 20 January 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 +49 210 £87,431 +5.98% 72
UK excluding London +41 151 £80,000 - 56
Work from Home +52 87 £80,000 - 41
London +54 75 £93,750 +24.34% 36
North of England +36 56 £95,000 +18.75% 17
North West +34 28 £95,000 +11.76% 9
Yorkshire +7 22 £95,000 +16.92% 4
Midlands +13 19 £78,750 +4.44% 6
East of England +34 17 £100,000 -2.44%
South West +18 16 £70,000 - 6
Scotland +8 13 £80,000 - 7
Wales +4 13 £80,000 +24.51% 6
South East -26 12 £75,000 -9.09% 13
West Midlands +18 11 £80,000 - 6
East Midlands -11 8 £60,500 -13.57%
North East +5 5 £95,000 +18.75% 4
Northern Ireland -5 5 £80,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 20 January 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 58 (22.31%) Agile
1 58 (22.31%) Azure
2 47 (18.08%) Roadmaps
3 41 (15.77%) DevOps
4 37 (14.23%) AWS
5 36 (13.85%) Continuous Improvement
5 36 (13.85%) Enterprise Architecture
5 36 (13.85%) Mentoring
6 33 (12.69%) Architectural Patterns
6 33 (12.69%) Security Cleared
7 31 (11.92%) Problem-Solving
7 31 (11.92%) SC Cleared
8 30 (11.54%) Microsoft
8 30 (11.54%) Technical Architecture
9 26 (10.00%) Project Delivery
9 26 (10.00%) Python
10 24 (9.23%) Microservices
10 24 (9.23%) PaaS
10 24 (9.23%) Technical Leadership
11 23 (8.85%) Event-Driven
11 23 (8.85%) Node.js
12 22 (8.46%) Analytics
12 22 (8.46%) CI/CD
12 22 (8.46%) Django
12 22 (8.46%) Service Delivery
12 22 (8.46%) Technology Roadmap
13 21 (8.08%) React
14 20 (7.69%) TOGAF
14 20 (7.69%) Translating Business Requirements
15 18 (6.92%) ITSM

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 5 (1.92%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.77%) CMS
2 2 (0.77%) Confluence
2 2 (0.77%) Documentum
2 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.38%) JBoss
Business Applications
1 5 (1.92%) Oracle Cash Management
1 5 (1.92%) Oracle Payables
1 5 (1.92%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 58 (22.31%) Azure
2 37 (14.23%) AWS
3 24 (9.23%) PaaS
4 18 (6.92%) SaaS
5 11 (4.23%) GCP
6 10 (3.85%) Azure AKS
6 10 (3.85%) Azure Service Bus
7 9 (3.46%) Azure Event Grid
7 9 (3.46%) Azure Logic Apps
8 8 (3.08%) IaaS
8 8 (3.08%) Serverless
9 7 (2.69%) OCI
10 6 (2.31%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (2.31%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (1.92%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (1.15%) Amazon S3
12 3 (1.15%) AWS Lambda
13 2 (0.77%) Azure Storage
13 2 (0.77%) Entra ID
13 2 (0.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.08%) Broadband
2 6 (2.31%) Firewall
3 5 (1.92%) SSL
3 5 (1.92%) VPN
4 4 (1.54%) LAN
4 4 (1.54%) WAN
5 3 (1.15%) DNS
5 3 (1.15%) Internet
5 3 (1.15%) Unified Communications
5 3 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.15%) Wireless
5 3 (1.15%) WLAN
6 1 (0.38%) IPsec
6 1 (0.38%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.38%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.62%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (1.15%) Metadata
2 3 (1.15%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.77%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.77%) Redis
4 1 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.38%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.38%) DB2
4 1 (0.38%) MySQL
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.38%) Power BI
4 1 (0.38%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.38%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.46%) Jenkins
2 8 (3.08%) GitLab
2 8 (3.08%) SonarQube
3 3 (1.15%) Git
4 2 (0.77%) JIRA
General
1 43 (16.54%) Public Sector
1 43 (16.54%) Social Skills
2 21 (8.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 20 (7.69%) Marketing
4 14 (5.38%) Finance
5 13 (5.00%) Legal
6 11 (4.23%) Law
7 8 (3.08%) Games
8 6 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.92%) Banking
9 5 (1.92%) General Ledger
10 4 (1.54%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (1.54%) Local Government
10 4 (1.54%) Retail
11 2 (0.77%) Digital Health
11 2 (0.77%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.77%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.38%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.38%) Back Office
12 1 (0.38%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (8.85%) Node.js
2 22 (8.46%) Django
3 21 (8.08%) React
4 18 (6.92%) Middleware
5 8 (3.08%) Lightning Web Components
5 8 (3.08%) REST
5 8 (3.08%) SOAP
5 8 (3.08%) Visualforce
6 7 (2.69%) Web Services
7 6 (2.31%) .NET
8 5 (1.92%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (1.54%) Spring
10 3 (1.15%) .NET Core
10 3 (1.15%) ASP.NET
10 3 (1.15%) ASP.NET Core
10 3 (1.15%) Entity Framework
10 3 (1.15%) Hibernate
10 3 (1.15%) RESTful
10 3 (1.15%) Spring MVC
11 2 (0.77%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.77%) Product Ownership
2 9 (3.46%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (3.08%) Cloud Native
4 6 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.92%) PKI
5 5 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.54%) Digital Signage
7 3 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.15%) IoT
7 3 (1.15%) Synthetic Data
7 3 (1.15%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.77%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.77%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.38%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.38%) Hackathon
9 1 (0.38%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.38%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.54%) Windows
1 4 (1.54%) Windows Server
2 2 (0.77%) Linux
3 1 (0.38%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (22.31%) Agile
2 47 (18.08%) Roadmaps
3 41 (15.77%) DevOps
4 36 (13.85%) Continuous Improvement
4 36 (13.85%) Enterprise Architecture
4 36 (13.85%) Mentoring
5 33 (12.69%) Architectural Patterns
6 31 (11.92%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (11.54%) Technical Architecture
8 26 (10.00%) Project Delivery
9 24 (9.23%) Microservices
9 24 (9.23%) Technical Leadership
10 23 (8.85%) Event-Driven
11 22 (8.46%) Analytics
11 22 (8.46%) CI/CD
11 22 (8.46%) Service Delivery
11 22 (8.46%) Technology Roadmap
12 20 (7.69%) TOGAF
12 20 (7.69%) Translating Business Requirements
13 18 (6.92%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 26 (10.00%) Python
2 11 (4.23%) SQL
3 9 (3.46%) Java
4 8 (3.08%) Apex Code
4 8 (3.08%) C#
4 8 (3.08%) SOQL
4 8 (3.08%) SOSL
5 2 (0.77%) ABAP
5 2 (0.77%) Go
6 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 33 (12.69%) Security Cleared
2 31 (11.92%) SC Cleared
3 10 (3.85%) AWS Certification
4 6 (2.31%) Azure Certification
4 6 (2.31%) Degree
4 6 (2.31%) RIBA
5 5 (1.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 5 (1.92%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.15%) CCNA
7 3 (1.15%) CWNA
8 2 (0.77%) CISSP
8 2 (0.77%) CITP
8 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.38%) CCNP
9 1 (0.38%) CISM
9 1 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.77%) Accessibility
1 2 (0.77%) Data Quality
1 2 (0.77%) GDPR
1 2 (0.77%) NCSC
1 2 (0.77%) NIST
1 2 (0.77%) PCI DSS
1 2 (0.77%) PMO
2 1 (0.38%) GRC
2 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
2 1 (0.38%) JSP 440
2 1 (0.38%) QA
System Software
1 9 (3.46%) Docker
2 6 (2.31%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.15%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.54%) Terraform
4 2 (0.77%) Ansible
5 1 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.38%) CASB
5 1 (0.38%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 30 (11.54%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.92%) Oracle
3 16 (6.15%) Palantir
4 14 (5.38%) Salesforce
5 9 (3.46%) Informatica
5 9 (3.46%) ServiceNow
6 8 (3.08%) Splunk
7 5 (1.92%) Google
7 5 (1.92%) MuleSoft
7 5 (1.92%) YouTube
8 4 (1.54%) Workday
9 3 (1.15%) Meraki
9 3 (1.15%) SAP
10 2 (0.77%) Adobe
10 2 (0.77%) Databricks
10 2 (0.77%) OpenText
10 2 (0.77%) Pega
11 1 (0.38%) Netskope
11 1 (0.38%) SolarWinds
11 1 (0.38%) VMware