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 29 July 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 520 357
Rank change year-on-year +205 -163 +116
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 607 157 629
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.60% 0.32% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.35% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 426 120 471
10th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £51,196
25th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £75,150
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +9.78% -9.73%
75th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.03% +10.00% -11.76%

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 95,972 44,419 82,565
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.36% 90.03% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 65,619 26,374 56,860
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%

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 29 July 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 29 July 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 +142 427 £85,000 +3.03% 90
UK excluding London +143 376 £85,000 +3.03% 57
Work from Home +101 206 £85,000 +3.03% 37
North of England +103 173 £85,000 +3.03% 19
London +45 120 £90,000 +5.88% 49
North West +48 76 £85,000 -2.86% 7
Yorkshire +12 50 £86,216 +23.17% 3
North East -6 47 £85,000 +21.43% 11
Midlands -13 42 £86,216 +27.73% 6
West Midlands -6 36 £86,216 +7.77% 6
Scotland +42 35 £85,000 +21.43% 7
Wales -26 33 £80,000 +11.89% 3
South West -31 33 £50,000 -41.18% 8
Northern Ireland - 26 £85,000 -
East of England -4 23 £95,000 +18.75% 2
South East -50 17 £100,000 +21.21% 16
East Midlands -27 6 - -

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

For the 6 months to 29 July 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.

1 114 (18.78%) Agile
2 111 (18.29%) Azure
3 96 (15.82%) Security Cleared
4 79 (13.01%) Microsoft
5 77 (12.69%) AI
5 77 (12.69%) SC Cleared
5 77 (12.69%) Technical Architecture
6 76 (12.52%) AWS
6 76 (12.52%) Mentoring
6 76 (12.52%) Technical Leadership
7 74 (12.19%) DevOps
8 69 (11.37%) CI/CD
9 68 (11.20%) Continuous Improvement
9 68 (11.20%) Roadmaps
10 66 (10.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 50 (8.24%) Architectural Patterns
11 50 (8.24%) Coaching
12 47 (7.74%) Event-Driven
13 45 (7.41%) Decision-Making
14 42 (6.92%) Design Patterns
15 41 (6.75%) Architecture Governance
16 39 (6.43%) Digital Transformation Programme
16 39 (6.43%) Microservices
17 38 (6.26%) Integration Patterns
18 36 (5.93%) Analytics
18 36 (5.93%) Enterprise Architecture
19 34 (5.60%) SaaS
20 32 (5.27%) Technology Roadmap
21 31 (5.11%) Stakeholder Management
22 30 (4.94%) 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 5 (0.82%) Confluence
1 5 (0.82%) SAS
2 4 (0.66%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.33%) Camunda
4 1 (0.16%) Apache
4 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (2.31%) Chatbot
2 9 (1.48%) Revit
3 2 (0.33%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.16%) ArchiCAD
4 1 (0.16%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.16%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.49%) Oracle Utilities
4 2 (0.33%) SAP PSCD
5 1 (0.16%) Findur
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 111 (18.29%) Azure
2 76 (12.52%) AWS
3 34 (5.60%) SaaS
4 27 (4.45%) GCP
5 21 (3.46%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (2.80%) Power Platform
7 14 (2.31%) Entra ID
7 14 (2.31%) GitHub
8 11 (1.81%) Amazon S3
8 11 (1.81%) dbt
9 10 (1.65%) Amazon EMR
9 10 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (1.32%) PaaS
11 7 (1.15%) Azure AKS
11 7 (1.15%) Serverless
12 6 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (0.99%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 6 (0.99%) Nutanix
13 5 (0.82%) IaaS
13 5 (0.82%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.31%) Broadband
1 14 (2.31%) CTI
1 14 (2.31%) VoIP
2 9 (1.48%) Network Security
3 8 (1.32%) LAN
3 8 (1.32%) VPN
3 8 (1.32%) WAN
4 7 (1.15%) Firewall
4 7 (1.15%) WLAN
5 6 (0.99%) Fibre Channel
5 6 (0.99%) iSCSI
5 6 (0.99%) Unified Communications
6 3 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.33%) Wireless
8 1 (0.16%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.31%) Data Lake
2 12 (1.98%) Metadata
3 8 (1.32%) Power BI
4 6 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (0.82%) BigQuery
5 5 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (0.82%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.66%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.49%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.33%) Redis
8 2 (0.33%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.16%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.16%) Big Data
9 1 (0.16%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 1 (0.16%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 1 (0.16%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 16 (2.64%) Jenkins
1 16 (2.64%) SonarQube
2 15 (2.47%) GitLab
3 5 (0.82%) JIRA
4 4 (0.66%) Git
5 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.16%) Maven
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.16%) RStudio
General
1 107 (17.63%) Public Sector
2 84 (13.84%) Social Skills
3 49 (8.07%) Finance
4 45 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (3.46%) Marketing
6 19 (3.13%) Legal
7 16 (2.64%) Law
8 14 (2.31%) Games
8 14 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (0.82%) Aerospace
9 5 (0.82%) Aviation
9 5 (0.82%) Local Government
9 5 (0.82%) Police
10 4 (0.66%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (0.66%) Banking
11 3 (0.49%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.33%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.33%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.16%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.16%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.62%) REST
2 20 (3.29%) SOAP
3 16 (2.64%) Middleware
4 15 (2.47%) Lightning Web Components
4 15 (2.47%) Visualforce
5 14 (2.31%) Kafka
6 11 (1.81%) PySpark
7 8 (1.32%) .NET
8 6 (0.99%) Spring
9 4 (0.66%) CSS
9 4 (0.66%) HTML
9 4 (0.66%) OAuth
9 4 (0.66%) RESTful
9 4 (0.66%) Spring Boot
10 3 (0.49%) OpenID
11 2 (0.33%) .NET Core
11 2 (0.33%) ASP.NET Core
11 2 (0.33%) Entity Framework
11 2 (0.33%) SAP Fiori
11 2 (0.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (3.95%) Cloud Native
2 21 (3.46%) Product Ownership
3 16 (2.64%) Data Centre
4 15 (2.47%) Distributed Systems
5 14 (2.31%) IVR
5 14 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (1.32%) CMDB
6 8 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (0.99%) Enterprise Storage
7 6 (0.99%) VxBlock/Vblock
8 4 (0.66%) IoT
8 4 (0.66%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.49%) Life Science
10 2 (0.33%) Blockchain
10 2 (0.33%) Blog
10 2 (0.33%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.33%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.33%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.15%) Windows
2 5 (0.82%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.66%) Linux
4 2 (0.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (18.78%) Agile
2 77 (12.69%) AI
2 77 (12.69%) Technical Architecture
3 76 (12.52%) Mentoring
3 76 (12.52%) Technical Leadership
4 74 (12.19%) DevOps
5 69 (11.37%) CI/CD
6 68 (11.20%) Continuous Improvement
6 68 (11.20%) Roadmaps
7 66 (10.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 50 (8.24%) Architectural Patterns
8 50 (8.24%) Coaching
9 47 (7.74%) Event-Driven
10 45 (7.41%) Decision-Making
11 42 (6.92%) Design Patterns
12 41 (6.75%) Architecture Governance
13 39 (6.43%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 39 (6.43%) Microservices
14 38 (6.26%) Integration Patterns
15 36 (5.93%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 28 (4.61%) Python
2 17 (2.80%) C#
3 15 (2.47%) Apex Code
3 15 (2.47%) SOQL
3 15 (2.47%) SOSL
4 13 (2.14%) Java
5 9 (1.48%) JavaScript
6 6 (0.99%) Bicep
7 5 (0.82%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.66%) Go
8 4 (0.66%) SQL
9 2 (0.33%) Ruby
9 2 (0.33%) X++
10 1 (0.16%) COBOL
10 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.16%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.16%) R
10 1 (0.16%) RPG
Qualifications
1 96 (15.82%) Security Cleared
2 77 (12.69%) SC Cleared
3 16 (2.64%) DV Cleared
4 12 (1.98%) Degree
5 8 (1.32%) RIBA
6 6 (0.99%) Dell Certification
7 5 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.49%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.49%) CCNA
9 3 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.49%) CISSP
9 3 (0.49%) CWNA
10 2 (0.33%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.33%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.16%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.47%) Accessibility
2 8 (1.32%) Data Quality
3 6 (0.99%) GDPR
3 6 (0.99%) PMO
4 3 (0.49%) IFRS
4 3 (0.49%) QA
4 3 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (0.49%) WCAG
5 2 (0.33%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.16%) PSD2
6 1 (0.16%) SEPA
System Software
1 17 (2.80%) Docker
2 15 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.31%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.15%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.15%) vSphere
5 2 (0.33%) Firmware
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 25 (4.12%) Kubernetes
2 24 (3.95%) Terraform
3 6 (0.99%) Avamar
3 6 (0.99%) Dell DRAC
3 6 (0.99%) EMC NetWorker
3 6 (0.99%) EMC VPLEX
3 6 (0.99%) VxRail
4 2 (0.33%) Argo
4 2 (0.33%) Grafana
4 2 (0.33%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.16%) Ansible
5 1 (0.16%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 79 (13.01%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.94%) Salesforce
3 21 (3.46%) ServiceNow
4 17 (2.80%) Splunk
5 15 (2.47%) Cisco
5 15 (2.47%) VMware
6 14 (2.31%) Avaya
6 14 (2.31%) Genesys
7 13 (2.14%) Computacenter
8 12 (1.98%) Databricks
8 12 (1.98%) OpenAI
9 8 (1.32%) Google
9 8 (1.32%) Oracle
9 8 (1.32%) SAP
10 6 (0.99%) 3PAR
10 6 (0.99%) CyberArk
10 6 (0.99%) Dell
10 6 (0.99%) Isilon
10 6 (0.99%) NetApp
10 6 (0.99%) Veeam