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 4 June 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 358 525 390
Rank change year-on-year +167 -135 +38
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 454 142 647
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.33% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.36% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 326 106 473
10th Percentile £55,000 £70,000 £54,001
25th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £75,150
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +9.78% -11.59%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £95,050
UK excluding London median annual salary £87,431 £82,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +5.98% +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 86,819 39,086 97,392
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.71% 89.49% 94.81%
Number of salaries quoted 58,219 21,927 70,884
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,550 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.09% +1.10% -6.54%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 +115 322 £85,000 +3.03% 150
UK excluding London +86 246 £87,431 +5.98% 120
Work from Home +129 189 £85,000 +3.03% 69
London +40 107 £80,000 -15.79% 53
North of England +43 106 £85,000 -2.86% 46
North West +42 51 £86,216 -10.19% 20
Yorkshire -9 39 £85,000 -1.45% 10
Scotland +33 30 £90,000 +28.57% 5
East of England -6 23 £100,000 +17.65%
Wales -19 21 £80,000 +11.89% 14
Midlands -33 20 £80,000 -7.25% 10
South West -36 20 £50,000 -31.03% 10
North East -22 16 £82,500 +17.86% 16
South East -45 15 £100,000 +21.21% 31
West Midlands -33 11 £87,431 -10.33% 9
Northern Ireland - 11 £95,000 - 4
East Midlands -19 9 £45,000 -37.93% 1

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

For the 6 months to 4 June 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 98 (21.59%) Azure
2 83 (18.28%) Agile
3 77 (16.96%) AWS
4 74 (16.30%) DevOps
5 67 (14.76%) Security Cleared
6 60 (13.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 60 (13.22%) Roadmaps
7 58 (12.78%) CI/CD
8 56 (12.33%) Technical Architecture
9 53 (11.67%) Event-Driven
10 52 (11.45%) Microsoft
10 52 (11.45%) SC Cleared
11 49 (10.79%) Mentoring
12 41 (9.03%) Technical Leadership
13 40 (8.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 38 (8.37%) Design Patterns
14 38 (8.37%) Technology Roadmap
15 35 (7.71%) TOGAF
16 34 (7.49%) Migration
17 33 (7.27%) Decision-Making
17 33 (7.27%) Microservices
17 33 (7.27%) Stakeholder Management
18 32 (7.05%) AI
18 32 (7.05%) Data Modelling
18 32 (7.05%) Problem-Solving
19 31 (6.83%) Architectural Patterns
19 31 (6.83%) Project Delivery
20 30 (6.61%) Analytics
20 30 (6.61%) Enterprise Architecture
20 30 (6.61%) GCP

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 6 (1.32%) Confluence
2 5 (1.10%) SAS
2 5 (1.10%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.88%) Documentum
4 2 (0.44%) Camunda
4 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.22%) Apache
5 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 7 (1.54%) Revit
2 2 (0.44%) ArchiCAD
2 2 (0.44%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.66%) Oracle Cash Management
2 3 (0.66%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.66%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.44%) SAP PSCD
4 1 (0.22%) Findur
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 98 (21.59%) Azure
2 77 (16.96%) AWS
3 30 (6.61%) GCP
4 27 (5.95%) SaaS
5 16 (3.52%) PaaS
6 15 (3.30%) Power Platform
7 12 (2.64%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (2.42%) Amazon S3
8 11 (2.42%) GitHub
9 10 (2.20%) Amazon EMR
10 8 (1.76%) Entra ID
11 7 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (1.54%) IaaS
11 7 (1.54%) Serverless
12 6 (1.32%) Nutanix
13 5 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (0.88%) Azure Service Bus
14 4 (0.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (0.88%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.96%) Broadband
2 8 (1.76%) LAN
2 8 (1.76%) WAN
3 7 (1.54%) Firewall
3 7 (1.54%) VPN
3 7 (1.54%) WLAN
4 6 (1.32%) Fibre Channel
4 6 (1.32%) iSCSI
4 6 (1.32%) Unified Communications
5 5 (1.10%) SSL
6 3 (0.66%) DNS
6 3 (0.66%) Internet
6 3 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.66%) Wireless
7 2 (0.44%) Network Security
8 1 (0.22%) IPsec
8 1 (0.22%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.08%) Data Lake
1 14 (3.08%) Metadata
2 7 (1.54%) Power BI
3 6 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
4 5 (1.10%) BigQuery
4 5 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (1.10%) MongoDB
4 5 (1.10%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.88%) Redis
5 4 (0.88%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.44%) MySQL
6 2 (0.44%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.22%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.22%) Pentaho
7 1 (0.22%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 1 (0.22%) SAS Enterprise Miner
7 1 (0.22%) SAS Visual Analytics
7 1 (0.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (3.96%) GitLab
1 18 (3.96%) Jenkins
1 18 (3.96%) SonarQube
2 6 (1.32%) JIRA
3 4 (0.88%) Git
4 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.22%) RStudio
General
1 90 (19.82%) Public Sector
2 81 (17.84%) Social Skills
3 37 (8.15%) Finance
4 33 (7.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (5.73%) Marketing
6 18 (3.96%) Games
6 18 (3.96%) Law
7 11 (2.42%) Legal
8 9 (1.98%) Local Government
9 6 (1.32%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.32%) Police
10 5 (1.10%) Aviation
10 5 (1.10%) Banking
11 4 (0.88%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.66%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.66%) General Ledger
12 3 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.66%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.22%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (5.29%) REST
2 23 (5.07%) SOAP
3 18 (3.96%) Lightning Web Components
3 18 (3.96%) Visualforce
4 14 (3.08%) Kafka
5 12 (2.64%) Middleware
6 11 (2.42%) PySpark
7 5 (1.10%) .NET
7 5 (1.10%) Spring
8 4 (0.88%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (0.88%) RESTful
9 3 (0.66%) OAuth
9 3 (0.66%) Spring Boot
10 2 (0.44%) .NET Core
10 2 (0.44%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.44%) ASP.NET Core
10 2 (0.44%) Django
10 2 (0.44%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.44%) SAP Fiori
10 2 (0.44%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.29%) Product Ownership
2 17 (3.74%) Cloud Native
3 16 (3.52%) Data Centre
3 16 (3.52%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (1.98%) IoT
6 8 (1.76%) CMDB
6 8 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.32%) Enterprise Storage
8 6 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.32%) VxBlock/Vblock
9 5 (1.10%) PKI
10 4 (0.88%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.66%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.44%) Blockchain
12 2 (0.44%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.44%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.44%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.44%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.32%) Windows
2 4 (0.88%) Linux
2 4 (0.88%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.44%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (18.28%) Agile
2 74 (16.30%) DevOps
3 60 (13.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 60 (13.22%) Roadmaps
4 58 (12.78%) CI/CD
5 56 (12.33%) Technical Architecture
6 53 (11.67%) Event-Driven
7 49 (10.79%) Mentoring
8 41 (9.03%) Technical Leadership
9 40 (8.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 38 (8.37%) Design Patterns
10 38 (8.37%) Technology Roadmap
11 35 (7.71%) TOGAF
12 34 (7.49%) Migration
13 33 (7.27%) Decision-Making
13 33 (7.27%) Microservices
13 33 (7.27%) Stakeholder Management
14 32 (7.05%) AI
14 32 (7.05%) Data Modelling
14 32 (7.05%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 24 (5.29%) Python
2 18 (3.96%) Apex Code
2 18 (3.96%) SOQL
2 18 (3.96%) SOSL
3 14 (3.08%) Java
4 12 (2.64%) C#
5 6 (1.32%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.32%) SQL
6 5 (1.10%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.44%) Ruby
8 1 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.22%) Go
8 1 (0.22%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.22%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.22%) R
8 1 (0.22%) X++
Qualifications
1 67 (14.76%) Security Cleared
2 52 (11.45%) SC Cleared
3 10 (2.20%) DV Cleared
3 10 (2.20%) RIBA
4 8 (1.76%) Degree
5 6 (1.32%) Dell Certification
6 5 (1.10%) AWS Certification
6 5 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (0.88%) CISSP
7 4 (0.88%) CITP
7 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.66%) CCNA
8 3 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.66%) CWNA
9 2 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.22%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.22%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.20%) Data Quality
2 9 (1.98%) GDPR
3 8 (1.76%) PMO
4 4 (0.88%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.66%) IFRS
5 3 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (0.66%) WCAG
6 2 (0.44%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.44%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.22%) QA
System Software
1 14 (3.08%) Docker
2 9 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.54%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.54%) Hyper-V
3 7 (1.54%) vSphere
4 2 (0.44%) Firmware
5 1 (0.22%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (4.19%) Terraform
2 17 (3.74%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.32%) Avamar
3 6 (1.32%) Dell DRAC
3 6 (1.32%) EMC NetWorker
3 6 (1.32%) EMC VPLEX
3 6 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (1.32%) VxRail
4 2 (0.44%) Ansible
5 1 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.22%) Argo
5 1 (0.22%) CASB
5 1 (0.22%) Grafana
5 1 (0.22%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 52 (11.45%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.39%) Salesforce
3 26 (5.73%) ServiceNow
4 20 (4.41%) Splunk
5 16 (3.52%) Palantir
6 14 (3.08%) Databricks
7 10 (2.20%) Google
8 9 (1.98%) VMware
8 9 (1.98%) YouTube
9 7 (1.54%) Oracle
10 6 (1.32%) 3PAR
10 6 (1.32%) Computacenter
10 6 (1.32%) CyberArk
10 6 (1.32%) Dell
10 6 (1.32%) Isilon
10 6 (1.32%) NetApp
10 6 (1.32%) Nimble Storage
10 6 (1.32%) OpenText
10 6 (1.32%) SAP
10 6 (1.32%) Veeam