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 12 August 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 318 540 365
Rank change year-on-year +222 -175 +82
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 634 148 599
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.60% 0.30% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.33% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 441 116 434
10th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
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% -8.91%
75th Percentile £95,000 £92,813 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 £75,150
% change year-on-year +3.03% +9.78% -11.59%

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 99,712 44,763 79,353
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 89.90% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 68,207 26,557 53,034
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.25% -3.00% -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 12 August 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 12 August 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 +173 459 £85,000 +3.03% 209
UK excluding London +146 393 £85,000 +3.03% 124
Work from Home +107 195 £85,000 +3.03% 82
North of England +93 180 £85,000 +6.25% 42
London +32 126 £95,000 +10.14% 113
North West +39 72 £85,000 -2.86% 22
North East 0 58 £85,000 +21.43% 14
Yorkshire +13 50 £87,431 +24.90% 6
Midlands +8 46 £87,431 +24.90% 16
West Midlands +6 40 £87,431 +9.29% 11
South West -29 37 £50,000 -39.39% 10
Wales -27 31 £80,000 +11.89% 8
Scotland +35 29 £85,000 +21.43% 11
East of England -5 28 £95,000 - 5
Northern Ireland - 25 £85,000 - 5
South East -36 24 £97,500 +18.18% 28
East Midlands -19 6 - - 5

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

For the 6 months to 12 August 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.

1 123 (19.40%) Agile
2 116 (18.30%) Azure
3 107 (16.88%) Security Cleared
4 86 (13.56%) Technical Architecture
5 84 (13.25%) SC Cleared
6 82 (12.93%) Technical Leadership
7 81 (12.78%) AWS
8 80 (12.62%) Mentoring
9 79 (12.46%) Microsoft
10 78 (12.30%) AI
10 78 (12.30%) DevOps
11 75 (11.83%) CI/CD
12 72 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
13 70 (11.04%) Roadmaps
14 66 (10.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 55 (8.68%) Architectural Patterns
16 53 (8.36%) Coaching
17 50 (7.89%) Decision-Making
18 47 (7.41%) Digital Transformation Programme
19 42 (6.62%) Architecture Governance
19 42 (6.62%) Design Patterns
19 42 (6.62%) Event-Driven
19 42 (6.62%) Integration Patterns
20 41 (6.47%) Microservices
21 39 (6.15%) Enterprise Architecture
22 36 (5.68%) SaaS
23 33 (5.21%) Analytics
23 33 (5.21%) Technology Roadmap
24 32 (5.05%) Infrastructure as Code
25 31 (4.89%) Python

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 (0.79%) Confluence
2 4 (0.63%) SAS
2 4 (0.63%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.32%) Camunda
4 1 (0.16%) Apache
4 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (2.21%) Chatbot
2 8 (1.26%) Revit
3 2 (0.32%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.16%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.16%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 6 (0.95%) Oracle Utilities
1 6 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.32%) SAP PSCD
4 1 (0.16%) Findur
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 116 (18.30%) Azure
2 81 (12.78%) AWS
3 36 (5.68%) SaaS
4 30 (4.73%) GCP
5 22 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (2.68%) Power Platform
7 15 (2.37%) Entra ID
7 15 (2.37%) GitHub
8 11 (1.74%) Amazon S3
8 11 (1.74%) dbt
9 10 (1.58%) Amazon EMR
9 10 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (1.58%) PaaS
10 9 (1.42%) Azure AKS
10 9 (1.42%) Serverless
11 7 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.10%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 6 (0.95%) Azure Service Bus
12 6 (0.95%) Nutanix
13 5 (0.79%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.21%) CTI
1 14 (2.21%) VoIP
2 11 (1.74%) Broadband
3 10 (1.58%) Network Security
4 9 (1.42%) VPN
5 8 (1.26%) LAN
5 8 (1.26%) WAN
6 7 (1.10%) Firewall
6 7 (1.10%) WLAN
7 6 (0.95%) Fibre Channel
7 6 (0.95%) iSCSI
7 6 (0.95%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.32%) Wireless
10 1 (0.16%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.05%) Data Lake
2 10 (1.58%) Metadata
3 8 (1.26%) Power BI
4 5 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.79%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (0.63%) BigQuery
5 4 (0.63%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.32%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.32%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.16%) Db2
7 1 (0.16%) MySQL
7 1 (0.16%) Pentaho
7 1 (0.16%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.16%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 1 (0.16%) SAS Enterprise Miner
7 1 (0.16%) SAS Visual Analytics
7 1 (0.16%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (2.05%) Jenkins
1 13 (2.05%) SonarQube
2 12 (1.89%) GitLab
3 6 (0.95%) Git
4 5 (0.79%) JIRA
5 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.16%) Maven
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.16%) RStudio
General
1 117 (18.45%) Public Sector
2 84 (13.25%) Social Skills
3 57 (8.99%) Finance
4 49 (7.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (3.47%) Legal
6 21 (3.31%) Marketing
7 15 (2.37%) Law
8 14 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (1.74%) Games
10 6 (0.95%) Police
11 5 (0.79%) Aerospace
11 5 (0.79%) Aviation
12 4 (0.63%) Analytical Skills
12 4 (0.63%) Local Government
13 3 (0.47%) Banking
13 3 (0.47%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.16%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.16%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.16%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.16%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.15%) REST
2 18 (2.84%) SOAP
3 17 (2.68%) Middleware
4 14 (2.21%) Kafka
5 12 (1.89%) Lightning Web Components
5 12 (1.89%) Visualforce
6 11 (1.74%) PySpark
7 10 (1.58%) .NET
8 8 (1.26%) Spring
9 7 (1.10%) CSS
9 7 (1.10%) HTML
10 5 (0.79%) OAuth
10 5 (0.79%) RESTful
11 4 (0.63%) .NET Core
11 4 (0.63%) ASP.NET
11 4 (0.63%) ASP.NET Core
11 4 (0.63%) Hibernate
11 4 (0.63%) OpenID
11 4 (0.63%) Spring Boot
11 4 (0.63%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 26 (4.10%) Cloud Native
2 17 (2.68%) Product Ownership
3 15 (2.37%) Data Centre
4 14 (2.21%) IVR
5 13 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
5 13 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (1.26%) CMDB
7 8 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (0.95%) Enterprise Storage
8 6 (0.95%) Onboarding
8 6 (0.95%) VxBlock/Vblock
9 5 (0.79%) Blog
10 4 (0.63%) IoT
10 4 (0.63%) Life Science
11 2 (0.32%) Blockchain
11 2 (0.32%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.32%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.32%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.32%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.10%) Windows
2 6 (0.95%) Linux
3 5 (0.79%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.32%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (19.40%) Agile
2 86 (13.56%) Technical Architecture
3 82 (12.93%) Technical Leadership
4 80 (12.62%) Mentoring
5 78 (12.30%) AI
5 78 (12.30%) DevOps
6 75 (11.83%) CI/CD
7 72 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
8 70 (11.04%) Roadmaps
9 66 (10.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 55 (8.68%) Architectural Patterns
11 53 (8.36%) Coaching
12 50 (7.89%) Decision-Making
13 47 (7.41%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 42 (6.62%) Architecture Governance
14 42 (6.62%) Design Patterns
14 42 (6.62%) Event-Driven
14 42 (6.62%) Integration Patterns
15 41 (6.47%) Microservices
16 39 (6.15%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 31 (4.89%) Python
2 21 (3.31%) C#
3 16 (2.52%) Java
4 12 (1.89%) Apex Code
4 12 (1.89%) JavaScript
4 12 (1.89%) SOQL
4 12 (1.89%) SOSL
5 7 (1.10%) Bicep
5 7 (1.10%) Go
6 5 (0.79%) SQL
6 5 (0.79%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.32%) Ruby
7 2 (0.32%) X++
8 1 (0.16%) ABAP
8 1 (0.16%) COBOL
8 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.16%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.16%) R
8 1 (0.16%) RPG
Qualifications
1 107 (16.88%) Security Cleared
2 84 (13.25%) SC Cleared
3 17 (2.68%) DV Cleared
4 15 (2.37%) Degree
5 7 (1.10%) RIBA
6 6 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (0.95%) Dell Certification
7 5 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.63%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.47%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.47%) CCNA
9 3 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.47%) CISSP
9 3 (0.47%) CWNA
10 2 (0.32%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.16%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.37%) Accessibility
2 8 (1.26%) GDPR
3 7 (1.10%) Data Quality
4 6 (0.95%) PMO
5 4 (0.63%) QA
6 3 (0.47%) IFRS
6 3 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.47%) WCAG
7 2 (0.32%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.16%) PSD2
8 1 (0.16%) SEPA
System Software
1 19 (3.00%) Docker
2 15 (2.37%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.10%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.95%) vSphere
5 2 (0.32%) Firmware
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (4.42%) Kubernetes
2 27 (4.26%) Terraform
3 6 (0.95%) Avamar
3 6 (0.95%) Dell DRAC
3 6 (0.95%) EMC NetWorker
3 6 (0.95%) EMC VPLEX
3 6 (0.95%) VxRail
4 2 (0.32%) Ansible
4 2 (0.32%) Argo
4 2 (0.32%) Grafana
4 2 (0.32%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 79 (12.46%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.26%) Salesforce
3 19 (3.00%) ServiceNow
4 15 (2.37%) Cisco
4 15 (2.37%) VMware
5 14 (2.21%) Avaya
5 14 (2.21%) Genesys
5 14 (2.21%) Splunk
6 13 (2.05%) Computacenter
7 12 (1.89%) Databricks
7 12 (1.89%) OpenAI
7 12 (1.89%) Oracle
8 10 (1.58%) Google
9 9 (1.42%) SAP
10 6 (0.95%) 3PAR
10 6 (0.95%) CyberArk
10 6 (0.95%) Dell
10 6 (0.95%) Isilon
10 6 (0.95%) NetApp
10 6 (0.95%) Veeam