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 16 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 272 | 529 | 352 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +257 | -177 | +64 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect | 800 | 140 | 504 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.67% | 0.29% | 0.71% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.73% | 0.32% | 0.75% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 570 | 102 | 348 |
| 10th Percentile | £61,605 | £59,630 | £46,951 |
| 25th Percentile | £71,349 | £70,000 | £64,688 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £85,000 | £82,500 | £80,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.03% | +3.13% | -3.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £95,000 | £95,000 | £87,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £107,500 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £80,500 | £81,250 | £80,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.92% | +1.56% | - |
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.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 110,105 | 43,964 | 67,208 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 92.43% | 89.90% | 95.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 74,779 | 25,831 | 38,509 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,000 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,000 | £35,000 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £58,396 | £53,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.15% | -2.73% | -8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £76,250 | £73,750 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £98,750 | £95,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £46,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +19.57% | -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 Salary Trend
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 16 October 2026.
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 16 October 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 | +197 | 612 | £85,855 | +1.01% | 230 |
| UK excluding London | +197 | 552 | £80,500 | -0.92% | 132 |
| North of England | +124 | 244 | £85,000 | - | 49 |
| Work from Home | +84 | 200 | £80,000 | -3.03% | 103 |
| London | -2 | 127 | £100,000 | +11.11% | 99 |
| North West | +54 | 98 | £85,855 | +1.01% | 30 |
| South West | +4 | 78 | £75,000 | -6.25% | 18 |
| North East | - | 75 | £85,000 | - | 11 |
| Yorkshire | +26 | 71 | £80,000 | -15.79% | 8 |
| Midlands | +10 | 71 | £87,431 | +25.05% | 24 |
| West Midlands | +7 | 60 | £88,000 | +2.13% | 20 |
| Wales | -27 | 53 | £80,000 | +3.34% | 8 |
| East of England | -9 | 41 | £82,160 | -8.71% | 6 |
| South East | -38 | 33 | £80,000 | -3.03% | 20 |
| Northern Ireland | -60 | 23 | £82,500 | +10.25% | |
| Scotland | +10 | 18 | £82,500 | +10.25% | 7 |
| East Midlands | -32 | 11 | £70,000 | +7.69% | 4 |
Technical Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities
For the 6 months to 16 October 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.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Security Cleared | 19.4% | 155 |
| 2 | Azure | 17.8% | 142 |
| 3 | Agile | 17.1% | 137 |
| 4 | SC Cleared | 16.5% | 132 |
| 5 | Technical Architecture | 14.9% | 119 |
| 5 | Technical Leadership | 14.9% | 119 |
| 7 | AI | 13.8% | 110 |
| 8 | AWS | 13.5% | 108 |
| 9 | Microsoft | 12.5% | 100 |
| 10 | Mentoring | 12.1% | 97 |
| 11 | Roadmaps | 11.4% | 91 |
| 12 | CI/CD | 10.1% | 81 |
| 13 | Architectural Patterns | 9.8% | 78 |
| 14 | Coaching | 9.4% | 75 |
| 15 | DevOps | 8.4% | 67 |
| 15 | Stakeholder Engagement | 8.4% | 67 |
| 17 | Decision-Making | 8.3% | 66 |
| 18 | Architecture Governance | 7.4% | 59 |
| 18 | Continuous Improvement | 7.4% | 59 |
| 20 | C# | 7.3% | 58 |
| 21 | Analytics | 7.1% | 57 |
| 21 | Digital Transformation Programme | 7.1% | 57 |
| 23 | Enterprise Architecture | 6.4% | 51 |
| 24 | Design Patterns | 6.1% | 49 |
| 25 | GCP | 6.0% | 48 |
| 25 | Stakeholder Management | 6.0% | 48 |
| 27 | Microservices | 5.9% | 47 |
| 28 | Integration Patterns | 5.8% | 46 |
| 29 | Migration | 5.6% | 45 |
| 29 | Technology Roadmap | 5.6% | 45 |
Technical Architect Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lead Architect | 21.1% | 169 |
| 1 | Technical Leader | 21.1% | 169 |
| 3 | Senior Technical Architect | 12.6% | 101 |
| 4 | Technical Solutions Architect | 5.3% | 42 |
| 5 | Azure Architect | 3.9% | 31 |
| 6 | Artificial Intelligence Architect | 3.8% | 30 |
| 7 | ServiceNow Architect | 3.0% | 24 |
| 8 | Salesforce Technical Architect | 2.3% | 18 |
| 9 | Enterprise Technical Architect | 2.0% | 16 |
| 10 | Principal Technical Architect | 1.9% | 15 |
| 10 | Senior Solutions Architect | 1.9% | 15 |
| 12 | Microsoft Technical Architect | 1.8% | 14 |
| 13 | Cloud Architect | 1.6% | 13 |
| 14 | Power Platform Architect | 1.4% | 11 |
| 15 | Infrastructure Technical Architect | 1.3% | 10 |
| 15 | Technologist | 1.3% | 10 |
| 17 | Microsoft 365 Architect | 1.1% | 9 |
| 18 | AWS Architect | 1.0% | 8 |
| 19 | Digital Technical Architect | 0.9% | 7 |
| 19 | Dynamics 365 Architect | 0.9% | 7 |