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 13 August 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 316 550 364
Rank change year-on-year +234 -186 +90
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 636 148 598
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 444 116 432
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 £75,000
% 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 99,901 44,909 79,263
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 89.92% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 68,253 26,546 52,909
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 13 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 13 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 +158 461 £85,000 +3.03% 204
UK excluding London +148 395 £85,000 +3.03% 118
Work from Home +107 197 £85,000 +3.03% 83
North of England +100 182 £85,000 +6.25% 41
London +25 126 £95,000 +10.14% 112
North West +57 71 £85,000 -2.86% 22
North East -2 59 £85,000 +21.43% 13
Yorkshire +18 52 £86,216 +23.17% 6
Midlands -10 46 £87,431 +24.90% 14
West Midlands 0 40 £87,431 +9.29% 11
South West -24 37 £50,000 -39.39% 9
Wales -32 31 £80,000 +11.89% 8
Scotland +37 29 £85,000 +21.43% 9
East of England +3 28 £95,000 - 5
Northern Ireland - 25 £85,000 - 5
South East -22 24 £97,500 +18.18% 28
East Midlands -27 6 - - 3

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

For the 6 months to 13 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.

1 128 (20.13%) Agile
2 120 (18.87%) Azure
3 109 (17.14%) Security Cleared
4 88 (13.84%) AWS
4 88 (13.84%) Technical Architecture
5 87 (13.68%) Technical Leadership
6 86 (13.52%) SC Cleared
7 84 (13.21%) Microsoft
8 83 (13.05%) AI
9 81 (12.74%) Mentoring
10 76 (11.95%) DevOps
11 75 (11.79%) CI/CD
12 71 (11.16%) Continuous Improvement
13 70 (11.01%) Roadmaps
14 66 (10.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 54 (8.49%) Architectural Patterns
15 54 (8.49%) Coaching
16 49 (7.70%) Decision-Making
17 47 (7.39%) Digital Transformation Programme
18 42 (6.60%) Architecture Governance
18 42 (6.60%) Design Patterns
18 42 (6.60%) Event-Driven
18 42 (6.60%) Microservices
19 41 (6.45%) Integration Patterns
19 41 (6.45%) SaaS
20 39 (6.13%) Enterprise Architecture
21 34 (5.35%) Analytics
22 32 (5.03%) GCP
22 32 (5.03%) Python
22 32 (5.03%) Stakeholder Management

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 9 (1.42%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.94%) Confluence
3 2 (0.31%) Camunda
4 1 (0.16%) Apache
4 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 14 (2.20%) Chatbot
2 8 (1.26%) Revit
3 2 (0.31%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.16%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.16%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 6 (0.94%) Oracle Utilities
1 6 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.31%) SAP PSCD
4 1 (0.16%) Findur
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 120 (18.87%) Azure
2 88 (13.84%) AWS
3 41 (6.45%) SaaS
4 32 (5.03%) GCP
5 27 (4.25%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (2.67%) Power Platform
7 15 (2.36%) Entra ID
7 15 (2.36%) GitHub
8 11 (1.73%) Amazon S3
8 11 (1.73%) dbt
9 10 (1.57%) Amazon EMR
9 10 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (1.57%) PaaS
9 10 (1.57%) Serverless
10 9 (1.42%) Azure AKS
10 9 (1.42%) IaaS
11 8 (1.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 7 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (0.94%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.20%) CTI
1 14 (2.20%) VoIP
2 11 (1.73%) Broadband
3 9 (1.42%) Firewall
3 9 (1.42%) LAN
3 9 (1.42%) Network Security
3 9 (1.42%) VPN
3 9 (1.42%) WAN
4 7 (1.10%) WLAN
5 6 (0.94%) Fibre Channel
5 6 (0.94%) iSCSI
5 6 (0.94%) Unified Communications
6 3 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.47%) Wireless
7 1 (0.16%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.16%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.16%) DNS
7 1 (0.16%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.57%) Data Lake
2 8 (1.26%) Power BI
3 6 (0.94%) Metadata
4 5 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.79%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.47%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.31%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.31%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.16%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.16%) BigQuery
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%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (2.04%) Jenkins
1 13 (2.04%) SonarQube
2 12 (1.89%) GitLab
3 6 (0.94%) JIRA
4 5 (0.79%) Git
5 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.16%) Maven
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.16%) RStudio
General
1 119 (18.71%) Public Sector
2 86 (13.52%) Social Skills
3 57 (8.96%) Finance
4 49 (7.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (3.46%) Legal
6 21 (3.30%) Marketing
7 15 (2.36%) Law
8 14 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (1.73%) Games
10 6 (0.94%) Aerospace
10 6 (0.94%) Police
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 2 (0.31%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.16%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.16%) Investment Banking
15 1 (0.16%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.30%) Middleware
2 20 (3.14%) REST
3 18 (2.83%) SOAP
4 14 (2.20%) Kafka
5 12 (1.89%) Lightning Web Components
5 12 (1.89%) Visualforce
6 11 (1.73%) PySpark
7 9 (1.42%) .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%) Entity Framework
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 (4.09%) Cloud Native
2 16 (2.52%) Data Centre
3 15 (2.36%) Product Ownership
4 14 (2.20%) IVR
5 13 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
5 13 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (1.26%) CMDB
7 8 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (0.94%) Enterprise Storage
8 6 (0.94%) Onboarding
8 6 (0.94%) VxBlock/Vblock
9 5 (0.79%) Blog
10 4 (0.63%) IoT
10 4 (0.63%) Life Science
11 2 (0.31%) Blockchain
11 2 (0.31%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.31%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.31%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.31%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.26%) Windows
2 7 (1.10%) Linux
3 6 (0.94%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (20.13%) Agile
2 88 (13.84%) Technical Architecture
3 87 (13.68%) Technical Leadership
4 83 (13.05%) AI
5 81 (12.74%) Mentoring
6 76 (11.95%) DevOps
7 75 (11.79%) CI/CD
8 71 (11.16%) Continuous Improvement
9 70 (11.01%) Roadmaps
10 66 (10.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 54 (8.49%) Architectural Patterns
11 54 (8.49%) Coaching
12 49 (7.70%) Decision-Making
13 47 (7.39%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 42 (6.60%) Architecture Governance
14 42 (6.60%) Design Patterns
14 42 (6.60%) Event-Driven
14 42 (6.60%) Microservices
15 41 (6.45%) Integration Patterns
16 39 (6.13%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 32 (5.03%) Python
2 22 (3.46%) C#
3 17 (2.67%) 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%) TypeScript
7 4 (0.63%) SQL
8 2 (0.31%) X++
9 1 (0.16%) ABAP
9 1 (0.16%) COBOL
9 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.16%) R
9 1 (0.16%) RPG
9 1 (0.16%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 109 (17.14%) Security Cleared
2 86 (13.52%) SC Cleared
3 17 (2.67%) DV Cleared
4 15 (2.36%) Degree
5 7 (1.10%) RIBA
6 6 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (0.94%) Dell Certification
7 5 (0.79%) Azure Certification
7 5 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.63%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.63%) CISSP
9 3 (0.47%) CCNA
9 3 (0.47%) CWNA
10 2 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.31%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.16%) CCIE
11 1 (0.16%) CCNP
11 1 (0.16%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.36%) Accessibility
2 8 (1.26%) GDPR
3 6 (0.94%) PMO
4 4 (0.63%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.63%) QA
5 3 (0.47%) IFRS
5 3 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (0.47%) WCAG
6 2 (0.31%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.16%) GRC
7 1 (0.16%) PSD2
7 1 (0.16%) SEPA
System Software
1 20 (3.14%) Docker
2 16 (2.52%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.10%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.94%) vSphere
5 2 (0.31%) Firmware
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 28 (4.40%) Kubernetes
2 27 (4.25%) Terraform
3 6 (0.94%) Avamar
3 6 (0.94%) Dell DRAC
3 6 (0.94%) EMC NetWorker
3 6 (0.94%) EMC VPLEX
3 6 (0.94%) VxRail
4 3 (0.47%) Grafana
4 3 (0.47%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.31%) Ansible
5 2 (0.31%) Argo
6 1 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 84 (13.21%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.25%) Salesforce
3 19 (2.99%) ServiceNow
4 16 (2.52%) Cisco
4 16 (2.52%) VMware
5 14 (2.20%) Avaya
5 14 (2.20%) Genesys
5 14 (2.20%) Google
5 14 (2.20%) Splunk
6 13 (2.04%) Computacenter
7 12 (1.89%) OpenAI
7 12 (1.89%) Oracle
8 11 (1.73%) Databricks
9 9 (1.42%) SAP
10 6 (0.94%) Adobe
10 6 (0.94%) CyberArk
10 6 (0.94%) Dell
10 6 (0.94%) NetApp
10 6 (0.94%) Nimble Storage
10 6 (0.94%) Veeam