Technical Architect Job Trends

Technical Architect
UK

The median Technical Architect salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 December 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 431 444 415
Rank change year-on-year +13 -29 +83
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 224 307 321
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.38% 0.54% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.57% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 177 206 241
10th Percentile £62,500 £50,750 £60,000
25th Percentile £71,349 £70,000 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.03% -2.94%
75th Percentile £95,000 £86,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - +6.67% -6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 52,958 53,740 46,330
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.17% 93.73% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 32,584 29,046 35,911
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,885 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% - -

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 17 December 2025.

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 17 December 2025. 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 +8 180 £85,000 +6.25% 63
UK excluding London -9 127 £80,000 - 50
Work from Home +58 78 £78,750 -1.56% 25
London +40 70 £91,250 +21.34% 27
North of England +35 41 £85,000 +6.25% 3
Midlands +13 22 £77,500 +2.79% 5
Yorkshire +7 19 £87,431 +7.61%
North West +34 17 £85,000 +3.03% 1
South East -23 14 £82,500 - 26
South West +8 13 £70,000 +3.70% 1
West Midlands +15 12 £80,000 +6.10% 3
East of England +29 11 £100,000 - 16
Scotland +8 11 £80,000 -
Wales +1 11 £80,000 +26.23% 2
East Midlands +1 10 £65,000 -7.14% 2
North East +1 4 £91,716 +14.64% 2
Northern Ireland -6 4 £80,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, 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 64 (28.57%) Azure
2 54 (24.11%) Agile
3 47 (20.98%) Roadmaps
4 40 (17.86%) DevOps
5 36 (16.07%) Mentoring
6 35 (15.63%) Enterprise Architecture
7 32 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
7 32 (14.29%) Microsoft
8 31 (13.84%) AWS
9 30 (13.39%) Python
10 29 (12.95%) SC Cleared
10 29 (12.95%) Security Cleared
10 29 (12.95%) Technical Leadership
11 28 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
11 28 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
11 28 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
12 27 (12.05%) Microservices
13 25 (11.16%) Django
13 25 (11.16%) Node.js
14 24 (10.71%) CI/CD
15 23 (10.27%) Event-Driven
16 21 (9.38%) React
16 21 (9.38%) Technology Roadmap
16 21 (9.38%) TOGAF
17 20 (8.93%) AI
17 20 (8.93%) Translating Business Requirements
18 19 (8.48%) Analytics
19 18 (8.04%) PaaS
20 17 (7.59%) Design Patterns
20 17 (7.59%) Middleware

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 (2.23%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.89%) CMS
2 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.45%) JBoss
Applications
1 4 (1.79%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.79%) Oracle Cash Management
1 4 (1.79%) Oracle Payables
1 4 (1.79%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.89%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.89%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 64 (28.57%) Azure
2 31 (13.84%) AWS
3 18 (8.04%) PaaS
4 13 (5.80%) SaaS
5 12 (5.36%) Azure AKS
6 11 (4.91%) Azure Service Bus
6 11 (4.91%) GCP
7 9 (4.02%) Azure Event Grid
7 9 (4.02%) Azure Logic Apps
8 8 (3.57%) Serverless
9 6 (2.68%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (2.68%) IaaS
9 6 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (2.68%) OCI
10 5 (2.23%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.79%) Azure Stack
11 4 (1.79%) Entra ID
12 3 (1.34%) Amazon S3
12 3 (1.34%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.57%) Broadband
2 4 (1.79%) Firewall
3 3 (1.34%) LAN
3 3 (1.34%) Unified Communications
3 3 (1.34%) WAN
4 2 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.89%) Wireless
4 2 (0.89%) WLAN
5 1 (0.45%) Internet
5 1 (0.45%) Network Security
5 1 (0.45%) SSL
5 1 (0.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.36%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.79%) MongoDB
3 4 (1.79%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.89%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.89%) Tick Data
5 1 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.45%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.45%) DB2
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.45%) Power BI
5 1 (0.45%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.45%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 12 (5.36%) Jenkins
2 8 (3.57%) GitLab
2 8 (3.57%) SonarQube
3 7 (3.13%) Git
4 2 (0.89%) MSBuild
4 2 (0.89%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (0.89%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (0.89%) Visual Studio
General
1 37 (16.52%) Social Skills
2 24 (10.71%) Public Sector
3 22 (9.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 17 (7.59%) Marketing
5 12 (5.36%) Legal
6 11 (4.91%) Finance
7 8 (3.57%) Games
8 6 (2.68%) Law
8 6 (2.68%) Retail
9 5 (2.23%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (1.79%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.34%) Back Office
11 3 (1.34%) Banking
11 3 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.89%) Digital Health
12 2 (0.89%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.45%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.45%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (11.16%) Django
1 25 (11.16%) Node.js
2 21 (9.38%) React
3 17 (7.59%) Middleware
4 14 (6.25%) .NET
5 10 (4.46%) REST
6 8 (3.57%) Lightning Web Components
6 8 (3.57%) SOAP
6 8 (3.57%) Visualforce
7 6 (2.68%) gRPC
7 6 (2.68%) Web Services
8 5 (2.23%) ASP.NET
9 4 (1.79%) Celery
9 4 (1.79%) Flask
9 4 (1.79%) Kafka
9 4 (1.79%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (1.79%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (1.79%) RESTful
9 4 (1.79%) Spring
9 4 (1.79%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.04%) Product Ownership
2 8 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (2.68%) Cloud Native
3 6 (2.68%) Onboarding
4 4 (1.79%) Digital Signage
4 4 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.34%) Synthetic Data
5 3 (1.34%) Virtual Team
6 2 (0.89%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.89%) Hedge funds
6 2 (0.89%) Low-Code
6 2 (0.89%) Media Streaming
7 1 (0.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (0.45%) Hackathon
7 1 (0.45%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.45%) IoT
7 1 (0.45%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.45%) PKI
7 1 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.57%) Windows
2 4 (1.79%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.45%) Linux
3 1 (0.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (24.11%) Agile
2 47 (20.98%) Roadmaps
3 40 (17.86%) DevOps
4 36 (16.07%) Mentoring
5 35 (15.63%) Enterprise Architecture
6 32 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
7 29 (12.95%) Technical Leadership
8 28 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
8 28 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
9 27 (12.05%) Microservices
10 24 (10.71%) CI/CD
11 23 (10.27%) Event-Driven
12 21 (9.38%) Technology Roadmap
12 21 (9.38%) TOGAF
13 20 (8.93%) AI
13 20 (8.93%) Translating Business Requirements
14 19 (8.48%) Analytics
15 17 (7.59%) Design Patterns
16 16 (7.14%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 30 (13.39%) Python
2 14 (6.25%) SQL
3 11 (4.91%) C#
4 8 (3.57%) Apex Code
4 8 (3.57%) SOQL
4 8 (3.57%) SOSL
5 5 (2.23%) Java
6 3 (1.34%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.89%) ABAP
8 1 (0.45%) Go
Qualifications
1 29 (12.95%) SC Cleared
1 29 (12.95%) Security Cleared
2 8 (3.57%) AWS Certification
3 7 (3.13%) Azure Certification
4 6 (2.68%) TOGAF Certification
5 5 (2.23%) Degree
6 4 (1.79%) RIBA
7 3 (1.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.34%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.89%) CCNA
8 2 (0.89%) CISSP
8 2 (0.89%) CWNA
9 1 (0.45%) CCNP
9 1 (0.45%) CISM
9 1 (0.45%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.45%) MBA
9 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.89%) Accessibility
1 2 (0.89%) GDPR
1 2 (0.89%) NCSC
1 2 (0.89%) NIST
2 1 (0.45%) GRC
2 1 (0.45%) HL7
2 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
2 1 (0.45%) JSP 440
2 1 (0.45%) QA
2 1 (0.45%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 12 (5.36%) Docker
2 6 (2.68%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.79%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (5.80%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.89%) Terraform
3 1 (0.45%) Ansible
3 1 (0.45%) CASB
3 1 (0.45%) PowerCLI
3 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.45%) VxRail
Vendors
1 32 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.14%) Oracle
3 14 (6.25%) Salesforce
4 9 (4.02%) Informatica
5 8 (3.57%) Splunk
6 6 (2.68%) Google
7 5 (2.23%) MuleSoft
8 4 (1.79%) Extreme Networks
8 4 (1.79%) Juniper
8 4 (1.79%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.79%) Workday
9 3 (1.34%) SAP
10 2 (0.89%) Adobe
10 2 (0.89%) Foundry
10 2 (0.89%) Gigya
10 2 (0.89%) Meraki
10 2 (0.89%) Palantir
10 2 (0.89%) PayPal
10 2 (0.89%) VMware
10 2 (0.89%) YouTube