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 18 August 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 311 542 349
Rank change year-on-year +231 -193 +98
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 649 145 599
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.60% 0.29% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.32% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 450 113 435
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 £93,750 £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% -10.27%

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 100,980 44,926 78,729
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.00% 89.92% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 69,058 26,577 52,385
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,950 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.38% -4.00% -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 18 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 18 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 +171 471 £85,000 +3.03% 161
UK excluding London +161 407 £85,000 +3.03% 122
Work from Home +104 195 £85,000 +3.03% 65
North of England +113 188 £85,000 +3.03% 51
London +44 128 £95,000 +10.14% 66
North West +60 73 £85,000 -2.86% 21
North East -2 60 £85,000 +21.43% 14
Yorkshire +16 55 £85,000 +21.43% 16
Midlands -4 47 £87,431 +24.90% 16
West Midlands +4 41 £87,431 +9.29% 14
South West -31 40 £50,000 -39.39% 12
Wales -30 35 £80,000 +11.89% 8
Scotland +21 29 £85,000 +21.43% 5
East of England -3 28 £95,000 - 3
South East -29 24 £97,500 +18.18% 21
Northern Ireland - 24 £82,500 - 6
East Midlands -22 6 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 18 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.

1 126 (19.41%) Agile
2 119 (18.34%) Azure
3 110 (16.95%) Security Cleared
4 90 (13.87%) Technical Architecture
5 87 (13.41%) AWS
5 87 (13.41%) SC Cleared
6 86 (13.25%) Microsoft
6 86 (13.25%) Technical Leadership
7 80 (12.33%) AI
8 78 (12.02%) CI/CD
8 78 (12.02%) Mentoring
9 74 (11.40%) DevOps
10 69 (10.63%) Roadmaps
11 68 (10.48%) Continuous Improvement
12 65 (10.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 55 (8.47%) Coaching
14 53 (8.17%) Architectural Patterns
15 49 (7.55%) Decision-Making
15 49 (7.55%) Digital Transformation Programme
16 43 (6.63%) Architecture Governance
16 43 (6.63%) SaaS
17 42 (6.47%) Integration Patterns
17 42 (6.47%) Microservices
18 41 (6.32%) Design Patterns
19 40 (6.16%) Event-Driven
20 37 (5.70%) Enterprise Architecture
21 33 (5.08%) GCP
22 32 (4.93%) Analytics
22 32 (4.93%) Python
22 32 (4.93%) 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 10 (1.54%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.92%) Confluence
3 2 (0.31%) Camunda
4 1 (0.15%) Apache
4 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 14 (2.16%) Chatbot
2 8 (1.23%) Revit
3 2 (0.31%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.15%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.15%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 7 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.92%) Oracle Utilities
3 4 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.31%) SAP PSCD
5 1 (0.15%) Findur
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 119 (18.34%) Azure
2 87 (13.41%) AWS
3 43 (6.63%) SaaS
4 33 (5.08%) GCP
5 27 (4.16%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (2.31%) Entra ID
6 15 (2.31%) Power Platform
7 14 (2.16%) GitHub
8 11 (1.69%) dbt
9 10 (1.54%) Amazon EMR
9 10 (1.54%) Amazon S3
9 10 (1.54%) Azure AKS
9 10 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (1.54%) IaaS
9 10 (1.54%) PaaS
9 10 (1.54%) Serverless
10 9 (1.39%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 8 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (1.08%) Azure Service Bus
12 7 (1.08%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.16%) CTI
1 14 (2.16%) VoIP
2 11 (1.69%) Broadband
3 10 (1.54%) Network Security
3 10 (1.54%) VPN
4 9 (1.39%) Firewall
4 9 (1.39%) LAN
4 9 (1.39%) WAN
5 7 (1.08%) WLAN
6 6 (0.92%) Fibre Channel
6 6 (0.92%) iSCSI
6 6 (0.92%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.46%) Wireless
8 1 (0.15%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.15%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.15%) DNS
8 1 (0.15%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.54%) Data Lake
2 7 (1.08%) Power BI
3 6 (0.92%) Relational Database
4 5 (0.77%) Metadata
4 5 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.62%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.31%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.31%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.15%) Db2
7 1 (0.15%) MySQL
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.15%) Pentaho
7 1 (0.15%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.15%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 1 (0.15%) SAS Enterprise Miner
7 1 (0.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (2.00%) Jenkins
1 13 (2.00%) SonarQube
2 12 (1.85%) GitLab
3 6 (0.92%) JIRA
4 5 (0.77%) Git
5 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.15%) Maven
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.15%) RStudio
General
1 119 (18.34%) Public Sector
2 81 (12.48%) Social Skills
3 57 (8.78%) Finance
4 50 (7.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (3.24%) Legal
5 21 (3.24%) Marketing
6 13 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
6 13 (2.00%) Law
7 11 (1.69%) Games
8 6 (0.92%) Aerospace
8 6 (0.92%) Police
9 5 (0.77%) Aviation
10 4 (0.62%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (0.62%) Local Government
11 3 (0.46%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.31%) Banking
12 2 (0.31%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.15%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.15%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.39%) Middleware
2 20 (3.08%) REST
3 18 (2.77%) SOAP
4 15 (2.31%) Kafka
5 12 (1.85%) Lightning Web Components
5 12 (1.85%) Visualforce
6 11 (1.69%) PySpark
7 9 (1.39%) .NET
8 8 (1.23%) Spring
9 7 (1.08%) CSS
9 7 (1.08%) HTML
10 5 (0.77%) OAuth
10 5 (0.77%) RESTful
11 4 (0.62%) .NET Core
11 4 (0.62%) ASP.NET
11 4 (0.62%) Hibernate
11 4 (0.62%) OpenID
11 4 (0.62%) SAP Fiori
11 4 (0.62%) Spring Boot
11 4 (0.62%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.16%) Cloud Native
2 16 (2.47%) Data Centre
3 15 (2.31%) Product Ownership
4 14 (2.16%) IVR
5 13 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.23%) CMDB
10 6 (0.92%) Enterprise Storage
10 6 (0.92%) Onboarding
10 6 (0.92%) VxBlock/Vblock
11 4 (0.62%) Blog
11 4 (0.62%) Life Science
12 2 (0.31%) AI Agents
12 2 (0.31%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.31%) Driving Licence
12 2 (0.31%) IoT
12 2 (0.31%) Management Information System
13 1 (0.15%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.23%) Windows
2 7 (1.08%) Linux
3 6 (0.92%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (19.41%) Agile
2 90 (13.87%) Technical Architecture
3 86 (13.25%) Technical Leadership
4 80 (12.33%) AI
5 78 (12.02%) CI/CD
5 78 (12.02%) Mentoring
6 74 (11.40%) DevOps
7 69 (10.63%) Roadmaps
8 68 (10.48%) Continuous Improvement
9 65 (10.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 55 (8.47%) Coaching
11 53 (8.17%) Architectural Patterns
12 49 (7.55%) Decision-Making
12 49 (7.55%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 43 (6.63%) Architecture Governance
14 42 (6.47%) Integration Patterns
14 42 (6.47%) Microservices
15 41 (6.32%) Design Patterns
16 40 (6.16%) Event-Driven
17 37 (5.70%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 32 (4.93%) Python
2 22 (3.39%) C#
3 17 (2.62%) Java
4 12 (1.85%) Apex Code
4 12 (1.85%) JavaScript
4 12 (1.85%) SOQL
4 12 (1.85%) SOSL
5 8 (1.23%) Bicep
6 7 (1.08%) Go
7 5 (0.77%) SQL
8 4 (0.62%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.31%) ABAP
9 2 (0.31%) X++
10 1 (0.15%) COBOL
10 1 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.15%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.15%) R
10 1 (0.15%) RPG
10 1 (0.15%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 110 (16.95%) Security Cleared
2 87 (13.41%) SC Cleared
3 18 (2.77%) DV Cleared
4 16 (2.47%) Degree
5 7 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.08%) RIBA
6 6 (0.92%) Dell Certification
7 5 (0.77%) Azure Certification
7 5 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.62%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.46%) CCNA
9 3 (0.46%) CISSP
9 3 (0.46%) CWNA
10 2 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.31%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.15%) CCIE
11 1 (0.15%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.15%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.31%) Accessibility
2 7 (1.08%) GDPR
3 6 (0.92%) PMO
4 4 (0.62%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.62%) QA
5 3 (0.46%) IFRS
5 3 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (0.46%) WCAG
6 2 (0.31%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.15%) GRC
7 1 (0.15%) PSD2
7 1 (0.15%) SEPA
System Software
1 19 (2.93%) Docker
2 17 (2.62%) Active Directory
2 17 (2.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.08%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.92%) vSphere
5 2 (0.31%) Firmware
6 1 (0.15%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 28 (4.31%) Terraform
2 26 (4.01%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.92%) Avamar
3 6 (0.92%) Dell DRAC
3 6 (0.92%) EMC NetWorker
3 6 (0.92%) EMC VPLEX
3 6 (0.92%) VxRail
4 3 (0.46%) Grafana
4 3 (0.46%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.31%) Ansible
5 2 (0.31%) Argo
6 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 86 (13.25%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.16%) Salesforce
3 22 (3.39%) ServiceNow
4 17 (2.62%) VMware
5 16 (2.47%) Cisco
6 14 (2.16%) Avaya
6 14 (2.16%) Genesys
6 14 (2.16%) Oracle
6 14 (2.16%) Splunk
7 13 (2.00%) Computacenter
7 13 (2.00%) Google
8 12 (1.85%) OpenAI
9 11 (1.69%) Databricks
10 10 (1.54%) SAP
11 7 (1.08%) Adobe
12 6 (0.92%) 3PAR
12 6 (0.92%) Dell
12 6 (0.92%) Isilon
12 6 (0.92%) NetApp
12 6 (0.92%) Veeam