Technical Architect Job Trends

Technical Architect
UK

The median Technical Architect salary in the UK is £86,216 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 January 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 417 452 399
Rank change year-on-year +35 -53 +74
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 240 269 349
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.50% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.54% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 194 179 248
10th Percentile £64,439 £55,000 £56,175
25th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,216 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.77% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £95,000 £86,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - +6.67% -6.25%

All Permanent IT Job 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 54,127 49,926 51,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 92.94% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 33,436 25,964 39,996
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £30,625
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 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 9 January 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 9 January 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 +24 194 £87,966 +9.96% 102
UK excluding London +30 146 £80,000 - 83
Work from Home +50 80 £80,000 - 55
London +50 68 £95,000 +25.99% 35
North of England +37 53 £95,000 +18.75% 26
North West +31 25 £95,000 +13.43% 14
Yorkshire +12 22 £95,000 +16.92% 9
Midlands +15 21 £77,500 +2.79% 10
East of England +25 16 £100,000 - 10
South West +7 15 £70,000 +1.82% 6
Scotland +18 13 £80,000 - 1
West Midlands +15 12 £80,000 - 9
South East -31 12 £75,000 -9.09% 24
Wales +1 11 £80,000 +24.51% 9
East Midlands -7 9 £65,000 -7.14% 1
North East +5 5 £95,000 +18.75% 3
Northern Ireland -6 5 £80,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 9 January 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 56 (23.33%) Azure
2 52 (21.67%) Agile
3 43 (17.92%) Roadmaps
4 36 (15.00%) DevOps
5 34 (14.17%) Enterprise Architecture
6 32 (13.33%) Architectural Patterns
6 32 (13.33%) Mentoring
7 30 (12.50%) AWS
7 30 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 30 (12.50%) Microsoft
8 29 (12.08%) SC Cleared
8 29 (12.08%) Security Cleared
9 26 (10.83%) Problem-Solving
10 25 (10.42%) Microservices
10 25 (10.42%) Python
10 25 (10.42%) Technical Leadership
11 24 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
12 23 (9.58%) Django
12 23 (9.58%) Node.js
13 21 (8.75%) Event-Driven
13 21 (8.75%) React
13 21 (8.75%) Technology Roadmap
14 20 (8.33%) CI/CD
14 20 (8.33%) PaaS
15 19 (7.92%) Analytics
15 19 (7.92%) Project Delivery
15 19 (7.92%) Translating Business Requirements
16 18 (7.50%) Service Delivery
16 18 (7.50%) TOGAF
17 17 (7.08%) 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 (2.08%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.83%) CMS
2 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.42%) JBoss
Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (2.08%) Oracle Cash Management
1 5 (2.08%) Oracle Payables
1 5 (2.08%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 56 (23.33%) Azure
2 30 (12.50%) AWS
3 20 (8.33%) PaaS
4 15 (6.25%) SaaS
5 11 (4.58%) Azure AKS
6 9 (3.75%) Azure Event Grid
6 9 (3.75%) Azure Logic Apps
6 9 (3.75%) Azure Service Bus
6 9 (3.75%) GCP
7 8 (3.33%) Serverless
8 7 (2.92%) OCI
9 6 (2.50%) IaaS
9 6 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (2.08%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (1.67%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (1.25%) Amazon S3
12 3 (1.25%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (1.25%) Entra ID
13 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.33%) Broadband
2 5 (2.08%) Firewall
3 4 (1.67%) LAN
3 4 (1.67%) WAN
4 3 (1.25%) Unified Communications
4 3 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.25%) Wireless
4 3 (1.25%) WLAN
5 1 (0.42%) Internet
5 1 (0.42%) Network Security
5 1 (0.42%) SSL
5 1 (0.42%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.67%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.83%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.83%) Redis
5 1 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.42%) DB2
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.42%) Power BI
5 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.42%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 10 (4.17%) Jenkins
2 8 (3.33%) GitLab
2 8 (3.33%) SonarQube
3 3 (1.25%) Git
General
1 36 (15.00%) Public Sector
2 34 (14.17%) Social Skills
3 21 (8.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 19 (7.92%) Marketing
5 13 (5.42%) Legal
6 10 (4.17%) Finance
7 8 (3.33%) Games
7 8 (3.33%) Law
8 5 (2.08%) Banking
8 5 (2.08%) General Ledger
9 4 (1.67%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.67%) Retail
10 3 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.83%) Digital Health
11 2 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.83%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.83%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.42%) Back Office
12 1 (0.42%) Electronics
12 1 (0.42%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (9.58%) Django
1 23 (9.58%) Node.js
2 21 (8.75%) React
3 17 (7.08%) Middleware
4 9 (3.75%) .NET
5 8 (3.33%) Lightning Web Components
5 8 (3.33%) REST
5 8 (3.33%) SOAP
5 8 (3.33%) Visualforce
6 6 (2.50%) Web Services
7 5 (2.08%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (1.67%) Spring
9 3 (1.25%) .NET Core
9 3 (1.25%) ASP.NET
9 3 (1.25%) ASP.NET Core
9 3 (1.25%) Entity Framework
9 3 (1.25%) Hibernate
9 3 (1.25%) Spring MVC
10 2 (0.83%) GraphQL
10 2 (0.83%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.67%) Product Ownership
2 9 (3.75%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (2.50%) Cloud Native
4 4 (1.67%) Digital Signage
4 4 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.25%) Synthetic Data
5 3 (1.25%) Virtual Team
6 2 (0.83%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (0.83%) IoT
6 2 (0.83%) Low-Code
6 2 (0.83%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.42%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (0.42%) Hackathon
7 1 (0.42%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.42%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.42%) PKI
7 1 (0.42%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.67%) Windows
2 3 (1.25%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.42%) Linux
3 1 (0.42%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (21.67%) Agile
2 43 (17.92%) Roadmaps
3 36 (15.00%) DevOps
4 34 (14.17%) Enterprise Architecture
5 32 (13.33%) Architectural Patterns
5 32 (13.33%) Mentoring
6 30 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (10.83%) Problem-Solving
8 25 (10.42%) Microservices
8 25 (10.42%) Technical Leadership
9 24 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
10 21 (8.75%) Event-Driven
10 21 (8.75%) Technology Roadmap
11 20 (8.33%) CI/CD
12 19 (7.92%) Analytics
12 19 (7.92%) Project Delivery
12 19 (7.92%) Translating Business Requirements
13 18 (7.50%) Service Delivery
13 18 (7.50%) TOGAF
14 16 (6.67%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.42%) Python
2 10 (4.17%) SQL
3 8 (3.33%) Apex Code
3 8 (3.33%) SOQL
3 8 (3.33%) SOSL
4 7 (2.92%) C#
5 6 (2.50%) Java
6 2 (0.83%) ABAP
7 1 (0.42%) Go
7 1 (0.42%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 29 (12.08%) SC Cleared
1 29 (12.08%) Security Cleared
2 8 (3.33%) AWS Certification
3 6 (2.50%) Azure Certification
3 6 (2.50%) RIBA
4 5 (2.08%) Degree
5 4 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (1.25%) CCNA
6 3 (1.25%) CWNA
6 3 (1.25%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.25%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (0.83%) CISSP
8 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.42%) CCNP
8 1 (0.42%) CISM
8 1 (0.42%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.42%) MBA
8 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.83%) Accessibility
1 2 (0.83%) NCSC
1 2 (0.83%) NIST
2 1 (0.42%) GRC
2 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
2 1 (0.42%) JSP 440
2 1 (0.42%) QA
System Software
1 10 (4.17%) Docker
2 5 (2.08%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.25%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.42%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (5.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.83%) Terraform
3 1 (0.42%) Ansible
3 1 (0.42%) CASB
3 1 (0.42%) PowerCLI
3 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.42%) VxRail
Vendors
1 30 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.08%) Oracle
3 16 (6.67%) Palantir
4 14 (5.83%) Salesforce
5 9 (3.75%) Informatica
6 8 (3.33%) Splunk
7 5 (2.08%) MuleSoft
8 4 (1.67%) Google
8 4 (1.67%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.67%) Workday
9 3 (1.25%) Meraki
9 3 (1.25%) SAP
10 2 (0.83%) Adobe
10 2 (0.83%) VMware
10 2 (0.83%) YouTube
11 1 (0.42%) Dell
11 1 (0.42%) Extreme Networks
11 1 (0.42%) Foundry
11 1 (0.42%) Netskope
11 1 (0.42%) SolarWinds