Technical Architect Job Trends

Technical Architect
UK

The median Technical Architect salary in the UK is £83,781 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 June 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 347 515 374
Rank change year-on-year +168 -141 +51
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 486 151 723
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.52% 0.34% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.38% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 343 114 527
10th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £51,750
25th Percentile £65,000 £76,563 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,781 £82,500 £75,150
Median % change year-on-year +1.55% +9.78% -10.27%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,188 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,375 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.03% +10.00% -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 88,240 40,152 103,220
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 89.52% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 60,505 22,772 74,561
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,869 £38,620
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 19 June 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 19 June 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 +104 335 £80,000 -3.03% 112
UK excluding London +97 265 £85,000 +3.03% 106
Work from Home +118 187 £83,781 +1.55% 57
North of England +67 117 £85,000 - 52
London +33 114 £80,000 -13.51% 23
North West +47 56 £85,000 -5.56% 21
Yorkshire -4 40 £82,500 -4.35% 11
Scotland +35 32 £85,000 +21.43% 5
Wales -22 27 £80,000 +11.89% 4
Midlands -11 23 £85,000 +11.48% 9
North East -23 21 £80,000 +14.29% 20
East of England -1 20 £100,000 +17.65% 2
South West -40 19 £50,000 -31.03% 7
West Midlands -10 15 £87,431 -2.85% 8
South East -48 14 £100,000 +21.21% 22
Northern Ireland - 14 £95,000 - 6
East Midlands -20 8 £45,000 -30.77% 1

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

For the 6 months to 19 June 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.

1 102 (20.99%) Azure
2 91 (18.72%) Agile
3 81 (16.67%) AWS
3 81 (16.67%) DevOps
4 67 (13.79%) Security Cleared
5 65 (13.37%) Continuous Improvement
6 64 (13.17%) CI/CD
6 64 (13.17%) Roadmaps
7 61 (12.55%) Technical Architecture
8 57 (11.73%) Mentoring
8 57 (11.73%) Microsoft
9 55 (11.32%) Event-Driven
10 51 (10.49%) Technical Leadership
11 50 (10.29%) SC Cleared
12 45 (9.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 41 (8.44%) Design Patterns
14 39 (8.02%) Technology Roadmap
15 37 (7.61%) Decision-Making
16 36 (7.41%) TOGAF
17 35 (7.20%) Microservices
18 34 (7.00%) Data Modelling
18 34 (7.00%) Migration
18 34 (7.00%) Problem-Solving
18 34 (7.00%) Stakeholder Management
19 33 (6.79%) Architectural Patterns
19 33 (6.79%) Enterprise Architecture
20 32 (6.58%) AI
21 30 (6.17%) Coaching
21 30 (6.17%) GCP
21 30 (6.17%) Salesforce

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 6 (1.23%) Confluence
2 5 (1.03%) SAS
3 4 (0.82%) Documentum
3 4 (0.82%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.41%) Camunda
5 1 (0.21%) Apache
5 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (1.85%) Revit
2 2 (0.41%) ArchiCAD
2 2 (0.41%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.21%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.41%) SAP PSCD
3 1 (0.21%) Findur
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 102 (20.99%) Azure
2 81 (16.67%) AWS
3 30 (6.17%) GCP
4 27 (5.56%) SaaS
5 16 (3.29%) PaaS
5 16 (3.29%) Power Platform
6 14 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (2.26%) Amazon S3
7 11 (2.26%) GitHub
8 10 (2.06%) Amazon EMR
9 8 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (1.65%) Entra ID
9 8 (1.65%) Serverless
10 7 (1.44%) IaaS
11 6 (1.23%) Azure Service Bus
11 6 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (1.23%) Nutanix
12 5 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.03%) Power Automate
13 4 (0.82%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.70%) Broadband
2 7 (1.44%) LAN
2 7 (1.44%) VPN
2 7 (1.44%) WAN
3 6 (1.23%) Fibre Channel
3 6 (1.23%) iSCSI
3 6 (1.23%) WLAN
4 5 (1.03%) Firewall
4 5 (1.03%) Unified Communications
5 4 (0.82%) SSL
6 3 (0.62%) DNS
6 3 (0.62%) Network Security
7 2 (0.41%) Internet
7 2 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.41%) Wireless
8 1 (0.21%) CTI
8 1 (0.21%) IPsec
8 1 (0.21%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.21%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.88%) Data Lake
1 14 (2.88%) Metadata
2 8 (1.65%) Power BI
3 6 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
4 5 (1.03%) BigQuery
4 5 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (1.03%) MongoDB
4 5 (1.03%) NoSQL
4 5 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.03%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.82%) Redis
6 2 (0.41%) MySQL
6 2 (0.41%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.21%) Big Data
7 1 (0.21%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.21%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 1 (0.21%) SAS Enterprise Miner
7 1 (0.21%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (3.91%) GitLab
1 19 (3.91%) Jenkins
1 19 (3.91%) SonarQube
2 6 (1.23%) JIRA
3 3 (0.62%) Git
4 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.21%) RStudio
General
1 87 (17.90%) Public Sector
2 86 (17.70%) Social Skills
3 35 (7.20%) Finance
4 32 (6.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 25 (5.14%) Marketing
6 18 (3.70%) Games
6 18 (3.70%) Law
7 13 (2.67%) Legal
8 9 (1.85%) Local Government
9 7 (1.44%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.23%) Police
11 5 (1.03%) Aviation
11 5 (1.03%) Banking
12 4 (0.82%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.82%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.62%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.21%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.21%) Legal Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (5.35%) REST
2 24 (4.94%) SOAP
3 19 (3.91%) Lightning Web Components
3 19 (3.91%) Visualforce
4 15 (3.09%) Kafka
5 11 (2.26%) Middleware
5 11 (2.26%) PySpark
6 6 (1.23%) .NET
6 6 (1.23%) RESTful
7 5 (1.03%) OAuth
7 5 (1.03%) Spring
8 4 (0.82%) CSS
8 4 (0.82%) HTML
8 4 (0.82%) OpenID
8 4 (0.82%) Spring Boot
9 2 (0.41%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.41%) Oracle Fusion
9 2 (0.41%) SAP Fiori
9 2 (0.41%) Web Services
9 2 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.14%) Product Ownership
2 18 (3.70%) Cloud Native
2 18 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (3.09%) Data Centre
4 13 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (1.85%) IoT
6 8 (1.65%) CMDB
6 8 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.23%) Enterprise Storage
8 6 (1.23%) VxBlock/Vblock
9 4 (0.82%) PKI
9 4 (0.82%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.62%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.62%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.41%) Blockchain
11 2 (0.41%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.41%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.41%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.23%) Windows
2 4 (0.82%) Linux
2 4 (0.82%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.41%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (18.72%) Agile
2 81 (16.67%) DevOps
3 65 (13.37%) Continuous Improvement
4 64 (13.17%) CI/CD
4 64 (13.17%) Roadmaps
5 61 (12.55%) Technical Architecture
6 57 (11.73%) Mentoring
7 55 (11.32%) Event-Driven
8 51 (10.49%) Technical Leadership
9 45 (9.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 41 (8.44%) Design Patterns
11 39 (8.02%) Technology Roadmap
12 37 (7.61%) Decision-Making
13 36 (7.41%) TOGAF
14 35 (7.20%) Microservices
15 34 (7.00%) Data Modelling
15 34 (7.00%) Migration
15 34 (7.00%) Problem-Solving
15 34 (7.00%) Stakeholder Management
16 33 (6.79%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 28 (5.76%) Python
2 19 (3.91%) Apex Code
2 19 (3.91%) SOQL
2 19 (3.91%) SOSL
3 15 (3.09%) Java
4 13 (2.67%) C#
5 10 (2.06%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.23%) SQL
7 5 (1.03%) Go
7 5 (1.03%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.41%) Ruby
8 2 (0.41%) X++
9 1 (0.21%) Bicep
9 1 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.21%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.21%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.21%) R
Qualifications
1 67 (13.79%) Security Cleared
2 50 (10.29%) SC Cleared
3 12 (2.47%) DV Cleared
4 11 (2.26%) Degree
5 7 (1.44%) RIBA
6 6 (1.23%) Dell Certification
7 5 (1.03%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 5 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.82%) CISSP
8 4 (0.82%) CITP
9 3 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.41%) CCNA
10 2 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.41%) CWNA
11 1 (0.21%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.21%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.21%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.06%) Data Quality
2 9 (1.85%) GDPR
3 8 (1.65%) PMO
4 5 (1.03%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.62%) IFRS
5 3 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (0.62%) WCAG
6 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.41%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.21%) QA
System Software
1 16 (3.29%) Docker
2 10 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.65%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.44%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.44%) vSphere
5 2 (0.41%) Firmware
6 1 (0.21%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (4.12%) Kubernetes
1 20 (4.12%) Terraform
2 6 (1.23%) Avamar
2 6 (1.23%) Dell DRAC
2 6 (1.23%) EMC NetWorker
2 6 (1.23%) EMC VPLEX
2 6 (1.23%) VxRail
3 5 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.41%) Ansible
5 1 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.21%) Argo
5 1 (0.21%) Grafana
5 1 (0.21%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 57 (11.73%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.17%) Salesforce
3 27 (5.56%) ServiceNow
4 21 (4.32%) Splunk
5 14 (2.88%) Databricks
6 10 (2.06%) VMware
7 9 (1.85%) Google
7 9 (1.85%) YouTube
8 7 (1.44%) SAP
9 6 (1.23%) 3PAR
9 6 (1.23%) Computacenter
9 6 (1.23%) CyberArk
9 6 (1.23%) Dell
9 6 (1.23%) Isilon
9 6 (1.23%) NetApp
9 6 (1.23%) Nimble Storage
9 6 (1.23%) OpenText
9 6 (1.23%) Oracle
9 6 (1.23%) Veeam
10 5 (1.03%) Palantir