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 16 July 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 517 376
Rank change year-on-year +191 -141 +55
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 580 161 698
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.59% 0.33% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.36% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 412 123 522
10th Percentile £59,240 £60,000 £51,750
25th Percentile £65,596 £70,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £75,275
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +9.60% -9.58%
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 £75,000
% 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 93,088 44,174 95,628
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.23% 89.90% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 63,779 26,115 68,243
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.12%

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 16 July 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 16 July 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 +127 393 £85,000 +3.03% 115
UK excluding London +122 350 £85,000 +3.03% 87
Work from Home +119 208 £83,781 +1.55% 61
North of England +98 157 £85,000 - 44
London +28 114 £85,000 -5.56% 37
North West +57 72 £82,500 -5.71% 20
Yorkshire +3 44 £85,000 +21.43% 10
North East -15 41 £85,000 +21.43% 14
Scotland +47 39 £85,000 +21.43% 1
Midlands 0 37 £85,000 +21.43% 11
Wales -21 35 £80,000 +11.89% 2
West Midlands -10 31 £85,000 -5.56% 11
South West -33 28 £50,000 -41.18% 13
Northern Ireland - 24 £85,000 - 4
East of England +6 21 £100,000 +25.00% 6
South East -33 14 £100,000 +21.21% 8
East Midlands -35 6 - -

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

For the 6 months to 16 July 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.

1 118 (20.34%) Agile
2 106 (18.28%) Azure
3 91 (15.69%) Security Cleared
4 82 (14.14%) DevOps
5 78 (13.45%) AWS
6 76 (13.10%) AI
6 76 (13.10%) Microsoft
7 75 (12.93%) Continuous Improvement
7 75 (12.93%) Technical Architecture
8 74 (12.76%) Roadmaps
9 73 (12.59%) SC Cleared
10 71 (12.24%) Technical Leadership
11 70 (12.07%) CI/CD
11 70 (12.07%) Mentoring
12 68 (11.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 54 (9.31%) Event-Driven
14 46 (7.93%) Design Patterns
15 44 (7.59%) Architectural Patterns
15 44 (7.59%) Coaching
16 41 (7.07%) Decision-Making
16 41 (7.07%) Technology Roadmap
17 40 (6.90%) Enterprise Architecture
18 39 (6.72%) Analytics
19 38 (6.55%) Architecture Governance
20 37 (6.38%) Microservices
21 35 (6.03%) TOGAF
22 34 (5.86%) Digital Transformation Programme
22 34 (5.86%) Integration Patterns
23 33 (5.69%) Salesforce
24 31 (5.34%) Problem-Solving

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 7 (1.21%) Confluence
2 5 (0.86%) SAS
3 4 (0.69%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.34%) Camunda
4 2 (0.34%) Documentum
5 1 (0.17%) Apache
5 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (2.41%) Chatbot
2 10 (1.72%) Revit
3 2 (0.34%) ArchiCAD
3 2 (0.34%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.17%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.34%) Oracle Utilities
3 2 (0.34%) SAP PSCD
4 1 (0.17%) Findur
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 106 (18.28%) Azure
2 78 (13.45%) AWS
3 29 (5.00%) SaaS
4 26 (4.48%) GCP
5 18 (3.10%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (3.10%) Power Platform
6 13 (2.24%) Entra ID
6 13 (2.24%) GitHub
7 11 (1.90%) Amazon S3
7 11 (1.90%) dbt
7 11 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (1.72%) Amazon EMR
8 10 (1.72%) PaaS
9 8 (1.38%) Serverless
10 6 (1.03%) Azure AKS
10 6 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.03%) Nutanix
11 5 (0.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 5 (0.86%) Azure Service Bus
11 5 (0.86%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.10%) Broadband
2 14 (2.41%) CTI
2 14 (2.41%) VoIP
3 8 (1.38%) LAN
3 8 (1.38%) Network Security
3 8 (1.38%) WAN
4 7 (1.21%) Firewall
4 7 (1.21%) VPN
4 7 (1.21%) WLAN
5 6 (1.03%) Fibre Channel
5 6 (1.03%) iSCSI
5 6 (1.03%) Unified Communications
6 3 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.34%) Wireless
8 1 (0.17%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.41%) Data Lake
2 13 (2.24%) Metadata
3 8 (1.38%) Power BI
4 6 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (0.86%) BigQuery
5 5 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (0.86%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.69%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.52%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.34%) Redis
8 2 (0.34%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.17%) Big Data
9 1 (0.17%) MySQL
9 1 (0.17%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.17%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 1 (0.17%) SAS Enterprise Miner
9 1 (0.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (3.45%) Jenkins
1 20 (3.45%) SonarQube
2 19 (3.28%) GitLab
3 7 (1.21%) JIRA
4 3 (0.52%) Git
5 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.17%) Maven
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.17%) RStudio
General
1 100 (17.24%) Public Sector
2 90 (15.52%) Social Skills
3 46 (7.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 37 (6.38%) Finance
5 23 (3.97%) Marketing
6 18 (3.10%) Games
6 18 (3.10%) Legal
7 17 (2.93%) Law
8 14 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.03%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (1.03%) Local Government
9 6 (1.03%) Police
10 5 (0.86%) Aerospace
10 5 (0.86%) Aviation
11 4 (0.69%) Banking
12 3 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.52%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.34%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.17%) Back Office
14 1 (0.17%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (4.48%) REST
2 24 (4.14%) SOAP
3 19 (3.28%) Lightning Web Components
3 19 (3.28%) Visualforce
4 14 (2.41%) Kafka
4 14 (2.41%) Middleware
5 11 (1.90%) PySpark
6 7 (1.21%) .NET
7 5 (0.86%) Spring
8 4 (0.69%) CSS
8 4 (0.69%) HTML
8 4 (0.69%) OAuth
8 4 (0.69%) RESTful
8 4 (0.69%) Spring Boot
9 3 (0.52%) OpenID
10 2 (0.34%) Django
10 2 (0.34%) SAP Fiori
10 2 (0.34%) XML
11 1 (0.17%) EDI
11 1 (0.17%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (4.31%) Product Ownership
2 23 (3.97%) Cloud Native
3 17 (2.93%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (2.76%) Data Centre
5 14 (2.41%) IVR
6 13 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (1.38%) CMDB
8 8 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.38%) IoT
9 6 (1.03%) Enterprise Storage
9 6 (1.03%) VxBlock/Vblock
10 3 (0.52%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.52%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.34%) Blockchain
11 2 (0.34%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.34%) Life Science
11 2 (0.34%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.34%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.21%) Windows
2 5 (0.86%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.69%) Linux
4 2 (0.34%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (20.34%) Agile
2 82 (14.14%) DevOps
3 76 (13.10%) AI
4 75 (12.93%) Continuous Improvement
4 75 (12.93%) Technical Architecture
5 74 (12.76%) Roadmaps
6 71 (12.24%) Technical Leadership
7 70 (12.07%) CI/CD
7 70 (12.07%) Mentoring
8 68 (11.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 54 (9.31%) Event-Driven
10 46 (7.93%) Design Patterns
11 44 (7.59%) Architectural Patterns
11 44 (7.59%) Coaching
12 41 (7.07%) Decision-Making
12 41 (7.07%) Technology Roadmap
13 40 (6.90%) Enterprise Architecture
14 39 (6.72%) Analytics
15 38 (6.55%) Architecture Governance
16 37 (6.38%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 28 (4.83%) Python
2 19 (3.28%) Apex Code
2 19 (3.28%) SOQL
2 19 (3.28%) SOSL
3 14 (2.41%) C#
3 14 (2.41%) Java
4 10 (1.72%) JavaScript
5 5 (0.86%) Bicep
5 5 (0.86%) SQL
5 5 (0.86%) TypeScript
6 4 (0.69%) Go
7 2 (0.34%) Ruby
7 2 (0.34%) X++
8 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.17%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.17%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.17%) R
Qualifications
1 91 (15.69%) Security Cleared
2 73 (12.59%) SC Cleared
3 15 (2.59%) DV Cleared
4 11 (1.90%) Degree
5 9 (1.55%) RIBA
6 6 (1.03%) Dell Certification
7 5 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.69%) CISSP
9 3 (0.52%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.52%) CCNA
9 3 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.52%) CWNA
10 2 (0.34%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.34%) BC Cleared
10 2 (0.34%) CITP
11 1 (0.17%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.59%) Accessibility
2 8 (1.38%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.21%) GDPR
4 6 (1.03%) PMO
5 3 (0.52%) IFRS
5 3 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (0.52%) WCAG
6 2 (0.34%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.34%) QA
7 1 (0.17%) PSD2
7 1 (0.17%) SEPA
System Software
1 16 (2.76%) Docker
2 14 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.24%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.21%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.21%) vSphere
5 2 (0.34%) Firmware
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 23 (3.97%) Kubernetes
1 23 (3.97%) Terraform
2 6 (1.03%) Avamar
2 6 (1.03%) Dell DRAC
2 6 (1.03%) EMC NetWorker
2 6 (1.03%) EMC VPLEX
2 6 (1.03%) VxRail
3 2 (0.34%) Argo
3 2 (0.34%) Grafana
3 2 (0.34%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.17%) Ansible
4 1 (0.17%) PowerCLI
4 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 76 (13.10%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.69%) Salesforce
3 25 (4.31%) ServiceNow
4 21 (3.62%) Splunk
5 15 (2.59%) Cisco
6 14 (2.41%) Avaya
6 14 (2.41%) Genesys
6 14 (2.41%) VMware
7 12 (2.07%) Databricks
7 12 (2.07%) OpenAI
8 11 (1.90%) Computacenter
9 8 (1.38%) Google
9 8 (1.38%) SAP
10 7 (1.21%) Oracle
11 6 (1.03%) 3PAR
11 6 (1.03%) CyberArk
11 6 (1.03%) Dell
11 6 (1.03%) Isilon
11 6 (1.03%) NetApp
11 6 (1.03%) Veeam