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 19 May 2026.

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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 517 407
Rank change year-on-year +151 -110 +37
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 442 138 585
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.48% 0.31% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.35% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 328 109 419
10th Percentile £55,000 £69,420 £57,250
25th Percentile £65,596 £72,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £75,400
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +9.42% -11.29%
75th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,100 £97,340
UK excluding London median annual salary £90,000 £82,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +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 85,926 39,497 91,995
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.36% 89.64% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 56,850 22,880 67,465
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
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 £71,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -5.66%

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 May 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 May 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 +116 325 £85,000 +3.03% 89
UK excluding London +66 226 £90,000 +9.09% 69
Work from Home +145 186 £85,000 +3.03% 47
London +53 113 £80,500 -14.13% 42
North of England +56 96 £85,000 - 22
North West +41 44 £87,431 -2.85% 15
Yorkshire -13 38 £85,000 +25.93% 3
Scotland +20 28 £90,000 +28.57% 1
East of England +5 25 £100,000 +17.65% 1
Midlands -19 21 £80,000 +10.34% 5
South West -40 19 £50,000 -31.03% 7
South East -46 18 £95,000 +15.15% 19
North East -27 14 £86,716 +23.88% 5
West Midlands -14 12 £87,431 +9.29% 3
Wales -29 11 £69,973 +8.27% 14
East Midlands -20 9 £45,000 -37.93% 2
Northern Ireland - 8 £95,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 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 93 (21.04%) Azure
2 87 (19.68%) Agile
3 70 (15.84%) DevOps
4 68 (15.38%) Security Cleared
5 64 (14.48%) AWS
6 58 (13.12%) Continuous Improvement
7 55 (12.44%) Roadmaps
8 54 (12.22%) Microsoft
8 54 (12.22%) SC Cleared
9 53 (11.99%) Mentoring
10 51 (11.54%) Technical Architecture
11 50 (11.31%) Event-Driven
12 47 (10.63%) CI/CD
13 40 (9.05%) Design Patterns
14 39 (8.82%) Project Delivery
15 38 (8.60%) Technology Roadmap
16 37 (8.37%) Architectural Patterns
16 37 (8.37%) Problem-Solving
16 37 (8.37%) TOGAF
17 36 (8.14%) Technical Leadership
18 35 (7.92%) Migration
19 34 (7.69%) Microservices
19 34 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 31 (7.01%) AI
20 31 (7.01%) Analytics
20 31 (7.01%) Enterprise Architecture
21 30 (6.79%) Decision-Making
22 29 (6.56%) Salesforce
22 29 (6.56%) Service Delivery
23 28 (6.33%) Architectural Design

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 9 (2.04%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.36%) Confluence
3 5 (1.13%) SAS
4 4 (0.90%) Documentum
5 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.45%) Camunda
7 1 (0.23%) Apache
7 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 3 (0.68%) Revit
2 2 (0.45%) ArchiCAD
3 1 (0.23%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.13%) Oracle Cash Management
1 5 (1.13%) Oracle Payables
1 5 (1.13%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.45%) SAP PSCD
5 1 (0.23%) Findur
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 93 (21.04%) Azure
2 64 (14.48%) AWS
3 28 (6.33%) SaaS
4 25 (5.66%) GCP
5 24 (5.43%) PaaS
6 14 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (3.17%) Power Platform
7 11 (2.49%) IaaS
8 10 (2.26%) Amazon S3
8 10 (2.26%) GitHub
9 9 (2.04%) Amazon EMR
9 9 (2.04%) Serverless
10 8 (1.81%) OCI
11 7 (1.58%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (1.36%) Entra ID
12 6 (1.36%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (0.90%) Nutanix
14 4 (0.90%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.07%) Broadband
2 8 (1.81%) Firewall
2 8 (1.81%) LAN
2 8 (1.81%) WAN
3 7 (1.58%) VPN
4 6 (1.36%) WLAN
5 5 (1.13%) SSL
5 5 (1.13%) Unified Communications
6 4 (0.90%) Fibre Channel
6 4 (0.90%) iSCSI
6 4 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.90%) Wireless
7 3 (0.68%) DNS
7 3 (0.68%) Internet
8 2 (0.45%) Network Security
9 1 (0.23%) IPsec
9 1 (0.23%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.17%) Metadata
2 13 (2.94%) Data Lake
3 6 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.36%) Power BI
4 5 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
4 5 (1.13%) BigQuery
4 5 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (0.90%) MongoDB
5 4 (0.90%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.90%) Redis
6 2 (0.45%) SAP BW
6 2 (0.45%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.23%) Big Data
7 1 (0.23%) MySQL
7 1 (0.23%) Pentaho
7 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.23%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.23%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 1 (0.23%) SAS Enterprise Miner
7 1 (0.23%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 18 (4.07%) GitLab
1 18 (4.07%) Jenkins
1 18 (4.07%) SonarQube
2 6 (1.36%) JIRA
3 4 (0.90%) Git
4 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.23%) RStudio
General
1 79 (17.87%) Public Sector
2 76 (17.19%) Social Skills
3 39 (8.82%) Finance
4 31 (7.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (6.33%) Marketing
6 18 (4.07%) Games
7 17 (3.85%) Law
8 14 (3.17%) Legal
9 9 (2.04%) Local Government
10 6 (1.36%) Analytical Skills
10 6 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.36%) Police
11 5 (1.13%) Aviation
11 5 (1.13%) Banking
11 5 (1.13%) General Ledger
12 4 (0.90%) Investment Banking
12 4 (0.90%) Retail
13 3 (0.68%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.23%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (5.20%) Middleware
2 22 (4.98%) SOAP
3 21 (4.75%) REST
4 18 (4.07%) Lightning Web Components
4 18 (4.07%) Visualforce
5 11 (2.49%) Kafka
6 10 (2.26%) PySpark
7 6 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (0.90%) .NET
9 3 (0.68%) OAuth
9 3 (0.68%) RESTful
9 3 (0.68%) Spring
10 2 (0.45%) .NET Core
10 2 (0.45%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.45%) ASP.NET Core
10 2 (0.45%) Entity Framework
10 2 (0.45%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.45%) OpenID
10 2 (0.45%) SAP Fiori
10 2 (0.45%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.88%) Product Ownership
2 15 (3.39%) Data Centre
3 14 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (2.49%) Cloud Native
4 11 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (2.04%) IoT
6 7 (1.58%) CMDB
6 7 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.13%) PKI
9 4 (0.90%) Digital Signage
9 4 (0.90%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (0.90%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.90%) VxBlock/Vblock
10 3 (0.68%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.68%) Synthetic Data
11 2 (0.45%) Blockchain
11 2 (0.45%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.45%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.36%) Windows
2 4 (0.90%) Linux
2 4 (0.90%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.45%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (19.68%) Agile
2 70 (15.84%) DevOps
3 58 (13.12%) Continuous Improvement
4 55 (12.44%) Roadmaps
5 53 (11.99%) Mentoring
6 51 (11.54%) Technical Architecture
7 50 (11.31%) Event-Driven
8 47 (10.63%) CI/CD
9 40 (9.05%) Design Patterns
10 39 (8.82%) Project Delivery
11 38 (8.60%) Technology Roadmap
12 37 (8.37%) Architectural Patterns
12 37 (8.37%) Problem-Solving
12 37 (8.37%) TOGAF
13 36 (8.14%) Technical Leadership
14 35 (7.92%) Migration
15 34 (7.69%) Microservices
15 34 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 31 (7.01%) AI
16 31 (7.01%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 20 (4.52%) Python
2 18 (4.07%) Apex Code
2 18 (4.07%) SOQL
2 18 (4.07%) SOSL
3 10 (2.26%) Java
4 9 (2.04%) C#
5 7 (1.58%) SQL
6 4 (0.90%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.68%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.45%) Ruby
9 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.23%) Go
9 1 (0.23%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.23%) R
Qualifications
1 68 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 54 (12.22%) SC Cleared
3 10 (2.26%) DV Cleared
3 10 (2.26%) RIBA
4 9 (2.04%) Degree
5 8 (1.81%) AWS Certification
6 7 (1.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 5 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.13%) CISSP
8 4 (0.90%) CCNA
8 4 (0.90%) CITP
8 4 (0.90%) CWNA
8 4 (0.90%) Dell Certification
9 3 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.45%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.23%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.23%) CCNP
11 1 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.26%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.04%) GDPR
3 6 (1.36%) PMO
4 3 (0.68%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.68%) IFRS
4 3 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.45%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.45%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.45%) WCAG
6 1 (0.23%) NCSC
6 1 (0.23%) NIST
6 1 (0.23%) QA
System Software
1 9 (2.04%) Docker
2 8 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.36%) vSphere
4 5 (1.13%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.13%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.45%) Firmware
5 2 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.23%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (3.85%) Terraform
2 12 (2.71%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.90%) Avamar
4 4 (0.90%) Dell DRAC
4 4 (0.90%) EMC NetWorker
4 4 (0.90%) EMC VPLEX
4 4 (0.90%) VxRail
5 3 (0.68%) Ansible
6 2 (0.45%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.23%) Argo
7 1 (0.23%) CASB
7 1 (0.23%) Grafana
7 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 54 (12.22%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.56%) Salesforce
3 24 (5.43%) ServiceNow
4 20 (4.52%) Splunk
5 16 (3.62%) Palantir
6 13 (2.94%) Databricks
7 12 (2.71%) Oracle
8 9 (2.04%) Google
8 9 (2.04%) YouTube
9 8 (1.81%) VMware
10 6 (1.36%) Computacenter
10 6 (1.36%) CyberArk
10 6 (1.36%) OpenText
11 5 (1.13%) SAP
12 4 (0.90%) Dell
12 4 (0.90%) Meraki
12 4 (0.90%) NetApp
12 4 (0.90%) Nimble Storage
12 4 (0.90%) Pega
12 4 (0.90%) Veeam