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 6 August 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 324 543 365
Rank change year-on-year +219 -178 +96
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 625 152 593
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.60% 0.31% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.34% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 437 118 431
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% -10.54%
75th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £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 98,527 44,645 79,471
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.16% 90.04% 94.94%
Number of salaries quoted 67,450 26,505 53,682
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,991
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -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 6 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 6 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 +154 446 £85,000 +3.03% 151
UK excluding London +149 386 £85,000 +3.03% 90
Work from Home +103 203 £85,000 +3.03% 65
North of England +107 180 £85,000 +3.03% 29
London +28 124 £95,000 +10.14% 80
North West +59 75 £85,000 -2.86% 15
North East 0 54 £85,000 +21.43% 8
Yorkshire +18 51 £87,431 +24.90% 6
Midlands -14 42 £87,431 +29.53% 10
West Midlands -5 36 £87,431 +9.29% 8
South West -30 35 £50,000 -41.18% 10
Scotland +51 32 £85,000 +21.43% 7
Wales -24 32 £80,000 +11.89% 7
East of England -1 26 £95,000 - 5
Northern Ireland - 25 £85,000 - 3
South East -49 20 £100,000 +21.21% 21
East Midlands -16 6 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 6 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.

1 120 (19.20%) Agile
2 113 (18.08%) Azure
3 97 (15.52%) Security Cleared
4 83 (13.28%) Technical Architecture
5 80 (12.80%) Microsoft
6 79 (12.64%) AWS
6 79 (12.64%) Mentoring
6 79 (12.64%) Technical Leadership
7 78 (12.48%) AI
8 77 (12.32%) DevOps
8 77 (12.32%) SC Cleared
9 73 (11.68%) CI/CD
10 72 (11.52%) Continuous Improvement
11 71 (11.36%) Roadmaps
12 67 (10.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 53 (8.48%) Architectural Patterns
13 53 (8.48%) Coaching
14 49 (7.84%) Decision-Making
15 46 (7.36%) Event-Driven
16 44 (7.04%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 42 (6.72%) Architecture Governance
17 42 (6.72%) Design Patterns
18 40 (6.40%) Integration Patterns
19 38 (6.08%) Microservices
19 38 (6.08%) SaaS
20 37 (5.92%) Enterprise Architecture
21 35 (5.60%) Analytics
22 33 (5.28%) Technology Roadmap
23 31 (4.96%) Stakeholder Management
24 30 (4.80%) Infrastructure as Code

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 (0.80%) Confluence
1 5 (0.80%) SAS
2 4 (0.64%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.32%) Camunda
4 1 (0.16%) Apache
4 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (2.24%) Chatbot
2 9 (1.44%) Revit
3 2 (0.32%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.16%) ArchiCAD
4 1 (0.16%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.16%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 6 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.80%) Oracle Utilities
3 4 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.32%) SAP PSCD
5 1 (0.16%) Findur
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 113 (18.08%) Azure
2 79 (12.64%) AWS
3 38 (6.08%) SaaS
4 28 (4.48%) GCP
5 23 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (2.72%) Power Platform
7 15 (2.40%) GitHub
8 14 (2.24%) Entra ID
9 11 (1.76%) Amazon S3
9 11 (1.76%) dbt
10 10 (1.60%) Amazon EMR
10 10 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (1.44%) PaaS
12 8 (1.28%) Serverless
13 7 (1.12%) Azure AKS
14 6 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (0.96%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 6 (0.96%) Nutanix
15 5 (0.80%) IaaS
15 5 (0.80%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.24%) Broadband
1 14 (2.24%) CTI
1 14 (2.24%) VoIP
2 9 (1.44%) Network Security
3 8 (1.28%) LAN
3 8 (1.28%) VPN
3 8 (1.28%) WAN
4 7 (1.12%) Firewall
4 7 (1.12%) WLAN
5 6 (0.96%) Fibre Channel
5 6 (0.96%) iSCSI
5 6 (0.96%) Unified Communications
6 3 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.32%) Wireless
8 1 (0.16%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.24%) Data Lake
2 12 (1.92%) Metadata
3 8 (1.28%) Power BI
4 6 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (0.80%) BigQuery
5 5 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (0.80%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.64%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.32%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.32%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.16%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.16%) Db2
8 1 (0.16%) MySQL
8 1 (0.16%) Pentaho
8 1 (0.16%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.16%) Redis
8 1 (0.16%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 1 (0.16%) SAS Enterprise Miner
8 1 (0.16%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (2.56%) Jenkins
1 16 (2.56%) SonarQube
2 15 (2.40%) GitLab
3 5 (0.80%) JIRA
4 4 (0.64%) Git
5 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.16%) Maven
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.16%) RStudio
General
1 113 (18.08%) Public Sector
2 83 (13.28%) Social Skills
3 55 (8.80%) Finance
4 47 (7.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (3.68%) Marketing
6 21 (3.36%) Legal
7 14 (2.24%) Games
7 14 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (2.24%) Law
8 5 (0.80%) Aerospace
8 5 (0.80%) Aviation
8 5 (0.80%) Local Government
8 5 (0.80%) Police
9 4 (0.64%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (0.48%) Banking
10 3 (0.48%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.16%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.16%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.16%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.68%) REST
2 21 (3.36%) SOAP
3 17 (2.72%) Middleware
4 15 (2.40%) Lightning Web Components
4 15 (2.40%) Visualforce
5 14 (2.24%) Kafka
6 11 (1.76%) PySpark
7 8 (1.28%) .NET
8 6 (0.96%) CSS
8 6 (0.96%) HTML
8 6 (0.96%) Spring
9 5 (0.80%) OAuth
9 5 (0.80%) RESTful
10 4 (0.64%) OpenID
10 4 (0.64%) Spring Boot
11 3 (0.48%) SAP Fiori
12 2 (0.32%) .NET Core
12 2 (0.32%) ASP.NET Core
12 2 (0.32%) Entity Framework
12 2 (0.32%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 25 (4.00%) Cloud Native
2 21 (3.36%) Product Ownership
3 16 (2.56%) Data Centre
4 14 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (2.24%) IVR
4 14 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (1.28%) CMDB
5 8 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (0.96%) Enterprise Storage
7 6 (0.96%) Onboarding
7 6 (0.96%) VxBlock/Vblock
8 4 (0.64%) Blog
8 4 (0.64%) IoT
8 4 (0.64%) Life Science
9 2 (0.32%) Blockchain
9 2 (0.32%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.32%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.32%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.32%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.12%) Windows
2 5 (0.80%) Linux
2 5 (0.80%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.32%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (19.20%) Agile
2 83 (13.28%) Technical Architecture
3 79 (12.64%) Mentoring
3 79 (12.64%) Technical Leadership
4 78 (12.48%) AI
5 77 (12.32%) DevOps
6 73 (11.68%) CI/CD
7 72 (11.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 71 (11.36%) Roadmaps
9 67 (10.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 53 (8.48%) Architectural Patterns
10 53 (8.48%) Coaching
11 49 (7.84%) Decision-Making
12 46 (7.36%) Event-Driven
13 44 (7.04%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 42 (6.72%) Architecture Governance
14 42 (6.72%) Design Patterns
15 40 (6.40%) Integration Patterns
16 38 (6.08%) Microservices
17 37 (5.92%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 30 (4.80%) Python
2 18 (2.88%) C#
3 15 (2.40%) Apex Code
3 15 (2.40%) Java
3 15 (2.40%) SOQL
3 15 (2.40%) SOSL
4 11 (1.76%) JavaScript
5 6 (0.96%) Bicep
5 6 (0.96%) Go
6 5 (0.80%) TypeScript
7 4 (0.64%) SQL
8 2 (0.32%) Ruby
8 2 (0.32%) X++
9 1 (0.16%) ABAP
9 1 (0.16%) COBOL
9 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.16%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.16%) R
9 1 (0.16%) RPG
Qualifications
1 97 (15.52%) Security Cleared
2 77 (12.32%) SC Cleared
3 16 (2.56%) DV Cleared
4 13 (2.08%) Degree
5 8 (1.28%) RIBA
6 6 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (0.96%) Dell Certification
7 5 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.64%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.48%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.48%) CCNA
9 3 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.48%) CISSP
9 3 (0.48%) CWNA
10 2 (0.32%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.16%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.40%) Accessibility
2 8 (1.28%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.12%) GDPR
4 6 (0.96%) PMO
5 4 (0.64%) QA
6 3 (0.48%) IFRS
6 3 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.48%) WCAG
7 2 (0.32%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.16%) PSD2
8 1 (0.16%) SEPA
System Software
1 17 (2.72%) Docker
2 15 (2.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.24%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.12%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.12%) vSphere
5 2 (0.32%) Firmware
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 25 (4.00%) Kubernetes
1 25 (4.00%) Terraform
2 6 (0.96%) Avamar
2 6 (0.96%) Dell DRAC
2 6 (0.96%) EMC NetWorker
2 6 (0.96%) EMC VPLEX
2 6 (0.96%) VxRail
3 2 (0.32%) Ansible
3 2 (0.32%) Argo
3 2 (0.32%) Grafana
3 2 (0.32%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.16%) PowerCLI
4 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 80 (12.80%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.80%) Salesforce
3 20 (3.20%) ServiceNow
4 17 (2.72%) Splunk
5 15 (2.40%) Cisco
5 15 (2.40%) VMware
6 14 (2.24%) Avaya
6 14 (2.24%) Genesys
7 13 (2.08%) Computacenter
8 12 (1.92%) Databricks
8 12 (1.92%) OpenAI
9 10 (1.60%) Oracle
10 9 (1.44%) SAP
11 8 (1.28%) Google
12 6 (0.96%) 3PAR
12 6 (0.96%) CyberArk
12 6 (0.96%) Isilon
12 6 (0.96%) NetApp
12 6 (0.96%) Nimble Storage
12 6 (0.96%) Veeam