Technical Architect Job Trends

Technical Architect
UK

The median Technical Architect salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 April 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 351 476 412
Rank change year-on-year +125 -64 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 413 165 528
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.40% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.45% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 322 129 380
10th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
25th Percentile £70,337 £70,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +6.45% -6.06%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.03% +10.00% -3.54%

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 75,427 36,820 85,883
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.34% 89.83% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 48,455 23,325 64,410
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +10.09% -9.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -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 6 April 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 April 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 +94 311 £80,000 -3.03% 107
UK excluding London +57 225 £80,000 -3.03% 89
Work from Home +98 164 £80,000 -3.03% 60
London +72 115 £85,000 -5.56% 32
North of England +8 90 £85,000 - 31
North West -1 40 £85,000 -10.53% 11
Yorkshire -16 38 £85,000 +25.93% 12
Scotland +2 32 £85,000 +21.43% 5
Midlands -18 24 £80,000 +14.29% 11
East of England -14 21 £100,000 +2.56% 13
South West -32 20 £67,800 +13.00% 7
West Midlands +1 18 £80,000 +14.29% 11
Wales -23 14 £72,415 +40.61% 2
South East -71 13 £85,000 +3.03% 22
North East -19 12 £91,716 +11.17% 8
Northern Ireland - 11 £95,000 - 1
East Midlands -44 6 £45,000 -16.40%

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

For the 6 months to 6 April 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 90 (21.79%) Agile
2 87 (21.07%) Azure
3 73 (17.68%) DevOps
4 62 (15.01%) Continuous Improvement
5 61 (14.77%) Roadmaps
6 55 (13.32%) Technical Architecture
7 54 (13.08%) Mentoring
8 50 (12.11%) Security Cleared
9 49 (11.86%) AWS
10 47 (11.38%) Microsoft
11 44 (10.65%) SC Cleared
12 41 (9.93%) Event-Driven
12 41 (9.93%) Technology Roadmap
12 41 (9.93%) TOGAF
13 40 (9.69%) CI/CD
14 39 (9.44%) Project Delivery
15 37 (8.96%) Architectural Patterns
15 37 (8.96%) Problem-Solving
16 36 (8.72%) Design Patterns
16 36 (8.72%) Enterprise Architecture
17 33 (7.99%) Analytics
17 33 (7.99%) Technology Strategy
18 32 (7.75%) Migration
19 31 (7.51%) Technical Leadership
20 28 (6.78%) Community of Practice
20 28 (6.78%) Microservices
20 28 (6.78%) Salesforce
20 28 (6.78%) Service Delivery
21 27 (6.54%) Scrum
22 26 (6.30%) AI

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 (2.18%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.21%) Confluence
2 5 (1.21%) SAS
3 4 (0.97%) Documentum
4 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.48%) Camunda
5 2 (0.48%) CMS
6 1 (0.24%) Apache
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (0.48%) ArchiCAD
1 2 (0.48%) Revit
2 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.21%) Oracle Cash Management
1 5 (1.21%) Oracle Payables
1 5 (1.21%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.24%) Findur
Cloud Services
1 87 (21.07%) Azure
2 49 (11.86%) AWS
3 25 (6.05%) SaaS
4 23 (5.57%) PaaS
5 22 (5.33%) GCP
6 12 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (2.91%) Power Platform
7 10 (2.42%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (1.94%) IaaS
8 8 (1.94%) OCI
8 8 (1.94%) Serverless
9 7 (1.69%) Azure AKS
9 7 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
9 7 (1.69%) Azure Service Bus
10 6 (1.45%) Azure Event Grid
10 6 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (0.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 4 (0.97%) Entra ID
12 4 (0.97%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.84%) Broadband
2 7 (1.69%) Firewall
2 7 (1.69%) VPN
3 6 (1.45%) LAN
3 6 (1.45%) WAN
4 5 (1.21%) SSL
5 4 (0.97%) Unified Communications
5 4 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.97%) Wireless
5 4 (0.97%) WLAN
6 3 (0.73%) DNS
6 3 (0.73%) Internet
7 1 (0.24%) IPsec
7 1 (0.24%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.24%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.15%) Metadata
2 8 (1.94%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.21%) BigQuery
4 5 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (1.21%) Power BI
5 4 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (0.97%) Data Lake
5 4 (0.97%) MongoDB
5 4 (0.97%) Redis
6 3 (0.73%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.24%) MySQL
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.24%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.24%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 1 (0.24%) SAS Enterprise Miner
Development Applications
1 20 (4.84%) GitLab
1 20 (4.84%) Jenkins
1 20 (4.84%) SonarQube
2 5 (1.21%) Git
2 5 (1.21%) JIRA
3 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.24%) RStudio
General
1 70 (16.95%) Social Skills
2 67 (16.22%) Public Sector
3 40 (9.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 33 (7.99%) Marketing
5 31 (7.51%) Finance
6 20 (4.84%) Games
7 19 (4.60%) Law
8 18 (4.36%) Legal
9 9 (2.18%) Local Government
10 7 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
10 7 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.45%) Banking
12 5 (1.21%) Aviation
12 5 (1.21%) General Ledger
12 5 (1.21%) Police
13 4 (0.97%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.97%) Retail
14 2 (0.48%) Back Office
14 2 (0.48%) Digital Health
14 2 (0.48%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (5.57%) Middleware
2 22 (5.33%) Node.js
3 21 (5.08%) Django
3 21 (5.08%) React
3 21 (5.08%) SOAP
4 20 (4.84%) Lightning Web Components
4 20 (4.84%) REST
4 20 (4.84%) Visualforce
5 7 (1.69%) .NET
5 7 (1.69%) Web Services
6 6 (1.45%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (1.21%) Spring
8 4 (0.97%) .NET Core
8 4 (0.97%) ASP.NET
8 4 (0.97%) ASP.NET Core
8 4 (0.97%) Entity Framework
8 4 (0.97%) Hibernate
8 4 (0.97%) Spring MVC
9 3 (0.73%) RESTful
10 2 (0.48%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 31 (7.51%) Product Ownership
2 14 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (2.66%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (2.18%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (1.94%) IoT
5 8 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.69%) Cloud Native
7 6 (1.45%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.21%) PKI
8 5 (1.21%) Synthetic Data
9 4 (0.97%) Digital Signage
9 4 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (0.97%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.73%) CMDB
10 3 (0.73%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.48%) Operational Technology
12 1 (0.24%) Greenfield Project
12 1 (0.24%) Hackathon
12 1 (0.24%) Low-Code
12 1 (0.24%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.48%) Linux
2 1 (0.24%) Windows
2 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (21.79%) Agile
2 73 (17.68%) DevOps
3 62 (15.01%) Continuous Improvement
4 61 (14.77%) Roadmaps
5 55 (13.32%) Technical Architecture
6 54 (13.08%) Mentoring
7 41 (9.93%) Event-Driven
7 41 (9.93%) Technology Roadmap
7 41 (9.93%) TOGAF
8 40 (9.69%) CI/CD
9 39 (9.44%) Project Delivery
10 37 (8.96%) Architectural Patterns
10 37 (8.96%) Problem-Solving
11 36 (8.72%) Design Patterns
11 36 (8.72%) Enterprise Architecture
12 33 (7.99%) Analytics
12 33 (7.99%) Technology Strategy
13 32 (7.75%) Migration
14 31 (7.51%) Technical Leadership
15 28 (6.78%) Community of Practice
Programming Languages
1 26 (6.30%) Python
2 20 (4.84%) Apex Code
2 20 (4.84%) SOQL
2 20 (4.84%) SOSL
3 11 (2.66%) SQL
4 9 (2.18%) C#
4 9 (2.18%) Java
5 3 (0.73%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.24%) ABAP
6 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.24%) Go
6 1 (0.24%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.24%) R
6 1 (0.24%) Ruby
6 1 (0.24%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 50 (12.11%) Security Cleared
2 44 (10.65%) SC Cleared
3 10 (2.42%) RIBA
4 9 (2.18%) Degree
5 8 (1.94%) AWS Certification
6 7 (1.69%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (0.97%) CCNA
9 4 (0.97%) CISSP
9 4 (0.97%) CITP
9 4 (0.97%) CWNA
10 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.48%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.24%) BC Cleared
12 1 (0.24%) CCNP
12 1 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.18%) GDPR
2 7 (1.69%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.21%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.73%) IFRS
4 3 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.48%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.48%) PMO
5 2 (0.48%) WCAG
6 1 (0.24%) NCSC
6 1 (0.24%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (2.18%) Docker
2 4 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.48%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.48%) vSphere
4 1 (0.24%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (3.15%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (1.45%) Terraform
3 3 (0.73%) Ansible
4 2 (0.48%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.24%) Argo
5 1 (0.24%) CASB
Vendors
1 47 (11.38%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.78%) Salesforce
3 20 (4.84%) Splunk
4 17 (4.12%) Oracle
4 17 (4.12%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.87%) Palantir
6 12 (2.91%) Google
7 9 (2.18%) YouTube
8 6 (1.45%) Informatica
8 6 (1.45%) OpenText
9 5 (1.21%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.21%) SAP
10 4 (0.97%) Meraki
10 4 (0.97%) Pega
10 4 (0.97%) VMware
11 3 (0.73%) Databricks
12 2 (0.48%) Adobe
12 2 (0.48%) SolarWinds
13 1 (0.24%) Computacenter
13 1 (0.24%) OpenLink