Technical Architecture Job Trends

Technical Architecture
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Technical Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 336 496 407
Rank change year-on-year +160 -89 -111
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 633 180 404
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.54% 0.37% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.41% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 341 86 252
10th Percentile £50,000 £58,867 £45,690
25th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £59,549
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,000 £77,500 £75,150
Median % change year-on-year +0.65% +3.13% -6.06%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £103,125 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £74,830 £75,000 £75,150
% change year-on-year -0.23% -0.20% +15.62%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Technical Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86,468 43,703 59,228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.32% 88.90% 82.25%
Number of salaries quoted 59,116 24,458 31,674
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £78,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -10.95% -2.78%

Technical Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Technical Architecture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Technical Architecture job vacancy trend in the UK

Technical Architecture
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Technical Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Technical Architecture

Technical Architecture
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Architecture over the 6 months to 12 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Architecture in the UK

Technical Architecture
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 Architecture within the UK over the 6 months to 12 October 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 +88 450 £82,500 +3.13% 421
UK excluding London +119 415 £74,830 -0.23% 171
Work from Home +146 312 £76,165 -3.28% 167
London +13 149 £90,000 +5.88% 262
North of England +36 108 £82,500 +8.20% 44
Midlands +9 73 £74,830 - 32
Northern Ireland -17 70 £74,830 - 3
West Midlands +13 63 £74,830 - 26
South East -29 49 £85,000 +13.33% 42
South West -39 44 £37,500 - 22
North West +5 43 £70,000 -6.56% 24
North East - 43 £85,000 - 2
Wales -35 35 £70,000 -4.65% 6
Yorkshire -25 22 £90,000 +14.29% 18
Scotland +18 21 £74,830 - 12
East of England -36 15 £100,000 +37.93% 10
East Midlands -30 10 £70,000 -1.75% 6

Technical Architecture
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 8 (1.26%) Confluence
1 8 (1.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 5 (0.79%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.32%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.32%) NetWeaver
4 2 (0.32%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.16%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.16%) IIS
5 1 (0.16%) JBoss
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 22 (3.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.79%) SAP MDG
3 5 (0.79%) SAP PSCD
4 4 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.47%) Maximo
5 3 (0.47%) Oracle Cash Management
5 3 (0.47%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.32%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.16%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.16%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 245 (38.70%) Azure
2 166 (26.22%) AWS
3 67 (10.58%) Cloud Computing
3 67 (10.58%) GCP
4 65 (10.27%) Power Platform
5 39 (6.16%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (4.11%) dbt
7 25 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
8 21 (3.32%) iPaaS
9 20 (3.16%) SaaS
10 18 (2.84%) Serverless
11 17 (2.69%) Power Automate
12 15 (2.37%) AWS CloudFormation
13 14 (2.21%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 13 (2.05%) Azure Data Factory
14 13 (2.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 13 (2.05%) PowerApps
15 12 (1.90%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 11 (1.74%) Azure Service Bus
16 11 (1.74%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 72 (11.37%) LAN
1 72 (11.37%) WAN
2 16 (2.53%) Broadband
3 10 (1.58%) Unified Communications
4 9 (1.42%) Firewall
5 6 (0.95%) Network Security
5 6 (0.95%) WLAN
6 3 (0.47%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (0.47%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (0.47%) Internet
6 3 (0.47%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.47%) Wireless
7 2 (0.32%) VPN
8 1 (0.16%) DNS
8 1 (0.16%) SSL
8 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.16%) Value-Added Service
8 1 (0.16%) WebEx
8 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.16%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.63%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (3.48%) BigQuery
3 20 (3.16%) MySQL
4 17 (2.69%) Metadata
4 17 (2.69%) MongoDB
5 16 (2.53%) Relational Database
6 15 (2.37%) NoSQL
6 15 (2.37%) Semantic Layer
7 12 (1.90%) SQL Server
8 10 (1.58%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (1.26%) Data Lake
9 8 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.95%) Power BI
10 6 (0.95%) SAP BW
11 5 (0.79%) Big Data
12 3 (0.47%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (0.47%) Db2
13 2 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
13 2 (0.32%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 52 (8.21%) Git
2 32 (5.06%) JUnit
3 22 (3.48%) Eclipse
4 20 (3.16%) Jenkins
5 19 (3.00%) Subversion
6 18 (2.84%) JIRA
7 10 (1.58%) Maven
7 10 (1.58%) Mockito
8 7 (1.11%) Claude Code
9 4 (0.63%) Selenium
9 4 (0.63%) Yeoman
10 3 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.32%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.32%) Gatling
11 2 (0.32%) GitLab
11 2 (0.32%) JMeter
11 2 (0.32%) NeoLoad
11 2 (0.32%) SoapUI
11 2 (0.32%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.32%) Zephyr
General
1 268 (42.34%) Social Skills
2 212 (33.49%) Finance
3 145 (22.91%) Public Sector
4 125 (19.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 82 (12.95%) Presentation Skills
6 72 (11.37%) Analytical Skills
7 54 (8.53%) Law
8 35 (5.53%) Marketing
9 30 (4.74%) Influencing Skills
10 26 (4.11%) Legal
11 24 (3.79%) Banking
12 22 (3.48%) Aerospace
13 20 (3.16%) Retail
14 11 (1.74%) Military
15 9 (1.42%) Manufacturing
16 8 (1.26%) Telecoms
17 7 (1.11%) Aviation
17 7 (1.11%) Police
18 4 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
18 4 (0.63%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 339 (53.55%) Architect
2 123 (19.43%) Lead
3 118 (18.64%) Technical Architect
4 78 (12.32%) Solutions Architect
5 68 (10.74%) Developer
5 68 (10.74%) Systems Architect
6 62 (9.79%) Senior
7 42 (6.64%) Java Developer
8 41 (6.48%) Technical Leader
9 40 (6.32%) Lead Architect
10 35 (5.53%) Consultant
11 29 (4.58%) Technical Consultant
12 25 (3.95%) Cloud Architect
13 22 (3.48%) Junior
14 20 (3.16%) Senior Developer
15 19 (3.00%) Data Engineer
16 18 (2.84%) Data Architect
16 18 (2.84%) Junior Developer
17 17 (2.69%) Junior Java Developer
18 16 (2.53%) ERP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (10.11%) React
2 53 (8.37%) REST
3 42 (6.64%) Middleware
4 38 (6.00%) RESTful
5 37 (5.85%) Terraform
6 30 (4.74%) Spring
7 28 (4.42%) CSS
8 27 (4.27%) Jakarta EE
9 23 (3.63%) Node.js
10 22 (3.48%) JWT
10 22 (3.48%) OAuth
11 20 (3.16%) Spring Boot
11 20 (3.16%) Web Services
12 19 (3.00%) Kafka
12 19 (3.00%) Struts
13 17 (2.69%) .NET
14 16 (2.53%) Hibernate
15 15 (2.37%) RabbitMQ
16 13 (2.05%) JPA
16 13 (2.05%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 75 (11.85%) Cloud Native
2 47 (7.42%) Virtual Team
3 39 (6.16%) Onboarding
4 36 (5.69%) Product Ownership
5 30 (4.74%) Management Information System
6 26 (4.11%) Self-Motivation
7 25 (3.95%) Distributed Systems
8 21 (3.32%) Enterprise Software
8 21 (3.32%) Marketing Technology
9 16 (2.53%) AI Agents
9 16 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (2.05%) Data Centre
11 9 (1.42%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.26%) Private Cloud
13 7 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (1.11%) Blog
13 7 (1.11%) PMI
14 6 (0.95%) Life Science
14 6 (0.95%) NHS
15 5 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.32%) Linux
2 10 (1.58%) Windows
3 8 (1.26%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.11%) Unix
5 2 (0.32%) Android
6 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (32.70%) Roadmaps
2 190 (30.02%) Agile
3 184 (29.07%) AI
4 153 (24.17%) CI/CD
5 150 (23.70%) Mentoring
6 139 (21.96%) Technical Leadership
7 130 (20.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 121 (19.12%) Infrastructure as Code
9 117 (18.48%) Problem-Solving
10 114 (18.01%) Containerisation
11 113 (17.85%) Stakeholder Management
12 109 (17.22%) DevOps
12 109 (17.22%) Project Delivery
13 107 (16.90%) Risk Management
14 101 (15.96%) Continuous Improvement
15 85 (13.43%) Business Strategy
16 84 (13.27%) Enterprise Architecture
16 84 (13.27%) Migration
17 78 (12.32%) Information Security
17 78 (12.32%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 99 (15.64%) Python
2 88 (13.90%) JavaScript
3 82 (12.95%) Java
4 56 (8.85%) SQL
5 35 (5.53%) TypeScript
6 30 (4.74%) C#
7 21 (3.32%) C++
8 19 (3.00%) Perl
9 17 (2.69%) Scala
10 12 (1.90%) ABAP
11 10 (1.58%) Bash
11 10 (1.58%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.79%) Apex Code
12 5 (0.79%) Go
12 5 (0.79%) Rust
13 4 (0.63%) Clojure
13 4 (0.63%) Haskell
13 4 (0.63%) Lisp
13 4 (0.63%) OCaml
13 4 (0.63%) X++
Qualifications
1 162 (25.59%) Security Cleared
2 139 (21.96%) SC Cleared
3 68 (10.74%) Degree
4 43 (6.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (4.27%) DV Cleared
6 24 (3.79%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (2.37%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (2.05%) CISSP
9 10 (1.58%) Azure Certification
9 10 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.42%) DBS Check
10 9 (1.42%) PMI Certification
11 8 (1.26%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (1.11%) AWS Certification
12 7 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (0.95%) CCNP
14 5 (0.79%) CISM
14 5 (0.79%) SAP Certification
15 4 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 4 (0.63%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (10.90%) GRC
2 57 (9.00%) QA
3 28 (4.42%) Data Quality
4 25 (3.95%) Accessibility
5 22 (3.48%) GDPR
6 10 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.58%) NIST
7 9 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.79%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.79%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.63%) NCSC
9 4 (0.63%) WCAG
10 3 (0.47%) COBIT
11 1 (0.16%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.16%) PMO
11 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 43 (6.79%) Docker
2 17 (2.69%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.47%) NDS
4 3 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.47%) VMware Server
5 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 38 (6.00%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.53%) Grafana
3 15 (2.37%) Prometheus
4 8 (1.26%) Ansible
5 4 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.16%) Consul
6 1 (0.16%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.16%) Puppet
Vendors
1 153 (24.17%) Microsoft
2 45 (7.11%) SAP
3 29 (4.58%) Oracle
4 21 (3.32%) Salesforce
5 16 (2.53%) OpenAI
6 14 (2.21%) ServiceNow
7 13 (2.05%) Splunk
8 12 (1.90%) YouTube
9 8 (1.26%) Databricks
9 8 (1.26%) Google
9 8 (1.26%) VMware
10 5 (0.79%) Cisco
10 5 (0.79%) Okta
11 4 (0.63%) Aruba
11 4 (0.63%) ForgeRock
11 4 (0.63%) HP
11 4 (0.63%) Mitel
12 3 (0.47%) Dynatrace
12 3 (0.47%) OpenText
12 3 (0.47%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud