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 30 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 377 446 464
Rank change year-on-year +69 +18 -119
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 500 245 408
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.50% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.55% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 284 96 284
10th Percentile £56,250 £48,513 £53,750
25th Percentile £66,087 £59,630 £60,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,075
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -0.10% -3.13%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £84,063
90th Percentile £115,000 £103,125 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £74,830 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +15.12% -13.33% +11.11%

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 75,424 44,229 70,800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.68% 89.64% 81.30%
Number of salaries quoted 51,991 25,065 47,390
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

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 30 July 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 30 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 +14 343 £80,000 +4.92% 190
UK excluding London +56 312 £74,830 +15.12% 90
Work from Home +133 277 £77,500 -3.13% 75
London -2 130 £100,000 +21.95% 119
North of England +15 72 £74,830 +3.21% 28
Northern Ireland - 67 £74,830 - 1
South East -37 40 £77,500 +3.33% 23
Midlands -17 39 £74,830 +15.12% 7
West Midlands +1 35 £74,915 +15.25% 4
South West -49 33 £29,500 -63.13% 14
North West +17 31 £72,415 +20.65% 14
North East - 29 £78,500 - 7
Wales - 28 £70,000 - 2
Scotland +17 21 £74,830 +66.29% 12
Yorkshire -27 12 £90,000 +16.13% 7
East of England -29 12 £100,000 +37.93% 4
East Midlands -30 4 £70,000 +7.69% 3

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 9 (1.80%) Confluence
2 5 (1.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 5 (1.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.20%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.20%) IIS
4 1 (0.20%) JBoss
4 1 (0.20%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (3.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.00%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.60%) Oracle Cash Management
4 3 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.60%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.40%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.20%) OpenText VIM for SAP
Cloud Services
1 192 (38.40%) Azure
2 133 (26.60%) AWS
3 62 (12.40%) Cloud Computing
4 56 (11.20%) Power Platform
5 50 (10.00%) GCP
6 43 (8.60%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (5.00%) dbt
8 21 (4.20%) SaaS
9 18 (3.60%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (2.80%) PaaS
11 12 (2.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 11 (2.20%) IaaS
12 11 (2.20%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 9 (1.80%) PowerApps
13 9 (1.80%) Serverless
14 8 (1.60%) Amazon S3
14 8 (1.60%) Entra ID
15 7 (1.40%) Anthropic Claude
15 7 (1.40%) OCI
16 6 (1.20%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 65 (13.00%) LAN
1 65 (13.00%) WAN
2 16 (3.20%) Broadband
3 10 (2.00%) Unified Communications
4 6 (1.20%) WLAN
5 5 (1.00%) Firewall
5 5 (1.00%) Network Security
6 3 (0.60%) Internet
6 3 (0.60%) VPN
7 1 (0.20%) WebEx
7 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.20%) BigQuery
2 18 (3.60%) Metadata
3 15 (3.00%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (3.00%) Semantic Layer
4 11 (2.20%) Amazon Redshift
4 11 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (2.00%) MySQL
6 8 (1.60%) MongoDB
6 8 (1.60%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.40%) Power BI
7 7 (1.40%) SQL Server
8 6 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (1.20%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.20%) SAP BW
9 5 (1.00%) Big Data
10 3 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.40%) Data Vault
11 2 (0.40%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.40%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 31 (6.20%) Git
2 24 (4.80%) JUnit
3 19 (3.80%) Jenkins
4 16 (3.20%) Eclipse
5 14 (2.80%) JIRA
5 14 (2.80%) Subversion
6 8 (1.60%) Maven
6 8 (1.60%) Mockito
7 7 (1.40%) Claude Code
8 5 (1.00%) Yeoman
9 4 (0.80%) Selenium
10 2 (0.40%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.40%) Gatling
10 2 (0.40%) GitLab
10 2 (0.40%) JMeter
10 2 (0.40%) NeoLoad
10 2 (0.40%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.40%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.40%) Zephyr
General
1 227 (45.40%) Social Skills
2 160 (32.00%) Finance
3 102 (20.40%) Public Sector
4 96 (19.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 68 (13.60%) Presentation Skills
6 59 (11.80%) Analytical Skills
7 56 (11.20%) Law
8 30 (6.00%) Legal
9 23 (4.60%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.20%) Banking
11 9 (1.80%) Marketing
12 8 (1.60%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.60%) Retail
13 7 (1.40%) Aerospace
14 6 (1.20%) Aviation
15 5 (1.00%) Advertising
16 4 (0.80%) Local Government
16 4 (0.80%) Military
16 4 (0.80%) Public Speaking
16 4 (0.80%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 291 (58.20%) Architect
2 79 (15.80%) Technical Architect
3 68 (13.60%) Lead
4 65 (13.00%) Solutions Architect
5 64 (12.80%) Systems Architect
6 53 (10.60%) Senior
7 46 (9.20%) Developer
8 30 (6.00%) Java Developer
9 22 (4.40%) Cloud Architect
10 20 (4.00%) Data Architect
10 20 (4.00%) Enterprise Architect
11 19 (3.80%) Technical Leader
12 17 (3.40%) Consultant
12 17 (3.40%) Lead Architect
13 16 (3.20%) ERP Architect
14 15 (3.00%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
14 15 (3.00%) Junior
15 14 (2.80%) Junior Developer
15 14 (2.80%) Junior Java Developer
16 13 (2.60%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (9.80%) React
2 26 (5.20%) RESTful
3 25 (5.00%) Node.js
4 21 (4.20%) Jakarta EE
5 19 (3.80%) Spring
6 18 (3.60%) Middleware
7 17 (3.40%) REST
8 16 (3.20%) Web Services
9 14 (2.80%) .NET
9 14 (2.80%) Struts
10 11 (2.20%) Next.js
10 11 (2.20%) Spring Boot
11 10 (2.00%) Kafka
12 8 (1.60%) Playwright
12 8 (1.60%) RabbitMQ
13 7 (1.40%) Hibernate
13 7 (1.40%) JSP
14 6 (1.20%) Lightning Web Components
15 5 (1.00%) AWS CDK
15 5 (1.00%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 60 (12.00%) Cloud Native
2 43 (8.60%) Virtual Team
3 20 (4.00%) Product Ownership
4 17 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (3.20%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (2.40%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (1.80%) AI Agents
8 9 (1.80%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.40%) Data Centre
9 7 (1.40%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.20%) NHS
11 5 (1.00%) Blog
11 5 (1.00%) Life Science
12 4 (0.80%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
13 3 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (0.60%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.80%) Linux
2 9 (1.80%) Windows
3 8 (1.60%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.80%) Android
4 4 (0.80%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (33.80%) Agile
2 164 (32.80%) Roadmaps
3 125 (25.00%) AI
4 115 (23.00%) CI/CD
5 109 (21.80%) Mentoring
6 101 (20.20%) Infrastructure as Code
7 90 (18.00%) Containerisation
7 90 (18.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 85 (17.00%) Problem-Solving
9 83 (16.60%) Project Delivery
9 83 (16.60%) Technical Leadership
10 80 (16.00%) Business Strategy
10 80 (16.00%) Risk Management
11 79 (15.80%) Continuous Improvement
11 79 (15.80%) Stakeholder Management
12 76 (15.20%) DevOps
13 72 (14.40%) Enterprise Architecture
13 72 (14.40%) Information Security
13 72 (14.40%) Migration
14 68 (13.60%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 61 (12.20%) Java
2 60 (12.00%) Python
3 49 (9.80%) JavaScript
4 44 (8.80%) SQL
5 27 (5.40%) TypeScript
6 20 (4.00%) C#
7 17 (3.40%) C++
8 14 (2.80%) Perl
9 11 (2.20%) PL/SQL
10 10 (2.00%) Scala
11 8 (1.60%) Bash
12 6 (1.20%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.80%) C
13 4 (0.80%) Go
14 3 (0.60%) VBA
14 3 (0.60%) X++
15 2 (0.40%) Bicep
15 2 (0.40%) PHP
15 2 (0.40%) Ruby
16 1 (0.20%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 112 (22.40%) Security Cleared
2 96 (19.20%) SC Cleared
3 49 (9.80%) Degree
4 35 (7.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (3.20%) DV Cleared
6 12 (2.40%) DBS Check
7 11 (2.20%) CISSP
8 9 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.40%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (1.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (1.20%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (1.20%) CISM
12 5 (1.00%) CCSP
13 4 (0.80%) PMI Certification
14 3 (0.60%) CCNA
14 3 (0.60%) CCNP
14 3 (0.60%) MCSE
14 3 (0.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (12.60%) GRC
2 39 (7.80%) QA
3 28 (5.60%) Data Quality
4 22 (4.40%) GDPR
5 12 (2.40%) Accessibility
6 11 (2.20%) NIST
7 10 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.60%) COBIT
9 3 (0.60%) IFRS
9 3 (0.60%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.40%) NCSC
10 2 (0.40%) WCAG
11 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.20%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 28 (5.60%) Docker
2 15 (3.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.60%) VMware Server
4 2 (0.40%) NDS
5 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.20%) IAG
Systems Management
1 29 (5.80%) Kubernetes
2 22 (4.40%) Terraform
3 7 (1.40%) Grafana
3 7 (1.40%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.40%) Ansible
6 1 (0.20%) Argo
Vendors
1 129 (25.80%) Microsoft
2 31 (6.20%) SAP
3 23 (4.60%) Salesforce
4 21 (4.20%) Oracle
5 15 (3.00%) OpenAI
6 13 (2.60%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.60%) Google
8 5 (1.00%) Splunk
8 5 (1.00%) YouTube
9 4 (0.80%) Mitel
9 4 (0.80%) OpenText
10 3 (0.60%) HP
10 3 (0.60%) Okta
10 3 (0.60%) VMware
11 2 (0.40%) Aderant
11 2 (0.40%) Databricks
11 2 (0.40%) Intapp
11 2 (0.40%) Litera
11 2 (0.40%) NetIQ
11 2 (0.40%) Pega