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 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 365 467 455
Rank change year-on-year +102 -12 -142
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 554 219 396
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.44% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.49% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 310 84 271
10th Percentile £50,000 £54,247 £50,156
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £60,493
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,500 £75,000 £75,150
Median % change year-on-year +4.67% -0.20% -6.06%
75th Percentile £96,875 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £101,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £74,830 £69,750 £75,150
% change year-on-year +7.28% -7.19% +11.33%

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 80,269 44,315 65,850
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.06% 88.64% 80.88%
Number of salaries quoted 55,761 25,263 40,217
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -6.67%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -6.86% -6.87%

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 1 September 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 1 September 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 +39 390 £82,500 +6.45% 442
UK excluding London +93 366 £74,830 +7.28% 188
Work from Home +160 293 £77,500 -3.13% 205
London -2 133 £100,000 +19.76% 306
North of England +32 97 £85,000 +17.24% 60
Northern Ireland - 71 £74,830 - 5
Midlands -16 46 £74,830 +15.12% 19
West Midlands +12 44 £76,415 +5.40% 14
South East -45 44 £80,000 +6.67% 46
South West -45 43 £37,500 - 27
North East - 43 £85,000 - 10
North West +10 38 £74,830 +24.67% 37
Wales -37 30 £70,000 -2.78% 3
Scotland +12 23 £74,830 +19.73% 25
Yorkshire -31 16 £90,000 +16.13% 13
East of England -21 12 £100,000 +37.93% 4
East Midlands -28 2 £70,000 +7.69% 5

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 (1.62%) Confluence
2 7 (1.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.36%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.18%) IIS
4 1 (0.18%) JBoss
4 1 (0.18%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (1.62%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 18 (3.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.90%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.54%) Oracle Cash Management
4 3 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.54%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.36%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.18%) OpenText VIM for SAP
Cloud Services
1 218 (39.35%) Azure
2 154 (27.80%) AWS
3 65 (11.73%) Cloud Computing
4 58 (10.47%) Power Platform
5 56 (10.11%) GCP
6 37 (6.68%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (4.69%) dbt
8 23 (4.15%) SaaS
9 20 (3.61%) Dynamics 365
10 16 (2.89%) PaaS
11 13 (2.35%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 13 (2.35%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 11 (1.99%) Serverless
13 10 (1.81%) AWS CloudFormation
13 10 (1.81%) IaaS
14 9 (1.62%) Amazon S3
14 9 (1.62%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (1.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 8 (1.44%) Entra ID
15 8 (1.44%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 72 (13.00%) LAN
1 72 (13.00%) WAN
2 16 (2.89%) Broadband
3 10 (1.81%) Unified Communications
4 9 (1.62%) Firewall
5 6 (1.08%) WLAN
6 5 (0.90%) Network Security
7 3 (0.54%) Cisco ISE
7 3 (0.54%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (0.54%) Internet
7 3 (0.54%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.54%) VPN
7 3 (0.54%) Wireless
8 1 (0.18%) WebEx
8 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.18%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.79%) BigQuery
2 20 (3.61%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (3.25%) Metadata
4 15 (2.71%) Semantic Layer
5 14 (2.53%) MySQL
6 13 (2.35%) MongoDB
7 11 (1.99%) Amazon Redshift
7 11 (1.99%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (1.99%) NoSQL
8 8 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (1.44%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.26%) SQL Server
10 6 (1.08%) Power BI
10 6 (1.08%) SAP BW
11 5 (0.90%) Big Data
12 4 (0.72%) Amazon Athena
12 4 (0.72%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.36%) Data Vault
13 2 (0.36%) Geospatial Data
13 2 (0.36%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 41 (7.40%) Git
2 31 (5.60%) JUnit
3 21 (3.79%) Eclipse
4 19 (3.43%) Jenkins
4 19 (3.43%) Subversion
5 18 (3.25%) JIRA
6 10 (1.81%) Maven
6 10 (1.81%) Mockito
7 7 (1.26%) Claude Code
8 5 (0.90%) Yeoman
9 4 (0.72%) Selenium
10 2 (0.36%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.36%) Gatling
10 2 (0.36%) GitLab
10 2 (0.36%) JMeter
10 2 (0.36%) NeoLoad
10 2 (0.36%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.36%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.36%) Zephyr
General
1 249 (44.95%) Social Skills
2 183 (33.03%) Finance
3 120 (21.66%) Public Sector
4 101 (18.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 76 (13.72%) Presentation Skills
6 68 (12.27%) Analytical Skills
7 54 (9.75%) Law
8 31 (5.60%) Influencing Skills
9 28 (5.05%) Legal
10 16 (2.89%) Banking
11 13 (2.35%) Aerospace
12 12 (2.17%) Marketing
13 10 (1.81%) Military
13 10 (1.81%) Retail
14 9 (1.62%) Manufacturing
15 7 (1.26%) Aviation
16 6 (1.08%) Police
16 6 (1.08%) Telecoms
17 4 (0.72%) Advertising
17 4 (0.72%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 320 (57.76%) Architect
2 105 (18.95%) Technical Architect
3 92 (16.61%) Lead
4 71 (12.82%) Solutions Architect
5 69 (12.45%) Systems Architect
6 59 (10.65%) Developer
7 53 (9.57%) Senior
8 41 (7.40%) Java Developer
9 33 (5.96%) Technical Leader
10 32 (5.78%) Lead Architect
11 23 (4.15%) Cloud Architect
12 21 (3.79%) Junior
13 20 (3.61%) Data Architect
14 18 (3.25%) Consultant
15 17 (3.07%) Junior Developer
15 17 (3.07%) Junior Java Developer
15 17 (3.07%) Senior Developer
16 16 (2.89%) Enterprise Architect
16 16 (2.89%) ERP Architect
17 15 (2.71%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (11.55%) React
2 36 (6.50%) RESTful
3 30 (5.42%) Terraform
4 27 (4.87%) Jakarta EE
5 26 (4.69%) REST
6 25 (4.51%) Node.js
6 25 (4.51%) Spring
7 21 (3.79%) Middleware
8 20 (3.61%) Web Services
9 19 (3.43%) Struts
10 16 (2.89%) Kafka
11 15 (2.71%) .NET
11 15 (2.71%) Spring Boot
12 12 (2.17%) Next.js
12 12 (2.17%) RabbitMQ
13 11 (1.99%) Hibernate
14 10 (1.81%) Playwright
15 9 (1.62%) JPA
16 8 (1.44%) JSP
17 7 (1.26%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 68 (12.27%) Cloud Native
2 43 (7.76%) Virtual Team
3 26 (4.69%) Product Ownership
4 23 (4.15%) Distributed Systems
5 21 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (3.25%) Management Information System
7 16 (2.89%) Onboarding
8 13 (2.35%) AI Agents
8 13 (2.35%) Data Centre
8 13 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.44%) Low-Code
11 7 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.26%) Blog
11 7 (1.26%) PMI
11 7 (1.26%) Private Cloud
12 6 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.08%) Life Science
12 6 (1.08%) NHS
13 4 (0.72%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (3.43%) Linux
2 10 (1.81%) Windows
3 9 (1.62%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.72%) Unix
5 2 (0.36%) Android
5 2 (0.36%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (34.12%) Roadmaps
2 176 (31.77%) Agile
3 145 (26.17%) AI
4 135 (24.37%) Mentoring
5 134 (24.19%) CI/CD
6 119 (21.48%) Technical Leadership
7 117 (21.12%) Infrastructure as Code
8 106 (19.13%) Containerisation
9 100 (18.05%) Problem-Solving
10 99 (17.87%) Project Delivery
11 96 (17.33%) Stakeholder Management
12 93 (16.79%) Risk Management
13 92 (16.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 87 (15.70%) DevOps
15 86 (15.52%) Continuous Improvement
16 81 (14.62%) Business Strategy
17 78 (14.08%) Migration
18 77 (13.90%) Information Security
19 76 (13.72%) Business Case
19 76 (13.72%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 78 (14.08%) Java
2 70 (12.64%) Python
3 62 (11.19%) JavaScript
4 50 (9.03%) SQL
5 33 (5.96%) TypeScript
6 24 (4.33%) C#
7 22 (3.97%) C++
8 19 (3.43%) Perl
9 13 (2.35%) Scala
10 10 (1.81%) Bash
10 10 (1.81%) PL/SQL
11 7 (1.26%) ABAP
12 5 (0.90%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.72%) C
13 4 (0.72%) Go
13 4 (0.72%) X++
14 2 (0.36%) Bicep
14 2 (0.36%) PHP
14 2 (0.36%) SOQL
14 2 (0.36%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 129 (23.29%) Security Cleared
2 112 (20.22%) SC Cleared
3 58 (10.47%) Degree
4 42 (7.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (3.97%) DV Cleared
6 13 (2.35%) CISSP
7 12 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.62%) DBS Check
10 9 (1.62%) TOGAF Certification
11 7 (1.26%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.26%) PMI Certification
12 6 (1.08%) CCNP
13 5 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (0.90%) AWS Certification
13 5 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (0.90%) CCSP
13 5 (0.90%) CISM
14 3 (0.54%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (12.64%) GRC
2 50 (9.03%) QA
3 29 (5.23%) Data Quality
4 19 (3.43%) GDPR
5 16 (2.89%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.99%) NIST
7 10 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.54%) COBIT
9 3 (0.54%) IFRS
9 3 (0.54%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.36%) NCSC
11 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.18%) WCAG
System Software
1 39 (7.04%) Docker
2 16 (2.89%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.54%) VMware Server
4 2 (0.36%) NDS
5 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.18%) IAG
Systems Management
1 34 (6.14%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.17%) Grafana
2 12 (2.17%) Prometheus
3 4 (0.72%) Ansible
3 4 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.18%) Consul
Vendors
1 138 (24.91%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.22%) SAP
3 25 (4.51%) Oracle
4 24 (4.33%) Salesforce
5 16 (2.89%) OpenAI
6 15 (2.71%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.62%) Splunk
8 6 (1.08%) VMware
8 6 (1.08%) YouTube
9 4 (0.72%) Aruba
9 4 (0.72%) Cisco
9 4 (0.72%) Databricks
9 4 (0.72%) Google
9 4 (0.72%) Mitel
9 4 (0.72%) OpenText
10 3 (0.54%) Dynatrace
10 3 (0.54%) HP
10 3 (0.54%) Juniper
10 3 (0.54%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 3 (0.54%) Zscaler