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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 384 451 464
Rank change year-on-year +67 +13 -137
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 476 247 432
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.47% 0.50% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.56% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 277 95 309
10th Percentile £59,500 £51,140 £53,750
25th Percentile £66,250 £60,000 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £101,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £74,830 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +15.12% -13.33% +15.38%

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 73,858 44,154 75,761
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.61% 89.93% 81.83%
Number of salaries quoted 51,064 24,939 51,848
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,599 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,043 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.01% +0.08% -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,528 £93,750
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 23 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 23 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 -4 317 £79,085 +2.05% 191
UK excluding London +56 292 £74,830 +15.12% 88
Work from Home +149 272 £77,500 -3.13% 81
London -8 125 £100,000 +21.95% 119
Northern Ireland - 67 £74,830 - 1
North of England +10 64 £74,830 +3.21% 27
Midlands -18 36 £74,830 +15.12% 9
South East -29 36 £75,000 - 23
West Midlands -9 32 £74,915 +15.25% 5
Wales - 29 £70,000 - 3
North West +15 28 £74,830 +24.67% 13
South West -48 28 £29,500 -63.13% 12
North East - 24 £76,665 - 9
Scotland +22 20 £74,830 +66.29% 10
East of England -7 12 £100,000 +25.00% 4
Yorkshire -29 12 £90,000 +20.00% 5
East Midlands -36 4 £70,000 +7.69% 4

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 10 (2.10%) Confluence
2 7 (1.47%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.42%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.21%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.21%) Documentum
5 1 (0.21%) IIS
5 1 (0.21%) JBoss
5 1 (0.21%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 13 (2.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.84%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.42%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.21%) OpenText VIM for SAP
Cloud Services
1 185 (38.87%) Azure
2 125 (26.26%) AWS
3 63 (13.24%) Cloud Computing
4 58 (12.18%) Power Platform
5 50 (10.50%) GCP
6 45 (9.45%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (5.25%) dbt
8 19 (3.99%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (3.99%) SaaS
9 14 (2.94%) PaaS
10 12 (2.52%) PowerApps
11 11 (2.31%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 10 (2.10%) IaaS
12 10 (2.10%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 10 (2.10%) Serverless
13 8 (1.68%) Amazon S3
14 7 (1.47%) Entra ID
14 7 (1.47%) Power Automate
15 6 (1.26%) Azure Data Factory
15 6 (1.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 65 (13.66%) LAN
1 65 (13.66%) WAN
2 16 (3.36%) Broadband
3 9 (1.89%) Unified Communications
4 6 (1.26%) WLAN
5 5 (1.05%) Firewall
5 5 (1.05%) Network Security
6 3 (0.63%) Internet
6 3 (0.63%) VPN
7 1 (0.21%) AMQP
7 1 (0.21%) WebEx
7 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.41%) BigQuery
2 17 (3.57%) Metadata
3 15 (3.15%) Semantic Layer
4 14 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (2.31%) Amazon Redshift
5 11 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (2.10%) Power BI
7 9 (1.89%) MySQL
8 8 (1.68%) MongoDB
9 7 (1.47%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.47%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.47%) SQL Server
10 6 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.05%) Big Data
12 4 (0.84%) SAP BW
13 3 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
14 2 (0.42%) Data Vault
14 2 (0.42%) Geospatial Data
14 2 (0.42%) Redis
14 2 (0.42%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 28 (5.88%) Git
2 19 (3.99%) JUnit
3 18 (3.78%) Jenkins
4 13 (2.73%) Eclipse
5 12 (2.52%) JIRA
5 12 (2.52%) Subversion
6 6 (1.26%) Claude Code
6 6 (1.26%) Maven
6 6 (1.26%) Mockito
7 5 (1.05%) Yeoman
8 4 (0.84%) Selenium
9 2 (0.42%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.42%) Gatling
9 2 (0.42%) JMeter
9 2 (0.42%) NeoLoad
9 2 (0.42%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.42%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.42%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
General
1 224 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 149 (31.30%) Finance
3 99 (20.80%) Public Sector
4 98 (20.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 67 (14.08%) Presentation Skills
6 55 (11.55%) Law
7 54 (11.34%) Analytical Skills
8 30 (6.30%) Legal
9 18 (3.78%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (2.52%) Banking
11 7 (1.47%) Marketing
11 7 (1.47%) Retail
12 6 (1.26%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.84%) Advertising
13 4 (0.84%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.84%) Public Speaking
14 3 (0.63%) Aviation
14 3 (0.63%) Local Government
14 3 (0.63%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.42%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 281 (59.03%) Architect
2 74 (15.55%) Technical Architect
3 64 (13.45%) Solutions Architect
4 63 (13.24%) Systems Architect
5 62 (13.03%) Lead
6 50 (10.50%) Senior
7 40 (8.40%) Developer
8 26 (5.46%) Java Developer
9 22 (4.62%) Cloud Architect
10 21 (4.41%) Data Architect
11 19 (3.99%) Enterprise Architect
11 19 (3.99%) Technical Leader
12 17 (3.57%) Consultant
13 15 (3.15%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
13 15 (3.15%) ERP Architect
13 15 (3.15%) Lead Architect
14 13 (2.73%) Junior
14 13 (2.73%) Systems Engineer
15 12 (2.52%) Junior Developer
15 12 (2.52%) Junior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (8.40%) React
2 25 (5.25%) Node.js
2 25 (5.25%) RESTful
3 18 (3.78%) Jakarta EE
4 17 (3.57%) Spring
5 16 (3.36%) Middleware
6 15 (3.15%) .NET
7 14 (2.94%) REST
7 14 (2.94%) Web Services
8 12 (2.52%) Struts
9 11 (2.31%) Kafka
9 11 (2.31%) Spring Boot
10 10 (2.10%) Next.js
11 8 (1.68%) RabbitMQ
12 6 (1.26%) Hibernate
12 6 (1.26%) JSP
12 6 (1.26%) Lightning Web Components
12 6 (1.26%) Playwright
13 5 (1.05%) CSS
13 5 (1.05%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 57 (11.97%) Cloud Native
2 44 (9.24%) Virtual Team
3 19 (3.99%) Product Ownership
4 16 (3.36%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.68%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.47%) AI Agents
8 7 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.26%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.26%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.26%) NHS
10 4 (0.84%) Data Centre
10 4 (0.84%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (0.84%) Life Science
11 3 (0.63%) Blog
11 3 (0.63%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.52%) Linux
2 9 (1.89%) Windows
3 8 (1.68%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.05%) Android
4 5 (1.05%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.42%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (34.45%) Agile
2 158 (33.19%) Roadmaps
3 115 (24.16%) AI
4 110 (23.11%) CI/CD
5 100 (21.01%) Mentoring
6 95 (19.96%) Infrastructure as Code
7 88 (18.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 87 (18.28%) Containerisation
9 80 (16.81%) Project Delivery
10 79 (16.60%) Business Strategy
11 77 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
12 74 (15.55%) DevOps
13 73 (15.34%) Continuous Improvement
13 73 (15.34%) Risk Management
14 72 (15.13%) Information Security
14 72 (15.13%) Technical Leadership
15 68 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
16 67 (14.08%) Migration
16 67 (14.08%) Stakeholder Management
17 65 (13.66%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 59 (12.39%) Python
2 55 (11.55%) Java
3 43 (9.03%) SQL
4 42 (8.82%) JavaScript
5 23 (4.83%) TypeScript
6 19 (3.99%) C#
7 15 (3.15%) C++
8 12 (2.52%) Perl
9 10 (2.10%) Scala
10 9 (1.89%) PL/SQL
11 6 (1.26%) Apex Code
11 6 (1.26%) Bash
12 5 (1.05%) Go
12 5 (1.05%) VBA
13 3 (0.63%) C
13 3 (0.63%) X++
14 2 (0.42%) Bicep
14 2 (0.42%) PHP
14 2 (0.42%) Ruby
15 1 (0.21%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 100 (21.01%) Security Cleared
2 87 (18.28%) SC Cleared
3 47 (9.87%) Degree
4 35 (7.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.52%) DBS Check
5 12 (2.52%) DV Cleared
6 11 (2.31%) CISSP
7 9 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (1.26%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.26%) CISM
10 5 (1.05%) APMP
10 5 (1.05%) CCSP
10 5 (1.05%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.05%) MBA
11 4 (0.84%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.63%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (13.24%) GRC
2 31 (6.51%) QA
3 27 (5.67%) Data Quality
4 22 (4.62%) GDPR
5 10 (2.10%) Accessibility
5 10 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.10%) NIST
6 5 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.63%) COBIT
7 3 (0.63%) IFRS
7 3 (0.63%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.42%) NCSC
8 2 (0.42%) WCAG
9 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (5.04%) Docker
2 14 (2.94%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.63%) VMware Server
4 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.21%) IAG
4 1 (0.21%) NDS
Systems Management
1 26 (5.46%) Kubernetes
2 20 (4.20%) Terraform
3 7 (1.47%) Grafana
3 7 (1.47%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.42%) Ansible
6 1 (0.21%) Argo
Vendors
1 128 (26.89%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.46%) SAP
3 22 (4.62%) Salesforce
4 16 (3.36%) Oracle
5 15 (3.15%) OpenAI
6 11 (2.31%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.68%) Google
8 6 (1.26%) YouTube
9 5 (1.05%) Splunk
10 4 (0.84%) OpenText
11 3 (0.63%) HP
11 3 (0.63%) Mitel
11 3 (0.63%) Pega
11 3 (0.63%) VMware
12 2 (0.42%) Aderant
12 2 (0.42%) Dynatrace
12 2 (0.42%) iManage
12 2 (0.42%) Intapp
12 2 (0.42%) Litera
12 2 (0.42%) Okta