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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 377 433 484
Rank change year-on-year +56 +51 -145
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 453 252 456
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.46% 0.51% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.57% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 267 96 320
10th Percentile £62,084 £51,140 £53,750
25th Percentile £66,250 £59,908 £58,375
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 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £101,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £74,830 £72,500 £73,870
% change year-on-year +3.21% -1.85% +13.65%

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 72,817 44,332 83,106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.70% 90.20% 82.17%
Number of salaries quoted 50,259 24,803 58,175
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £92,500
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 15 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 15 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 -4 302 £79,669 +6.22% 234
UK excluding London +48 270 £74,830 +3.21% 186
Work from Home +135 256 £76,250 -4.69% 178
London -21 120 £100,000 +21.95% 91
Northern Ireland - 61 £74,830 - 4
North of England +1 57 £74,830 +3.21% 52
South East -34 34 £75,000 - 47
Midlands -20 33 £74,830 +15.12% 25
Wales - 29 £70,000 - 7
West Midlands -10 28 £74,915 -0.11% 13
South West -55 27 £29,500 -63.13% 16
North West +3 23 £74,830 +24.67% 28
North East - 22 £74,830 - 9
Scotland +14 17 £74,830 +66.29% 21
East of England -19 12 £100,000 +25.00% 16
Yorkshire -31 12 £90,000 +24.14% 16
East Midlands -32 5 £70,000 +7.69% 12

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 12 (2.65%) Confluence
2 8 (1.77%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.66%) Documentum
4 2 (0.44%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.22%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.22%) IIS
5 1 (0.22%) JBoss
5 1 (0.22%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 6 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (2.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.66%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.44%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.22%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 171 (37.75%) Azure
2 121 (26.71%) AWS
3 60 (13.25%) Power Platform
4 58 (12.80%) Cloud Computing
5 50 (11.04%) GCP
6 46 (10.15%) Microsoft 365
7 24 (5.30%) dbt
8 20 (4.42%) Dynamics 365
8 20 (4.42%) SaaS
9 15 (3.31%) PaaS
10 13 (2.87%) PowerApps
11 11 (2.43%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 10 (2.21%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 10 (2.21%) Serverless
13 9 (1.99%) IaaS
14 7 (1.55%) Amazon S3
14 7 (1.55%) Power Automate
15 6 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
15 6 (1.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 6 (1.32%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 58 (12.80%) LAN
1 58 (12.80%) WAN
2 16 (3.53%) Broadband
3 8 (1.77%) Unified Communications
4 6 (1.32%) WLAN
5 5 (1.10%) Firewall
5 5 (1.10%) Network Security
6 3 (0.66%) Internet
6 3 (0.66%) VPN
7 1 (0.22%) AMQP
7 1 (0.22%) WebEx
7 1 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.64%) BigQuery
2 16 (3.53%) Metadata
3 15 (3.31%) Semantic Layer
4 12 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (2.43%) Power BI
6 10 (2.21%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (1.55%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.55%) MySQL
7 7 (1.55%) SQL Server
8 6 (1.32%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (1.10%) Big Data
9 5 (1.10%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.66%) SAP BW
11 2 (0.44%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.44%) Redis
11 2 (0.44%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 25 (5.52%) Git
2 17 (3.75%) Jenkins
3 16 (3.53%) JUnit
4 14 (3.09%) JIRA
5 11 (2.43%) Eclipse
5 11 (2.43%) Subversion
6 6 (1.32%) Claude Code
7 5 (1.10%) Maven
7 5 (1.10%) Mockito
7 5 (1.10%) Yeoman
8 4 (0.88%) Selenium
9 2 (0.44%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.44%) Gatling
9 2 (0.44%) JMeter
9 2 (0.44%) NeoLoad
9 2 (0.44%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.44%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.44%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
General
1 215 (47.46%) Social Skills
2 134 (29.58%) Finance
3 96 (21.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 93 (20.53%) Public Sector
5 59 (13.02%) Presentation Skills
6 52 (11.48%) Law
7 51 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
8 28 (6.18%) Legal
9 14 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (2.65%) Banking
11 7 (1.55%) Retail
12 6 (1.32%) Marketing
13 5 (1.10%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.10%) Local Government
13 5 (1.10%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.88%) Public Speaking
15 3 (0.66%) Advertising
15 3 (0.66%) Aviation
16 2 (0.44%) Legal Technology
16 2 (0.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 272 (60.04%) Architect
2 78 (17.22%) Technical Architect
3 62 (13.69%) Solutions Architect
4 59 (13.02%) Lead
5 56 (12.36%) Systems Architect
6 48 (10.60%) Senior
7 35 (7.73%) Developer
8 23 (5.08%) Java Developer
9 22 (4.86%) Cloud Architect
10 21 (4.64%) Technical Leader
11 20 (4.42%) Data Architect
12 18 (3.97%) Enterprise Architect
12 18 (3.97%) Lead Architect
13 15 (3.31%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
13 15 (3.31%) Consultant
14 14 (3.09%) ERP Architect
14 14 (3.09%) Systems Engineer
15 12 (2.65%) Head of Architecture
15 12 (2.65%) Principal Engineer
16 11 (2.43%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (7.95%) React
2 24 (5.30%) Node.js
3 23 (5.08%) RESTful
4 16 (3.53%) J2EE
5 15 (3.31%) .NET
6 14 (3.09%) Spring
7 13 (2.87%) Middleware
7 13 (2.87%) Web Services
8 11 (2.43%) REST
8 11 (2.43%) Struts
9 10 (2.21%) Kafka
10 9 (1.99%) Spring Boot
11 8 (1.77%) Next.js
12 7 (1.55%) RabbitMQ
13 5 (1.10%) CSS
13 5 (1.10%) JSP
13 5 (1.10%) Playwright
13 5 (1.10%) Tailwind CSS
14 4 (0.88%) AWS CDK
14 4 (0.88%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 53 (11.70%) Cloud Native
2 43 (9.49%) Virtual Team
3 17 (3.75%) Product Ownership
4 15 (3.31%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.55%) AI Agents
6 7 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (1.55%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (1.32%) Low-Code
7 6 (1.32%) NHS
8 5 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (0.88%) Data Centre
9 4 (0.88%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.88%) Life Science
9 4 (0.88%) Management Information System
9 4 (0.88%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.66%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.21%) Linux
2 9 (1.99%) Windows
3 8 (1.77%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.32%) Android
4 6 (1.32%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (35.10%) Agile
2 147 (32.45%) Roadmaps
3 110 (24.28%) AI
4 104 (22.96%) CI/CD
5 91 (20.09%) Mentoring
6 86 (18.98%) Infrastructure as Code
7 85 (18.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 77 (17.00%) Containerisation
9 71 (15.67%) Business Strategy
9 71 (15.67%) Problem-Solving
10 70 (15.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 70 (15.45%) DevOps
10 70 (15.45%) Project Delivery
11 69 (15.23%) Technical Leadership
12 67 (14.79%) Enterprise Architecture
13 65 (14.35%) Information Security
13 65 (14.35%) Migration
13 65 (14.35%) Risk Management
14 58 (12.80%) Stakeholder Management
15 57 (12.58%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 59 (13.02%) Python
2 50 (11.04%) Java
3 42 (9.27%) SQL
4 39 (8.61%) JavaScript
5 21 (4.64%) TypeScript
6 20 (4.42%) C#
7 14 (3.09%) C++
8 11 (2.43%) Perl
9 10 (2.21%) Scala
10 9 (1.99%) PL/SQL
11 6 (1.32%) Go
11 6 (1.32%) VBA
12 5 (1.10%) Bash
13 4 (0.88%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.66%) X++
15 2 (0.44%) Bicep
15 2 (0.44%) PHP
15 2 (0.44%) Ruby
16 1 (0.22%) ABAP
16 1 (0.22%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 95 (20.97%) Security Cleared
2 83 (18.32%) SC Cleared
3 43 (9.49%) Degree
4 32 (7.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.65%) DBS Check
6 11 (2.43%) CISSP
6 11 (2.43%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (1.32%) APMP
9 6 (1.32%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.32%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.32%) CISM
9 6 (1.32%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.32%) MBA
10 5 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.10%) CCSP
11 4 (0.88%) CREST Certified
11 4 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (12.36%) GRC
2 27 (5.96%) QA
3 26 (5.74%) Data Quality
4 22 (4.86%) GDPR
5 10 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.21%) NIST
6 9 (1.99%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.66%) COBIT
8 3 (0.66%) IFRS
8 3 (0.66%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.44%) NCSC
9 2 (0.44%) WCAG
10 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (4.64%) Docker
2 13 (2.87%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.66%) VMware Server
4 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.22%) IAG
Systems Management
1 24 (5.30%) Kubernetes
2 19 (4.19%) Terraform
3 6 (1.32%) Grafana
3 6 (1.32%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.22%) Ansible
5 1 (0.22%) Argo
Vendors
1 119 (26.27%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.30%) SAP
3 20 (4.42%) Salesforce
4 15 (3.31%) Oracle
5 14 (3.09%) OpenAI
6 13 (2.87%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.77%) Google
7 8 (1.77%) YouTube
8 5 (1.10%) OpenText
8 5 (1.10%) Pega
9 4 (0.88%) Splunk
10 3 (0.66%) HP
10 3 (0.66%) VMware
11 2 (0.44%) Aderant
11 2 (0.44%) Databricks
11 2 (0.44%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.44%) iManage
11 2 (0.44%) Intapp
11 2 (0.44%) Litera
11 2 (0.44%) Mitel