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 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 448 448 352
Rank change year-on-year 0 -96 +33
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 202 278 521
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.32% 0.53% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.58% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 114 153 412
10th Percentile £60,038 £38,750 £52,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £58,194 £56,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -6.45%
75th Percentile £87,614 £80,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £112,000 £101,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £74,830 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -0.23% +15.38% -7.14%

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 50,778 48,019 60,381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.25% 91.58% 88.81%
Number of salaries quoted 30,009 23,112 46,660
10th Percentile £28,697 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,444
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.45% -8.09%
75th Percentile £75,900 £80,000 £76,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 29 January 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 29 January 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 -5 167 £75,000 - 74
UK excluding London -44 108 £74,830 -0.23% 59
Work from Home +58 105 £77,500 +2.79% 43
London +32 64 £80,000 +4.99% 34
North of England -16 25 £74,165 +74.51% 6
Midlands -24 25 £72,500 -3.85% 5
South East +12 24 £75,000 +1.35% 33
South West +9 14 £72,500 -3.33% 3
West Midlands +2 14 £72,500 -3.85% 3
North West -9 11 £58,665 +38.04% 4
East Midlands -14 11 £65,000 -16.13% 2
Yorkshire -10 9 £82,500 +10.00% 2
Wales +10 8 £67,586 -15.52% 4
Northern Ireland -9 6 £74,830 -6.46% 1
North East -2 5 £67,500 -15.63%
Scotland -16 4 £74,830 -6.46% 1
East of England +19 2 £70,750 -11.56% 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 14 (6.93%) CMS
2 10 (4.95%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (1.98%) Confluence
4 4 (1.98%) Documentum
5 1 (0.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.50%) IIS
5 1 (0.50%) JBoss
5 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.50%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (4.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.49%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.50%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.98%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.49%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.99%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.50%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.50%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.50%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 68 (33.66%) AWS
2 63 (31.19%) Azure
3 25 (12.38%) GCP
4 19 (9.41%) Power Platform
5 17 (8.42%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (4.95%) PowerApps
6 10 (4.95%) SaaS
7 6 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (2.97%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (2.97%) PaaS
8 5 (2.48%) Amazon Kinesis
9 3 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.49%) Kong
9 3 (1.49%) Kontent
10 2 (0.99%) Amazon Cognito
10 2 (0.99%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.99%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.99%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (0.99%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.99%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.98%) Firewall
1 4 (1.98%) IP Telephony
1 4 (1.98%) PSTN
1 4 (1.98%) VoIP
2 1 (0.50%) DHCP
2 1 (0.50%) DNS
2 1 (0.50%) Network Security
2 1 (0.50%) SSH
2 1 (0.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.43%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.94%) NoSQL
3 10 (4.95%) Power BI
4 8 (3.96%) DynamoDB
5 6 (2.97%) Redis
6 5 (2.48%) Couchbase
6 5 (2.48%) MongoDB
6 5 (2.48%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.98%) Metadata
8 3 (1.49%) MySQL
9 2 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.99%) SAP BW
10 1 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.50%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.50%) DB2
10 1 (0.50%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (2.97%) JIRA
2 5 (2.48%) Git
3 3 (1.49%) JUnit
3 3 (1.49%) Maven
4 2 (0.99%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.99%) JMeter
4 2 (0.99%) LoadRunner
4 2 (0.99%) Mockito
4 2 (0.99%) NeoLoad
5 1 (0.50%) GitLab
5 1 (0.50%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.50%) Selenium
General
1 97 (48.02%) Social Skills
2 58 (28.71%) Public Sector
3 57 (28.22%) Finance
4 52 (25.74%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (14.85%) Presentation Skills
6 27 (13.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (8.91%) Law
8 14 (6.93%) Retail
9 13 (6.44%) Marketing
10 7 (3.47%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (3.47%) Manufacturing
11 6 (2.97%) Banking
11 6 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (2.97%) Telecoms
12 5 (2.48%) Back Office
12 5 (2.48%) Financial Institution
12 5 (2.48%) Local Government
13 4 (1.98%) Legal
14 3 (1.49%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 111 (54.95%) Architect
2 50 (24.75%) Solutions Architect
3 34 (16.83%) Technical Architect
4 26 (12.87%) Lead
5 21 (10.40%) Senior
6 18 (8.91%) Developer
7 16 (7.92%) Lead Architect
8 12 (5.94%) Software Engineer
9 11 (5.45%) Technical Leader
10 9 (4.46%) Consultant
10 9 (4.46%) Enterprise Architect
10 9 (4.46%) Principal Consultant
10 9 (4.46%) Systems Engineer
11 8 (3.96%) Data Architect
11 8 (3.96%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
11 8 (3.96%) Full-Stack Developer
12 6 (2.97%) Lead Solutions Architect
13 5 (2.48%) C# Architect
13 5 (2.48%) Development Engineer
13 5 (2.48%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (9.90%) React
2 13 (6.44%) .NET
3 12 (5.94%) REST
4 10 (4.95%) Web Services
5 9 (4.46%) CSS
5 9 (4.46%) Node.js
6 8 (3.96%) Next.js
6 8 (3.96%) Spring
7 6 (2.97%) Django
7 6 (2.97%) Kafka
8 5 (2.48%) HTML
8 5 (2.48%) Memcached
8 5 (2.48%) RESTful
9 4 (1.98%) LangChain
9 4 (1.98%) Middleware
9 4 (1.98%) SOAP
10 3 (1.49%) .NET Framework
10 3 (1.49%) AngularJS
10 3 (1.49%) Laravel
10 3 (1.49%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 36 (17.82%) Self-Motivation
2 33 (16.34%) Virtual Team
3 12 (5.94%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (5.45%) Product Ownership
5 10 (4.95%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (3.96%) Cloud Native
6 8 (3.96%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (3.47%) Mobile App
8 6 (2.97%) Data Structures
8 6 (2.97%) Low-Code
9 5 (2.48%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.48%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.98%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.98%) Client/Server
10 4 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.98%) IVR
11 3 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.49%) e-Learning
11 3 (1.49%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.97%) Android
1 6 (2.97%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.49%) Linux
3 2 (0.99%) Windows
3 2 (0.99%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (36.63%) Agile
2 50 (24.75%) AI
3 48 (23.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 47 (23.27%) Decision-Making
5 46 (22.77%) Roadmaps
6 45 (22.28%) Problem-Solving
7 44 (21.78%) Analytics
8 39 (19.31%) Project Management
9 36 (17.82%) CI/CD
10 35 (17.33%) DevOps
11 33 (16.34%) Enterprise Architecture
11 33 (16.34%) Strategic Thinking
12 31 (15.35%) Customer Experience
13 28 (13.86%) Microservices
14 27 (13.37%) B2B
14 27 (13.37%) Due Diligence
15 26 (12.87%) IT Strategy
16 25 (12.38%) Data Modelling
17 24 (11.88%) Business Development
17 24 (11.88%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 28 (13.86%) Python
2 19 (9.41%) Java
3 18 (8.91%) SQL
4 15 (7.43%) JavaScript
5 13 (6.44%) TypeScript
6 12 (5.94%) C#
7 9 (4.46%) VBA
8 8 (3.96%) Go
9 5 (2.48%) Kotlin
9 5 (2.48%) Scala
10 3 (1.49%) PHP
10 3 (1.49%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.99%) Bash
12 1 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.50%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.50%) R
Qualifications
1 43 (21.29%) Security Cleared
2 40 (19.80%) SC Cleared
3 24 (11.88%) Degree
4 17 (8.42%) Master's Degree
5 9 (4.46%) APMP
5 9 (4.46%) MBA
6 8 (3.96%) AWS Certification
6 8 (3.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 8 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.98%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.98%) CITP
7 4 (1.98%) CREST Certified
7 4 (1.98%) OSCP
8 3 (1.49%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.99%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.50%) IIBA
10 1 (0.50%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.50%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.96%) QA
2 4 (1.98%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.49%) GDPR
4 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (3.47%) Docker
2 1 (0.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (7.43%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.47%) Terraform
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 25 (12.38%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.96%) Google
2 8 (3.96%) SAP
3 7 (3.47%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.97%) Oracle
4 6 (2.97%) YouTube
5 5 (2.48%) Pega
5 5 (2.48%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.98%) Avaya
6 4 (1.98%) Cisco
6 4 (1.98%) Genesys
6 4 (1.98%) OpenText
7 3 (1.49%) MuleSoft
7 3 (1.49%) Sparx
8 2 (0.99%) Ariba
8 2 (0.99%) Foundry
8 2 (0.99%) Palantir
9 1 (0.50%) Adobe
9 1 (0.50%) Databricks