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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 354 501 421
Rank change year-on-year +147 -80 -122
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 609 181 413
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.52% 0.36% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 0.41% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 338 79 251
10th Percentile £49,308 £58,936 £48,869
25th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,502 £80,000 £75,150
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% +6.45% -6.06%
75th Percentile £95,000 £88,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £110,375 £105,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £74,830 £75,000 £75,150
% change year-on-year -0.23% -0.20% +13.43%

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 86,437 44,202 61,341
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.18% 89.12% 81.82%
Number of salaries quoted 59,483 24,460 33,440
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,465
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.93% -2.56%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 2 October 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 2 October 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 +76 429 £82,500 +3.13% 610
UK excluding London +109 396 £74,830 -0.23% 264
Work from Home +159 314 £77,500 -3.13% 250
London +6 142 £90,000 +5.88% 393
North of England +24 104 £83,750 +8.06% 68
Northern Ireland -24 70 £74,830 - 4
Midlands -5 63 £74,830 +3.57% 42
West Midlands +6 58 £74,830 -1.70% 34
South East -32 46 £90,000 +20.00% 65
South West -37 44 £37,500 - 38
North East - 44 £85,000 - 9
North West 0 42 £70,000 -6.67% 41
Wales -42 34 £70,000 -2.78% 9
Scotland +23 21 £74,830 - 23
Yorkshire -20 18 £90,000 +14.29% 19
East of England -39 14 £100,000 +37.93% 15
East Midlands -43 5 £70,000 +7.69% 8

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 (1.48%) Confluence
2 7 (1.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (0.66%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.33%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.33%) NetWeaver
5 2 (0.33%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.16%) IIS
6 1 (0.16%) JBoss
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 9 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 22 (3.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.82%) SAP MDG
3 5 (0.82%) SAP PSCD
4 4 (0.66%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.49%) Oracle Cash Management
5 3 (0.49%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.33%) Maximo
6 2 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.33%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.16%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.16%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 240 (39.41%) Azure
2 169 (27.75%) AWS
3 66 (10.84%) Cloud Computing
3 66 (10.84%) Power Platform
4 65 (10.67%) GCP
5 37 (6.08%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (4.27%) dbt
6 26 (4.27%) Dynamics 365
7 21 (3.45%) SaaS
8 16 (2.63%) Power Automate
8 16 (2.63%) Serverless
9 14 (2.30%) AWS CloudFormation
10 13 (2.13%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 13 (2.13%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 12 (1.97%) Azure Data Factory
11 12 (1.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 12 (1.97%) PowerApps
12 10 (1.64%) Azure Service Bus
12 10 (1.64%) Entra ID
12 10 (1.64%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 72 (11.82%) LAN
1 72 (11.82%) WAN
2 16 (2.63%) Broadband
3 10 (1.64%) Unified Communications
4 9 (1.48%) Firewall
5 6 (0.99%) WLAN
6 5 (0.82%) Network Security
7 3 (0.49%) Cisco ISE
7 3 (0.49%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (0.49%) Internet
7 3 (0.49%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.49%) Wireless
8 2 (0.33%) VPN
9 1 (0.16%) 5G
9 1 (0.16%) Value-Added Service
9 1 (0.16%) WebEx
9 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.16%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.78%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (3.61%) BigQuery
3 19 (3.12%) MySQL
4 17 (2.79%) Metadata
4 17 (2.79%) MongoDB
5 15 (2.46%) NoSQL
5 15 (2.46%) Semantic Layer
6 14 (2.30%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.81%) Amazon Redshift
7 11 (1.81%) SQL Server
8 8 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.15%) Data Lake
10 6 (0.99%) Power BI
10 6 (0.99%) SAP BW
11 5 (0.82%) Big Data
12 4 (0.66%) Amazon Athena
13 2 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
13 2 (0.33%) Data Vault
13 2 (0.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 51 (8.37%) Git
2 32 (5.25%) JUnit
3 22 (3.61%) Eclipse
4 20 (3.28%) Jenkins
5 19 (3.12%) JIRA
5 19 (3.12%) Subversion
6 10 (1.64%) Maven
6 10 (1.64%) Mockito
7 7 (1.15%) Claude Code
8 4 (0.66%) Selenium
8 4 (0.66%) Yeoman
9 3 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.33%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.33%) Gatling
10 2 (0.33%) GitLab
10 2 (0.33%) JMeter
10 2 (0.33%) NeoLoad
10 2 (0.33%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.33%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.33%) Zephyr
General
1 267 (43.84%) Social Skills
2 203 (33.33%) Finance
3 142 (23.32%) Public Sector
4 111 (18.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 81 (13.30%) Presentation Skills
6 72 (11.82%) Analytical Skills
7 54 (8.87%) Law
8 32 (5.25%) Influencing Skills
9 26 (4.27%) Legal
10 23 (3.78%) Banking
11 20 (3.28%) Marketing
12 19 (3.12%) Aerospace
13 18 (2.96%) Retail
14 11 (1.81%) Military
15 9 (1.48%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.15%) Aviation
16 7 (1.15%) Police
16 7 (1.15%) Telecoms
17 4 (0.66%) Local Government
17 4 (0.66%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 338 (55.50%) Architect
2 119 (19.54%) Lead
2 119 (19.54%) Technical Architect
3 76 (12.48%) Solutions Architect
4 69 (11.33%) Systems Architect
5 66 (10.84%) Developer
6 59 (9.69%) Senior
7 42 (6.90%) Java Developer
8 40 (6.57%) Lead Architect
9 39 (6.40%) Technical Leader
10 25 (4.11%) Cloud Architect
11 22 (3.61%) Consultant
11 22 (3.61%) Junior
12 19 (3.12%) Data Architect
12 19 (3.12%) Senior Developer
13 18 (2.96%) Data Engineer
13 18 (2.96%) Junior Developer
14 17 (2.79%) Junior Java Developer
15 16 (2.63%) ERP Architect
16 15 (2.46%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (10.51%) React
2 39 (6.40%) RESTful
3 38 (6.24%) REST
4 36 (5.91%) Terraform
5 30 (4.93%) Spring
6 29 (4.76%) Middleware
7 27 (4.43%) Jakarta EE
8 24 (3.94%) Node.js
9 20 (3.28%) Spring Boot
9 20 (3.28%) Web Services
10 19 (3.12%) Kafka
10 19 (3.12%) Struts
11 16 (2.63%) .NET
11 16 (2.63%) Hibernate
12 15 (2.46%) RabbitMQ
13 13 (2.13%) CSS
13 13 (2.13%) JPA
13 13 (2.13%) SAP Fiori
14 12 (1.97%) Next.js
15 10 (1.64%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 75 (12.32%) Cloud Native
2 48 (7.88%) Virtual Team
3 35 (5.75%) Product Ownership
4 27 (4.43%) Management Information System
5 26 (4.27%) Distributed Systems
5 26 (4.27%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (3.94%) Onboarding
7 20 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (2.46%) AI Agents
8 15 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (2.13%) Data Centre
10 9 (1.48%) Low-Code
11 7 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.15%) Blog
11 7 (1.15%) Marketing Technology
11 7 (1.15%) PMI
11 7 (1.15%) Private Cloud
12 6 (0.99%) Life Science
12 6 (0.99%) NHS
13 5 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.61%) Linux
2 10 (1.64%) Windows
3 9 (1.48%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.15%) Unix
5 1 (0.16%) Android
5 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (34.15%) Roadmaps
2 190 (31.20%) Agile
3 166 (27.26%) AI
4 153 (25.12%) CI/CD
4 153 (25.12%) Mentoring
5 141 (23.15%) Technical Leadership
6 124 (20.36%) Infrastructure as Code
7 116 (19.05%) Containerisation
8 112 (18.39%) Problem-Solving
9 111 (18.23%) Stakeholder Management
10 110 (18.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 107 (17.57%) DevOps
12 106 (17.41%) Project Delivery
13 104 (17.08%) Risk Management
14 100 (16.42%) Continuous Improvement
15 87 (14.29%) Microservices
16 84 (13.79%) Business Strategy
17 81 (13.30%) Enterprise Architecture
17 81 (13.30%) Migration
18 78 (12.81%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 83 (13.63%) Java
2 82 (13.46%) Python
3 73 (11.99%) JavaScript
4 56 (9.20%) SQL
5 36 (5.91%) TypeScript
6 30 (4.93%) C#
7 22 (3.61%) C++
8 19 (3.12%) Perl
9 16 (2.63%) Scala
10 12 (1.97%) ABAP
11 10 (1.64%) Bash
11 10 (1.64%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.82%) Apex Code
12 5 (0.82%) Go
13 4 (0.66%) C
13 4 (0.66%) Rust
13 4 (0.66%) X++
14 3 (0.49%) Haskell
14 3 (0.49%) Lisp
14 3 (0.49%) OCaml
Qualifications
1 152 (24.96%) Security Cleared
2 130 (21.35%) SC Cleared
3 63 (10.34%) Degree
4 41 (6.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (4.27%) DV Cleared
6 21 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (1.97%) CISSP
8 10 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (1.64%) DBS Check
9 9 (1.48%) PMI Certification
10 8 (1.31%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.15%) TOGAF Certification
12 6 (0.99%) CCNP
13 5 (0.82%) AWS Certification
13 5 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (0.82%) SAP Certification
14 4 (0.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (0.66%) CCSP
14 4 (0.66%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (11.33%) GRC
2 55 (9.03%) QA
3 29 (4.76%) Data Quality
4 25 (4.11%) Accessibility
5 24 (3.94%) GDPR
6 11 (1.81%) NIST
7 10 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.82%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.82%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.66%) WCAG
12 3 (0.49%) COBIT
12 3 (0.49%) IFRS
12 3 (0.49%) NCSC
13 1 (0.16%) EU AI Act
13 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.16%) PMO
System Software
1 44 (7.22%) Docker
2 17 (2.79%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.49%) NDS
3 3 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.49%) VMware Server
4 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 39 (6.40%) Kubernetes
2 17 (2.79%) Grafana
3 16 (2.63%) Prometheus
4 7 (1.15%) Ansible
5 4 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.16%) Consul
Vendors
1 150 (24.63%) Microsoft
2 45 (7.39%) SAP
3 27 (4.43%) Oracle
4 22 (3.61%) Salesforce
5 16 (2.63%) OpenAI
6 15 (2.46%) ServiceNow
7 13 (2.13%) Splunk
8 12 (1.97%) YouTube
9 7 (1.15%) Databricks
10 6 (0.99%) VMware
11 5 (0.82%) Okta
12 4 (0.66%) Aruba
12 4 (0.66%) Cisco
12 4 (0.66%) Dynatrace
12 4 (0.66%) ForgeRock
12 4 (0.66%) Google
12 4 (0.66%) Mitel
13 3 (0.49%) NetIQ
13 3 (0.49%) OpenText
13 3 (0.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud