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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 351 488 431
Rank change year-on-year +137 -57 -112
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 587 192 403
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.39% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 0.44% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 332 82 257
10th Percentile £47,924 £57,625 £50,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,502 £78,750 £75,150
Median % change year-on-year -0.32% +4.79% -6.06%
75th Percentile £95,000 £89,375 £80,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £101,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £74,830 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -0.23% - +11.11%

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 84,196 43,853 63,499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.06% 88.72% 81.26%
Number of salaries quoted 58,302 24,746 35,929
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,750 £95,000
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 18 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 18 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 +84 414 £82,500 +3.13% 526
UK excluding London +88 385 £74,830 -0.23% 205
Work from Home +162 305 £77,500 -3.13% 216
London +4 141 £90,000 +5.88% 352
North of England +19 100 £85,000 +9.68% 51
Northern Ireland -16 71 £74,830 - 1
Midlands -5 55 £74,830 +9.04% 39
West Midlands +1 53 £74,830 -1.70% 31
South East -33 46 £80,000 +6.67% 64
South West -53 44 £37,500 - 23
North East - 44 £85,000 - 8
North West +16 39 £72,415 +11.41% 33
Wales -36 34 £70,000 -2.78% 4
Scotland +19 23 £74,830 +66.29% 17
Yorkshire -35 17 £90,000 +14.29% 10
East of England -30 12 £100,000 +37.93% 7
East Midlands -48 2 £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 (1.53%) Confluence
2 7 (1.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (0.68%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.34%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.34%) NetWeaver
5 2 (0.34%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.17%) IIS
6 1 (0.17%) JBoss
Applications
1 9 (1.53%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 19 (3.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.85%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.51%) Oracle Cash Management
4 3 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.51%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.34%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.34%) SAP PSCD
6 1 (0.17%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.17%) Maximo
6 1 (0.17%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 230 (39.18%) Azure
2 163 (27.77%) AWS
3 66 (11.24%) Cloud Computing
4 63 (10.73%) Power Platform
5 60 (10.22%) GCP
6 37 (6.30%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (4.43%) dbt
8 25 (4.26%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (3.92%) SaaS
10 15 (2.56%) Serverless
11 14 (2.39%) AWS CloudFormation
11 14 (2.39%) Power Automate
12 13 (2.21%) PaaS
12 13 (2.21%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 13 (2.21%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 11 (1.87%) Azure Data Factory
13 11 (1.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 10 (1.70%) Entra ID
14 10 (1.70%) PowerApps
15 9 (1.53%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 72 (12.27%) LAN
1 72 (12.27%) WAN
2 16 (2.73%) Broadband
3 10 (1.70%) Unified Communications
4 9 (1.53%) Firewall
5 6 (1.02%) WLAN
6 5 (0.85%) Network Security
7 3 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
7 3 (0.51%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (0.51%) Internet
7 3 (0.51%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.51%) VPN
7 3 (0.51%) Wireless
8 1 (0.17%) 5G
8 1 (0.17%) Value-Added Service
8 1 (0.17%) WebEx
8 1 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.17%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.26%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (3.75%) BigQuery
3 19 (3.24%) MySQL
4 18 (3.07%) Metadata
5 17 (2.90%) MongoDB
6 15 (2.56%) NoSQL
6 15 (2.56%) Semantic Layer
7 12 (2.04%) Relational Database
8 11 (1.87%) Amazon Redshift
9 10 (1.70%) SQL Server
10 9 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (1.02%) Data Lake
12 6 (1.02%) Power BI
12 6 (1.02%) SAP BW
13 5 (0.85%) Big Data
14 4 (0.68%) Amazon Athena
15 2 (0.34%) Data Vault
15 2 (0.34%) Geospatial Data
15 2 (0.34%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 51 (8.69%) Git
2 32 (5.45%) JUnit
3 22 (3.75%) Eclipse
4 20 (3.41%) Jenkins
5 19 (3.24%) JIRA
5 19 (3.24%) Subversion
6 10 (1.70%) Maven
6 10 (1.70%) Mockito
7 7 (1.19%) Claude Code
8 4 (0.68%) Selenium
8 4 (0.68%) Yeoman
9 3 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.34%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.34%) Gatling
10 2 (0.34%) GitLab
10 2 (0.34%) JMeter
10 2 (0.34%) NeoLoad
10 2 (0.34%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.34%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.34%) Zephyr
General
1 259 (44.12%) Social Skills
2 190 (32.37%) Finance
3 136 (23.17%) Public Sector
4 105 (17.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 79 (13.46%) Presentation Skills
6 73 (12.44%) Analytical Skills
7 55 (9.37%) Law
8 32 (5.45%) Influencing Skills
9 27 (4.60%) Legal
10 23 (3.92%) Banking
11 15 (2.56%) Aerospace
12 13 (2.21%) Marketing
13 12 (2.04%) Retail
14 11 (1.87%) Military
15 9 (1.53%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.19%) Aviation
16 7 (1.19%) Telecoms
17 6 (1.02%) Police
18 4 (0.68%) Local Government
18 4 (0.68%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 338 (57.58%) Architect
2 119 (20.27%) Technical Architect
3 107 (18.23%) Lead
4 75 (12.78%) Solutions Architect
5 69 (11.75%) Systems Architect
6 66 (11.24%) Developer
7 57 (9.71%) Senior
8 43 (7.33%) Java Developer
9 40 (6.81%) Lead Architect
10 39 (6.64%) Technical Leader
11 24 (4.09%) Cloud Architect
12 22 (3.75%) Data Architect
12 22 (3.75%) Junior
13 19 (3.24%) Senior Developer
14 18 (3.07%) Junior Developer
15 17 (2.90%) Consultant
15 17 (2.90%) Junior Java Developer
16 16 (2.73%) ERP Architect
17 15 (2.56%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
17 15 (2.56%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (10.90%) React
2 39 (6.64%) RESTful
3 35 (5.96%) Terraform
4 30 (5.11%) Spring
5 29 (4.94%) REST
6 27 (4.60%) Jakarta EE
7 24 (4.09%) Node.js
8 22 (3.75%) Middleware
9 20 (3.41%) Spring Boot
9 20 (3.41%) Web Services
10 19 (3.24%) Kafka
10 19 (3.24%) Struts
11 16 (2.73%) Hibernate
12 15 (2.56%) RabbitMQ
13 14 (2.39%) .NET
14 13 (2.21%) JPA
15 12 (2.04%) Next.js
16 10 (1.70%) Playwright
16 10 (1.70%) SAP Fiori
17 8 (1.36%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 74 (12.61%) Cloud Native
2 48 (8.18%) Virtual Team
3 32 (5.45%) Product Ownership
4 27 (4.60%) Distributed Systems
5 26 (4.43%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (3.92%) Management Information System
7 17 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (2.73%) Onboarding
9 15 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
10 14 (2.39%) AI Agents
10 14 (2.39%) Data Centre
11 9 (1.53%) Low-Code
12 7 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.19%) Blog
12 7 (1.19%) PMI
12 7 (1.19%) Private Cloud
13 6 (1.02%) Life Science
13 6 (1.02%) NHS
14 5 (0.85%) BBC
14 5 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.41%) Linux
2 10 (1.70%) Windows
3 9 (1.53%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.85%) Unix
5 1 (0.17%) Android
5 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (34.58%) Roadmaps
2 189 (32.20%) Agile
3 151 (25.72%) AI
4 146 (24.87%) Mentoring
5 144 (24.53%) CI/CD
6 137 (23.34%) Technical Leadership
7 119 (20.27%) Infrastructure as Code
8 110 (18.74%) Containerisation
9 108 (18.40%) Problem-Solving
10 105 (17.89%) Stakeholder Management
11 104 (17.72%) Project Delivery
12 100 (17.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 99 (16.87%) DevOps
14 98 (16.70%) Risk Management
15 94 (16.01%) Continuous Improvement
16 85 (14.48%) Business Strategy
16 85 (14.48%) Microservices
17 78 (13.29%) Business Case
17 78 (13.29%) Information Security
17 78 (13.29%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 81 (13.80%) Java
2 74 (12.61%) Python
3 66 (11.24%) JavaScript
4 55 (9.37%) SQL
5 34 (5.79%) TypeScript
6 28 (4.77%) C#
7 22 (3.75%) C++
8 19 (3.24%) Perl
9 15 (2.56%) Scala
10 10 (1.70%) Bash
10 10 (1.70%) PL/SQL
11 9 (1.53%) ABAP
12 5 (0.85%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.68%) C
13 4 (0.68%) X++
14 3 (0.51%) Go
14 3 (0.51%) Rust
15 2 (0.34%) Bicep
15 2 (0.34%) SOQL
15 2 (0.34%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 138 (23.51%) Security Cleared
2 119 (20.27%) SC Cleared
3 63 (10.73%) Degree
4 42 (7.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (4.09%) DV Cleared
6 18 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (2.04%) CISSP
8 10 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (1.70%) DBS Check
9 8 (1.36%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.36%) PMI Certification
10 7 (1.19%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (1.02%) CCNP
12 5 (0.85%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (0.68%) CCSP
13 4 (0.68%) CISM
14 3 (0.51%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (11.75%) GRC
2 55 (9.37%) QA
3 29 (4.94%) Data Quality
4 20 (3.41%) Accessibility
4 20 (3.41%) GDPR
5 11 (1.87%) NIST
6 10 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.68%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.68%) WCAG
8 3 (0.51%) COBIT
8 3 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.51%) IFRS
8 3 (0.51%) NCSC
9 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.17%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.17%) PMO
10 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 44 (7.50%) Docker
2 17 (2.90%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.51%) NDS
3 3 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.51%) VMware Server
4 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.17%) IAG
Systems Management
1 38 (6.47%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.73%) Grafana
2 16 (2.73%) Prometheus
3 5 (0.85%) Ansible
4 4 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.17%) Consul
Vendors
1 148 (25.21%) Microsoft
2 43 (7.33%) SAP
3 25 (4.26%) Oracle
4 23 (3.92%) Salesforce
5 16 (2.73%) OpenAI
5 16 (2.73%) ServiceNow
6 13 (2.21%) Splunk
7 9 (1.53%) YouTube
8 6 (1.02%) Databricks
8 6 (1.02%) VMware
9 5 (0.85%) Okta
10 4 (0.68%) Aruba
10 4 (0.68%) Cisco
10 4 (0.68%) ForgeRock
10 4 (0.68%) Google
10 4 (0.68%) Mitel
10 4 (0.68%) OpenText
11 3 (0.51%) HP
11 3 (0.51%) Juniper
11 3 (0.51%) NetIQ