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 13 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 444 430 394
Rank change year-on-year -14 -36 +1
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 248 235 528
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.54% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.58% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 138 124 395
10th Percentile £63,375 £38,750 £55,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £56,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £73,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.74% +0.69% -6.45%
75th Percentile £88,466 £85,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £108,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £71,571 £67,500
% change year-on-year +4.79% +6.03% -3.57%

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 57,551 40,867 73,360
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.05% 93.60% 87.39%
Number of salaries quoted 34,815 22,139 55,867
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,860 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.41%
75th Percentile £76,299 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £94,006
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 13 March 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 13 March 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 -9 205 £75,000 +2.74% 138
UK excluding London -51 128 £75,000 +4.79% 98
Work from Home +63 119 £77,500 +4.73% 90
London +23 80 £80,000 - 59
South East -16 30 £75,000 - 41
Midlands -38 29 £73,665 +0.91% 17
North of England -52 28 £74,915 +76.27% 17
South West -13 20 £72,500 -3.33% 10
West Midlands -23 16 £73,665 -1.78% 13
East Midlands -31 13 £72,500 +61.11% 4
North West -34 12 £74,915 +76.27% 6
Yorkshire -52 10 £88,750 +22.41% 5
Wales -3 9 £67,586 -7.33% 4
North East - 6 £67,500 - 7
Northern Ireland - 6 £74,830 - 1
Scotland -36 4 £74,830 +66.29% 2
East of England -6 2 £71,250 -10.94% 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 16 (6.45%) SharePoint
2 13 (5.24%) CMS
3 5 (2.02%) Confluence
4 4 (1.61%) Documentum
5 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.40%) IIS
6 1 (0.40%) JBoss
6 1 (0.40%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (5.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.21%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (2.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.21%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.40%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.40%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.40%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 74 (29.84%) AWS
2 65 (26.21%) Azure
3 30 (12.10%) GCP
4 26 (10.48%) Power Platform
5 23 (9.27%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (6.85%) PowerApps
7 12 (4.84%) SaaS
8 11 (4.44%) PaaS
9 7 (2.82%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (2.82%) IaaS
10 5 (2.02%) Amazon Kinesis
10 5 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.02%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.61%) OCI
12 3 (1.21%) GitHub
12 3 (1.21%) Kontent
13 2 (0.81%) Amazon S3
13 2 (0.81%) Google Analytics
13 2 (0.81%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.61%) Firewall
2 3 (1.21%) IP Telephony
2 3 (1.21%) PSTN
2 3 (1.21%) VoIP
3 1 (0.40%) AMQP
3 1 (0.40%) DHCP
3 1 (0.40%) DNS
3 1 (0.40%) Network Security
3 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.45%) Power BI
2 12 (4.84%) SQL Server
3 11 (4.44%) NoSQL
4 8 (3.23%) Metadata
5 6 (2.42%) DynamoDB
5 6 (2.42%) Redis
6 5 (2.02%) Couchbase
7 4 (1.61%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.21%) MySQL
9 2 (0.81%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.40%) DB2
10 1 (0.40%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (2.42%) Git
2 5 (2.02%) JIRA
3 2 (0.81%) JUnit
3 2 (0.81%) Maven
3 2 (0.81%) Mockito
4 1 (0.40%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.40%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.40%) JMeter
4 1 (0.40%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.40%) NeoLoad
4 1 (0.40%) Yeoman
General
1 110 (44.35%) Social Skills
2 71 (28.63%) Public Sector
3 58 (23.39%) Finance
4 52 (20.97%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (13.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 31 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
7 22 (8.87%) Law
8 18 (7.26%) Legal
9 17 (6.85%) Marketing
9 17 (6.85%) Retail
10 9 (3.63%) Banking
10 9 (3.63%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.82%) Local Government
12 5 (2.02%) Back Office
12 5 (2.02%) Financial Institution
12 5 (2.02%) Manufacturing
12 5 (2.02%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.21%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 132 (53.23%) Architect
2 50 (20.16%) Solutions Architect
3 43 (17.34%) Technical Architect
4 29 (11.69%) Lead
5 23 (9.27%) Senior
6 22 (8.87%) Developer
7 18 (7.26%) Lead Architect
8 15 (6.05%) Systems Engineer
9 14 (5.65%) Consultant
9 14 (5.65%) Enterprise Architect
10 13 (5.24%) Principal Consultant
10 13 (5.24%) Technical Leader
11 11 (4.44%) Data Architect
12 10 (4.03%) Software Engineer
13 8 (3.23%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
13 8 (3.23%) Full-Stack Developer
14 6 (2.42%) Lead Solutions Architect
14 6 (2.42%) Penetration Tester
14 6 (2.42%) Senior Penetration Tester
14 6 (2.42%) Senior Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.26%) React
2 14 (5.65%) .NET
3 11 (4.44%) Node.js
4 10 (4.03%) REST
4 10 (4.03%) Web Services
5 9 (3.63%) Spring
6 8 (3.23%) CSS
6 8 (3.23%) Next.js
7 7 (2.82%) Kafka
7 7 (2.82%) RESTful
8 6 (2.42%) Django
9 5 (2.02%) Memcached
10 4 (1.61%) HTML
10 4 (1.61%) LangChain
11 3 (1.21%) GraphQL
11 3 (1.21%) Laravel
11 3 (1.21%) Middleware
11 3 (1.21%) React Native
11 3 (1.21%) SOAP
12 2 (0.81%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 39 (15.73%) Virtual Team
2 35 (14.11%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (6.05%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (4.84%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (4.84%) Product Ownership
5 10 (4.03%) Cloud Native
6 9 (3.63%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (3.23%) Mobile App
8 6 (2.42%) Data Structures
8 6 (2.42%) Low-Code
8 6 (2.42%) Security Posture
9 5 (2.02%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.61%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.61%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.21%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.21%) e-Learning
11 3 (1.21%) IVR
11 3 (1.21%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.63%) Android
1 9 (3.63%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.81%) Linux
2 2 (0.81%) Windows
2 2 (0.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (34.68%) Agile
2 65 (26.21%) Continuous Improvement
3 61 (24.60%) AI
4 53 (21.37%) Decision-Making
5 49 (19.76%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (18.95%) Roadmaps
7 45 (18.15%) Analytics
8 42 (16.94%) CI/CD
8 42 (16.94%) Project Management
9 40 (16.13%) DevOps
10 34 (13.71%) Data Modelling
11 31 (12.50%) Software Engineering
12 30 (12.10%) Customer Experience
12 30 (12.10%) Enterprise Architecture
13 29 (11.69%) Strategic Thinking
14 28 (11.29%) Migration
15 27 (10.89%) B2B
15 27 (10.89%) Due Diligence
15 27 (10.89%) IT Strategy
15 27 (10.89%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 34 (13.71%) Python
2 23 (9.27%) SQL
3 21 (8.47%) Java
4 14 (5.65%) TypeScript
5 13 (5.24%) JavaScript
5 13 (5.24%) VBA
6 12 (4.84%) C#
7 11 (4.44%) Go
8 6 (2.42%) PL/SQL
9 5 (2.02%) Kotlin
9 5 (2.02%) Scala
10 3 (1.21%) PHP
11 2 (0.81%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.81%) Bash
11 2 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.40%) C
12 1 (0.40%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.40%) R
12 1 (0.40%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 58 (23.39%) Security Cleared
2 50 (20.16%) SC Cleared
3 32 (12.90%) Degree
4 19 (7.66%) Master's Degree
5 13 (5.24%) APMP
5 13 (5.24%) MBA
6 12 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (3.63%) AWS Certification
8 8 (3.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 8 (3.23%) DV Cleared
9 6 (2.42%) Azure Certification
9 6 (2.42%) CREST Certified
9 6 (2.42%) OSCP
10 5 (2.02%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.61%) CITP
12 3 (1.21%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (0.81%) CISM
13 2 (0.81%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.44%) GDPR
2 7 (2.82%) QA
3 6 (2.42%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.81%) WCAG
5 1 (0.40%) GRC
5 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.40%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (2.42%) Docker
2 1 (0.40%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (7.26%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.63%) Terraform
3 1 (0.40%) Argo
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 28 (11.29%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.24%) Google
3 10 (4.03%) SAP
3 10 (4.03%) ServiceNow
4 8 (3.23%) Oracle
5 7 (2.82%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.82%) YouTube
6 5 (2.02%) OpenText
6 5 (2.02%) Pega
7 3 (1.21%) Avaya
7 3 (1.21%) Cisco
7 3 (1.21%) Genesys
7 3 (1.21%) Sparx
8 2 (0.81%) Aderant
8 2 (0.81%) Databricks
8 2 (0.81%) Foundry
8 2 (0.81%) iManage
8 2 (0.81%) Intapp
8 2 (0.81%) Palantir
9 1 (0.40%) MuleSoft