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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 475 425 308
Rank change year-on-year -50 -117 +81
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 174 325 490
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.57% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.64% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 100 196 412
10th Percentile £56,003 £38,750 £52,500
25th Percentile £66,625 £56,809 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +6.45%
75th Percentile £87,529 £80,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £106,000 £95,000 £113,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £74,830 £72,966 £72,500
% change year-on-year +2.56% +0.64% -

All Process and 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 48,586 50,789 45,720
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.08% 89.40% 93.70%
Number of salaries quoted 28,463 25,691 35,102
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.60%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,720 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.42% +4.76% -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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 -35 144 £75,000 +7.14% 193
UK excluding London -17 105 £74,830 +2.56% 179
Work from Home +52 99 £77,500 +6.16% 111
London +20 50 £83,500 +10.74% 47
North of England -8 27 £74,165 +55.02% 33
Midlands -11 25 £72,500 -6.45% 38
South East +21 22 £75,000 +4.90% 48
West Midlands +9 15 £72,500 -3.85% 20
North West -10 12 £65,000 +52.94% 19
Yorkshire -4 10 £80,000 +30.71% 10
East Midlands -10 10 £80,000 +3.23% 16
South West +18 9 £72,500 -3.33% 19
East of England +26 6 £61,500 -16.61% 22
Northern Ireland -3 6 £74,830 -6.46% 2
North East +2 5 £67,500 -10.48% 5
Wales -1 5 £73,415 -8.23% 10
Scotland -5 5 £74,830 -6.46% 10

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 13 (7.47%) CMS
2 8 (4.60%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.87%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.57%) Apache
4 1 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.57%) IIS
4 1 (0.57%) JBoss
4 1 (0.57%) Luigi
4 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.57%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (3.45%) Chatbot
1 6 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.57%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.72%) NetSuite
4 2 (1.15%) SAP IBP
4 2 (1.15%) SAP Travel Management
5 1 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.57%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.57%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.57%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 62 (35.63%) Azure
2 55 (31.61%) AWS
3 21 (12.07%) GCP
4 15 (8.62%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (8.62%) Power Platform
5 12 (6.90%) SaaS
6 8 (4.60%) PowerApps
7 6 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.87%) Amazon Kinesis
9 3 (1.72%) Azure Stack
9 3 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.72%) Kong
9 3 (1.72%) Kontent
9 3 (1.72%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.15%) Amazon Cognito
10 2 (1.15%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.15%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.15%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.15%) Google Analytics
10 2 (1.15%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.30%) Firewall
1 4 (2.30%) IP Telephony
1 4 (2.30%) PSTN
1 4 (2.30%) VoIP
2 1 (0.57%) DHCP
2 1 (0.57%) DNS
2 1 (0.57%) Network Security
2 1 (0.57%) SSH
2 1 (0.57%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.62%) SQL Server
2 11 (6.32%) NoSQL
3 8 (4.60%) DynamoDB
3 8 (4.60%) Power BI
4 6 (3.45%) Redis
5 5 (2.87%) Couchbase
5 5 (2.87%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.87%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.72%) MySQL
7 2 (1.15%) Data Mining
7 2 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.15%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.57%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.57%) DB2
8 1 (0.57%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.57%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.30%) Git
2 3 (1.72%) JUnit
2 3 (1.72%) Maven
3 2 (1.15%) Burp Suite
3 2 (1.15%) JIRA
3 2 (1.15%) JMeter
3 2 (1.15%) LoadRunner
3 2 (1.15%) Mockito
3 2 (1.15%) NeoLoad
4 1 (0.57%) GitLab
4 1 (0.57%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.57%) Selenium
General
1 86 (49.43%) Social Skills
2 55 (31.61%) Analytical Skills
3 52 (29.89%) Finance
4 49 (28.16%) Public Sector
5 31 (17.82%) Presentation Skills
6 20 (11.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (9.20%) Law
8 13 (7.47%) Retail
9 11 (6.32%) Marketing
10 8 (4.60%) Telecoms
11 7 (4.02%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (4.02%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (4.02%) Manufacturing
12 5 (2.87%) Banking
12 5 (2.87%) Legal
13 4 (2.30%) Back Office
13 4 (2.30%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.57%) Electronics
15 1 (0.57%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 94 (54.02%) Architect
2 44 (25.29%) Solutions Architect
3 26 (14.94%) Technical Architect
4 22 (12.64%) Senior
5 17 (9.77%) Developer
6 12 (6.90%) Lead
7 10 (5.75%) Software Engineer
8 9 (5.17%) Enterprise Architect
9 7 (4.02%) C# Architect
10 6 (3.45%) Consultant
10 6 (3.45%) Data Architect
10 6 (3.45%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
10 6 (3.45%) Full-Stack Developer
10 6 (3.45%) Principal Consultant
11 5 (2.87%) Development Engineer
11 5 (2.87%) IT Engineer
11 5 (2.87%) Principal Architect
11 5 (2.87%) Senior Developer
11 5 (2.87%) Software Development Engineer
11 5 (2.87%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (10.34%) React
2 16 (9.20%) .NET
3 13 (7.47%) REST
4 10 (5.75%) Web Services
5 9 (5.17%) CSS
6 8 (4.60%) Node.js
6 8 (4.60%) Spring
7 7 (4.02%) Next.js
8 6 (3.45%) Django
9 5 (2.87%) HTML
9 5 (2.87%) Kafka
9 5 (2.87%) Memcached
10 4 (2.30%) Middleware
10 4 (2.30%) SOAP
11 3 (1.72%) .NET Framework
11 3 (1.72%) AngularJS
11 3 (1.72%) GraphQL
11 3 (1.72%) Laravel
11 3 (1.72%) React Native
11 3 (1.72%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 33 (18.97%) Virtual Team
2 31 (17.82%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (6.90%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (5.17%) Mobile App
4 9 (5.17%) Product Ownership
5 8 (4.60%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (4.02%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (4.02%) Low-Code
7 6 (3.45%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.87%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.87%) Data Structures
8 5 (2.87%) Security Posture
9 4 (2.30%) Algorithms
9 4 (2.30%) Client/Server
9 4 (2.30%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (2.30%) IVR
10 3 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.72%) e-Learning
10 3 (1.72%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.87%) Windows
2 4 (2.30%) Android
2 4 (2.30%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.72%) Linux
4 2 (1.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (36.78%) Agile
2 54 (31.03%) AI
3 47 (27.01%) Roadmaps
4 44 (25.29%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (24.14%) Decision-Making
6 40 (22.99%) Analytics
6 40 (22.99%) Continuous Improvement
7 37 (21.26%) Project Management
8 35 (20.11%) Strategic Thinking
9 32 (18.39%) Customer Experience
10 31 (17.82%) CI/CD
10 31 (17.82%) Enterprise Architecture
11 29 (16.67%) DevOps
12 27 (15.52%) B2B
12 27 (15.52%) Due Diligence
13 24 (13.79%) Business Development
13 24 (13.79%) Creative Problem-Solving
13 24 (13.79%) Customer Insight
13 24 (13.79%) Financial Modelling
13 24 (13.79%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 22 (12.64%) Python
2 15 (8.62%) Java
3 14 (8.05%) JavaScript
3 14 (8.05%) SQL
4 12 (6.90%) TypeScript
5 11 (6.32%) C#
6 6 (3.45%) VBA
7 5 (2.87%) Go
7 5 (2.87%) Kotlin
7 5 (2.87%) Scala
8 3 (1.72%) PHP
9 2 (1.15%) Bash
9 2 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (1.15%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.57%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.57%) R
10 1 (0.57%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 32 (18.39%) Security Cleared
2 30 (17.24%) SC Cleared
3 24 (13.79%) Degree
4 15 (8.62%) Master's Degree
5 10 (5.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (4.02%) MBA
6 7 (4.02%) TOGAF Certification
7 6 (3.45%) APMP
8 4 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.72%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (1.72%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.15%) CREST Certified
10 2 (1.15%) OSCP
11 1 (0.57%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.57%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.17%) QA
2 4 (2.30%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.72%) GDPR
4 1 (0.57%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.57%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 7 (4.02%) Docker
2 1 (0.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (6.90%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.30%) Terraform
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 29 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.75%) Google
3 9 (5.17%) SAP
4 6 (3.45%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.87%) Oracle
6 4 (2.30%) Avaya
6 4 (2.30%) Cisco
6 4 (2.30%) Genesys
7 3 (1.72%) Extreme Networks
7 3 (1.72%) Juniper
7 3 (1.72%) MuleSoft
7 3 (1.72%) Sparx
8 2 (1.15%) Ariba
8 2 (1.15%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.57%) Adobe
9 1 (0.57%) Gigya
9 1 (0.57%) PayPal
9 1 (0.57%) Pega
9 1 (0.57%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.57%) YouTube