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 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 443 444 388
Rank change year-on-year +1 -56 -5
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 235 259 522
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.53% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.58% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 132 133 404
10th Percentile £62,500 £38,750 £55,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -6.45%
75th Percentile £87,898 £85,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £103,250 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £72,716 £65,050
% change year-on-year +3.14% +11.78% -7.07%

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 54,541 44,858 66,633
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.08% 92.63% 88.37%
Number of salaries quoted 32,717 22,158 51,477
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £29,440
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £95,000
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 22 February 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 22 February 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 -4 193 £75,000 +2.74% 100
UK excluding London -44 125 £75,000 +3.14% 78
Work from Home +75 118 £77,500 +3.33% 65
London +35 72 £80,000 +3.23% 46
South East +2 34 £75,000 - 30
Midlands -22 29 £72,500 -3.33% 7
North of England -34 24 £74,915 +76.27% 12
South West -10 17 £72,500 -3.33% 12
West Midlands -8 16 £72,500 -3.33% 3
East Midlands -21 13 £72,500 +16.00% 3
North West -27 11 £74,830 +76.07% 5
Wales +4 9 £67,586 -11.61% 3
Yorkshire -25 8 £88,750 +20.34% 5
Northern Ireland -19 6 £74,830 -6.46% 2
North East -9 5 £67,500 -15.63% 3
Scotland -16 4 £74,830 -14.48% 5
East of England +13 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 (6.81%) SharePoint
2 14 (5.96%) CMS
3 5 (2.13%) Confluence
4 4 (1.70%) Documentum
4 4 (1.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.43%) IIS
6 1 (0.43%) JBoss
6 1 (0.43%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (5.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.28%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (2.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.28%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.43%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.43%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.43%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.43%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 72 (30.64%) AWS
2 66 (28.09%) Azure
3 29 (12.34%) GCP
4 25 (10.64%) Power Platform
5 24 (10.21%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (7.23%) PowerApps
7 11 (4.68%) SaaS
8 8 (3.40%) PaaS
9 7 (2.98%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (2.13%) Amazon Kinesis
10 5 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.13%) IaaS
10 5 (2.13%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.70%) OCI
12 3 (1.28%) GitHub
12 3 (1.28%) Kontent
13 2 (0.85%) Azure Data Factory
13 2 (0.85%) Serverless
13 2 (0.85%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.70%) Firewall
1 4 (1.70%) IP Telephony
1 4 (1.70%) PSTN
1 4 (1.70%) VoIP
2 1 (0.43%) AMQP
2 1 (0.43%) DHCP
2 1 (0.43%) DNS
2 1 (0.43%) Network Security
2 1 (0.43%) SSH
2 1 (0.43%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.38%) Power BI
1 15 (6.38%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.11%) NoSQL
3 8 (3.40%) Metadata
4 7 (2.98%) DynamoDB
5 6 (2.55%) Redis
6 5 (2.13%) Couchbase
6 5 (2.13%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.70%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.28%) MySQL
9 2 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.43%) DB2
10 1 (0.43%) SAP BW
10 1 (0.43%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (2.55%) Git
1 6 (2.55%) JIRA
2 3 (1.28%) JUnit
2 3 (1.28%) Maven
3 2 (0.85%) Burp Suite
3 2 (0.85%) JMeter
3 2 (0.85%) LoadRunner
3 2 (0.85%) Mockito
3 2 (0.85%) NeoLoad
4 1 (0.43%) GitLab
4 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.43%) Selenium
General
1 109 (46.38%) Social Skills
2 66 (28.09%) Public Sector
3 61 (25.96%) Finance
4 53 (22.55%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (13.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 31 (13.19%) Presentation Skills
7 24 (10.21%) Law
8 18 (7.66%) Marketing
9 17 (7.23%) Retail
10 14 (5.96%) Legal
11 9 (3.83%) Banking
12 7 (2.98%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (2.98%) Local Government
12 7 (2.98%) Manufacturing
13 6 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (2.55%) Financial Institution
13 6 (2.55%) Telecoms
14 5 (2.13%) Back Office
15 4 (1.70%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (1.28%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 124 (52.77%) Architect
2 52 (22.13%) Solutions Architect
3 40 (17.02%) Technical Architect
4 29 (12.34%) Lead
5 23 (9.79%) Senior
6 21 (8.94%) Developer
7 18 (7.66%) Lead Architect
8 13 (5.53%) Consultant
8 13 (5.53%) Principal Consultant
8 13 (5.53%) Systems Engineer
8 13 (5.53%) Technical Leader
9 11 (4.68%) Data Architect
9 11 (4.68%) Enterprise Architect
9 11 (4.68%) Software Engineer
10 8 (3.40%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
10 8 (3.40%) Full-Stack Developer
11 6 (2.55%) Penetration Tester
11 6 (2.55%) Senior Developer
11 6 (2.55%) Senior Penetration Tester
11 6 (2.55%) Senior Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (8.09%) React
2 14 (5.96%) .NET
3 12 (5.11%) REST
4 11 (4.68%) Web Services
5 10 (4.26%) Node.js
6 9 (3.83%) CSS
6 9 (3.83%) Spring
7 8 (3.40%) Next.js
8 7 (2.98%) Kafka
9 6 (2.55%) Django
9 6 (2.55%) RESTful
10 5 (2.13%) HTML
10 5 (2.13%) Memcached
11 4 (1.70%) LangChain
11 4 (1.70%) Middleware
11 4 (1.70%) SOAP
12 3 (1.28%) .NET Framework
12 3 (1.28%) GraphQL
12 3 (1.28%) Laravel
12 3 (1.28%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 38 (16.17%) Virtual Team
2 37 (15.74%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (6.38%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (5.53%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (5.11%) Product Ownership
6 10 (4.26%) Cloud Native
7 8 (3.40%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (2.98%) Mobile App
8 7 (2.98%) Security Posture
9 6 (2.55%) Data Structures
9 6 (2.55%) Low-Code
10 5 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.70%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.70%) Client/Server
11 4 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.70%) IVR
11 4 (1.70%) Management Information System
12 3 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.28%) e-Learning
12 3 (1.28%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.40%) Android
1 8 (3.40%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.28%) Linux
3 2 (0.85%) Windows
3 2 (0.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (37.02%) Agile
2 59 (25.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 55 (23.40%) AI
4 52 (22.13%) Decision-Making
5 50 (21.28%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (20.00%) Roadmaps
7 44 (18.72%) Analytics
8 43 (18.30%) CI/CD
9 42 (17.87%) Project Management
10 41 (17.45%) DevOps
11 33 (14.04%) Enterprise Architecture
12 32 (13.62%) Data Modelling
12 32 (13.62%) Strategic Thinking
13 31 (13.19%) Customer Experience
14 30 (12.77%) Software Engineering
15 28 (11.91%) IT Strategy
15 28 (11.91%) Microservices
15 28 (11.91%) Technology Strategy
16 27 (11.49%) Due Diligence
16 27 (11.49%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 33 (14.04%) Python
2 23 (9.79%) SQL
3 21 (8.94%) Java
4 15 (6.38%) JavaScript
5 14 (5.96%) TypeScript
6 13 (5.53%) VBA
7 12 (5.11%) C#
8 10 (4.26%) Go
9 6 (2.55%) PL/SQL
10 5 (2.13%) Kotlin
10 5 (2.13%) Scala
11 3 (1.28%) PHP
12 2 (0.85%) Bash
12 2 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.43%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.43%) C
13 1 (0.43%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.43%) R
13 1 (0.43%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 52 (22.13%) Security Cleared
2 46 (19.57%) SC Cleared
3 32 (13.62%) Degree
4 20 (8.51%) Master's Degree
5 13 (5.53%) APMP
5 13 (5.53%) MBA
6 12 (5.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (3.40%) AWS Certification
7 8 (3.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 6 (2.55%) Azure Certification
8 6 (2.55%) CREST Certified
8 6 (2.55%) DV Cleared
8 6 (2.55%) OSCP
9 5 (2.13%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.70%) CITP
11 3 (1.28%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.43%) IIBA
12 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.43%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.83%) QA
2 8 (3.40%) GDPR
3 5 (2.13%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.43%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (3.40%) Docker
2 1 (0.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (7.23%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.98%) Terraform
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 30 (12.77%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.11%) Google
3 9 (3.83%) Oracle
3 9 (3.83%) SAP
4 7 (2.98%) ServiceNow
4 7 (2.98%) YouTube
5 6 (2.55%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.13%) Pega
7 4 (1.70%) Avaya
7 4 (1.70%) Cisco
7 4 (1.70%) Genesys
7 4 (1.70%) OpenText
8 3 (1.28%) Sparx
9 2 (0.85%) Aderant
9 2 (0.85%) Foundry
9 2 (0.85%) iManage
9 2 (0.85%) Intapp
9 2 (0.85%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.85%) Palantir
10 1 (0.43%) Ariba