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 23 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 446 440 491
Rank change year-on-year -6 +51 -105
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 315 212 447
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.50% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.53% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 197 86 306
10th Percentile £63,744 £38,750 £55,000
25th Percentile £65,500 £55,313 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,669 £74,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.58% +6.79% -9.68%
75th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £107,500 £103,350
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £60,021 £68,750
% change year-on-year +24.96% -12.70% +1.85%

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 68,427 39,782 82,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.76% 93.32% 84.70%
Number of salaries quoted 44,356 20,831 59,666
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,035
25th Percentile £40,797 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% +8.18% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -9.09%

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 23 May 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 23 May 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 -15 257 £79,669 +6.22% 114
UK excluding London -5 158 £75,000 +24.96% 65
Work from Home +77 146 £77,500 -3.13% 62
London -4 105 £100,000 +23.46% 57
North of England -39 38 £76,000 +19.18% 15
South East -14 36 £75,000 -6.25% 17
Midlands -18 32 £73,750 +47.67% 4
West Midlands -24 21 £82,500 +13.29% 2
South West -49 20 £65,000 -18.75% 12
Wales - 17 £69,973 - 7
Yorkshire -37 15 £90,000 +24.14% 7
North West -6 13 £70,000 +64.71% 5
East Midlands -29 11 £65,000 +73.33% 2
North East - 10 £68,750 - 3
East of England -7 6 £100,000 +25.00% 8
Northern Ireland - 5 £70,000 -
Scotland -14 4 £70,000 +55.56% 3

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 11 (3.49%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.54%) Confluence
3 6 (1.90%) CMS
4 4 (1.27%) Documentum
5 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.63%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.32%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (2.54%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (3.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.63%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.32%) OpenText VIM for SAP
Cloud Services
1 87 (27.62%) AWS
2 82 (26.03%) Azure
3 36 (11.43%) GCP
4 30 (9.52%) Power Platform
5 19 (6.03%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (5.40%) PaaS
7 15 (4.76%) SaaS
8 14 (4.44%) PowerApps
9 13 (4.13%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (3.17%) IaaS
11 9 (2.86%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 8 (2.54%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 6 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (1.90%) Power Automate
14 5 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
14 5 (1.59%) Entra ID
14 5 (1.59%) OCI
15 4 (1.27%) Anthropic Claude
15 4 (1.27%) Azure Data Factory
16 3 (0.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.86%) Broadband
2 4 (1.27%) LAN
2 4 (1.27%) Network Security
2 4 (1.27%) Unified Communications
2 4 (1.27%) WAN
2 4 (1.27%) WLAN
3 2 (0.63%) Firewall
4 1 (0.32%) AMQP
4 1 (0.32%) DHCP
4 1 (0.32%) DNS
4 1 (0.32%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.32%) VPN
4 1 (0.32%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.44%) Metadata
2 12 (3.81%) Power BI
3 11 (3.49%) BigQuery
4 10 (3.17%) SQL Server
5 9 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (2.54%) Semantic Layer
7 7 (2.22%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.90%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (1.27%) Redis
10 3 (0.95%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.95%) MySQL
11 2 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.63%) Big Data
11 2 (0.63%) Couchbase
11 2 (0.63%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.63%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.63%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 13 (4.13%) Git
2 10 (3.17%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.54%) JIRA
4 6 (1.90%) JUnit
5 5 (1.59%) Maven
5 5 (1.59%) Mockito
5 5 (1.59%) Yeoman
6 4 (1.27%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.63%) Gatling
7 2 (0.63%) Selenium
7 2 (0.63%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.32%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.32%) GitLab
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.32%) Subversion
General
1 105 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 78 (24.76%) Public Sector
3 70 (22.22%) Finance
4 48 (15.24%) Analytical Skills
5 47 (14.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (7.30%) Legal
7 22 (6.98%) Law
8 14 (4.44%) Retail
9 12 (3.81%) Marketing
10 10 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (2.86%) Banking
12 7 (2.22%) Local Government
12 7 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.59%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.59%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.27%) Back Office
14 4 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.95%) Aviation
15 3 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.63%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 156 (49.52%) Architect
2 51 (16.19%) Technical Architect
3 48 (15.24%) Solutions Architect
4 46 (14.60%) Lead
5 39 (12.38%) Senior
6 29 (9.21%) Developer
7 22 (6.98%) Lead Architect
8 20 (6.35%) Systems Engineer
9 19 (6.03%) Enterprise Architect
10 16 (5.08%) Data Architect
10 16 (5.08%) Technical Leader
11 15 (4.76%) Consultant
12 11 (3.49%) Full-Stack Developer
13 10 (3.17%) Engineering Manager
14 9 (2.86%) Java Developer
14 9 (2.86%) Principal Architect
14 9 (2.86%) Senior Developer
14 9 (2.86%) Software Engineer
15 8 (2.54%) Principal Engineer
15 8 (2.54%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (7.30%) React
2 15 (4.76%) .NET
2 15 (4.76%) Node.js
3 11 (3.49%) REST
3 11 (3.49%) RESTful
4 9 (2.86%) Spring
5 7 (2.22%) Middleware
6 6 (1.90%) Kafka
7 5 (1.59%) CSS
7 5 (1.59%) Next.js
7 5 (1.59%) Playwright
8 4 (1.27%) Backbone.js
8 4 (1.27%) Laravel
9 3 (0.95%) GraphQL
9 3 (0.95%) LangChain
9 3 (0.95%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (0.95%) React Native
10 2 (0.63%) FastAPI
10 2 (0.63%) Lightning Web Components
10 2 (0.63%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 39 (12.38%) Virtual Team
2 23 (7.30%) Cloud Native
3 14 (4.44%) Product Ownership
4 13 (4.13%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (3.81%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.22%) Low-Code
8 7 (2.22%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.90%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.59%) AI Agents
10 5 (1.59%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.59%) NHS
11 4 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.27%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (1.27%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.27%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.95%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.86%) Android
1 9 (2.86%) Apple iOS
2 6 (1.90%) Linux
3 5 (1.59%) Windows
3 5 (1.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (31.75%) Agile
2 85 (26.98%) AI
3 78 (24.76%) CI/CD
4 73 (23.17%) Roadmaps
5 55 (17.46%) Continuous Improvement
5 55 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (16.19%) DevOps
7 47 (14.92%) Mentoring
7 47 (14.92%) Technical Leadership
8 46 (14.60%) Data Modelling
9 42 (13.33%) Software Engineering
10 41 (13.02%) Analytics
11 40 (12.70%) Microservices
12 38 (12.06%) Project Management
13 37 (11.75%) Stakeholder Management
14 33 (10.48%) SDLC
15 32 (10.16%) Decision-Making
15 32 (10.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 31 (9.84%) Data Architecture
17 28 (8.89%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 44 (13.97%) Python
2 36 (11.43%) SQL
3 27 (8.57%) Java
4 23 (7.30%) JavaScript
5 18 (5.71%) TypeScript
6 17 (5.40%) C#
7 11 (3.49%) Go
8 9 (2.86%) PL/SQL
8 9 (2.86%) Scala
9 8 (2.54%) VBA
10 5 (1.59%) Bash
11 4 (1.27%) PHP
12 3 (0.95%) C++
13 2 (0.63%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.63%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.32%) Perl
14 1 (0.32%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.32%) Ruby
14 1 (0.32%) X++
Qualifications
1 59 (18.73%) Security Cleared
2 52 (16.51%) SC Cleared
3 31 (9.84%) Degree
4 19 (6.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.49%) DBS Check
6 10 (3.17%) DV Cleared
6 10 (3.17%) Master's Degree
7 9 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (2.86%) CISSP
8 8 (2.54%) APMP
8 8 (2.54%) MBA
9 7 (2.22%) AWS Certification
9 7 (2.22%) Azure Certification
10 6 (1.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (1.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (1.90%) CISM
10 6 (1.90%) CREST Certified
10 6 (1.90%) OSCP
10 6 (1.90%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (1.59%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.71%) GDPR
2 15 (4.76%) Data Quality
3 14 (4.44%) QA
4 9 (2.86%) NIST
5 8 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (2.22%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.59%) GRC
8 4 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.95%) COBIT
9 3 (0.95%) IFRS
9 3 (0.95%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.63%) WCAG
11 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 13 (4.13%) Docker
2 9 (2.86%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.95%) VMware Server
4 1 (0.32%) IAG
Systems Management
1 20 (6.35%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.81%) Terraform
3 3 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.32%) Argo
4 1 (0.32%) Grafana
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.32%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 44 (13.97%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.76%) Salesforce
2 15 (4.76%) SAP
3 12 (3.81%) Oracle
3 12 (3.81%) ServiceNow
4 8 (2.54%) Google
4 8 (2.54%) YouTube
5 6 (1.90%) OpenText
6 4 (1.27%) Pega
7 3 (0.95%) Databricks
7 3 (0.95%) HP
7 3 (0.95%) Sparx
7 3 (0.95%) VMware
8 2 (0.63%) Aderant
8 2 (0.63%) Foundry
8 2 (0.63%) iManage
8 2 (0.63%) Intapp
8 2 (0.63%) Palantir
9 1 (0.32%) Concur
9 1 (0.32%) Dynatrace