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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 427 439 485
Rank change year-on-year +12 +46 -118
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 348 247 479
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.37% 0.55% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.59% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 213 95 332
10th Percentile £62,092 £43,750 £55,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £57,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £101,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - +11.54%

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 69,314 41,679 88,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.17% 92.27% 81.73%
Number of salaries quoted 47,751 22,444 62,987
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.41%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,159
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -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 June 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 June 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 +3 273 £80,000 +3.23% 119
UK excluding London -27 176 £75,000 +3.45% 80
Work from Home +90 159 £80,000 - 80
London -18 113 £100,000 +21.95% 68
North of England -17 37 £78,500 +8.28% 24
South East -29 37 £75,000 -6.25% 21
Midlands -31 29 £73,750 +13.46% 11
South West -50 25 £41,250 -48.44% 8
Wales - 24 £69,986 - 3
West Midlands -14 20 £82,500 +13.29% 8
North West +10 14 £70,000 +27.17% 12
North East - 13 £78,500 - 7
East of England -13 12 £100,000 +25.00% 2
Yorkshire -33 10 £90,000 +24.14% 5
East Midlands -25 9 £65,000 +36.84% 3
Scotland +1 7 £72,500 +61.11% 4
Northern Ireland - 5 £70,000 - 7

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 12 (3.45%) Confluence
2 9 (2.59%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.15%) Documentum
4 2 (0.57%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.57%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.29%) IIS
5 1 (0.29%) JBoss
5 1 (0.29%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 7 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (2.01%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (2.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.57%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.29%) OpenText VIM for SAP
Cloud Services
1 97 (27.87%) Azure
2 95 (27.30%) AWS
3 48 (13.79%) GCP
4 30 (8.62%) Power Platform
5 19 (5.46%) Dynamics 365
5 19 (5.46%) SaaS
6 17 (4.89%) PaaS
7 16 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
8 14 (4.02%) PowerApps
9 10 (2.87%) IaaS
9 10 (2.87%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 9 (2.59%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 7 (2.01%) Power Automate
11 7 (2.01%) Serverless
12 6 (1.72%) Amazon S3
12 6 (1.72%) Anthropic Claude
12 6 (1.72%) Azure Service Bus
12 6 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (1.72%) Entra ID
13 5 (1.44%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.60%) Broadband
2 7 (2.01%) LAN
2 7 (2.01%) WAN
3 6 (1.72%) Unified Communications
3 6 (1.72%) WLAN
4 3 (0.86%) Firewall
4 3 (0.86%) Network Security
5 1 (0.29%) AMQP
5 1 (0.29%) Internet
5 1 (0.29%) VPN
5 1 (0.29%) WebEx
5 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.46%) BigQuery
2 15 (4.31%) Metadata
2 15 (4.31%) Semantic Layer
3 12 (3.45%) Power BI
4 10 (2.87%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (2.30%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (2.01%) SQL Server
8 6 (1.72%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.44%) MongoDB
9 5 (1.44%) MySQL
10 4 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.15%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.86%) Big Data
12 2 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.57%) Data Vault
12 2 (0.57%) Geospatial Data
12 2 (0.57%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.57%) Redis
12 2 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (5.75%) Git
2 17 (4.89%) Jenkins
3 12 (3.45%) JIRA
3 12 (3.45%) JUnit
4 7 (2.01%) Eclipse
4 7 (2.01%) Subversion
5 6 (1.72%) Claude Code
6 5 (1.44%) Maven
6 5 (1.44%) Mockito
6 5 (1.44%) Yeoman
7 2 (0.57%) Gatling
7 2 (0.57%) Selenium
7 2 (0.57%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.29%) GitLab
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle APEX
General
1 113 (32.47%) Social Skills
2 87 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 78 (22.41%) Finance
4 54 (15.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 45 (12.93%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (7.18%) Legal
7 20 (5.75%) Law
8 9 (2.59%) Banking
8 9 (2.59%) Marketing
9 8 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.01%) Local Government
10 7 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.72%) Retail
12 5 (1.44%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.86%) Aviation
14 2 (0.57%) Advertising
14 2 (0.57%) Legal Technology
14 2 (0.57%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.57%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 172 (49.43%) Architect
2 63 (18.10%) Technical Architect
3 56 (16.09%) Lead
4 48 (13.79%) Solutions Architect
5 44 (12.64%) Senior
6 31 (8.91%) Developer
7 24 (6.90%) Lead Architect
8 20 (5.75%) Systems Engineer
9 19 (5.46%) Technical Leader
10 18 (5.17%) Data Architect
11 17 (4.89%) Java Developer
12 16 (4.60%) Consultant
13 15 (4.31%) Enterprise Architect
14 13 (3.74%) Principal Engineer
15 12 (3.45%) Head of Architecture
16 11 (3.16%) Engineering Manager
17 10 (2.87%) Data Engineer
17 10 (2.87%) Principal Architect
18 9 (2.59%) Full-Stack Developer
18 9 (2.59%) Head of Technical Architecture
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (8.62%) React
2 25 (7.18%) Node.js
3 19 (5.46%) RESTful
4 16 (4.60%) .NET
5 12 (3.45%) Spring
6 11 (3.16%) REST
7 10 (2.87%) Middleware
8 9 (2.59%) J2EE
8 9 (2.59%) Kafka
8 9 (2.59%) Web Services
9 7 (2.01%) Spring Boot
9 7 (2.01%) Struts
10 5 (1.44%) Next.js
10 5 (1.44%) Playwright
10 5 (1.44%) RabbitMQ
11 4 (1.15%) Backbone.js
11 4 (1.15%) CSS
11 4 (1.15%) Tailwind CSS
12 3 (0.86%) AWS CDK
13 2 (0.57%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 42 (12.07%) Cloud Native
2 41 (11.78%) Virtual Team
3 16 (4.60%) Product Ownership
4 15 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (3.74%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.01%) AI Agents
7 7 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.01%) Low-Code
8 6 (1.72%) NHS
9 5 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.44%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.15%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.15%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.15%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.15%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.86%) BBC
12 2 (0.57%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.59%) Linux
2 8 (2.30%) Windows
2 8 (2.30%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.72%) Android
3 6 (1.72%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (34.77%) Agile
2 94 (27.01%) AI
3 93 (26.72%) CI/CD
4 90 (25.86%) Roadmaps
5 69 (19.83%) Mentoring
6 67 (19.25%) Technical Leadership
7 61 (17.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 61 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
8 58 (16.67%) DevOps
9 52 (14.94%) Data Modelling
10 47 (13.51%) Microservices
10 47 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
11 45 (12.93%) Software Engineering
12 42 (12.07%) Data Architecture
13 41 (11.78%) Analytics
13 41 (11.78%) Decision-Making
14 39 (11.21%) Observability
14 39 (11.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 37 (10.63%) Project Management
16 35 (10.06%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 54 (15.52%) Python
2 43 (12.36%) SQL
3 37 (10.63%) Java
4 31 (8.91%) JavaScript
5 19 (5.46%) C#
6 18 (5.17%) TypeScript
7 10 (2.87%) C++
8 9 (2.59%) PL/SQL
9 8 (2.30%) Scala
10 7 (2.01%) Perl
10 7 (2.01%) VBA
11 6 (1.72%) Go
12 5 (1.44%) Bash
13 3 (0.86%) X++
14 2 (0.57%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.57%) Bicep
14 2 (0.57%) PHP
14 2 (0.57%) Ruby
15 1 (0.29%) C
15 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 59 (16.95%) Security Cleared
2 49 (14.08%) SC Cleared
3 36 (10.34%) Degree
4 24 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.45%) DBS Check
6 10 (2.87%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (2.59%) CISSP
8 7 (2.01%) APMP
8 7 (2.01%) Master's Degree
8 7 (2.01%) MBA
9 6 (1.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (1.72%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.72%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.72%) CISM
9 6 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.44%) CCSP
10 5 (1.44%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (1.15%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.90%) Data Quality
2 21 (6.03%) GDPR
3 17 (4.89%) QA
4 9 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.59%) NIST
5 7 (2.01%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.44%) GRC
7 4 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.86%) COBIT
8 3 (0.86%) IFRS
8 3 (0.86%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.57%) NCSC
9 2 (0.57%) WCAG
10 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 19 (5.46%) Docker
2 13 (3.74%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.86%) VMware Server
4 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.29%) IAG
Systems Management
1 20 (5.75%) Kubernetes
2 18 (5.17%) Terraform
3 4 (1.15%) Grafana
3 4 (1.15%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.29%) Ansible
5 1 (0.29%) Argo
Vendors
1 50 (14.37%) Microsoft
2 17 (4.89%) Salesforce
2 17 (4.89%) SAP
3 13 (3.74%) Oracle
4 12 (3.45%) ServiceNow
5 9 (2.59%) Google
6 8 (2.30%) YouTube
7 6 (1.72%) OpenText
8 4 (1.15%) Pega
9 3 (0.86%) Databricks
9 3 (0.86%) HP
9 3 (0.86%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.86%) VMware
10 2 (0.57%) Aderant
10 2 (0.57%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.57%) Foundry
10 2 (0.57%) iManage
10 2 (0.57%) Intapp
10 2 (0.57%) Litera
10 2 (0.57%) Palantir