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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 497 417
Rank change year-on-year +158 -80 -113
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 627 184 404
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.53% 0.37% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.42% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 341 85 251
10th Percentile £50,000 £59,242 £48,869
25th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,502 £77,500 £75,150
Median % change year-on-year +1.29% +3.13% -6.06%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £103,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £74,830 £75,000 £75,150
% change year-on-year -0.23% -0.20% +13.43%

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 86,265 44,296 59,619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.17% 89.00% 82.18%
Number of salaries quoted 59,107 24,598 32,082
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -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 9 October 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 9 October 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 +85 444 £82,500 +3.13% 574
UK excluding London +112 409 £74,830 -0.23% 211
Work from Home +161 311 £77,500 -3.13% 228
London +10 144 £90,000 +5.88% 385
North of England +18 108 £83,750 +9.84% 60
Midlands +6 71 £74,830 - 36
Northern Ireland -21 70 £74,830 - 4
West Midlands +11 62 £74,830 - 30
South East -35 46 £90,000 +20.00% 45
North West +10 44 £70,000 -6.56% 32
South West -43 44 £37,500 - 28
North East - 43 £85,000 - 7
Wales -43 34 £70,000 -4.65% 9
Scotland +24 21 £74,830 - 17
Yorkshire -20 21 £90,000 +14.29% 21
East of England -38 15 £100,000 +37.93% 12
East Midlands -35 9 £70,000 -1.75% 6

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 8 (1.28%) Confluence
2 7 (1.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 5 (0.80%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.32%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.32%) NetWeaver
5 2 (0.32%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.16%) IIS
6 1 (0.16%) JBoss
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 9 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 22 (3.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.80%) SAP MDG
3 5 (0.80%) SAP PSCD
4 4 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
5 3 (0.48%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.32%) Maximo
6 2 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.32%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.16%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.16%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 241 (38.44%) Azure
2 168 (26.79%) AWS
3 67 (10.69%) Cloud Computing
4 65 (10.37%) GCP
4 65 (10.37%) Power Platform
5 38 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (4.15%) dbt
7 25 (3.99%) Dynamics 365
8 21 (3.35%) iPaaS
9 20 (3.19%) SaaS
10 17 (2.71%) Power Automate
10 17 (2.71%) Serverless
11 14 (2.23%) AWS CloudFormation
11 14 (2.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 13 (2.07%) Azure Data Factory
12 13 (2.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 13 (2.07%) PowerApps
12 13 (2.07%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 11 (1.75%) Azure Service Bus
13 11 (1.75%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 72 (11.48%) LAN
1 72 (11.48%) WAN
2 16 (2.55%) Broadband
3 10 (1.59%) Unified Communications
4 9 (1.44%) Firewall
5 6 (0.96%) Network Security
5 6 (0.96%) WLAN
6 3 (0.48%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (0.48%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (0.48%) Internet
6 3 (0.48%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.48%) Wireless
7 2 (0.32%) VPN
8 1 (0.16%) 5G
8 1 (0.16%) Value-Added Service
8 1 (0.16%) WebEx
8 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.16%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.67%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (3.51%) BigQuery
3 19 (3.03%) MySQL
4 17 (2.71%) Metadata
4 17 (2.71%) MongoDB
5 15 (2.39%) NoSQL
5 15 (2.39%) Relational Database
5 15 (2.39%) Semantic Layer
6 11 (1.75%) SQL Server
7 10 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
8 8 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (1.28%) Data Lake
8 8 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (0.96%) Power BI
9 6 (0.96%) SAP BW
10 5 (0.80%) Big Data
11 3 (0.48%) Amazon Athena
12 2 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.32%) Geospatial Data
12 2 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 50 (7.97%) Git
2 32 (5.10%) JUnit
3 22 (3.51%) Eclipse
4 20 (3.19%) Jenkins
5 19 (3.03%) Subversion
6 18 (2.87%) JIRA
7 10 (1.59%) Maven
7 10 (1.59%) Mockito
8 7 (1.12%) Claude Code
9 4 (0.64%) Selenium
9 4 (0.64%) Yeoman
10 3 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.32%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.32%) Gatling
11 2 (0.32%) GitLab
11 2 (0.32%) JMeter
11 2 (0.32%) NeoLoad
11 2 (0.32%) SoapUI
11 2 (0.32%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.32%) Zephyr
General
1 267 (42.58%) Social Skills
2 211 (33.65%) Finance
3 144 (22.97%) Public Sector
4 125 (19.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 82 (13.08%) Presentation Skills
6 71 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
7 54 (8.61%) Law
8 34 (5.42%) Marketing
9 32 (5.10%) Influencing Skills
10 26 (4.15%) Legal
11 23 (3.67%) Banking
12 19 (3.03%) Aerospace
12 19 (3.03%) Retail
13 11 (1.75%) Military
14 9 (1.44%) Manufacturing
15 7 (1.12%) Aviation
15 7 (1.12%) Police
15 7 (1.12%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.64%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 337 (53.75%) Architect
2 121 (19.30%) Lead
3 117 (18.66%) Technical Architect
4 78 (12.44%) Solutions Architect
5 68 (10.85%) Systems Architect
6 67 (10.69%) Developer
7 61 (9.73%) Senior
8 42 (6.70%) Java Developer
9 40 (6.38%) Lead Architect
9 40 (6.38%) Technical Leader
10 35 (5.58%) Consultant
11 29 (4.63%) Technical Consultant
12 25 (3.99%) Cloud Architect
13 22 (3.51%) Junior
14 19 (3.03%) Data Engineer
14 19 (3.03%) Senior Developer
15 18 (2.87%) Data Architect
15 18 (2.87%) Junior Developer
16 17 (2.71%) Junior Java Developer
17 16 (2.55%) ERP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (10.37%) React
2 53 (8.45%) REST
3 42 (6.70%) Middleware
4 38 (6.06%) RESTful
5 36 (5.74%) Terraform
6 30 (4.78%) Spring
7 27 (4.31%) CSS
7 27 (4.31%) Jakarta EE
8 24 (3.83%) Node.js
9 22 (3.51%) JWT
9 22 (3.51%) OAuth
10 20 (3.19%) Spring Boot
10 20 (3.19%) Web Services
11 19 (3.03%) Kafka
11 19 (3.03%) Struts
12 17 (2.71%) .NET
13 16 (2.55%) Hibernate
14 15 (2.39%) RabbitMQ
15 13 (2.07%) JPA
15 13 (2.07%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 75 (11.96%) Cloud Native
2 46 (7.34%) Virtual Team
3 38 (6.06%) Onboarding
4 35 (5.58%) Product Ownership
5 27 (4.31%) Management Information System
6 26 (4.15%) Distributed Systems
6 26 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
7 21 (3.35%) Marketing Technology
8 20 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
9 16 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
10 15 (2.39%) AI Agents
11 13 (2.07%) Data Centre
12 9 (1.44%) Low-Code
13 7 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (1.12%) Blog
13 7 (1.12%) PMI
13 7 (1.12%) Private Cloud
14 6 (0.96%) Life Science
14 6 (0.96%) NHS
15 5 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.35%) Linux
2 9 (1.44%) Windows
3 8 (1.28%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.12%) Unix
5 2 (0.32%) Android
6 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (32.70%) Roadmaps
2 188 (29.98%) Agile
3 182 (29.03%) AI
4 150 (23.92%) CI/CD
5 149 (23.76%) Mentoring
6 137 (21.85%) Technical Leadership
7 127 (20.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 122 (19.46%) Infrastructure as Code
9 114 (18.18%) Containerisation
10 113 (18.02%) Problem-Solving
11 110 (17.54%) Stakeholder Management
12 107 (17.07%) Project Delivery
13 106 (16.91%) DevOps
14 105 (16.75%) Risk Management
15 97 (15.47%) Continuous Improvement
16 84 (13.40%) Business Strategy
17 83 (13.24%) Migration
18 82 (13.08%) Enterprise Architecture
19 81 (12.92%) Microservices
20 78 (12.44%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 98 (15.63%) Python
2 87 (13.88%) JavaScript
3 82 (13.08%) Java
4 56 (8.93%) SQL
5 35 (5.58%) TypeScript
6 30 (4.78%) C#
7 21 (3.35%) C++
8 19 (3.03%) Perl
9 17 (2.71%) Scala
10 12 (1.91%) ABAP
11 10 (1.59%) Bash
11 10 (1.59%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.80%) Apex Code
12 5 (0.80%) Go
12 5 (0.80%) Rust
13 4 (0.64%) Clojure
13 4 (0.64%) Haskell
13 4 (0.64%) Lisp
13 4 (0.64%) OCaml
13 4 (0.64%) X++
Qualifications
1 154 (24.56%) Security Cleared
2 132 (21.05%) SC Cleared
3 64 (10.21%) Degree
4 41 (6.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (4.15%) DV Cleared
6 23 (3.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (1.91%) CISSP
9 10 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (1.59%) DBS Check
10 9 (1.44%) PMI Certification
11 8 (1.28%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (1.12%) Azure Certification
13 6 (0.96%) AWS Certification
13 6 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (0.96%) CCNP
14 5 (0.80%) SAP Certification
15 4 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 4 (0.64%) CCSP
15 4 (0.64%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (11.00%) GRC
2 54 (8.61%) QA
3 28 (4.47%) Data Quality
4 25 (3.99%) Accessibility
5 22 (3.51%) GDPR
6 10 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.59%) NIST
7 9 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.80%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.80%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.64%) WCAG
10 3 (0.48%) COBIT
10 3 (0.48%) NCSC
11 1 (0.16%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.16%) PMO
11 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 43 (6.86%) Docker
2 17 (2.71%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.48%) NDS
4 3 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.48%) VMware Server
5 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 38 (6.06%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.55%) Grafana
3 15 (2.39%) Prometheus
4 7 (1.12%) Ansible
5 4 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.16%) Consul
Vendors
1 150 (23.92%) Microsoft
2 45 (7.18%) SAP
3 27 (4.31%) Oracle
4 21 (3.35%) Salesforce
5 16 (2.55%) OpenAI
6 15 (2.39%) ServiceNow
7 13 (2.07%) Splunk
8 12 (1.91%) YouTube
9 8 (1.28%) Databricks
10 7 (1.12%) VMware
11 6 (0.96%) Google
12 5 (0.80%) Cisco
12 5 (0.80%) Okta
13 4 (0.64%) Aruba
13 4 (0.64%) ForgeRock
13 4 (0.64%) HP
13 4 (0.64%) Mitel
14 3 (0.48%) Dynatrace
14 3 (0.48%) OpenText
14 3 (0.48%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud