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

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	334	496	408
Rank change year-on-year	+162	-88	-104
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture	645	176	393
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.54%	0.36%	0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.73%	0.41%	0.69%
Number of salaries quoted	349	87	249
10^th Percentile	£50,000	£58,250	£45,452
25^th Percentile	£65,000	£65,000	£58,194
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£77,500	£76,640	£75,150
Median % change year-on-year	+1.12%	+1.98%	-6.06%
75^th Percentile	£95,000	£86,250	£80,000
90^th Percentile	£107,500	£102,000	£87,750
UK excluding London median annual salary	£74,830	£75,000	£75,150
% change year-on-year	-0.23%	-0.20%	+11.33%

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.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	87,897	43,423	57,271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	73.55%	88.69%	82.20%
Number of salaries quoted	59,865	24,627	30,673
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£28,250	£33,500
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£35,854	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£55,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+9.09%	-8.33%	-
75^th Percentile	£77,500	£75,000	£78,750
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£95,000	£97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£55,000	£46,500	£53,928
% change year-on-year	+18.28%	-13.77%	+0.80%

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 Salary Trend

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 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 18 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	+87	462	£81,250	+1.56%	425
UK excluding London	+117	429	£74,830	-0.23%	191
Work from Home	+143	318	£74,830	-3.45%	192
London	+10	147	£90,000	+7.78%	248
North of England	+20	108	£75,000	-1.64%	49
Midlands	+17	80	£74,830	+1.58%	29
West Midlands	+13	70	£74,830	+3.21%	21
Northern Ireland	-20	70	£74,830	-	6
South East	-35	51	£90,000	+20.00%	46
South West	-28	49	£37,500	-	27
North West	-6	45	£70,000	-6.56%	28
North East	-	44	£85,000	-	5
Wales	-41	35	£70,000	-4.65%	13
Scotland	+20	21	£74,830	-	12
Yorkshire	-20	19	£89,500	+13.65%	16
East of England	-37	15	£100,000	+25.00%	9
East Midlands	-30	10	£70,000	-9.68%	8

Technical Architecture Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 October 2026, job vacancies citing Technical Architecture also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for Technical Architecture.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Azure	38.3%	247
2	Roadmaps	31.9%	206
3	AI	29.0%	187
4	Agile	28.8%	186
5	AWS	26.2%	169
6	Security Cleared	25.4%	164
7	CI/CD	24.5%	158
7	Mentoring	24.5%	158
9	Microsoft	24.2%	156
10	Technical Leadership	22.2%	143
11	SC Cleared	21.9%	141
12	Stakeholder Engagement	20.0%	129
13	Infrastructure as Code	18.8%	121
14	Problem-Solving	18.3%	118
15	Containerisation	18.0%	116
16	Project Delivery	17.4%	112
16	Stakeholder Management	17.4%	112
18	DevOps	17.2%	111
19	Risk Management	16.4%	106
20	Continuous Improvement	15.7%	101
21	Python	15.5%	100
22	JavaScript	13.8%	89
23	Business Strategy	13.2%	85
23	Migration	13.2%	85
25	Enterprise Architecture	12.9%	83
26	Java	12.4%	80
27	Business Case	12.2%	79
27	Software Engineering	12.2%	79
29	Decision-Making	12.1%	78
29	Information Security	12.1%	78

Technical Architecture Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Roadmaps	31.9%	206
2	AI	29.0%	187
3	Agile	28.8%	186
4	CI/CD	24.5%	158
4	Mentoring	24.5%	158
6	Technical Leadership	22.2%	143
7	Stakeholder Engagement	20.0%	129
8	Infrastructure as Code	18.8%	121
9	Problem-Solving	18.3%	118
10	Containerisation	18.0%	116
11	Project Delivery	17.4%	112
11	Stakeholder Management	17.4%	112
13	DevOps	17.2%	111
14	Risk Management	16.4%	106
15	Continuous Improvement	15.7%	101
16	Business Strategy	13.2%	85
16	Migration	13.2%	85
18	Enterprise Architecture	12.9%	83
19	Business Case	12.2%	79
19	Software Engineering	12.2%	79