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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 463 428 312
Rank change year-on-year -35 -116 +78
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 185 305 505
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.56% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.62% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 102 174 411
10th Percentile £56,375 £38,750 £52,500
25th Percentile £66,375 £56,809 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +3.23%
75th Percentile £88,466 £80,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £96,750 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £74,830 £73,000 £71,000
% change year-on-year +2.51% +2.82% -2.07%

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 48,217 49,041 48,085
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.67% 90.12% 91.17%
Number of salaries quoted 28,251 24,093 36,700
10th Percentile £28,456 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £79,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 4 January 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 4 January 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 -5 155 £75,000 +7.14% 86
UK excluding London -24 106 £74,830 +2.51% 51
Work from Home +70 105 £77,500 +2.79% 39
London +34 60 £84,750 +12.40% 58
North of England -14 27 £74,165 +74.51% 3
Midlands -12 24 £72,500 -3.85% 6
South East +10 22 £75,000 +2.74% 28
West Midlands +3 15 £72,500 -3.85% 3
North West -11 12 £65,000 +52.94% 2
South West +10 11 £72,500 -3.33% 6
Yorkshire 0 10 £80,000 +17.47% 1
East Midlands -4 9 £80,000 +3.23% 3
East of England +20 6 £61,500 -23.13% 3
Northern Ireland -5 6 £74,830 -6.46%
North East +7 5 £67,500 -13.13%
Wales +6 5 £73,415 -8.23% 6
Scotland -13 5 £74,830 -6.46%

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 14 (7.57%) CMS
2 7 (3.78%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.54%) Apache
4 1 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.54%) IIS
4 1 (0.54%) JBoss
4 1 (0.54%) Luigi
4 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.54%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (3.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.16%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.54%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (3.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.62%) NetSuite
4 2 (1.08%) SAP IBP
4 2 (1.08%) SAP Travel Management
5 1 (0.54%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.54%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.54%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 59 (31.89%) Azure
2 55 (29.73%) AWS
3 20 (10.81%) GCP
4 14 (7.57%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (7.57%) Power Platform
5 10 (5.41%) SaaS
6 7 (3.78%) PowerApps
7 6 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.70%) Amazon Kinesis
9 3 (1.62%) Kong
9 3 (1.62%) Kontent
10 2 (1.08%) Amazon Cognito
10 2 (1.08%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.08%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.08%) GitHub
10 2 (1.08%) Google Analytics
10 2 (1.08%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.54%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.16%) Firewall
1 4 (2.16%) IP Telephony
1 4 (2.16%) PSTN
1 4 (2.16%) VoIP
2 1 (0.54%) DHCP
2 1 (0.54%) DNS
2 1 (0.54%) Network Security
2 1 (0.54%) SSH
2 1 (0.54%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.11%) SQL Server
2 13 (7.03%) NoSQL
3 8 (4.32%) DynamoDB
4 7 (3.78%) Power BI
5 6 (3.24%) Redis
6 5 (2.70%) Couchbase
6 5 (2.70%) MongoDB
6 5 (2.70%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.62%) MySQL
8 2 (1.08%) Metadata
8 2 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.08%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.54%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.54%) DB2
9 1 (0.54%) Neo4j
9 1 (0.54%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (3.24%) Git
2 3 (1.62%) JUnit
2 3 (1.62%) Maven
3 2 (1.08%) Burp Suite
3 2 (1.08%) JIRA
3 2 (1.08%) JMeter
3 2 (1.08%) LoadRunner
3 2 (1.08%) Mockito
3 2 (1.08%) NeoLoad
4 1 (0.54%) GitLab
4 1 (0.54%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.54%) Selenium
General
1 83 (44.86%) Social Skills
2 56 (30.27%) Finance
3 55 (29.73%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (27.57%) Public Sector
5 33 (17.84%) Presentation Skills
6 22 (11.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (8.11%) Marketing
8 14 (7.57%) Law
9 12 (6.49%) Retail
10 8 (4.32%) Telecoms
11 7 (3.78%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (3.78%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (3.78%) Manufacturing
12 6 (3.24%) Financial Institution
13 5 (2.70%) Back Office
13 5 (2.70%) Legal
14 4 (2.16%) Banking
15 3 (1.62%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (1.08%) Aerospace
17 1 (0.54%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 97 (52.43%) Architect
2 49 (26.49%) Solutions Architect
3 24 (12.97%) Technical Architect
4 20 (10.81%) Senior
5 18 (9.73%) Developer
6 14 (7.57%) Lead
7 12 (6.49%) Software Engineer
8 9 (4.86%) Enterprise Architect
9 8 (4.32%) Full-Stack Developer
10 7 (3.78%) Data Architect
10 7 (3.78%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
11 6 (3.24%) C# Architect
11 6 (3.24%) Consultant
11 6 (3.24%) Principal Consultant
11 6 (3.24%) Systems Engineer
12 5 (2.70%) Data Integration Architect
12 5 (2.70%) Development Engineer
12 5 (2.70%) IT Engineer
12 5 (2.70%) Software Development Engineer
12 5 (2.70%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (10.81%) React
2 14 (7.57%) .NET
3 12 (6.49%) REST
4 10 (5.41%) Web Services
5 9 (4.86%) CSS
5 9 (4.86%) Node.js
6 8 (4.32%) Spring
7 7 (3.78%) Next.js
8 6 (3.24%) Django
9 5 (2.70%) HTML
9 5 (2.70%) Kafka
9 5 (2.70%) Memcached
10 4 (2.16%) Middleware
10 4 (2.16%) SOAP
11 3 (1.62%) .NET Framework
11 3 (1.62%) AngularJS
11 3 (1.62%) GraphQL
11 3 (1.62%) Laravel
11 3 (1.62%) React Native
11 3 (1.62%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 33 (17.84%) Virtual Team
2 31 (16.76%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (7.03%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (5.95%) Product Ownership
5 9 (4.86%) Mobile App
6 8 (4.32%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (3.78%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (3.78%) Low-Code
8 5 (2.70%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.70%) Data Structures
8 5 (2.70%) Security Posture
9 4 (2.16%) Algorithms
9 4 (2.16%) Client/Server
9 4 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (2.16%) IVR
9 4 (2.16%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.62%) e-Learning
10 3 (1.62%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.62%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.16%) Android
1 4 (2.16%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.62%) Linux
2 3 (1.62%) Windows
3 2 (1.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (35.14%) Agile
2 53 (28.65%) AI
3 45 (24.32%) Roadmaps
4 42 (22.70%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (22.16%) Decision-Making
6 40 (21.62%) Continuous Improvement
7 37 (20.00%) Analytics
7 37 (20.00%) Project Management
8 33 (17.84%) CI/CD
8 33 (17.84%) Strategic Thinking
9 32 (17.30%) Customer Experience
10 31 (16.76%) Enterprise Architecture
11 30 (16.22%) DevOps
12 28 (15.14%) Microservices
13 27 (14.59%) B2B
13 27 (14.59%) Due Diligence
14 24 (12.97%) Business Development
14 24 (12.97%) Creative Problem-Solving
14 24 (12.97%) Customer Insight
14 24 (12.97%) Financial Modelling
Programming Languages
1 26 (14.05%) Python
2 16 (8.65%) SQL
3 15 (8.11%) Java
4 14 (7.57%) JavaScript
5 12 (6.49%) TypeScript
6 10 (5.41%) C#
7 7 (3.78%) Go
8 6 (3.24%) VBA
9 5 (2.70%) Kotlin
9 5 (2.70%) Scala
10 3 (1.62%) PHP
11 2 (1.08%) Bash
11 2 (1.08%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.54%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.54%) R
12 1 (0.54%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 35 (18.92%) Security Cleared
2 33 (17.84%) SC Cleared
3 24 (12.97%) Degree
4 15 (8.11%) Master's Degree
5 11 (5.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (3.78%) MBA
7 6 (3.24%) APMP
8 5 (2.70%) TOGAF Certification
9 4 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.62%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (1.62%) Azure Certification
11 2 (1.08%) CREST Certified
11 2 (1.08%) OSCP
12 1 (0.54%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.54%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.86%) QA
2 4 (2.16%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.62%) GDPR
4 1 (0.54%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.54%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 7 (3.78%) Docker
2 1 (0.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (7.57%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.16%) Terraform
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 24 (12.97%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.86%) SAP
3 7 (3.78%) Google
4 6 (3.24%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.70%) Oracle
6 4 (2.16%) Avaya
6 4 (2.16%) Cisco
6 4 (2.16%) Genesys
7 3 (1.62%) MuleSoft
7 3 (1.62%) Sparx
8 2 (1.08%) Ariba
8 2 (1.08%) Foundry
8 2 (1.08%) Palantir
9 1 (0.54%) Adobe
9 1 (0.54%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (0.54%) Juniper
9 1 (0.54%) Pega
9 1 (0.54%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.54%) YouTube