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

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	336	491	394
Rank change year-on-year	+155	-97	-86
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture	663	177	395
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.55%	0.36%	0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.75%	0.41%	0.69%
Number of salaries quoted	363	89	252
10^th Percentile	£51,250	£58,500	£44,838
25^th Percentile	£65,000	£65,000	£59,549
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£78,502	£75,000	£75,150
Median % change year-on-year	+4.67%	-0.20%	-6.06%
75^th Percentile	£95,000	£85,000	£80,000
90^th Percentile	£111,000	£101,000	£90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£74,915	£75,000	£75,150
% change year-on-year	-0.11%	-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 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	88,786	43,536	56,938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	73.55%	88.40%	82.37%
Number of salaries quoted	60,234	24,785	30,358
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	£54,000
% change year-on-year	+18.28%	-13.89%	+1.89%

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 23 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 23 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	+94	479	£82,500	+6.45%	415
UK excluding London	+114	444	£74,915	-0.11%	182
Work from Home	+150	322	£77,500	-	220
London	-5	149	£90,000	+9.76%	243
North of England	+24	113	£76,750	+2.33%	47
Midlands	-2	85	£74,830	+1.58%	26
West Midlands	+18	75	£76,415	+5.58%	18
Northern Ireland	-20	70	£74,830	-	6
South East	-43	53	£90,000	+20.00%	45
South West	-30	52	£37,500	-	26
North West	+6	48	£70,000	-6.56%	26
North East	-	44	£85,000	-	5
Wales	-34	35	£70,000	-4.65%	12
Scotland	+17	21	£74,830	-	10
Yorkshire	-19	21	£87,427	+12.81%	16
East of England	-35	15	£100,000	+25.00%	10
East Midlands	-42	10	£70,000	-11.11%	8

Technical Architecture Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 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	37.1%	246
2	Roadmaps	31.5%	209
3	AI	28.5%	189
4	Agile	27.8%	184
5	AWS	25.6%	170
6	Security Cleared	24.7%	164
7	CI/CD	24.1%	160
8	Mentoring	24.0%	159
9	Microsoft	23.7%	157
10	Technical Leadership	21.6%	143
11	SC Cleared	21.1%	140
12	Stakeholder Engagement	19.5%	129
13	Infrastructure as Code	18.6%	123
14	Containerisation	17.9%	119
15	Problem-Solving	17.8%	118
16	Stakeholder Management	17.2%	114
17	DevOps	17.0%	113
17	Project Delivery	17.0%	113
19	Risk Management	15.8%	105
20	Continuous Improvement	15.4%	102
20	Python	15.4%	102
22	JavaScript	13.4%	89
23	Business Strategy	13.0%	86
24	Migration	12.8%	85
25	Enterprise Architecture	12.5%	83
26	Business Case	12.1%	80
26	Java	12.1%	80
28	Decision-Making	11.9%	79
29	Information Security	11.8%	78
29	Software Engineering	11.8%	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	31.5%	209
2	AI	28.5%	189
3	Agile	27.8%	184
4	CI/CD	24.1%	160
5	Mentoring	24.0%	159
6	Technical Leadership	21.6%	143
7	Stakeholder Engagement	19.5%	129
8	Infrastructure as Code	18.6%	123
9	Containerisation	17.9%	119
10	Problem-Solving	17.8%	118
11	Stakeholder Management	17.2%	114
12	DevOps	17.0%	113
12	Project Delivery	17.0%	113
14	Risk Management	15.8%	105
15	Continuous Improvement	15.4%	102
16	Business Strategy	13.0%	86
17	Migration	12.8%	85
18	Enterprise Architecture	12.5%	83
19	Business Case	12.1%	80
20	Decision-Making	11.9%	79