Technical Architecture Job Trends

Technical Architecture
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs citing Technical Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 27 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	325	492	400
Rank change year-on-year	+167	-92	-87
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture	679	177	393
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.56%	0.36%	0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.76%	0.41%	0.70%
Number of salaries quoted	377	91	252
10^th Percentile	£52,000	£58,750	£42,725
25^th Percentile	£65,000	£65,000	£57,848
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£80,000	£75,000	£75,150
Median % change year-on-year	+6.67%	-0.20%	-6.06%
75^th Percentile	£95,000	£85,375	£80,000
90^th Percentile	£115,000	£105,000	£89,875
UK excluding London median annual salary	£75,000	£75,000	£75,150
% change year-on-year	-	-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 citing process or methodology skills.

	6 months to 27 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	89,161	43,476	56,183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	73.55%	88.06%	82.51%
Number of salaries quoted	60,237	25,076	29,761
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£28,250	£33,750
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£35,500	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£53,725	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+11.68%	-10.46%	-
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	£45,500	£54,000
% change year-on-year	+20.88%	-15.74%	+2.86%

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 27 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 27 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
England	+109	495	£85,000	+9.68%	103
UK excluding London	+151	462	£75,000	-	74
Work from Home	+156	327	£77,500	-	81
London	+6	147	£90,000	+9.76%	39
North of England	+29	115	£78,500	+4.79%	23
Midlands	-2	92	£76,415	+3.73%	7
West Midlands	+21	82	£80,250	+10.88%	6
Northern Ireland	-21	70	£74,830	-
South West	-32	57	£37,500	-	14
South East	-40	56	£90,000	+20.00%	25
North West	+3	49	£74,830	-0.11%	16
North East	-	45	£85,000	-	1
Wales	-34	36	£70,000	-4.65%	3
Scotland	+23	21	£74,830	-	1
Yorkshire	-15	21	£87,427	+24.69%	6
East of England	-44	15	£100,000	+25.00%	1
East Midlands	-44	10	£70,000	-11.11%	1

Technical Architecture Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 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 citing Technical Architecture.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Azure	36.5%	248
2	Roadmaps	30.6%	208
3	AI	28.3%	192
4	Agile	27.2%	185
5	AWS	25.5%	173
6	Mentoring	24.4%	166
6	Security Cleared	24.4%	166
8	CI/CD	23.9%	162
9	Microsoft	23.4%	159
10	Technical Leadership	21.9%	149
11	SC Cleared	20.8%	141
12	Stakeholder Engagement	18.9%	128
13	Infrastructure as Code	18.0%	122
14	Containerisation	17.5%	119
14	Problem-Solving	17.5%	119
16	Stakeholder Management	17.2%	117
17	Project Delivery	17.1%	116
18	DevOps	16.5%	112
19	Risk Management	15.5%	105
20	Continuous Improvement	15.0%	102
20	Python	15.0%	102
22	JavaScript	13.3%	90
23	Business Strategy	12.8%	87
24	Migration	12.7%	86
25	Enterprise Architecture	12.4%	84
26	Decision-Making	12.2%	83
27	Business Case	11.8%	80
27	Java	11.8%	80
29	Software Engineering	11.5%	78
30	Information Security	11.3%	77

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	30.6%	208
2	AI	28.3%	192
3	Agile	27.2%	185
4	Mentoring	24.4%	166
5	CI/CD	23.9%	162
6	Technical Leadership	21.9%	149
7	Stakeholder Engagement	18.9%	128
8	Infrastructure as Code	18.0%	122
9	Containerisation	17.5%	119
9	Problem-Solving	17.5%	119
11	Stakeholder Management	17.2%	117
12	Project Delivery	17.1%	116
13	DevOps	16.5%	112
14	Risk Management	15.5%	105
15	Continuous Improvement	15.0%	102
16	Business Strategy	12.8%	87
17	Migration	12.7%	86
18	Enterprise Architecture	12.4%	84
19	Decision-Making	12.2%	83
20	Business Case	11.8%	80