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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 436 429 482
Rank change year-on-year -7 +53 -117
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 348 246 477
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.37% 0.54% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.59% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 213 94 332
10th Percentile £62,092 £43,750 £55,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £57,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £101,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - +11.54%

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 69,604 41,717 88,260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.20% 92.25% 81.84%
Number of salaries quoted 48,009 22,461 62,520
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,800 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 -17 273 £80,000 +3.23% 75
UK excluding London -13 176 £75,000 +3.45% 75
Work from Home +92 159 £80,000 - 71
London -10 113 £100,000 +21.95% 30
North of England -22 38 £79,250 +9.31% 20
South East -28 37 £75,000 -6.25% 23
Midlands -16 28 £75,000 +27.78% 10
South West -56 25 £41,250 -48.44% 9
Wales - 24 £69,986 - 4
West Midlands -3 20 £82,500 +10.00% 7
North West -1 14 £70,000 +27.17% 10
North East - 13 £78,500 - 5
East of England -15 12 £100,000 +25.00%
Yorkshire -43 11 £90,000 +24.14% 6
East Midlands -30 8 £65,000 +36.84% 3
Scotland -3 7 £72,500 +61.11% 4
Northern Ireland - 5 £70,000 - 5

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 12 (3.45%) Confluence
2 9 (2.59%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.15%) Documentum
4 2 (0.57%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.57%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.29%) IIS
5 1 (0.29%) JBoss
5 1 (0.29%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 7 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (2.01%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (2.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.57%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.29%) OpenText VIM for SAP
Cloud Services
1 98 (28.16%) Azure
2 96 (27.59%) AWS
3 49 (14.08%) GCP
4 30 (8.62%) Power Platform
5 19 (5.46%) Dynamics 365
5 19 (5.46%) SaaS
6 17 (4.89%) PaaS
7 16 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
8 14 (4.02%) PowerApps
9 10 (2.87%) IaaS
9 10 (2.87%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 9 (2.59%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 7 (2.01%) Power Automate
11 7 (2.01%) Serverless
12 6 (1.72%) Amazon S3
12 6 (1.72%) Anthropic Claude
12 6 (1.72%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (1.72%) Azure Service Bus
12 6 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (1.72%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.60%) Broadband
2 7 (2.01%) LAN
2 7 (2.01%) WAN
3 6 (1.72%) Unified Communications
3 6 (1.72%) WLAN
4 3 (0.86%) Firewall
4 3 (0.86%) Network Security
5 1 (0.29%) AMQP
5 1 (0.29%) Internet
5 1 (0.29%) VPN
5 1 (0.29%) WebEx
5 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.75%) BigQuery
2 15 (4.31%) Metadata
2 15 (4.31%) Semantic Layer
3 12 (3.45%) Power BI
4 11 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (2.59%) Amazon Redshift
5 9 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (2.01%) SQL Server
7 6 (1.72%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.44%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.44%) MySQL
9 4 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.15%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.86%) Big Data
11 2 (0.57%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.57%) Data Vault
11 2 (0.57%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.57%) Redis
11 2 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (5.75%) Git
2 17 (4.89%) Jenkins
3 12 (3.45%) JIRA
3 12 (3.45%) JUnit
4 7 (2.01%) Eclipse
4 7 (2.01%) Subversion
5 6 (1.72%) Claude Code
6 5 (1.44%) Maven
6 5 (1.44%) Mockito
6 5 (1.44%) Yeoman
7 2 (0.57%) Gatling
7 2 (0.57%) Selenium
7 2 (0.57%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.29%) GitLab
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle APEX
General
1 114 (32.76%) Social Skills
2 86 (24.71%) Public Sector
3 78 (22.41%) Finance
4 54 (15.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 46 (13.22%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (7.18%) Legal
7 20 (5.75%) Law
8 9 (2.59%) Banking
8 9 (2.59%) Marketing
9 8 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.01%) Local Government
10 7 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.72%) Retail
12 5 (1.44%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.86%) Aviation
14 2 (0.57%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.57%) Legal Technology
14 2 (0.57%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.57%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 171 (49.14%) Architect
2 63 (18.10%) Technical Architect
3 56 (16.09%) Lead
4 47 (13.51%) Solutions Architect
5 44 (12.64%) Senior
6 31 (8.91%) Developer
7 23 (6.61%) Lead Architect
8 20 (5.75%) Systems Engineer
9 19 (5.46%) Technical Leader
10 18 (5.17%) Data Architect
11 17 (4.89%) Java Developer
12 16 (4.60%) Consultant
13 15 (4.31%) Enterprise Architect
14 13 (3.74%) Principal Engineer
15 12 (3.45%) Head of Architecture
16 11 (3.16%) Engineering Manager
17 10 (2.87%) Data Engineer
17 10 (2.87%) Principal Architect
18 9 (2.59%) Full-Stack Developer
18 9 (2.59%) Head of Technical Architecture
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (8.62%) React
2 25 (7.18%) Node.js
3 19 (5.46%) RESTful
4 16 (4.60%) .NET
5 12 (3.45%) Spring
6 11 (3.16%) REST
7 10 (2.87%) Middleware
8 9 (2.59%) J2EE
8 9 (2.59%) Kafka
8 9 (2.59%) Web Services
9 7 (2.01%) Spring Boot
9 7 (2.01%) Struts
10 5 (1.44%) Next.js
10 5 (1.44%) Playwright
10 5 (1.44%) RabbitMQ
11 4 (1.15%) Backbone.js
11 4 (1.15%) CSS
11 4 (1.15%) Tailwind CSS
12 3 (0.86%) AWS CDK
13 2 (0.57%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 42 (12.07%) Cloud Native
2 41 (11.78%) Virtual Team
3 16 (4.60%) Product Ownership
4 15 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (3.74%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.01%) AI Agents
7 7 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.01%) Low-Code
8 6 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.72%) NHS
9 5 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.44%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.15%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.15%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.15%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.15%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.86%) BBC
12 2 (0.57%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.59%) Linux
2 8 (2.30%) Windows
2 8 (2.30%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.72%) Android
3 6 (1.72%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (35.06%) Agile
2 94 (27.01%) AI
3 93 (26.72%) CI/CD
4 90 (25.86%) Roadmaps
5 70 (20.11%) Mentoring
6 67 (19.25%) Technical Leadership
7 61 (17.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 61 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
8 58 (16.67%) DevOps
9 52 (14.94%) Data Modelling
10 48 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
11 47 (13.51%) Microservices
12 46 (13.22%) Software Engineering
13 42 (12.07%) Data Architecture
14 41 (11.78%) Analytics
14 41 (11.78%) Decision-Making
15 39 (11.21%) Observability
15 39 (11.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 37 (10.63%) Project Management
17 35 (10.06%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 55 (15.80%) Python
2 44 (12.64%) SQL
3 38 (10.92%) Java
4 31 (8.91%) JavaScript
5 19 (5.46%) C#
6 18 (5.17%) TypeScript
7 10 (2.87%) C++
8 9 (2.59%) PL/SQL
8 9 (2.59%) Scala
9 7 (2.01%) Perl
9 7 (2.01%) VBA
10 6 (1.72%) Go
11 5 (1.44%) Bash
12 3 (0.86%) X++
13 2 (0.57%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.57%) Bicep
13 2 (0.57%) PHP
13 2 (0.57%) Ruby
14 1 (0.29%) C
14 1 (0.29%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 59 (16.95%) Security Cleared
2 49 (14.08%) SC Cleared
3 36 (10.34%) Degree
4 24 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.45%) DBS Check
6 10 (2.87%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (2.59%) CISSP
8 7 (2.01%) APMP
8 7 (2.01%) Master's Degree
8 7 (2.01%) MBA
9 6 (1.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (1.72%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.72%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.72%) CISM
9 6 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.44%) CCSP
10 5 (1.44%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (1.15%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.18%) Data Quality
2 21 (6.03%) GDPR
3 17 (4.89%) QA
4 9 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.59%) NIST
5 7 (2.01%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.44%) GRC
7 4 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.86%) COBIT
8 3 (0.86%) IFRS
8 3 (0.86%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.57%) NCSC
9 2 (0.57%) WCAG
10 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 19 (5.46%) Docker
2 13 (3.74%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.86%) VMware Server
4 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.29%) IAG
Systems Management
1 20 (5.75%) Kubernetes
2 18 (5.17%) Terraform
3 4 (1.15%) Grafana
3 4 (1.15%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.29%) Ansible
5 1 (0.29%) Argo
Vendors
1 50 (14.37%) Microsoft
2 17 (4.89%) Salesforce
2 17 (4.89%) SAP
3 13 (3.74%) Oracle
4 12 (3.45%) ServiceNow
5 9 (2.59%) Google
6 8 (2.30%) YouTube
7 6 (1.72%) OpenText
8 4 (1.15%) Pega
9 3 (0.86%) Databricks
9 3 (0.86%) HP
9 3 (0.86%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.86%) VMware
10 2 (0.57%) Aderant
10 2 (0.57%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.57%) iManage
10 2 (0.57%) Intapp
10 2 (0.57%) Litera
10 2 (0.57%) Palantir
10 2 (0.57%) Splunk