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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 469 442
Rank change year-on-year +114 -27 -132
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 569 211 388
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.43% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.48% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 321 84 257
10th Percentile £50,000 £55,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £64,688 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,502 £78,750 £75,150
Median % change year-on-year -0.32% +4.79% -6.06%
75th Percentile £95,000 £88,125 £80,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £101,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £74,830 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -0.23% - +11.11%

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 82,691 43,965 63,361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.84% 88.66% 80.94%
Number of salaries quoted 57,506 24,819 36,681
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -3.23%

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 13 September 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 13 September 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 +53 401 £83,750 +4.69% 414
UK excluding London +95 375 £74,830 -0.23% 162
Work from Home +144 300 £77,500 -3.13% 344
London +8 135 £95,000 +11.76% 283
North of England +25 98 £85,000 +9.68% 36
Northern Ireland - 71 £74,830 -
Midlands -22 51 £74,830 +15.12% 30
West Midlands +2 49 £74,830 -1.70% 23
South West -37 44 £37,500 - 13
South East -46 44 £80,000 +6.67% 55
North East - 44 £85,000 - 5
North West +14 38 £74,830 +15.12% 22
Wales -43 32 £70,000 -2.78% 2
Scotland +22 23 £74,830 +19.73% 20
Yorkshire -34 16 £90,000 +14.29% 9
East of England -31 12 £100,000 +37.93% 7
East Midlands -40 2 £70,000 +7.69% 7

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 9 (1.58%) Confluence
2 7 (1.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (0.53%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.35%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.35%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.18%) IIS
5 1 (0.18%) JBoss
5 1 (0.18%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 9 (1.58%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 18 (3.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.88%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.53%) Oracle Cash Management
4 3 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.53%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.35%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.18%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.18%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (0.18%) SAP PSCD
6 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 222 (39.02%) Azure
2 157 (27.59%) AWS
3 66 (11.60%) Cloud Computing
4 61 (10.72%) Power Platform
5 55 (9.67%) GCP
6 37 (6.50%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (4.57%) dbt
8 23 (4.04%) Dynamics 365
8 23 (4.04%) SaaS
9 14 (2.46%) PaaS
10 13 (2.28%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 13 (2.28%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 13 (2.28%) Serverless
11 12 (2.11%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (1.93%) Power Automate
13 10 (1.76%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (1.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 9 (1.58%) Amazon S3
14 9 (1.58%) Entra ID
14 9 (1.58%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 72 (12.65%) LAN
1 72 (12.65%) WAN
2 16 (2.81%) Broadband
3 10 (1.76%) Unified Communications
4 9 (1.58%) Firewall
5 6 (1.05%) WLAN
6 5 (0.88%) Network Security
7 3 (0.53%) Cisco ISE
7 3 (0.53%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (0.53%) Internet
7 3 (0.53%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.53%) VPN
7 3 (0.53%) Wireless
8 1 (0.18%) 5G
8 1 (0.18%) Value-Added Service
8 1 (0.18%) WebEx
8 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.18%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.87%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (3.69%) BigQuery
3 18 (3.16%) Metadata
4 16 (2.81%) MySQL
5 15 (2.64%) MongoDB
5 15 (2.64%) Semantic Layer
6 13 (2.28%) NoSQL
7 11 (1.93%) Amazon Redshift
8 10 (1.76%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (1.58%) Relational Database
9 9 (1.58%) SQL Server
10 8 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (1.05%) Power BI
11 6 (1.05%) SAP BW
12 5 (0.88%) Big Data
12 5 (0.88%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.70%) Amazon Athena
14 2 (0.35%) Data Vault
14 2 (0.35%) Geospatial Data
14 2 (0.35%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 46 (8.08%) Git
2 31 (5.45%) JUnit
3 21 (3.69%) Eclipse
4 19 (3.34%) Jenkins
4 19 (3.34%) Subversion
5 18 (3.16%) JIRA
6 10 (1.76%) Maven
6 10 (1.76%) Mockito
7 7 (1.23%) Claude Code
8 4 (0.70%) Selenium
8 4 (0.70%) Yeoman
9 2 (0.35%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.35%) Gatling
9 2 (0.35%) GitLab
9 2 (0.35%) JMeter
9 2 (0.35%) NeoLoad
9 2 (0.35%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.35%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.35%) Zephyr
General
1 251 (44.11%) Social Skills
2 187 (32.86%) Finance
3 128 (22.50%) Public Sector
4 104 (18.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 78 (13.71%) Presentation Skills
6 70 (12.30%) Analytical Skills
7 55 (9.67%) Law
8 31 (5.45%) Influencing Skills
9 26 (4.57%) Legal
10 20 (3.51%) Banking
11 15 (2.64%) Aerospace
12 13 (2.28%) Marketing
13 11 (1.93%) Military
13 11 (1.93%) Retail
14 9 (1.58%) Manufacturing
15 7 (1.23%) Aviation
15 7 (1.23%) Telecoms
16 6 (1.05%) Police
17 4 (0.70%) Local Government
17 4 (0.70%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 332 (58.35%) Architect
2 116 (20.39%) Technical Architect
3 103 (18.10%) Lead
4 72 (12.65%) Solutions Architect
5 69 (12.13%) Systems Architect
6 62 (10.90%) Developer
7 55 (9.67%) Senior
8 42 (7.38%) Java Developer
9 40 (7.03%) Lead Architect
10 39 (6.85%) Technical Leader
11 23 (4.04%) Cloud Architect
12 21 (3.69%) Data Architect
12 21 (3.69%) Junior
13 18 (3.16%) Senior Developer
14 17 (2.99%) Consultant
14 17 (2.99%) Junior Developer
14 17 (2.99%) Junior Java Developer
15 16 (2.81%) Enterprise Architect
15 16 (2.81%) ERP Architect
16 15 (2.64%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (11.25%) React
2 37 (6.50%) RESTful
3 31 (5.45%) Terraform
4 27 (4.75%) Jakarta EE
4 27 (4.75%) REST
4 27 (4.75%) Spring
5 24 (4.22%) Node.js
6 21 (3.69%) Middleware
7 20 (3.51%) Web Services
8 19 (3.34%) Struts
9 18 (3.16%) Kafka
10 17 (2.99%) Spring Boot
11 14 (2.46%) .NET
11 14 (2.46%) RabbitMQ
12 13 (2.28%) Hibernate
13 12 (2.11%) Next.js
14 11 (1.93%) JPA
15 10 (1.76%) Playwright
16 8 (1.41%) JSP
16 8 (1.41%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 69 (12.13%) Cloud Native
2 45 (7.91%) Virtual Team
3 29 (5.10%) Product Ownership
4 25 (4.39%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (4.22%) Self-Motivation
6 21 (3.69%) Management Information System
7 16 (2.81%) Onboarding
8 15 (2.64%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (2.46%) AI Agents
9 14 (2.46%) Data Centre
10 12 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.41%) Low-Code
12 7 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.23%) Blog
12 7 (1.23%) PMI
12 7 (1.23%) Private Cloud
13 6 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (1.05%) Life Science
13 6 (1.05%) NHS
14 4 (0.70%) BBC
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.51%) Linux
2 10 (1.76%) Windows
3 9 (1.58%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.88%) Unix
5 1 (0.18%) Android
5 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (34.97%) Roadmaps
2 182 (31.99%) Agile
3 149 (26.19%) AI
4 140 (24.60%) Mentoring
5 137 (24.08%) CI/CD
6 130 (22.85%) Technical Leadership
7 116 (20.39%) Infrastructure as Code
8 109 (19.16%) Containerisation
9 104 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
10 102 (17.93%) Project Delivery
11 101 (17.75%) Stakeholder Management
12 98 (17.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 95 (16.70%) Risk Management
14 92 (16.17%) Continuous Improvement
15 91 (15.99%) DevOps
16 83 (14.59%) Business Strategy
16 83 (14.59%) Microservices
17 78 (13.71%) Business Case
17 78 (13.71%) Information Security
17 78 (13.71%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 79 (13.88%) Java
2 71 (12.48%) Python
3 65 (11.42%) JavaScript
4 52 (9.14%) SQL
5 34 (5.98%) TypeScript
6 26 (4.57%) C#
7 22 (3.87%) C++
8 19 (3.34%) Perl
9 14 (2.46%) Scala
10 10 (1.76%) Bash
10 10 (1.76%) PL/SQL
11 8 (1.41%) ABAP
12 5 (0.88%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.70%) C
13 4 (0.70%) X++
14 3 (0.53%) Go
15 2 (0.35%) Bicep
15 2 (0.35%) Rust
15 2 (0.35%) SOQL
15 2 (0.35%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 133 (23.37%) Security Cleared
2 114 (20.04%) SC Cleared
3 61 (10.72%) Degree
4 42 (7.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (4.22%) DV Cleared
6 15 (2.64%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (2.11%) CISSP
8 10 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (1.76%) DBS Check
9 9 (1.58%) TOGAF Certification
10 7 (1.23%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.23%) PMI Certification
11 6 (1.05%) CCNP
12 5 (0.88%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (0.70%) CCSP
13 4 (0.70%) CISM
14 3 (0.53%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (12.13%) GRC
2 52 (9.14%) QA
3 29 (5.10%) Data Quality
4 19 (3.34%) Accessibility
4 19 (3.34%) GDPR
5 10 (1.76%) NIST
6 9 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.53%) COBIT
8 3 (0.53%) IFRS
8 3 (0.53%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.53%) WCAG
9 2 (0.35%) NCSC
10 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 42 (7.38%) Docker
2 17 (2.99%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.53%) NDS
3 3 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.53%) VMware Server
4 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.18%) IAG
Systems Management
1 35 (6.15%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.46%) Grafana
2 14 (2.46%) Prometheus
3 5 (0.88%) Ansible
4 4 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.18%) Consul
Vendors
1 143 (25.13%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.03%) SAP
3 26 (4.57%) Oracle
4 23 (4.04%) Salesforce
5 16 (2.81%) OpenAI
6 15 (2.64%) ServiceNow
7 11 (1.93%) Splunk
8 8 (1.41%) YouTube
9 6 (1.05%) VMware
10 5 (0.88%) Databricks
11 4 (0.70%) Aruba
11 4 (0.70%) Cisco
11 4 (0.70%) Google
11 4 (0.70%) Mitel
11 4 (0.70%) Okta
11 4 (0.70%) OpenText
12 3 (0.53%) HP
12 3 (0.53%) Juniper
12 3 (0.53%) NetIQ
12 3 (0.53%) Zscaler