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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 451 451 376
Rank change year-on-year 0 -75 +5
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 230 258 516
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.53% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.57% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 128 135 404
10th Percentile £62,375 £38,750 £55,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £56,875 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £73,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.74% +0.69% -6.45%
75th Percentile £87,614 £85,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £102,750 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £65,050
% change year-on-year +3.45% +11.45% -7.07%

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 54,175 45,213 65,719
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.32% 92.48% 88.31%
Number of salaries quoted 32,471 22,205 50,855
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,750 £29,440
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,375 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 19 February 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 19 February 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 -13 189 £75,000 +2.74% 108
UK excluding London -31 123 £75,000 +3.45% 85
Work from Home +72 116 £77,500 +3.33% 66
London +24 70 £80,000 +3.23% 49
South East +9 33 £75,000 - 39
Midlands -27 29 £72,500 -3.33% 9
North of England -45 24 £74,915 +76.27% 11
South West +1 16 £72,500 -3.33% 10
West Midlands -10 16 £72,500 -3.33% 5
East Midlands -20 13 £72,500 +16.00% 3
North West -30 11 £74,830 +76.07% 3
Wales +3 9 £67,586 -11.61% 3
Yorkshire -27 8 £88,750 +20.34% 5
Northern Ireland -19 6 £74,830 -6.46% 2
North East -3 5 £67,500 -15.63% 4
Scotland -27 4 £74,830 -14.48% 5
East of England +9 2 £71,250 -10.94% 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 14 (6.09%) CMS
1 14 (6.09%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.17%) Confluence
3 4 (1.74%) Documentum
3 4 (1.74%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.43%) IIS
5 1 (0.43%) JBoss
5 1 (0.43%) SAS
Applications
1 12 (5.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.30%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (3.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.30%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.43%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.43%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.43%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.43%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 72 (31.30%) AWS
2 65 (28.26%) Azure
3 29 (12.61%) GCP
4 24 (10.43%) Power Platform
5 22 (9.57%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (6.96%) PowerApps
7 11 (4.78%) SaaS
8 7 (3.04%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (3.04%) PaaS
9 6 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.17%) Amazon Kinesis
10 5 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.17%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.74%) IaaS
11 4 (1.74%) OCI
12 3 (1.30%) GitHub
12 3 (1.30%) Kontent
13 2 (0.87%) Amazon Cognito
13 2 (0.87%) Azure Service Bus
13 2 (0.87%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.74%) Firewall
1 4 (1.74%) IP Telephony
1 4 (1.74%) PSTN
1 4 (1.74%) VoIP
2 1 (0.43%) AMQP
2 1 (0.43%) DHCP
2 1 (0.43%) DNS
2 1 (0.43%) Network Security
2 1 (0.43%) SSH
2 1 (0.43%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.52%) SQL Server
2 14 (6.09%) Power BI
3 12 (5.22%) NoSQL
4 8 (3.48%) Metadata
5 7 (3.04%) DynamoDB
6 6 (2.61%) Redis
7 5 (2.17%) Couchbase
7 5 (2.17%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.74%) MongoDB
9 3 (1.30%) MySQL
10 2 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.43%) DB2
11 1 (0.43%) SAP BW
11 1 (0.43%) SAP HANA
11 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (3.04%) JIRA
2 6 (2.61%) Git
3 3 (1.30%) JUnit
3 3 (1.30%) Maven
4 2 (0.87%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.87%) JMeter
4 2 (0.87%) LoadRunner
4 2 (0.87%) Mockito
4 2 (0.87%) NeoLoad
5 1 (0.43%) GitLab
5 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.43%) Selenium
General
1 107 (46.52%) Social Skills
2 65 (28.26%) Public Sector
3 60 (26.09%) Finance
4 53 (23.04%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (13.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 31 (13.48%) Presentation Skills
7 23 (10.00%) Law
8 17 (7.39%) Marketing
8 17 (7.39%) Retail
9 12 (5.22%) Legal
10 9 (3.91%) Banking
11 7 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (3.04%) Local Government
11 7 (3.04%) Manufacturing
12 6 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.61%) Financial Institution
12 6 (2.61%) Telecoms
13 5 (2.17%) Back Office
14 4 (1.74%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (1.30%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 121 (52.61%) Architect
2 52 (22.61%) Solutions Architect
3 38 (16.52%) Technical Architect
4 29 (12.61%) Lead
5 23 (10.00%) Senior
6 21 (9.13%) Developer
7 18 (7.83%) Lead Architect
8 13 (5.65%) Technical Leader
9 12 (5.22%) Consultant
9 12 (5.22%) Principal Consultant
9 12 (5.22%) Systems Engineer
10 11 (4.78%) Data Architect
10 11 (4.78%) Enterprise Architect
10 11 (4.78%) Software Engineer
11 8 (3.48%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
11 8 (3.48%) Full-Stack Developer
12 6 (2.61%) Penetration Tester
12 6 (2.61%) Senior Penetration Tester
12 6 (2.61%) Senior Tester
12 6 (2.61%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (8.26%) React
2 14 (6.09%) .NET
3 12 (5.22%) REST
4 11 (4.78%) Web Services
5 10 (4.35%) Node.js
6 9 (3.91%) CSS
6 9 (3.91%) Spring
7 8 (3.48%) Next.js
8 7 (3.04%) Kafka
9 6 (2.61%) Django
9 6 (2.61%) RESTful
10 5 (2.17%) HTML
10 5 (2.17%) Memcached
11 4 (1.74%) LangChain
11 4 (1.74%) Middleware
11 4 (1.74%) SOAP
12 3 (1.30%) .NET Framework
12 3 (1.30%) GraphQL
12 3 (1.30%) Laravel
12 3 (1.30%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 37 (16.09%) Self-Motivation
1 37 (16.09%) Virtual Team
2 14 (6.09%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (5.22%) Product Ownership
4 11 (4.78%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (4.35%) Cloud Native
6 8 (3.48%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (3.04%) Mobile App
7 7 (3.04%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.61%) Data Structures
8 6 (2.61%) Low-Code
9 5 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.74%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.74%) Client/Server
10 4 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.74%) IVR
10 4 (1.74%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.30%) e-Learning
11 3 (1.30%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.48%) Android
1 8 (3.48%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.30%) Linux
3 2 (0.87%) Windows
3 2 (0.87%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (37.39%) Agile
2 58 (25.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 54 (23.48%) AI
4 51 (22.17%) Decision-Making
5 49 (21.30%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (20.43%) Roadmaps
7 44 (19.13%) Analytics
8 42 (18.26%) CI/CD
8 42 (18.26%) Project Management
9 40 (17.39%) DevOps
10 32 (13.91%) Data Modelling
10 32 (13.91%) Enterprise Architecture
10 32 (13.91%) Strategic Thinking
11 31 (13.48%) Customer Experience
12 29 (12.61%) Software Engineering
13 28 (12.17%) Microservices
14 27 (11.74%) B2B
14 27 (11.74%) Due Diligence
14 27 (11.74%) IT Strategy
14 27 (11.74%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 32 (13.91%) Python
2 23 (10.00%) SQL
3 21 (9.13%) Java
4 15 (6.52%) JavaScript
5 14 (6.09%) TypeScript
6 12 (5.22%) C#
6 12 (5.22%) VBA
7 10 (4.35%) Go
8 6 (2.61%) PL/SQL
9 5 (2.17%) Kotlin
9 5 (2.17%) Scala
10 3 (1.30%) PHP
11 2 (0.87%) Bash
11 2 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.43%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.43%) C
12 1 (0.43%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.43%) R
12 1 (0.43%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 50 (21.74%) Security Cleared
2 45 (19.57%) SC Cleared
3 31 (13.48%) Degree
4 19 (8.26%) Master's Degree
5 12 (5.22%) APMP
5 12 (5.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (5.22%) MBA
6 8 (3.48%) AWS Certification
6 8 (3.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 6 (2.61%) CREST Certified
7 6 (2.61%) OSCP
8 5 (2.17%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.17%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.74%) CITP
9 4 (1.74%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (1.30%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.43%) IIBA
11 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.43%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.91%) QA
2 7 (3.04%) GDPR
3 4 (1.74%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (3.48%) Docker
2 1 (0.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (7.39%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.04%) Terraform
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 28 (12.17%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.22%) Google
3 9 (3.91%) Oracle
4 8 (3.48%) SAP
5 7 (3.04%) ServiceNow
5 7 (3.04%) YouTube
6 6 (2.61%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.17%) Pega
8 4 (1.74%) Avaya
8 4 (1.74%) Cisco
8 4 (1.74%) Genesys
8 4 (1.74%) OpenText
9 3 (1.30%) Sparx
10 2 (0.87%) Foundry
10 2 (0.87%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.87%) Palantir
11 1 (0.43%) Adobe
11 1 (0.43%) Ariba
11 1 (0.43%) Databricks
11 1 (0.43%) iManage