Technical Architecture Jobs

Technical Architecture
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Technical Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Technical Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 480 311 362
Rank change year-on-year -169 +51 +52
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 214 849 1,067
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.42% 0.91% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 1.05% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 116 363 524
10th Percentile £38,750 £55,000 £53,219
25th Percentile £53,924 £57,500 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -6.45% -3.13%
75th Percentile £89,063 £88,750 £91,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £103,450 £107,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% +3.57%

All Process and 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 47,277 80,571 105,171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.52% 86.76% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 25,823 58,144 61,428
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.51% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £99,404 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +5.20% -8.26% +3.81%

Technical Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Technical Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Architecture in the UK

Technical Architecture
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Architecture.

Salary trend for Technical Architecture in the UK

Technical Architecture
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Architecture over the 6 months to 3 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Architecture in the UK

Technical Architecture
Top 15 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 3 April 2025. 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 -113 188 £75,000 - 335
UK excluding London -105 132 £72,500 +3.57% 159
London -33 75 £83,750 -1.47% 217
Work from Home +22 64 £75,000 +7.14% 192
South East +53 39 £75,000 +3.45% 42
Midlands +23 30 £73,000 +12.22% 19
North of England -34 29 £42,500 -34.64% 35
West Midlands +20 22 £75,000 +15.30% 13
North West -43 21 £42,500 -41.38% 25
Scotland +60 20 £45,000 -43.89% 18
South West +53 14 £75,000 +15.30% 26
Yorkshire +33 8 £72,500 +26.09% 5
East Midlands +24 8 £37,500 -58.33% 6
East of England +55 3 £80,000 +10.34% 16
Wales +5 1 £72,931 +26.84% 6

Technical Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (6.54%) CMS
2 11 (5.14%) Confluence
3 5 (2.34%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.93%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.93%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.93%) IIS
5 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Maya
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 13 (6.07%) Magento
1 13 (6.07%) Shopify
2 6 (2.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.40%) SAP SCM
3 3 (1.40%) SAP SD
3 3 (1.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.93%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 50 (23.36%) Azure
2 34 (15.89%) AWS
3 23 (10.75%) GCP
4 15 (7.01%) SaaS
4 15 (7.01%) Vertex AI
5 14 (6.54%) Power Platform
6 10 (4.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 9 (4.21%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (2.80%) Entra ID
8 6 (2.80%) IaaS
8 6 (2.80%) PaaS
8 6 (2.80%) Power Automate
8 6 (2.80%) PowerApps
9 5 (2.34%) Serverless
10 4 (1.87%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.87%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (1.87%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (1.87%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.27%) Firewall
2 6 (2.80%) SSL
2 6 (2.80%) VPN
3 5 (2.34%) WAN
4 4 (1.87%) 5G
4 4 (1.87%) Broadband
4 4 (1.87%) Network Security
4 4 (1.87%) SD-WAN
5 3 (1.40%) LAN
6 2 (0.93%) DMZ
6 2 (0.93%) DNS
6 2 (0.93%) Internet
6 2 (0.93%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.93%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.93%) VLAN
6 2 (0.93%) VoIP
6 2 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.47%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.47%) VSAN
7 1 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (12.15%) Data Mining
2 17 (7.94%) SQL Server
3 9 (4.21%) Relational Database
4 8 (3.74%) Data Lake
4 8 (3.74%) Power BI
4 8 (3.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (3.27%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (2.34%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.93%) Apache Ignite
7 2 (0.93%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.93%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.93%) MySQL
7 2 (0.93%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.47%) DataStage
8 1 (0.47%) DB2
8 1 (0.47%) QualityStage
Development Applications
1 14 (6.54%) JIRA
2 7 (3.27%) Git
3 1 (0.47%) GitLab
3 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio
General
1 93 (43.46%) Social Skills
2 42 (19.63%) Finance
3 37 (17.29%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (14.02%) Law
5 28 (13.08%) Retail
6 19 (8.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (6.54%) Banking
7 14 (6.54%) Public Sector
8 8 (3.74%) Marketing
9 7 (3.27%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.34%) French Language
11 4 (1.87%) Back Office
11 4 (1.87%) Fire and Rescue
11 4 (1.87%) Local Government
11 4 (1.87%) Police
12 3 (1.40%) Advertising
12 3 (1.40%) Legal
12 3 (1.40%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.93%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.93%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 83 (38.79%) Architect
2 62 (28.97%) Lead
3 47 (21.96%) Senior
4 31 (14.49%) Solutions Architect
5 30 (14.02%) Developer
6 17 (7.94%) Analyst
7 15 (7.01%) Consultant
8 14 (6.54%) Data Architect
9 12 (5.61%) Lead Developer
10 10 (4.67%) Senior Developer
11 9 (4.21%) Technical Architect
12 8 (3.74%) Enterprise Architect
12 8 (3.74%) Ruby Developer
13 7 (3.27%) Digital Architect
13 7 (3.27%) SQL Analyst
13 7 (3.27%) Technical Leader
14 6 (2.80%) Lead Architect
14 6 (2.80%) Senior Ruby Developer
15 5 (2.34%) Configuration Analyst
15 5 (2.34%) Configuration Management Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.14%) RESTful
2 10 (4.67%) AngularJS
3 9 (4.21%) .NET
3 9 (4.21%) React
4 8 (3.74%) Ruby on Rails
4 8 (3.74%) Web Services
5 6 (2.80%) ASP.NET
5 6 (2.80%) OAuth
6 5 (2.34%) Android Jetpack
6 5 (2.34%) ASP.NET Web API
6 5 (2.34%) CSS
6 5 (2.34%) Jetpack Compose
6 5 (2.34%) SwiftUI
6 5 (2.34%) UIKit
7 4 (1.87%) HTML
7 4 (1.87%) Kafka
8 3 (1.40%) Middleware
9 2 (0.93%) LDAP
9 2 (0.93%) Spring
9 2 (0.93%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 24 (11.21%) Algorithms
2 11 (5.14%) Product Ownership
3 10 (4.67%) Cloud Native
3 10 (4.67%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.21%) Data Centre
4 9 (4.21%) Public Cloud
5 6 (2.80%) CMDB
5 6 (2.80%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (1.87%) IVR
6 4 (1.87%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.40%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.40%) Digital Media
7 3 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Licensing
7 3 (1.40%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.93%) DataPower
8 2 (0.93%) Educational Technology
8 2 (0.93%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.67%) Windows
2 5 (2.34%) Android
2 5 (2.34%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.87%) Linux
4 3 (1.40%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.47%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (51.87%) Agile
2 101 (47.20%) Roadmaps
3 48 (22.43%) Problem-Solving
4 47 (21.96%) DevOps
5 43 (20.09%) Artificial Intelligence
6 41 (19.16%) Analytics
7 34 (15.89%) TOGAF
8 30 (14.02%) Data Engineering
8 30 (14.02%) Stakeholder Management
9 29 (13.55%) Strategic Thinking
9 29 (13.55%) Visualisation
10 28 (13.08%) Architecture Roadmap
10 28 (13.08%) Machine Learning
11 27 (12.62%) Product Management
12 26 (12.15%) Continuous Improvement
12 26 (12.15%) Data Science
12 26 (12.15%) Incident Management
12 26 (12.15%) MLOps
12 26 (12.15%) Use Case
13 25 (11.68%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 22 (10.28%) Java
1 22 (10.28%) SQL
2 21 (9.81%) JavaScript
3 20 (9.35%) Python
4 16 (7.48%) C#
5 8 (3.74%) Bash
5 8 (3.74%) Ruby
6 6 (2.80%) PowerShell
7 5 (2.34%) Kotlin
7 5 (2.34%) Swift
7 5 (2.34%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.40%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.93%) C++
9 2 (0.93%) Groovy
9 2 (0.93%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.93%) VBA
10 1 (0.47%) Delphi
10 1 (0.47%) Scala
10 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 28 (13.08%) Degree
2 18 (8.41%) Security Cleared
3 15 (7.01%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (2.80%) CISSP
5 6 (2.80%) TOGAF Certification
6 4 (1.87%) CISM
6 4 (1.87%) Postgraduate
7 3 (1.40%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.93%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.93%) CEH
8 2 (0.93%) CITP
8 2 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.93%) GIAC
8 2 (0.93%) ISSAP
8 2 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.93%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.93%) SANS
9 1 (0.47%) HP ASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (3.74%) QA
3 6 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (2.80%) GDPR
4 5 (2.34%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.34%) NIST
5 4 (1.87%) COBIT
5 4 (1.87%) NCSC
5 4 (1.87%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.93%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.47%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.47%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (4.67%) Docker
2 5 (2.34%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.87%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.47%) NDS
5 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.47%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (3.27%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.80%) Terraform
3 2 (0.93%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.47%) CA Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.47%) HP UCMDB
4 1 (0.47%) Marathon
4 1 (0.47%) PingFederate
4 1 (0.47%) SCCM
4 1 (0.47%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.47%) VxRail
Vendors
1 48 (22.43%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.35%) Google
3 15 (7.01%) OpenAI
4 9 (4.21%) Databricks
5 8 (3.74%) Oracle
5 8 (3.74%) SAP
6 5 (2.34%) Cisco
6 5 (2.34%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.34%) VMware
7 3 (1.40%) Adobe
7 3 (1.40%) Ariba
7 3 (1.40%) BiZZdesign
7 3 (1.40%) IBM
7 3 (1.40%) Sparx
8 2 (0.93%) Aruba
8 2 (0.93%) Epicor
8 2 (0.93%) Facebook
8 2 (0.93%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.93%) YouTube
8 2 (0.93%) Zscaler