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 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 463 464
Rank change year-on-year +90 +1 -141
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 527 241 383
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.48% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 0.54% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 295 96 265
10th Percentile £53,000 £48,513 £52,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £59,630 £60,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,150
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -0.20% -3.03%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £117,500 £103,125 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £74,830 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +15.12% -13.33% +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 77,887 44,584 67,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.57% 89.31% 81.13%
Number of salaries quoted 53,644 25,395 43,808
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,170 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -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 10 August 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 10 August 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 +35 370 £80,000 +3.23% 400
UK excluding London +74 335 £74,830 +15.12% 151
Work from Home +150 286 £77,500 -3.13% 170
London -23 135 £100,000 +19.76% 284
North of England +12 79 £78,500 +8.28% 44
Northern Ireland - 67 £74,830 - 2
South East -31 45 £77,500 +3.33% 34
Midlands -10 44 £74,830 +15.12% 9
West Midlands +5 40 £74,915 +3.33% 6
South West -43 39 £35,000 -56.25% 33
North East - 36 £78,500 - 10
North West +11 31 £72,415 +20.65% 23
Wales - 27 £70,000 - 5
Scotland +15 22 £74,830 +66.29% 18
East of England -30 12 £100,000 +37.93% 7
Yorkshire -38 12 £90,000 +20.00% 11
East Midlands -31 4 £70,000 +7.69% 3

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 8 (1.52%) Confluence
2 7 (1.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (0.76%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.38%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.19%) IIS
5 1 (0.19%) JBoss
5 1 (0.19%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 6 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 16 (3.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.95%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.57%) Oracle Cash Management
4 3 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.57%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.19%) OpenText VIM for SAP
Cloud Services
1 205 (38.90%) Azure
2 148 (28.08%) AWS
3 62 (11.76%) Cloud Computing
4 54 (10.25%) Power Platform
5 53 (10.06%) GCP
6 42 (7.97%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (4.93%) dbt
8 22 (4.17%) SaaS
9 17 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (2.85%) PaaS
11 14 (2.66%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 13 (2.47%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 12 (2.28%) IaaS
14 9 (1.71%) Amazon S3
14 9 (1.71%) Serverless
15 8 (1.52%) Entra ID
16 7 (1.33%) AWS CloudFormation
16 7 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
16 7 (1.33%) GitHub
16 7 (1.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 65 (12.33%) LAN
1 65 (12.33%) WAN
2 16 (3.04%) Broadband
3 10 (1.90%) Unified Communications
4 6 (1.14%) WLAN
5 5 (0.95%) Firewall
5 5 (0.95%) Network Security
6 3 (0.57%) Internet
6 3 (0.57%) VPN
7 1 (0.19%) WebEx
7 1 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.98%) BigQuery
2 20 (3.80%) Metadata
3 16 (3.04%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (2.85%) Semantic Layer
5 12 (2.28%) Amazon Redshift
6 11 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (2.09%) MySQL
7 9 (1.71%) MongoDB
8 7 (1.33%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (1.33%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.33%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.33%) SQL Server
9 6 (1.14%) Power BI
9 6 (1.14%) SAP BW
10 5 (0.95%) Big Data
11 4 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
12 2 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.38%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.38%) Data Vault
12 2 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 35 (6.64%) Git
2 29 (5.50%) JUnit
3 19 (3.61%) Eclipse
3 19 (3.61%) Jenkins
4 17 (3.23%) Subversion
5 16 (3.04%) JIRA
6 10 (1.90%) Maven
6 10 (1.90%) Mockito
7 7 (1.33%) Claude Code
8 5 (0.95%) Yeoman
9 4 (0.76%) Selenium
10 2 (0.38%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.38%) Gatling
10 2 (0.38%) GitLab
10 2 (0.38%) JMeter
10 2 (0.38%) NeoLoad
10 2 (0.38%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.38%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.38%) Zephyr
General
1 236 (44.78%) Social Skills
2 170 (32.26%) Finance
3 108 (20.49%) Public Sector
4 101 (19.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 68 (12.90%) Presentation Skills
6 63 (11.95%) Analytical Skills
7 58 (11.01%) Law
8 32 (6.07%) Legal
9 27 (5.12%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (2.28%) Banking
10 12 (2.28%) Marketing
11 10 (1.90%) Aerospace
12 9 (1.71%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.71%) Retail
13 8 (1.52%) Aviation
14 7 (1.33%) Military
15 5 (0.95%) Advertising
16 4 (0.76%) Public Speaking
16 4 (0.76%) Telecoms
17 3 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 301 (57.12%) Architect
2 85 (16.13%) Technical Architect
3 74 (14.04%) Lead
4 66 (12.52%) Solutions Architect
5 65 (12.33%) Systems Architect
6 58 (11.01%) Senior
7 53 (10.06%) Developer
8 36 (6.83%) Java Developer
9 22 (4.17%) Cloud Architect
10 21 (3.98%) Data Architect
11 20 (3.80%) Enterprise Architect
12 19 (3.61%) Technical Leader
13 17 (3.23%) Consultant
13 17 (3.23%) Junior
13 17 (3.23%) Lead Architect
14 16 (3.04%) ERP Architect
14 16 (3.04%) Senior Developer
15 15 (2.85%) Full-Stack Developer
15 15 (2.85%) Junior Developer
15 15 (2.85%) Junior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (10.82%) React
2 30 (5.69%) RESTful
3 25 (4.74%) Jakarta EE
3 25 (4.74%) Node.js
4 22 (4.17%) REST
4 22 (4.17%) Spring
5 20 (3.80%) Middleware
6 19 (3.61%) Web Services
7 17 (3.23%) Struts
8 14 (2.66%) .NET
9 12 (2.28%) Next.js
9 12 (2.28%) Spring Boot
10 11 (2.09%) Kafka
11 10 (1.90%) Playwright
12 9 (1.71%) RabbitMQ
13 8 (1.52%) Hibernate
13 8 (1.52%) JSP
14 6 (1.14%) JPA
14 6 (1.14%) Lightning Web Components
15 5 (0.95%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 63 (11.95%) Cloud Native
2 43 (8.16%) Virtual Team
3 21 (3.98%) Product Ownership
4 19 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
6 15 (2.85%) Onboarding
7 13 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (2.28%) Management Information System
9 11 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.90%) AI Agents
10 10 (1.90%) Data Centre
11 7 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.33%) Low-Code
12 6 (1.14%) Blog
12 6 (1.14%) Life Science
12 6 (1.14%) NHS
12 6 (1.14%) PMI
12 6 (1.14%) Private Cloud
13 4 (0.76%) Enterprise Cloud
13 4 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.23%) Linux
2 9 (1.71%) Windows
3 8 (1.52%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.76%) Android
4 4 (0.76%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (33.97%) Agile
2 171 (32.45%) Roadmaps
3 133 (25.24%) AI
4 124 (23.53%) CI/CD
5 122 (23.15%) Mentoring
6 107 (20.30%) Infrastructure as Code
7 97 (18.41%) Technical Leadership
8 94 (17.84%) Containerisation
9 93 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
10 91 (17.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 87 (16.51%) Continuous Improvement
11 87 (16.51%) Project Delivery
11 87 (16.51%) Stakeholder Management
12 84 (15.94%) Risk Management
13 81 (15.37%) Business Strategy
13 81 (15.37%) DevOps
14 74 (14.04%) Migration
15 73 (13.85%) Enterprise Architecture
15 73 (13.85%) Information Security
16 71 (13.47%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 72 (13.66%) Java
2 63 (11.95%) Python
3 57 (10.82%) JavaScript
4 48 (9.11%) SQL
5 30 (5.69%) TypeScript
6 20 (3.80%) C#
6 20 (3.80%) C++
7 17 (3.23%) Perl
8 12 (2.28%) PL/SQL
9 11 (2.09%) Scala
10 10 (1.90%) Bash
11 6 (1.14%) Apex Code
12 5 (0.95%) C
13 4 (0.76%) ABAP
13 4 (0.76%) Go
14 3 (0.57%) X++
15 2 (0.38%) Bicep
15 2 (0.38%) PHP
15 2 (0.38%) Ruby
15 2 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 125 (23.72%) Security Cleared
2 107 (20.30%) SC Cleared
3 57 (10.82%) Degree
4 39 (7.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (3.80%) DV Cleared
6 11 (2.09%) CISSP
6 11 (2.09%) DBS Check
7 10 (1.90%) TOGAF Certification
8 9 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.33%) PMI Certification
11 6 (1.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (1.14%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.14%) CISM
12 5 (0.95%) CCSP
13 3 (0.57%) CCNA
13 3 (0.57%) CCNP
13 3 (0.57%) MCSE
13 3 (0.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (11.95%) GRC
2 47 (8.92%) QA
3 29 (5.50%) Data Quality
4 23 (4.36%) GDPR
5 16 (3.04%) Accessibility
6 11 (2.09%) NIST
7 10 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.57%) COBIT
9 3 (0.57%) IFRS
9 3 (0.57%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.38%) NCSC
10 2 (0.38%) WCAG
11 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.19%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (5.88%) Docker
2 15 (2.85%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.57%) VMware Server
4 2 (0.38%) NDS
5 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.19%) IAG
Systems Management
1 32 (6.07%) Kubernetes
2 24 (4.55%) Terraform
3 8 (1.52%) Grafana
3 8 (1.52%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.57%) Ansible
6 1 (0.19%) Argo
Vendors
1 128 (24.29%) Microsoft
2 38 (7.21%) SAP
3 25 (4.74%) Oracle
3 25 (4.74%) Salesforce
4 16 (3.04%) ServiceNow
5 15 (2.85%) OpenAI
6 7 (1.33%) Google
7 6 (1.14%) Splunk
8 5 (0.95%) YouTube
9 4 (0.76%) Mitel
9 4 (0.76%) OpenText
10 3 (0.57%) Databricks
10 3 (0.57%) HP
10 3 (0.57%) Okta
10 3 (0.57%) VMware
11 2 (0.38%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.38%) ForgeRock
11 2 (0.38%) NetIQ
11 2 (0.38%) Pega
11 2 (0.38%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud