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 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 445 435 402
Rank change year-on-year -10 -33 -4
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 253 229 512
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.54% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.58% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 143 118 378
10th Percentile £63,900 £38,750 £55,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £52,856 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £73,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.74% +0.69% -6.45%
75th Percentile £90,494 £86,985 £88,750
90th Percentile £121,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £71,571 £70,000
% change year-on-year +4.79% +2.24% -

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 58,555 39,559 74,495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.69% 93.50% 87.13%
Number of salaries quoted 35,503 22,222 56,291
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £29,035
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,910 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,410 £93,750
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 20 March 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 20 March 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 -17 210 £75,000 +2.74% 147
UK excluding London -48 128 £75,000 +4.79% 101
Work from Home +73 122 £77,500 +3.33% 89
London +5 83 £83,000 +3.75% 64
South East -24 30 £75,000 - 39
North of England -50 29 £75,000 +76.47% 21
Midlands -34 28 £72,500 -0.68% 18
South West -22 21 £68,750 -8.33% 7
West Midlands -5 15 £72,500 -3.33% 13
North West -33 13 £75,000 +76.47% 9
East Midlands -48 13 £72,500 +93.33% 5
Yorkshire -43 10 £88,750 +22.41% 5
Wales -12 9 £67,586 -7.33% 2
North East - 6 £67,500 - 7
Northern Ireland - 5 £74,830 - 1
Scotland -38 4 £74,830 +19.73% 1
East of England -15 2 £71,250 -10.94% 13

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 16 (6.32%) SharePoint
2 13 (5.14%) CMS
3 5 (1.98%) Confluence
4 4 (1.58%) Documentum
5 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.40%) IIS
6 1 (0.40%) JBoss
6 1 (0.40%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (5.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.19%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (3.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.19%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.40%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.40%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 75 (29.64%) AWS
2 68 (26.88%) Azure
3 30 (11.86%) GCP
4 27 (10.67%) Power Platform
5 23 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (6.72%) PowerApps
7 14 (5.53%) SaaS
8 13 (5.14%) PaaS
9 8 (3.16%) IaaS
10 7 (2.77%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.98%) Amazon Kinesis
12 5 (1.98%) Power Automate
13 4 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.58%) OCI
14 3 (1.19%) GitHub
14 3 (1.19%) Kontent
15 2 (0.79%) Google Analytics
15 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
15 2 (0.79%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.58%) Firewall
2 3 (1.19%) IP Telephony
2 3 (1.19%) PSTN
2 3 (1.19%) VoIP
3 1 (0.40%) AMQP
3 1 (0.40%) DHCP
3 1 (0.40%) DNS
3 1 (0.40%) Network Security
3 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.72%) Power BI
2 12 (4.74%) SQL Server
3 11 (4.35%) NoSQL
4 8 (3.16%) Metadata
5 6 (2.37%) DynamoDB
6 5 (1.98%) Couchbase
6 5 (1.98%) Redis
7 4 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.19%) MySQL
8 3 (1.19%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.40%) DB2
10 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (2.37%) Git
2 5 (1.98%) JIRA
3 2 (0.79%) JUnit
3 2 (0.79%) Maven
3 2 (0.79%) Mockito
4 1 (0.40%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.40%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.40%) JMeter
4 1 (0.40%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.40%) NeoLoad
4 1 (0.40%) Yeoman
General
1 112 (44.27%) Social Skills
2 71 (28.06%) Public Sector
3 58 (22.92%) Finance
4 52 (20.55%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (12.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 31 (12.25%) Presentation Skills
7 22 (8.70%) Law
8 19 (7.51%) Legal
9 17 (6.72%) Marketing
9 17 (6.72%) Retail
10 9 (3.56%) Banking
10 9 (3.56%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.77%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.77%) Local Government
12 5 (1.98%) Back Office
12 5 (1.98%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.98%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.58%) Manufacturing
14 3 (1.19%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.19%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 136 (53.75%) Architect
2 50 (19.76%) Solutions Architect
3 46 (18.18%) Technical Architect
4 29 (11.46%) Lead
5 23 (9.09%) Senior
6 22 (8.70%) Developer
7 18 (7.11%) Lead Architect
8 15 (5.93%) Consultant
8 15 (5.93%) Enterprise Architect
8 15 (5.93%) Systems Engineer
9 13 (5.14%) Principal Consultant
9 13 (5.14%) Technical Leader
10 11 (4.35%) Data Architect
11 10 (3.95%) Software Engineer
12 8 (3.16%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
13 7 (2.77%) Full-Stack Developer
14 6 (2.37%) Lead Solutions Architect
14 6 (2.37%) Penetration Tester
14 6 (2.37%) Senior Penetration Tester
14 6 (2.37%) Senior Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.11%) React
2 15 (5.93%) .NET
3 10 (3.95%) Node.js
3 10 (3.95%) REST
3 10 (3.95%) Web Services
4 9 (3.56%) Spring
5 8 (3.16%) Kafka
6 7 (2.77%) Next.js
6 7 (2.77%) RESTful
7 6 (2.37%) CSS
7 6 (2.37%) Django
8 5 (1.98%) Memcached
9 4 (1.58%) LangChain
10 3 (1.19%) .NET Framework
10 3 (1.19%) GraphQL
10 3 (1.19%) HTML
10 3 (1.19%) Laravel
10 3 (1.19%) Middleware
10 3 (1.19%) React Native
10 3 (1.19%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 39 (15.42%) Virtual Team
2 35 (13.83%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (5.93%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (4.74%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (4.74%) Product Ownership
5 10 (3.95%) Cloud Native
6 9 (3.56%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (3.16%) Mobile App
8 6 (2.37%) Data Structures
8 6 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (2.37%) Low-Code
8 6 (2.37%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.58%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.58%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.19%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.19%) e-Learning
11 3 (1.19%) IVR
11 3 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.56%) Android
1 9 (3.56%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.79%) Linux
2 2 (0.79%) Windows
2 2 (0.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (33.99%) Agile
2 67 (26.48%) Continuous Improvement
3 64 (25.30%) AI
4 51 (20.16%) Decision-Making
5 50 (19.76%) Problem-Solving
5 50 (19.76%) Roadmaps
6 46 (18.18%) Analytics
7 44 (17.39%) CI/CD
8 42 (16.60%) DevOps
9 41 (16.21%) Project Management
10 34 (13.44%) Data Modelling
10 34 (13.44%) Software Engineering
11 32 (12.65%) Enterprise Architecture
12 30 (11.86%) Customer Experience
12 30 (11.86%) Migration
13 29 (11.46%) IT Strategy
13 29 (11.46%) Stakeholder Management
13 29 (11.46%) Strategic Thinking
13 29 (11.46%) Technology Strategy
14 28 (11.07%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 33 (13.04%) Python
2 23 (9.09%) SQL
3 22 (8.70%) Java
4 13 (5.14%) TypeScript
4 13 (5.14%) VBA
5 12 (4.74%) C#
5 12 (4.74%) JavaScript
6 11 (4.35%) Go
7 6 (2.37%) PL/SQL
8 5 (1.98%) Kotlin
8 5 (1.98%) Scala
9 3 (1.19%) PHP
10 2 (0.79%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.79%) Bash
10 2 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.40%) C
11 1 (0.40%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.40%) R
11 1 (0.40%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 58 (22.92%) Security Cleared
2 51 (20.16%) SC Cleared
3 31 (12.25%) Degree
4 19 (7.51%) Master's Degree
5 13 (5.14%) APMP
5 13 (5.14%) MBA
6 12 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (3.56%) AWS Certification
8 8 (3.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 8 (3.16%) DV Cleared
9 7 (2.77%) Azure Certification
9 7 (2.77%) TOGAF Certification
10 6 (2.37%) CREST Certified
10 6 (2.37%) OSCP
11 4 (1.58%) CITP
12 3 (1.19%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.79%) CISM
13 2 (0.79%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.35%) GDPR
2 6 (2.37%) Accessibility
2 6 (2.37%) QA
3 2 (0.79%) WCAG
4 1 (0.40%) GRC
4 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.40%) NIST
4 1 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (2.37%) Docker
2 1 (0.40%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (7.11%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.56%) Terraform
3 1 (0.40%) Argo
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 31 (12.25%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.14%) Google
3 10 (3.95%) ServiceNow
4 9 (3.56%) Oracle
4 9 (3.56%) SAP
5 8 (3.16%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.77%) YouTube
7 5 (1.98%) OpenText
7 5 (1.98%) Pega
8 3 (1.19%) Avaya
8 3 (1.19%) Cisco
8 3 (1.19%) Genesys
8 3 (1.19%) Sparx
9 2 (0.79%) Aderant
9 2 (0.79%) Databricks
9 2 (0.79%) Foundry
9 2 (0.79%) iManage
9 2 (0.79%) Intapp
9 2 (0.79%) Palantir
10 1 (0.40%) MuleSoft