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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 457 410 426
Rank change year-on-year -47 +16 -39
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 259 221 505
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.54% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.58% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 149 119 368
10th Percentile £64,350 £38,750 £55,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £53,212 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 £73,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.97% +0.69% -6.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £86,470 £88,750
90th Percentile £121,794 £106,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £74,915 £69,071 £70,000
% change year-on-year +8.46% -1.33% -

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 60,590 38,104 77,432
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.71% 93.07% 86.51%
Number of salaries quoted 37,239 22,363 57,730
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -7.83%

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 31 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 31 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 -27 212 £76,640 +2.19% 130
UK excluding London -66 128 £74,915 +8.46% 79
Work from Home +64 123 £80,000 +6.67% 63
London -10 86 £85,000 +6.25% 63
South East -35 31 £75,000 - 29
North of England -57 29 £82,500 +94.12% 24
Midlands -33 26 £72,500 -0.68% 14
South West -32 21 £65,000 -13.33% 6
West Midlands -19 14 £72,500 -3.33% 11
North West -28 13 £85,000 +100.00% 10
East Midlands -42 12 £65,000 +73.33% 3
Yorkshire -42 10 £88,750 +22.41% 8
Wales -16 9 £67,586 -7.33% 1
North East - 6 £67,500 - 6
Northern Ireland - 6 £74,830 - 1
Scotland -45 5 £74,830 +66.29%
East of England -30 1 £62,500 -21.88% 6

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 (6.18%) SharePoint
2 12 (4.63%) CMS
3 5 (1.93%) Confluence
4 4 (1.54%) Documentum
5 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.39%) IIS
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.39%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (5.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.16%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (3.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.16%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 73 (28.19%) AWS
2 66 (25.48%) Azure
3 29 (11.20%) GCP
4 27 (10.42%) Power Platform
5 23 (8.88%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (6.56%) PowerApps
6 17 (6.56%) SaaS
7 16 (6.18%) PaaS
8 10 (3.86%) IaaS
9 7 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (2.32%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.93%) Amazon Kinesis
11 5 (1.93%) OCI
11 5 (1.93%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (1.16%) GitHub
13 3 (1.16%) Kontent
14 2 (0.77%) Azure Service Bus
14 2 (0.77%) Google Analytics
14 2 (0.77%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.16%) Firewall
1 3 (1.16%) IP Telephony
1 3 (1.16%) PSTN
1 3 (1.16%) VoIP
2 1 (0.39%) AMQP
2 1 (0.39%) DHCP
2 1 (0.39%) DNS
2 1 (0.39%) Network Security
2 1 (0.39%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.39%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.56%) Power BI
2 11 (4.25%) SQL Server
3 10 (3.86%) NoSQL
4 9 (3.47%) Metadata
5 5 (1.93%) Couchbase
5 5 (1.93%) DynamoDB
5 5 (1.93%) Redis
6 4 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.16%) MySQL
8 2 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (2.32%) Git
2 5 (1.93%) JIRA
3 1 (0.39%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.39%) JUnit
3 1 (0.39%) Maven
3 1 (0.39%) Mockito
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.39%) Yeoman
General
1 111 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 71 (27.41%) Public Sector
3 56 (21.62%) Finance
4 51 (19.69%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (13.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 31 (11.97%) Presentation Skills
7 22 (8.49%) Legal
8 21 (8.11%) Law
9 17 (6.56%) Marketing
10 16 (6.18%) Retail
11 9 (3.47%) Banking
11 9 (3.47%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (2.70%) Local Government
13 5 (1.93%) Back Office
13 5 (1.93%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.54%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.54%) Telecoms
15 3 (1.16%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 143 (55.21%) Architect
2 50 (19.31%) Solutions Architect
2 50 (19.31%) Technical Architect
3 27 (10.42%) Lead
4 23 (8.88%) Senior
5 22 (8.49%) Developer
6 18 (6.95%) Lead Architect
7 17 (6.56%) Enterprise Architect
8 16 (6.18%) Consultant
8 16 (6.18%) Systems Engineer
9 14 (5.41%) Data Architect
10 13 (5.02%) Principal Consultant
11 12 (4.63%) Technical Leader
12 9 (3.47%) Software Engineer
13 8 (3.09%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
14 7 (2.70%) Principal Architect
14 7 (2.70%) ServiceNow Architect
15 6 (2.32%) Full-Stack Developer
15 6 (2.32%) Lead Solutions Architect
15 6 (2.32%) Senior Penetration Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.18%) React
2 13 (5.02%) .NET
3 10 (3.86%) Node.js
3 10 (3.86%) Web Services
4 8 (3.09%) Kafka
4 8 (3.09%) REST
5 7 (2.70%) Next.js
5 7 (2.70%) RESTful
5 7 (2.70%) Spring
6 6 (2.32%) CSS
6 6 (2.32%) Django
7 5 (1.93%) Memcached
8 4 (1.54%) LangChain
9 3 (1.16%) GraphQL
9 3 (1.16%) HTML
9 3 (1.16%) Laravel
9 3 (1.16%) Middleware
9 3 (1.16%) React Native
9 3 (1.16%) SOAP
10 2 (0.77%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 38 (14.67%) Virtual Team
2 33 (12.74%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (5.41%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (4.63%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (4.25%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (4.25%) Product Ownership
6 9 (3.47%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.70%) Mobile App
8 6 (2.32%) Data Structures
8 6 (2.32%) Low-Code
8 6 (2.32%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.93%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.93%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.93%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.54%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.16%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.16%) e-Learning
11 3 (1.16%) IVR
11 3 (1.16%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.47%) Android
1 9 (3.47%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.39%) Linux
2 1 (0.39%) Windows
2 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (32.43%) Agile
2 68 (26.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 65 (25.10%) AI
4 54 (20.85%) Decision-Making
5 52 (20.08%) Roadmaps
6 48 (18.53%) Problem-Solving
7 46 (17.76%) Analytics
8 44 (16.99%) CI/CD
9 42 (16.22%) DevOps
10 41 (15.83%) Project Management
11 37 (14.29%) Data Modelling
12 33 (12.74%) Software Engineering
13 31 (11.97%) Enterprise Architecture
14 30 (11.58%) Customer Experience
15 29 (11.20%) Migration
15 29 (11.20%) Stakeholder Management
15 29 (11.20%) Strategic Thinking
15 29 (11.20%) Technology Strategy
16 28 (10.81%) IT Strategy
16 28 (10.81%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 35 (13.51%) Python
2 21 (8.11%) Java
2 21 (8.11%) SQL
3 13 (5.02%) VBA
4 12 (4.63%) TypeScript
5 11 (4.25%) C#
5 11 (4.25%) Go
6 10 (3.86%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.93%) Kotlin
7 5 (1.93%) PL/SQL
7 5 (1.93%) Scala
8 3 (1.16%) PHP
9 2 (0.77%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.39%) Bash
10 1 (0.39%) C
10 1 (0.39%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.39%) R
10 1 (0.39%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 60 (23.17%) Security Cleared
2 53 (20.46%) SC Cleared
3 31 (11.97%) Degree
4 18 (6.95%) Master's Degree
5 13 (5.02%) APMP
5 13 (5.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (5.02%) MBA
6 9 (3.47%) AWS Certification
7 8 (3.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 8 (3.09%) DV Cleared
8 7 (2.70%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.70%) TOGAF Certification
9 6 (2.32%) CREST Certified
9 6 (2.32%) OSCP
10 4 (1.54%) CITP
11 3 (1.16%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.77%) CISM
12 2 (0.77%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.25%) GDPR
2 6 (2.32%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.93%) QA
4 2 (0.77%) WCAG
5 1 (0.39%) GRC
5 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.39%) NIST
5 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (1.54%) Docker
2 1 (0.39%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.39%) IAG
Systems Management
1 15 (5.79%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.86%) Terraform
3 1 (0.39%) Argo
3 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 32 (12.36%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.02%) Google
3 11 (4.25%) ServiceNow
4 9 (3.47%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.09%) Oracle
5 8 (3.09%) SAP
6 7 (2.70%) YouTube
7 5 (1.93%) OpenText
7 5 (1.93%) Pega
8 3 (1.16%) Avaya
8 3 (1.16%) Cisco
8 3 (1.16%) Genesys
8 3 (1.16%) Sparx
9 2 (0.77%) Aderant
9 2 (0.77%) Databricks
9 2 (0.77%) Foundry
9 2 (0.77%) iManage
9 2 (0.77%) Intapp
9 2 (0.77%) Palantir
10 1 (0.39%) Progress