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 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 469 392 297
Rank change year-on-year -77 -95 +128
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 197 388 551
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.57% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.69% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 96 246 440
10th Percentile £57,500 £42,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £58,646 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,150 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.20% -6.06% +6.67%
75th Percentile £84,500 £80,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £90,000 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £74,830 £75,150 £68,250
% change year-on-year -0.43% +10.11% -2.50%

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 43,586 55,994 49,616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 87.08% 82.59% 93.89%
Number of salaries quoted 26,170 29,448 38,129
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,532 £45,000 £43,992
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,250 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.58% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,750 £54,063 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.53% +2.98% -

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 5 November 2025.

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 5 November 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 -19 170 £77,500 +4.03% 264
UK excluding London -53 112 £74,830 -0.43% 190
Work from Home -8 79 £76,640 +2.19% 133
London +22 68 £82,000 +9.12% 136
South East +40 34 £75,000 +7.14% 99
Midlands +29 25 £72,500 -6.45% 14
North of England -47 20 £74,830 +22.26% 39
West Midlands +26 13 £72,500 -3.85% 9
North West -16 13 £74,830 +60.92% 23
East Midlands +18 12 £78,750 +1.61% 5
East of England +17 11 £70,750 -5.67% 10
South West +27 9 £54,769 -21.76% 11
Scotland -14 6 £74,830 -6.46% 8
Yorkshire +2 5 £70,117 +14.56% 9
Northern Ireland -6 4 £74,830 -6.46% 3
Wales +1 3 £73,415 -8.23% 7
North East -5 2 - - 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 6 (3.05%) CMS
1 6 (3.05%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.03%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.51%) Apache
3 1 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.51%) JBoss
3 1 (0.51%) Luigi
3 1 (0.51%) SAS
3 1 (0.51%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (4.06%) Chatbot
2 4 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.02%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.51%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (3.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.03%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (1.52%) SAP IBP
3 3 (1.52%) Shopify
4 2 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.02%) NetSuite
4 2 (1.02%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (1.02%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (1.02%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (1.02%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.02%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.02%) SAP Travel Management
5 1 (0.51%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.51%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.51%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 79 (40.10%) Azure
2 58 (29.44%) AWS
3 31 (15.74%) GCP
4 17 (8.63%) SaaS
5 15 (7.61%) Vertex AI
6 14 (7.11%) GitHub
6 14 (7.11%) Power Platform
7 11 (5.58%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (4.06%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (4.06%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (3.55%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (3.05%) PowerApps
11 4 (2.03%) Azure AI
11 4 (2.03%) Azure Machine Learning
11 4 (2.03%) Azure Stack
11 4 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (2.03%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (1.52%) IaaS
12 3 (1.52%) Kontent
12 3 (1.52%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.03%) IP Telephony
1 4 (2.03%) PSTN
1 4 (2.03%) VoIP
2 2 (1.02%) Broadband
2 2 (1.02%) DVB
2 2 (1.02%) Firewall
3 1 (0.51%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (11.68%) Relational Database
2 15 (7.61%) Data Mining
3 12 (6.09%) SQL Server
4 10 (5.08%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (4.06%) NoSQL
6 6 (3.05%) Power BI
7 5 (2.54%) DynamoDB
7 5 (2.54%) MongoDB
8 4 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.52%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (1.52%) CockroachDB
9 3 (1.52%) MySQL
9 3 (1.52%) Redis
9 3 (1.52%) SAP BW
10 2 (1.02%) Couchbase
10 2 (1.02%) Data Lake
10 2 (1.02%) Data Vault
11 1 (0.51%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.51%) Metadata
11 1 (0.51%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 4 (2.03%) CircleCI
2 3 (1.52%) Git
3 2 (1.02%) Burp Suite
3 2 (1.02%) JIRA
3 2 (1.02%) JMeter
3 2 (1.02%) JUnit
3 2 (1.02%) LoadRunner
3 2 (1.02%) Maven
3 2 (1.02%) NeoLoad
4 1 (0.51%) GitLab
4 1 (0.51%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.51%) Mockito
4 1 (0.51%) Selenium
General
1 85 (43.15%) Social Skills
2 65 (32.99%) Finance
3 50 (25.38%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (22.84%) Law
5 32 (16.24%) Public Sector
6 28 (14.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (10.66%) Presentation Skills
7 21 (10.66%) Retail
8 14 (7.11%) Marketing
9 8 (4.06%) Banking
10 7 (3.55%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (3.55%) Telecoms
11 5 (2.54%) Financial Institution
11 5 (2.54%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.52%) Local Government
13 2 (1.02%) Italian Language
13 2 (1.02%) Legal
13 2 (1.02%) Tech for Good
14 1 (0.51%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 88 (44.67%) Architect
2 54 (27.41%) Lead
3 35 (17.77%) Solutions Architect
4 34 (17.26%) Senior
5 33 (16.75%) Technical Architect
6 13 (6.60%) Software Engineer
7 11 (5.58%) Developer
8 8 (4.06%) C# Architect
9 7 (3.55%) Lead Software Engineer
10 6 (3.05%) Data Architect
10 6 (3.05%) Engineering Manager
10 6 (3.05%) Technical Leader
11 5 (2.54%) Consultant
11 5 (2.54%) IT Engineer
11 5 (2.54%) SAP Architect
11 5 (2.54%) Senior Architect
11 5 (2.54%) Senior Developer
11 5 (2.54%) Software Engineering Manager
11 5 (2.54%) Software Manager
12 4 (2.03%) Product Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (10.15%) .NET
2 19 (9.64%) Spring
3 17 (8.63%) Kafka
4 16 (8.12%) React
4 16 (8.12%) Spring Boot
5 14 (7.11%) RESTful
6 12 (6.09%) Node.js
7 10 (5.08%) Web Services
8 9 (4.57%) REST
9 8 (4.06%) Micronaut
9 8 (4.06%) Quarkus
10 6 (3.05%) CSS
10 6 (3.05%) Django
11 5 (2.54%) HTML
11 5 (2.54%) Middleware
12 4 (2.03%) SOAP
13 3 (1.52%) .NET Framework
13 3 (1.52%) AngularJS
13 3 (1.52%) Next.js
14 2 (1.02%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 27 (13.71%) Product Ownership
2 21 (10.66%) Cloud Native
3 18 (9.14%) Virtual Team
4 17 (8.63%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (7.61%) Algorithms
6 12 (6.09%) Distributed Applications
7 9 (4.57%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (3.55%) Mobile App
9 6 (3.05%) Low-Code
9 6 (3.05%) Onboarding
10 5 (2.54%) Data Structures
11 4 (2.03%) Client/Server
11 4 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (2.03%) IVR
11 4 (2.03%) Media Streaming
12 3 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (1.52%) Public Cloud
12 3 (1.52%) Security Posture
13 2 (1.02%) AI Agents
13 2 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.54%) Windows
2 2 (1.02%) Linux
3 1 (0.51%) Android
3 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (50.76%) Agile
2 75 (38.07%) Roadmaps
3 58 (29.44%) DevOps
4 54 (27.41%) AI
5 46 (23.35%) Problem-Solving
6 43 (21.83%) Analytics
7 40 (20.30%) Strategic Thinking
8 37 (18.78%) CI/CD
8 37 (18.78%) Stakeholder Management
9 32 (16.24%) Data Engineering
9 32 (16.24%) Decision-Making
9 32 (16.24%) Machine Learning
9 32 (16.24%) Microservices
9 32 (16.24%) Software Engineering
10 31 (15.74%) Product Management
11 29 (14.72%) Data Science
12 28 (14.21%) Due Diligence
13 27 (13.71%) Continuous Improvement
14 24 (12.18%) Generative AI
14 24 (12.18%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (11.17%) Python
2 21 (10.66%) Java
3 14 (7.11%) C#
3 14 (7.11%) SQL
4 12 (6.09%) JavaScript
5 6 (3.05%) Kotlin
6 5 (2.54%) TypeScript
7 4 (2.03%) VBA
8 2 (1.02%) ABAP
8 2 (1.02%) PHP
8 2 (1.02%) Scala
9 1 (0.51%) Bash
9 1 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.51%) Go
9 1 (0.51%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.51%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.51%) R
9 1 (0.51%) Ruby
9 1 (0.51%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 21 (10.66%) Security Cleared
2 19 (9.64%) SC Cleared
3 17 (8.63%) Degree
4 10 (5.08%) Master's Degree
5 7 (3.55%) TOGAF Certification
6 5 (2.54%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.54%) MBA
7 4 (2.03%) APMP
7 4 (2.03%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.51%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.51%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.06%) QA
2 6 (3.05%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.52%) GDPR
4 2 (1.02%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.51%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 8 (4.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (10.66%) Kubernetes
2 8 (4.06%) Argo
3 2 (1.02%) Terraform
Vendors
1 47 (23.86%) Microsoft
2 23 (11.68%) Google
3 15 (7.61%) OpenAI
4 10 (5.08%) SAP
5 9 (4.57%) Oracle
6 7 (3.55%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.54%) Databricks
8 4 (2.03%) Avaya
8 4 (2.03%) Cisco
8 4 (2.03%) Extreme Networks
8 4 (2.03%) Foundry
8 4 (2.03%) Genesys
8 4 (2.03%) Gigya
8 4 (2.03%) Juniper
8 4 (2.03%) PayPal
9 3 (1.52%) Ariba
9 3 (1.52%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.51%) Adobe
10 1 (0.51%) Nintex
10 1 (0.51%) ServiceNow