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 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 468 418 289
Rank change year-on-year -50 -129 +117
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 190 374 539
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.59% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.68% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 101 234 428
10th Percentile £56,250 £38,750 £52,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £60,486 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,150 £82,475
Median % change year-on-year -0.20% -8.88% +6.42%
75th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £93,750 £112,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £74,830 £75,000 £72,253
% change year-on-year -0.23% +3.80% +3.22%

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 46,039 54,754 46,743
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.81% 86.35% 93.74%
Number of salaries quoted 28,176 28,458 35,978
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,793 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.31% +4.37% -1.41%

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 4 December 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 4 December 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 -18 159 £75,000 +2.74% 85
UK excluding London -16 115 £74,830 -0.23% 66
Work from Home +45 94 £77,500 +3.33% 55
London +25 56 £85,000 +13.11% 36
South East +36 35 £75,000 +7.14% 27
Midlands +22 27 £72,500 -6.45% 9
North of England -15 21 £68,000 +11.10% 13
West Midlands +17 14 £72,375 -4.01% 5
East Midlands +20 13 £80,000 +3.23% 4
North West 0 12 £65,000 +52.94% 5
East of England +19 8 £61,500 -20.65% 5
South West +11 8 £72,500 -3.33% 4
Northern Ireland -4 6 £74,830 -6.46%
Scotland +11 5 £74,830 -6.46% 4
Wales +6 5 £73,415 -8.23% 5
Yorkshire +4 5 £71,000 +16.00% 5
North East +7 4 - - 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 9 (4.74%) CMS
2 7 (3.68%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.53%) Apache
4 1 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.53%) IIS
4 1 (0.53%) JBoss
4 1 (0.53%) Luigi
4 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.53%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (4.21%) Chatbot
2 5 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.53%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (3.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.58%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.58%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (1.58%) SAP IBP
4 2 (1.05%) SAP Travel Management
5 1 (0.53%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.53%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.53%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 73 (38.42%) Azure
2 61 (32.11%) AWS
3 28 (14.74%) GCP
4 15 (7.89%) Vertex AI
5 14 (7.37%) SaaS
6 13 (6.84%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (5.79%) Power Platform
8 8 (4.21%) GitHub
9 7 (3.68%) PowerApps
10 5 (2.63%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (2.11%) Azure Stack
11 4 (2.11%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (1.58%) Amazon Kinesis
12 3 (1.58%) Kong
12 3 (1.58%) Kontent
12 3 (1.58%) Power Automate
13 2 (1.05%) Amazon S3
13 2 (1.05%) Azure Data Factory
13 2 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.11%) Firewall
1 4 (2.11%) IP Telephony
1 4 (2.11%) PSTN
1 4 (2.11%) VoIP
2 1 (0.53%) DHCP
2 1 (0.53%) DNS
2 1 (0.53%) Network Security
2 1 (0.53%) SSH
2 1 (0.53%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.89%) Data Mining
2 13 (6.84%) Relational Database
2 13 (6.84%) SQL Server
3 8 (4.21%) NoSQL
4 7 (3.68%) Power BI
5 6 (3.16%) DynamoDB
5 6 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (2.63%) MongoDB
7 4 (2.11%) Redis
8 3 (1.58%) Couchbase
8 3 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.58%) MySQL
8 3 (1.58%) SAP BW
9 2 (1.05%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.53%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.53%) CockroachDB
10 1 (0.53%) Data Vault
10 1 (0.53%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.53%) Neo4j
10 1 (0.53%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (1.58%) JUnit
1 3 (1.58%) Maven
2 2 (1.05%) Burp Suite
2 2 (1.05%) CircleCI
2 2 (1.05%) Git
2 2 (1.05%) JIRA
2 2 (1.05%) JMeter
2 2 (1.05%) LoadRunner
2 2 (1.05%) Mockito
2 2 (1.05%) NeoLoad
3 1 (0.53%) GitLab
3 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.53%) Selenium
General
1 97 (51.05%) Social Skills
2 68 (35.79%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (30.53%) Finance
4 46 (24.21%) Public Sector
5 36 (18.95%) Law
6 31 (16.32%) Presentation Skills
7 21 (11.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (11.05%) Retail
8 12 (6.32%) Marketing
9 8 (4.21%) Telecoms
10 7 (3.68%) Manufacturing
11 6 (3.16%) Banking
11 6 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (2.63%) Legal
13 3 (1.58%) Back Office
13 3 (1.58%) Financial Institution
14 2 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (1.05%) Tech for Good
15 1 (0.53%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 99 (52.11%) Architect
2 43 (22.63%) Solutions Architect
3 33 (17.37%) Lead
3 33 (17.37%) Senior
4 32 (16.84%) Technical Architect
5 14 (7.37%) Developer
6 10 (5.26%) Software Engineer
7 8 (4.21%) C# Architect
7 8 (4.21%) Data Architect
8 7 (3.68%) Enterprise Architect
9 6 (3.16%) Full-Stack Developer
9 6 (3.16%) Technical Leader
10 5 (2.63%) Consultant
10 5 (2.63%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
10 5 (2.63%) IT Engineer
10 5 (2.63%) Principal Architect
10 5 (2.63%) Principal Consultant
10 5 (2.63%) Senior Architect
10 5 (2.63%) Software Manager
11 4 (2.11%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (8.95%) .NET
1 17 (8.95%) React
2 13 (6.84%) Spring
3 11 (5.79%) Node.js
4 10 (5.26%) Kafka
4 10 (5.26%) REST
4 10 (5.26%) Web Services
5 8 (4.21%) Spring Boot
6 7 (3.68%) RESTful
7 6 (3.16%) CSS
7 6 (3.16%) Django
8 5 (2.63%) HTML
8 5 (2.63%) Middleware
9 4 (2.11%) Micronaut
9 4 (2.11%) Next.js
9 4 (2.11%) Quarkus
9 4 (2.11%) SOAP
10 3 (1.58%) .NET Framework
10 3 (1.58%) AngularJS
10 3 (1.58%) Memcached
Miscellaneous
1 31 (16.32%) Self-Motivation
1 31 (16.32%) Virtual Team
2 15 (7.89%) Algorithms
3 12 (6.32%) Cloud Native
4 11 (5.79%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (5.26%) Product Ownership
6 8 (4.21%) Mobile App
7 6 (3.16%) Distributed Applications
7 6 (3.16%) Low-Code
7 6 (3.16%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.11%) Client/Server
8 4 (2.11%) Data Structures
8 4 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.11%) IVR
9 3 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.58%) e-Learning
9 3 (1.58%) Media Streaming
9 3 (1.58%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.58%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.16%) Windows
2 3 (1.58%) Linux
3 2 (1.05%) Android
3 2 (1.05%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.05%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (42.11%) Agile
2 70 (36.84%) AI
3 61 (32.11%) Roadmaps
4 57 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
5 56 (29.47%) Analytics
6 49 (25.79%) Strategic Thinking
7 44 (23.16%) Decision-Making
8 40 (21.05%) DevOps
9 39 (20.53%) Continuous Improvement
10 37 (19.47%) Project Management
11 33 (17.37%) Customer Experience
12 32 (16.84%) Machine Learning
13 30 (15.79%) CI/CD
14 28 (14.74%) Enterprise Architecture
15 27 (14.21%) Due Diligence
15 27 (14.21%) Software Engineering
16 25 (13.16%) Data Science
16 25 (13.16%) Microservices
16 25 (13.16%) Product Management
17 24 (12.63%) Financial Modelling
Programming Languages
1 21 (11.05%) Python
2 17 (8.95%) Java
3 13 (6.84%) SQL
4 12 (6.32%) C#
4 12 (6.32%) JavaScript
5 9 (4.74%) TypeScript
6 5 (2.63%) Kotlin
6 5 (2.63%) VBA
7 3 (1.58%) PHP
7 3 (1.58%) Scala
8 2 (1.05%) Bash
8 2 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.05%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.53%) Go
9 1 (0.53%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.53%) R
9 1 (0.53%) Ruby
9 1 (0.53%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 28 (14.74%) Security Cleared
2 26 (13.68%) SC Cleared
3 20 (10.53%) Degree
4 12 (6.32%) Master's Degree
5 7 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.68%) TOGAF Certification
6 6 (3.16%) MBA
7 5 (2.63%) APMP
8 4 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.58%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (1.05%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.53%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.53%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.21%) QA
2 5 (2.63%) Accessibility
2 5 (2.63%) GDPR
3 2 (1.05%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.53%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 8 (4.21%) Docker
2 1 (0.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (7.89%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.11%) Argo
3 3 (1.58%) Terraform
4 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 45 (23.68%) Microsoft
2 25 (13.16%) Google
3 15 (7.89%) OpenAI
4 10 (5.26%) SAP
5 7 (3.68%) Salesforce
6 6 (3.16%) Oracle
7 4 (2.11%) Avaya
7 4 (2.11%) Cisco
7 4 (2.11%) Extreme Networks
7 4 (2.11%) Genesys
7 4 (2.11%) Juniper
8 3 (1.58%) Ariba
8 3 (1.58%) Databricks
8 3 (1.58%) Gigya
8 3 (1.58%) MuleSoft
8 3 (1.58%) PayPal
9 2 (1.05%) Foundry
10 1 (0.53%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.53%) Sparx
10 1 (0.53%) YouTube