Technical Architect
UK

The median Technical Architect salary in the UK is £77,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 421 356 596
Rank change year-on-year -65 +240 -81
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 608 915 817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.61% 0.90% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.99% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 417 382 462
10th Percentile £57,500 £60,125 £53,418
25th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,937 92,745 151,578
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.52% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 67,282 58,546 84,308
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,604
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,627 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Technical Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Architect in the UK

Technical Architect
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Architect.

Salary trend for Technical Architect in the UK

Technical Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Architect over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Architect in the UK

Technical Architect
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 Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. 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 -9 499 £82,500 -2.94% 86
UK excluding London -80 347 £75,000 -6.25% 53
London +16 193 £85,000 - 43
Work from Home -47 188 £70,000 -12.50% 61
North of England +6 80 £70,000 -15.15% 7
South West -26 69 £80,000 +4.92% 8
South East +11 57 £90,000 +2.86% 14
East of England +9 55 £85,000 - 7
Yorkshire +68 39 £70,000 -17.65% 1
Midlands -26 38 £65,050 -13.27% 8
North West -28 37 £76,450 +22.32% 6
Wales +14 26 £61,912 +33.98% 7
West Midlands +14 21 £75,000 - 3
Scotland -82 18 £73,950 -17.83% 4
East Midlands -23 17 £60,000 -31.43% 5
Northern Ireland +8 4 £75,400 -
North East -9 4 £68,950 -27.42%

Technical Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, Technical Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Technical Architect in the job title.

1 186 (30.59%) Social Skills
2 182 (29.93%) Azure
3 159 (26.15%) Agile
4 148 (24.34%) Microsoft
4 148 (24.34%) Security Cleared
5 143 (23.52%) Roadmaps
6 121 (19.90%) AWS
7 113 (18.59%) DevOps
8 108 (17.76%) SC Cleared
9 106 (17.43%) Technical Leadership
10 101 (16.61%) Problem-Solving
11 97 (15.95%) Degree
12 86 (14.14%) Mentoring
13 85 (13.98%) Technical Architecture
13 85 (13.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 83 (13.65%) Microservices
15 82 (13.49%) Finance
16 75 (12.34%) Linux
17 73 (12.01%) C#
17 73 (12.01%) .NET
18 70 (11.51%) Java
19 68 (11.18%) Cloud Native
20 63 (10.36%) Power Platform
20 63 (10.36%) Kubernetes
21 61 (10.03%) Management Information System
22 60 (9.87%) Public Sector
23 59 (9.70%) Cybersecurity
24 57 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
24 57 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
25 51 (8.39%) Project Management

Technical Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (3.29%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.66%) Drupal
2 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.33%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.33%) CMS
3 2 (0.33%) Confluence
3 2 (0.33%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
Applications
1 9 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.33%) Revit
Business Applications
1 21 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.15%) Elite 3E
2 7 (1.15%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.82%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.66%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.33%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 182 (29.93%) Azure
2 121 (19.90%) AWS
3 63 (10.36%) Power Platform
4 44 (7.24%) Dynamics 365
5 38 (6.25%) SaaS
6 35 (5.76%) PowerApps
7 33 (5.43%) Microsoft 365
8 27 (4.44%) GCP
9 25 (4.11%) Cloud Computing
10 22 (3.62%) Power Automate
11 20 (3.29%) Azure Service Bus
12 17 (2.80%) PaaS
13 12 (1.97%) Azure AKS
13 12 (1.97%) Azure App Service
14 11 (1.81%) dbt
14 11 (1.81%) IaaS
15 7 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
16 6 (0.99%) Azure API Management
16 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Purview
17 5 (0.82%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.13%) Firewall
2 16 (2.63%) LAN
3 10 (1.64%) DNS
4 9 (1.48%) WAN
4 9 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (1.32%) Wireless
6 6 (0.99%) Broadband
7 4 (0.66%) Intranet
7 4 (0.66%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (0.49%) CTI
8 3 (0.49%) Internet
8 3 (0.49%) VPN
9 2 (0.33%) Asterisk PBX
9 2 (0.33%) Extranet
9 2 (0.33%) PBX
9 2 (0.33%) RTP
9 2 (0.33%) SAN
9 2 (0.33%) SSL
9 2 (0.33%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (0.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (6.09%) Power BI
2 36 (5.92%) Relational Database
3 25 (4.11%) SQL Server
4 15 (2.47%) Data Lake
5 10 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.48%) CockroachDB
7 7 (1.15%) MySQL
8 6 (0.99%) RDBMS
9 5 (0.82%) Big Data
9 5 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.82%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.82%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.49%) Data Vault
10 3 (0.49%) SAP BW
10 3 (0.49%) Snowflake Schema
10 3 (0.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.49%) Star Schema
11 2 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 44 (7.24%) Git
2 28 (4.61%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.64%) GitLab
4 9 (1.48%) Sonatype Nexus
5 8 (1.32%) Jaeger
6 3 (0.49%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.49%) JIRA
6 3 (0.49%) JUnit
6 3 (0.49%) Maven
6 3 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.49%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.33%) MLflow
7 2 (0.33%) PowerDesigner
General
1 186 (30.59%) Social Skills
2 85 (13.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 82 (13.49%) Finance
4 60 (9.87%) Public Sector
5 42 (6.91%) Analytical Skills
6 34 (5.59%) Banking
7 33 (5.43%) Aerospace
7 33 (5.43%) Retail
8 30 (4.93%) Presentation Skills
9 23 (3.78%) Marketing
10 21 (3.45%) Legal
11 17 (2.80%) Law
12 13 (2.14%) Financial Institution
13 11 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (1.81%) Retail Banking
14 10 (1.64%) Health Technology
15 8 (1.32%) Manufacturing
15 8 (1.32%) Police
16 7 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (0.99%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (12.01%) .NET
2 30 (4.93%) React
3 24 (3.95%) REST
4 22 (3.62%) .NET Core
4 22 (3.62%) HTML
5 21 (3.45%) Entity Framework
6 19 (3.13%) Web Services
7 18 (2.96%) ASP.NET
7 18 (2.96%) XML
8 17 (2.80%) Kafka
9 16 (2.63%) JSON
9 16 (2.63%) Node.js
10 15 (2.47%) Middleware
10 15 (2.47%) OAuth
10 15 (2.47%) RESTful
10 15 (2.47%) Spring
11 14 (2.30%) .NET Framework
12 13 (2.14%) Hibernate
13 12 (1.97%) Django
13 12 (1.97%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 68 (11.18%) Cloud Native
2 61 (10.03%) Management Information System
3 26 (4.28%) Data Centre
4 25 (4.11%) Legacy Systems
4 25 (4.11%) PKI
5 22 (3.62%) Greenfield Project
5 22 (3.62%) Product Ownership
6 19 (3.13%) Public Cloud
7 16 (2.63%) Legacy Applications
8 15 (2.47%) Distributed Systems
9 14 (2.30%) Cyberattack
10 13 (2.14%) NHS
10 13 (2.14%) Onboarding
11 12 (1.97%) Data Structures
11 12 (1.97%) iPhone
11 12 (1.97%) Virtual Team
12 10 (1.64%) Private Cloud
13 8 (1.32%) PropTech
14 7 (1.15%) Robotics
15 6 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 75 (12.34%) Linux
2 21 (3.45%) Android
2 21 (3.45%) Apple iOS
3 12 (1.97%) Windows
4 3 (0.49%) CentOS
4 3 (0.49%) Unix
5 2 (0.33%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (26.15%) Agile
2 143 (23.52%) Roadmaps
3 113 (18.59%) DevOps
4 106 (17.43%) Technical Leadership
5 101 (16.61%) Problem-Solving
6 86 (14.14%) Mentoring
7 85 (13.98%) Technical Architecture
8 83 (13.65%) Microservices
9 59 (9.70%) Cybersecurity
10 57 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
10 57 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
11 51 (8.39%) Coaching
11 51 (8.39%) Project Management
12 50 (8.22%) Architectural Design
13 47 (7.73%) Architectural Patterns
13 47 (7.73%) Migration
13 47 (7.73%) Open Source
14 44 (7.24%) Computer Science
15 42 (6.91%) Artificial Intelligence
16 39 (6.41%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 73 (12.01%) C#
2 70 (11.51%) Java
3 44 (7.24%) JavaScript
4 42 (6.91%) Python
5 26 (4.28%) C
6 24 (3.95%) SQL
7 8 (1.32%) T-SQL
8 7 (1.15%) Perl
9 6 (0.99%) Bash
9 6 (0.99%) PHP
9 6 (0.99%) PowerShell
10 5 (0.82%) ABAP
10 5 (0.82%) C++
11 3 (0.49%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.33%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.33%) Swift
13 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.16%) SOQL
13 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 148 (24.34%) Security Cleared
2 108 (17.76%) SC Cleared
3 97 (15.95%) Degree
4 39 (6.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (4.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (3.45%) Azure Certification
7 17 (2.80%) AWS Certification
7 17 (2.80%) Master's Degree
8 16 (2.63%) CISSP
9 14 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (2.14%) CISM
11 12 (1.97%) DV Cleared
11 12 (1.97%) OSCP
12 8 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (1.15%) PhD
14 5 (0.82%) CCIE
15 4 (0.66%) PMI Certification
15 4 (0.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 3 (0.49%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (1.48%) QA
2 6 (0.99%) Data Quality
3 5 (0.82%) GDPR
4 4 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.33%) ISO 9000
5 2 (0.33%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.16%) NIST
System Software
1 38 (6.25%) Docker
2 19 (3.13%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.32%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (0.66%) KVM
6 3 (0.49%) Xen
7 2 (0.33%) Kamailio
8 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 63 (10.36%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.96%) Ansible
3 8 (1.32%) Kiali
3 8 (1.32%) Puppet
4 4 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.66%) Terraform
5 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.33%) SCCM
7 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.16%) Grafana
7 1 (0.16%) Kibana
7 1 (0.16%) logstash
7 1 (0.16%) Nagios
7 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.16%) vRealize
Vendors
1 148 (24.34%) Microsoft
2 28 (4.61%) ServiceNow
3 24 (3.95%) Salesforce
4 21 (3.45%) Google
5 18 (2.96%) SAP
6 17 (2.80%) Oracle
7 12 (1.97%) Cisco
8 10 (1.64%) VMware
9 9 (1.48%) BMC
10 8 (1.32%) AppDynamics
10 8 (1.32%) Splunk
11 7 (1.15%) ANSYS
11 7 (1.15%) HP
11 7 (1.15%) Red Hat
11 7 (1.15%) Remedy
12 6 (0.99%) Databricks
12 6 (0.99%) Meraki
13 4 (0.66%) ForgeRock
13 4 (0.66%) mParticle
13 4 (0.66%) Sparx