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Technical Architect Career Market Report 2026

389 active jobs. 148 companies. Median salary $100K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

389
Active Job Openings
148
Companies Hiring
$100K
Median Salary (US)
77%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Technical Architect market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 77% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $100K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $91K to $182K.

AI/LLM is the most-demanded skill at 55%

HTML/CSS demand rose +11.7pp — fastest-growing skill

Salesforce leads hiring with 49 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Senior → Lead (+$70K, +70%)

Salary increase: +$70K · Sample: Senior → Lead

AI automation risk: medium (score 55/100)

Score: 55/100 · AI/LLM demand: 55% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior13$99K$100K$180K
Mid-Level10$80K$99K$125K
Lead4$118K$170K$190K

What jumps out

Senior → Lead: +$70K (70%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States21$115KUSD
Remote9$120KUSD
India3$10KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site0.3%
Remote15.4%
Hybrid3.6%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

AI/LLM
55%
Salesforce
31%
AWS
27%
CI/CD
24%
JavaScript
19%
Java
18%
Azure
18%
DevOps
16%
Python
14%
Project Management
14%
GCP
13%
HTML/CSS
12%

Skills on the Rise

HTML/CSS ↑+11.7ppSAP ↑+9.7ppDocker ↑+9.7ppEvent-Driven ↑+8.7ppConservation ↑+8.0pp

Declining in Demand

Customer Success ↓-30.0ppAgile ↓-18.1ppAI/LLM ↓-9.0ppProject Management ↓-3.4pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Salesforce4912.6%
Nttlimited276.9%
Ra102.6%
Som92.3%
Flosum92.3%
Implify82.1%
Neuraflash71.8%
Veeva61.5%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States90
India66
Remote34
Canada10
United Kingdom9
Philippines8
Japan8
Thailand8

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree52.3%157
Master's Degree14.0%42
Bachelor's Degree13.3%40
PhD / Doctorate0.7%2

Certifications

AWS Certified (2%)Azure Certified (1%)ITIL (1%)

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