Software Architecture Contracts in Manchester

Software Architecture
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Software Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Architecture over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 116 135
Rank change year-on-year +19 +19 -38
Contract jobs citing Software Architecture 4 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.26% 0.10% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.11% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £445 £346 -
25th Percentile £475 £384 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £458 £500
Median % change year-on-year +20.22% -8.50% -10.19%
75th Percentile £563 £521 £525
90th Percentile £570 £554 -
North West median daily rate £530 £575 £505
% change year-on-year -7.83% +13.86% -9.30%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Software Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,325 1,758 2,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 87.00% 92.24% 88.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 908 1,289 1,790
10th Percentile £313 £313 £260
25th Percentile £406 £413 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £575
90th Percentile £694 £665 £663
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 64 50
10th Percentile £12.40 £15.31 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £11.75
Median hourly rate £24.10 £35.00 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year -31.14% +129.51% -3.17%
75th Percentile £57.50 £45.66 £23.69
90th Percentile £72.50 £68.80 £33.88
North West median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -40.00% +66.67% +15.21%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Software Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Software Architecture in Manchester

Software Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Architecture in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Software Architecture in Manchester

Software Architecture
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Stockport - 1 £550 - 2
Salford - 1 - -
Software Architecture
North West

Software Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Terragrunt
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Full Stack Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Principal Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Python Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) CSS
1 2 (50.00%) HTML
1 2 (50.00%) React
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (25.00%) FastAPI
2 1 (25.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (50.00%) Full Stack Development
2 1 (25.00%) API Design
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Microservices
2 1 (25.00%) Mob Programming
2 1 (25.00%) OO
2 1 (25.00%) Pair Programming
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) TDD
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
1 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform