Architecture Roadmap Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Architecture Roadmaps
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Architecture Roadmap skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 82 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs citing Architecture Roadmap 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.28% 0.087% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.100% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £503 - -
25th Percentile £506 £575 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile £556 £625 -
90th Percentile £568 - -
North West median daily rate £498 £600 -
% change year-on-year -17.08% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Architecture Roadmap falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 955 1,002 1,468
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 90.09% 87.05% 88.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 618 570 1,074
10th Percentile £300 £313 £270
25th Percentile £385 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £597 £575 £588
90th Percentile £678 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 34 57
10th Percentile £16.37 £18.17 £15.72
25th Percentile £19.07 £28.75 £16.29
Median hourly rate £22.57 £36.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.32% +84.62% -32.76%
75th Percentile £32.44 £62.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £60.00 £73.60 £69.25
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £35.00
% change year-on-year -37.64% +15.21% +41.19%

Architecture Roadmap
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Architecture Roadmap relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Architecture Roadmap job vacancy trend in Manchester

Architecture Roadmap
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Architecture Roadmap.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Architecture Roadmap

Architecture Roadmap
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Database
General
1 2 (66.67%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Architect
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (33.33%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (66.67%) IT Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Target Operating Model
2 2 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Business Case
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Product Management
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Release Management
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) SAP