ITSM Architect Contract Job Trends in Manchester

IT Service Management Architect
North West > Manchester

The median IT Service Management Architect daily rate in Manchester is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 - 106
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an ITSM Architect 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.10% - 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% - 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £515
25th Percentile £563 - £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £534
75th Percentile £588 - £542
90th Percentile - - £544
North West median daily rate £575 - £534

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 921 1,102 1,566
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 93.95% 93.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 589 640 1,138
10th Percentile £300 £315 £284
25th Percentile £393 £401 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £665 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -7.69% -2.50% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 37 65
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.58 £14.71
25th Percentile £16.79 £21.25 £16.62
Median hourly rate £22.32 £32.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.34% +71.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £31.83 £62.50 £46.88
90th Percentile £63.75 £81.90 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £33.54
% change year-on-year -28.16% +4.35% +43.39%

ITSM Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'ITSM Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

ITSM Architect job vacancy trend in Manchester

ITSM Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ITSM Architect job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ITSM Architect job vacancies in Manchester

ITSM Architect
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 ITSM Architect within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 3 October 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Salford - 1 £575 -
ITSM Architect
North West

ITSM Architect Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 3 October 2025, ITSM Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring ITSM Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance

ITSM Architect Skill Set
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management