Senior Architect Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Senior Architect
North West > Manchester

The median Senior Architect daily rate in Manchester is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 82 92
Rank change year-on-year -7 +10 +31
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Architect 3 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.26% 0.19% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.20% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £553 - -
25th Percentile £556 - £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £750
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.86%
75th Percentile £606 - £775
90th Percentile £618 - -
North West median daily rate £625 £563 £627
% change year-on-year +11.06% -10.25% +4.50%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,080 990 1,417
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 93.57% 93.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 715 594 1,032
10th Percentile £310 £313 £306
25th Percentile £381 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £567 £563 £582
90th Percentile £638 £673 £668
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 36 60
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.95 £12.67
25th Percentile £19.75 £20.75 £17.67
Median hourly rate £27.50 £32.00 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% +21.90% -33.54%
75th Percentile £56.88 £33.75 £61.88
90th Percentile £63.50 £62.50 £73.75
North West median hourly rate £40.00 £24.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +63.27% -34.67% +61.57%

Senior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Senior Architect job vacancy trend in Manchester

Senior Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Senior Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Architect job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Architect job vacancies in Manchester

Senior Architect Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 8 January 2026, Senior 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 Senior Architect in the job title.

1 1 (33.33%) AI
1 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
1 1 (33.33%) Architecture Roadmap
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) CCIE
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) F5
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) PyTorch
1 1 (33.33%) R
1 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 1 (33.33%) SAP
1 1 (33.33%) scikit-learn
1 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) TensorFlow
1 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
1 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
1 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) PyTorch
1 1 (33.33%) scikit-learn
1 1 (33.33%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
1 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) AI
1 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
1 1 (33.33%) Architecture Roadmap
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCIE
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) F5
1 1 (33.33%) SAP