Software Architecture
North West > Manchester
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Software Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 73 | 87 | 113 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +14 | +26 | +32 |
| Contract jobs citing Software Architecture | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester | 0.90% | 0.16% | 0.056% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.02% | 0.19% | 0.062% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £589 | £471 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £628 | £484 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £650 | £513 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +26.83% | -10.87% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £659 | £534 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £676 | £544 | - |
| North West median daily rate | £650 | £510 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | +27.45% | -11.30% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | - | - |
| North West median hourly rate | £70.00 | - | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester
Software Architecture 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 | 884 | 1,058 | 1,616 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester | 88.05% | 87.15% | 89.78% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 563 | 684 | 1,189 |
| 10th Percentile | £308 | £327 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £413 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £600 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £690 | £700 | £675 |
| North West median daily rate | £464 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.25% | - | +0.40% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 53 | 53 | 60 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.12 | £15.94 | £14.59 |
| 25th Percentile | £19.07 | £24.10 | £16.22 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.63 | £35.00 | £19.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -35.34% | +77.22% | +9.72% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £68.75 | £38.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.00 | £81.30 | £66.40 |
| North West median hourly rate | £27.90 | £32.50 | £34.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.15% | -4.41% | +49.45% |
Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing Software Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
Software Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 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 3 August 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheadle | - | 2 | £650 | - | |
| Software Architecture North West |
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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: