Storage Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Storage Solutions Architect
North West > Manchester

The median Storage Solutions Architect daily rate in Manchester is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 September 2026.

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

 6 months to
24 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Storage Solutions Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.050% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £550 - -

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 1,823 930 1,095
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 92.72% 94.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,051 600 652
10th Percentile £316 £305 £325
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £458 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.29% -8.50% -
75th Percentile £613 £575 £594
90th Percentile £700 £657 £688
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £490
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.16% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 78 35
10th Percentile £24.03 £13.00 £15.55
25th Percentile £33.64 £16.53 £19.01
Median hourly rate £60.00 £21.71 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +176.40% -37.98% +84.21%
75th Percentile £73.88 £31.40 £63.75
90th Percentile £78.50 £61.13 £85.60
North West median hourly rate £46.18 £24.88 £37.00
% change year-on-year +85.58% -32.75% +21.15%

Storage Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Storage Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Manchester

Storage Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 24 September 2026, Storage Solutions 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 Storage Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) NAS
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Virtualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership

Storage Solutions 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) NAS
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Storage
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Virtualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared