Architect Job Trends in Manchester

Architect
North West > Manchester

The median Architect salary in Manchester is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 20 36
Rank change year-on-year -36 +16 +21
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 110 309 192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.66% 7.62% 6.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.13% 8.07% 7.19%
Number of salaries quoted 61 183 106
10th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £58,129
25th Percentile £67,000 £65,000 £63,661
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £79,632
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% +0.46% -3.48%
75th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £108,750 £100,000 £97,500
North West median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £79,632
% change year-on-year +6.67% -5.82% +6.18%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 2,146 3,831 2,669
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.86% 94.45% 94.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,277 2,190 2,147
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,500 £34,400
25th Percentile £35,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Manchester

Architect
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Manchester

Architect
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in Manchester over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Architect in Manchester

Architect
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bolton +5 3 £100,000 -2.44% 4
Salford +5 3 £82,801 +3.50% 2
Stockport +9 1 £77,500 - 4
Architect
North West

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 43 (39.09%) Azure
2 42 (38.18%) Enterprise Architecture
3 40 (36.36%) TOGAF
4 37 (33.64%) AWS
5 30 (27.27%) Roadmaps
6 29 (26.36%) Microsoft
7 27 (24.55%) Agile
8 25 (22.73%) Management Information System
8 25 (22.73%) Social Skills
9 24 (21.82%) Finance
10 20 (18.18%) GCP
11 19 (17.27%) Microservices
11 19 (17.27%) Cybersecurity
11 19 (17.27%) Data Management
11 19 (17.27%) Google
12 17 (15.45%) SQL
12 17 (15.45%) DevOps
12 17 (15.45%) Cloud Native
12 17 (15.45%) NIST
13 16 (14.55%) Architectural Design
13 16 (14.55%) CI/CD
14 15 (13.64%) Azure Certification
14 15 (13.64%) Oracle
15 14 (12.73%) C#
15 14 (12.73%) Artificial Intelligence
15 14 (12.73%) Degree
15 14 (12.73%) Kubernetes
15 14 (12.73%) Docker
15 14 (12.73%) NoSQL
15 14 (12.73%) API Management

Architect Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.91%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.91%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.64%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.91%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.91%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.91%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.91%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 43 (39.09%) Azure
2 37 (33.64%) AWS
3 20 (18.18%) GCP
4 11 (10.00%) OCI
5 9 (8.18%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (6.36%) SaaS
7 5 (4.55%) IaaS
7 5 (4.55%) Power Platform
8 4 (3.64%) Amazon Bedrock
8 4 (3.64%) Azure Service Bus
8 4 (3.64%) PaaS
8 4 (3.64%) Serverless
9 3 (2.73%) Azure Functions
9 3 (2.73%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (2.73%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (2.73%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.82%) Azure API Management
10 2 (1.82%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.82%) Azure Event Grid
10 2 (1.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.55%) Network Security
2 3 (2.73%) VPN
3 2 (1.82%) DNS
3 2 (1.82%) Firewall
3 2 (1.82%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.82%) WAN
4 1 (0.91%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (0.91%) DMZ
4 1 (0.91%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.91%) TACACS
4 1 (0.91%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (12.73%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.91%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.91%) DocumentDB
2 1 (0.91%) DynamoDB
2 1 (0.91%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.91%) MySQL
2 1 (0.91%) Power BI
2 1 (0.91%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.91%) Git
General
1 25 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 24 (21.82%) Finance
3 14 (12.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (8.18%) Banking
4 9 (8.18%) Influencing Skills
4 9 (8.18%) Law
5 8 (7.27%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (6.36%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.64%) Retail
8 2 (1.82%) Legal
9 1 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.91%) Electronics
9 1 (0.91%) French Language
9 1 (0.91%) Local Government
9 1 (0.91%) Marketing
9 1 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.91%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.64%) .NET
1 4 (3.64%) REST
2 2 (1.82%) Kafka
3 1 (0.91%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.91%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.91%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.91%) EDI
3 1 (0.91%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.91%) Middleware
3 1 (0.91%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 25 (22.73%) Management Information System
2 17 (15.45%) Cloud Native
3 10 (9.09%) Data Centre
4 5 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (3.64%) AI Agents
6 3 (2.73%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.73%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (2.73%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.91%) FMCG
7 1 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.91%) IoT
7 1 (0.91%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.91%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.91%) NHS
7 1 (0.91%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.91%) Windows
1 1 (0.91%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (38.18%) Enterprise Architecture
2 40 (36.36%) TOGAF
3 30 (27.27%) Roadmaps
4 27 (24.55%) Agile
5 19 (17.27%) Cybersecurity
5 19 (17.27%) Data Management
5 19 (17.27%) Microservices
6 17 (15.45%) DevOps
7 16 (14.55%) Architectural Design
7 16 (14.55%) CI/CD
8 14 (12.73%) API Management
8 14 (12.73%) Artificial Intelligence
8 14 (12.73%) Technology Roadmap
9 13 (11.82%) Containerisation
10 12 (10.91%) Data Privacy
10 12 (10.91%) Disaster Recovery
11 10 (9.09%) API Design
11 10 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
12 9 (8.18%) SDLC
12 9 (8.18%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 17 (15.45%) SQL
2 14 (12.73%) C#
3 13 (11.82%) Java
4 12 (10.91%) Python
5 1 (0.91%) Bicep
5 1 (0.91%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (13.64%) Azure Certification
2 14 (12.73%) Degree
3 13 (11.82%) AWS Certification
3 13 (11.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 12 (10.91%) TOGAF Certification
5 10 (9.09%) Security Cleared
6 9 (8.18%) SC Cleared
7 5 (4.55%) CISSP
8 4 (3.64%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (2.73%) CISM
9 3 (2.73%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.82%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.91%) CCIE
11 1 (0.91%) CCNP
11 1 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.91%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.91%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (15.45%) NIST
2 12 (10.91%) GDPR
2 12 (10.91%) HIPAA
3 5 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (3.64%) NCSC
5 2 (1.82%) GRC
5 2 (1.82%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.82%) QA
6 1 (0.91%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 14 (12.73%) Docker
2 1 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (12.73%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.82%) Terraform
3 1 (0.91%) Ansible
3 1 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.91%) VxRail
Vendors
1 29 (26.36%) Microsoft
2 19 (17.27%) Google
3 15 (13.64%) Oracle
4 9 (8.18%) Adobe
4 9 (8.18%) Apple
4 9 (8.18%) Palo Alto
5 5 (4.55%) SAP
6 4 (3.64%) ServiceNow
6 4 (3.64%) Workday
7 3 (2.73%) BiZZdesign
7 3 (2.73%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.91%) Cisco
8 1 (0.91%) Computacenter
8 1 (0.91%) Databricks
8 1 (0.91%) Dell
8 1 (0.91%) Meraki
8 1 (0.91%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.91%) NetApp
8 1 (0.91%) VMware