Architect Job Trends in Manchester

Architect
North West > Manchester

The median Architect salary in Manchester is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 October 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 54 22
Rank change year-on-year +32 -32 +14
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 437 105 278
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.72% 4.42% 7.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.11% 4.88% 7.52%
Number of salaries quoted 313 58 158
10th Percentile £62,000 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £75,000 £68,650 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £81,250 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% +1.56% +0.46%
75th Percentile £100,000 £96,563 £90,000
90th Percentile - £109,125 £100,000
North West median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - +6.67% -5.82%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 7,151 2,152 3,698
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.61% 90.53% 94.67%
Number of salaries quoted 5,391 1,274 1,951
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £69,650
90th Percentile £97,500 £86,250 £84,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Architect job vacancy trend 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 9 October 2026.

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 9 October 2026. 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
Salford +7 34 £85,000 +7.85% 7
Stockport +1 4 £40,000 -48.39%
Wigan - 1 £80,000 -
Oldham - 1 £69,928 -
Architect
North West

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 9 October 2026, Architect 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 permanent job ads across the Manchester region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 82 (18.76%) AWS
2 80 (18.31%) AI
3 51 (11.67%) Azure
4 49 (11.21%) Microsoft
5 38 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
5 38 (8.70%) Security Architecture
5 38 (8.70%) Security Cleared
6 30 (6.86%) Roadmaps
7 28 (6.41%) CI/CD
7 28 (6.41%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 27 (6.18%) Presales
8 27 (6.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 26 (5.95%) Enterprise Architecture
10 25 (5.72%) Cloud Security
10 25 (5.72%) Stakeholder Management
11 24 (5.49%) Data Architecture
11 24 (5.49%) SaaS
12 23 (5.26%) DevOps
13 22 (5.03%) Technical Leadership
14 21 (4.81%) SC Cleared
15 20 (4.58%) Microservices
15 20 (4.58%) Migration
15 20 (4.58%) Problem-Solving
15 20 (4.58%) TOGAF
16 19 (4.35%) Power Platform
17 18 (4.12%) Analytics
18 17 (3.89%) Agile
18 17 (3.89%) Continuous Improvement
18 17 (3.89%) Decision-Making
19 16 (3.66%) IT Strategy

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (0.46%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.69%) Oracle Cash Management
2 3 (0.69%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.69%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.69%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 82 (18.76%) AWS
2 51 (11.67%) Azure
3 24 (5.49%) SaaS
4 19 (4.35%) Power Platform
5 13 (2.97%) GCP
6 11 (2.52%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (2.29%) Serverless
8 5 (1.14%) dbt
8 5 (1.14%) OCI
9 4 (0.92%) Amazon EMR
9 4 (0.92%) Amazon S3
9 4 (0.92%) GitHub
9 4 (0.92%) PowerApps
10 3 (0.69%) Anthropic Claude
10 3 (0.69%) Azure AI
10 3 (0.69%) Azure Databricks
10 3 (0.69%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.69%) Entra ID
10 3 (0.69%) Zapier
11 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.69%) Network Security
2 1 (0.23%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.60%) Power BI
2 5 (1.14%) Data Lake
3 4 (0.92%) Metadata
3 4 (0.92%) Power Query
3 4 (0.92%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.69%) Tableau
5 2 (0.46%) SAP HANA
5 2 (0.46%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.23%) Data Vault
6 1 (0.23%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 9 (2.06%) Snyk
2 1 (0.23%) MLflow
2 1 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
General
1 53 (12.13%) Finance
2 35 (8.01%) Social Skills
3 16 (3.66%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (2.97%) Public Sector
5 11 (2.52%) Banking
6 7 (1.60%) Law
7 6 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.14%) Retail
9 4 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (0.92%) Legal
10 2 (0.46%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.46%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.23%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.23%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.23%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.75%) Kafka
2 10 (2.29%) .NET
3 6 (1.37%) Terraform
4 5 (1.14%) PySpark
5 4 (0.92%) JWT
5 4 (0.92%) OAuth
5 4 (0.92%) OpenID
5 4 (0.92%) SAML
5 4 (0.92%) Spring
5 4 (0.92%) Spring Boot
6 3 (0.69%) Backbone.js
6 3 (0.69%) Node.js
6 3 (0.69%) React
7 2 (0.46%) SAP Basis
7 2 (0.46%) SAP Fiori
8 1 (0.23%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 14 (3.20%) Cloud Native
2 11 (2.52%) Data Centre
3 9 (2.06%) Management Information System
4 8 (1.83%) AI Agents
5 7 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (1.37%) Onboarding
6 6 (1.37%) Operational Technology
7 4 (0.92%) CCTV
7 4 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (0.92%) Low-Code
7 4 (0.92%) Marketing Technology
7 4 (0.92%) Taxonomies
8 3 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.69%) FMCG
9 2 (0.46%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.46%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.23%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.23%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.23%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.23%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (18.31%) AI
2 38 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (8.70%) Security Architecture
3 30 (6.86%) Roadmaps
4 28 (6.41%) CI/CD
4 28 (6.41%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 27 (6.18%) Presales
5 27 (6.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 26 (5.95%) Enterprise Architecture
7 25 (5.72%) Cloud Security
7 25 (5.72%) Stakeholder Management
8 24 (5.49%) Data Architecture
9 23 (5.26%) DevOps
10 22 (5.03%) Technical Leadership
11 20 (4.58%) Microservices
11 20 (4.58%) Migration
11 20 (4.58%) Problem-Solving
11 20 (4.58%) TOGAF
12 18 (4.12%) Analytics
13 17 (3.89%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 15 (3.43%) Python
2 8 (1.83%) Java
3 6 (1.37%) C#
3 6 (1.37%) SQL
4 4 (0.92%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.46%) ABAP
5 2 (0.46%) R
6 1 (0.23%) Go
6 1 (0.23%) Scala
6 1 (0.23%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 38 (8.70%) Security Cleared
2 21 (4.81%) SC Cleared
3 11 (2.52%) Degree
4 8 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (1.83%) DV Cleared
5 4 (0.92%) Master's Degree
5 4 (0.92%) MBA
5 4 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (0.46%) CISM
6 2 (0.46%) CISSP
6 2 (0.46%) RIBA
7 1 (0.23%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.23%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (0.23%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.23%) IISP
7 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.29%) Accessibility
2 9 (2.06%) GRC
3 6 (1.37%) NIST
4 3 (0.69%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.46%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.23%) GDPR
6 1 (0.23%) QA
System Software
1 9 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.46%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (1.37%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 49 (11.21%) Microsoft
2 13 (2.97%) Databricks
3 12 (2.75%) ServiceNow
4 10 (2.29%) Oracle
5 9 (2.06%) CrowdStrike
5 9 (2.06%) Palo Alto
5 9 (2.06%) Tenable
6 6 (1.37%) YouTube
7 5 (1.14%) OpenAI
8 4 (0.92%) Adobe
8 4 (0.92%) OneTrust
8 4 (0.92%) SAP
9 2 (0.46%) OpenText
10 1 (0.23%) Google
10 1 (0.23%) IBM
10 1 (0.23%) Thales