Architect Job Trends in Manchester

Architect
North West > Manchester

The median Architect salary in Manchester is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2026.

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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 80 35
Rank change year-on-year +49 -45 +28
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 280 95 293
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.05% 4.25% 5.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.45% 4.70% 6.19%
Number of salaries quoted 216 75 225
10th Percentile £60,000 £58,917 £56,809
25th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £88,541 £88,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,950 £100,000
North West median annual salary £90,000 £70,996 £75,000
% change year-on-year +26.77% -5.34% -

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 5,135 2,022 4,732
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 90.55% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 3,846 1,247 3,795
10th Percentile £31,125 £32,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,047
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £54,700
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +7.86% -4.87%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £82,340
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -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 16 May 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 16 May 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 0 13 £95,000 +14.73% 3
Bolton +7 2 £82,500 +10.00% 2
Stockport - 1 £60,000 - 1
Architect
North West

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 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 44 (15.71%) AWS
1 44 (15.71%) Azure
2 31 (11.07%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (10.36%) AI
3 29 (10.36%) Roadmaps
4 27 (9.64%) IT Strategy
5 25 (8.93%) Security Architecture
6 24 (8.57%) Cloud Security
6 24 (8.57%) Technology Strategy
7 23 (8.21%) TOGAF
8 22 (7.86%) CI/CD
8 22 (7.86%) Security Cleared
9 20 (7.14%) SC Cleared
9 20 (7.14%) SDLC
9 20 (7.14%) Strategic Thinking
10 19 (6.79%) Microsoft
10 19 (6.79%) ServiceNow
10 19 (6.79%) Workshop Facilitation
11 18 (6.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 18 (6.43%) Stakeholder Management
11 18 (6.43%) Threat Modelling
12 17 (6.07%) Application Security
12 17 (6.07%) DevSecOps
13 16 (5.71%) Enterprise Architecture
13 16 (5.71%) Security Testing
13 16 (5.71%) Thought Leadership
13 16 (5.71%) Validation
14 15 (5.36%) Business Development
14 15 (5.36%) Data Architecture
15 14 (5.00%) Continuous Improvement

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 2 (0.71%) Confluence
1 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 1 (0.36%) SAP ERP
1 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 44 (15.71%) AWS
1 44 (15.71%) Azure
2 13 (4.64%) SaaS
2 13 (4.64%) Serverless
3 12 (4.29%) GCP
4 7 (2.50%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (1.79%) GitHub
6 5 (1.79%) PaaS
7 4 (1.43%) Azure AI
7 4 (1.43%) IaaS
8 3 (1.07%) Amazon EMR
8 3 (1.07%) Amazon S3
8 3 (1.07%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.71%) Collibra
9 2 (0.71%) Snowflake
9 2 (0.71%) Workato
10 1 (0.36%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.36%) dbt
10 1 (0.36%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.14%) Network Security
2 2 (0.71%) SAN
3 1 (0.36%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.14%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.79%) Power BI
2 5 (1.79%) Tableau
3 4 (1.43%) Data Lake
3 4 (1.43%) DB2
3 4 (1.43%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.36%) Metadata
4 1 (0.36%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 12 (4.29%) Snyk
2 3 (1.07%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (0.71%) JIRA
General
1 43 (15.36%) Finance
2 22 (7.86%) Social Skills
3 20 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 19 (6.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (4.64%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (2.50%) Marketing
7 4 (1.43%) Banking
8 3 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.71%) Games
10 1 (0.36%) Aeronautics
10 1 (0.36%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.36%) Automotive
10 1 (0.36%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.36%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.36%) Law
10 1 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.21%) Kafka
2 8 (2.86%) .NET
3 5 (1.79%) Node.js
4 4 (1.43%) Backbone.js
4 4 (1.43%) React
5 3 (1.07%) PySpark
5 3 (1.07%) Spring
5 3 (1.07%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.71%) JWT
6 2 (0.71%) OAuth
6 2 (0.71%) OpenID
6 2 (0.71%) SAML
7 1 (0.36%) NestJS
7 1 (0.36%) SAP Basis
7 1 (0.36%) Snowpark
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.71%) Data Centre
2 12 (4.29%) Cloud Native
3 8 (2.86%) Operational Technology
4 7 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (1.79%) IoT
6 4 (1.43%) CCTV
7 3 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.71%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (0.71%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.71%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.36%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.36%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.36%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.36%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.36%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (11.07%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (10.36%) AI
2 29 (10.36%) Roadmaps
3 27 (9.64%) IT Strategy
4 25 (8.93%) Security Architecture
5 24 (8.57%) Cloud Security
5 24 (8.57%) Technology Strategy
6 23 (8.21%) TOGAF
7 22 (7.86%) CI/CD
8 20 (7.14%) SDLC
8 20 (7.14%) Strategic Thinking
9 19 (6.79%) Workshop Facilitation
10 18 (6.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 18 (6.43%) Stakeholder Management
10 18 (6.43%) Threat Modelling
11 17 (6.07%) Application Security
11 17 (6.07%) DevSecOps
12 16 (5.71%) Enterprise Architecture
12 16 (5.71%) Thought Leadership
12 16 (5.71%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.00%) Python
2 9 (3.21%) SQL
3 8 (2.86%) Java
4 4 (1.43%) C#
5 3 (1.07%) Bicep
5 3 (1.07%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.36%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 22 (7.86%) Security Cleared
2 20 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 9 (3.21%) Degree
4 7 (2.50%) TOGAF Certification
5 5 (1.79%) CCNP
5 5 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.71%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.71%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.71%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.71%) PMP
8 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.29%) GRC
1 12 (4.29%) PCI DSS
2 5 (1.79%) Data Quality
2 5 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (1.79%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (4.29%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.36%) Docker
2 1 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.79%) Terraform
2 3 (1.07%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.07%) MOM
Vendors
1 19 (6.79%) Microsoft
1 19 (6.79%) ServiceNow
2 12 (4.29%) CrowdStrike
2 12 (4.29%) Palo Alto
2 12 (4.29%) Tenable
3 11 (3.93%) Databricks
4 8 (2.86%) Oracle
5 3 (1.07%) BiZZdesign
5 3 (1.07%) VMware
6 2 (0.71%) Anaplan
6 2 (0.71%) Genesys
6 2 (0.71%) Okta
6 2 (0.71%) Palantir
6 2 (0.71%) SAP
6 2 (0.71%) Verint
7 1 (0.36%) F5
7 1 (0.36%) HP
7 1 (0.36%) Informatica
7 1 (0.36%) OpenText
7 1 (0.36%) Workday