Architect Job Trends in Manchester

Architect
North West > Manchester

The median Architect salary in Manchester is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 November 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 27 35
Rank change year-on-year -24 +8 +24
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 100 252 169
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.22% 6.97% 7.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.64% 7.33% 7.63%
Number of salaries quoted 57 131 127
10th Percentile £62,000 £55,000 £60,750
25th Percentile £67,750 £69,500 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £79,632
Median % change year-on-year - +0.46% -1.69%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £99,250 £100,000 £97,000
North West median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £79,632
% change year-on-year +6.67% -5.82% +2.75%

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 2,155 3,436 2,215
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.85% 95.07% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,435 1,741 1,791
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £84,753
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

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 25 November 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 25 November 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
Salford -1 1 £74,830 -6.46%
Stockport -2 1 £77,500 -
Architect
North West

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

For the 6 months to 25 November 2025, 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 39 (39.00%) Azure
2 37 (37.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 36 (36.00%) AWS
4 26 (26.00%) Microsoft
5 24 (24.00%) TOGAF
6 20 (20.00%) AI
7 19 (19.00%) Roadmaps
8 17 (17.00%) Microservices
9 16 (16.00%) Agile
9 16 (16.00%) Cybersecurity
10 15 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (14.00%) CI/CD
11 14 (14.00%) DevOps
12 13 (13.00%) Azure Certification
12 13 (13.00%) Degree
12 13 (13.00%) GCP
12 13 (13.00%) Google
13 12 (12.00%) Oracle
14 11 (11.00%) C#
14 11 (11.00%) Kubernetes
14 11 (11.00%) OCI
14 11 (11.00%) SaaS
14 11 (11.00%) Security Cleared
14 11 (11.00%) TOGAF Certification
15 10 (10.00%) Architectural Design
15 10 (10.00%) Data Management
15 10 (10.00%) IT Strategy
15 10 (10.00%) Python
15 10 (10.00%) Technology Roadmap
16 9 (9.00%) Adobe

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 3 (3.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (2.00%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (2.00%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (2.00%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (2.00%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (2.00%) Oracle Receivables
1 2 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 39 (39.00%) Azure
2 36 (36.00%) AWS
3 13 (13.00%) GCP
4 11 (11.00%) OCI
4 11 (11.00%) SaaS
5 9 (9.00%) IaaS
6 8 (8.00%) PaaS
7 6 (6.00%) Amazon Bedrock
8 5 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (5.00%) GitHub
8 5 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (1.00%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (1.00%) Amazon S3
9 1 (1.00%) Amazon SQS
9 1 (1.00%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (1.00%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (1.00%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (1.00%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.00%) SAN
2 1 (1.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.00%) DocumentDB
2 1 (1.00%) DynamoDB
2 1 (1.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (3.00%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 27 (27.00%) Social Skills
2 20 (20.00%) Finance
3 11 (11.00%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (11.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (11.00%) Public Sector
4 6 (6.00%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (4.00%) Law
6 2 (2.00%) Banking
6 2 (2.00%) General Ledger
6 2 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.00%) Legal
7 1 (1.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.00%) .NET
2 3 (3.00%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.00%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.00%) Django
3 1 (1.00%) Kafka
3 1 (1.00%) Node.js
3 1 (1.00%) React
3 1 (1.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (21.00%) Cloud Native
2 14 (14.00%) Management Information System
3 9 (9.00%) Data Centre
4 7 (7.00%) AI Agents
5 6 (6.00%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (2.00%) Virtual Team
9 1 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (1.00%) IoT
9 1 (1.00%) Learning Management System
9 1 (1.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (37.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 24 (24.00%) TOGAF
3 20 (20.00%) AI
4 19 (19.00%) Roadmaps
5 17 (17.00%) Microservices
6 16 (16.00%) Agile
6 16 (16.00%) Cybersecurity
7 15 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (14.00%) CI/CD
8 14 (14.00%) DevOps
9 10 (10.00%) Architectural Design
9 10 (10.00%) Data Management
9 10 (10.00%) IT Strategy
9 10 (10.00%) Technology Roadmap
10 9 (9.00%) Customer Engagement
10 9 (9.00%) SDLC
10 9 (9.00%) Software Licensing
10 9 (9.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (9.00%) Time Management
10 9 (9.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.00%) C#
2 10 (10.00%) Python
3 8 (8.00%) Java
3 8 (8.00%) SQL
4 4 (4.00%) PowerShell
5 3 (3.00%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 13 (13.00%) Azure Certification
1 13 (13.00%) Degree
2 11 (11.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (11.00%) TOGAF Certification
3 9 (9.00%) SC Cleared
4 8 (8.00%) AWS Certification
4 8 (8.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 4 (4.00%) CISSP
5 4 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (3.00%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.00%) CISM
7 2 (2.00%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.00%) NIST
2 7 (7.00%) GDPR
2 7 (7.00%) HIPAA
3 2 (2.00%) GRC
3 2 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (9.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (11.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.00%) Terraform
3 2 (2.00%) Ansible
4 1 (1.00%) VxRail
Vendors
1 26 (26.00%) Microsoft
2 13 (13.00%) Google
3 12 (12.00%) Oracle
4 9 (9.00%) Adobe
4 9 (9.00%) Apple
4 9 (9.00%) Palo Alto
5 6 (6.00%) BiZZdesign
6 4 (4.00%) VMware
7 3 (3.00%) SAP
7 3 (3.00%) Workday
8 1 (1.00%) Dell
8 1 (1.00%) NetApp