Architect Job Trends in Manchester

Architect
North West > Manchester

The median Architect salary in Manchester is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 August 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 68 21
Rank change year-on-year +45 -47 +15
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 414 104 333
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.89% 4.16% 7.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.23% 4.56% 7.92%
Number of salaries quoted 307 56 214
10th Percentile £62,000 £60,625 £55,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £62,875 £64,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +6.25% +0.46%
75th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £90,000
90th Percentile - £109,375 £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 6,649 2,283 4,206
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.55% 91.28% 94.84%
Number of salaries quoted 5,217 1,375 2,780
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £82,010
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 24 August 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 24 August 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 +5 30 £80,000 -3.38% 3
Stockport - 3 £40,000 - 2
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 24 August 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 83 (20.05%) AWS
2 77 (18.60%) AI
3 54 (13.04%) Azure
4 49 (11.84%) Microsoft
5 38 (9.18%) Roadmaps
6 37 (8.94%) Security Architecture
7 36 (8.70%) Security Cleared
8 34 (8.21%) Cybersecurity
9 31 (7.49%) CI/CD
10 30 (7.25%) Cloud Security
10 30 (7.25%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 28 (6.76%) Presales
12 27 (6.52%) SaaS
13 26 (6.28%) Data Architecture
13 26 (6.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 24 (5.80%) DevOps
14 24 (5.80%) Enterprise Architecture
14 24 (5.80%) IT Strategy
14 24 (5.80%) Stakeholder Management
14 24 (5.80%) Technology Strategy
15 21 (5.07%) SC Cleared
15 21 (5.07%) TOGAF
16 20 (4.83%) Microservices
16 20 (4.83%) Migration
16 20 (4.83%) Technical Leadership
17 18 (4.35%) Application Security
17 18 (4.35%) Decision-Making
17 18 (4.35%) SDLC
17 18 (4.35%) Threat Modelling
18 17 (4.11%) 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 (0.48%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.72%) Oracle Cash Management
2 3 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.72%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.72%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 83 (20.05%) AWS
2 54 (13.04%) Azure
3 27 (6.52%) SaaS
4 16 (3.86%) GCP
4 16 (3.86%) Power Platform
5 13 (3.14%) Serverless
6 11 (2.66%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (1.21%) dbt
7 5 (1.21%) OCI
8 4 (0.97%) Amazon EMR
8 4 (0.97%) Amazon S3
8 4 (0.97%) Azure AI
8 4 (0.97%) GitHub
9 3 (0.72%) Anthropic Claude
9 3 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.72%) Zapier
10 2 (0.48%) PaaS
10 2 (0.48%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.24%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.21%) Network Security
2 1 (0.24%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.21%) Data Lake
2 4 (0.97%) Power BI
2 4 (0.97%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.72%) Tableau
4 2 (0.48%) SAP HANA
4 2 (0.48%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.24%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.24%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.24%) Metadata
5 1 (0.24%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 12 (2.90%) Snyk
2 2 (0.48%) JIRA
3 1 (0.24%) MLflow
General
1 60 (14.49%) Finance
2 31 (7.49%) Social Skills
3 23 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 22 (5.31%) Public Sector
5 12 (2.90%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (1.69%) Banking
6 7 (1.69%) Marketing
7 6 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.21%) Retail
9 4 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (0.97%) Law
10 2 (0.48%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.48%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.24%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.90%) .NET
1 12 (2.90%) Kafka
2 6 (1.45%) Terraform
3 5 (1.21%) Node.js
3 5 (1.21%) PySpark
4 4 (0.97%) Backbone.js
4 4 (0.97%) JWT
4 4 (0.97%) OAuth
4 4 (0.97%) OpenID
4 4 (0.97%) React
4 4 (0.97%) SAML
4 4 (0.97%) Spring
4 4 (0.97%) Spring Boot
5 2 (0.48%) SAP Basis
5 2 (0.48%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.24%) NestJS
6 1 (0.24%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 19 (4.59%) Cloud Native
2 16 (3.86%) Data Centre
3 8 (1.93%) AI Agents
3 8 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (1.21%) Management Information System
5 4 (0.97%) CCTV
5 4 (0.97%) Marketing Technology
5 4 (0.97%) Onboarding
6 3 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (0.72%) FMCG
7 2 (0.48%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (0.48%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (0.48%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.48%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.48%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.24%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.24%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.24%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.24%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.24%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (18.60%) AI
2 38 (9.18%) Roadmaps
3 37 (8.94%) Security Architecture
4 34 (8.21%) Cybersecurity
5 31 (7.49%) CI/CD
6 30 (7.25%) Cloud Security
6 30 (7.25%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 28 (6.76%) Presales
8 26 (6.28%) Data Architecture
8 26 (6.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 24 (5.80%) DevOps
9 24 (5.80%) Enterprise Architecture
9 24 (5.80%) IT Strategy
9 24 (5.80%) Stakeholder Management
9 24 (5.80%) Technology Strategy
10 21 (5.07%) TOGAF
11 20 (4.83%) Microservices
11 20 (4.83%) Migration
11 20 (4.83%) Technical Leadership
12 18 (4.35%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 17 (4.11%) Python
2 10 (2.42%) Java
3 6 (1.45%) SQL
4 5 (1.21%) C#
4 5 (1.21%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.48%) ABAP
5 2 (0.48%) R
6 1 (0.24%) Go
6 1 (0.24%) Scala
6 1 (0.24%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 36 (8.70%) Security Cleared
2 21 (5.07%) SC Cleared
3 10 (2.42%) Degree
4 9 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (2.17%) DV Cleared
5 4 (0.97%) Master's Degree
5 4 (0.97%) MBA
5 4 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
6 3 (0.72%) CCNP
6 3 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.48%) RIBA
8 1 (0.24%) CISM
8 1 (0.24%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.90%) GRC
2 8 (1.93%) NIST
2 8 (1.93%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.21%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.72%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.24%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (1.45%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.72%) MOM
Vendors
1 49 (11.84%) Microsoft
2 15 (3.62%) Databricks
3 12 (2.90%) CrowdStrike
3 12 (2.90%) Palo Alto
3 12 (2.90%) Tenable
4 10 (2.42%) Oracle
4 10 (2.42%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.21%) OpenAI
6 4 (0.97%) Adobe
6 4 (0.97%) SAP
7 3 (0.72%) YouTube
8 2 (0.48%) OpenText
9 1 (0.24%) Google
9 1 (0.24%) Okta
9 1 (0.24%) OneTrust