Architect Job Trends in Manchester

Architect
North West > Manchester

The median Architect salary in Manchester is £81,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 November 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 24 35
Rank change year-on-year -19 +11 +23
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 108 253 168
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.52% 6.92% 6.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.88% 7.27% 7.21%
Number of salaries quoted 60 136 119
10th Percentile £64,358 £56,809 £60,000
25th Percentile £73,438 £70,000 £66,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,250 £80,000 £79,632
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +0.46% -3.48%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,875 £100,000 £95,000
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 2,215 3,481 2,330
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 95.16% 96.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,464 1,765 1,907
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% -5.17% +5.45%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,750 £84,056
North West median annual salary £49,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.00% -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 7 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 7 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 +3 4 £78,816 -1.48%
Stockport +1 1 £77,500 -
Architect
North West

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

For the 6 months to 7 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 41 (37.96%) Azure
2 39 (36.11%) AWS
3 38 (35.19%) Enterprise Architecture
4 29 (26.85%) TOGAF
5 26 (24.07%) Microsoft
6 21 (19.44%) Roadmaps
7 20 (18.52%) AI
8 19 (17.59%) Agile
8 19 (17.59%) Cybersecurity
9 17 (15.74%) Microservices
10 16 (14.81%) CI/CD
10 16 (14.81%) DevOps
11 15 (13.89%) GCP
11 15 (13.89%) Google
11 15 (13.89%) Oracle
12 14 (12.96%) Azure Certification
12 14 (12.96%) OCI
12 14 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
13 13 (12.04%) Degree
13 13 (12.04%) NIST
14 12 (11.11%) Architectural Design
14 12 (11.11%) C#
14 12 (11.11%) Kubernetes
14 12 (11.11%) SQL
15 11 (10.19%) API Management
15 11 (10.19%) Data Management
15 11 (10.19%) SaaS
15 11 (10.19%) SC Cleared
15 11 (10.19%) Security Cleared
15 11 (10.19%) Technology Roadmap

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 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 4 (3.70%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (2.78%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (2.78%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (2.78%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.85%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.93%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 41 (37.96%) Azure
2 39 (36.11%) AWS
3 15 (13.89%) GCP
4 14 (12.96%) OCI
5 11 (10.19%) SaaS
6 7 (6.48%) IaaS
7 6 (5.56%) Amazon Bedrock
7 6 (5.56%) PaaS
8 5 (4.63%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (3.70%) GitHub
10 3 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (1.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (0.93%) Azure AI
12 1 (0.93%) Azure Key Vault
12 1 (0.93%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.93%) Azure Monitor
12 1 (0.93%) Azure Service Bus
12 1 (0.93%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.93%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.70%) Network Security
2 2 (1.85%) SAN
3 1 (0.93%) DNS
3 1 (0.93%) Firewall
3 1 (0.93%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.93%) VPN
3 1 (0.93%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.26%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.93%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.93%) DocumentDB
2 1 (0.93%) DynamoDB
2 1 (0.93%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.93%) MySQL
2 1 (0.93%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Octopus Deploy
2 1 (0.93%) Git
General
1 31 (28.70%) Social Skills
2 25 (23.15%) Finance
3 14 (12.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (9.26%) Public Sector
6 9 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (5.56%) Banking
7 6 (5.56%) Law
8 3 (2.78%) Legal
9 2 (1.85%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.85%) Retail
10 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.63%) .NET
2 3 (2.78%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.85%) Kafka
4 1 (0.93%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.93%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.93%) Django
4 1 (0.93%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.93%) Node.js
4 1 (0.93%) React
4 1 (0.93%) REST
4 1 (0.93%) SOAP
4 1 (0.93%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (19.44%) Cloud Native
2 18 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 10 (9.26%) Data Centre
4 7 (6.48%) AI Agents
5 5 (4.63%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.93%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.93%) NHS
9 1 (0.93%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (35.19%) Enterprise Architecture
2 29 (26.85%) TOGAF
3 21 (19.44%) Roadmaps
4 20 (18.52%) AI
5 19 (17.59%) Agile
5 19 (17.59%) Cybersecurity
6 17 (15.74%) Microservices
7 16 (14.81%) CI/CD
7 16 (14.81%) DevOps
8 14 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (11.11%) Architectural Design
10 11 (10.19%) API Management
10 11 (10.19%) Data Management
10 11 (10.19%) Technology Roadmap
11 10 (9.26%) Analytics
11 10 (9.26%) API Design
11 10 (9.26%) ERP
11 10 (9.26%) IT Strategy
11 10 (9.26%) SDLC
12 9 (8.33%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.11%) C#
1 12 (11.11%) SQL
2 10 (9.26%) Python
3 9 (8.33%) Java
4 4 (3.70%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.78%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 14 (12.96%) Azure Certification
2 13 (12.04%) Degree
3 11 (10.19%) SC Cleared
3 11 (10.19%) Security Cleared
3 11 (10.19%) TOGAF Certification
4 9 (8.33%) AWS Certification
4 9 (8.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 5 (4.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (3.70%) CISSP
7 3 (2.78%) DBS Check
7 3 (2.78%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.85%) CISM
9 1 (0.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (12.04%) NIST
2 8 (7.41%) GDPR
2 8 (7.41%) HIPAA
3 5 (4.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.78%) NCSC
5 2 (1.85%) GRC
5 2 (1.85%) QA
6 1 (0.93%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (9.26%) Docker
2 1 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (11.11%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.70%) Terraform
3 3 (2.78%) Ansible
4 1 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.93%) VxRail
Vendors
1 26 (24.07%) Microsoft
2 15 (13.89%) Google
2 15 (13.89%) Oracle
3 9 (8.33%) Adobe
3 9 (8.33%) Apple
3 9 (8.33%) Palo Alto
4 5 (4.63%) BiZZdesign
5 4 (3.70%) SAP
6 3 (2.78%) VMware
6 3 (2.78%) Workday
7 1 (0.93%) Databricks
7 1 (0.93%) Dell
7 1 (0.93%) Meraki
7 1 (0.93%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.93%) NetApp
7 1 (0.93%) Salesforce