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 11 April 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 48 36
Rank change year-on-year +9 -12 +30
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 220 108 267
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.65% 5.41% 5.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.09% 5.77% 5.97%
Number of salaries quoted 165 78 206
10th Percentile £55,000 £53,924 £56,809
25th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,250 £100,000
North West median annual salary £90,000 £66,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +36.36% -12.00% -

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 4,323 1,872 4,475
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.34% 93.83% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 3,095 1,255 3,635
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,700 £29,850
25th Percentile £42,875 £42,500 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% -4.06%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £91,500 £88,750 £81,250
North West median annual salary £51,250 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.47% +9.59% -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 11 April 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 11 April 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 -2 9 £90,000 - 2
Bolton +7 2 £82,500 +10.00% 1
Architect
North West

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

For the 6 months to 11 April 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 28 (12.73%) Azure
2 24 (10.91%) Roadmaps
3 23 (10.45%) AWS
4 21 (9.55%) Cybersecurity
5 20 (9.09%) Strategic Thinking
6 18 (8.18%) Enterprise Architecture
6 18 (8.18%) TOGAF
7 17 (7.73%) IT Strategy
7 17 (7.73%) ServiceNow
7 17 (7.73%) Stakeholder Management
8 16 (7.27%) Workshop Facilitation
9 15 (6.82%) Business Development
10 14 (6.36%) Security Cleared
10 14 (6.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 14 (6.36%) Technology Strategy
11 13 (5.91%) Business Strategy
11 13 (5.91%) Target Operating Model
11 13 (5.91%) Thought Leadership
12 12 (5.45%) Data Architecture
12 12 (5.45%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (5.45%) SaaS
12 12 (5.45%) UML
13 11 (5.00%) AI
13 11 (5.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 11 (5.00%) Microsoft
13 11 (5.00%) Security Architecture
14 10 (4.55%) CI/CD
14 10 (4.55%) PCI DSS
14 10 (4.55%) SC Cleared
14 10 (4.55%) SDLC

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 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.91%) Confluence
3 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 2 (0.91%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (0.91%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (0.91%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (0.91%) Oracle Receivables
1 2 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.45%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 28 (12.73%) Azure
2 23 (10.45%) AWS
3 12 (5.45%) SaaS
4 8 (3.64%) GCP
4 8 (3.64%) PaaS
5 7 (3.18%) IaaS
6 6 (2.73%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (2.27%) GitHub
7 5 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (1.82%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.82%) Serverless
9 2 (0.91%) Collibra
9 2 (0.91%) OCI
9 2 (0.91%) Snowflake
9 2 (0.91%) Workato
10 1 (0.45%) Azure AI
10 1 (0.45%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.45%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.45%) dbt
10 1 (0.45%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.36%) Network Security
1 3 (1.36%) SAN
2 1 (0.45%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.82%) DB2
1 4 (1.82%) Relational Database
1 4 (1.82%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.36%) Power BI
2 3 (1.36%) Tableau
3 1 (0.45%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.45%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (1.82%) Octopus Deploy
2 3 (1.36%) Snyk
3 2 (0.91%) JIRA
General
1 44 (20.00%) Finance
2 18 (8.18%) Social Skills
3 15 (6.82%) Public Sector
4 13 (5.91%) Influencing Skills
5 10 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (3.18%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.18%) Marketing
7 5 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.82%) Banking
9 2 (0.91%) Games
9 2 (0.91%) General Ledger
9 2 (0.91%) Law
10 1 (0.45%) Aeronautics
10 1 (0.45%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.45%) Automotive
10 1 (0.45%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.45%) Legal
10 1 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.73%) .NET
2 3 (1.36%) Kafka
2 3 (1.36%) Node.js
3 2 (0.91%) Backbone.js
3 2 (0.91%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.91%) React
4 1 (0.45%) NestJS
4 1 (0.45%) Snowpark
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.91%) Cloud Native
2 8 (3.64%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (3.64%) Operational Technology
3 6 (2.73%) IoT
4 5 (2.27%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.91%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.91%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.91%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.45%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (10.91%) Roadmaps
2 21 (9.55%) Cybersecurity
3 20 (9.09%) Strategic Thinking
4 18 (8.18%) Enterprise Architecture
4 18 (8.18%) TOGAF
5 17 (7.73%) IT Strategy
5 17 (7.73%) Stakeholder Management
6 16 (7.27%) Workshop Facilitation
7 15 (6.82%) Business Development
8 14 (6.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 14 (6.36%) Technology Strategy
9 13 (5.91%) Business Strategy
9 13 (5.91%) Target Operating Model
9 13 (5.91%) Thought Leadership
10 12 (5.45%) Data Architecture
10 12 (5.45%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (5.45%) UML
11 11 (5.00%) AI
11 11 (5.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (5.00%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.09%) Python
2 6 (2.73%) SQL
3 5 (2.27%) Java
3 5 (2.27%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.82%) Bicep
5 3 (1.36%) C#
6 1 (0.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (6.36%) Security Cleared
2 10 (4.55%) SC Cleared
3 8 (3.64%) Degree
4 6 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (2.73%) TOGAF Certification
5 5 (2.27%) CCNP
6 4 (1.82%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.36%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.91%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.91%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.91%) PMP
9 1 (0.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.45%) CISSP
9 1 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.55%) PCI DSS
2 4 (1.82%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.82%) NIST
3 3 (1.36%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.45%) Docker
2 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.36%) MOM
1 3 (1.36%) Terraform
2 2 (0.91%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.45%) Ansible
Vendors
1 17 (7.73%) ServiceNow
2 11 (5.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (3.64%) Oracle
4 5 (2.27%) BiZZdesign
5 4 (1.82%) VMware
6 3 (1.36%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (1.36%) Databricks
6 3 (1.36%) Palo Alto
6 3 (1.36%) SAP
6 3 (1.36%) Tenable
7 2 (0.91%) Anaplan
7 2 (0.91%) Genesys
7 2 (0.91%) Okta
7 2 (0.91%) Palantir
7 2 (0.91%) Verint
8 1 (0.45%) F5
8 1 (0.45%) HP
8 1 (0.45%) Informatica
8 1 (0.45%) Pega
8 1 (0.45%) Workday