Architect Jobs in Manchester

Architect
North West > Manchester

The median Architect salary in Manchester is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 28 38
Rank change year-on-year -49 +10 +20
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 88 374 376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.05% 6.96% 7.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.45% 7.37% 8.67%
Number of salaries quoted 64 229 104
10th Percentile £60,375 £56,447 £56,219
25th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £58,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year - +1.69% -7.81%
75th Percentile £91,875 £87,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £108,750 £100,000 £100,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £73,543 £72,500
% change year-on-year -18.41% +1.44% -

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 1,976 5,078 4,339
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.98% 94.53% 92.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,137 3,901 2,596
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,988 £42,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.38% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £93,778 £81,000 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Manchester

Architect
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Architect in Manchester.

Salary trend for Architect in Manchester

Architect
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in Manchester over the 6 months to 28 May 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 28 May 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
Bolton -4 11 £75,000 -25.00% 7
Salford +8 3 £82,801 +22.31% 3
Architect
North West

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 36 (40.91%) TOGAF
2 29 (32.95%) Social Skills
3 26 (29.55%) Roadmaps
3 26 (29.55%) Azure
4 23 (26.14%) Agile
5 20 (22.73%) Management Information System
6 18 (20.45%) Firewall
6 18 (20.45%) Microsoft
6 18 (20.45%) Enterprise Architecture
6 18 (20.45%) NIST
7 17 (19.32%) Finance
7 17 (19.32%) Security Architecture
8 15 (17.05%) AWS
8 15 (17.05%) Degree
8 15 (17.05%) GDPR
9 13 (14.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 13 (14.77%) Information Security
9 13 (14.77%) SQL
9 13 (14.77%) Cybersecurity
9 13 (14.77%) Microservices
10 12 (13.64%) Risk Management
10 12 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (13.64%) Architectural Design
11 11 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
11 11 (12.50%) Data Management
11 11 (12.50%) CISSP
11 11 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
11 11 (12.50%) DevOps
11 11 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (12.50%) Information Assurance

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.27%) Apache Spark
1 2 (2.27%) IIS
1 2 (2.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.41%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.14%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (1.14%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (1.14%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.14%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (29.55%) Azure
2 15 (17.05%) AWS
3 9 (10.23%) GCP
4 8 (9.09%) Power Platform
5 6 (6.82%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (5.68%) Azure Logic Apps
6 5 (5.68%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (4.55%) Azure Service Bus
7 4 (4.55%) Entra ID
7 4 (4.55%) OCI
7 4 (4.55%) Serverless
8 3 (3.41%) Azure Functions
8 3 (3.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (3.41%) PowerApps
8 3 (3.41%) SaaS
8 3 (3.41%) Snowflake
9 2 (2.27%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (2.27%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (2.27%) Amazon EMR
9 2 (2.27%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 18 (20.45%) Firewall
2 8 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
2 8 (9.09%) WAN
3 6 (6.82%) LAN
3 6 (6.82%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (5.68%) Network Security
4 5 (5.68%) VPN
5 3 (3.41%) DNS
6 2 (2.27%) DMZ
6 2 (2.27%) SD-WAN
6 2 (2.27%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.14%) BGP
7 1 (1.14%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (1.14%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (1.14%) EIGRP
7 1 (1.14%) HSRP
7 1 (1.14%) IPsec
7 1 (1.14%) OSPF
7 1 (1.14%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (1.14%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.95%) NoSQL
2 4 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (4.55%) MySQL
3 3 (3.41%) Power BI
4 2 (2.27%) Amazon Aurora
4 2 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.27%) DynamoDB
4 2 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (2.27%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.27%) Tableau
5 1 (1.14%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (1.14%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.14%) DocumentDB
5 1 (1.14%) GIS
5 1 (1.14%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.14%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 2 (2.27%) Git
2 1 (1.14%) Jenkins
General
1 29 (32.95%) Social Skills
2 17 (19.32%) Finance
3 11 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (10.23%) Banking
5 6 (6.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (6.82%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (6.82%) Law
6 4 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (4.55%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.55%) Retail
7 3 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.27%) Electronics
8 2 (2.27%) Legal
8 2 (2.27%) Local Government
8 2 (2.27%) Marketing
8 2 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.14%) French Language
9 1 (1.14%) Games
9 1 (1.14%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.14%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.68%) REST
2 3 (3.41%) .NET
2 3 (3.41%) Kafka
3 2 (2.27%) React
4 1 (1.14%) 802.1X
4 1 (1.14%) EDI
4 1 (1.14%) GraphQL
4 1 (1.14%) Middleware
4 1 (1.14%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 20 (22.73%) Management Information System
2 9 (10.23%) Security Posture
3 8 (9.09%) Cloud Native
3 8 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (9.09%) Social Media
3 8 (9.09%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 6 (6.82%) Product Ownership
5 3 (3.41%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.27%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.14%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.14%) FMCG
7 1 (1.14%) IoT
7 1 (1.14%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (1.14%) NHS
7 1 (1.14%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 10 (11.36%) Windows
2 8 (9.09%) Windows Vista
3 2 (2.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (40.91%) TOGAF
2 26 (29.55%) Roadmaps
3 23 (26.14%) Agile
4 18 (20.45%) Enterprise Architecture
5 17 (19.32%) Security Architecture
6 13 (14.77%) Cybersecurity
6 13 (14.77%) Information Security
6 13 (14.77%) Microservices
7 12 (13.64%) Architectural Design
7 12 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (13.64%) Risk Management
8 11 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
8 11 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (12.50%) Data Management
8 11 (12.50%) DevOps
8 11 (12.50%) Information Assurance
9 10 (11.36%) CI/CD
9 10 (11.36%) Identity Management
9 10 (11.36%) Risk Analysis
10 9 (10.23%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 13 (14.77%) SQL
2 9 (10.23%) Python
3 6 (6.82%) Java
4 5 (5.68%) C#
5 2 (2.27%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (1.14%) Bicep
6 1 (1.14%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (17.05%) Degree
2 11 (12.50%) CISSP
3 10 (11.36%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (11.36%) CISM
4 9 (10.23%) DBS Check
4 9 (10.23%) Master's Degree
5 8 (9.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 8 (9.09%) CEH
5 8 (9.09%) CISA
5 8 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (9.09%) Security Cleared
6 6 (6.82%) Azure Certification
6 6 (6.82%) SC Cleared
7 5 (5.68%) AWS Certification
7 5 (5.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (4.55%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (2.27%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (1.14%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (20.45%) NIST
2 15 (17.05%) GDPR
3 13 (14.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (5.68%) HIPAA
4 5 (5.68%) NCSC
5 4 (4.55%) PCI DSS
6 3 (3.41%) Accessibility
7 2 (2.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (2.27%) QA
System Software
1 7 (7.95%) Docker
2 1 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (10.23%) Kubernetes
2 4 (4.55%) Terraform
3 2 (2.27%) Ansible
4 1 (1.14%) Istio
4 1 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (20.45%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.09%) Cisco
2 8 (9.09%) Oracle
3 7 (7.95%) Google
4 6 (6.82%) Aruba
4 6 (6.82%) Fortinet
4 6 (6.82%) Juniper
5 5 (5.68%) SAP
5 5 (5.68%) ServiceNow
6 4 (4.55%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.14%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.14%) Computacenter
7 1 (1.14%) Databricks
7 1 (1.14%) Meraki
7 1 (1.14%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.14%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.14%) Workday