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 28 May 2026.

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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 82 34
Rank change year-on-year +50 -48 +26
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 306 88 302
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.20% 4.11% 5.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.59% 4.51% 6.18%
Number of salaries quoted 239 64 229
10th Percentile £60,000 £60,375 £56,447
25th Percentile £71,875 £62,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - +1.69%
75th Percentile £98,750 £91,875 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
North West median annual salary £90,000 £70,000 £73,543
% change year-on-year +28.57% -4.82% +1.44%

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 5,472 1,951 4,890
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 91.21% 94.38%
Number of salaries quoted 4,138 1,127 3,901
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,325 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,688 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +12.38% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £81,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.27% +5.50% -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 28 May 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 28 May 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 14 £95,000 +14.73% 6
Bolton +11 2 £82,500 +10.00% 1
Stockport - 2 £50,000 - 2
Oldham - 1 £69,928 - 5
Architect
North West

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 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 53 (17.32%) AWS
2 51 (16.67%) Azure
3 36 (11.76%) AI
4 33 (10.78%) Cybersecurity
4 33 (10.78%) Roadmaps
5 28 (9.15%) Cloud Security
5 28 (9.15%) IT Strategy
6 27 (8.82%) Security Architecture
7 25 (8.17%) Microsoft
8 24 (7.84%) CI/CD
8 24 (7.84%) Security Cleared
8 24 (7.84%) Technology Strategy
8 24 (7.84%) TOGAF
9 21 (6.86%) SC Cleared
9 21 (6.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 21 (6.86%) Strategic Thinking
10 20 (6.54%) SDLC
10 20 (6.54%) ServiceNow
10 20 (6.54%) Thought Leadership
11 19 (6.21%) Application Security
11 19 (6.21%) Workshop Facilitation
12 18 (5.88%) Decision-Making
12 18 (5.88%) Migration
12 18 (5.88%) Threat Modelling
13 17 (5.56%) Data Architecture
13 17 (5.56%) DevSecOps
13 17 (5.56%) Enterprise Architecture
13 17 (5.56%) SaaS
13 17 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
14 16 (5.23%) Business Development

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 (0.65%) Confluence
1 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.33%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 53 (17.32%) AWS
2 51 (16.67%) Azure
3 17 (5.56%) SaaS
4 15 (4.90%) GCP
5 14 (4.58%) Serverless
6 7 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (2.29%) Power Platform
7 6 (1.96%) GitHub
8 4 (1.31%) Amazon EMR
8 4 (1.31%) Amazon S3
8 4 (1.31%) Azure AI
9 3 (0.98%) PaaS
10 2 (0.65%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (0.65%) IaaS
10 2 (0.65%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.65%) Workato
10 2 (0.65%) Zapier
11 1 (0.33%) Collibra
11 1 (0.33%) dbt
11 1 (0.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.96%) Network Security
2 2 (0.65%) SAN
3 1 (0.33%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.96%) Data Lake
1 6 (1.96%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.63%) Power BI
2 5 (1.63%) Tableau
3 4 (1.31%) DB2
3 4 (1.31%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.65%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.33%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 12 (3.92%) Snyk
2 3 (0.98%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (0.65%) JIRA
General
1 44 (14.38%) Finance
2 29 (9.48%) Social Skills
3 21 (6.86%) Public Sector
4 19 (6.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (4.58%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (2.61%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (2.29%) Marketing
8 4 (1.31%) Banking
8 4 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.65%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.65%) Games
10 2 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.33%) Aeronautics
11 1 (0.33%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.33%) Automotive
11 1 (0.33%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.33%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.27%) Kafka
2 8 (2.61%) .NET
3 5 (1.63%) Node.js
4 4 (1.31%) Backbone.js
4 4 (1.31%) JWT
4 4 (1.31%) OAuth
4 4 (1.31%) OpenID
4 4 (1.31%) PySpark
4 4 (1.31%) React
4 4 (1.31%) SAML
4 4 (1.31%) Spring
4 4 (1.31%) Spring Boot
5 2 (0.65%) SAP Basis
6 1 (0.33%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.23%) Data Centre
2 14 (4.58%) Cloud Native
3 8 (2.61%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (2.61%) Operational Technology
4 5 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (1.63%) IoT
5 4 (1.31%) CCTV
5 4 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.65%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.65%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.65%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.65%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.33%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.33%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (11.76%) AI
2 33 (10.78%) Cybersecurity
2 33 (10.78%) Roadmaps
3 28 (9.15%) Cloud Security
3 28 (9.15%) IT Strategy
4 27 (8.82%) Security Architecture
5 24 (7.84%) CI/CD
5 24 (7.84%) Technology Strategy
5 24 (7.84%) TOGAF
6 21 (6.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 21 (6.86%) Strategic Thinking
7 20 (6.54%) SDLC
7 20 (6.54%) Thought Leadership
8 19 (6.21%) Application Security
8 19 (6.21%) Workshop Facilitation
9 18 (5.88%) Decision-Making
9 18 (5.88%) Migration
9 18 (5.88%) Threat Modelling
10 17 (5.56%) Enterprise Architecture
10 17 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (4.90%) Python
2 11 (3.59%) SQL
3 9 (2.94%) Java
4 4 (1.31%) C#
5 3 (0.98%) Bicep
5 3 (0.98%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 24 (7.84%) Security Cleared
2 21 (6.86%) SC Cleared
3 10 (3.27%) Degree
4 8 (2.61%) TOGAF Certification
5 5 (1.63%) CCNP
5 5 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.98%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.65%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.65%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.65%) PMP
9 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.33%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.92%) GRC
1 12 (3.92%) PCI DSS
2 7 (2.29%) NIST
3 5 (1.63%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (3.92%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.33%) Docker
2 1 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.96%) Kubernetes
1 6 (1.96%) Terraform
2 3 (0.98%) MOM
Vendors
1 25 (8.17%) Microsoft
2 20 (6.54%) ServiceNow
3 12 (3.92%) CrowdStrike
3 12 (3.92%) Databricks
3 12 (3.92%) Palo Alto
3 12 (3.92%) Tenable
4 9 (2.94%) Oracle
5 3 (0.98%) SAP
5 3 (0.98%) VMware
6 2 (0.65%) Anaplan
6 2 (0.65%) BiZZdesign
6 2 (0.65%) Genesys
6 2 (0.65%) Okta
6 2 (0.65%) OpenAI
6 2 (0.65%) OpenText
6 2 (0.65%) Palantir
6 2 (0.65%) Verint
7 1 (0.33%) F5
7 1 (0.33%) HP
7 1 (0.33%) Workday