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 22 June 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 78 28
Rank change year-on-year +53 -50 +29
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 340 91 385
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.50% 3.99% 6.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.84% 4.37% 6.82%
Number of salaries quoted 263 63 267
10th Percentile £60,000 £60,250 £56,809
25th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £75,000 £75,150
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -0.20% +0.20%
75th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £88,125
90th Percentile - £108,750 £100,000
North West median annual salary £87,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -6.67% -

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 5,822 2,084 5,643
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.19% 91.28% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4,593 1,219 4,302
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,875 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +6.48% -6.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £67,968
90th Percentile £96,000 £93,750 £80,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -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 22 June 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 22 June 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 +1 21 £90,000 +8.69% 5
Bolton +9 2 £82,500 +10.00% 2
Stockport - 2 £50,000 -
Oldham - 1 £69,928 - 2
Architect
North West

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

For the 6 months to 22 June 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 59 (17.35%) AWS
2 52 (15.29%) Azure
3 49 (14.41%) AI
4 42 (12.35%) Microsoft
5 38 (11.18%) Roadmaps
6 33 (9.71%) Cybersecurity
7 30 (8.82%) Cloud Security
7 30 (8.82%) Security Architecture
8 27 (7.94%) IT Strategy
9 26 (7.65%) CI/CD
9 26 (7.65%) Security Cleared
10 25 (7.35%) Technology Strategy
11 23 (6.76%) SC Cleared
12 22 (6.47%) Thought Leadership
12 22 (6.47%) TOGAF
13 21 (6.18%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 20 (5.88%) DevOps
14 20 (5.88%) SDLC
15 19 (5.59%) Application Security
15 19 (5.59%) Presales
16 18 (5.29%) Decision-Making
16 18 (5.29%) Python
16 18 (5.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 18 (5.29%) Threat Modelling
17 17 (5.00%) Data Architecture
17 17 (5.00%) DevSecOps
17 17 (5.00%) Enterprise Architecture
17 17 (5.00%) SaaS
17 17 (5.00%) Strategic Thinking
18 16 (4.71%) GCP

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 (0.59%) Confluence
1 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.29%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 59 (17.35%) AWS
2 52 (15.29%) Azure
3 17 (5.00%) SaaS
4 16 (4.71%) GCP
5 14 (4.12%) Serverless
6 13 (3.82%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (3.82%) Power Platform
7 6 (1.76%) GitHub
8 4 (1.18%) Amazon EMR
8 4 (1.18%) Amazon S3
8 4 (1.18%) Azure AI
9 3 (0.88%) Anthropic Claude
9 3 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.88%) Zapier
10 2 (0.59%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.59%) Workato
11 1 (0.29%) Collibra
11 1 (0.29%) dbt
11 1 (0.29%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.29%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.76%) Network Security
2 2 (0.59%) SAN
3 1 (0.29%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.76%) Data Lake
1 6 (1.76%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.18%) Db2
2 4 (1.18%) Power BI
2 4 (1.18%) Relational Database
2 4 (1.18%) Tableau
3 2 (0.59%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.29%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.29%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.29%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 12 (3.53%) Snyk
2 2 (0.59%) JIRA
2 2 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.29%) MLflow
General
1 46 (13.53%) Finance
2 26 (7.65%) Social Skills
3 20 (5.88%) Public Sector
4 19 (5.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (2.65%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (2.06%) Marketing
8 5 (1.47%) Banking
9 4 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.59%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.59%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.59%) Retail
12 1 (0.29%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.24%) Kafka
2 10 (2.94%) .NET
3 5 (1.47%) Node.js
3 5 (1.47%) PySpark
4 4 (1.18%) Backbone.js
4 4 (1.18%) JWT
4 4 (1.18%) OAuth
4 4 (1.18%) OpenID
4 4 (1.18%) React
4 4 (1.18%) SAML
4 4 (1.18%) Spring
4 4 (1.18%) Spring Boot
5 2 (0.59%) SAP Basis
6 1 (0.29%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.71%) Data Centre
2 14 (4.12%) Cloud Native
3 10 (2.94%) Operational Technology
4 8 (2.35%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (1.18%) CCTV
5 4 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (0.88%) IoT
6 3 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.59%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (0.59%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (0.59%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.59%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.59%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.29%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.29%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.29%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.29%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.29%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (14.41%) AI
2 38 (11.18%) Roadmaps
3 33 (9.71%) Cybersecurity
4 30 (8.82%) Cloud Security
4 30 (8.82%) Security Architecture
5 27 (7.94%) IT Strategy
6 26 (7.65%) CI/CD
7 25 (7.35%) Technology Strategy
8 22 (6.47%) Thought Leadership
8 22 (6.47%) TOGAF
9 21 (6.18%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 20 (5.88%) DevOps
10 20 (5.88%) SDLC
11 19 (5.59%) Application Security
11 19 (5.59%) Presales
12 18 (5.29%) Decision-Making
12 18 (5.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 18 (5.29%) Threat Modelling
13 17 (5.00%) Enterprise Architecture
13 17 (5.00%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 18 (5.29%) Python
2 12 (3.53%) SQL
3 11 (3.24%) Java
4 4 (1.18%) C#
5 3 (0.88%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.59%) Bicep
6 2 (0.59%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.29%) Scala
Qualifications
1 26 (7.65%) Security Cleared
2 23 (6.76%) SC Cleared
3 9 (2.65%) Degree
4 8 (2.35%) TOGAF Certification
5 6 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.47%) CCNP
6 5 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.88%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.59%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.59%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.59%) MBA
9 1 (0.29%) CISM
9 1 (0.29%) CISSP
9 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.29%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.53%) GRC
2 10 (2.94%) PCI DSS
3 8 (2.35%) NIST
4 5 (1.47%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (3.53%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.29%) Docker
2 1 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (2.06%) Terraform
2 6 (1.76%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.88%) MOM
Vendors
1 42 (12.35%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.12%) ServiceNow
3 13 (3.82%) Databricks
4 12 (3.53%) CrowdStrike
4 12 (3.53%) Palo Alto
4 12 (3.53%) Tenable
5 10 (2.94%) Oracle
6 3 (0.88%) OpenAI
6 3 (0.88%) SAP
7 2 (0.59%) Adobe
7 2 (0.59%) Okta
7 2 (0.59%) OpenText
7 2 (0.59%) VMware
8 1 (0.29%) F5
8 1 (0.29%) Google
8 1 (0.29%) HP
8 1 (0.29%) Informatica
8 1 (0.29%) Workday