Architect Job Trends in Manchester

Architect
North West > Manchester

The median Architect salary in Manchester is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 November 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 26 33
Rank change year-on-year -20 +7 +21
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 105 249 176
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.39% 6.97% 7.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.81% 7.29% 7.72%
Number of salaries quoted 59 128 127
10th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £60,750
25th Percentile £71,924 £68,938 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £79,632
Median % change year-on-year - +0.46% -3.48%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £101,750 £100,000 £97,000
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 2,185 3,415 2,279
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.31% 95.52% 96.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,438 1,704 1,847
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £33,245
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -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 18 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 18 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 -2 2 £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 18 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 39 (37.14%) Azure
2 37 (35.24%) Enterprise Architecture
3 36 (34.29%) AWS
4 26 (24.76%) Microsoft
5 25 (23.81%) TOGAF
6 20 (19.05%) AI
6 20 (19.05%) Roadmaps
7 17 (16.19%) Cybersecurity
7 17 (16.19%) Microservices
8 16 (15.24%) Agile
8 16 (15.24%) Oracle
9 15 (14.29%) DevOps
9 15 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (13.33%) CI/CD
10 14 (13.33%) OCI
11 13 (12.38%) Azure Certification
11 13 (12.38%) Degree
11 13 (12.38%) GCP
11 13 (12.38%) Google
12 11 (10.48%) C#
12 11 (10.48%) Data Management
12 11 (10.48%) ERP
12 11 (10.48%) Kubernetes
12 11 (10.48%) SaaS
12 11 (10.48%) Security Cleared
12 11 (10.48%) TOGAF Certification
13 10 (9.52%) Architectural Design
13 10 (9.52%) IT Strategy
13 10 (9.52%) NIST
13 10 (9.52%) Python

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 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 5 (4.76%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (2.86%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (2.86%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (2.86%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.90%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (1.90%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.95%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 39 (37.14%) Azure
2 36 (34.29%) AWS
3 14 (13.33%) OCI
4 13 (12.38%) GCP
5 11 (10.48%) SaaS
6 8 (7.62%) IaaS
7 7 (6.67%) PaaS
8 6 (5.71%) Amazon Bedrock
9 5 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (4.76%) GitHub
10 4 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (0.95%) Amazon ECS
11 1 (0.95%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.95%) Amazon SQS
11 1 (0.95%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.95%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.95%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.86%) SAN
2 2 (1.90%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.57%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.95%) DocumentDB
2 1 (0.95%) DynamoDB
2 1 (0.95%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (2.86%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 30 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 24 (22.86%) Finance
3 12 (11.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (10.48%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (10.48%) Public Sector
5 7 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (6.67%) Law
6 4 (3.81%) Banking
7 3 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.90%) General Ledger
8 2 (1.90%) Legal
9 1 (0.95%) Retail
9 1 (0.95%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.76%) .NET
2 3 (2.86%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.90%) Kafka
4 1 (0.95%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.95%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.95%) Django
4 1 (0.95%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.95%) Node.js
4 1 (0.95%) React
4 1 (0.95%) REST
4 1 (0.95%) SOAP
4 1 (0.95%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (19.05%) Cloud Native
2 15 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 9 (8.57%) Data Centre
4 7 (6.67%) AI Agents
5 6 (5.71%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (3.81%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.90%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.95%) IoT
9 1 (0.95%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.95%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (35.24%) Enterprise Architecture
2 25 (23.81%) TOGAF
3 20 (19.05%) AI
3 20 (19.05%) Roadmaps
4 17 (16.19%) Cybersecurity
4 17 (16.19%) Microservices
5 16 (15.24%) Agile
6 15 (14.29%) DevOps
6 15 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (13.33%) CI/CD
8 11 (10.48%) Data Management
8 11 (10.48%) ERP
9 10 (9.52%) Architectural Design
9 10 (9.52%) IT Strategy
9 10 (9.52%) Technology Roadmap
10 9 (8.57%) Analytics
10 9 (8.57%) SDLC
10 9 (8.57%) Software Licensing
10 9 (8.57%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (8.57%) UML
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.48%) C#
2 10 (9.52%) Python
3 9 (8.57%) SQL
4 8 (7.62%) Java
5 4 (3.81%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.86%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 13 (12.38%) Azure Certification
1 13 (12.38%) Degree
2 11 (10.48%) Security Cleared
2 11 (10.48%) TOGAF Certification
3 9 (8.57%) SC Cleared
4 8 (7.62%) AWS Certification
4 8 (7.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 5 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (3.81%) CISSP
7 3 (2.86%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.90%) CISM
8 2 (1.90%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.95%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.52%) NIST
2 7 (6.67%) GDPR
2 7 (6.67%) HIPAA
3 3 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.90%) GRC
5 1 (0.95%) NCSC
5 1 (0.95%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.95%) QA
System Software
1 9 (8.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (10.48%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.81%) Terraform
3 3 (2.86%) Ansible
4 1 (0.95%) VxRail
Vendors
1 26 (24.76%) Microsoft
2 16 (15.24%) Oracle
3 13 (12.38%) Google
4 9 (8.57%) Adobe
4 9 (8.57%) Apple
4 9 (8.57%) Palo Alto
5 6 (5.71%) BiZZdesign
6 4 (3.81%) SAP
6 4 (3.81%) VMware
7 3 (2.86%) Workday
8 1 (0.95%) Dell
8 1 (0.95%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.95%) NetApp
8 1 (0.95%) Salesforce