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 12 August 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 74 22
Rank change year-on-year +49 -52 +13
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 387 103 330
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.65% 4.15% 7.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.98% 4.54% 7.77%
Number of salaries quoted 292 56 217
10th Percentile £62,000 £60,625 £55,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £62,875 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% +0.46%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £90,000
90th Percentile - £108,750 £100,000
North West median annual salary £83,750 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +4.69% +6.67% -5.82%

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 6,469 2,269 4,247
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.52% 91.34% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 5,090 1,363 2,900
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,063 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £88,216 £83,163
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 12 August 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 12 August 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 +7 32 £80,000 -3.38% 2
Stockport - 2 £50,000 - 3
Wigan - 1 £80,000 -
Oldham - 1 £69,928 -
Architect
North West

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

For the 6 months to 12 August 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 80 (20.67%) AWS
2 68 (17.57%) AI
3 56 (14.47%) Azure
4 51 (13.18%) Microsoft
5 37 (9.56%) Roadmaps
5 37 (9.56%) Security Architecture
6 34 (8.79%) Security Cleared
7 33 (8.53%) Cybersecurity
8 30 (7.75%) CI/CD
8 30 (7.75%) Cloud Security
8 30 (7.75%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 25 (6.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 24 (6.20%) Enterprise Architecture
10 24 (6.20%) Presales
11 23 (5.94%) Data Architecture
11 23 (5.94%) DevOps
11 23 (5.94%) IT Strategy
11 23 (5.94%) SaaS
11 23 (5.94%) SC Cleared
11 23 (5.94%) Stakeholder Management
12 22 (5.68%) Technology Strategy
12 22 (5.68%) TOGAF
13 20 (5.17%) SDLC
14 19 (4.91%) Application Security
14 19 (4.91%) Microservices
15 18 (4.65%) Decision-Making
15 18 (4.65%) Migration
15 18 (4.65%) Python
15 18 (4.65%) Threat Modelling
16 17 (4.39%) Business Strategy

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 (0.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (0.78%) Oracle Cash Management
1 3 (0.78%) Oracle ERP
1 3 (0.78%) Oracle General Ledger
1 3 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
1 3 (0.78%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.26%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 80 (20.67%) AWS
2 56 (14.47%) Azure
3 23 (5.94%) SaaS
4 17 (4.39%) GCP
5 15 (3.88%) Power Platform
6 13 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (3.36%) Serverless
7 5 (1.29%) dbt
7 5 (1.29%) OCI
8 4 (1.03%) Amazon EMR
8 4 (1.03%) Amazon S3
8 4 (1.03%) Azure AI
8 4 (1.03%) GitHub
9 3 (0.78%) Anthropic Claude
9 3 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.78%) Zapier
10 2 (0.52%) Snowflake
10 2 (0.52%) Workato
11 1 (0.26%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.55%) Network Security
2 1 (0.26%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.29%) Data Lake
2 4 (1.03%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.78%) Power BI
3 3 (0.78%) Tableau
4 2 (0.52%) SAP HANA
4 2 (0.52%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.26%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.26%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 12 (3.10%) Snyk
2 2 (0.52%) JIRA
3 1 (0.26%) MLflow
General
1 55 (14.21%) Finance
2 31 (8.01%) Social Skills
3 23 (5.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 20 (5.17%) Public Sector
5 11 (2.84%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (1.81%) Marketing
7 6 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.29%) Banking
8 5 (1.29%) Retail
9 4 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.78%) Law
11 2 (0.52%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.26%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.36%) .NET
2 12 (3.10%) Kafka
3 5 (1.29%) Node.js
3 5 (1.29%) PySpark
4 4 (1.03%) Backbone.js
4 4 (1.03%) JWT
4 4 (1.03%) OAuth
4 4 (1.03%) OpenID
4 4 (1.03%) React
4 4 (1.03%) SAML
4 4 (1.03%) Spring
4 4 (1.03%) Spring Boot
5 2 (0.52%) SAP Basis
6 1 (0.26%) NestJS
6 1 (0.26%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.65%) Cloud Native
2 16 (4.13%) Data Centre
3 8 (2.07%) AI Agents
3 8 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (1.03%) CCTV
4 4 (1.03%) Marketing Technology
4 4 (1.03%) Onboarding
5 3 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (0.78%) FMCG
6 2 (0.52%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (0.52%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.52%) Operational Technology
6 2 (0.52%) Private Cloud
6 2 (0.52%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.26%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.26%) Online Gambling
7 1 (0.26%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.26%) Smart Meter
7 1 (0.26%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (17.57%) AI
2 37 (9.56%) Roadmaps
2 37 (9.56%) Security Architecture
3 33 (8.53%) Cybersecurity
4 30 (7.75%) CI/CD
4 30 (7.75%) Cloud Security
4 30 (7.75%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 25 (6.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 24 (6.20%) Enterprise Architecture
6 24 (6.20%) Presales
7 23 (5.94%) Data Architecture
7 23 (5.94%) DevOps
7 23 (5.94%) IT Strategy
7 23 (5.94%) Stakeholder Management
8 22 (5.68%) Technology Strategy
8 22 (5.68%) TOGAF
9 20 (5.17%) SDLC
10 19 (4.91%) Application Security
10 19 (4.91%) Microservices
11 18 (4.65%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 18 (4.65%) Python
2 10 (2.58%) Java
3 6 (1.55%) SQL
4 5 (1.29%) C#
4 5 (1.29%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.52%) R
6 1 (0.26%) Go
6 1 (0.26%) Scala
6 1 (0.26%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 34 (8.79%) Security Cleared
2 23 (5.94%) SC Cleared
3 11 (2.84%) Degree
4 9 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.07%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.29%) TOGAF Certification
7 4 (1.03%) CCNP
7 4 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.03%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.03%) MBA
8 1 (0.26%) CISM
8 1 (0.26%) CISSP
8 1 (0.26%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.10%) GRC
2 8 (2.07%) NIST
2 8 (2.07%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.03%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.78%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (3.10%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (1.55%) Kubernetes
1 6 (1.55%) Terraform
2 3 (0.78%) MOM
Vendors
1 51 (13.18%) Microsoft
2 15 (3.88%) Databricks
3 12 (3.10%) CrowdStrike
3 12 (3.10%) Palo Alto
3 12 (3.10%) Tenable
4 10 (2.58%) Oracle
5 9 (2.33%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.29%) OpenAI
7 4 (1.03%) Adobe
8 3 (0.78%) SAP
9 2 (0.52%) Okta
9 2 (0.52%) OpenText
10 1 (0.26%) Google
10 1 (0.26%) Workday