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 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 34 34
Rank change year-on-year -9 0 +28
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 113 166 145
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.31% 5.81% 6.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.83% 6.18% 7.14%
Number of salaries quoted 71 89 111
10th Percentile £63,000 £54,500 £61,250
25th Percentile £70,625 £63,925 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £79,632
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -5.82% -3.48%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
North West median annual salary £80,000 £70,000 £79,632
% change year-on-year +14.29% -12.10% -0.46%

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 2,338 2,688 2,032
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.27% 94.05% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,458 1,329 1,636
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +0.88%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.99% -8.18% +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 16 December 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 16 December 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
Stockport +4 1 £77,500 -
Salford +2 1 £74,830 -0.76%
Architect
North West

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

For the 6 months to 16 December 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 36 (31.86%) Azure
1 36 (31.86%) Enterprise Architecture
2 29 (25.66%) AWS
3 24 (21.24%) Microsoft
4 20 (17.70%) AI
4 20 (17.70%) TOGAF
5 18 (15.93%) Cybersecurity
5 18 (15.93%) Microservices
6 17 (15.04%) Stakeholder Management
7 16 (14.16%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (14.16%) Roadmaps
7 16 (14.16%) UML
8 15 (13.27%) Degree
9 14 (12.39%) SaaS
10 13 (11.50%) Agile
11 12 (10.62%) CI/CD
11 12 (10.62%) IaaS
12 11 (9.73%) DevOps
12 11 (9.73%) IT Strategy
12 11 (9.73%) Oracle
12 11 (9.73%) PaaS
12 11 (9.73%) Security Cleared
12 11 (9.73%) Time Management
13 10 (8.85%) ArchiMate
13 10 (8.85%) OCI
13 10 (8.85%) Software Engineering
13 10 (8.85%) Strategic Thinking
14 9 (7.96%) Adobe
14 9 (7.96%) Apple
14 9 (7.96%) Azure Certification

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 (2.65%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (1.77%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (1.77%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (1.77%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (1.77%) Oracle Receivables
1 2 (1.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 36 (31.86%) Azure
2 29 (25.66%) AWS
3 14 (12.39%) SaaS
4 12 (10.62%) IaaS
5 11 (9.73%) PaaS
6 10 (8.85%) OCI
7 8 (7.08%) GCP
8 6 (5.31%) Amazon Bedrock
9 5 (4.42%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (4.42%) GitHub
9 5 (4.42%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (2.65%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.88%) Amazon ECS
11 1 (0.88%) Amazon SQS
11 1 (0.88%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.88%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.88%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.88%) Collibra
11 1 (0.88%) Serverless
11 1 (0.88%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.65%) SAN
2 1 (0.88%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.42%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.77%) Power BI
2 2 (1.77%) Tableau
3 1 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.88%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (2.65%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 29 (25.66%) Social Skills
2 27 (23.89%) Finance
3 12 (10.62%) Public Sector
4 11 (9.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (8.85%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (3.54%) Law
7 4 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.65%) Banking
9 2 (1.77%) Games
9 2 (1.77%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.88%) Aeronautics
10 1 (0.88%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.88%) Automotive
10 1 (0.88%) Legal
10 1 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.54%) .NET
2 3 (2.65%) Kafka
2 3 (2.65%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.88%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.88%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.88%) Django
3 1 (0.88%) Node.js
3 1 (0.88%) React
3 1 (0.88%) Snowpark
3 1 (0.88%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (15.93%) Cloud Native
2 9 (7.96%) Data Centre
2 9 (7.96%) Greenfield Project
3 7 (6.19%) AI Agents
3 7 (6.19%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (6.19%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.54%) IoT
5 3 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.77%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.77%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.88%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (31.86%) Enterprise Architecture
2 20 (17.70%) AI
2 20 (17.70%) TOGAF
3 18 (15.93%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (15.93%) Microservices
4 17 (15.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 16 (14.16%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (14.16%) Roadmaps
5 16 (14.16%) UML
6 13 (11.50%) Agile
7 12 (10.62%) CI/CD
8 11 (9.73%) DevOps
8 11 (9.73%) IT Strategy
8 11 (9.73%) Time Management
9 10 (8.85%) ArchiMate
9 10 (8.85%) Software Engineering
9 10 (8.85%) Strategic Thinking
10 9 (7.96%) Customer Engagement
10 9 (7.96%) Software Licensing
11 8 (7.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.08%) C#
1 8 (7.08%) Python
2 5 (4.42%) SQL
3 4 (3.54%) Java
3 4 (3.54%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.65%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 15 (13.27%) Degree
2 11 (9.73%) Security Cleared
3 9 (7.96%) Azure Certification
3 9 (7.96%) SC Cleared
4 7 (6.19%) TOGAF Certification
5 4 (3.54%) AWS Certification
5 4 (3.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 4 (3.54%) CISSP
6 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.77%) CISM
7 2 (1.77%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.77%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.77%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.77%) PMP
8 1 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.88%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.31%) NIST
2 4 (3.54%) GDPR
2 4 (3.54%) HIPAA
3 2 (1.77%) GRC
3 2 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.77%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (5.31%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (6.19%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.54%) Terraform
3 2 (1.77%) Ansible
4 1 (0.88%) VxRail
Vendors
1 24 (21.24%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.73%) Oracle
3 9 (7.96%) Adobe
3 9 (7.96%) Apple
3 9 (7.96%) BiZZdesign
3 9 (7.96%) Palo Alto
4 7 (6.19%) Google
5 5 (4.42%) ServiceNow
6 4 (3.54%) VMware
7 3 (2.65%) SAP
7 3 (2.65%) Workday
8 2 (1.77%) Anaplan
8 2 (1.77%) Genesys
8 2 (1.77%) Verint
9 1 (0.88%) Dell
9 1 (0.88%) NetApp
9 1 (0.88%) Pega