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 7 July 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 77 30
Rank change year-on-year +53 -47 +15
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 366 100 361
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.76% 4.11% 6.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.11% 4.50% 6.70%
Number of salaries quoted 284 67 248
10th Percentile £61,475 £60,750 £56,809
25th Percentile £75,000 £62,750 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £80,000 £78,984
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +1.29% +4.54%
75th Percentile £100,000 £98,125 £90,000
90th Percentile - £108,750 £100,000
North West median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% - -3.23%

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 5,993 2,223 5,390
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.39% 91.44% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 4,722 1,329 4,055
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,047
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -6.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £67,968
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £81,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,055 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.88% +0.11% -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 7 July 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 7 July 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 +6 29 £87,500 +5.68% 3
Bolton +10 2 £82,500 +10.00% 1
Stockport - 2 £50,000 -
Oldham - 1 £69,928 -
Wigan - 1 £80,000 -
Architect
North West

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

For the 6 months to 7 July 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 65 (17.76%) AWS
2 57 (15.57%) AI
3 56 (15.30%) Azure
4 50 (13.66%) Microsoft
5 38 (10.38%) Roadmaps
6 31 (8.47%) Cybersecurity
6 31 (8.47%) Security Architecture
7 30 (8.20%) Cloud Security
7 30 (8.20%) Security Cleared
8 28 (7.65%) CI/CD
9 27 (7.38%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 27 (7.38%) IT Strategy
10 25 (6.83%) SC Cleared
11 24 (6.56%) TOGAF
12 23 (6.28%) DevOps
12 23 (6.28%) Technology Strategy
13 22 (6.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 21 (5.74%) Enterprise Architecture
14 21 (5.74%) Presales
14 21 (5.74%) Thought Leadership
15 20 (5.46%) Data Architecture
15 20 (5.46%) SDLC
16 19 (5.19%) Application Security
16 19 (5.19%) Decision-Making
17 18 (4.92%) Python
17 18 (4.92%) SaaS
17 18 (4.92%) Threat Modelling
18 17 (4.64%) DevSecOps
18 17 (4.64%) Stakeholder Management
18 17 (4.64%) Strategic Thinking

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 (0.55%) Confluence
1 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.27%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 65 (17.76%) AWS
2 56 (15.30%) Azure
3 18 (4.92%) SaaS
4 16 (4.37%) Dynamics 365
4 16 (4.37%) GCP
5 15 (4.10%) Power Platform
6 14 (3.83%) Serverless
7 6 (1.64%) GitHub
8 4 (1.09%) Amazon EMR
8 4 (1.09%) Amazon S3
8 4 (1.09%) Azure AI
9 3 (0.82%) Anthropic Claude
9 3 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.82%) dbt
9 3 (0.82%) Zapier
10 2 (0.55%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.55%) Workato
11 1 (0.27%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.27%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.64%) Network Security
2 2 (0.55%) SAN
3 1 (0.27%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.64%) Data Lake
2 5 (1.37%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.09%) Power BI
3 4 (1.09%) Tableau
4 2 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.55%) Db2
4 2 (0.55%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.55%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.27%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.27%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.27%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 12 (3.28%) Snyk
2 2 (0.55%) JIRA
2 2 (0.55%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.27%) MLflow
General
1 49 (13.39%) Finance
2 28 (7.65%) Social Skills
3 21 (5.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (5.74%) Public Sector
4 10 (2.73%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (1.91%) Marketing
6 5 (1.37%) Banking
7 4 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (0.82%) Retail
9 2 (0.55%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.55%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.27%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.28%) Kafka
2 11 (3.01%) .NET
3 5 (1.37%) Node.js
3 5 (1.37%) PySpark
4 4 (1.09%) Backbone.js
4 4 (1.09%) JWT
4 4 (1.09%) OAuth
4 4 (1.09%) OpenID
4 4 (1.09%) React
4 4 (1.09%) SAML
4 4 (1.09%) Spring
4 4 (1.09%) Spring Boot
5 2 (0.55%) SAP Basis
6 1 (0.27%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.37%) Cloud Native
1 16 (4.37%) Data Centre
2 8 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (1.91%) Operational Technology
4 4 (1.09%) CCTV
4 4 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (0.82%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (0.55%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (0.55%) IoT
6 2 (0.55%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.55%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.55%) Private Cloud
6 2 (0.55%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.55%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.27%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.27%) FMCG
7 1 (0.27%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.27%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.27%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (15.57%) AI
2 38 (10.38%) Roadmaps
3 31 (8.47%) Cybersecurity
3 31 (8.47%) Security Architecture
4 30 (8.20%) Cloud Security
5 28 (7.65%) CI/CD
6 27 (7.38%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 27 (7.38%) IT Strategy
7 24 (6.56%) TOGAF
8 23 (6.28%) DevOps
8 23 (6.28%) Technology Strategy
9 22 (6.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 21 (5.74%) Enterprise Architecture
10 21 (5.74%) Presales
10 21 (5.74%) Thought Leadership
11 20 (5.46%) Data Architecture
11 20 (5.46%) SDLC
12 19 (5.19%) Application Security
12 19 (5.19%) Decision-Making
13 18 (4.92%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 18 (4.92%) Python
2 10 (2.73%) Java
2 10 (2.73%) SQL
3 4 (1.09%) C#
3 4 (1.09%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.55%) Bicep
4 2 (0.55%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 30 (8.20%) Security Cleared
2 25 (6.83%) SC Cleared
3 10 (2.73%) Degree
4 8 (2.19%) TOGAF Certification
5 7 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.37%) CCNP
6 5 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.37%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.82%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.82%) MBA
8 2 (0.55%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.27%) CISM
9 1 (0.27%) CISSP
9 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.27%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.28%) GRC
2 8 (2.19%) NIST
2 8 (2.19%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.82%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
System Software
1 12 (3.28%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.27%) Docker
2 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (1.91%) Terraform
2 5 (1.37%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.82%) MOM
Vendors
1 50 (13.66%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.55%) Databricks
2 13 (3.55%) ServiceNow
3 12 (3.28%) CrowdStrike
3 12 (3.28%) Palo Alto
3 12 (3.28%) Tenable
4 8 (2.19%) Oracle
5 4 (1.09%) OpenAI
6 3 (0.82%) Adobe
6 3 (0.82%) SAP
7 2 (0.55%) Okta
7 2 (0.55%) OpenText
7 2 (0.55%) VMware
8 1 (0.27%) F5
8 1 (0.27%) Google
8 1 (0.27%) HP
8 1 (0.27%) Informatica
8 1 (0.27%) Workday