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 19 July 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 71 27
Rank change year-on-year +47 -44 +17
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 377 108 355
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.86% 4.34% 6.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.21% 4.74% 7.04%
Number of salaries quoted 295 68 242
10th Percentile £62,000 £60,875 £56,809
25th Percentile £75,000 £62,875 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £80,000 £79,842
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +0.20% +3.02%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,813 £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% - -4.54%

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 6,071 2,280 5,043
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.42% 91.60% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 4,790 1,364 3,722
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £30,525
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £76,100 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £81,250
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 19 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 19 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 +7 32 £85,000 +2.66% 3
Bolton +10 2 £82,500 +10.00% 1
Stockport - 2 £50,000 - 1
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 19 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 72 (19.10%) AWS
2 61 (16.18%) AI
3 57 (15.12%) Azure
4 51 (13.53%) Microsoft
5 37 (9.81%) Roadmaps
6 34 (9.02%) Security Cleared
7 32 (8.49%) Security Architecture
8 30 (7.96%) CI/CD
8 30 (7.96%) Cloud Security
9 29 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
9 29 (7.69%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 27 (7.16%) SC Cleared
11 26 (6.90%) IT Strategy
12 25 (6.63%) DevOps
12 25 (6.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 24 (6.37%) TOGAF
14 22 (5.84%) Data Architecture
14 22 (5.84%) Presales
14 22 (5.84%) Technology Strategy
15 21 (5.57%) Enterprise Architecture
16 20 (5.31%) SDLC
16 20 (5.31%) Stakeholder Management
16 20 (5.31%) Thought Leadership
17 19 (5.04%) Application Security
17 19 (5.04%) SaaS
18 18 (4.77%) Decision-Making
18 18 (4.77%) Python
18 18 (4.77%) Threat Modelling
19 17 (4.51%) Continuous Improvement
19 17 (4.51%) DevSecOps

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 (0.53%) Confluence
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.27%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 72 (19.10%) AWS
2 57 (15.12%) Azure
3 19 (5.04%) SaaS
4 16 (4.24%) Dynamics 365
4 16 (4.24%) GCP
5 15 (3.98%) Power Platform
6 13 (3.45%) Serverless
7 5 (1.33%) dbt
7 5 (1.33%) GitHub
8 4 (1.06%) Amazon EMR
8 4 (1.06%) Amazon S3
8 4 (1.06%) Azure AI
9 3 (0.80%) Anthropic Claude
9 3 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.80%) Zapier
10 2 (0.53%) Workato
11 1 (0.27%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.27%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.27%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.59%) Network Security
2 1 (0.27%) BIG-IP
2 1 (0.27%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.33%) Data Lake
1 5 (1.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.80%) Power BI
2 3 (0.80%) Tableau
3 2 (0.53%) Db2
3 2 (0.53%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.53%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.27%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.27%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 12 (3.18%) Snyk
2 2 (0.53%) JIRA
3 1 (0.27%) MLflow
3 1 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 50 (13.26%) Finance
2 30 (7.96%) Social Skills
3 23 (6.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 21 (5.57%) Public Sector
5 11 (2.92%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (1.86%) Marketing
8 5 (1.33%) Banking
9 4 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.06%) Retail
10 2 (0.53%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.53%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.27%) Law
11 1 (0.27%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.18%) .NET
1 12 (3.18%) Kafka
2 5 (1.33%) Node.js
2 5 (1.33%) PySpark
3 4 (1.06%) Backbone.js
3 4 (1.06%) JWT
3 4 (1.06%) OAuth
3 4 (1.06%) OpenID
3 4 (1.06%) React
3 4 (1.06%) SAML
3 4 (1.06%) Spring
3 4 (1.06%) Spring Boot
4 2 (0.53%) SAP Basis
5 1 (0.27%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.77%) Cloud Native
2 16 (4.24%) Data Centre
3 8 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (1.06%) CCTV
4 4 (1.06%) Marketing Technology
4 4 (1.06%) Onboarding
5 3 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (0.80%) Operational Technology
6 2 (0.53%) AI Agents
6 2 (0.53%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (0.53%) FMCG
6 2 (0.53%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.53%) Private Cloud
6 2 (0.53%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.53%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.27%) IoT
7 1 (0.27%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.27%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.27%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (16.18%) AI
2 37 (9.81%) Roadmaps
3 32 (8.49%) Security Architecture
4 30 (7.96%) CI/CD
4 30 (7.96%) Cloud Security
5 29 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
5 29 (7.69%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 26 (6.90%) IT Strategy
7 25 (6.63%) DevOps
7 25 (6.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 24 (6.37%) TOGAF
9 22 (5.84%) Data Architecture
9 22 (5.84%) Presales
9 22 (5.84%) Technology Strategy
10 21 (5.57%) Enterprise Architecture
11 20 (5.31%) SDLC
11 20 (5.31%) Stakeholder Management
11 20 (5.31%) Thought Leadership
12 19 (5.04%) Application Security
13 18 (4.77%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 18 (4.77%) Python
2 10 (2.65%) Java
2 10 (2.65%) SQL
3 5 (1.33%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.06%) C#
5 1 (0.27%) Bicep
5 1 (0.27%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 34 (9.02%) Security Cleared
2 27 (7.16%) SC Cleared
3 11 (2.92%) Degree
4 8 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.86%) DV Cleared
5 7 (1.86%) TOGAF Certification
6 5 (1.33%) CCNP
6 5 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.06%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.06%) MBA
8 1 (0.27%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.27%) CISM
8 1 (0.27%) CISSP
8 1 (0.27%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.18%) GRC
2 8 (2.12%) NIST
2 8 (2.12%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.06%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.80%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (3.18%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.27%) Docker
2 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (1.86%) Terraform
2 5 (1.33%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.80%) MOM
Vendors
1 51 (13.53%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.45%) Databricks
3 12 (3.18%) CrowdStrike
3 12 (3.18%) Palo Alto
3 12 (3.18%) Tenable
4 11 (2.92%) ServiceNow
5 9 (2.39%) Oracle
6 5 (1.33%) OpenAI
7 4 (1.06%) Adobe
8 3 (0.80%) SAP
9 2 (0.53%) Okta
9 2 (0.53%) OpenText
10 1 (0.27%) F5
10 1 (0.27%) Google
10 1 (0.27%) HP
10 1 (0.27%) VMware
10 1 (0.27%) Workday