Architect Jobs in Manchester

Architect
North West > Manchester

The median Architect salary in Manchester is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 29 40
Rank change year-on-year -49 +11 +15
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 96 361 371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.25% 6.96% 7.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.71% 7.38% 8.24%
Number of salaries quoted 75 226 113
10th Percentile £58,917 £56,809 £56,219
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £64,850
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.46%
75th Percentile £88,541 £88,438 £91,250
90th Percentile £105,950 £100,000 £100,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £75,000 £73,676
% change year-on-year -20.00% +1.80% -1.77%

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 2,038 4,890 4,504
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.30% 94.29% 92.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,254 3,775 2,652
10th Percentile £31,999 £30,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.09% -5.22% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £93,375 £81,700 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Manchester

Architect
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Architect in Manchester.

Salary trend for Architect in Manchester

Architect
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in Manchester over the 6 months to 14 May 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 14 May 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
Bolton +1 17 £75,000 -25.00% 10
Salford +5 1 £82,801 +22.31% 5
Architect
North West

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 39 (40.63%) TOGAF
2 34 (35.42%) Social Skills
3 31 (32.29%) Roadmaps
4 27 (28.13%) Azure
5 25 (26.04%) Firewall
6 23 (23.96%) Agile
7 22 (22.92%) Management Information System
8 21 (21.88%) Microsoft
8 21 (21.88%) Security Architecture
8 21 (21.88%) Degree
8 21 (21.88%) Cybersecurity
8 21 (21.88%) NIST
9 20 (20.83%) GDPR
10 19 (19.79%) Collaborative Working
11 17 (17.71%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (17.71%) Information Security
11 17 (17.71%) CISSP
11 17 (17.71%) Cisco Certification
11 17 (17.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 16 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
12 16 (16.67%) CISM
12 16 (16.67%) Windows
12 16 (16.67%) Identity Management
12 16 (16.67%) Risk Management
13 15 (15.63%) Enterprise Architecture
13 15 (15.63%) DBS Check
13 15 (15.63%) SIEM
13 15 (15.63%) AWS
13 15 (15.63%) Information Assurance

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.08%) Apache Spark
1 2 (2.08%) IIS
1 2 (2.08%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.04%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 1 (1.04%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.04%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.04%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (28.13%) Azure
2 15 (15.63%) AWS
3 10 (10.42%) Power Platform
4 8 (8.33%) GCP
5 7 (7.29%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (6.25%) SaaS
7 5 (5.21%) Azure Data Factory
7 5 (5.21%) Azure Logic Apps
8 4 (4.17%) Azure Service Bus
8 4 (4.17%) Entra ID
8 4 (4.17%) Serverless
9 3 (3.13%) Azure Functions
9 3 (3.13%) IaaS
9 3 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (3.13%) PaaS
9 3 (3.13%) PowerApps
9 3 (3.13%) Snowflake
10 2 (2.08%) Amazon ECS
10 2 (2.08%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (2.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 25 (26.04%) Firewall
2 14 (14.58%) Intrusion Detection
3 9 (9.38%) WAN
4 8 (8.33%) LAN
5 6 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (5.21%) DNS
6 5 (5.21%) VPN
7 3 (3.13%) Network Security
7 3 (3.13%) TCP/IP
8 2 (2.08%) DMZ
8 2 (2.08%) SD-WAN
9 1 (1.04%) BGP
9 1 (1.04%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (1.04%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (1.04%) DHCP
9 1 (1.04%) EIGRP
9 1 (1.04%) IPsec
9 1 (1.04%) OSPF
9 1 (1.04%) TACACS
9 1 (1.04%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.29%) NoSQL
2 5 (5.21%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (4.17%) MySQL
4 3 (3.13%) Data Lake
4 3 (3.13%) Power BI
4 3 (3.13%) SQL Server
5 2 (2.08%) Amazon Aurora
5 2 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.08%) DynamoDB
5 2 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (2.08%) Tableau
6 1 (1.04%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (1.04%) Data Vault
6 1 (1.04%) GIS
6 1 (1.04%) Metadata
6 1 (1.04%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (1.04%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (1.04%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.04%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (2.08%) Git
2 1 (1.04%) Jenkins
General
1 34 (35.42%) Social Skills
2 16 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (11.46%) Finance
4 7 (7.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (6.25%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.17%) Banking
6 4 (4.17%) Law
6 4 (4.17%) Marketing
6 4 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (4.17%) Retail
7 3 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.08%) Electronics
8 2 (2.08%) Local Government
8 2 (2.08%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.04%) French Language
9 1 (1.04%) Games
9 1 (1.04%) Legal
9 1 (1.04%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.17%) REST
2 3 (3.13%) .NET
3 2 (2.08%) Kafka
3 2 (2.08%) React
4 1 (1.04%) 802.1X
4 1 (1.04%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (1.04%) EDI
4 1 (1.04%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 22 (22.92%) Management Information System
2 15 (15.63%) Security Posture
2 15 (15.63%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (14.58%) Social Media
3 14 (14.58%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 8 (8.33%) Cloud Native
5 6 (6.25%) Product Ownership
6 5 (5.21%) Public Cloud
7 3 (3.13%) Data Centre
7 3 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (2.08%) FMCG
8 2 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (1.04%) CCTV
9 1 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (1.04%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (1.04%) IoT
9 1 (1.04%) NHS
9 1 (1.04%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 16 (16.67%) Windows
2 14 (14.58%) Windows Vista
3 2 (2.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (40.63%) TOGAF
2 31 (32.29%) Roadmaps
3 23 (23.96%) Agile
4 21 (21.88%) Cybersecurity
4 21 (21.88%) Security Architecture
5 19 (19.79%) Collaborative Working
6 17 (17.71%) Information Security
6 17 (17.71%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (16.67%) Identity Management
7 16 (16.67%) Risk Management
8 15 (15.63%) Cloud Security
8 15 (15.63%) Computer Science
8 15 (15.63%) Enterprise Architecture
8 15 (15.63%) Incident Response
8 15 (15.63%) Information Assurance
8 15 (15.63%) Risk Analysis
8 15 (15.63%) SIEM
9 14 (14.58%) DevSecOps
9 14 (14.58%) Proactive Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.46%) SQL
2 8 (8.33%) Python
3 5 (5.21%) C#
4 4 (4.17%) Java
5 2 (2.08%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (1.04%) Bicep
6 1 (1.04%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.04%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (21.88%) Degree
2 17 (17.71%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (17.71%) CISSP
3 16 (16.67%) CISM
4 15 (15.63%) DBS Check
4 15 (15.63%) Master's Degree
5 14 (14.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 14 (14.58%) CEH
5 14 (14.58%) CISA
5 14 (14.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (9.38%) Security Cleared
7 6 (6.25%) SC Cleared
8 5 (5.21%) Azure Certification
9 4 (4.17%) AWS Certification
9 4 (4.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (3.13%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (2.08%) CCNA
11 2 (2.08%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (2.08%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (2.08%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (21.88%) NIST
2 20 (20.83%) GDPR
3 17 (17.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (4.17%) HIPAA
4 4 (4.17%) PCI DSS
5 3 (3.13%) Accessibility
5 3 (3.13%) NCSC
6 2 (2.08%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (2.08%) QA
7 1 (1.04%) Data Quality
7 1 (1.04%) GRC
System Software
1 6 (6.25%) Docker
2 3 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.04%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (8.33%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.13%) Terraform
3 1 (1.04%) Ansible
3 1 (1.04%) Istio
3 1 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.38%) Cisco
3 7 (7.29%) Aruba
3 7 (7.29%) Fortinet
3 7 (7.29%) Juniper
4 5 (5.21%) Google
4 5 (5.21%) Oracle
4 5 (5.21%) ServiceNow
5 4 (4.17%) SAP
6 3 (3.13%) Adobe
6 3 (3.13%) Apple
6 3 (3.13%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.08%) Databricks
7 2 (2.08%) VMware
8 1 (1.04%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.04%) Computacenter
8 1 (1.04%) IBM
8 1 (1.04%) Meraki
8 1 (1.04%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.04%) Workday