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 to 2 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 41 54
Rank change year-on-year +13 +13 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 353 373 326
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 6.89% 7.53% 5.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.28% 8.22% 5.93%
Number of salaries quoted 218 120 166
10th Percentile £56,809 £56,219 £54,875
25th Percentile £62,500 £64,850 £66,760
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £92,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £120,000
North West median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 4,846 4,538 5,499
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.57% 97.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,745 2,661 3,706
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%

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 2 May 2024.

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 2 May 2024. 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 +24 10 £67,700 +0.30% 1
Cheadle +3 10 £50,000 -42.86%
Architect
North West

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, 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.

1 118 (33.43%) Azure
2 88 (24.93%) Agile
3 68 (19.26%) AWS
4 65 (18.41%) Actionable Insight
5 62 (17.56%) TOGAF
6 59 (16.71%) Roadmaps
7 58 (16.43%) Microsoft
8 57 (16.15%) Social Skills
9 54 (15.30%) Technical Architecture
10 47 (13.31%) Finance
11 46 (13.03%) Data Modelling
12 45 (12.75%) DevOps
12 45 (12.75%) GCP
13 44 (12.46%) Presales
14 42 (11.90%) Migration
15 40 (11.33%) Requirements Management
15 40 (11.33%) Public Cloud
16 38 (10.76%) Validation
16 38 (10.76%) Security Cleared
16 38 (10.76%) Network Architecture
17 37 (10.48%) Data Warehouse
17 37 (10.48%) Microservices
17 37 (10.48%) Cybersecurity
18 36 (10.20%) SaaS
18 36 (10.20%) Data Architecture
18 36 (10.20%) Software Engineering
19 35 (9.92%) Network Management
19 35 (9.92%) Analytics
20 34 (9.63%) Model Validation
21 33 (9.35%) VSAT

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 14 (3.97%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.13%) WebLogic
3 3 (0.85%) Apache
4 1 (0.28%) Anypoint
Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (1.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 118 (33.43%) Azure
2 68 (19.26%) AWS
3 45 (12.75%) GCP
4 36 (10.20%) SaaS
5 22 (6.23%) Dynamics 365
6 21 (5.95%) Power Platform
7 20 (5.67%) PaaS
8 17 (4.82%) IaaS
9 16 (4.53%) Microsoft 365
10 11 (3.12%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.70%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (1.42%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (1.42%) GitHub
12 5 (1.42%) Serverless
13 4 (1.13%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (1.13%) Amazon SQS
14 3 (0.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 2 (0.57%) Azure Event Grid
15 2 (0.57%) Azure Logic Apps
15 2 (0.57%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 33 (9.35%) VSAT
2 27 (7.65%) WAN
3 20 (5.67%) Network Security
4 19 (5.38%) SD-WAN
5 8 (2.27%) LAN
5 8 (2.27%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.70%) Cisco Firepower
7 5 (1.42%) Firewall
7 5 (1.42%) SSL
8 4 (1.13%) BGP
8 4 (1.13%) DNS
8 4 (1.13%) Multicast
8 4 (1.13%) OSPF
8 4 (1.13%) Software-Defined Networking
8 4 (1.13%) Wireless
8 4 (1.13%) WLAN
9 1 (0.28%) IPsec
9 1 (0.28%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (10.48%) Data Warehouse
2 15 (4.25%) Metadata
3 14 (3.97%) NoSQL
4 9 (2.55%) BigQuery
4 9 (2.55%) Relational Database
5 8 (2.27%) Looker
6 7 (1.98%) Data Lake
6 7 (1.98%) SQL Server
7 6 (1.70%) Data Vault
7 6 (1.70%) Power BI
8 5 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (1.42%) MySQL
8 5 (1.42%) RDBMS
8 5 (1.42%) Snowflake Schema
8 5 (1.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (1.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (1.42%) Star Schema
9 4 (1.13%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.85%) Flink
Development Applications
1 9 (2.55%) Git
2 6 (1.70%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (1.70%) Visual Studio
3 4 (1.13%) JIRA
3 4 (1.13%) Rational DOORS
General
1 57 (16.15%) Social Skills
2 47 (13.31%) Finance
3 22 (6.23%) Public Sector
4 21 (5.95%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (4.82%) Banking
6 15 (4.25%) Legal
7 8 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (1.70%) Retail
9 5 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.13%) Law
11 3 (0.85%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (6.23%) .NET
2 10 (2.83%) React
3 7 (1.98%) RabbitMQ
4 6 (1.70%) OpenID
5 4 (1.13%) Akka
5 4 (1.13%) Spring Boot
6 3 (0.85%) Kafka
7 2 (0.57%) Django
7 2 (0.57%) Middleware
7 2 (0.57%) Node.js
7 2 (0.57%) Smart Contracts
8 1 (0.28%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.28%) Hibernate
8 1 (0.28%) JDBC
8 1 (0.28%) MACH
8 1 (0.28%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.28%) SAML
8 1 (0.28%) SOAP
8 1 (0.28%) Struts
8 1 (0.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 40 (11.33%) Public Cloud
2 24 (6.80%) Management Information System
3 17 (4.82%) Data Centre
4 14 (3.97%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.40%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (3.12%) Security Posture
6 11 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.83%) Blog
8 9 (2.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 9 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (2.27%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.98%) PKI
11 6 (1.70%) FMCG
11 6 (1.70%) IoT
11 6 (1.70%) Mainframe
12 5 (1.42%) Blockchain
12 5 (1.42%) Legacy Applications
13 4 (1.13%) Cyber Threat
13 4 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
13 4 (1.13%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.55%) Linux
2 5 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 5 (1.42%) Unix
3 1 (0.28%) HPUX
3 1 (0.28%) Solaris
3 1 (0.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (24.93%) Agile
2 65 (18.41%) Actionable Insight
3 62 (17.56%) TOGAF
4 59 (16.71%) Roadmaps
5 54 (15.30%) Technical Architecture
6 46 (13.03%) Data Modelling
7 45 (12.75%) DevOps
8 44 (12.46%) Presales
9 42 (11.90%) Migration
10 40 (11.33%) Requirements Management
11 38 (10.76%) Network Architecture
11 38 (10.76%) Validation
12 37 (10.48%) Cybersecurity
12 37 (10.48%) Microservices
13 36 (10.20%) Data Architecture
13 36 (10.20%) Software Engineering
14 35 (9.92%) Analytics
14 35 (9.92%) Network Management
15 34 (9.63%) Model Validation
16 32 (9.07%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 14 (3.97%) C#
1 14 (3.97%) SQL
2 8 (2.27%) Python
3 7 (1.98%) Java
4 3 (0.85%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (10.76%) Security Cleared
2 28 (7.93%) Degree
3 26 (7.37%) Cisco Certification
3 26 (7.37%) SC Cleared
4 17 (4.82%) CISSP
5 16 (4.53%) Azure Certification
6 15 (4.25%) AWS Certification
7 14 (3.97%) CISM
8 12 (3.40%) CCNP
9 11 (3.12%) CCNA
10 10 (2.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 8 (2.27%) CCSK
11 8 (2.27%) CCSP
12 7 (1.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (1.70%) CEH
14 5 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (1.42%) OCP
14 5 (1.42%) Oracle Certification
14 5 (1.42%) TOGAF Certification
15 4 (1.13%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.52%) Data Quality
2 18 (5.10%) GDPR
3 15 (4.25%) NIST
4 7 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.70%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.42%) QA
7 3 (0.85%) COBIT
7 3 (0.85%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (3.12%) Docker
2 1 (0.28%) RACF
2 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (3.40%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.55%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (1.98%) Terraform
4 6 (1.70%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (1.70%) Stealthwatch
5 5 (1.42%) CASB
5 5 (1.42%) ZABBIX
6 3 (0.85%) OpenView
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Identity Management
7 1 (0.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 58 (16.43%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.80%) Google
3 19 (5.38%) Cisco
4 14 (3.97%) ServiceNow
5 12 (3.40%) Oracle
6 11 (3.12%) Adobe
6 11 (3.12%) Apple
6 11 (3.12%) Meraki
7 7 (1.98%) Databricks
7 7 (1.98%) Thales
8 5 (1.42%) Sparx
8 5 (1.42%) Tanium
9 4 (1.13%) BiZZdesign
9 4 (1.13%) HP
9 4 (1.13%) IBM
9 4 (1.13%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.85%) BMC
10 3 (0.85%) Remedy
11 2 (0.57%) SAP
12 1 (0.28%) Informatica