Senior Architect Job Trends in Manchester

Senior Architect
North West > Manchester

The median Senior Architect salary in Manchester is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 137 132
Rank change year-on-year +27 -5 +108
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Architect 22 19 19
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.75% 0.71% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.84% 0.76% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 18 9 10
10th Percentile £67,750 - -
25th Percentile £68,313 £50,000 £56,809
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £61,206 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.71% -9.32% -11.48%
75th Percentile £87,500 £66,389 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £67,301 £71,000
North West median annual salary £80,000 £61,992 £65,000
% change year-on-year +29.05% -4.63% -17.46%

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 2,606 2,502 2,404
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.34% 93.81% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,701 1,211 1,937
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £89,000 £86,250 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -5.87%

Senior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Senior Architect job vacancy trend in Manchester

Senior Architect
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for Senior Architect job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Architect job vacancies in Manchester

Senior Architect
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Architect in Manchester over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Architect in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Senior 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 Senior Architect in the job title.

1 10 (45.45%) Enterprise Architecture
2 8 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (36.36%) IT Strategy
3 6 (27.27%) AWS
3 6 (27.27%) Azure
4 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
4 5 (22.73%) OCI
4 5 (22.73%) Oracle
4 5 (22.73%) Service Delivery
4 5 (22.73%) Strategic Thinking
5 4 (18.18%) Degree
6 3 (13.64%) Business Transformation
6 3 (13.64%) CI/CD
6 3 (13.64%) Microservices
6 3 (13.64%) TOGAF
7 2 (9.09%) Anaplan
7 2 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
7 2 (9.09%) Continuous Delivery
7 2 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (9.09%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 2 (9.09%) Decision-Making
7 2 (9.09%) Feasibility Study
7 2 (9.09%) Genesys
7 2 (9.09%) High Availability
7 2 (9.09%) Knowledge Transfer
7 2 (9.09%) Lean Six Sigma
7 2 (9.09%) Low Latency
7 2 (9.09%) Mentoring
7 2 (9.09%) Migration

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (27.27%) AWS
1 6 (27.27%) Azure
2 5 (22.73%) OCI
3 2 (9.09%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.55%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) Power BI
1 2 (9.09%) Tableau
2 1 (4.55%) NoSQL
General
1 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Games
3 2 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Cloud Native
2 2 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Enterprise Architecture
2 8 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (36.36%) IT Strategy
3 5 (22.73%) Service Delivery
3 5 (22.73%) Strategic Thinking
4 3 (13.64%) Business Transformation
4 3 (13.64%) CI/CD
4 3 (13.64%) Microservices
4 3 (13.64%) TOGAF
5 2 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (9.09%) Continuous Delivery
5 2 (9.09%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 2 (9.09%) Decision-Making
5 2 (9.09%) Feasibility Study
5 2 (9.09%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (9.09%) Low Latency
5 2 (9.09%) Mentoring
5 2 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (9.09%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) C#
1 1 (4.55%) Java
1 1 (4.55%) Python
1 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Degree
2 2 (9.09%) PMI Certification
2 2 (9.09%) PMP
3 1 (4.55%) AWS Certification
3 1 (4.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) GDPR
1 1 (4.55%) HIPAA
1 1 (4.55%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
1 5 (22.73%) Oracle
2 2 (9.09%) Anaplan
2 2 (9.09%) Genesys
2 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow
2 2 (9.09%) Verint
3 1 (4.55%) Google