Solutions Architect Jobs in Manchester

Solution Architect
North West > Manchester

The median Solution Architect salary in Manchester is £67,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 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
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 108 138
Rank change year-on-year -8 +30 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 39 117 111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.77% 2.28% 2.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.96% 2.41% 2.44%
Number of salaries quoted 27 88 49
10th Percentile £55,500 £60,000 £59,500
25th Percentile £59,584 £62,500 £69,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £70,576 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.07% -11.78% -10.11%
75th Percentile £82,500 £86,563 £96,250
90th Percentile £109,000 £98,931 £104,500
North West median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% -6.67% -3.23%

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 1,992 4,849 4,551
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.30% 94.50% 91.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,288 3,739 2,670
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.26% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,000 £81,250 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Manchester

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Solutions Architect in Manchester

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Manchester over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, Solutions 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 Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 19 (48.72%) Roadmaps
2 18 (46.15%) Azure
3 14 (35.90%) Microsoft
4 13 (33.33%) TOGAF
5 11 (28.21%) SQL
5 11 (28.21%) AWS
5 11 (28.21%) Enterprise Architecture
6 9 (23.08%) Agile
7 8 (20.51%) Time Management
7 8 (20.51%) Analytics
7 8 (20.51%) DevOps
7 8 (20.51%) Presales
7 8 (20.51%) Architectural Design
8 7 (17.95%) Social Skills
8 7 (17.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (17.95%) CI/CD
8 7 (17.95%) Microservices
8 7 (17.95%) Kubernetes
8 7 (17.95%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (17.95%) Docker
9 6 (15.38%) Software Licensing
9 6 (15.38%) Degree
9 6 (15.38%) Artificial Intelligence
9 6 (15.38%) Adobe
9 6 (15.38%) Apple
9 6 (15.38%) GCP
9 6 (15.38%) Cloud Native
9 6 (15.38%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (12.82%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (12.82%) Technology Roadmap

Solutions 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 (5.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (46.15%) Azure
2 11 (28.21%) AWS
3 6 (15.38%) GCP
4 5 (12.82%) Azure Data Factory
4 5 (12.82%) Power Platform
4 5 (12.82%) SaaS
5 3 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (5.13%) Amazon ECS
6 2 (5.13%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (5.13%) Amazon SQS
6 2 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (5.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (5.13%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (5.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (5.13%) Entra ID
6 2 (5.13%) GitHub
6 2 (5.13%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (5.13%) IaaS
6 2 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (5.13%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.69%) DNS
1 3 (7.69%) LAN
2 2 (5.13%) Firewall
2 2 (5.13%) WAN
3 1 (2.56%) DHCP
3 1 (2.56%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.82%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (10.26%) Data Lake
2 4 (10.26%) NoSQL
3 2 (5.13%) Amazon Aurora
3 2 (5.13%) DynamoDB
3 2 (5.13%) MySQL
3 2 (5.13%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (5.13%) Power BI
3 2 (5.13%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.56%) GIS
General
1 7 (17.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 7 (17.95%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.26%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (5.13%) Manufacturing
3 2 (5.13%) Marketing
3 2 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
3 2 (5.13%) Retail
4 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Aviation
4 1 (2.56%) Finance
4 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) .NET
2 2 (5.13%) React
3 1 (2.56%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.56%) EDI
3 1 (2.56%) jQuery
3 1 (2.56%) Middleware
3 1 (2.56%) REST
3 1 (2.56%) SOAP
3 1 (2.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.38%) Cloud Native
2 5 (12.82%) Management Information System
3 3 (7.69%) Product Ownership
3 3 (7.69%) Public Cloud
4 2 (5.13%) Distributed Architecture
4 2 (5.13%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.56%) CCTV
5 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (48.72%) Roadmaps
2 13 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 11 (28.21%) Enterprise Architecture
4 9 (23.08%) Agile
5 8 (20.51%) Analytics
5 8 (20.51%) Architectural Design
5 8 (20.51%) DevOps
5 8 (20.51%) Presales
5 8 (20.51%) Time Management
6 7 (17.95%) CI/CD
6 7 (17.95%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (17.95%) Microservices
7 6 (15.38%) Artificial Intelligence
7 6 (15.38%) Software Licensing
8 5 (12.82%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (12.82%) Technology Roadmap
8 5 (12.82%) UML
9 4 (10.26%) Data Management
9 4 (10.26%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (10.26%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 11 (28.21%) SQL
2 5 (12.82%) Python
3 4 (10.26%) C#
3 4 (10.26%) Java
4 2 (5.13%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (15.38%) Degree
2 4 (10.26%) AWS Certification
2 4 (10.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 4 (10.26%) Azure Certification
3 2 (5.13%) CCNA
3 2 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (5.13%) JNCIA
3 2 (5.13%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.13%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) GDPR
1 4 (10.26%) HIPAA
1 4 (10.26%) NIST
2 1 (2.56%) GRC
2 1 (2.56%) QA
System Software
1 7 (17.95%) Docker
2 6 (15.38%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.56%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (17.95%) Kubernetes
2 2 (5.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (35.90%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.38%) Adobe
2 6 (15.38%) Apple
3 4 (10.26%) Google
4 2 (5.13%) Aruba
4 2 (5.13%) Cisco
4 2 (5.13%) Databricks
4 2 (5.13%) Fortinet
4 2 (5.13%) Juniper
5 1 (2.56%) IBM
5 1 (2.56%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.56%) VMware