System Design Authority Job Trends in Manchester

Systems Design Authority
North West > Manchester

As of 12 September 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Systems Design Authority salary in Manchester.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a System Design Authority 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.027% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
North West median annual salary £61,110 - £8,500

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 6,894 2,185 3,857
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 90.89% 94.51%
Number of salaries quoted 5,336 1,312 2,260
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,050 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,143 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.82% -1.56% -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £87,500 £83,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

System Design Authority
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing System Design Authority within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 12 September 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
Stockport - 2 - - 1
System Design Authority
North West

System Design Authority Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 12 September 2026, System Design Authority 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 System Design Authority in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Business Case
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Thales
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Verification and Validation

System Design Authority 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) PDA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Case
1 2 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Thales