System Architect
North West > Manchester
The median System Architect salary in Manchester is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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 12 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 164 | 213 | 242 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +49 | +29 | - |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Architect | 2 | 10 | 4 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester | 0.088% | 0.19% | 0.082% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.097% | 0.20% | 0.089% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £56,500 | £52,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £58,750 | £54,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £60,000 | £58,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.33% | +3.45% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | - | £61,938 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £64,525 |
| North West median annual salary | £55,000 | £60,000 | £58,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.33% | +3.45% | -17.14% |
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 | 2,053 | 4,909 | 4,481 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.36% | 94.39% | 91.79% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,287 | 3,788 | 2,637 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,800 | £30,000 | £31,660 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £40,988 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £59,000 | £54,500 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.26% | -5.22% | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £76,920 | £68,750 | £71,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £92,500 | £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% |
Systems Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings that featured Systems Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
Systems Architect
Salary Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Architect in Manchester.
Systems Architect Skill Set
Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester
For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, Systems 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 Systems Architect in the job title.
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Systems 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:
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