Senior Cloud Architect Job Trends in the North West

Senior Cloud Architect
England > North West

As of 11 April 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior Cloud Architect salary in the North West.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 186 -
Rank change year-on-year -28 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Cloud Architect 5 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.053% 0.055% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.062% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
England median annual salary £81,250 - £80,000
% change year-on-year - - -20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 8,481 3,226 8,454
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.89% 89.39% 94.94%
Number of salaries quoted 5,435 2,190 6,797
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £54,793 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.47% +9.59% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £79,600
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%

Senior Cloud Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Senior Cloud Architect job vacancy trend in the North West

Senior Cloud Architect
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for Senior Cloud Architect job vacancies in the North West.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Cloud Architect job vacancies in the North West

Senior Cloud Architect
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Cloud Architect within the North West region over the 6 months to 11 April 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
Manchester -14 5 - -
Senior Cloud Architect
England

Senior Cloud Architect Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 11 April 2026, Senior Cloud 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 North West region featuring Senior Cloud Architect in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (60.00%) AI
2 3 (60.00%) Application Security
2 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (60.00%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) DevSecOps
2 3 (60.00%) GRC
2 3 (60.00%) IT Strategy
2 3 (60.00%) Palo Alto
2 3 (60.00%) SDLC
2 3 (60.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (60.00%) Security Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Serverless
2 3 (60.00%) Snyk
2 3 (60.00%) Technology Strategy
2 3 (60.00%) Tenable
2 3 (60.00%) Threat Modelling
2 3 (60.00%) Validation
2 3 (60.00%) Virtual Machines

Senior Cloud Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (60.00%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Snyk
General
1 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (60.00%) AI
2 3 (60.00%) Application Security
2 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) DevSecOps
2 3 (60.00%) IT Strategy
2 3 (60.00%) SDLC
2 3 (60.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (60.00%) Security Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Technology Strategy
2 3 (60.00%) Threat Modelling
2 3 (60.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) CrowdStrike
1 3 (60.00%) Palo Alto
1 3 (60.00%) Tenable