Solutions Architect Job Trends in Manchester

Solution Architect
North West > Manchester

The median Solution Architect salary in Manchester is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 October 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 101 87
Rank change year-on-year +1 -14 +49
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 53 76 79
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.34% 2.01% 3.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.55% 2.12% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 25 50 53
10th Percentile £64,600 £55,000 £60,250
25th Percentile £77,500 £65,500 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £79,000 £79,632
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% -0.79% +1.44%
75th Percentile £105,000 £85,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £108,750 £95,250 £99,000
North West median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £79,632
% change year-on-year +6.67% -5.82% +6.18%

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 2,079 3,582 2,492
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.75% 94.59% 96.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,280 1,846 2,012
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,625 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,500 £43,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £69,250 £69,800 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,750 £84,056
North West median annual salary £49,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Manchester

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Manchester

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Manchester over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 19 October 2025, Solutions 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 Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 29 (54.72%) AWS
2 25 (47.17%) Azure
3 24 (45.28%) Enterprise Architecture
4 23 (43.40%) TOGAF
5 18 (33.96%) Agile
5 18 (33.96%) Roadmaps
6 17 (32.08%) GCP
6 17 (32.08%) Google
7 15 (28.30%) Microservices
8 14 (26.42%) Architectural Design
8 14 (26.42%) DevOps
9 13 (24.53%) Azure Certification
9 13 (24.53%) CI/CD
9 13 (24.53%) Data Management
9 13 (24.53%) Kubernetes
10 12 (22.64%) Docker
10 12 (22.64%) NoSQL
10 12 (22.64%) SQL
11 11 (20.75%) AWS Certification
11 11 (20.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 11 (20.75%) C#
11 11 (20.75%) Containerisation
11 11 (20.75%) Java
11 11 (20.75%) Python
12 10 (18.87%) API Design
12 10 (18.87%) API Management
12 10 (18.87%) Data Privacy
12 10 (18.87%) Disaster Recovery
12 10 (18.87%) GDPR
12 10 (18.87%) HIPAA

Solutions 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (7.55%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.89%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (1.89%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (1.89%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.89%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 29 (54.72%) AWS
2 25 (47.17%) Azure
3 17 (32.08%) GCP
4 6 (11.32%) Amazon Bedrock
4 6 (11.32%) OCI
5 5 (9.43%) SaaS
6 4 (7.55%) IaaS
6 4 (7.55%) PaaS
7 3 (5.66%) GitHub
8 2 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (1.89%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (1.89%) Amazon S3
9 1 (1.89%) Amazon SQS
9 1 (1.89%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (1.89%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.89%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.89%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.77%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (22.64%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.89%) DocumentDB
2 1 (1.89%) DynamoDB
2 1 (1.89%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 14 (26.42%) Finance
2 13 (24.53%) Social Skills
3 8 (15.09%) Public Sector
4 7 (13.21%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (13.21%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (11.32%) Law
6 4 (7.55%) Banking
7 1 (1.89%) Marketing
7 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.77%) Kafka
2 1 (1.89%) .NET
2 1 (1.89%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.89%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.89%) GraphQL
2 1 (1.89%) REST
2 1 (1.89%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 20 (37.74%) Management Information System
2 18 (33.96%) Cloud Native
3 6 (11.32%) AI Agents
4 4 (7.55%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (3.77%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.89%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (45.28%) Enterprise Architecture
2 23 (43.40%) TOGAF
3 18 (33.96%) Agile
3 18 (33.96%) Roadmaps
4 15 (28.30%) Microservices
5 14 (26.42%) Architectural Design
5 14 (26.42%) DevOps
6 13 (24.53%) CI/CD
6 13 (24.53%) Data Management
7 11 (20.75%) Containerisation
8 10 (18.87%) API Design
8 10 (18.87%) API Management
8 10 (18.87%) Data Privacy
8 10 (18.87%) Disaster Recovery
8 10 (18.87%) Technology Roadmap
9 9 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (13.21%) Business Strategy
10 7 (13.21%) ERP
10 7 (13.21%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 7 (13.21%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 12 (22.64%) SQL
2 11 (20.75%) C#
2 11 (20.75%) Java
2 11 (20.75%) Python
3 2 (3.77%) Bicep
3 2 (3.77%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (24.53%) Azure Certification
2 11 (20.75%) AWS Certification
2 11 (20.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 9 (16.98%) TOGAF Certification
4 4 (7.55%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.77%) Degree
6 1 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.89%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.89%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.89%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (18.87%) GDPR
1 10 (18.87%) HIPAA
1 10 (18.87%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (22.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (24.53%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.66%) Terraform
3 2 (3.77%) Ansible
4 1 (1.89%) VxRail
Vendors
1 17 (32.08%) Google
2 7 (13.21%) Oracle
3 4 (7.55%) BiZZdesign
3 4 (7.55%) Microsoft
4 3 (5.66%) VMware
4 3 (5.66%) Workday
5 2 (3.77%) SAP
6 1 (1.89%) Dell
6 1 (1.89%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.89%) NetApp
6 1 (1.89%) Salesforce