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 28 November 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 113 77
Rank change year-on-year +35 -36 +62
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 55 61 77
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.33% 1.70% 3.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.56% 1.79% 3.50%
Number of salaries quoted 28 33 62
10th Percentile £59,450 £53,362 £62,613
25th Percentile £71,250 £59,168 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £79,632
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -5.82% +4.44%
75th Percentile £91,250 £85,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £102,625 £97,000 £95,000
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 2,146 3,411 2,202
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.82% 94.93% 96.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,432 1,729 1,779
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,950 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £57,662
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.62% +4.84%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -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 28 November 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 28 November 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 27 (49.09%) Azure
2 25 (45.45%) AWS
3 24 (43.64%) Enterprise Architecture
4 21 (38.18%) TOGAF
5 16 (29.09%) Microservices
5 16 (29.09%) Roadmaps
6 15 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (25.45%) Agile
8 13 (23.64%) GCP
8 13 (23.64%) Google
9 12 (21.82%) DevOps
10 11 (20.00%) Azure Certification
10 11 (20.00%) CI/CD
11 10 (18.18%) AI
11 10 (18.18%) Architectural Design
11 10 (18.18%) SaaS
11 10 (18.18%) UML
12 9 (16.36%) Data Management
12 9 (16.36%) Kubernetes
12 9 (16.36%) Python
12 9 (16.36%) Technology Roadmap
12 9 (16.36%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (14.55%) API Management
13 8 (14.55%) ArchiMate
13 8 (14.55%) AWS Certification
13 8 (14.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 8 (14.55%) C#
13 8 (14.55%) Containerisation
13 8 (14.55%) Data Privacy
13 8 (14.55%) Docker

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 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (3.64%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (3.64%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (3.64%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (3.64%) Oracle Receivables
1 2 (3.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.82%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 27 (49.09%) Azure
2 25 (45.45%) AWS
3 13 (23.64%) GCP
4 10 (18.18%) SaaS
5 8 (14.55%) IaaS
5 8 (14.55%) PaaS
6 6 (10.91%) Amazon Bedrock
7 5 (9.09%) OCI
8 4 (7.27%) GitHub
8 4 (7.27%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (1.82%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (1.82%) Amazon S3
9 1 (1.82%) Amazon SQS
9 1 (1.82%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (1.82%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (1.82%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.82%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.45%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (14.55%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.82%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.82%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 17 (30.91%) Finance
2 16 (29.09%) Social Skills
3 10 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 6 (10.91%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (5.45%) Law
6 2 (3.64%) General Ledger
6 2 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.82%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.64%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.82%) .NET
2 1 (1.82%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.82%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.82%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 18 (32.73%) Cloud Native
2 14 (25.45%) Management Information System
3 7 (12.73%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (10.91%) AI Agents
5 5 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (3.64%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (3.64%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.82%) Learning Management System
7 1 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (43.64%) Enterprise Architecture
2 21 (38.18%) TOGAF
3 16 (29.09%) Microservices
3 16 (29.09%) Roadmaps
4 15 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (25.45%) Agile
6 12 (21.82%) DevOps
7 11 (20.00%) CI/CD
8 10 (18.18%) AI
8 10 (18.18%) Architectural Design
8 10 (18.18%) UML
9 9 (16.36%) Data Management
9 9 (16.36%) Technology Roadmap
10 8 (14.55%) API Management
10 8 (14.55%) ArchiMate
10 8 (14.55%) Containerisation
10 8 (14.55%) Data Privacy
10 8 (14.55%) Software Engineering
10 8 (14.55%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (12.73%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 9 (16.36%) Python
2 8 (14.55%) C#
2 8 (14.55%) SQL
3 7 (12.73%) Java
4 3 (5.45%) Bicep
4 3 (5.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (20.00%) Azure Certification
2 9 (16.36%) TOGAF Certification
3 8 (14.55%) AWS Certification
3 8 (14.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 4 (7.27%) Degree
4 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (5.45%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.82%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.82%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.73%) GDPR
1 7 (12.73%) HIPAA
1 7 (12.73%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (14.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (16.36%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.64%) Terraform
3 1 (1.82%) Ansible
3 1 (1.82%) VxRail
Vendors
1 13 (23.64%) Google
2 7 (12.73%) BiZZdesign
3 5 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 5 (9.09%) Oracle
4 4 (7.27%) VMware
5 3 (5.45%) SAP
5 3 (5.45%) Workday
6 1 (1.82%) Dell
6 1 (1.82%) NetApp