Solutions Architect Jobs in Manchester

Solution Architect
North West > Manchester

The median Solution Architect salary in Manchester is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 September 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 102 69 126
Rank change year-on-year -33 +57 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 93 131 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 2.26% 4.29% 2.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.39% 4.52% 2.62%
Number of salaries quoted 59 45 47
10th Percentile £56,809 £60,500 £65,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £68,718 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £79,632 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.82% -8.99% +16.67%
75th Percentile £85,250 £90,000 £105,000
90th Percentile £98,779 £98,000 £120,000
North West median annual salary £70,000 £80,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% -3.03% +13.79%

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 3,898 2,900 5,311
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 94.96% 96.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,179 2,120 3,713
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,000 £31,971
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,006 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Solutions Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Manchester

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in Manchester.

Salary trend for Solutions Architect in Manchester

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Manchester over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in Manchester

Solutions Architect
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Architect within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 20 September 2024. 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
Salford - 2 - -
Bolton - 1 £100,000 - 1
Solutions Architect
North West

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 20 September 2024, Solutions 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 Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 34 (36.56%) Azure
2 23 (24.73%) Microsoft
3 20 (21.51%) Agile
4 19 (20.43%) AWS
5 17 (18.28%) Finance
5 17 (18.28%) Public Cloud
6 14 (15.05%) Migration
7 13 (13.98%) Enterprise Architecture
8 12 (12.90%) DevOps
8 12 (12.90%) Roadmaps
9 11 (11.83%) Social Skills
10 10 (10.75%) SDLC
10 10 (10.75%) Presales
10 10 (10.75%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (10.75%) Degree
11 9 (9.68%) TOGAF
11 9 (9.68%) Google
11 9 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
12 8 (8.60%) Terraform
12 8 (8.60%) Collaborative Working
12 8 (8.60%) Legal
12 8 (8.60%) Project Management
13 7 (7.53%) Scrum
13 7 (7.53%) GitHub
13 7 (7.53%) Infrastructure as Code
13 7 (7.53%) Analytical Skills
13 7 (7.53%) AWS CloudFormation
14 6 (6.45%) Architectural Patterns
14 6 (6.45%) Architectural Design

Solutions 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (5.38%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.30%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 4 (4.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (3.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.08%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (1.08%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 34 (36.56%) Azure
2 19 (20.43%) AWS
3 10 (10.75%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (7.53%) AWS CloudFormation
4 7 (7.53%) GitHub
5 6 (6.45%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (5.38%) GCP
6 5 (5.38%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (4.30%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (4.30%) Amazon SQS
8 3 (3.23%) Power Platform
8 3 (3.23%) SaaS
9 1 (1.08%) IaaS
9 1 (1.08%) PaaS
9 1 (1.08%) Serverless
9 1 (1.08%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.38%) SD-WAN
1 5 (5.38%) WAN
2 4 (4.30%) BGP
2 4 (4.30%) DNS
2 4 (4.30%) SSL
2 4 (4.30%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.30%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (4.30%) Oracle Database
1 4 (4.30%) RDBMS
1 4 (4.30%) Relational Database
2 3 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.08%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (3.23%) Team Foundation Server
1 3 (3.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 17 (18.28%) Finance
2 11 (11.83%) Social Skills
3 8 (8.60%) Legal
4 7 (7.53%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.15%) Retail
6 1 (1.08%) Aviation
6 1 (1.08%) Banking
6 1 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.08%) Law
6 1 (1.08%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.08%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.38%) .NET
2 4 (4.30%) RabbitMQ
2 4 (4.30%) Spring Boot
3 2 (2.15%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.08%) EDI
4 1 (1.08%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 17 (18.28%) Public Cloud
2 6 (6.45%) Data Centre
3 4 (4.30%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (4.30%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (4.30%) IoT
3 4 (4.30%) Security Posture
4 3 (3.23%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.15%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.15%) PMI
6 1 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.08%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.08%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.38%) Linux
1 5 (5.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.08%) HPUX
2 1 (1.08%) Solaris
2 1 (1.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (21.51%) Agile
2 14 (15.05%) Migration
3 13 (13.98%) Enterprise Architecture
4 12 (12.90%) DevOps
4 12 (12.90%) Roadmaps
5 10 (10.75%) Presales
5 10 (10.75%) SDLC
6 9 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (9.68%) TOGAF
7 8 (8.60%) Collaborative Working
7 8 (8.60%) Project Management
8 7 (7.53%) Infrastructure as Code
8 7 (7.53%) Scrum
9 6 (6.45%) Architectural Design
9 6 (6.45%) Architectural Patterns
9 6 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (5.38%) Community of Practice
10 5 (5.38%) Design Patterns
10 5 (5.38%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.38%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (10.75%) Degree
2 5 (5.38%) CCNA
2 5 (5.38%) CCNP
2 5 (5.38%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (4.30%) AWS Certification
3 4 (4.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 4 (4.30%) Azure Certification
3 4 (4.30%) CEH
3 4 (4.30%) CISM
3 4 (4.30%) CISSP
3 4 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.30%) SC Cleared
3 4 (4.30%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.30%) TOGAF Certification
4 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.15%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.30%) GDPR
1 4 (4.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (4.30%) NIST
2 3 (3.23%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Systems Management
1 8 (8.60%) Terraform
2 5 (5.38%) CASB
3 1 (1.08%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 23 (24.73%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.68%) Google
3 5 (5.38%) Adobe
3 5 (5.38%) Apple
3 5 (5.38%) Cisco
3 5 (5.38%) Meraki
3 5 (5.38%) SAP
4 4 (4.30%) HubSpot
4 4 (4.30%) Oracle
4 4 (4.30%) Sparx
5 1 (1.08%) HP
5 1 (1.08%) IBM
5 1 (1.08%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.08%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.08%) Sun
5 1 (1.08%) TOWER Software
5 1 (1.08%) Unisys