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 8 November 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 106 79
Rank change year-on-year +19 -27 +67
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 59 64 74
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.40% 1.77% 3.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.59% 1.86% 3.15%
Number of salaries quoted 29 39 58
10th Percentile £62,650 £55,000 £62,917
25th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £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 £100,000 £85,000 £94,375
90th Percentile £108,750 £91,500 £100,000
North West median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £79,816
% change year-on-year +6.67% -6.03% +6.42%

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 2,276 3,449 2,346
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 95.14% 96.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,467 1,747 1,916
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,650 £34,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% -6.78% +7.27%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,850 £84,056
North West median annual salary £48,979 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.04% -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 8 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 8 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 28 (47.46%) AWS
2 26 (44.07%) Azure
3 24 (40.68%) Enterprise Architecture
4 23 (38.98%) TOGAF
5 19 (32.20%) Roadmaps
6 16 (27.12%) Agile
7 15 (25.42%) GCP
7 15 (25.42%) Google
7 15 (25.42%) Microservices
8 14 (23.73%) DevOps
9 13 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (20.34%) Architectural Design
10 12 (20.34%) Azure Certification
10 12 (20.34%) CI/CD
11 11 (18.64%) Data Management
11 11 (18.64%) Kubernetes
12 10 (16.95%) API Design
12 10 (16.95%) API Management
12 10 (16.95%) Docker
12 10 (16.95%) NoSQL
12 10 (16.95%) Python
12 10 (16.95%) Technology Roadmap
12 10 (16.95%) TOGAF Certification
13 9 (15.25%) AI
13 9 (15.25%) AWS Certification
13 9 (15.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 9 (15.25%) C#
13 9 (15.25%) Containerisation
13 9 (15.25%) ERP
13 9 (15.25%) Java

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 (5.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 4 (6.78%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (5.08%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (5.08%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (5.08%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (3.39%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (3.39%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.69%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 28 (47.46%) AWS
2 26 (44.07%) Azure
3 15 (25.42%) GCP
4 8 (13.56%) OCI
4 8 (13.56%) SaaS
5 6 (10.17%) Amazon Bedrock
6 5 (8.47%) IaaS
6 5 (8.47%) PaaS
7 4 (6.78%) GitHub
8 3 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (1.69%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (1.69%) Amazon S3
9 1 (1.69%) Amazon SQS
9 1 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (1.69%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.08%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (16.95%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.69%) DocumentDB
2 1 (1.69%) DynamoDB
2 1 (1.69%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (5.08%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 18 (30.51%) Finance
2 16 (27.12%) Social Skills
3 10 (16.95%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (15.25%) Public Sector
5 7 (11.86%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (10.17%) Law
7 4 (6.78%) Banking
8 2 (3.39%) General Ledger
8 2 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.39%) Kafka
1 2 (3.39%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.69%) .NET
2 1 (1.69%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.69%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.69%) GraphQL
2 1 (1.69%) REST
2 1 (1.69%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 18 (30.51%) Cloud Native
1 18 (30.51%) Management Information System
2 6 (10.17%) AI Agents
3 5 (8.47%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (5.08%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.69%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.69%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (40.68%) Enterprise Architecture
2 23 (38.98%) TOGAF
3 19 (32.20%) Roadmaps
4 16 (27.12%) Agile
5 15 (25.42%) Microservices
6 14 (23.73%) DevOps
7 13 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (20.34%) Architectural Design
8 12 (20.34%) CI/CD
9 11 (18.64%) Data Management
10 10 (16.95%) API Design
10 10 (16.95%) API Management
10 10 (16.95%) Technology Roadmap
11 9 (15.25%) AI
11 9 (15.25%) Containerisation
11 9 (15.25%) ERP
12 8 (13.56%) Data Privacy
12 8 (13.56%) Disaster Recovery
12 8 (13.56%) UML
13 7 (11.86%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 10 (16.95%) Python
2 9 (15.25%) C#
2 9 (15.25%) Java
2 9 (15.25%) SQL
3 3 (5.08%) Bicep
3 3 (5.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (20.34%) Azure Certification
2 10 (16.95%) TOGAF Certification
3 9 (15.25%) AWS Certification
3 9 (15.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 4 (6.78%) Degree
4 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (5.08%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.56%) GDPR
1 8 (13.56%) HIPAA
1 8 (13.56%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (16.95%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (18.64%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.08%) Terraform
3 2 (3.39%) Ansible
4 1 (1.69%) VxRail
Vendors
1 15 (25.42%) Google
2 9 (15.25%) Oracle
3 5 (8.47%) BiZZdesign
4 4 (6.78%) Microsoft
4 4 (6.78%) SAP
4 4 (6.78%) VMware
5 3 (5.08%) Workday
6 1 (1.69%) Dell
6 1 (1.69%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.69%) NetApp
6 1 (1.69%) Salesforce