Solutions Architect Jobs in Manchester

Solution Architect
North West > Manchester

The median Solution Architect salary in Manchester is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 July 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 112 105
Rank change year-on-year -1 -7 +40
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 50 111 136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.97% 2.03% 3.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.17% 2.13% 3.62%
Number of salaries quoted 23 87 54
10th Percentile £61,250 £56,809 £67,500
25th Percentile £63,000 £61,493 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £79,632
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -5.82% -3.48%
75th Percentile £94,375 £85,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £108,750 £99,084 £104,250
North West median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% -12.50% +0.63%

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 2,304 5,210 3,754
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.96% 95.18% 92.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,371 3,737 2,499
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,325 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £41,250 £42,874
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,550 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

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 18 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 18 July 2025, 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 28 (56.00%) TOGAF
2 27 (54.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 23 (46.00%) Azure
3 23 (46.00%) AWS
4 22 (44.00%) Management Information System
5 19 (38.00%) Roadmaps
5 19 (38.00%) Agile
6 18 (36.00%) Google
6 18 (36.00%) GCP
7 15 (30.00%) Architectural Design
7 15 (30.00%) SQL
8 13 (26.00%) NoSQL
8 13 (26.00%) Kubernetes
8 13 (26.00%) Docker
8 13 (26.00%) DevOps
9 12 (24.00%) Microservices
9 12 (24.00%) AWS Certification
9 12 (24.00%) Data Management
9 12 (24.00%) C#
9 12 (24.00%) Java
9 12 (24.00%) Containerisation
9 12 (24.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (24.00%) CI/CD
9 12 (24.00%) Social Skills
9 12 (24.00%) Technology Roadmap
9 12 (24.00%) Cloud Native
9 12 (24.00%) Azure Certification
10 11 (22.00%) GDPR
10 11 (22.00%) NIST
10 11 (22.00%) Business Strategy

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 2 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (8.00%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.00%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (2.00%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (2.00%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (2.00%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 23 (46.00%) AWS
1 23 (46.00%) Azure
2 18 (36.00%) GCP
3 4 (8.00%) OCI
4 3 (6.00%) Power Platform
5 2 (4.00%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (4.00%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (4.00%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.00%) SaaS
6 1 (2.00%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (2.00%) Amazon S3
6 1 (2.00%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (2.00%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (2.00%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (2.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (26.00%) NoSQL
2 2 (4.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (4.00%) Power BI
3 1 (2.00%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (2.00%) DocumentDB
3 1 (2.00%) DynamoDB
3 1 (2.00%) GIS
3 1 (2.00%) MongoDB
General
1 12 (24.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (22.00%) Finance
3 7 (14.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (14.00%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (8.00%) Banking
4 4 (8.00%) Law
5 3 (6.00%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.00%) Aviation
7 1 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.00%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) Kafka
2 1 (2.00%) .NET
2 1 (2.00%) .NET Core
2 1 (2.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.00%) EDI
2 1 (2.00%) GraphQL
2 1 (2.00%) Middleware
2 1 (2.00%) REST
2 1 (2.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 22 (44.00%) Management Information System
2 12 (24.00%) Cloud Native
3 3 (6.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.00%) Learning Management System
4 1 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (56.00%) TOGAF
2 27 (54.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 19 (38.00%) Agile
3 19 (38.00%) Roadmaps
4 15 (30.00%) Architectural Design
5 13 (26.00%) DevOps
6 12 (24.00%) CI/CD
6 12 (24.00%) Containerisation
6 12 (24.00%) Data Management
6 12 (24.00%) Microservices
6 12 (24.00%) Technology Roadmap
7 11 (22.00%) Business Strategy
7 11 (22.00%) Data Privacy
7 11 (22.00%) Disaster Recovery
8 10 (20.00%) API Design
8 10 (20.00%) API Management
9 8 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (14.00%) Migration
10 7 (14.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 7 (14.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 15 (30.00%) SQL
2 12 (24.00%) C#
2 12 (24.00%) Java
3 11 (22.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (24.00%) AWS Certification
1 12 (24.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 12 (24.00%) Azure Certification
2 9 (18.00%) TOGAF Certification
3 7 (14.00%) Degree
4 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.00%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (22.00%) GDPR
1 11 (22.00%) HIPAA
1 11 (22.00%) NIST
System Software
1 13 (26.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (26.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.00%) Terraform
3 1 (2.00%) Ansible
3 1 (2.00%) VxRail
Vendors
1 18 (36.00%) Google
2 5 (10.00%) Oracle
3 4 (8.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.00%) SAP
4 2 (4.00%) Workday
5 1 (2.00%) Dell
5 1 (2.00%) MuleSoft
5 1 (2.00%) NetApp
5 1 (2.00%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.00%) VMware