Solutions Architect Jobs in Manchester

Solution Architect
North West > Manchester

The median Solution Architect salary in Manchester is £70,576 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 122 147
Rank change year-on-year +17 +25 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 123 130 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 2.06% 2.89% 2.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.17% 3.15% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 93 63 49
10th Percentile £57,447 £65,500 £65,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £69,875 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,576 £79,632 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.37% -0.46% +11.99%
75th Percentile £85,250 £95,000 £120,000
90th Percentile £98,279 £102,000 -
North West median annual salary £70,000 £79,632 £77,500
% change year-on-year -12.10% +2.75% +10.71%

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 5,681 4,133 5,641
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 91.93% 96.84%
Number of salaries quoted 4,201 2,572 3,621
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,750 £43,750 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,968 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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
Bolton - 1 £100,000 -
Cheadle - 1 £67,500 -
Solutions Architect
North West

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 41 (33.33%) Azure
2 35 (28.46%) Agile
3 30 (24.39%) Microsoft
4 29 (23.58%) Public Cloud
5 24 (19.51%) Migration
5 24 (19.51%) AWS
6 23 (18.70%) Social Skills
7 22 (17.89%) Presales
8 21 (17.07%) Microservices
9 18 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (13.82%) Enterprise Architecture
10 17 (13.82%) Finance
11 15 (12.20%) Roadmaps
11 15 (12.20%) Design Patterns
12 14 (11.38%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 14 (11.38%) Architectural Patterns
12 14 (11.38%) TOGAF
12 14 (11.38%) Software Engineering
13 13 (10.57%) Security Cleared
13 13 (10.57%) Cybersecurity
13 13 (10.57%) GCP
14 12 (9.76%) DevOps
14 12 (9.76%) Actionable Insight
14 12 (9.76%) SC Cleared
14 12 (9.76%) Google
15 11 (8.94%) Degree
15 11 (8.94%) Dynamics 365
15 11 (8.94%) Mentoring
16 10 (8.13%) Analytics
16 10 (8.13%) Azure DevOps

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 9 (7.32%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.25%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (4.07%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.81%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.81%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 41 (33.33%) Azure
2 24 (19.51%) AWS
3 13 (10.57%) GCP
4 11 (8.94%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (8.13%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (7.32%) Power Platform
7 7 (5.69%) AWS CloudFormation
7 7 (5.69%) GitHub
7 7 (5.69%) SaaS
8 6 (4.88%) IaaS
8 6 (4.88%) PaaS
9 5 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (3.25%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (3.25%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.07%) SD-WAN
1 5 (4.07%) WAN
2 4 (3.25%) BGP
2 4 (3.25%) DNS
2 4 (3.25%) Network Security
2 4 (3.25%) SSL
2 4 (3.25%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.69%) Relational Database
2 6 (4.88%) NoSQL
3 4 (3.25%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (3.25%) Oracle Database
3 4 (3.25%) RDBMS
4 3 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.44%) DB2
4 3 (2.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.44%) Team Foundation Server
1 3 (2.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 23 (18.70%) Social Skills
2 17 (13.82%) Finance
3 10 (8.13%) Public Sector
4 7 (5.69%) Legal
5 5 (4.07%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.07%) Banking
6 2 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.63%) Retail
7 1 (0.81%) Law
7 1 (0.81%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.88%) .NET
2 4 (3.25%) RabbitMQ
2 4 (3.25%) Spring Boot
3 2 (1.63%) Middleware
3 2 (1.63%) Smart Contracts
4 1 (0.81%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 29 (23.58%) Public Cloud
2 6 (4.88%) Data Centre
2 6 (4.88%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (4.88%) IoT
2 6 (4.88%) Security Posture
3 4 (3.25%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (2.44%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.44%) FMCG
5 2 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.63%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (1.63%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.63%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.63%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.81%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.81%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.81%) PMI
6 1 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.07%) Linux
1 5 (4.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.81%) HPUX
2 1 (0.81%) Solaris
2 1 (0.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (28.46%) Agile
2 24 (19.51%) Migration
3 22 (17.89%) Presales
4 21 (17.07%) Microservices
5 18 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (13.82%) Enterprise Architecture
7 15 (12.20%) Design Patterns
7 15 (12.20%) Roadmaps
8 14 (11.38%) Architectural Patterns
8 14 (11.38%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 14 (11.38%) Software Engineering
8 14 (11.38%) TOGAF
9 13 (10.57%) Cybersecurity
10 12 (9.76%) Actionable Insight
10 12 (9.76%) DevOps
11 11 (8.94%) Mentoring
12 10 (8.13%) Analytics
12 10 (8.13%) Security Architecture
12 10 (8.13%) Technical Architecture
12 10 (8.13%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.07%) C#
2 4 (3.25%) Java
3 3 (2.44%) SQL
4 2 (1.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (10.57%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.76%) SC Cleared
3 11 (8.94%) Degree
4 5 (4.07%) CCNA
4 5 (4.07%) CCNP
4 5 (4.07%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (4.07%) TOGAF Certification
5 4 (3.25%) AWS Certification
5 4 (3.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 4 (3.25%) Azure Certification
5 4 (3.25%) CEH
5 4 (3.25%) CISM
5 4 (3.25%) CISSP
5 4 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.63%) OCP
6 2 (1.63%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.81%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.81%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.25%) GDPR
1 4 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (3.25%) NIST
2 3 (2.44%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 7 (5.69%) Terraform
2 5 (4.07%) CASB
3 4 (3.25%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (2.44%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 30 (24.39%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.76%) Google
3 7 (5.69%) Oracle
4 5 (4.07%) Adobe
4 5 (4.07%) Apple
4 5 (4.07%) Cisco
4 5 (4.07%) Meraki
4 5 (4.07%) SAP
4 5 (4.07%) Sparx
5 4 (3.25%) HubSpot
5 4 (3.25%) IBM
6 3 (2.44%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.44%) Tanium
7 1 (0.81%) HP
7 1 (0.81%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.81%) Sun
7 1 (0.81%) TOWER Software
7 1 (0.81%) Unisys