Azure Architect Jobs

Microsoft Azure Architect
UK

The median Microsoft Azure Architect salary in the UK is £87,500 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 650 519 750
Rank change year-on-year -131 +231 -245
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Architect 256 460 582
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.50% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.55% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 209 373 424
10th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £62,500
25th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £70,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £90,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £103,750 £101,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £111,250 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £76,250 £90,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -15.28% +20.00% -3.23%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 104,121 84,323 165,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 91.19% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 73,469 54,972 85,174
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,603 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%

Azure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Architect in the UK

Azure Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Azure Architect in the UK

Azure Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Architect over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure Architect in the UK

Azure Architect
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Architect within the UK 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
England -112 215 £87,500 -7.89% 37
UK excluding London -92 117 £76,250 -15.28% 23
London -32 112 £95,000 - 13
Work from Home -104 104 £100,000 +11.11% 28
North of England +10 28 £70,000 -20.00% 7
South East -59 27 £80,000 -15.79% 10
Midlands -45 25 £75,000 +3.45% 2
West Midlands -8 21 £75,000 -
North West -18 15 £80,000 -11.11% 7
Scotland -69 15 £67,500 -10.00% 1
South West -38 13 £80,000 -17.95% 2
Yorkshire +59 12 £67,500 -22.86%
Wales +14 4 £50,000 -28.57%
Channel Islands - 4 £85,000 -
East Midlands -40 3 £70,000 -3.45% 2
Northern Ireland +20 1 £100,000 - 1
North East - 1 - -

Azure Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Azure 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 featuring Azure Architect in the job title.

1 256 (100.00%) Azure
2 102 (39.84%) Microsoft
3 63 (24.61%) Azure Certification
4 61 (23.83%) Finance
5 56 (21.88%) DevOps
6 49 (19.14%) Roadmaps
7 45 (17.58%) Infrastructure as Code
8 41 (16.02%) SQL
9 40 (15.63%) Social Skills
10 39 (15.23%) PaaS
10 39 (15.23%) Microsoft 365
11 38 (14.84%) Migration
12 36 (14.06%) Terraform
13 34 (13.28%) IaaS
14 30 (11.72%) Kubernetes
14 30 (11.72%) Databricks
15 29 (11.33%) Azure DevOps
16 28 (10.94%) Cloud Security
16 28 (10.94%) AWS
17 27 (10.55%) Agile
17 27 (10.55%) Cloud Native
18 26 (10.16%) SaaS
19 25 (9.77%) Analytics
19 25 (9.77%) Cybersecurity
19 25 (9.77%) Public Cloud
20 24 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
20 24 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
21 23 (8.98%) Azure AKS
21 23 (8.98%) Azure Data Factory
22 22 (8.59%) Data Lake

Azure Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 6 (2.34%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.17%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.17%) Confluence
4 2 (0.78%) Apache
4 2 (0.78%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.39%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 256 (100.00%) Azure
2 39 (15.23%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (15.23%) PaaS
3 34 (13.28%) IaaS
4 29 (11.33%) Azure DevOps
5 28 (10.94%) AWS
6 26 (10.16%) SaaS
7 23 (8.98%) Azure AKS
7 23 (8.98%) Azure Data Factory
8 16 (6.25%) Power Platform
9 13 (5.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 13 (5.08%) Entra ID
10 12 (4.69%) Azure App Service
11 11 (4.30%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (4.30%) Serverless
12 10 (3.91%) GCP
13 9 (3.52%) Azure Service Bus
14 8 (3.13%) Azure API Management
15 7 (2.73%) Microsoft Purview
16 6 (2.34%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.91%) DNS
1 10 (3.91%) Network Security
2 4 (1.56%) Firewall
3 3 (1.17%) DHCP
4 2 (0.78%) Internet
4 2 (0.78%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.78%) SSL
4 2 (0.78%) VPN
5 1 (0.39%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (8.59%) Data Lake
2 20 (7.81%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (5.86%) Azure SQL Database
3 15 (5.86%) SQL Server
4 12 (4.69%) Power BI
5 7 (2.73%) Big Data
6 5 (1.95%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.56%) Spark SQL
8 3 (1.17%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.17%) OLAP
9 2 (0.78%) MySQL
9 2 (0.78%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.78%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.78%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.78%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.39%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (4.30%) Git
2 8 (3.13%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.95%) JIRA
4 3 (1.17%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.17%) CircleCI
4 3 (1.17%) GitLab
4 3 (1.17%) JUnit
4 3 (1.17%) Selenium
4 3 (1.17%) Subversion
4 3 (1.17%) TestNG
4 3 (1.17%) Travis CI
General
1 61 (23.83%) Finance
2 40 (15.63%) Social Skills
3 24 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 20 (7.81%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (6.64%) Retail Banking
6 15 (5.86%) Public Sector
7 14 (5.47%) Banking
8 13 (5.08%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.34%) Marketing
11 4 (1.56%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.56%) Retail
12 3 (1.17%) Legal
12 3 (1.17%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.78%) Electronics
13 2 (0.78%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.78%) Public Speaking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.86%) .NET
2 11 (4.30%) JSON
3 10 (3.91%) RESTful
3 10 (3.91%) XML
4 9 (3.52%) .NET Core
4 9 (3.52%) .NET Framework
4 9 (3.52%) ASP.NET
5 8 (3.13%) ASP.NET 2.0
5 8 (3.13%) ASP.NET Web API
5 8 (3.13%) Blazor
5 8 (3.13%) CSS
5 8 (3.13%) Entity Framework
5 8 (3.13%) HTML
5 8 (3.13%) HTML5
5 8 (3.13%) Razor View Engine
5 8 (3.13%) YAML
6 6 (2.34%) OAuth
6 6 (2.34%) PySpark
7 4 (1.56%) REST
7 4 (1.56%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.55%) Cloud Native
2 25 (9.77%) Public Cloud
3 12 (4.69%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.52%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.34%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (2.34%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.56%) Blog
6 4 (1.56%) Enterprise Cloud
6 4 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.56%) Replication
6 4 (1.56%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.17%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.78%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.78%) Social Media
9 1 (0.39%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.39%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.39%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.13%) Windows
2 5 (1.95%) Linux
3 3 (1.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (21.88%) DevOps
2 49 (19.14%) Roadmaps
3 45 (17.58%) Infrastructure as Code
4 38 (14.84%) Migration
5 28 (10.94%) Cloud Security
6 27 (10.55%) Agile
7 25 (9.77%) Analytics
7 25 (9.77%) Cybersecurity
8 24 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
9 21 (8.20%) Business Intelligence
10 20 (7.81%) Design Patterns
11 19 (7.42%) CI/CD
12 18 (7.03%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 18 (7.03%) Identity Access Management
13 16 (6.25%) Asset Management
13 16 (6.25%) Presales
13 16 (6.25%) Technology Roadmap
14 15 (5.86%) Technical Leadership
15 14 (5.47%) ETL
15 14 (5.47%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 41 (16.02%) SQL
2 21 (8.20%) Python
3 16 (6.25%) C#
4 13 (5.08%) PowerShell
5 12 (4.69%) JavaScript
6 10 (3.91%) T-SQL
7 7 (2.73%) Java
8 4 (1.56%) Scala
9 3 (1.17%) R
10 2 (0.78%) Bicep
11 1 (0.39%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (24.61%) Azure Certification
2 15 (5.86%) Degree
3 11 (4.30%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (4.30%) SC Cleared
3 11 (4.30%) Security Cleared
4 8 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.95%) AWS Certification
6 5 (1.95%) CISSP
7 4 (1.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (1.56%) CCSP
8 2 (0.78%) CCNA
8 2 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.39%) CEH
9 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.95%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.56%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.39%) PMO
System Software
1 19 (7.42%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.86%) Docker
3 12 (4.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (3.52%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.56%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.17%) VirtualBox
7 2 (0.78%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 36 (14.06%) Terraform
2 30 (11.72%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.34%) Ansible
4 5 (1.95%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.17%) Kibana
5 3 (1.17%) logstash
5 3 (1.17%) Nagios
5 3 (1.17%) Puppet
5 3 (1.17%) ZABBIX
6 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.78%) NetIQ Identity Manager
6 2 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 102 (39.84%) Microsoft
2 30 (11.72%) Databricks
3 18 (7.03%) Citrix
4 12 (4.69%) VMware
5 4 (1.56%) Oracle
5 4 (1.56%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.56%) SAP
6 3 (1.17%) Adobe
6 3 (1.17%) Apple
6 3 (1.17%) New Relic
6 3 (1.17%) Okta
6 3 (1.17%) Splunk
7 2 (0.78%) Cisco
7 2 (0.78%) ForgeRock
7 2 (0.78%) iManage
7 2 (0.78%) NetIQ
7 2 (0.78%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.78%) Sparx
7 2 (0.78%) Veeam
8 1 (0.39%) CyberArk