Azure Architect Job Trends in Cheshire

Microsoft Azure Architect
North West > Cheshire

The median Microsoft Azure Architect salary in Cheshire is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 June 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 89 -
Rank change year-on-year +10 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Architect 7 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.41% 0.17% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.21% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £75,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 - -
75th Percentile £90,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £75,000 £90,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% -11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 1,561 483 1,763
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 79.70% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,225 204 1,293
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,250 £76,750 £69,750
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

Azure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Azure Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Azure Architect job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Azure Architect
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for Azure Architect job vacancies in Cheshire.

Salary distribution trend for Azure Architect job vacancies in Cheshire

Azure Architect
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Architect in Cheshire over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Architect in Cheshire

Azure Architect
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Architect within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 16 June 2026. 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
Warrington -13 4 £82,500 - 1
Knutsford - 3 - -
Azure Architect
North West

Azure Architect Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 16 June 2026, Azure 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 Cheshire region featuring Azure Architect in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (57.14%) Microservices
3 3 (42.86%) AWS
3 3 (42.86%) Business Transformation
3 3 (42.86%) CISSP
3 3 (42.86%) Containerisation
3 3 (42.86%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (42.86%) GCP
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) NIST
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) Security Architecture
3 3 (42.86%) Serverless
3 3 (42.86%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (42.86%) VPN
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (14.29%) Network Security
4 1 (14.29%) SIEM
4 1 (14.29%) Splunk
4 1 (14.29%) SQL

Azure Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) AWS
2 3 (42.86%) GCP
2 3 (42.86%) Serverless
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) VPN
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Microservices
2 3 (42.86%) Business Transformation
2 3 (42.86%) Containerisation
2 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Security Architecture
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (42.86%) NIST
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Splunk