Azure Architect Jobs in Manchester

Microsoft Azure Architect
North West > Manchester

The median Microsoft Azure Architect salary in Manchester is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

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

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 213 223
Rank change year-on-year +53 +10 +25
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Architect 6 11 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.26% 0.21% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.22% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 8
10th Percentile £72,000 - £66,750
25th Percentile £78,750 £67,500 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £70,000 £88,750
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -21.13% +18.33%
75th Percentile £102,500 £72,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £82,250 £95,375
North West median annual salary £90,000 £70,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% -22.22% +24.14%

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 2,046 4,900 4,470
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.33% 94.34% 92.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,258 3,783 2,624
10th Percentile £31,500 £30,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,063 £41,179 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,335 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £82,101 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Azure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Architect in Manchester

Azure Architect
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Azure Architect in Manchester

Azure Architect
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Architect in Manchester over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure Architect in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, 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 across the Manchester region featuring Azure Architect in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Azure
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
3 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (66.67%) Roadmaps
4 3 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (50.00%) Presales
4 3 (50.00%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (50.00%) Software Licensing
4 3 (50.00%) Adobe
4 3 (50.00%) Apple
4 3 (50.00%) Time Management
5 2 (33.33%) AWS
5 2 (33.33%) GCP
5 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
6 1 (16.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
6 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
6 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
6 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (16.67%) Data Ingestion
6 1 (16.67%) Data Lake
6 1 (16.67%) Security Monitoring
6 1 (16.67%) Forensic Analysis
6 1 (16.67%) Databricks
6 1 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving

Azure 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) GCP
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 1 (16.67%) IaaS
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (16.67%) PaaS
3 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (16.67%) Data Lake
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 3 (50.00%) Presales
2 3 (50.00%) Software Licensing
2 3 (50.00%) Time Management
3 1 (16.67%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Data Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Data Transformation
3 1 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Forensic Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
3 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing
3 1 (16.67%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (16.67%) SIEM
3 1 (16.67%) Threat Detection
3 1 (16.67%) Use Case
3 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Adobe
2 3 (50.00%) Apple
3 1 (16.67%) Databricks