Azure Architect Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Azure Architect
England > Midlands

The median Microsoft Azure Architect salary in the Midlands is £89,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 249 296 278
Rank change year-on-year +47 -18 +63
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Architect 6 20 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.084% 0.17% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.18% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 6 17 34
10th Percentile £72,500 £73,000 £55,625
25th Percentile £76,313 - £67,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £89,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.67% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £96,125 £90,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £103,500 £83,500
England median annual salary £97,500 £87,500 £95,000
% change year-on-year +11.43% -7.89% +11.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 6,607 11,337 8,175
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 94.39% 89.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,820 8,397 4,580
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £28,738
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,741 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%

Azure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Architect in the Midlands

Azure Architect
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Azure Architect in the Midlands

Azure Architect
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Architect in the Midlands over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure Architect in the Midlands

Azure Architect
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Architect within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 May 2025. 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
West Midlands +45 5 £90,000 +20.00% 10
East Midlands +18 1 £72,500 +3.57% 1
Azure Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 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 Midlands region featuring Azure Architect in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) Data Architecture
3 3 (50.00%) SQL
3 3 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (50.00%) Analytics
3 3 (50.00%) Databricks
4 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 2 (33.33%) Data Lake
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (33.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (33.33%) Contract Negotiation
4 2 (33.33%) SaaS
4 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Retail
5 1 (16.67%) Local Government
5 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (16.67%) Business Development
5 1 (16.67%) Degree
5 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing
5 1 (16.67%) QA
5 1 (16.67%) Network Security
5 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
5 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
5 1 (16.67%) ERwin

Azure Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (33.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (33.33%) SaaS
3 1 (16.67%) AWS
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Storage
3 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (16.67%) GCP
3 1 (16.67%) IaaS
3 1 (16.67%) PaaS
3 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (33.33%) Data Lake
3 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (16.67%) Power BI
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) ERwin
General
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 2 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Local Government
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (16.67%) IoT
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
1 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Analytics
1 3 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) Contract Negotiation
2 2 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (16.67%) Data Science
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (16.67%) Kimball Methodology
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Network Virtualisation
3 1 (16.67%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Presales
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
2 1 (16.67%) DBS Check
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
1 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Databricks