Azure Architect Jobs in the North of England

Microsoft Azure Architect
England > North of England

The median Microsoft Azure Architect salary in the North of England is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 340 367 413
Rank change year-on-year +27 +46 -5
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Architect 5 23 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.043% 0.13% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.14% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 3 17 17
10th Percentile £72,000 - £75,000
25th Percentile £78,750 £63,750 £83,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £68,750 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.91% -21.43% +16.67%
75th Percentile £102,500 £72,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £80,500 £95,500
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
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 10,842 16,774 15,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 94.98% 89.54%
Number of salaries quoted 5,788 12,975 8,066
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,500 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.60% -12.83% +1.33%

Azure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Architect in the North of England

Azure Architect
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure Architect in the North of England.

Salary trend for Azure Architect in the North of England

Azure Architect
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Architect in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure Architect in the North of England

Azure Architect
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Architect within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 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
North West -9 5 £90,000 +28.57% 3
Azure Architect
England

Azure Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 18 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 North of England region featuring Azure Architect in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) AWS
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) GCP
3 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Use Case
3 2 (40.00%) DNS
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (40.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Docker
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) Line Management
4 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Android
4 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
4 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) SaaS
4 1 (20.00%) PaaS
4 1 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database

Azure Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) AWS
2 3 (60.00%) GCP
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (20.00%) IaaS
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (20.00%) PaaS
3 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (20.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Publishing
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
1 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 2 (40.00%) Use Case
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Line Management
3 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) SIEM
3 1 (20.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
1 1 (20.00%) VB
1 1 (20.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) MCP
2 1 (20.00%) MCSA
2 1 (20.00%) MCSE
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) BitLocker
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Databricks
2 1 (20.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) McAfee
2 1 (20.00%) Symantec
2 1 (20.00%) VMware