Azure Architect Jobs in the North West

Microsoft Azure Architect
England > North West

The median Microsoft Azure Architect salary in the North West is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 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
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 269 272 286
Rank change year-on-year +3 +14 +41
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Architect 11 13 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.14% 0.13% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.14% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 10
10th Percentile £74,250 - £72,250
25th Percentile £84,375 £67,500 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £70,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -20.00% +20.69%
75th Percentile £115,000 £75,000 £95,000
90th Percentile - £80,500 £96,375
England median annual salary £100,000 £87,500 £95,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -7.89% +11.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 7,072 9,270 7,060
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.97% 94.66% 89.06%
Number of salaries quoted 4,060 7,118 4,113
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,385 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £69,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Azure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Architect in the North West

Azure Architect
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Azure Architect in the North West

Azure Architect
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Architect in the North West over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure Architect in the North West

Azure Architect
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 8 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
Manchester +55 10 £100,000 +42.86% 2
Cheshire - 1 - -
Azure Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 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 West region featuring Azure Architect in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Azure
2 10 (90.91%) Microsoft
3 8 (72.73%) Roadmaps
4 7 (63.64%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (54.55%) Software Licensing
5 6 (54.55%) Time Management
5 6 (54.55%) Adobe
5 6 (54.55%) Apple
5 6 (54.55%) Presales
5 6 (54.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (27.27%) GCP
6 3 (27.27%) DNS
6 3 (27.27%) AWS
6 3 (27.27%) Analytics
7 2 (18.18%) Data Transformation
7 2 (18.18%) Docker
7 2 (18.18%) DevOps
7 2 (18.18%) Kubernetes
7 2 (18.18%) Data Visualisation
7 2 (18.18%) SaaS
7 2 (18.18%) PaaS
7 2 (18.18%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (18.18%) Visualisation
7 2 (18.18%) Data Architecture
7 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
7 2 (18.18%) SQL
7 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
7 2 (18.18%) Retail
7 2 (18.18%) Load Balancing

Azure Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) AWS
2 3 (27.27%) GCP
3 2 (18.18%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (18.18%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 2 (18.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (18.18%) IaaS
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (18.18%) PaaS
3 2 (18.18%) SaaS
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (18.18%) Data Lake
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 6 (54.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
2 2 (18.18%) Retail
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
1 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
1 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Android
1 1 (9.09%) Apple iOS
1 1 (9.09%) Mac OS
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
1 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
1 1 (9.09%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (9.09%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Roadmaps
2 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (54.55%) Presales
3 6 (54.55%) Software Licensing
3 6 (54.55%) Time Management
4 3 (27.27%) Analytics
5 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
5 2 (18.18%) Contract Negotiation
5 2 (18.18%) Data Architecture
5 2 (18.18%) Data Transformation
5 2 (18.18%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (18.18%) DevOps
5 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (18.18%) Load Balancing
5 2 (18.18%) Platform Engineering
5 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (18.18%) Use Case
5 2 (18.18%) Visualisation
6 1 (9.09%) Knowledge Transfer
6 1 (9.09%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) VB
2 1 (9.09%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) MCP
2 1 (9.09%) MCSA
2 1 (9.09%) MCSE
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (63.64%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (18.18%) Docker
3 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
3 1 (9.09%) BitLocker
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Kubernetes
2 1 (9.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft
2 6 (54.55%) Adobe
2 6 (54.55%) Apple
3 2 (18.18%) Databricks
4 1 (9.09%) McAfee
4 1 (9.09%) Symantec
4 1 (9.09%) VMware