Azure Architect Jobs in Scotland

Microsoft Azure Architect
UK > Scotland

The median Microsoft Azure Architect salary in Scotland is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 August 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 165 234 189
Rank change year-on-year +69 -45 +42
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring an Azure Architect 4 10 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.12% 0.18% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.18% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3 8 2
10th Percentile £88,000 - -
25th Percentile £92,500 £63,750 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £67,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +48.15% -10.00% -
75th Percentile - £72,813 £80,000
90th Percentile - £84,250 -
UK median annual salary £95,000 £80,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year +18.75% -15.79% +11.76%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 2,727 5,477 3,287
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 80.04% 96.99% 93.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,266 2,301 1,987
10th Percentile £25,550 £30,000 £28,450
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.63% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,625 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Azure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Architect in Scotland

Azure Architect
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for Azure Architect job vacancies in Scotland.

Salary distribution trend for Azure Architect job vacancies in Scotland

Azure Architect
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Architect in Scotland over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure Architect in Scotland

Azure Architect
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Architect within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 22 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow +99 3 £100,000 +14.29%
Edinburgh +16 1 £85,000 +25.93%
Azure Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 August 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 Scotland region featuring Azure Architect in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Data Lake
2 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Open Source
3 1 (25.00%) NoSQL
3 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) GCP
3 1 (25.00%) Data Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Re-Platforming
3 1 (25.00%) Power BI
3 1 (25.00%) Data Ingestion
3 1 (25.00%) ETL
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Databricks
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (25.00%) PySpark
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (25.00%) Thought Leadership

Azure Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) GCP
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (25.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Blueprints
1 1 (25.00%) PySpark
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
1 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Data Ingestion
2 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) ETL
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Open Source
2 1 (25.00%) Re-Platforming
2 1 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Databricks