Azure Architect Jobs in the South East

Microsoft Azure Architect
England > South East

The median Microsoft Azure Architect salary in the South East is £105,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 377 328
Rank change year-on-year +74 -49 +98
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Architect 4 20 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.042% 0.12% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.12% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 4 17 58
10th Percentile £92,250 £50,000 £83,750
25th Percentile £95,625 - £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £60,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -36.84% +35.71%
75th Percentile £113,125 £95,000 £106,250
90th Percentile £114,250 £100,000 £111,250
England median annual salary £92,500 £87,500 £95,000
% change year-on-year +5.71% -7.89% +11.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 8,226 16,296 12,776
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.93% 94.07% 90.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4,393 11,638 8,088
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Azure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Architect in the South East

Azure Architect
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Azure Architect in the South East

Azure Architect
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Architect in the South East over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure Architect in the South East

Azure Architect
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Architect within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 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
Thames Valley +60 4 £105,000 +75.00% 19
Berkshire +44 4 £105,000 +10.53% 13
Azure Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 South East region featuring Azure Architect in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) DevSecOps
3 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 2 (50.00%) Terraform
3 2 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (50.00%) GitOps
3 2 (50.00%) Observability
3 2 (50.00%) RBAC
3 2 (50.00%) Azure AKS
3 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification
3 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (50.00%) Docker
3 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Software Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 2 (50.00%) Validation
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Content Management
4 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Content Management
4 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (25.00%) C#

Azure Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Azure AKS
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Cognitive Search
3 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Machine Learning
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 2 (50.00%) GitOps
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 2 (50.00%) Observability
2 2 (50.00%) RBAC
2 2 (50.00%) Software Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (25.00%) Content Management
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Microservices
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
1 2 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft