Azure Architect Job Trends in the South West

Microsoft Azure Architect
England > South West

The median Microsoft Azure Architect salary in the South West is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 185 215
Rank change year-on-year +21 +30 +50
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Architect 15 7 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.30% 0.17% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.18% 0.087%
Number of salaries quoted 15 4 3
10th Percentile £65,650 £54,750 £68,250
25th Percentile £73,750 £58,125 £73,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £63,750 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.49% -22.73% +65.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £69,063 £89,375
90th Percentile £95,000 £69,625 £92,750
England median annual salary £90,000 £85,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South 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 South West with a recognized job title 4,681 3,894 4,581
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 93.61% 95.84%
Number of salaries quoted 3,247 2,108 3,542
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,908 £50,794
Median % change year-on-year -3.68% +2.19% +1.59%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,313 £67,393
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.51% -5.75%

Azure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Azure Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Azure Architect job vacancy trend in the South West

Azure Architect
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for Azure Architect job vacancies in the South West.

Salary distribution trend for Azure Architect job vacancies in the South West

Azure Architect
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Architect in the South West over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Architect in the South West

Azure Architect
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
Wiltshire +14 7 £85,000 - 1
Bristol - 3 £77,500 - 1
Devon - 3 £69,000 - 1
Dorset - 2 £95,000 - 1
Azure Architect
England

Azure Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, Azure Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region featuring Azure Architect in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Azure
2 8 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 8 (53.33%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (53.33%) Power Platform
3 6 (40.00%) Azure Stack
3 6 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (33.33%) DevOps
5 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
5 4 (26.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (26.67%) Data Architecture
5 4 (26.67%) Degree
5 4 (26.67%) IaaS
5 4 (26.67%) PaaS
5 4 (26.67%) Power BI
5 4 (26.67%) Roadmaps
5 4 (26.67%) SaaS
5 4 (26.67%) SharePoint
5 4 (26.67%) SQL
6 3 (20.00%) AWS
6 3 (20.00%) CI/CD
6 3 (20.00%) Kubernetes
6 3 (20.00%) Network Security
6 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
7 2 (13.33%) Accessibility
7 2 (13.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (13.33%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (13.33%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (13.33%) Big Data
7 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (13.33%) Containerisation

Azure Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (26.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (100.00%) Azure
2 8 (53.33%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (53.33%) Power Platform
3 6 (40.00%) Azure Stack
4 4 (26.67%) IaaS
4 4 (26.67%) PaaS
4 4 (26.67%) SaaS
5 3 (20.00%) AWS
6 2 (13.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (13.33%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (6.67%) GCP
7 1 (6.67%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (6.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) Network Security
2 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
2 2 (13.33%) VLAN
2 2 (13.33%) VoIP
3 1 (6.67%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) Power BI
2 2 (13.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (13.33%) Big Data
2 2 (13.33%) Data Lake
2 2 (13.33%) Metadata
General
1 4 (26.67%) Legal
2 3 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (13.33%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (6.67%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (33.33%) DevOps
3 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
3 4 (26.67%) Data Architecture
3 4 (26.67%) Roadmaps
4 3 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (13.33%) Containerisation
5 2 (13.33%) Data Modelling
5 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (13.33%) Integration Patterns
5 2 (13.33%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (13.33%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (13.33%) Software Architecture
5 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (13.33%) Strategic Roadmap
5 2 (13.33%) Technology Roadmap
5 2 (13.33%) Technology Strategy
5 2 (13.33%) TOGAF
5 2 (13.33%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) SQL
2 1 (6.67%) Bash
2 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
2 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.67%) GDPR
2 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.67%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Docker
1 2 (13.33%) Hyper-V
1 2 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) SonicWALL
2 2 (13.33%) VMware
3 1 (6.67%) Google
3 1 (6.67%) Splunk