Azure Architect Jobs in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Azure Architect
South East > Thames Valley

The median Microsoft Azure Architect salary in the Thames Valley is £105,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 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
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 231 244
Rank change year-on-year +57 +13 +11
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Architect 5 9 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.15% 0.13% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.14% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 5 7 12
10th Percentile £66,900 - £70,500
25th Percentile £90,000 - £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £60,000 £83,500
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -28.14% +19.29%
75th Percentile £112,500 - £99,063
90th Percentile £114,000 £77,000 £100,000
South East median annual salary £105,000 £60,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year +75.00% -36.84% +35.71%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,800 6,392 5,494
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 83.16% 94.72% 89.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,286 4,520 3,208
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £28,954
25th Percentile £38,813 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £86,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Azure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Architect in the Thames Valley

Azure Architect
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure Architect in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Azure Architect in the Thames Valley

Azure Architect
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Architect in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure Architect in the Thames Valley

Azure Architect
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Architect within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 7 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
Berkshire +43 5 £105,000 +10.53% 1
Azure Architect
South East

Azure Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 7 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 Thames Valley region featuring Azure Architect in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Terraform
3 2 (40.00%) DevSecOps
3 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 2 (40.00%) GitOps
3 2 (40.00%) Observability
3 2 (40.00%) RBAC
3 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (40.00%) Azure AKS
3 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (40.00%) Docker
3 2 (40.00%) DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Software Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (40.00%) Azure Machine Learning
3 2 (40.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (40.00%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (40.00%) Firewall
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (40.00%) Validation
3 2 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (40.00%) Azure Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (20.00%) Azure Cognitive Search

Azure Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Azure AKS
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Machine Learning
2 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (20.00%) Azure AI
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Cognitive Search
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
1 1 (20.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (20.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) DevSecOps
2 2 (40.00%) GitOps
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (40.00%) Observability
2 2 (40.00%) RBAC
2 2 (40.00%) Software Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
3 1 (20.00%) LLM
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C#
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (40.00%) Docker
1 2 (40.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft