Azure Architect Job Trends

Microsoft Azure Architect
UK

The median Microsoft Azure Architect salary in the UK is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 January 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 526 553 515
Rank change year-on-year +27 -38 +73
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Architect 124 142 238
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.27% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.29% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 97 87 208
10th Percentile £73,750 £65,750 £62,500
25th Percentile £82,500 £71,250 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £85,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £113,200 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% - -11.76%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 55,394 49,384 56,534
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 92.65% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 34,260 25,568 43,737
10th Percentile £28,560 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,508 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -5.25%

Azure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Azure Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Azure Architect
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Azure Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Azure Architect job vacancies in the UK

Azure Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Architect over the 6 months to 18 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Architect in the UK

Azure Architect
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
England +54 122 £90,000 +5.88% 23
UK excluding London +51 69 £85,000 +13.33% 10
London +52 53 £100,000 +10.50% 14
Work from Home +53 43 £100,000 +13.64% 8
South East +56 26 £90,000 +38.46% 5
North of England +9 18 £75,000 +3.45%
South West +15 15 £80,000 +25.49% 1
North West +5 12 £77,500 -10.14%
Midlands +10 10 £85,000 +13.33% 4
North East - 6 £73,750 -
East of England +31 5 - - 1
East Midlands -5 5 - -
West Midlands +4 4 £92,500 +23.33% 4

Azure Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 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 featuring Azure Architect in the job title.

1 124 (100.00%) Azure
2 45 (36.29%) Microsoft
3 43 (34.68%) Databricks
4 41 (33.06%) SQL
5 30 (24.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 30 (24.19%) Data Modelling
6 29 (23.39%) Roadmaps
7 28 (22.58%) PaaS
8 27 (21.77%) Data Warehouse
8 27 (21.77%) Technical Leadership
9 26 (20.97%) Problem-Solving
10 25 (20.16%) DevOps
10 25 (20.16%) SaaS
11 24 (19.35%) Stakeholder Management
12 23 (18.55%) Enterprise Architecture
13 21 (16.94%) ETL
14 20 (16.13%) Data Governance
14 20 (16.13%) Data Lake
15 19 (15.32%) AI
15 19 (15.32%) Mentoring
16 18 (14.52%) Data Strategy
17 16 (12.90%) IaaS
17 16 (12.90%) Power Platform
18 15 (12.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 14 (11.29%) Architectural Patterns
19 14 (11.29%) Data Architecture
19 14 (11.29%) Data Quality
19 14 (11.29%) Microsoft 365
19 14 (11.29%) Python
19 14 (11.29%) Serverless

Azure Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 7 (5.65%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.61%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.81%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 124 (100.00%) Azure
2 30 (24.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 28 (22.58%) PaaS
4 25 (20.16%) SaaS
5 16 (12.90%) IaaS
5 16 (12.90%) Power Platform
6 15 (12.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 14 (11.29%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (11.29%) Serverless
8 12 (9.68%) AWS
9 11 (8.87%) Azure AKS
10 9 (7.26%) Azure Event Grid
10 9 (7.26%) Azure Logic Apps
10 9 (7.26%) Azure Service Bus
11 8 (6.45%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (6.45%) Azure Stack
12 6 (4.84%) GCP
13 5 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (4.03%) Microsoft Purview
14 3 (2.42%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.23%) Firewall
2 3 (2.42%) Network Security
2 3 (2.42%) VPN
3 2 (1.61%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.61%) VLAN
3 2 (1.61%) VoIP
4 1 (0.81%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (21.77%) Data Warehouse
2 20 (16.13%) Data Lake
3 13 (10.48%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (8.06%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 10 (8.06%) SQL Server
5 8 (6.45%) Data Mining
5 8 (6.45%) Data Vault
6 7 (5.65%) Power BI
7 4 (3.23%) Metadata
8 2 (1.61%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (0.81%) GitLab
1 1 (0.81%) Jenkins
General
1 25 (20.16%) Social Skills
2 22 (17.74%) Finance
3 12 (9.68%) Retail
4 10 (8.06%) Legal
4 10 (8.06%) Public Sector
5 9 (7.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.03%) Law
7 4 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.61%) REST
2 1 (0.81%) .NET
2 1 (0.81%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.81%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.29%) Enterprise Software
2 13 (10.48%) Cloud Native
3 9 (7.26%) Public Cloud
4 6 (4.84%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (4.84%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (4.03%) Data Centre
5 5 (4.03%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.42%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.61%) IoT
7 2 (1.61%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.61%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.81%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.81%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.81%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.81%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.81%) Linux
1 1 (0.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (24.19%) Data Modelling
2 29 (23.39%) Roadmaps
3 27 (21.77%) Technical Leadership
4 26 (20.97%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (20.16%) DevOps
6 24 (19.35%) Stakeholder Management
7 23 (18.55%) Enterprise Architecture
8 21 (16.94%) ETL
9 20 (16.13%) Data Governance
10 19 (15.32%) AI
10 19 (15.32%) Mentoring
11 18 (14.52%) Data Strategy
12 14 (11.29%) Architectural Patterns
12 14 (11.29%) Data Architecture
13 13 (10.48%) Migration
13 13 (10.48%) Presales
14 12 (9.68%) Microservices
14 12 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 12 (9.68%) Technology Roadmap
15 11 (8.87%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 41 (33.06%) SQL
2 14 (11.29%) Python
3 5 (4.03%) Bicep
4 2 (1.61%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.81%) Bash
5 1 (0.81%) Go
Qualifications
1 11 (8.87%) Azure Certification
2 8 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (5.65%) Degree
4 6 (4.84%) Security Cleared
5 5 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (4.03%) TOGAF Certification
6 4 (3.23%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.61%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.81%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.81%) CCNA
8 1 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.81%) CISM
8 1 (0.81%) CISSP
8 1 (0.81%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (11.29%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.03%) GDPR
3 2 (1.61%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.81%) NCSC
4 1 (0.81%) NIST
4 1 (0.81%) QA
System Software
1 4 (3.23%) Docker
2 2 (1.61%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (5.65%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.84%) Terraform
3 1 (0.81%) Ansible
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 45 (36.29%) Microsoft
2 43 (34.68%) Databricks
3 9 (7.26%) Informatica
3 9 (7.26%) Oracle
4 6 (4.84%) BiZZdesign
5 3 (2.42%) VMware
6 2 (1.61%) Intapp
6 2 (1.61%) SonicWALL
7 1 (0.81%) Cisco
7 1 (0.81%) EMC
7 1 (0.81%) F5
7 1 (0.81%) Foundry
7 1 (0.81%) Google
7 1 (0.81%) iManage
7 1 (0.81%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.81%) Splunk