Azure Data Architect Jobs

Data Architect - Azure
UK

The median Data Architect - Azure salary in the UK is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 696 840 876
Rank change year-on-year +144 +36 +314
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Data Architect 16 38 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.029% 0.038% 0.096%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.041% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 15 29 76
10th Percentile £75,750 £60,000 £68,750
25th Percentile £81,250 £70,000 £89,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £95,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £105,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £128,750 £113,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £94,000 £60,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +56.67% -17.24% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 49,912 93,707 92,673
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.63% 91.55%
Number of salaries quoted 27,050 67,086 58,518
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £80,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

Azure Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Data Architect in the UK

Azure Data Architect
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure Data Architect.

Salary trend for Azure Data Architect in the UK

Azure Data Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Data Architect over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure Data Architect in the UK

Azure Data Architect
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Data Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
England +121 13 £86,250 -9.21% 6
UK excluding London +180 8 £94,000 +56.67% 2
London +105 8 £85,000 -17.07% 5
Work from Home +109 6 £85,000 -10.53% 6
Midlands +60 3 £88,000 +3.53%
West Midlands +55 3 £88,000 -14.15%
Scotland - 3 £100,000 -
South East +96 1 £53,000 -11.67% 2
North of England +52 1 £110,000 -
North West +6 1 £110,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, Azure Data 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 featuring Azure Data Architect in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Azure
2 13 (81.25%) Analytics
3 11 (68.75%) Data Architecture
3 11 (68.75%) Databricks
4 9 (56.25%) Data Governance
5 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
5 8 (50.00%) SQL
6 7 (43.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 6 (37.50%) Architectural Design
7 6 (37.50%) Data Lake
7 6 (37.50%) Data Science
7 6 (37.50%) DevOps
7 6 (37.50%) Data Security
7 6 (37.50%) PaaS
7 6 (37.50%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (31.25%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (31.25%) CI/CD
8 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (25.00%) SaaS
9 4 (25.00%) GCP
9 4 (25.00%) Machine Learning
9 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
9 4 (25.00%) Data Modelling
10 3 (18.75%) Python
10 3 (18.75%) DNS
10 3 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
10 3 (18.75%) Manufacturing
10 3 (18.75%) Load Balancing
10 3 (18.75%) IaaS

Azure Data Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (6.25%) Apache
1 1 (6.25%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 16 (100.00%) Azure
2 7 (43.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 6 (37.50%) PaaS
4 5 (31.25%) Azure Data Factory
4 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Purview
5 4 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (25.00%) GCP
5 4 (25.00%) SaaS
6 3 (18.75%) AWS
6 3 (18.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (18.75%) IaaS
7 2 (12.50%) Azure Stack
7 2 (12.50%) Azure Storage
7 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
8 1 (6.25%) Azure AI
8 1 (6.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (6.25%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (6.25%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) Azure SQL Database
1 6 (37.50%) Data Lake
2 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (12.50%) Power BI
4 1 (6.25%) Big Data
4 1 (6.25%) Delta Lake
4 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (6.25%) NoSQL
4 1 (6.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) ERwin
General
1 3 (18.75%) Manufacturing
1 3 (18.75%) Retail
1 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Automotive
2 1 (6.25%) Local Government
2 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Azure Blueprints
1 1 (6.25%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
1 1 (6.25%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (81.25%) Analytics
2 11 (68.75%) Data Architecture
3 9 (56.25%) Data Governance
4 6 (37.50%) Architectural Design
4 6 (37.50%) Data Science
4 6 (37.50%) Data Security
4 6 (37.50%) DevOps
5 5 (31.25%) CI/CD
6 4 (25.00%) Data Modelling
6 4 (25.00%) Machine Learning
7 3 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (18.75%) Data Management
7 3 (18.75%) Data Transformation
7 3 (18.75%) Data Visualisation
7 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure as Code
7 3 (18.75%) Load Balancing
7 3 (18.75%) Platform Engineering
7 3 (18.75%) Roadmaps
7 3 (18.75%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (18.75%) Python
3 1 (6.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (6.25%) Scala
3 1 (6.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) Azure Certification
1 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (6.25%) DBS Check
1 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.25%) PCI DSS
2 1 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (68.75%) Databricks
2 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.25%) Alteryx