Azure Architect Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Azure Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Microsoft Azure Architect salary for remote or hybrid work is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 358 495 435
Rank change year-on-year +137 -60 +135
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Architect 39 97 254
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.26% 0.29% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.30% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 15 73 225
10th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £75,000
25th Percentile £73,125 £82,500 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £97,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% +8.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £101,250 £110,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £111,500 £115,000 £106,250
UK median annual salary £100,000 £87,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -2.78% +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,554 32,482 41,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.99% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 24,960 29,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Azure Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Azure Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Azure Architect trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Azure Architect
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Azure Architect.

Azure Architect salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Architect
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Azure Architect over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Azure Architect salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Azure Architect in the job title.

1 39 (100.00%) Azure
2 27 (69.23%) Microsoft
3 25 (64.10%) Roadmaps
4 21 (53.85%) Presales
5 19 (48.72%) Cybersecurity
6 16 (41.03%) Software Licensing
6 16 (41.03%) Time Management
6 16 (41.03%) Adobe
6 16 (41.03%) Apple
6 16 (41.03%) Virtual Desktop
6 16 (41.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (20.51%) Social Skills
7 8 (20.51%) Analytics
7 8 (20.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (17.95%) Waterfall
8 7 (17.95%) Scrum
9 6 (15.38%) TOGAF
9 6 (15.38%) UML
9 6 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (15.38%) Data Governance
9 6 (15.38%) ArchiMate
9 6 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
9 6 (15.38%) Architecture Roadmap
9 6 (15.38%) Databricks
10 5 (12.82%) Containerisation
10 5 (12.82%) Cloud Native
10 5 (12.82%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 5 (12.82%) Decision-Making
10 5 (12.82%) Target Operating Model
10 5 (12.82%) GCP

Azure Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (5.13%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.56%) Apache
2 1 (2.56%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 39 (100.00%) Azure
2 5 (12.82%) AWS
2 5 (12.82%) GCP
3 4 (10.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 4 (10.26%) Entra ID
3 4 (10.26%) PaaS
4 3 (7.69%) Azure AI
4 3 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (5.13%) Azure Storage
5 2 (5.13%) GitHub
5 2 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (5.13%) OneDrive
5 2 (5.13%) Power Automate
5 2 (5.13%) SaaS
6 1 (2.56%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (2.56%) Azure Machine Learning
6 1 (2.56%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (2.56%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.69%) Firewall
2 2 (5.13%) Network Security
3 1 (2.56%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (2.56%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (2.56%) DNS
3 1 (2.56%) LAN
3 1 (2.56%) MPLS
3 1 (2.56%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.56%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (2.56%) WAN
3 1 (2.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.82%) SQL Server
2 4 (10.26%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (5.13%) Data Lake
4 1 (2.56%) Big Data
4 1 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.56%) Delta Lake
4 1 (2.56%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.56%) Power BI
4 1 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) ERwin
General
1 16 (41.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (20.51%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.26%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (5.13%) Law
5 2 (5.13%) Legal
6 1 (2.56%) Automotive
6 1 (2.56%) Banking
6 1 (2.56%) Finance
6 1 (2.56%) Health Technology
6 1 (2.56%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) Cloud Native
1 5 (12.82%) Management Information System
2 4 (10.26%) Data Centre
3 3 (7.69%) Onboarding
4 2 (5.13%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.56%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (64.10%) Roadmaps
2 21 (53.85%) Presales
3 19 (48.72%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (41.03%) Software Licensing
4 16 (41.03%) Time Management
5 8 (20.51%) Analytics
5 8 (20.51%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (17.95%) Scrum
6 7 (17.95%) Waterfall
7 6 (15.38%) ArchiMate
7 6 (15.38%) Architecture Roadmap
7 6 (15.38%) Data Governance
7 6 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
7 6 (15.38%) TOGAF
7 6 (15.38%) UML
8 5 (12.82%) Containerisation
8 5 (12.82%) Decision-Making
8 5 (12.82%) DevOps
8 5 (12.82%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.26%) SQL
2 3 (7.69%) PowerShell
2 3 (7.69%) Python
3 1 (2.56%) Bicep
3 1 (2.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (2.56%) Java
3 1 (2.56%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (2.56%) Scala
Qualifications
1 5 (12.82%) Degree
2 4 (10.26%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (7.69%) Azure Certification
3 3 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.69%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.56%) CCNP
4 1 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.56%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.69%) QA
2 2 (5.13%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.56%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.56%) GDPR
3 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.56%) NIST
3 1 (2.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (41.03%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (5.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (5.13%) SCCM
1 2 (5.13%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 16 (41.03%) Adobe
2 16 (41.03%) Apple
3 6 (15.38%) Databricks
4 5 (12.82%) Google
4 5 (12.82%) IBM
4 5 (12.82%) Oracle
4 5 (12.82%) Salesforce
5 2 (5.13%) iManage
6 1 (2.56%) Cisco
6 1 (2.56%) Meraki
6 1 (2.56%) Palo Alto