Microsoft Azure Architect
UK

The median Microsoft Azure Architect salary in the UK is £87,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 663 555 732
Rank change year-on-year -108 +177 -245
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Architect 225 481 579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.48% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.53% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 183 391 451
10th Percentile £62,750 £68,750 £62,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £90,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £111,250 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £87,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -17.14% +16.67% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Azure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Architect in the UK

Azure Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Azure Architect in the UK

Azure Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Architect over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure Architect in the UK

Azure Architect
Top 15 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 20 May 2024. 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 -109 191 £87,500 -7.89% 48
London -10 116 £95,000 - 21
Work from Home -59 90 £95,000 +5.56% 36
UK excluding London -92 83 £72,500 -17.14% 25
North of England +34 22 £68,125 -22.14% 4
Midlands -24 20 £75,000 +3.45% 5
West Midlands +7 16 £75,000 - 5
South East -44 15 £60,000 -36.84% 13
Scotland -68 13 £67,500 -15.63%
North West -1 12 £70,000 -22.22% 4
Yorkshire +80 10 £67,500 -21.74%
South West -26 6 £91,250 -6.41% 3
Channel Islands - 4 £85,000 -
Wales +10 3 £50,000 -20.00%
East Midlands -30 3 £70,000 -3.45%

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, 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 featuring Azure Architect in the job title.

1 225 (100.00%) Azure
2 84 (37.33%) Microsoft
3 68 (30.22%) Azure Certification
4 62 (27.56%) Finance
5 51 (22.67%) Roadmaps
6 49 (21.78%) DevOps
7 47 (20.89%) Infrastructure as Code
8 45 (20.00%) PaaS
9 42 (18.67%) IaaS
10 41 (18.22%) SQL
11 40 (17.78%) Social Skills
12 37 (16.44%) Terraform
13 36 (16.00%) Public Cloud
14 35 (15.56%) Migration
15 33 (14.67%) Kubernetes
16 31 (13.78%) Databricks
17 29 (12.89%) Analytics
18 28 (12.44%) Microsoft 365
18 28 (12.44%) Agile
18 28 (12.44%) Data Lake
18 28 (12.44%) Azure Data Factory
18 28 (12.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 27 (12.00%) AWS
20 26 (11.56%) Cloud Security
21 25 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
21 25 (11.11%) Citrix
22 24 (10.67%) Business Intelligence
23 23 (10.22%) Asset Management
24 22 (9.78%) SaaS
24 22 (9.78%) Analytical Skills

Azure 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 7 (3.11%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.89%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.44%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (0.89%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.89%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 225 (100.00%) Azure
2 45 (20.00%) PaaS
3 42 (18.67%) IaaS
4 28 (12.44%) Azure Data Factory
4 28 (12.44%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (12.00%) AWS
6 25 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
7 22 (9.78%) SaaS
8 20 (8.89%) Azure AKS
8 20 (8.89%) Power Platform
9 16 (7.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 14 (6.22%) Serverless
11 11 (4.89%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (4.89%) Entra ID
11 11 (4.89%) GCP
12 9 (4.00%) Azure App Service
12 9 (4.00%) Azure Service Bus
12 9 (4.00%) Microsoft Purview
13 8 (3.56%) Azure API Management
14 6 (2.67%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.00%) DNS
1 9 (4.00%) Network Security
2 4 (1.78%) Firewall
3 2 (0.89%) Internet
3 2 (0.89%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.89%) SSL
3 2 (0.89%) VPN
4 1 (0.44%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (12.44%) Data Lake
2 20 (8.89%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (7.56%) Azure SQL Database
3 17 (7.56%) SQL Server
4 15 (6.67%) Power BI
5 6 (2.67%) Big Data
6 4 (1.78%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.78%) Spark SQL
7 3 (1.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.33%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (1.33%) OLAP
7 3 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.89%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.89%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.89%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (0.89%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.44%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.44%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.44%) PolyBase
9 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (4.89%) Git
2 7 (3.11%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.33%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.33%) CircleCI
3 3 (1.33%) GitLab
3 3 (1.33%) JUnit
3 3 (1.33%) Selenium
3 3 (1.33%) Subversion
3 3 (1.33%) TestNG
3 3 (1.33%) Travis CI
4 1 (0.44%) JIRA
General
1 62 (27.56%) Finance
2 40 (17.78%) Social Skills
3 28 (12.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 22 (9.78%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (7.56%) Retail Banking
6 14 (6.22%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (5.78%) Banking
7 13 (5.78%) Public Sector
8 9 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.22%) Marketing
10 4 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.78%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.33%) Legal
11 3 (1.33%) Retail
11 3 (1.33%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.89%) Brand Awareness
12 2 (0.89%) Electronics
12 2 (0.89%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.11%) .NET
2 10 (4.44%) JSON
2 10 (4.44%) RESTful
2 10 (4.44%) XML
3 9 (4.00%) .NET Core
3 9 (4.00%) .NET Framework
3 9 (4.00%) ASP.NET
4 8 (3.56%) ASP.NET 2.0
4 8 (3.56%) ASP.NET Web API
4 8 (3.56%) Blazor
4 8 (3.56%) CSS
4 8 (3.56%) Entity Framework
4 8 (3.56%) HTML
4 8 (3.56%) HTML5
4 8 (3.56%) Razor View Engine
4 8 (3.56%) YAML
5 6 (2.67%) PySpark
6 3 (1.33%) ARM Templates
6 3 (1.33%) OAuth
6 3 (1.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 36 (16.00%) Public Cloud
2 22 (9.78%) Cloud Native
3 12 (5.33%) Data Centre
4 9 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.67%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (2.22%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.78%) Blog
7 4 (1.78%) Enterprise Cloud
7 4 (1.78%) Replication
8 3 (1.33%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.89%) Social Media
10 1 (0.44%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.44%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.44%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.44%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.22%) Linux
1 5 (2.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (22.67%) Roadmaps
2 49 (21.78%) DevOps
3 47 (20.89%) Infrastructure as Code
4 35 (15.56%) Migration
5 29 (12.89%) Analytics
6 28 (12.44%) Agile
7 26 (11.56%) Cloud Security
8 24 (10.67%) Business Intelligence
9 23 (10.22%) Asset Management
10 22 (9.78%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (8.44%) Artificial Intelligence
11 19 (8.44%) Design Patterns
12 18 (8.00%) CI/CD
12 18 (8.00%) Presales
13 17 (7.56%) Cybersecurity
13 17 (7.56%) Identity Access Management
14 16 (7.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 16 (7.11%) Technology Roadmap
15 13 (5.78%) Data Governance
15 13 (5.78%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 41 (18.22%) SQL
2 20 (8.89%) Python
3 14 (6.22%) C#
4 10 (4.44%) JavaScript
4 10 (4.44%) T-SQL
5 9 (4.00%) PowerShell
6 6 (2.67%) Java
6 6 (2.67%) R
7 4 (1.78%) Scala
8 2 (0.89%) Bicep
9 1 (0.44%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 68 (30.22%) Azure Certification
2 12 (5.33%) SC Cleared
2 12 (5.33%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.89%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (4.44%) Degree
5 6 (2.67%) AWS Certification
5 6 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.89%) CCNA
7 2 (0.89%) CISSP
7 2 (0.89%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.44%) CCSP
8 1 (0.44%) CEH
8 1 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.78%) Data Quality
1 4 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (1.78%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.44%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (7.56%) Docker
2 16 (7.11%) Active Directory
3 12 (5.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.67%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.78%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.33%) VirtualBox
7 2 (0.89%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (16.44%) Terraform
2 33 (14.67%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.67%) Ansible
4 5 (2.22%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.33%) Kibana
5 3 (1.33%) logstash
5 3 (1.33%) Nagios
5 3 (1.33%) Puppet
5 3 (1.33%) ZABBIX
6 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 84 (37.33%) Microsoft
2 31 (13.78%) Databricks
3 25 (11.11%) Citrix
4 12 (5.33%) VMware
5 6 (2.67%) Adobe
5 6 (2.67%) Apple
6 4 (1.78%) SAP
7 3 (1.33%) New Relic
7 3 (1.33%) Okta
7 3 (1.33%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.33%) Splunk
8 2 (0.89%) Cisco
8 2 (0.89%) Google
8 2 (0.89%) iManage
8 2 (0.89%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.89%) Sparx
8 2 (0.89%) Veeam
9 1 (0.44%) Oracle
9 1 (0.44%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.44%) Sitecore