Azure Infrastructure Engineer Jobs

Infrastructure Engineer - Microsoft Azure
UK

The median Infrastructure Engineer - Microsoft Azure salary in the UK is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 780 831 1084
Rank change year-on-year +51 +253 -364
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Infrastructure Engineer 116 139 148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.13% 0.096%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.15% 0.100%
Number of salaries quoted 108 125 140
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £58,250
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -5.58% +9.91%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £83,250 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% -

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 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Azure Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Infrastructure Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +79 102 £58,500 +6.36% 14
UK excluding London -2 65 £52,500 -0.94% 9
Work from Home +66 45 £55,000 +1.85% 5
London +114 38 £65,000 - 7
North of England +57 24 £47,500 -17.39% 2
South East +24 24 £52,500 +5.00% 2
North West +19 18 £47,500 -17.39% 1
Midlands +7 9 £65,000 +20.37% 1
Yorkshire +92 6 £59,500 -0.83%
West Midlands +22 5 £67,500 +25.00% 1
South West -9 4 £62,500 +71.23% 3
East Midlands - 4 £55,000 -
East of England +5 3 £62,500 +13.64%
Scotland -63 1 £36,500 -18.89%

Azure Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Azure Infrastructure Engineer 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 Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 116 (100.00%) Azure
2 113 (97.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 62 (53.45%) Microsoft
4 61 (52.59%) Windows
5 60 (51.72%) Microsoft 365
6 48 (41.38%) Windows Server
7 45 (38.79%) Active Directory
8 37 (31.90%) VMware
9 30 (25.86%) Firewall
10 27 (23.28%) SQL Server
11 26 (22.41%) Microsoft Exchange
11 26 (22.41%) DevOps
12 25 (21.55%) PowerShell
13 24 (20.69%) Linux
13 24 (20.69%) VPN
13 24 (20.69%) DNS
14 23 (19.83%) VMware Infrastructure
15 21 (18.10%) Entra ID
16 19 (16.38%) Microsoft Intune
16 19 (16.38%) IaaS
16 19 (16.38%) Problem-Solving
17 18 (15.52%) SharePoint
17 18 (15.52%) Finance
18 17 (14.66%) Degree
18 17 (14.66%) Social Skills
19 16 (13.79%) SCCM
20 15 (12.93%) VMS
20 15 (12.93%) CI/CD
21 14 (12.07%) DHCP
21 14 (12.07%) OneDrive

Azure Infrastructure Engineer 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 26 (22.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (15.52%) SharePoint
3 12 (10.34%) IIS
4 7 (6.03%) WordPress
5 4 (3.45%) CMS
5 4 (3.45%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.86%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 116 (100.00%) Azure
2 60 (51.72%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (18.10%) Entra ID
4 19 (16.38%) IaaS
5 14 (12.07%) OneDrive
6 13 (11.21%) PaaS
6 13 (11.21%) SaaS
7 8 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (6.03%) AWS
9 6 (5.17%) Azure Pipelines
10 5 (4.31%) OCI
11 4 (3.45%) Datadog
11 4 (3.45%) GitHub
11 4 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (2.59%) Azure Machine Learning
13 2 (1.72%) Azure Monitor
13 2 (1.72%) Azure Stack
13 2 (1.72%) Azure Storage
14 1 (0.86%) Azure Logic Apps
14 1 (0.86%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 30 (25.86%) Firewall
2 24 (20.69%) DNS
2 24 (20.69%) VPN
3 14 (12.07%) DHCP
4 11 (9.48%) SAN
5 10 (8.62%) VLAN
6 9 (7.76%) WAN
7 8 (6.90%) LAN
7 8 (6.90%) Wireless
8 7 (6.03%) Fibre Channel
8 7 (6.03%) iSCSI
8 7 (6.03%) NAS
9 5 (4.31%) BGP
9 5 (4.31%) Network Security
9 5 (4.31%) OSPF
10 4 (3.45%) DMZ
10 4 (3.45%) TCP/IP
10 4 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (1.72%) IPsec
12 1 (0.86%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (23.28%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.86%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (3.45%) Git
General
1 18 (15.52%) Finance
2 17 (14.66%) Social Skills
3 11 (9.48%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (6.03%) Legal
5 6 (5.17%) Banking
5 6 (5.17%) Telecoms
6 5 (4.31%) Law
7 4 (3.45%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.59%) Digital Healthcare
8 3 (2.59%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.59%) Retail
9 2 (1.72%) Electronics
9 2 (1.72%) Marketing
9 2 (1.72%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.86%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.03%) LAMP
2 5 (4.31%) JSON
3 4 (3.45%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.03%) Linux Command Line
1 7 (6.03%) Replication
2 4 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (2.59%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.59%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.59%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.72%) BYOD
4 2 (1.72%) FMCG
4 2 (1.72%) NHS
4 2 (1.72%) PKI
4 2 (1.72%) Security Posture
4 2 (1.72%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.86%) CCTV
5 1 (0.86%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.86%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.86%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 61 (52.59%) Windows
2 48 (41.38%) Windows Server
3 24 (20.69%) Linux
4 15 (12.93%) VMS
5 13 (11.21%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (8.62%) Windows 10
7 9 (7.76%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (6.03%) Ubuntu
9 3 (2.59%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (1.72%) Android
10 2 (1.72%) Apple iOS
10 2 (1.72%) Mac OS
10 2 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (97.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 26 (22.41%) DevOps
3 19 (16.38%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (12.93%) CI/CD
5 13 (11.21%) Migration
6 12 (10.34%) Computer Science
6 12 (10.34%) Infrastructure as Code
7 10 (8.62%) ITIL
8 9 (7.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (6.03%) Collaborative Working
9 7 (6.03%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (6.03%) High Availability
9 7 (6.03%) Infrastructure Management
10 6 (5.17%) Analytics
10 6 (5.17%) Customer Experience
10 6 (5.17%) Disaster Recovery
11 5 (4.31%) Artificial Intelligence
11 5 (4.31%) ITSM
11 5 (4.31%) Service Delivery
11 5 (4.31%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 25 (21.55%) PowerShell
2 9 (7.76%) SQL
3 5 (4.31%) Python
4 4 (3.45%) Bash
5 3 (2.59%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 17 (14.66%) Degree
2 13 (11.21%) Azure Certification
3 8 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.86%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (3.45%) QA
3 2 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.86%) PMO
System Software
1 45 (38.79%) Active Directory
2 23 (19.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (10.34%) Docker
4 7 (6.03%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (6.03%) vSphere
5 4 (3.45%) Hyper-V
6 3 (2.59%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.72%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (16.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (13.79%) SCCM
3 8 (6.90%) Kubernetes
3 8 (6.90%) Terraform
4 6 (5.17%) Ansible
4 6 (5.17%) Docker Swarm
5 4 (3.45%) WSUS
6 2 (1.72%) Grafana
6 2 (1.72%) Nessus
6 2 (1.72%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.86%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.86%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 62 (53.45%) Microsoft
2 37 (31.90%) VMware
3 11 (9.48%) SolarWinds
4 10 (8.62%) Veeam
5 8 (6.90%) Citrix
5 8 (6.90%) Palo Alto
6 7 (6.03%) Aruba
6 7 (6.03%) ProCurve
6 7 (6.03%) Synology
6 7 (6.03%) Zerto
7 6 (5.17%) Cisco
8 5 (4.31%) HP
8 5 (4.31%) Oracle
9 4 (3.45%) AppDynamics
9 4 (3.45%) Dynatrace
10 2 (1.72%) arcserve
10 2 (1.72%) Dell
10 2 (1.72%) Juniper
10 2 (1.72%) NetApp
10 2 (1.72%) SAP