Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer Jobs

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
UK

The median Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 855 975 1190
Rank change year-on-year +120 +215 -348
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer 30 11 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.031% 0.011% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.012% 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 30 11 26
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,875 £34,194
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -15.89%
75th Percentile £53,750 £71,250 £57,188
90th Percentile £55,000 £77,500 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £40,250 £38,775
% change year-on-year +11.80% +3.80% -13.83%

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 93,044 95,188 149,713
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 66,821 59,863 85,291
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.08% - +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%

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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 +130 30 £45,000 +5.88% 6
UK excluding London +30 30 £45,000 +11.80% 6
Work from Home +81 12 £42,500 -5.56% 3
South East +19 12 £45,000 +5.88%
South West -3 12 £53,000 +24.71% 4
West Midlands - 5 £42,500 - 1
Midlands - 5 £42,500 - 1
North of England +28 1 £50,000 +31.58%
North East - 1 £50,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Microsoft 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 Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 30 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 30 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 17 (56.67%) Windows Server
2 17 (56.67%) Windows
2 17 (56.67%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (53.33%) Active Directory
4 13 (43.33%) Azure
5 10 (33.33%) VMware
6 9 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
7 8 (26.67%) Mentoring
7 8 (26.67%) DHCP
7 8 (26.67%) DNS
8 7 (23.33%) Microsoft Exchange
8 7 (23.33%) Social Skills
9 6 (20.00%) WAN
10 5 (16.67%) High Availability
10 5 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
10 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (16.67%) Edge Virtualization
11 4 (13.33%) SCCM
11 4 (13.33%) SQL Server
11 4 (13.33%) Data Centre
11 4 (13.33%) Hyper-V
12 3 (10.00%) SQL
12 3 (10.00%) LAN
12 3 (10.00%) VoIP
12 3 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (10.00%) SD-WAN
12 3 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019

Microsoft 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 7 (23.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 17 (56.67%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (43.33%) Azure
3 1 (3.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (26.67%) DHCP
1 8 (26.67%) DNS
2 6 (20.00%) WAN
3 3 (10.00%) LAN
3 3 (10.00%) SD-WAN
3 3 (10.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.33%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (23.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.33%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 17 (56.67%) Windows
1 17 (56.67%) Windows Server
2 3 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (26.67%) Mentoring
3 5 (16.67%) Edge Virtualization
3 5 (16.67%) High Availability
3 5 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
3 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (6.67%) Server Management
5 1 (3.33%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.33%) MCSA
1 1 (3.33%) MCSE
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 16 (53.33%) Active Directory
2 9 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (13.33%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (13.33%) SCCM
2 1 (3.33%) SCOM
2 1 (3.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 30 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (33.33%) VMware