Azure Infrastructure Engineer Contracts in the City of London

Infrastructure Engineer - Microsoft Azure
Central London > City of London

The median Infrastructure Engineer - Microsoft Azure daily rate in the City of London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate 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 114 125 175
Rank change year-on-year +11 +50 +3
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Infrastructure Engineer 5 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.28% 0.091% 0.082%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.096% 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 £763 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £775 £550
Median % change year-on-year -29.03% +40.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £634 £788 -
90th Percentile £670 - -
Central London median daily rate £550 £775 £550
% change year-on-year -29.03% +40.91% +10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,632 2,086 3,469
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 94.95% 95.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,021 1,483 2,364
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -6.25% +6.19%
75th Percentile £681 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £798 £820
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £585
% change year-on-year +4.55% -5.98% +4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 22
10th Percentile £22.00 £15.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -34.29% -6.04%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £92.75 £40.00 £87.97
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.78 £35.00
% change year-on-year +12.76% -26.34% -6.04%

Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Infrastructure Engineer in the City of London

Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Infrastructure Engineer in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Azure Infrastructure Engineer in the City of London

Azure Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Azure Infrastructure Engineer contract 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 contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Azure Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 4 (80.00%) DNS
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (60.00%) VMware
4 2 (40.00%) Clustering
4 2 (40.00%) Network Security
4 2 (40.00%) Time Management
4 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (40.00%) Atempo
4 2 (40.00%) F5
4 2 (40.00%) VCAP
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (40.00%) IaaS
4 2 (40.00%) FortiGate
4 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Management
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (40.00%) MPLS
4 2 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (40.00%) Fortinet
4 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 2 (40.00%) Spanish Language
4 2 (40.00%) SQL Server

Azure Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (40.00%) IaaS
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (20.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) DNS
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) MPLS
2 2 (40.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (40.00%) Spanish Language
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Clustering
2 1 (20.00%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Time Management
2 2 (40.00%) Virtual Environments
3 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (20.00%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) VCAP
1 2 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) FortiGate
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) VMware
3 2 (40.00%) Atempo
3 2 (40.00%) Databricks
3 2 (40.00%) F5
3 2 (40.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (40.00%) Mellanox
4 1 (20.00%) Commvault