Azure Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in Croydon

Infrastructure Engineer - Microsoft Azure
South London > Croydon

The median Infrastructure Engineer - Microsoft Azure daily rate in Croydon is £523, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Infrastructure Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Croydon 1.27% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £512 - -
25th Percentile £514 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 - -
75th Percentile £529 - -
90th Percentile £530 - -
South London median daily rate £523 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Croydon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Croydon. 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 Croydon with a recognized job title 148 78 93
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 96.30% 96.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 54 59
10th Percentile £350 £285 £396
25th Percentile £481 £464 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £528 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% +5.50% -7.24%
75th Percentile £550 £630 £538
90th Percentile £653 £705 £567
South London median daily rate £525 £504 £500
% change year-on-year +4.22% +0.75% -5.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £17.24 - -
25th Percentile £17.71 - £17.25
Median hourly rate £19.00 - £19.50
75th Percentile £19.50 - £35.06
90th Percentile - - £59.03
South London median hourly rate £58.74 £17.98 £19.50
% change year-on-year +226.67% -7.79% -61.32%

Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Azure Infrastructure Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Croydon.

Azure Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Croydon

Azure Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon

For the 6 months to 14 August 2026, Azure Infrastructure Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Croydon region featuring Azure Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ARM Templates
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Functions
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Serverless
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform
1 2 (100.00%) YAML
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared

Azure Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Functions
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) Serverless
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) ARM Templates
1 2 (100.00%) YAML
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft