Azure Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends

Infrastructure Engineer - Microsoft Azure
UK

The median Infrastructure Engineer - Microsoft Azure daily rate in the UK is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 550 519 545
Rank change year-on-year -31 +26 +206
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Infrastructure Engineer 37 33 60
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.096% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.10% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 29 37
10th Percentile £400 £375 £393
25th Percentile £406 £406 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +7.84%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £650
90th Percentile £700 £700 £768
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -4.02% -2.38% +16.02%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 33,474 31,919 40,968
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.98% 92.77% 93.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,192 19,646 27,547
10th Percentile £290 £300 £288
25th Percentile £404 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £644
90th Percentile £720 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,966 1,020 1,459
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.48 £15.16
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.52 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.97% -25.51% +50.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.59 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £72.53 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.00%

Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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.

Azure Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Azure Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Azure Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Top 12 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Infrastructure Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 17 December 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -33 37 £450 -18.18% 4
UK excluding London -50 25 £492 -4.02% 5
London -6 12 £450 -24.05%
South West +3 10 £700 -
Midlands -30 8 £700 +14.29% 2
West Midlands -33 8 £700 +14.29%
Work from Home -2 5 £438 -16.67% 3
East of England -10 5 £413 - 1
North of England -52 4 £363 -12.12%
South East - 4 £459 - 1
Yorkshire -45 3 £363 -12.12%
North West -31 1 - -

Azure Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, 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 featuring Azure Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 37 (100.00%) Azure
2 33 (89.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 18 (48.65%) DevOps
4 16 (43.24%) Microsoft
5 14 (37.84%) Migration
5 14 (37.84%) Terraform
6 12 (32.43%) Azure Certification
6 12 (32.43%) Entra ID
7 10 (27.03%) Bicep
8 9 (24.32%) Cloud Security
8 9 (24.32%) Security Cleared
9 8 (21.62%) Analytics
9 8 (21.62%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (21.62%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (21.62%) Infrastructure as Code
9 8 (21.62%) Log Analytics
9 8 (21.62%) SC Cleared
10 7 (18.92%) AWS
10 7 (18.92%) Azure Stack
10 7 (18.92%) Infrastructure Management
10 7 (18.92%) Kubernetes
10 7 (18.92%) VPN
11 6 (16.22%) Azure AKS
11 6 (16.22%) Firewall
11 6 (16.22%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (16.22%) PaaS
11 6 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (16.22%) SAML
12 5 (13.51%) Active Directory
12 5 (13.51%) ARM Templates

Azure Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.70%) Confluence
2 1 (2.70%) IIS
2 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Maximo
2 2 (5.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 37 (100.00%) Azure
2 12 (32.43%) Entra ID
3 8 (21.62%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (21.62%) Azure Monitor
4 7 (18.92%) AWS
4 7 (18.92%) Azure Stack
5 6 (16.22%) Azure AKS
5 6 (16.22%) PaaS
6 5 (13.51%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (10.81%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 4 (10.81%) Azure Key Vault
7 4 (10.81%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (10.81%) GitHub
8 3 (8.11%) OpenShift
9 2 (5.41%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (5.41%) ShareGate
10 1 (2.70%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (2.70%) Azure Service Fabric
Communications & Networking
1 7 (18.92%) VPN
2 6 (16.22%) Firewall
3 4 (10.81%) WAN
4 3 (8.11%) SD-WAN
5 2 (5.41%) LAN
5 2 (5.41%) MPLS
5 2 (5.41%) VLAN
6 1 (2.70%) 802.11
6 1 (2.70%) BGP
6 1 (2.70%) Cisco Wireless
6 1 (2.70%) Network Security
6 1 (2.70%) OSPF
6 1 (2.70%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (2.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Artifactory
2 1 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 11 (29.73%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.51%) Aviation
3 4 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.11%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.41%) Finance
5 2 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Military
6 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (16.22%) SAML
2 5 (13.51%) ARM Templates
2 5 (13.51%) OpenID
3 2 (5.41%) ADO
3 2 (5.41%) YAML
4 1 (2.70%) 802.1X
4 1 (2.70%) OAuth
4 1 (2.70%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 10 (27.03%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (8.11%) Data Centre
2 3 (8.11%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (5.41%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.70%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.70%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (2.70%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.70%) Private Cloud
4 1 (2.70%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.11%) Windows
1 3 (8.11%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.70%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (89.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 18 (48.65%) DevOps
3 14 (37.84%) Migration
4 9 (24.32%) Cloud Security
5 8 (21.62%) Analytics
5 8 (21.62%) Infrastructure as Code
5 8 (21.62%) Log Analytics
6 7 (18.92%) Infrastructure Management
7 6 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (13.51%) ITIL
8 5 (13.51%) Observability
9 4 (10.81%) RBAC
10 3 (8.11%) CI/CD
10 3 (8.11%) Collaborative Working
10 3 (8.11%) Containerisation
10 3 (8.11%) Identity Access Management
10 3 (8.11%) Network Virtualisation
10 3 (8.11%) Security Operations
10 3 (8.11%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 3 (8.11%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 10 (27.03%) Bicep
2 5 (13.51%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (32.43%) Azure Certification
2 9 (24.32%) Security Cleared
3 8 (21.62%) SC Cleared
4 6 (16.22%) Network+ Certification
5 4 (10.81%) CISSP
5 4 (10.81%) DV Cleared
6 3 (8.11%) CISM
6 3 (8.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (5.41%) CCNA
7 2 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (5.41%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (2.70%) CCIE
8 1 (2.70%) CCNP
8 1 (2.70%) CWNA
8 1 (2.70%) GIAC
8 1 (2.70%) GSEC
8 1 (2.70%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (8.11%) NIST
2 3 (8.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 5 (13.51%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (37.84%) Terraform
2 7 (18.92%) Kubernetes
3 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.70%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (43.24%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.81%) Cisco
3 3 (8.11%) Fortinet
3 3 (8.11%) IBM
3 3 (8.11%) Meraki
3 3 (8.11%) Red Hat
4 2 (5.41%) Aruba
4 2 (5.41%) Databricks
5 1 (2.70%) AirMagnet
5 1 (2.70%) Google
5 1 (2.70%) OpenAI
5 1 (2.70%) Proofpoint
5 1 (2.70%) SonicWALL