Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
UK

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

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 571 549 626
Rank change year-on-year -22 +77 +184
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer 3 2 8
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.009% 0.005% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.006% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 8
10th Percentile £370 £432 £511
25th Percentile £400 £462 £594
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £521 £600
Median % change year-on-year -13.67% -13.13% +14.29%
75th Percentile £500 £579 £675
90th Percentile £530 £607 £705
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £425 £675
% change year-on-year -17.65% -37.04% +103.77%

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 31,481 33,928 43,540
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.88% 93.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,970 20,456 29,619
10th Percentile £279 £300 £299
25th Percentile £402 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,790 1,271 1,517
10th Percentile £14.09 £15.10 £14.90
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.22 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.03% -17.78% +55.71%
75th Percentile £51.19 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.14% -19.10% +85.42%

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 6 November 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 +1 3 £450 -13.67% 4
London - 2 £550 - 1
South West +11 1 £350 -17.65% 1
UK excluding London -39 1 £350 -17.65% 3

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

For the 6 months to 6 November 2025, Microsoft 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 Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Apple
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
3 1 (33.33%) Patch Management
3 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) SCCM
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Hardening
3 1 (33.33%) Server Patching
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (33.33%) VPN
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012

Microsoft 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 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Patch Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Security Hardening
2 1 (33.33%) Server Patching
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (33.33%) SCCM
2 1 (33.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Apple
2 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto