Azure Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Reading

Infrastructure Engineer - Microsoft Azure
Berkshire > Reading

The median Infrastructure Engineer - Microsoft Azure salary in Reading is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 - 102
Rank change year-on-year - - +34
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Infrastructure Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.20% - 0.094%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% - 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56,250 - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +46.07%
75th Percentile £58,750 - £67,500
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £57,500 - £52,500
% change year-on-year - - +17.98%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 456 1,133 991
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.57% 94.34% 93.49%
Number of salaries quoted 268 578 616
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,322 £39,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £56,525 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.24% +2.77% -8.33%
75th Percentile £68,813 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £54,763
% change year-on-year -20.83% +9.56% -7.18%

Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Azure Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Reading

Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for Azure Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Reading.

Salary distribution trend for Azure Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 15 October 2025, Azure Infrastructure Engineer 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 permanent job ads across the Reading region featuring Azure Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) HND
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) MCSA
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) CMDB
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring

Azure Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) HND
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) MCSA
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft