Azure Infrastructure Engineer Jobs

Infrastructure Engineer - Microsoft Azure
UK

The median Infrastructure Engineer - Microsoft Azure salary in the UK is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 772 840 1069
Rank change year-on-year +68 +229 -368
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Infrastructure Engineer 117 138 146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.13% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.14% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 109 124 138
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +8.49%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £83,375 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,477 96,786 147,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 66,588 60,676 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,075
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure Infrastructure Engineer.

Salary trend for Azure Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Infrastructure Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +82 103 £59,500 +8.18% 13
UK excluding London -9 66 £52,500 -0.94% 8
Work from Home +57 46 £55,000 +3.77% 5
London +112 38 £65,000 - 6
South East +13 26 £52,500 +5.00% 2
North of England +48 24 £47,500 -17.39% 2
North West +12 18 £47,500 -13.64% 1
Midlands +20 9 £65,000 +20.37% 1
Yorkshire +86 6 £59,500 -0.83%
West Midlands +27 5 £67,500 +25.00% 1
East Midlands - 4 £55,000 -
East of England +26 3 £62,500 +13.64%
South West -21 3 £65,000 +78.08% 2
Scotland -60 1 £36,500 -18.89%

Azure Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Azure Infrastructure Engineer 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 permanent job ads featuring Azure Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 117 (100.00%) Azure
2 115 (98.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 64 (54.70%) Microsoft
4 62 (52.99%) Windows
5 60 (51.28%) Microsoft 365
6 48 (41.03%) Windows Server
7 46 (39.32%) Active Directory
8 38 (32.48%) VMware
9 30 (25.64%) Firewall
10 28 (23.93%) DevOps
11 27 (23.08%) SQL Server
12 26 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
12 26 (22.22%) DNS
13 24 (20.51%) VPN
13 24 (20.51%) Linux
13 24 (20.51%) VMware Infrastructure
13 24 (20.51%) PowerShell
14 20 (17.09%) Entra ID
14 20 (17.09%) Problem-Solving
14 20 (17.09%) IaaS
15 19 (16.24%) Finance
15 19 (16.24%) Microsoft Intune
16 17 (14.53%) SharePoint
16 17 (14.53%) Degree
16 17 (14.53%) Social Skills
17 16 (13.68%) CI/CD
17 16 (13.68%) SCCM
18 15 (12.82%) VMS
18 15 (12.82%) DHCP
19 14 (11.97%) Azure Certification

Azure Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 26 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (14.53%) SharePoint
3 12 (10.26%) IIS
4 7 (5.98%) WordPress
5 4 (3.42%) CMS
5 4 (3.42%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 117 (100.00%) Azure
2 60 (51.28%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (17.09%) Entra ID
3 20 (17.09%) IaaS
4 13 (11.11%) OneDrive
4 13 (11.11%) PaaS
4 13 (11.11%) SaaS
5 9 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (5.98%) AWS
7 6 (5.13%) Azure Pipelines
8 4 (3.42%) Datadog
8 4 (3.42%) GitHub
8 4 (3.42%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (3.42%) OCI
9 3 (2.56%) Azure Machine Learning
10 2 (1.71%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (1.71%) Azure Stack
11 1 (0.85%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.85%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (0.85%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 30 (25.64%) Firewall
2 26 (22.22%) DNS
3 24 (20.51%) VPN
4 15 (12.82%) DHCP
5 11 (9.40%) SAN
6 10 (8.55%) VLAN
6 10 (8.55%) WAN
7 9 (7.69%) LAN
8 8 (6.84%) Wireless
9 7 (5.98%) Fibre Channel
9 7 (5.98%) iSCSI
9 7 (5.98%) NAS
10 5 (4.27%) BGP
10 5 (4.27%) Network Security
10 5 (4.27%) OSPF
11 4 (3.42%) DMZ
11 4 (3.42%) TCP/IP
11 4 (3.42%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (1.71%) IPsec
13 1 (0.85%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (23.08%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.85%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (3.42%) Git
General
1 19 (16.24%) Finance
2 17 (14.53%) Social Skills
3 12 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.98%) Legal
5 6 (5.13%) Telecoms
6 5 (4.27%) Banking
6 5 (4.27%) Law
7 4 (3.42%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.56%) Digital Healthcare
8 3 (2.56%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.56%) Retail
9 2 (1.71%) Electronics
9 2 (1.71%) Marketing
9 2 (1.71%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.85%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.98%) LAMP
2 5 (4.27%) JSON
3 4 (3.42%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.98%) Linux Command Line
1 7 (5.98%) Replication
2 4 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (2.56%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.56%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.56%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.71%) BYOD
4 2 (1.71%) FMCG
4 2 (1.71%) NHS
4 2 (1.71%) PKI
4 2 (1.71%) Security Posture
4 2 (1.71%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.85%) CCTV
5 1 (0.85%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.85%) IoT
5 1 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 62 (52.99%) Windows
2 48 (41.03%) Windows Server
3 24 (20.51%) Linux
4 15 (12.82%) VMS
5 14 (11.97%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (8.55%) Windows 10
7 9 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (5.98%) Ubuntu
9 4 (3.42%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (1.71%) Android
10 2 (1.71%) Apple iOS
10 2 (1.71%) Mac OS
10 2 (1.71%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (98.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 28 (23.93%) DevOps
3 20 (17.09%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (13.68%) CI/CD
5 13 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
5 13 (11.11%) Migration
6 12 (10.26%) Computer Science
7 11 (9.40%) ITIL
8 9 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (5.98%) Collaborative Working
9 7 (5.98%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (5.98%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (5.98%) Infrastructure Management
10 6 (5.13%) Analytics
10 6 (5.13%) Customer Experience
10 6 (5.13%) High Availability
11 5 (4.27%) Artificial Intelligence
11 5 (4.27%) ITSM
11 5 (4.27%) Service Delivery
11 5 (4.27%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 24 (20.51%) PowerShell
2 9 (7.69%) SQL
3 6 (5.13%) Python
4 5 (4.27%) Bash
5 4 (3.42%) Bicep
6 1 (0.85%) Perl
Qualifications
1 17 (14.53%) Degree
2 14 (11.97%) Azure Certification
3 8 (6.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.85%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.42%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (3.42%) QA
3 2 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.85%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.85%) PMO
System Software
1 46 (39.32%) Active Directory
2 24 (20.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (10.26%) Docker
4 8 (6.84%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (5.98%) vSphere
6 4 (3.42%) Hyper-V
7 3 (2.56%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (1.71%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (16.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (13.68%) SCCM
3 8 (6.84%) Kubernetes
3 8 (6.84%) Terraform
4 6 (5.13%) Ansible
4 6 (5.13%) Docker Swarm
5 4 (3.42%) WSUS
6 2 (1.71%) Grafana
6 2 (1.71%) Nessus
6 2 (1.71%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.85%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.85%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 64 (54.70%) Microsoft
2 38 (32.48%) VMware
3 11 (9.40%) SolarWinds
4 10 (8.55%) Veeam
5 8 (6.84%) Citrix
5 8 (6.84%) Palo Alto
6 7 (5.98%) Aruba
6 7 (5.98%) ProCurve
6 7 (5.98%) Synology
6 7 (5.98%) Zerto
7 6 (5.13%) Cisco
8 5 (4.27%) HP
9 4 (3.42%) AppDynamics
9 4 (3.42%) Dynatrace
9 4 (3.42%) Oracle
10 2 (1.71%) arcserve
10 2 (1.71%) Dell
10 2 (1.71%) Juniper
10 2 (1.71%) NetApp
10 2 (1.71%) SAP