Azure Infrastructure Lead Jobs

Infrastructure Leader - Microsoft Azure
UK

The median Infrastructure Leader - Microsoft Azure salary in the UK is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 710 884 949
Rank change year-on-year +174 +65 +252
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Infrastructure Lead 2 17 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.004% 0.017% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.018% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 2 17 11
10th Percentile - - £55,000
25th Percentile £73,750 £45,000 £75,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £55,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.91% -45.00% +37.93%
75th Percentile £81,250 £63,750 -
90th Percentile - £65,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £55,000 £68,500
% change year-on-year +40.91% -19.71% +5.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 50,162 93,945 92,753
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.62% 94.63% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,234 67,289 58,554
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £80,627
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +6.00%

Azure Infrastructure Lead
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Infrastructure Lead in the UK

Azure Infrastructure Lead
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Azure Infrastructure Lead in the UK

Azure Infrastructure Lead
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Infrastructure Lead within the UK over the 6 months to 13 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +170 2 £77,500 +40.91% 1
England +137 2 £77,500 +40.91% 1
Midlands - 2 £77,500 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £77,500 -

Azure Infrastructure Lead Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, Azure Infrastructure Lead 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 Lead in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
1 2 (100.00%) IaaS
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Serverless
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Functions
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 2 (100.00%) FinOps
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Key Vault
1 2 (100.00%) Cost Management
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) PaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery

Azure Infrastructure Lead 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Functions
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Key Vault
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
1 2 (100.00%) IaaS
1 2 (100.00%) PaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Serverless
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cost Management
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) FinOps
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform