Azure Infrastructure Engineer Jobs

Infrastructure Engineer - Microsoft Azure
UK

The median Infrastructure Engineer - Microsoft Azure salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 803 865 1082
Rank change year-on-year +62 +217 -371
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Infrastructure Engineer 104 130 153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.13% 0.097%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.14% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 96 116 143
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.00% -6.78% +11.32%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £91,875 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £54,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.67% +3.81% +6.06%

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 93,191 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 66,790 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +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 7 May 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 7 May 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 +53 90 £56,250 +2.27% 10
UK excluding London -23 61 £52,500 -3.67% 6
Work from Home +50 41 £55,000 - 3
London +98 30 £65,000 - 6
North of England +54 25 £47,500 -19.15%
South East +13 21 £52,500 +5.00% 2
North West +24 18 £47,500 -17.39%
Midlands +1 8 £65,000 +19.27% 1
Yorkshire +81 7 £59,500 -0.83%
West Midlands +14 5 £67,500 +23.85% 1
East of England +8 3 £62,500 +13.64%
South West -37 3 £60,000 +51.90% 2
East Midlands - 3 £55,000 -
Scotland -62 1 £36,500 -18.89%

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 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.

1 104 (100.00%) Azure
2 100 (96.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 56 (53.85%) Microsoft
4 52 (50.00%) Windows
5 50 (48.08%) Microsoft 365
6 41 (39.42%) Active Directory
7 40 (38.46%) Windows Server
8 30 (28.85%) Firewall
8 30 (28.85%) VMware
9 24 (23.08%) Linux
10 23 (22.12%) DevOps
11 22 (21.15%) SQL Server
11 22 (21.15%) DNS
11 22 (21.15%) PowerShell
12 21 (20.19%) VPN
13 19 (18.27%) Microsoft Exchange
13 19 (18.27%) Microsoft Intune
13 19 (18.27%) Entra ID
14 18 (17.31%) Problem-Solving
14 18 (17.31%) IaaS
15 17 (16.35%) VMware Infrastructure
16 16 (15.38%) Degree
16 16 (15.38%) Social Skills
17 15 (14.42%) CI/CD
17 15 (14.42%) SCCM
17 15 (14.42%) VMS
17 15 (14.42%) SharePoint
18 14 (13.46%) OneDrive
19 13 (12.50%) Finance
20 12 (11.54%) DHCP

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 19 (18.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (14.42%) SharePoint
3 12 (11.54%) IIS
4 7 (6.73%) WordPress
5 4 (3.85%) CMS
5 4 (3.85%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.96%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 104 (100.00%) Azure
2 50 (48.08%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (18.27%) Entra ID
4 18 (17.31%) IaaS
5 14 (13.46%) OneDrive
6 12 (11.54%) PaaS
6 12 (11.54%) SaaS
7 7 (6.73%) AWS
8 6 (5.77%) Azure Pipelines
9 5 (4.81%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (4.81%) OCI
10 4 (3.85%) GitHub
10 4 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (2.88%) Azure Machine Learning
11 3 (2.88%) Datadog
12 2 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (1.92%) Azure Stack
12 2 (1.92%) Azure Storage
13 1 (0.96%) Azure Logic Apps
13 1 (0.96%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 30 (28.85%) Firewall
2 22 (21.15%) DNS
3 21 (20.19%) VPN
4 12 (11.54%) DHCP
5 10 (9.62%) SAN
6 9 (8.65%) VLAN
7 8 (7.69%) Wireless
8 7 (6.73%) Fibre Channel
8 7 (6.73%) iSCSI
8 7 (6.73%) NAS
8 7 (6.73%) WAN
9 6 (5.77%) LAN
9 6 (5.77%) Network Security
10 5 (4.81%) BGP
10 5 (4.81%) OSPF
11 4 (3.85%) DMZ
11 4 (3.85%) TCP/IP
12 3 (2.88%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (1.92%) IPsec
14 1 (0.96%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (21.15%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.96%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (3.85%) Git
General
1 16 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 13 (12.50%) Finance
3 10 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (6.73%) Legal
5 6 (5.77%) Banking
5 6 (5.77%) Telecoms
6 5 (4.81%) Law
7 4 (3.85%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.88%) Digital Healthcare
8 3 (2.88%) Retail
9 2 (1.92%) Electronics
9 2 (1.92%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.92%) Marketing
9 2 (1.92%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.96%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.73%) LAMP
2 4 (3.85%) .NET
3 2 (1.92%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.69%) Replication
2 7 (6.73%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.88%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.88%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.88%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.92%) BYOD
5 2 (1.92%) FMCG
5 2 (1.92%) NHS
5 2 (1.92%) PKI
5 2 (1.92%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.92%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.96%) CCTV
6 1 (0.96%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.96%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.96%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 52 (50.00%) Windows
2 40 (38.46%) Windows Server
3 24 (23.08%) Linux
4 15 (14.42%) VMS
5 11 (10.58%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (9.62%) Windows 10
7 9 (8.65%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (6.73%) Ubuntu
9 3 (2.88%) Mac OS
10 2 (1.92%) Android
10 2 (1.92%) Apple iOS
10 2 (1.92%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (96.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 23 (22.12%) DevOps
3 18 (17.31%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (14.42%) CI/CD
5 12 (11.54%) Infrastructure as Code
6 11 (10.58%) Computer Science
7 10 (9.62%) ITIL
7 10 (9.62%) Migration
8 8 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (6.73%) High Availability
9 7 (6.73%) Infrastructure Management
10 6 (5.77%) Analytics
10 6 (5.77%) Collaborative Working
10 6 (5.77%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (5.77%) Customer Experience
10 6 (5.77%) Disaster Recovery
11 5 (4.81%) Artificial Intelligence
11 5 (4.81%) Test Automation
12 4 (3.85%) Process Improvement
12 4 (3.85%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (21.15%) PowerShell
2 6 (5.77%) SQL
3 5 (4.81%) Python
4 4 (3.85%) Bash
5 3 (2.88%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 16 (15.38%) Degree
2 12 (11.54%) Azure Certification
3 7 (6.73%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.96%) CCNA
5 1 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.96%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (3.85%) QA
3 2 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 41 (39.42%) Active Directory
2 17 (16.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (11.54%) Docker
4 7 (6.73%) vSphere
5 5 (4.81%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (3.85%) Hyper-V
7 3 (2.88%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (1.92%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (18.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (14.42%) SCCM
3 8 (7.69%) Kubernetes
3 8 (7.69%) Terraform
4 6 (5.77%) Ansible
4 6 (5.77%) Docker Swarm
5 4 (3.85%) WSUS
6 2 (1.92%) Grafana
6 2 (1.92%) Nessus
6 2 (1.92%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.96%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.96%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 56 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 30 (28.85%) VMware
3 10 (9.62%) Veeam
4 8 (7.69%) Palo Alto
4 8 (7.69%) SolarWinds
5 7 (6.73%) Aruba
5 7 (6.73%) ProCurve
5 7 (6.73%) Synology
5 7 (6.73%) Zerto
6 6 (5.77%) Cisco
7 5 (4.81%) Citrix
7 5 (4.81%) Oracle
8 3 (2.88%) AppDynamics
8 3 (2.88%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.92%) arcserve
9 2 (1.92%) Dell
9 2 (1.92%) HP
9 2 (1.92%) Juniper
9 2 (1.92%) NetApp
9 2 (1.92%) SAP