Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
UK

The median Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer salary in the UK is £68,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 July 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 734 670 865
Rank change year-on-year -64 +195 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer 14 4 25
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.014% 0.008% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.009% 0.026%
Number of salaries quoted 10 4 22
10th Percentile £57,500 £46,275 £36,625
25th Percentile £60,313 £47,063 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% +11.11% -30.77%
75th Percentile £71,875 £52,813 £54,500
90th Percentile £85,125 £53,375 £55,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +11.11% +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 93,080 44,133 95,805
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.21% 89.80% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 63,762 26,055 68,461
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.12%

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 15 July 2026. 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 -65 14 £68,750 +37.50% 4
London - 10 £70,000 - 2
UK excluding London -66 4 £35,000 -30.00% 2
Work from Home -16 3 £60,000 +20.00% 1
South West - 3 - -
North West -10 1 £35,000 -30.00% 1
North of England -35 1 £35,000 -30.00% 1

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

For the 6 months to 15 July 2026, Microsoft 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 featuring Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (85.71%) Microsoft
3 10 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (57.14%) Azure
5 5 (35.71%) Linux
6 4 (28.57%) High Availability
6 4 (28.57%) Infrastructure as Code
6 4 (28.57%) ITIL
6 4 (28.57%) Terraform
6 4 (28.57%) Windows
6 4 (28.57%) Windows Server
7 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
7 3 (21.43%) Bicep
7 3 (21.43%) Entra ID
7 3 (21.43%) Hyper-V
7 3 (21.43%) IaaS
7 3 (21.43%) PaaS
7 3 (21.43%) PowerShell
7 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
7 3 (21.43%) VMware
8 2 (14.29%) AWS
8 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
8 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (14.29%) SAN
8 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
8 2 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (14.29%) VPN
9 1 (7.14%) Agile

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 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (57.14%) Azure
3 3 (21.43%) Entra ID
3 3 (21.43%) IaaS
3 3 (21.43%) PaaS
4 2 (14.29%) AWS
5 1 (7.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) SAN
1 2 (14.29%) VPN
2 1 (7.14%) DHCP
2 1 (7.14%) DNS
2 1 (7.14%) Firewall
2 1 (7.14%) iSCSI
2 1 (7.14%) NAS
2 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
2 1 (7.14%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Finance
2 1 (7.14%) German Language
2 1 (7.14%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (7.14%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Linux
2 4 (28.57%) Windows
2 4 (28.57%) Windows Server
3 1 (7.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (28.57%) High Availability
2 4 (28.57%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (7.14%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (7.14%) Business Strategy
4 1 (7.14%) Cloud Security
4 1 (7.14%) CRM
4 1 (7.14%) Identity Management
4 1 (7.14%) Information Security
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (7.14%) Network Virtualisation
4 1 (7.14%) Operational Stability
4 1 (7.14%) Practice Management
4 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.14%) Project Delivery
4 1 (7.14%) RBAC
4 1 (7.14%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) Bicep
1 3 (21.43%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
1 1 (7.14%) CCNA
1 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
1 1 (7.14%) MCSE
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (7.14%) GDPR
1 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.14%) NIST
1 1 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
1 3 (21.43%) Hyper-V
2 2 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) Terraform
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) VMware
3 1 (7.14%) Red Hat
3 1 (7.14%) SAP
3 1 (7.14%) Veeam