Hybrid/Remote Azure Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends

Infrastructure Engineer - Microsoft Azure
UK > Work from Home

The median Infrastructure Engineer - Microsoft Azure salary for remote/hybrid work is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 January 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 419 426
Rank change year-on-year +84 +7 +229
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Infrastructure Engineer 28 28 43
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.19% 0.17% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.17% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 24 19 41
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,950 £46,306
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,740 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +19.05% +10.53%
75th Percentile £83,125 £71,875 £63,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £81,250 £73,750
UK median annual salary £72,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.00% +4.17% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,108 16,193 19,916
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.56% 96.15% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 9,100 9,879 16,229
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,653
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.92% +1.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £96,858
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -8.33% +0.80% -0.79%

Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Azure Infrastructure Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Azure Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Azure Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Azure Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies

Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Azure Infrastructure Engineer salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Azure Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 3 January 2026, 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Azure Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 28 (100.00%) Azure
1 28 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 14 (50.00%) SQL
3 13 (46.43%) DevOps
4 12 (42.86%) CI/CD
4 12 (42.86%) PowerShell
5 11 (39.29%) Migration
5 11 (39.29%) Terraform
6 10 (35.71%) Firewall
7 9 (32.14%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (32.14%) Infrastructure as Code
7 9 (32.14%) Kubernetes
7 9 (32.14%) Microsoft
7 9 (32.14%) Windows
8 8 (28.57%) Bicep
8 8 (28.57%) Cloud Operations
8 8 (28.57%) SQL Server
9 7 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (25.00%) VMS
9 7 (25.00%) VMware
10 6 (21.43%) AWS
10 6 (21.43%) Change Management
10 6 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (21.43%) Data Analysis
10 6 (21.43%) Kusto Query Language
10 6 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (21.43%) Windows Server
11 5 (17.86%) AWS Certification
11 5 (17.86%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 5 (17.86%) Azure Certification

Azure Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 28 (100.00%) Azure
2 9 (32.14%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (21.43%) AWS
3 6 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (17.86%) Google Workspace
5 4 (14.29%) Azure App Service
5 4 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (14.29%) GitHub
5 4 (14.29%) SaaS
6 2 (7.14%) IaaS
6 2 (7.14%) PaaS
7 1 (3.57%) AWS CodePipeline
7 1 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 10 (35.71%) Firewall
2 4 (14.29%) DNS
2 4 (14.29%) VPN
3 2 (7.14%) SD-WAN
4 1 (3.57%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (28.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (46.43%) Social Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (17.86%) Legal
4 4 (14.29%) Finance
5 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (14.29%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 3 (10.71%) Legacy Applications
2 3 (10.71%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (7.14%) Data Centre
3 2 (7.14%) Private Cloud
3 2 (7.14%) Public Cloud
3 2 (7.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (32.14%) Windows
2 7 (25.00%) VMS
3 6 (21.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (46.43%) DevOps
3 12 (42.86%) CI/CD
4 11 (39.29%) Migration
5 9 (32.14%) Infrastructure as Code
6 8 (28.57%) Cloud Operations
7 7 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (21.43%) Change Management
8 6 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (21.43%) Data Analysis
9 5 (17.86%) Identity Access Management
9 5 (17.86%) Mentoring
9 5 (17.86%) Observability
10 4 (14.29%) Asset Management
10 4 (14.29%) Benchmarking
10 4 (14.29%) Coaching
10 4 (14.29%) Infrastructure Automation
10 4 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
10 4 (14.29%) SDLC
10 4 (14.29%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 14 (50.00%) SQL
2 12 (42.86%) PowerShell
3 8 (28.57%) Bicep
4 6 (21.43%) Kusto Query Language
5 4 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) AWS Certification
1 5 (17.86%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 5 (17.86%) Azure Certification
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 5 (17.86%) Hyper-V
1 5 (17.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (14.29%) Docker
3 2 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (39.29%) Terraform
2 9 (32.14%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.57%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (32.14%) Microsoft
2 7 (25.00%) VMware
3 5 (17.86%) Google
4 4 (14.29%) New Relic
5 3 (10.71%) AppDynamics
6 2 (7.14%) Cisco
6 2 (7.14%) EMC
6 2 (7.14%) F5
6 2 (7.14%) Palo Alto
7 1 (3.57%) SolarWinds