1st Line Engineer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

First Line Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median First Line Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £27,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 401 549 601
Rank change year-on-year +148 +52 +200
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Engineer 12 40 70
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.080% 0.12% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.088% 0.12% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 10 39 67
10th Percentile £25,500 £22,750 £21,700
25th Percentile £25,563 £24,625 £23,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,250 £26,500 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.83% +6.00% -
75th Percentile £36,063 £28,750 £25,750
90th Percentile £38,750 £35,350 £28,750
UK median annual salary £27,750 £26,000 £25,500
% change year-on-year +6.73% +1.96% +7.37%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid 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 13,568 32,486 41,019
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 95.98% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9,888 24,950 29,138
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,116 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,451 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.29% -9.68% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.83% -

1st Line Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured 1st Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

1st Line Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

1st Line Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing 1st Line Engineer.

1st Line Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, 1st Line 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring 1st Line Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (83.33%) Windows
2 9 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (66.67%) Active Directory
4 7 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
5 6 (50.00%) Azure
5 6 (50.00%) SQL Server
5 6 (50.00%) Firewall
6 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (41.67%) Driving Licence
6 5 (41.67%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (41.67%) Windows Server
7 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
7 4 (33.33%) Customer Service
8 3 (25.00%) Containerisation
8 3 (25.00%) ITIL
8 3 (25.00%) SQL
8 3 (25.00%) Linux
8 3 (25.00%) HTTP
8 3 (25.00%) CAD
8 3 (25.00%) SCCM
8 3 (25.00%) PowerShell
8 3 (25.00%) VLAN
8 3 (25.00%) Hardware Maintenance
8 3 (25.00%) Bash
8 3 (25.00%) Entra ID
8 3 (25.00%) Data Centre
9 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (16.67%) IaaS

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (50.00%) Azure
3 3 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (16.67%) IaaS
5 1 (8.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) Firewall
2 3 (25.00%) HTTP
2 3 (25.00%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Legal
3 1 (8.33%) Games
3 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Driving Licence
1 5 (41.67%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (25.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
4 1 (8.33%) Fat Client
4 1 (8.33%) PlayStation
4 1 (8.33%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 10 (83.33%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) Windows Server
3 3 (25.00%) Linux
4 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
4 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 3 (25.00%) CAD
3 3 (25.00%) Containerisation
3 3 (25.00%) Hardware Maintenance
3 3 (25.00%) ITIL
4 2 (16.67%) B2B
4 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (16.67%) Data Privacy
4 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (8.33%) Line Management
5 1 (8.33%) Proactive Maintenance
5 1 (8.33%) Problem Management
5 1 (8.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) Bash
1 3 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (16.67%) ISO 9001
1 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) SCCM
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) ConnectWise
3 1 (8.33%) Acronis
3 1 (8.33%) Apple
3 1 (8.33%) Datto