3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Third Line Infrastructure Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Third Line Infrastructure Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 392 561 620
Rank change year-on-year +169 +59 +188
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer 5 31 53
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.033% 0.092% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.095% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 4 28 53
10th Percentile £46,275 £34,975 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,063 £36,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -2.06% +7.78%
75th Percentile £57,500 £54,063 £55,000
90th Percentile - £68,000 -
UK median annual salary £53,000 £47,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +11.58% -2.06% +2.11%

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 13,554 32,482 41,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.99% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 24,960 29,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 3rd Line 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Ubuntu
2 4 (80.00%) Linux
3 3 (60.00%) SharePoint
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (60.00%) DHCP
3 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (60.00%) DNS
3 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (60.00%) Degree
3 3 (60.00%) Hyper-V
3 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (60.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (40.00%) Okta
4 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
4 2 (40.00%) Azure Certification
4 2 (40.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (40.00%) GDPR
4 2 (40.00%) Ping Identity
4 2 (40.00%) High Availability
4 2 (40.00%) Docker
4 2 (40.00%) DevOps

3rd Line Infrastructure 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 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (60.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (20.00%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (80.00%) Azure
3 2 (40.00%) AWS
3 2 (40.00%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (40.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) DHCP
1 3 (60.00%) DNS
1 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (40.00%) VLAN
3 1 (20.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) SAN
3 1 (20.00%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
1 4 (80.00%) Ubuntu
2 2 (40.00%) CentOS
2 2 (40.00%) Debian
2 2 (40.00%) SUSE
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (40.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (40.00%) DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (40.00%) High Availability
3 2 (40.00%) Identity Management
3 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing
4 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (40.00%) Bash
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) AWS Certification
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (40.00%) Linux+ Certification
2 2 (40.00%) RHCE
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) GDPR
1 2 (40.00%) HIPAA
2 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (60.00%) Hyper-V
3 2 (40.00%) Docker
3 2 (40.00%) Dovecot
3 2 (40.00%) Postfix
3 2 (40.00%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (40.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (20.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) SCOM
2 1 (20.00%) SCOrch
2 1 (20.00%) SCSM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) Dell
2 2 (40.00%) HP
2 2 (40.00%) Okta
2 2 (40.00%) Ping Identity
2 2 (40.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (40.00%) Salesforce