Hybrid/Remote Engineering Manager Job Trends

Engineering Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Engineering Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 June 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 352 455
Rank change year-on-year +130 +103 +15
Permanent jobs requiring an Engineering Manager 212 76 140
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.07% 0.50% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% 0.54% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 108 55 124
10th Percentile £78,750 £66,250 £55,000
25th Percentile £85,000 £70,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £85,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +21.43% -33.33%
75th Percentile £110,000 £102,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £143,750 £135,406 £115,000
UK median annual salary £90,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% +6.67% -25.00%

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 18,618 14,086 33,150
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 92.08% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 13,584 8,596 25,921
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Engineering Manager
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Engineering Manager job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Engineering Manager
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Engineering Manager job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Engineering Manager job vacancies

Engineering Manager
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Engineering Manager over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Engineering Manager salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 14 June 2026, Engineering Manager 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 Engineering Manager in the job title.

1 140 (66.04%) Roadmaps
2 96 (45.28%) Software Engineering
3 94 (44.34%) AI
4 86 (40.57%) Agile
5 84 (39.62%) AWS
6 64 (30.19%) CI/CD
7 63 (29.72%) Azure
8 59 (27.83%) Technical Leadership
9 46 (21.70%) Microsoft
10 44 (20.75%) Data Engineering
11 42 (19.81%) Machine Learning
12 38 (17.92%) Migration
13 37 (17.45%) Databricks
13 37 (17.45%) Java
14 36 (16.98%) Line Management
14 36 (16.98%) Python
14 36 (16.98%) SQL Server
15 35 (16.51%) Data Governance
15 35 (16.51%) Test Automation
16 34 (16.04%) Azure AI
16 34 (16.04%) Azure Machine Learning
16 34 (16.04%) Regulatory Compliance
16 34 (16.04%) SQL
17 33 (15.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 33 (15.57%) Data Architecture
17 33 (15.57%) Data Development
17 33 (15.57%) Snowflake
17 33 (15.57%) Virtual Machines
18 31 (14.62%) Problem-Solving
19 30 (14.15%) Observability

Engineering Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.83%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.47%) CMS
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 84 (39.62%) AWS
2 63 (29.72%) Azure
3 34 (16.04%) Azure AI
3 34 (16.04%) Azure Machine Learning
4 33 (15.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 33 (15.57%) Snowflake
5 11 (5.19%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (5.19%) GCP
6 8 (3.77%) Entra ID
7 7 (3.30%) Azure Key Vault
7 7 (3.30%) Cloudflare
7 7 (3.30%) Power Platform
7 7 (3.30%) Vercel
8 6 (2.83%) PowerApps
9 5 (2.36%) Serverless
10 4 (1.89%) SaaS
11 3 (1.42%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (1.42%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (1.42%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (1.42%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (8.02%) Broadband
2 1 (0.47%) 5G
2 1 (0.47%) Firewall
2 1 (0.47%) LTE
2 1 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (16.98%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.30%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (1.89%) Metadata
3 4 (1.89%) MySQL
4 3 (1.42%) MariaDB
4 3 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.94%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.47%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (0.47%) GitLab
1 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
General
1 85 (40.09%) Finance
2 35 (16.51%) Banking
3 29 (13.68%) Social Skills
4 15 (7.08%) Legal
5 13 (6.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (6.13%) Law
5 13 (6.13%) Legal Technology
6 9 (4.25%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (4.25%) Games
6 9 (4.25%) Retail
7 3 (1.42%) Aerospace
7 3 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (0.94%) Automotive
8 2 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.47%) Electronics
9 1 (0.47%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.47%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.47%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (11.32%) Spring
2 16 (7.55%) React
3 10 (4.72%) Node.js
4 9 (4.25%) CSS
4 9 (4.25%) HTML
5 7 (3.30%) Next.js
6 4 (1.89%) .NET
6 4 (1.89%) PyTorch
6 4 (1.89%) TensorFlow
7 3 (1.42%) Symfony
8 2 (0.94%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.94%) JSON
8 2 (0.94%) Middleware
8 2 (0.94%) React Native
8 2 (0.94%) REST
8 2 (0.94%) RESTful
8 2 (0.94%) Smarty
9 1 (0.47%) LangChain
9 1 (0.47%) PySpark
9 1 (0.47%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 31 (14.62%) Product Ownership
2 26 (12.26%) Public Cloud
3 22 (10.38%) Cloud Native
4 16 (7.55%) Onboarding
5 15 (7.08%) AI Agents
6 13 (6.13%) Podcast
7 11 (5.19%) Mobile App
8 7 (3.30%) Culture of Ownership
9 6 (2.83%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.89%) Video\Live Streaming
10 4 (1.89%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.94%) Robotics
12 1 (0.47%) Algorithms
12 1 (0.47%) CMDB
12 1 (0.47%) Data Structures
12 1 (0.47%) Distributed Architecture
12 1 (0.47%) Enterprise Cloud
12 1 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
12 1 (0.47%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.25%) Android
1 9 (4.25%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.94%) Windows
2 2 (0.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (66.04%) Roadmaps
2 96 (45.28%) Software Engineering
3 94 (44.34%) AI
4 86 (40.57%) Agile
5 64 (30.19%) CI/CD
6 59 (27.83%) Technical Leadership
7 44 (20.75%) Data Engineering
8 42 (19.81%) Machine Learning
9 38 (17.92%) Migration
10 36 (16.98%) Line Management
11 35 (16.51%) Data Governance
11 35 (16.51%) Test Automation
12 34 (16.04%) Regulatory Compliance
13 33 (15.57%) Data Architecture
13 33 (15.57%) Data Development
14 31 (14.62%) Problem-Solving
15 30 (14.15%) Observability
16 29 (13.68%) Coaching
16 29 (13.68%) DevOps
17 28 (13.21%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 37 (17.45%) Java
2 36 (16.98%) Python
3 34 (16.04%) SQL
4 22 (10.38%) JavaScript
5 21 (9.91%) TypeScript
6 12 (5.66%) C#
7 8 (3.77%) Bicep
8 4 (1.89%) C++
9 3 (1.42%) Go
9 3 (1.42%) PHP
10 2 (0.94%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.47%) Bash
11 1 (0.47%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 13 (6.13%) Degree
2 5 (2.36%) Master's Degree
3 2 (0.94%) AWS Certification
3 2 (0.94%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 2 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (0.94%) PhD
4 1 (0.47%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.47%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.55%) Accessibility
2 7 (3.30%) GRC
3 2 (0.94%) DO-254
3 2 (0.94%) GDPR
3 2 (0.94%) HAZOP
3 2 (0.94%) IEC 61508
3 2 (0.94%) ISO 26262
3 2 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.94%) QA
System Software
1 33 (15.57%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.94%) Docker
3 1 (0.47%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.47%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (8.49%) Terraform
2 4 (1.89%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.42%) Grafana
4 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 46 (21.70%) Microsoft
2 37 (17.45%) Databricks
3 3 (1.42%) Google
4 2 (0.94%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.47%) Foundry
5 1 (0.47%) PTC
5 1 (0.47%) Siemens
5 1 (0.47%) Veeam
5 1 (0.47%) VMware