Hybrid/Remote IT Engineer Job Trends

IT Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £36,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 August 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 319 274
Rank change year-on-year +114 -45 -17
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 301 115 269
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.30% 0.69% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% 0.75% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 274 94 221
10th Percentile £27,150 £28,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,625 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £40,250 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.56% +7.33% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £55,000 £49,762
90th Percentile £60,000 £70,500 £57,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -

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 21,706 15,346 23,850
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 92.45% 96.32%
Number of salaries quoted 15,496 9,341 16,922
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,523
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,840 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,045
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

IT Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

IT Engineer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote IT Engineer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote IT Engineer job vacancies

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing IT Engineer over the 6 months to 24 August 2026.

IT Engineer salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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

For the 6 months to 24 August 2026, IT 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 IT Engineer in the job title.

1 230 (76.41%) Microsoft
2 195 (64.78%) Microsoft 365
3 176 (58.47%) Windows
4 149 (49.50%) Active Directory
5 138 (45.85%) Azure
6 130 (43.19%) Entra ID
7 106 (35.22%) Problem-Solving
8 94 (31.23%) Customer Service
9 90 (29.90%) Microsoft Exchange
9 90 (29.90%) SharePoint
10 89 (29.57%) Windows Server
11 82 (27.24%) Microsoft Intune
12 81 (26.91%) DNS
13 80 (26.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 75 (24.92%) DHCP
15 72 (23.92%) Firewall
16 52 (17.28%) Cybersecurity
17 51 (16.94%) Wi-Fi
18 43 (14.29%) PowerShell
18 43 (14.29%) TCP/IP
19 42 (13.95%) Hyper-V
19 42 (13.95%) ITIL
19 42 (13.95%) VPN
20 39 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
20 39 (12.96%) Mac OS
21 35 (11.63%) Degree
21 35 (11.63%) VMware
21 35 (11.63%) VoIP
22 33 (10.96%) Microsoft Certification
23 31 (10.30%) VMware Infrastructure

IT 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:

Application Platforms
1 90 (29.90%) Microsoft Exchange
1 90 (29.90%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.33%) IIS
3 6 (1.99%) Confluence
4 4 (1.33%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (1.33%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (1.33%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 22 (7.31%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 195 (64.78%) Microsoft 365
2 138 (45.85%) Azure
3 130 (43.19%) Entra ID
4 25 (8.31%) AWS
5 24 (7.97%) OneDrive
6 22 (7.31%) SaaS
7 17 (5.65%) Google Workspace
8 12 (3.99%) Mimecast
9 10 (3.32%) Nutanix
9 10 (3.32%) Power Platform
10 7 (2.33%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.99%) Cloudflare
12 5 (1.66%) IaaS
13 4 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
14 3 (1.00%) n8n
15 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Copilot
15 2 (0.66%) PaaS
16 1 (0.33%) GCP
16 1 (0.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 81 (26.91%) DNS
2 75 (24.92%) DHCP
3 72 (23.92%) Firewall
4 51 (16.94%) Wi-Fi
5 43 (14.29%) TCP/IP
6 42 (13.95%) VPN
7 35 (11.63%) VoIP
8 18 (5.98%) LAN
8 18 (5.98%) VLAN
8 18 (5.98%) WAN
9 16 (5.32%) Wireless
10 7 (2.33%) Network Security
11 4 (1.33%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (1.33%) SAN
12 3 (1.00%) Internet
12 3 (1.00%) IPsec
12 3 (1.00%) NAS
12 3 (1.00%) SSL
13 2 (0.66%) Unified Communications
14 1 (0.33%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.32%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.66%) MySQL
3 4 (1.33%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 20 (6.64%) JIRA
2 2 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 130 (43.19%) Social Skills
2 20 (6.64%) Organisational Skills
3 18 (5.98%) Legal
4 16 (5.32%) Finance
5 15 (4.98%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (4.65%) Advertising
7 13 (4.32%) Telecoms
8 12 (3.99%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (2.99%) Games
9 9 (2.99%) Public Sector
9 9 (2.99%) Retail
10 6 (1.99%) Police
11 5 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.66%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.33%) Law
13 3 (1.00%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.66%) Military
15 1 (0.33%) Japanese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.66%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 52 (17.28%) Driving Licence
2 26 (8.64%) Onboarding
3 9 (2.99%) Clustering
3 9 (2.99%) Security Posture
4 5 (1.66%) Data Centre
4 5 (1.66%) Raspberry Pi
4 5 (1.66%) Replication
5 4 (1.33%) Cyber Security Posture
5 4 (1.33%) Fat Client
5 4 (1.33%) Housing Association
5 4 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.33%) Thin Client
6 3 (1.00%) iPad
6 3 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Licensing
7 2 (0.66%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.66%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (0.66%) iSeries
7 2 (0.66%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 176 (58.47%) Windows
2 89 (29.57%) Windows Server
3 39 (12.96%) Mac OS
4 28 (9.30%) Windows 10
5 16 (5.32%) Linux
6 14 (4.65%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (3.32%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (2.99%) Windows Server 2012
9 8 (2.66%) Ubuntu
10 4 (1.33%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (1.00%) Debian
12 2 (0.66%) Android
12 2 (0.66%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.33%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (35.22%) Problem-Solving
2 94 (31.23%) Customer Service
3 80 (26.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 52 (17.28%) Cybersecurity
5 42 (13.95%) ITIL
6 39 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
7 27 (8.97%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 23 (7.64%) Disaster Recovery
9 21 (6.98%) Mentoring
9 21 (6.98%) Service Delivery
10 20 (6.64%) Identity Management
11 18 (5.98%) Business Continuity
11 18 (5.98%) Project Delivery
11 18 (5.98%) Service Management
12 16 (5.32%) Change Management
12 16 (5.32%) Collaborative Culture
12 16 (5.32%) ITSM
13 15 (4.98%) Technical Leadership
14 14 (4.65%) Workflow
15 13 (4.32%) AI
Programming Languages
1 43 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 11 (3.65%) R
3 9 (2.99%) SQL
4 3 (1.00%) Python
5 2 (0.66%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (11.63%) Degree
2 33 (10.96%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (3.99%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (3.65%) Azure Certification
4 11 (3.65%) CCNA
5 10 (3.32%) DBS Check
6 7 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.33%) Security Cleared
7 5 (1.66%) HNC
7 5 (1.66%) HND
8 4 (1.33%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.00%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.66%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.66%) MCSE
11 1 (0.33%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (9.97%) Cyber Essentials
2 19 (6.31%) SLA
3 17 (5.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.66%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.66%) GDPR
6 1 (0.33%) NIST
System Software
1 149 (49.50%) Active Directory
2 42 (13.95%) Hyper-V
3 31 (10.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.99%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (2.33%) vSphere
6 5 (1.66%) Terminal Services
7 4 (1.33%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.66%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 82 (27.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (2.66%) SCCM
3 7 (2.33%) Failover Clustering
3 7 (2.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 5 (1.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (1.33%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.66%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 2 (0.66%) SCOM
6 2 (0.66%) WSUS
Vendors
1 230 (76.41%) Microsoft
2 35 (11.63%) VMware
3 23 (7.64%) Veeam
4 18 (5.98%) Google
5 17 (5.65%) Ubiquiti
6 12 (3.99%) Meraki
7 11 (3.65%) CrowdStrike
7 11 (3.65%) HP
8 9 (2.99%) Apple
8 9 (2.99%) Cisco
8 9 (2.99%) Datto
9 8 (2.66%) SonicWALL
10 7 (2.33%) Fortinet
10 7 (2.33%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.66%) Freshdesk
11 5 (1.66%) Sophos
11 5 (1.66%) Synology
12 4 (1.33%) Acronis
12 4 (1.33%) Dell
12 4 (1.33%) Draytek