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 5 October 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 326 270
Rank change year-on-year +135 -56 -26
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 335 99 247
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.35% 0.59% 1.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.44% 0.63% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 302 83 188
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £55,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £78,500 £60,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +4.17% +2.86%

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 23,311 15,641 21,430
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.85% 93.06% 96.51%
Number of salaries quoted 16,123 8,776 13,320
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,225
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £54,824 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.71% -0.32% -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 5 October 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 5 October 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.

1 245 (73.13%) Microsoft
2 217 (64.78%) Microsoft 365
3 209 (62.39%) Windows
4 161 (48.06%) Active Directory
5 152 (45.37%) Azure
6 149 (44.48%) Entra ID
7 120 (35.82%) Problem-Solving
8 103 (30.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 101 (30.15%) Customer Service
9 101 (30.15%) SharePoint
10 100 (29.85%) DNS
11 99 (29.55%) Microsoft Intune
11 99 (29.55%) Windows Server
12 96 (28.66%) Microsoft Exchange
13 90 (26.87%) DHCP
14 74 (22.09%) Firewall
15 68 (20.30%) Cybersecurity
16 58 (17.31%) Hyper-V
17 53 (15.82%) VPN
18 51 (15.22%) Continuous Improvement
19 49 (14.63%) Wi-Fi
20 45 (13.43%) TCP/IP
20 45 (13.43%) VMware
21 43 (12.84%) ITIL
21 43 (12.84%) Mac OS
22 42 (12.54%) PowerShell
23 37 (11.04%) Degree
23 37 (11.04%) VMware Infrastructure
24 34 (10.15%) Cyber Essentials
24 34 (10.15%) Microsoft Certification

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
1 101 (30.15%) SharePoint
2 96 (28.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.09%) IIS
4 3 (0.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (5.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.19%) NetSuite
1 4 (1.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 217 (64.78%) Microsoft 365
2 152 (45.37%) Azure
3 149 (44.48%) Entra ID
4 30 (8.96%) AWS
5 26 (7.76%) OneDrive
6 21 (6.27%) Google Workspace
7 19 (5.67%) SaaS
8 10 (2.99%) Nutanix
9 9 (2.69%) Mimecast
10 8 (2.39%) Power Platform
11 6 (1.79%) Cloudflare
11 6 (1.79%) Power Automate
12 5 (1.49%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.19%) IaaS
13 4 (1.19%) Serverless
14 3 (0.90%) n8n
14 3 (0.90%) OCI
15 2 (0.60%) PaaS
16 1 (0.30%) GCP
16 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 100 (29.85%) DNS
2 90 (26.87%) DHCP
3 74 (22.09%) Firewall
4 53 (15.82%) VPN
5 49 (14.63%) Wi-Fi
6 45 (13.43%) TCP/IP
7 32 (9.55%) VoIP
8 25 (7.46%) VLAN
9 20 (5.97%) WAN
10 18 (5.37%) LAN
11 16 (4.78%) Wireless
12 8 (2.39%) Network Security
13 6 (1.79%) SAN
14 5 (1.49%) IP Telephony
15 4 (1.19%) Remote Desktop
16 3 (0.90%) Internet
16 3 (0.90%) IPsec
16 3 (0.90%) SSL
16 3 (0.90%) WLAN
17 2 (0.60%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.18%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.60%) MySQL
4 1 (0.30%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 18 (5.37%) JIRA
2 2 (0.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 159 (47.46%) Social Skills
2 19 (5.67%) Organisational Skills
2 19 (5.67%) Public Sector
3 18 (5.37%) Telecoms
4 17 (5.07%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (4.78%) Advertising
5 16 (4.78%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (4.48%) Legal
7 14 (4.18%) Finance
8 11 (3.28%) Games
9 9 (2.69%) Retail
10 8 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.79%) Police
12 5 (1.49%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.60%) Automotive
13 2 (0.60%) Military
14 1 (0.30%) Japanese Language
14 1 (0.30%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.60%) EDI
2 1 (0.30%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 70 (20.90%) Driving Licence
2 32 (9.55%) Onboarding
3 11 (3.28%) Security Posture
4 9 (2.69%) Clustering
5 7 (2.09%) Cyber Security Posture
6 6 (1.79%) Fat Client
6 6 (1.79%) Replication
6 6 (1.79%) Thin Client
7 5 (1.49%) CCTV
7 5 (1.49%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.19%) Housing Association
8 4 (1.19%) Operational Technology
9 3 (0.90%) iPad
9 3 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Licensing
10 2 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.60%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.60%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.60%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 209 (62.39%) Windows
2 99 (29.55%) Windows Server
3 43 (12.84%) Mac OS
4 26 (7.76%) Windows 10
5 22 (6.57%) Linux
6 8 (2.39%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (2.39%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (1.79%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.19%) Debian
8 4 (1.19%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.90%) Android
9 3 (0.90%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (35.82%) Problem-Solving
2 103 (30.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 101 (30.15%) Customer Service
4 68 (20.30%) Cybersecurity
5 51 (15.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 43 (12.84%) ITIL
7 30 (8.96%) Disaster Recovery
7 30 (8.96%) Mentoring
8 27 (8.06%) Service Delivery
9 25 (7.46%) ITSM
10 24 (7.16%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 24 (7.16%) Service Management
11 23 (6.87%) Business Continuity
12 17 (5.07%) AI
12 17 (5.07%) Identity Management
12 17 (5.07%) Root Cause Analysis
13 16 (4.78%) Change Management
13 16 (4.78%) Collaborative Culture
13 16 (4.78%) Incident Management
13 16 (4.78%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 42 (12.54%) PowerShell
2 8 (2.39%) R
3 6 (1.79%) SQL
4 3 (0.90%) Python
5 2 (0.60%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (11.04%) Degree
2 34 (10.15%) Microsoft Certification
3 15 (4.48%) CCNA
3 15 (4.48%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (4.18%) Security Cleared
5 10 (2.99%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.79%) MCSE
8 5 (1.49%) A+ Certification
8 5 (1.49%) CCNP
8 5 (1.49%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.49%) MCSA
8 5 (1.49%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 4 (1.19%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.19%) SC Cleared
10 3 (0.90%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.60%) HNC
11 2 (0.60%) HND
12 1 (0.30%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.30%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (10.15%) Cyber Essentials
2 20 (5.97%) SLA
3 14 (4.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.79%) GDPR
5 5 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.60%) Accessibility
System Software
1 161 (48.06%) Active Directory
2 58 (17.31%) Hyper-V
3 37 (11.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.99%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.19%) vSphere
6 3 (0.90%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.60%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.30%) Firmware
8 1 (0.30%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 99 (29.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (3.88%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 7 (2.09%) Failover Clustering
4 5 (1.49%) SCCM
5 4 (1.19%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.60%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 2 (0.60%) SCOM
6 2 (0.60%) WSUS
Vendors
1 245 (73.13%) Microsoft
2 45 (13.43%) VMware
3 26 (7.76%) Veeam
4 22 (6.57%) Google
5 18 (5.37%) Apple
6 14 (4.18%) Ubiquiti
7 10 (2.99%) Acronis
8 9 (2.69%) Datto
8 9 (2.69%) WatchGuard
9 8 (2.39%) CrowdStrike
9 8 (2.39%) Fortinet
9 8 (2.39%) HP
9 8 (2.39%) Meraki
10 7 (2.09%) Cisco
10 7 (2.09%) Draytek
11 6 (1.79%) Mitel
11 6 (1.79%) Sophos
11 6 (1.79%) Synology
12 5 (1.49%) Citrix
12 5 (1.49%) ServiceNow