Hybrid/Remote IT Engineer Job Trends

IT Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 April 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 242 200
Rank change year-on-year +78 -42 +122
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 267 171 485
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.55% 1.32% 1.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.65% 1.41% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 249 138 443
10th Percentile £27,200 £27,500 £25,625
25th Percentile £30,625 £30,563 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £43,750 £52,500 £46,250
90th Percentile £56,250 £60,000 £59,750
UK median annual salary £33,000 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -5.71% +6.06% -1.49%

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 16,140 12,123 30,406
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.71% 93.78% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 11,576 8,988 24,807
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +6.96% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 9 April 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 9 April 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.

1 178 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 171 (64.04%) Microsoft
3 158 (59.18%) Azure
4 151 (56.55%) Windows
5 129 (48.31%) Active Directory
6 102 (38.20%) Entra ID
7 100 (37.45%) Problem-Solving
8 96 (35.96%) Microsoft Intune
9 91 (34.08%) Windows Server
10 79 (29.59%) Customer Service
10 79 (29.59%) Firewall
11 78 (29.21%) DNS
12 70 (26.22%) DHCP
13 61 (22.85%) Microsoft Exchange
14 59 (22.10%) Wi-Fi
15 54 (20.22%) VPN
16 46 (17.23%) ITIL
17 44 (16.48%) SharePoint
18 43 (16.10%) Windows 10
19 42 (15.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 42 (15.73%) WAN
20 41 (15.36%) Cybersecurity
20 41 (15.36%) Google
20 41 (15.36%) Hyper-V
21 40 (14.98%) Microsoft Office
21 40 (14.98%) TCP/IP
22 38 (14.23%) AWS
22 38 (14.23%) LAN
23 36 (13.48%) Google Workspace
24 35 (13.11%) Cyber Essentials

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 61 (22.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (16.48%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.37%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (3.37%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (3.37%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (1.12%) Confluence
5 2 (0.75%) IIS
Applications
1 40 (14.98%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 178 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 158 (59.18%) Azure
3 102 (38.20%) Entra ID
4 38 (14.23%) AWS
5 36 (13.48%) Google Workspace
6 15 (5.62%) SaaS
7 14 (5.24%) OneDrive
8 9 (3.37%) Azure Sentinel
9 7 (2.62%) OCI
10 5 (1.87%) GCP
10 5 (1.87%) Intacct
10 5 (1.87%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.50%) Mimecast
12 3 (1.12%) Google Drive
13 2 (0.75%) Azure AKS
13 2 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (0.75%) IaaS
13 2 (0.75%) Power Platform
13 2 (0.75%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 79 (29.59%) Firewall
2 78 (29.21%) DNS
3 70 (26.22%) DHCP
4 59 (22.10%) Wi-Fi
5 54 (20.22%) VPN
6 42 (15.73%) WAN
7 40 (14.98%) TCP/IP
8 38 (14.23%) LAN
9 27 (10.11%) VoIP
10 23 (8.61%) VLAN
11 9 (3.37%) SD-WAN
12 6 (2.25%) Wireless
13 5 (1.87%) IP Telephony
14 4 (1.50%) Remote Desktop
15 3 (1.12%) Network Security
16 2 (0.75%) Cisco ISE
16 2 (0.75%) DKIM
16 2 (0.75%) DMARC
16 2 (0.75%) DMVPN
16 2 (0.75%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.12%) MySQL
3 2 (0.75%) Power BI
3 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 9 (3.37%) JIRA
General
1 104 (38.95%) Social Skills
2 30 (11.24%) Finance
3 28 (10.49%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (6.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (5.99%) Legal
6 10 (3.75%) Law
7 9 (3.37%) Public Sector
8 8 (3.00%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.87%) Retail
10 4 (1.50%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.50%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.75%) Advertising
11 2 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.75%) Military
12 1 (0.37%) Analytical Skills
12 1 (0.37%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.75%) .NET
1 2 (0.75%) .NET Framework
1 2 (0.75%) Entity Framework
1 2 (0.75%) WinForms
2 1 (0.37%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 52 (19.48%) Driving Licence
2 16 (5.99%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.62%) CCTV
4 7 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (2.62%) Linux Command Line
5 5 (1.87%) Reinsurance
6 4 (1.50%) Social Media
7 3 (1.12%) Life Science
7 3 (1.12%) Raspberry Pi
7 3 (1.12%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.12%) Replication
7 3 (1.12%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.75%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.75%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (0.75%) iPad
8 2 (0.75%) iPhone
8 2 (0.75%) iSeries
9 1 (0.37%) FMCG
9 1 (0.37%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 151 (56.55%) Windows
2 91 (34.08%) Windows Server
3 43 (16.10%) Windows 10
4 30 (11.24%) Mac OS
5 27 (10.11%) Windows Server 2012
6 25 (9.36%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (5.62%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (4.87%) Linux
9 9 (3.37%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (1.50%) Apple iOS
11 3 (1.12%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.75%) Android
13 1 (0.37%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (37.45%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (29.59%) Customer Service
3 46 (17.23%) ITIL
4 42 (15.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 41 (15.36%) Cybersecurity
6 26 (9.74%) Service Delivery
7 21 (7.87%) ITSM
8 14 (5.24%) Change Management
8 14 (5.24%) Mentoring
8 14 (5.24%) Migration
8 14 (5.24%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 13 (4.87%) Disaster Recovery
10 12 (4.49%) Business Continuity
10 12 (4.49%) Cloud Security
10 12 (4.49%) Process Improvement
11 10 (3.75%) Asset Management
11 10 (3.75%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (3.75%) Identity Management
12 9 (3.37%) Data Migration
12 9 (3.37%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 25 (9.36%) PowerShell
2 8 (3.00%) Bash
3 7 (2.62%) SQL
4 4 (1.50%) Python
4 4 (1.50%) R
5 2 (0.75%) C#
5 2 (0.75%) Google Apps Script
5 2 (0.75%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (13.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (5.99%) DBS Check
3 15 (5.62%) Degree
4 12 (4.49%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (4.12%) CCNA
5 11 (4.12%) Network+ Certification
5 11 (4.12%) SC Cleared
5 11 (4.12%) Security Cleared
6 8 (3.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (3.00%) MCSA
7 7 (2.62%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.62%) CCNP
7 7 (2.62%) MCSE
8 5 (1.87%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (1.12%) A+ Certification
9 3 (1.12%) HNC
9 3 (1.12%) HND
10 2 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.37%) ACSP
11 1 (0.37%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (13.11%) Cyber Essentials
2 22 (8.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (4.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (3.00%) SLA
5 3 (1.12%) QA
6 2 (0.75%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.75%) GDPR
7 1 (0.37%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.37%) NIST
System Software
1 129 (48.31%) Active Directory
2 41 (15.36%) Hyper-V
3 12 (4.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.87%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.87%) vSphere
5 2 (0.75%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.75%) Firmware
5 2 (0.75%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.75%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 96 (35.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (5.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 9 (3.37%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (3.00%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (2.62%) SCCM
6 4 (1.50%) Autotask
7 1 (0.37%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 171 (64.04%) Microsoft
2 41 (15.36%) Google
3 28 (10.49%) VMware
4 19 (7.12%) Cisco
5 18 (6.74%) Meraki
6 14 (5.24%) Fortinet
7 13 (4.87%) HP
8 11 (4.12%) Veeam
9 10 (3.75%) Dell
10 9 (3.37%) Draytek
10 9 (3.37%) Ubiquiti
11 7 (2.62%) CyberArk
11 7 (2.62%) Sage
11 7 (2.62%) SonicWALL
12 6 (2.25%) Freshdesk
12 6 (2.25%) ServiceNow
12 6 (2.25%) WatchGuard
13 5 (1.87%) Apple
13 5 (1.87%) Mitel
13 5 (1.87%) Okta