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 20 November 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 249 244 242
Rank change year-on-year -5 -2 +114
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 133 238 296
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.87% 1.21% 1.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.93% 1.25% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 124 181 282
10th Percentile £27,650 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,250 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% +4.17%
75th Percentile £42,500 £53,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £61,750
UK median annual salary £33,000 £37,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -10.81% +5.71% +2.94%

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 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 14,348 18,977 20,426
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.81% 96.59% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 9,141 11,832 16,667
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,631 £60,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.62% -1.64% -2.40%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,048 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.74% -4.17% -

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 20 November 2025.

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 20 November 2025, 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 89 (66.92%) Microsoft
2 86 (64.66%) Microsoft 365
3 85 (63.91%) Windows
4 80 (60.15%) Azure
5 74 (55.64%) Active Directory
6 55 (41.35%) Windows Server
7 49 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
8 45 (33.83%) Firewall
9 44 (33.08%) Microsoft Intune
10 38 (28.57%) Entra ID
11 34 (25.56%) Cybersecurity
12 33 (24.81%) Hyper-V
13 26 (19.55%) Customer Service
14 25 (18.80%) SharePoint
15 24 (18.05%) VPN
15 24 (18.05%) Windows 10
16 23 (17.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 22 (16.54%) DNS
17 22 (16.54%) Microsoft Exchange
18 21 (15.79%) AWS
19 20 (15.04%) DHCP
20 18 (13.53%) Degree
20 18 (13.53%) Microsoft Certification
20 18 (13.53%) VMware
21 17 (12.78%) Google
21 17 (12.78%) ITIL
21 17 (12.78%) Linux
21 17 (12.78%) TCP/IP
22 15 (11.28%) Wi-Fi
23 14 (10.53%) PowerShell

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 25 (18.80%) SharePoint
2 22 (16.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.76%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.50%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.75%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 86 (64.66%) Microsoft 365
2 80 (60.15%) Azure
3 38 (28.57%) Entra ID
4 21 (15.79%) AWS
5 9 (6.77%) GCP
5 9 (6.77%) Google Workspace
5 9 (6.77%) OneDrive
6 8 (6.02%) Azure Stack
7 6 (4.51%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.76%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (3.76%) Power Platform
9 4 (3.01%) IaaS
10 3 (2.26%) Google Drive
10 3 (2.26%) Power Automate
10 3 (2.26%) SaaS
11 2 (1.50%) Azure Key Vault
11 2 (1.50%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.50%) Contentstack
11 2 (1.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 45 (33.83%) Firewall
2 24 (18.05%) VPN
3 22 (16.54%) DNS
4 20 (15.04%) DHCP
5 17 (12.78%) TCP/IP
6 15 (11.28%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (9.02%) WAN
8 9 (6.77%) LAN
8 9 (6.77%) VLAN
9 8 (6.02%) VoIP
10 7 (5.26%) IP Telephony
11 5 (3.76%) Network Security
11 5 (3.76%) Wireless
12 4 (3.01%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (3.01%) SD-WAN
13 3 (2.26%) DKIM
13 3 (2.26%) DMARC
14 2 (1.50%) IPsec
14 2 (1.50%) Softphone
14 2 (1.50%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.77%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (1.50%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
General
1 66 (49.62%) Social Skills
2 9 (6.77%) Finance
2 9 (6.77%) Telecoms
3 8 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (6.02%) Public Sector
4 6 (4.51%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (3.01%) Legal
6 1 (0.75%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.75%) German Language
6 1 (0.75%) Law
6 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.76%) .NET
1 5 (3.76%) .NET Framework
1 5 (3.76%) Entity Framework
1 5 (3.76%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 33 (24.81%) Driving Licence
2 11 (8.27%) CCTV
2 11 (8.27%) Onboarding
3 9 (6.77%) Data Centre
3 9 (6.77%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (3.76%) Cyber Security Posture
4 5 (3.76%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (2.26%) Life Science
6 2 (1.50%) BYOD
6 2 (1.50%) Clustering
6 2 (1.50%) iPad
6 2 (1.50%) iPhone
6 2 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.50%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.50%) Social Media
7 1 (0.75%) Digital Signage
7 1 (0.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (0.75%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.75%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 85 (63.91%) Windows
2 55 (41.35%) Windows Server
3 24 (18.05%) Windows 10
4 17 (12.78%) Linux
5 13 (9.77%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (7.52%) Mac OS
7 9 (6.77%) Apple iOS
8 8 (6.02%) Rocky
9 7 (5.26%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (3.76%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (3.01%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (25.56%) Cybersecurity
3 26 (19.55%) Customer Service
4 23 (17.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 17 (12.78%) ITIL
6 12 (9.02%) Data Protection
6 12 (9.02%) ITSM
7 9 (6.77%) DevOps
7 9 (6.77%) Project Delivery
7 9 (6.77%) Software Engineering
8 8 (6.02%) Containerisation
8 8 (6.02%) Information Security
8 8 (6.02%) Network Management
9 7 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (5.26%) IT Strategy
9 7 (5.26%) SDLC
9 7 (5.26%) SIEM
10 6 (4.51%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 6 (4.51%) Process Improvement
10 6 (4.51%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (10.53%) PowerShell
2 6 (4.51%) SQL
2 6 (4.51%) T-SQL
3 5 (3.76%) C#
4 2 (1.50%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (13.53%) Degree
1 18 (13.53%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (9.02%) Azure Certification
3 11 (8.27%) SC Cleared
3 11 (8.27%) Security Cleared
4 9 (6.77%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (6.77%) Network+ Certification
5 8 (6.02%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (6.02%) DBS Check
5 8 (6.02%) DV Cleared
6 7 (5.26%) CCNA
6 7 (5.26%) CCNP
6 7 (5.26%) MCP
6 7 (5.26%) MCSA
6 7 (5.26%) MCSE
7 6 (4.51%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (2.26%) CISM
8 3 (2.26%) CISSP
8 3 (2.26%) NVQ Level 3
9 2 (1.50%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.77%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (4.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.76%) GDPR
4 3 (2.26%) SLA
5 2 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.75%) NCSC
6 1 (0.75%) NIST
6 1 (0.75%) SOC 2
System Software
1 74 (55.64%) Active Directory
2 33 (24.81%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.26%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.50%) BitLocker
4 2 (1.50%) vSphere
4 2 (1.50%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 44 (33.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (6.77%) Kubernetes
3 7 (5.26%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (3.01%) Autotask
5 3 (2.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (1.50%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.75%) SmoothWall
7 1 (0.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 89 (66.92%) Microsoft
2 18 (13.53%) VMware
3 17 (12.78%) Google
4 12 (9.02%) Dell
5 10 (7.52%) Veeam
6 8 (6.02%) Cisco
7 7 (5.26%) Draytek
7 7 (5.26%) Mitel
7 7 (5.26%) WatchGuard
8 5 (3.76%) Meraki
8 5 (3.76%) Progress
8 5 (3.76%) Sage
8 5 (3.76%) Xamarin
8 5 (3.76%) Zoho
9 3 (2.26%) ConnectWise
9 3 (2.26%) Datto
9 3 (2.26%) ESET
9 3 (2.26%) Freshdesk
9 3 (2.26%) ServiceNow
9 3 (2.26%) Ubiquiti