IT Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

IT Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Engineer salary in Work from Home is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 230 318 438
Rank change year-on-year +88 +120 -101
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 469 440 468
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.39% 1.02% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.45% 1.06% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 424 378 435
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -9.09% +6.21%
75th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £52,125
90th Percentile £59,625 £75,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £34,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year -5.80% +1.47% -2.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 32,387 41,467 65,028
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.98% 96.10% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 24,861 29,388 41,856
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

IT Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IT Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

IT Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing IT Engineer.

IT Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing IT Engineer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

IT Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, IT Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with remote work options featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 271 (57.78%) Windows
2 264 (56.29%) Microsoft
3 256 (54.58%) Microsoft 365
4 255 (54.37%) Azure
5 219 (46.70%) Active Directory
6 157 (33.48%) Windows Server
7 155 (33.05%) Social Skills
8 149 (31.77%) Firewall
9 126 (26.87%) VMware
10 116 (24.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 115 (24.52%) Hyper-V
12 105 (22.39%) Microsoft Exchange
13 97 (20.68%) ITIL
14 88 (18.76%) VMware Infrastructure
15 84 (17.91%) Problem-Solving
16 80 (17.06%) Entra ID
17 77 (16.42%) Cisco
18 75 (15.99%) Microsoft Intune
19 69 (14.71%) Degree
20 68 (14.50%) Customer Service
21 67 (14.29%) Windows 10
22 66 (14.07%) PowerShell
23 64 (13.65%) Wi-Fi
24 62 (13.22%) SAN
25 61 (13.01%) Driving Licence
26 59 (12.58%) DNS
27 54 (11.51%) Windows Server 2016
28 53 (11.30%) Microsoft Office
28 53 (11.30%) SharePoint
29 52 (11.09%) DHCP

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 105 (22.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 53 (11.30%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.13%) IIS
4 6 (1.28%) Exchange Server 2000
4 6 (1.28%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.64%) SAS
6 2 (0.43%) Apache
6 2 (0.43%) CMS
6 2 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.43%) WordPress
7 1 (0.21%) Confluence
7 1 (0.21%) Moodle
7 1 (0.21%) nginx
7 1 (0.21%) Site Server
7 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
Applications
1 53 (11.30%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.64%) SPSS
3 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.64%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.43%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.21%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.21%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (0.21%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 256 (54.58%) Microsoft 365
2 255 (54.37%) Azure
3 80 (17.06%) Entra ID
4 39 (8.32%) AWS
5 16 (3.41%) Mimecast
6 7 (1.49%) Amazon EC2
6 7 (1.49%) Google Workspace
6 7 (1.49%) Nutanix
7 5 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (0.85%) OneDrive
8 4 (0.85%) Power Platform
8 4 (0.85%) WhatsApp
9 3 (0.64%) Dropbox
9 3 (0.64%) IaaS
9 3 (0.64%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.64%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.43%) Azure Storage
10 2 (0.43%) ClickUp
10 2 (0.43%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 149 (31.77%) Firewall
2 64 (13.65%) Wi-Fi
3 62 (13.22%) SAN
4 59 (12.58%) DNS
5 52 (11.09%) DHCP
6 47 (10.02%) WAN
7 42 (8.96%) LAN
8 38 (8.10%) TCP/IP
8 38 (8.10%) VLAN
9 36 (7.68%) VPN
10 32 (6.82%) Wireless
11 29 (6.18%) Network Security
12 25 (5.33%) Internet
13 20 (4.26%) NAS
14 19 (4.05%) Remote Desktop
15 15 (3.20%) SD-WAN
16 13 (2.77%) Unified Communications
16 13 (2.77%) VoIP
17 11 (2.35%) Cisco IOS
17 11 (2.35%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (10.45%) SQL Server
2 24 (5.12%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (0.85%) DB2
4 3 (0.64%) Big Data
4 3 (0.64%) EDRMS
4 3 (0.64%) InfluxDB
4 3 (0.64%) MySQL
4 3 (0.64%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.43%) JIRA
2 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
General
1 155 (33.05%) Social Skills
2 35 (7.46%) Finance
3 30 (6.40%) Organisational Skills
4 26 (5.54%) Law
5 25 (5.33%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (4.05%) Legal
7 18 (3.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (2.56%) Games
8 12 (2.56%) Telecoms
9 9 (1.92%) Banking
10 8 (1.71%) Public Sector
11 7 (1.49%) Marketing
11 7 (1.49%) Retail
12 5 (1.07%) Japanese Language
13 4 (0.85%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.85%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.43%) Advertising
14 2 (0.43%) Electronics
14 2 (0.43%) Publishing
14 2 (0.43%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.43%) .NET
1 2 (0.43%) CSS
1 2 (0.43%) HTML
2 1 (0.21%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.21%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (0.21%) JSON
2 1 (0.21%) LAMP
2 1 (0.21%) LDAP
2 1 (0.21%) OAuth
2 1 (0.21%) RESTEasy
Miscellaneous
1 61 (13.01%) Driving Licence
2 26 (5.54%) Self-Motivation
3 23 (4.90%) Enterprise Storage
4 17 (3.62%) iPad
5 14 (2.99%) Data Centre
6 13 (2.77%) Replication
6 13 (2.77%) Social Media
7 11 (2.35%) Management Information System
7 11 (2.35%) Public Cloud
8 10 (2.13%) Cyberattack
9 8 (1.71%) iPhone
9 8 (1.71%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.71%) Video Conferencing
10 7 (1.49%) Clustering
11 6 (1.28%) Apple TV
12 5 (1.07%) Fat Client
12 5 (1.07%) Thin Client
13 4 (0.85%) CCTV
13 4 (0.85%) Cybercrime
13 4 (0.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 271 (57.78%) Windows
2 157 (33.48%) Windows Server
3 67 (14.29%) Windows 10
4 54 (11.51%) Windows Server 2016
5 45 (9.59%) Linux
6 35 (7.46%) Windows Server 2019
7 32 (6.82%) Android
8 29 (6.18%) Windows Server 2012
9 26 (5.54%) Mac OS
10 22 (4.69%) Apple iOS
11 9 (1.92%) Mac OS X
12 8 (1.71%) Unix
13 7 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 7 (1.49%) Windows Server 2008
14 5 (1.07%) Windows 7
15 2 (0.43%) CentOS
16 1 (0.21%) Debian
16 1 (0.21%) Fedora
16 1 (0.21%) openSUSE
16 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (24.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 97 (20.68%) ITIL
3 84 (17.91%) Problem-Solving
4 68 (14.50%) Customer Service
5 40 (8.53%) Cybersecurity
6 34 (7.25%) Incident Management
7 29 (6.18%) Migration
8 26 (5.54%) Disaster Recovery
9 23 (4.90%) Desktop Virtualisation
9 23 (4.90%) Information Security
9 23 (4.90%) Service Delivery
10 21 (4.48%) Security Operations
11 20 (4.26%) Data Loss Prevention
12 19 (4.05%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 18 (3.84%) Agile
13 18 (3.84%) Incident Response
14 17 (3.62%) Line Management
15 16 (3.41%) Asset Management
15 16 (3.41%) Continuous Improvement
15 16 (3.41%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (14.07%) PowerShell
2 18 (3.84%) SQL
3 14 (2.99%) Python
4 9 (1.92%) Bash
5 2 (0.43%) PHP
6 1 (0.21%) Korn
Qualifications
1 69 (14.71%) Degree
2 42 (8.96%) Microsoft Certification
3 35 (7.46%) Cisco Certification
4 24 (5.12%) Azure Certification
5 23 (4.90%) CCNA
6 15 (3.20%) Network+ Certification
7 13 (2.77%) CCNP
8 12 (2.56%) CISSP
9 11 (2.35%) Security Cleared
10 10 (2.13%) CCIE
10 10 (2.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 10 (2.13%) MCSE
11 6 (1.28%) SC Cleared
12 5 (1.07%) A+ Certification
12 5 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.07%) MCP
12 5 (1.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (0.85%) MCSA
14 3 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.20%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (2.13%) SLA
4 7 (1.49%) NIST
5 6 (1.28%) GDPR
6 3 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.64%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.43%) COBIT
7 2 (0.43%) NCSC
8 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.21%) GRC
8 1 (0.21%) PMO
System Software
1 219 (46.70%) Active Directory
2 115 (24.52%) Hyper-V
3 88 (18.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (3.62%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (3.62%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (1.71%) vSphere
6 7 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (1.07%) VMware Server
8 4 (0.85%) Docker
9 3 (0.64%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.43%) Firmware
10 2 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.21%) NFS
11 1 (0.21%) Samba
11 1 (0.21%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 75 (15.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (7.68%) SCCM
3 13 (2.77%) Cisco CUCM
3 13 (2.77%) ServiceCenter
4 10 (2.13%) SCOM
4 10 (2.13%) WSUS
5 9 (1.92%) Ansible
6 6 (1.28%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 5 (1.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (1.07%) Failover Clustering
7 5 (1.07%) Grafana
7 5 (1.07%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.85%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.85%) Terraform
9 3 (0.64%) HAProxy
9 3 (0.64%) Kubernetes
10 2 (0.43%) Check_MK
10 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.43%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.21%) CASB
Vendors
1 264 (56.29%) Microsoft
2 126 (26.87%) VMware
3 77 (16.42%) Cisco
4 38 (8.10%) Meraki
5 36 (7.68%) HP
6 33 (7.04%) Citrix
7 27 (5.76%) Apple
8 26 (5.54%) Palo Alto
9 21 (4.48%) Fortinet
10 20 (4.26%) Aruba
11 17 (3.62%) Veeam
12 14 (2.99%) Dell
13 13 (2.77%) iManage
14 12 (2.56%) Sophos
15 11 (2.35%) Barracuda Networks
16 10 (2.13%) IBM
17 9 (1.92%) Draytek
17 9 (1.92%) WatchGuard
18 8 (1.71%) Google
19 7 (1.49%) Oracle