IT Engineer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

IT Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 327 245 297
Rank change year-on-year -82 +52 +149
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 144 451 382
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.70% 1.33% 1.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 1.38% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 117 392 347
10th Percentile £27,650 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £36,750 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -2.60%
75th Percentile £53,750 £46,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £61,500 £58,625 £75,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £33,000 £34,500
% change year-on-year +6.06% -4.35% -1.43%

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 WFH or hybrid 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 18,881 32,734 34,586
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.54% 96.20% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 10,537 24,599 25,656
10th Percentile £25,267 £32,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £46,749
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,549
90th Percentile £98,474 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

IT Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IT Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

IT Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing IT Engineer over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

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 6 July 2025, 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 hybrid or remote work options featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 94 (65.28%) Microsoft
2 93 (64.58%) Windows
3 89 (61.81%) Azure
4 87 (60.42%) Active Directory
5 85 (59.03%) Microsoft 365
6 62 (43.06%) Social Skills
7 49 (34.03%) Windows Server
8 46 (31.94%) Problem-Solving
9 38 (26.39%) Customer Service
10 36 (25.00%) Firewall
11 35 (24.31%) Entra ID
12 34 (23.61%) PowerShell
13 31 (21.53%) VMware
14 29 (20.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 26 (18.06%) Microsoft Exchange
16 25 (17.36%) Microsoft Intune
17 22 (15.28%) Wi-Fi
18 21 (14.58%) Degree
18 21 (14.58%) Windows 10
19 20 (13.89%) Cybersecurity
19 20 (13.89%) VMware Infrastructure
19 20 (13.89%) SharePoint
19 20 (13.89%) Driving Licence
20 19 (13.19%) ITIL
20 19 (13.19%) Hyper-V
20 19 (13.19%) Analytical Skills
21 18 (12.50%) SaaS
22 17 (11.81%) Finance
23 16 (11.11%) Cisco
24 15 (10.42%) Mac OS

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 26 (18.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (13.89%) SharePoint
3 10 (6.94%) Confluence
4 2 (1.39%) IIS
5 1 (0.69%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (6.94%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.69%) 1Password
Cloud Services
1 89 (61.81%) Azure
2 85 (59.03%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (24.31%) Entra ID
4 18 (12.50%) SaaS
5 14 (9.72%) IaaS
6 11 (7.64%) AWS
7 5 (3.47%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (2.78%) Azure Stack
8 4 (2.78%) PaaS
9 2 (1.39%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.39%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.39%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.39%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.39%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.69%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.69%) GCP
10 1 (0.69%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.69%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.69%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 36 (25.00%) Firewall
2 22 (15.28%) Wi-Fi
3 15 (10.42%) DNS
3 15 (10.42%) VPN
4 14 (9.72%) VLAN
5 13 (9.03%) DHCP
5 13 (9.03%) VoIP
6 11 (7.64%) Internet
6 11 (7.64%) WAN
7 10 (6.94%) SAN
8 8 (5.56%) SD-WAN
9 7 (4.86%) LAN
9 7 (4.86%) NAS
10 5 (3.47%) Wireless
11 4 (2.78%) Network Security
12 3 (2.08%) TCP/IP
13 2 (1.39%) Intrusion Detection
13 2 (1.39%) WLAN
14 1 (0.69%) Extranet
14 1 (0.69%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.42%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.69%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (2.78%) JIRA
2 1 (0.69%) Hudson
General
1 62 (43.06%) Social Skills
2 19 (13.19%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (11.81%) Finance
4 9 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (5.56%) Telecoms
6 7 (4.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (4.17%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.78%) Marketing
9 3 (2.08%) Legal
9 3 (2.08%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.39%) Law
11 1 (0.69%) Aviation
11 1 (0.69%) Electronics
11 1 (0.69%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.94%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.39%) .NET
3 1 (0.69%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.69%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.69%) SAML
3 1 (0.69%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.89%) Driving Licence
2 12 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 12 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (5.56%) Data Centre
4 6 (4.17%) EPoS
4 6 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (4.17%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.17%) Social Media
5 3 (2.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (2.08%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.08%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.39%) Clustering
6 2 (1.39%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.69%) iPhone
7 1 (0.69%) Online Games
7 1 (0.69%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 93 (64.58%) Windows
2 49 (34.03%) Windows Server
3 21 (14.58%) Windows 10
4 15 (10.42%) Linux
4 15 (10.42%) Mac OS
5 11 (7.64%) Apple iOS
6 9 (6.25%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (4.86%) Windows 7
7 7 (4.86%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (3.47%) Android
9 4 (2.78%) Rocky
10 2 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (31.94%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (26.39%) Customer Service
3 29 (20.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 20 (13.89%) Cybersecurity
5 19 (13.19%) ITIL
6 14 (9.72%) ITSM
7 13 (9.03%) Mentoring
8 11 (7.64%) B2B
8 11 (7.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (7.64%) Disaster Recovery
9 10 (6.94%) Infrastructure Management
9 10 (6.94%) Migration
10 9 (6.25%) Data Privacy
10 9 (6.25%) High Availability
10 9 (6.25%) SIEM
11 8 (5.56%) Computer Science
11 8 (5.56%) CRM
11 8 (5.56%) Information Security
11 8 (5.56%) Kalman Filter
11 8 (5.56%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (23.61%) PowerShell
2 11 (7.64%) Python
3 3 (2.08%) SQL
4 1 (0.69%) Java
4 1 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.69%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.69%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 21 (14.58%) Degree
2 13 (9.03%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (9.03%) Security Cleared
3 10 (6.94%) DBS Check
4 9 (6.25%) DV Cleared
5 8 (5.56%) MCSA
5 8 (5.56%) SC Cleared
6 7 (4.86%) Azure Certification
7 5 (3.47%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.78%) MCP
9 3 (2.08%) A+ Certification
9 3 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.39%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.39%) CCNA
10 2 (1.39%) CCNP
10 2 (1.39%) CISSP
10 2 (1.39%) NVQ Level 3
11 1 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (6.25%) SLA
2 8 (5.56%) NIST
3 4 (2.78%) GDPR
4 3 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (2.08%) NCSC
4 3 (2.08%) PCI DSS
4 3 (2.08%) SOC 2
5 2 (1.39%) ISO 9001
5 2 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.69%) HIPAA
System Software
1 87 (60.42%) Active Directory
2 20 (13.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (13.19%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.78%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (2.08%) vSphere
6 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.39%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.69%) Docker
7 1 (0.69%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 25 (17.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (4.86%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (3.47%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (2.08%) SmoothWall
5 2 (1.39%) Ansible
5 2 (1.39%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (1.39%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 2 (1.39%) Terraform
6 1 (0.69%) CASB
6 1 (0.69%) Plesk
6 1 (0.69%) SCCM
6 1 (0.69%) SCOM
6 1 (0.69%) WSUS
Vendors
1 94 (65.28%) Microsoft
2 31 (21.53%) VMware
3 16 (11.11%) Cisco
4 10 (6.94%) Meraki
5 8 (5.56%) Veeam
6 6 (4.17%) ConnectWise
6 6 (4.17%) Sophos
7 5 (3.47%) Dell
7 5 (3.47%) ESET
8 4 (2.78%) Datto
8 4 (2.78%) Ubiquiti
9 3 (2.08%) Apple
9 3 (2.08%) Nimble Storage
9 3 (2.08%) Palo Alto
9 3 (2.08%) SonicWALL
10 2 (1.39%) Aruba
10 2 (1.39%) SAP
10 2 (1.39%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.39%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.39%) WatchGuard