IT Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

IT Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £37,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 272 285 457
Rank change year-on-year +13 +172 -69
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 306 353 574
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.10% 1.08% 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% 1.12% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 258 328 512
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,094 £29,838
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,750 £37,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% -2.60% +6.94%
75th Percentile £49,941 £50,000 £52,063
90th Percentile £60,300 £75,000 £64,875
UK median annual salary £35,000 £34,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +1.45% -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 26,891 31,453 76,163
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.26% 95.84% 96.99%
Number of salaries quoted 19,582 23,849 44,441
10th Percentile £34,500 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,749 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,728 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +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 26 July 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 26 July 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.

1 187 (61.11%) Windows
2 176 (57.52%) Microsoft
3 174 (56.86%) Azure
4 152 (49.67%) Active Directory
5 148 (48.37%) Microsoft 365
6 104 (33.99%) Windows Server
7 99 (32.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 90 (29.41%) Social Skills
9 87 (28.43%) Firewall
10 83 (27.12%) VMware
11 72 (23.53%) Hyper-V
12 59 (19.28%) Cisco
13 57 (18.63%) Entra ID
14 56 (18.30%) ITIL
15 55 (17.97%) VMware Infrastructure
16 54 (17.65%) Windows 10
17 53 (17.32%) Wi-Fi
18 52 (16.99%) Problem-Solving
19 50 (16.34%) PowerShell
20 43 (14.05%) Microsoft Exchange
21 40 (13.07%) Customer Service
21 40 (13.07%) Driving Licence
22 38 (12.42%) Windows Server 2016
23 37 (12.09%) Microsoft Intune
24 35 (11.44%) Microsoft Office
24 35 (11.44%) DNS
25 32 (10.46%) Meraki
25 32 (10.46%) SAN
25 32 (10.46%) WAN
25 32 (10.46%) 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 43 (14.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (9.48%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.27%) IIS
4 4 (1.31%) Exchange Server 2000
5 2 (0.65%) Apache
5 2 (0.65%) CMS
5 2 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.65%) WordPress
6 1 (0.33%) Confluence
6 1 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.33%) nginx
6 1 (0.33%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.33%) Site Server
6 1 (0.33%) Tomcat
Applications
1 35 (11.44%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.33%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.33%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 174 (56.86%) Azure
2 148 (48.37%) Microsoft 365
3 57 (18.63%) Entra ID
4 14 (4.58%) AWS
5 11 (3.59%) Mimecast
6 10 (3.27%) Nutanix
7 8 (2.61%) OneDrive
8 6 (1.96%) Azure Storage
8 6 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (1.96%) IaaS
8 6 (1.96%) SaaS
9 5 (1.63%) PaaS
10 4 (1.31%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (1.31%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.65%) Dropbox
11 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.65%) WhatsApp
12 1 (0.33%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.33%) GitHub
12 1 (0.33%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 87 (28.43%) Firewall
2 53 (17.32%) Wi-Fi
3 35 (11.44%) DNS
4 32 (10.46%) DHCP
4 32 (10.46%) SAN
4 32 (10.46%) WAN
5 24 (7.84%) Network Security
6 23 (7.52%) LAN
7 22 (7.19%) TCP/IP
8 21 (6.86%) Internet
8 21 (6.86%) VPN
9 19 (6.21%) VLAN
9 19 (6.21%) Wireless
10 18 (5.88%) SD-WAN
11 11 (3.59%) Cisco Nexus
12 10 (3.27%) Cisco IOS
13 7 (2.29%) Remote Desktop
13 7 (2.29%) VoIP
14 6 (1.96%) NAS
15 5 (1.63%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.19%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.27%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.31%) DB2
3 4 (1.31%) InfluxDB
3 4 (1.31%) MySQL
4 3 (0.98%) Oracle Database
4 3 (0.98%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (0.98%) Axure RP
1 3 (0.98%) JIRA
2 1 (0.33%) Jenkins
General
1 90 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 23 (7.52%) Finance
3 13 (4.25%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (3.92%) Law
5 11 (3.59%) Legal
5 11 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (2.61%) Telecoms
7 7 (2.29%) Public Sector
8 6 (1.96%) Games
9 5 (1.63%) Banking
9 5 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.63%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.98%) Japanese Language
10 3 (0.98%) Marketing
11 2 (0.65%) Advertising
11 2 (0.65%) Electronics
11 2 (0.65%) Local Government
11 2 (0.65%) Retail
11 2 (0.65%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.65%) CSS
1 2 (0.65%) HTML
1 2 (0.65%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.33%) .NET
2 1 (0.33%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.33%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (0.33%) LAMP
2 1 (0.33%) RESTEasy
2 1 (0.33%) Web Services
2 1 (0.33%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 40 (13.07%) Driving Licence
2 17 (5.56%) Enterprise Storage
3 14 (4.58%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.59%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.59%) Social Media
5 10 (3.27%) Replication
6 9 (2.94%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.61%) Cyberattack
8 5 (1.63%) iPhone
9 4 (1.31%) CCTV
9 4 (1.31%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (1.31%) EPoS
9 4 (1.31%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.98%) iPad
10 3 (0.98%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.65%) Handset
11 2 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.65%) Smartphone
11 2 (0.65%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 187 (61.11%) Windows
2 104 (33.99%) Windows Server
3 54 (17.65%) Windows 10
4 38 (12.42%) Windows Server 2016
5 32 (10.46%) Linux
6 26 (8.50%) Windows Server 2019
7 22 (7.19%) Windows Server 2012
8 18 (5.88%) Mac OS
9 17 (5.56%) Android
10 15 (4.90%) Apple iOS
11 8 (2.61%) Unix
12 7 (2.29%) Windows 7
13 6 (1.96%) Mac OS X
13 6 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 5 (1.63%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.33%) CentOS
15 1 (0.33%) Debian
15 1 (0.33%) Fedora
15 1 (0.33%) openSUSE
15 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (32.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 56 (18.30%) ITIL
3 52 (16.99%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (13.07%) Customer Service
5 31 (10.13%) Cybersecurity
6 24 (7.84%) Incident Management
7 19 (6.21%) Disaster Recovery
8 15 (4.90%) Service Delivery
9 14 (4.58%) Agile
9 14 (4.58%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (4.58%) Information Security
9 14 (4.58%) Migration
10 13 (4.25%) Patch Management
11 12 (3.92%) Project Delivery
12 11 (3.59%) Preventative Maintenance
13 10 (3.27%) Desktop Virtualisation
13 10 (3.27%) Project Management
13 10 (3.27%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 10 (3.27%) Security Operations
13 10 (3.27%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 50 (16.34%) PowerShell
2 24 (7.84%) SQL
3 14 (4.58%) Python
4 2 (0.65%) Bash
4 2 (0.65%) PHP
5 1 (0.33%) Korn
5 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 30 (9.80%) Microsoft Certification
2 26 (8.50%) Degree
3 20 (6.54%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (4.90%) CCNP
5 14 (4.58%) Azure Certification
6 12 (3.92%) CISSP
7 11 (3.59%) Security Cleared
8 10 (3.27%) CCIE
8 10 (3.27%) SC Cleared
9 8 (2.61%) CCNA
10 7 (2.29%) MCSE
10 7 (2.29%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (1.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (1.31%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (1.31%) DBS Check
12 4 (1.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.98%) MCP
14 2 (0.65%) A+ Certification
14 2 (0.65%) CISA
14 2 (0.65%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.27%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.96%) NIST
4 3 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (0.98%) GDPR
4 3 (0.98%) SLA
4 3 (0.98%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.65%) COBIT
5 2 (0.65%) NCSC
6 1 (0.33%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.33%) PMO
System Software
1 152 (49.67%) Active Directory
2 72 (23.53%) Hyper-V
3 55 (17.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.61%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (2.61%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (2.29%) vSphere
6 4 (1.31%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.98%) Firmware
7 3 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.33%) Docker
9 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.33%) Samba
9 1 (0.33%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 37 (12.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (9.15%) SCCM
3 7 (2.29%) SCOM
3 7 (2.29%) WSUS
4 6 (1.96%) Ansible
4 6 (1.96%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 5 (1.63%) Cisco CUCM
5 5 (1.63%) ServiceCenter
6 4 (1.31%) Grafana
6 4 (1.31%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.98%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.33%) Autotask
9 1 (0.33%) CASB
9 1 (0.33%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.33%) QRadar
9 1 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.33%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.33%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 176 (57.52%) Microsoft
2 83 (27.12%) VMware
3 59 (19.28%) Cisco
4 32 (10.46%) Meraki
5 16 (5.23%) Palo Alto
6 15 (4.90%) HP
7 13 (4.25%) Citrix
8 12 (3.92%) Fortinet
9 11 (3.59%) Oracle
10 10 (3.27%) Aruba
11 9 (2.94%) Rapid7
11 9 (2.94%) ServiceNow
11 9 (2.94%) Veeam
12 8 (2.61%) Nasuni
12 8 (2.61%) Sophos
13 7 (2.29%) Apple
13 7 (2.29%) Draytek
13 7 (2.29%) Red Hat
13 7 (2.29%) WatchGuard
14 6 (1.96%) SolarWinds