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 16 April 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 226 216
Rank change year-on-year +56 -10 +92
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 260 171 479
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.48% 1.30% 1.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.58% 1.39% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 241 137 436
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £30,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £46,250
90th Percentile £56,250 £60,000 £58,750
UK median annual salary £33,500 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -4.29% +6.06% -2.94%

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 16,430 12,262 31,030
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.61% 92.94% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 11,808 9,000 24,985
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,125 £56,509
Median % change year-on-year -0.21% +6.40% -9.59%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,525 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,795
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.53% -10.34%

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 16 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 16 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.

1 173 (66.54%) Microsoft 365
2 167 (64.23%) Microsoft
3 152 (58.46%) Azure
4 144 (55.38%) Windows
5 127 (48.85%) Active Directory
6 102 (39.23%) Entra ID
7 98 (37.69%) Problem-Solving
8 92 (35.38%) Microsoft Intune
9 87 (33.46%) Windows Server
10 80 (30.77%) Customer Service
11 77 (29.62%) Firewall
12 76 (29.23%) DNS
13 68 (26.15%) DHCP
14 61 (23.46%) Wi-Fi
15 57 (21.92%) Microsoft Exchange
16 52 (20.00%) VPN
17 45 (17.31%) ITIL
18 43 (16.54%) SharePoint
19 42 (16.15%) Windows 10
20 41 (15.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 41 (15.77%) WAN
21 40 (15.38%) Hyper-V
21 40 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
22 39 (15.00%) Google
22 39 (15.00%) TCP/IP
23 38 (14.62%) Cybersecurity
23 38 (14.62%) LAN
24 37 (14.23%) Microsoft Certification
25 35 (13.46%) AWS
25 35 (13.46%) Google Workspace

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 57 (21.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (16.54%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.46%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (3.46%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (3.46%) Exchange Server 2013
4 4 (1.54%) Confluence
5 1 (0.38%) IIS
Applications
1 40 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.77%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 173 (66.54%) Microsoft 365
2 152 (58.46%) Azure
3 102 (39.23%) Entra ID
4 35 (13.46%) AWS
4 35 (13.46%) Google Workspace
5 15 (5.77%) SaaS
6 13 (5.00%) OneDrive
7 9 (3.46%) Azure Sentinel
8 7 (2.69%) OCI
9 6 (2.31%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.92%) Intacct
11 4 (1.54%) Mimecast
12 3 (1.15%) GCP
12 3 (1.15%) Google Drive
12 3 (1.15%) Power Platform
13 2 (0.77%) Azure AKS
13 2 (0.77%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (0.77%) IaaS
13 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (0.77%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 77 (29.62%) Firewall
2 76 (29.23%) DNS
3 68 (26.15%) DHCP
4 61 (23.46%) Wi-Fi
5 52 (20.00%) VPN
6 41 (15.77%) WAN
7 39 (15.00%) TCP/IP
8 38 (14.62%) LAN
9 30 (11.54%) VoIP
10 21 (8.08%) VLAN
11 9 (3.46%) SD-WAN
12 6 (2.31%) Wireless
13 4 (1.54%) IP Telephony
14 3 (1.15%) NAS
14 3 (1.15%) Remote Desktop
15 2 (0.77%) Cisco ISE
15 2 (0.77%) DMVPN
15 2 (0.77%) IPsec
15 2 (0.77%) Network Security
15 2 (0.77%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.08%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.54%) MySQL
3 3 (1.15%) Power BI
4 1 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.46%) JIRA
General
1 100 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 29 (11.15%) Finance
3 27 (10.38%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (6.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (5.77%) Legal
6 10 (3.85%) Law
7 9 (3.46%) Public Sector
7 9 (3.46%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.92%) Retail
9 4 (1.54%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.54%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.77%) Advertising
11 2 (0.77%) Military
12 1 (0.38%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.38%) .NET
1 1 (0.38%) .NET Framework
1 1 (0.38%) ADO
1 1 (0.38%) Entity Framework
1 1 (0.38%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 48 (18.46%) Driving Licence
2 15 (5.77%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (2.69%) Linux Command Line
5 6 (2.31%) CCTV
6 5 (1.92%) Reinsurance
7 4 (1.54%) Raspberry Pi
7 4 (1.54%) Social Media
8 3 (1.15%) Life Science
8 3 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (1.15%) Replication
8 3 (1.15%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.77%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.77%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (0.77%) iPad
9 2 (0.77%) iPhone
9 2 (0.77%) iSeries
10 1 (0.38%) FMCG
10 1 (0.38%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 144 (55.38%) Windows
2 87 (33.46%) Windows Server
3 42 (16.15%) Windows 10
4 30 (11.54%) Mac OS
5 27 (10.38%) Windows Server 2012
6 25 (9.62%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (5.77%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (5.00%) Linux
9 9 (3.46%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (1.54%) Apple iOS
10 4 (1.54%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.77%) Android
12 1 (0.38%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (37.69%) Problem-Solving
2 80 (30.77%) Customer Service
3 45 (17.31%) ITIL
4 41 (15.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 38 (14.62%) Cybersecurity
6 25 (9.62%) Service Delivery
7 20 (7.69%) ITSM
8 17 (6.54%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 15 (5.77%) Mentoring
10 14 (5.38%) Change Management
10 14 (5.38%) Migration
11 13 (5.00%) Disaster Recovery
12 12 (4.62%) Cloud Security
13 11 (4.23%) Business Continuity
14 10 (3.85%) Identity Management
14 10 (3.85%) Process Improvement
15 9 (3.46%) Asset Management
15 9 (3.46%) Coaching
15 9 (3.46%) Continuous Improvement
15 9 (3.46%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 25 (9.62%) PowerShell
2 8 (3.08%) Bash
3 7 (2.69%) SQL
4 4 (1.54%) Python
4 4 (1.54%) R
5 2 (0.77%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (0.38%) C#
6 1 (0.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (14.23%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (6.54%) DBS Check
3 15 (5.77%) Degree
4 11 (4.23%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (4.23%) Network+ Certification
4 11 (4.23%) SC Cleared
4 11 (4.23%) Security Cleared
5 10 (3.85%) CCNA
6 8 (3.08%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (2.69%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.69%) MCSA
8 6 (2.31%) CCNP
8 6 (2.31%) MCSE
9 4 (1.54%) HNC
9 4 (1.54%) HND
9 4 (1.54%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (1.15%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.38%) ACSP
11 1 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.38%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (13.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 21 (8.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 9 (3.46%) SLA
5 3 (1.15%) QA
6 2 (0.77%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.77%) GDPR
7 1 (0.38%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.38%) NIST
System Software
1 127 (48.85%) Active Directory
2 40 (15.38%) Hyper-V
3 14 (5.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.31%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (2.31%) vSphere
5 3 (1.15%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.15%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.77%) Firmware
6 2 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.77%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 92 (35.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (5.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 9 (3.46%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (3.08%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (2.69%) SCCM
6 3 (1.15%) Autotask
7 1 (0.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 167 (64.23%) Microsoft
2 39 (15.00%) Google
3 28 (10.77%) VMware
4 20 (7.69%) Cisco
5 18 (6.92%) Meraki
6 15 (5.77%) Fortinet
7 13 (5.00%) HP
8 11 (4.23%) Veeam
9 10 (3.85%) Dell
10 9 (3.46%) Draytek
10 9 (3.46%) Ubiquiti
11 8 (3.08%) SonicWALL
12 7 (2.69%) CyberArk
13 6 (2.31%) Freshdesk
13 6 (2.31%) Sage
13 6 (2.31%) ServiceNow
13 6 (2.31%) Sophos
14 5 (1.92%) Apple
14 5 (1.92%) Okta
14 5 (1.92%) WatchGuard