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 11 December 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 239 253 210
Rank change year-on-year +14 -43 +144
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 140 226 304
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.92% 1.20% 1.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 1.25% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 127 170 292
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,225 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,250 £32,125 £30,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £38,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +2.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £42,500 £52,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £56,000 £60,000 £61,750
UK median annual salary £32,500 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -10.96% +4.29% +4.48%

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 14,301 18,135 19,740
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 96.44% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,124 11,360 16,118
10th Percentile £29,825 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -0.83% -3.20%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -

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 11 December 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 11 December 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 90 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 89 (63.57%) Microsoft 365
3 85 (60.71%) Azure
3 85 (60.71%) Windows
4 70 (50.00%) Active Directory
5 54 (38.57%) Windows Server
6 52 (37.14%) Problem-Solving
7 44 (31.43%) Firewall
7 44 (31.43%) Microsoft Intune
8 37 (26.43%) Entra ID
9 35 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
10 32 (22.86%) Hyper-V
11 30 (21.43%) Customer Service
12 28 (20.00%) SharePoint
13 25 (17.86%) DNS
13 25 (17.86%) VPN
13 25 (17.86%) Windows 10
14 23 (16.43%) DHCP
14 23 (16.43%) Microsoft Exchange
15 22 (15.71%) AWS
15 22 (15.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 19 (13.57%) ITIL
16 19 (13.57%) Microsoft Certification
17 18 (12.86%) Degree
17 18 (12.86%) Google
17 18 (12.86%) TCP/IP
18 17 (12.14%) Wi-Fi
19 16 (11.43%) VMware
20 15 (10.71%) Linux
21 13 (9.29%) Data Protection

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 28 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 23 (16.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.57%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.43%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.71%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 89 (63.57%) Microsoft 365
2 85 (60.71%) Azure
3 37 (26.43%) Entra ID
4 22 (15.71%) AWS
5 10 (7.14%) GCP
5 10 (7.14%) Google Workspace
6 9 (6.43%) OneDrive
7 7 (5.00%) Azure Stack
8 6 (4.29%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (3.57%) Power Platform
10 3 (2.14%) Google Drive
10 3 (2.14%) IaaS
10 3 (2.14%) Power Automate
10 3 (2.14%) SaaS
11 2 (1.43%) Azure Key Vault
11 2 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.43%) Contentstack
11 2 (1.43%) PaaS
11 2 (1.43%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 44 (31.43%) Firewall
2 25 (17.86%) DNS
2 25 (17.86%) VPN
3 23 (16.43%) DHCP
4 18 (12.86%) TCP/IP
5 17 (12.14%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (9.29%) WAN
7 12 (8.57%) LAN
7 12 (8.57%) VLAN
8 8 (5.71%) VoIP
9 7 (5.00%) IP Telephony
10 6 (4.29%) Network Security
11 4 (2.86%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (2.86%) Wireless
12 3 (2.14%) DKIM
12 3 (2.14%) DMARC
13 2 (1.43%) IPsec
13 2 (1.43%) SD-WAN
13 2 (1.43%) Softphone
13 2 (1.43%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.71%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (1.43%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
General
1 68 (48.57%) Social Skills
2 15 (10.71%) Finance
3 11 (7.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (6.43%) Telecoms
5 7 (5.00%) Legal
5 7 (5.00%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.14%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.43%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.71%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.57%) .NET
1 5 (3.57%) .NET Framework
1 5 (3.57%) Entity Framework
1 5 (3.57%) WinForms
2 1 (0.71%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 33 (23.57%) Driving Licence
2 12 (8.57%) Onboarding
3 11 (7.86%) CCTV
4 8 (5.71%) Data Centre
4 8 (5.71%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (4.29%) Cyber Security Posture
6 4 (2.86%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (2.14%) Life Science
7 3 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.43%) BYOD
8 2 (1.43%) iPad
8 2 (1.43%) iPhone
8 2 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.43%) Reinsurance
8 2 (1.43%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.43%) Social Media
9 1 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.71%) Digital Signage
9 1 (0.71%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.71%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 85 (60.71%) Windows
2 54 (38.57%) Windows Server
3 25 (17.86%) Windows 10
4 15 (10.71%) Linux
5 13 (9.29%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (7.86%) Mac OS
7 8 (5.71%) Apple iOS
7 8 (5.71%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (5.00%) Rocky
9 6 (4.29%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (2.14%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (37.14%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 30 (21.43%) Customer Service
4 22 (15.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 19 (13.57%) ITIL
6 13 (9.29%) Data Protection
7 12 (8.57%) ITSM
8 11 (7.86%) Project Delivery
9 9 (6.43%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (6.43%) DevOps
9 9 (6.43%) Software Engineering
10 8 (5.71%) Information Security
10 8 (5.71%) Network Management
11 7 (5.00%) Containerisation
11 7 (5.00%) Incident Response
11 7 (5.00%) IT Strategy
11 7 (5.00%) Process Improvement
11 7 (5.00%) SDLC
11 7 (5.00%) Security Operations
11 7 (5.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 12 (8.57%) PowerShell
2 7 (5.00%) SQL
3 6 (4.29%) T-SQL
4 5 (3.57%) C#
5 2 (1.43%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (1.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (13.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 18 (12.86%) Degree
3 11 (7.86%) Azure Certification
4 10 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (6.43%) DBS Check
5 9 (6.43%) Network+ Certification
6 8 (5.71%) CCNA
6 8 (5.71%) MCSA
6 8 (5.71%) SC Cleared
6 8 (5.71%) Security Cleared
7 7 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (5.00%) CCNP
7 7 (5.00%) DV Cleared
7 7 (5.00%) MCP
7 7 (5.00%) MCSE
8 6 (4.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.14%) CISM
9 3 (2.14%) CISSP
10 2 (1.43%) CCSP
10 2 (1.43%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.86%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (3.57%) GDPR
2 5 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (2.14%) SLA
System Software
1 70 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 32 (22.86%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.43%) BitLocker
4 2 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.43%) vSphere
4 2 (1.43%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 44 (31.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (5.71%) Kubernetes
3 6 (4.29%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (2.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (2.86%) Autotask
5 1 (0.71%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.71%) SmoothWall
5 1 (0.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 90 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 18 (12.86%) Google
3 16 (11.43%) VMware
4 11 (7.86%) Dell
5 8 (5.71%) Veeam
6 7 (5.00%) Cisco
6 7 (5.00%) Draytek
6 7 (5.00%) Mitel
6 7 (5.00%) WatchGuard
7 5 (3.57%) Meraki
7 5 (3.57%) Progress
7 5 (3.57%) Sage
7 5 (3.57%) Xamarin
7 5 (3.57%) Zoho
8 3 (2.14%) Freshdesk
8 3 (2.14%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.43%) ConnectWise
9 2 (1.43%) Datto
9 2 (1.43%) ESET
9 2 (1.43%) Okta