Hybrid/Remote IT Engineer Job Trends

IT Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 July 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 293 241
Rank change year-on-year +124 -52 +32
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 345 144 426
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.62% 0.87% 1.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.72% 0.94% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 325 118 369
10th Percentile £27,550 £27,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £29,125 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £38,750 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £59,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £36,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year -4.11% +10.61% -4.35%

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 20,064 15,268 30,665
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.98% 92.32% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 14,616 9,503 23,643
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £57,150
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +1.49% -8.56%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 13 July 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 13 July 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.

1 245 (71.01%) Microsoft
2 230 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
3 198 (57.39%) Windows
4 178 (51.59%) Azure
5 169 (48.99%) Active Directory
6 156 (45.22%) Entra ID
7 128 (37.10%) Problem-Solving
8 113 (32.75%) Customer Service
9 105 (30.43%) Microsoft Intune
10 103 (29.86%) Windows Server
11 100 (28.99%) Microsoft Exchange
12 92 (26.67%) DNS
13 91 (26.38%) Firewall
13 91 (26.38%) SharePoint
14 84 (24.35%) DHCP
15 79 (22.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 66 (19.13%) Wi-Fi
17 60 (17.39%) ITIL
18 59 (17.10%) Cybersecurity
19 56 (16.23%) VPN
20 46 (13.33%) Mac OS
21 45 (13.04%) Cyber Essentials
21 45 (13.04%) TCP/IP
22 44 (12.75%) Hyper-V
22 44 (12.75%) Microsoft Certification
23 43 (12.46%) PowerShell
24 41 (11.88%) VoIP
25 39 (11.30%) AWS
25 39 (11.30%) Microsoft Office
26 38 (11.01%) Windows 10

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
1 100 (28.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 91 (26.38%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.61%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (2.61%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (2.61%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (2.03%) IIS
5 6 (1.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 39 (11.30%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 230 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 178 (51.59%) Azure
3 156 (45.22%) Entra ID
4 39 (11.30%) AWS
5 30 (8.70%) SaaS
6 24 (6.96%) Google Workspace
6 24 (6.96%) OneDrive
7 11 (3.19%) Mimecast
8 10 (2.90%) Power Platform
9 7 (2.03%) Nutanix
9 7 (2.03%) OCI
10 6 (1.74%) Cloudflare
10 6 (1.74%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.45%) Intacct
12 4 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (0.87%) n8n
14 2 (0.58%) IaaS
15 1 (0.29%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 92 (26.67%) DNS
2 91 (26.38%) Firewall
3 84 (24.35%) DHCP
4 66 (19.13%) Wi-Fi
5 56 (16.23%) VPN
6 45 (13.04%) TCP/IP
7 41 (11.88%) VoIP
8 36 (10.43%) LAN
8 36 (10.43%) WAN
9 17 (4.93%) VLAN
10 14 (4.06%) Wireless
11 6 (1.74%) Network Security
12 4 (1.16%) Remote Desktop
13 3 (0.87%) Internet
13 3 (0.87%) NAS
13 3 (0.87%) SD-WAN
14 2 (0.58%) Cisco ISE
14 2 (0.58%) DMVPN
14 2 (0.58%) SAN
15 1 (0.29%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.61%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.45%) MySQL
3 4 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.87%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 22 (6.38%) JIRA
2 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 149 (43.19%) Social Skills
2 26 (7.54%) Organisational Skills
3 22 (6.38%) Finance
4 20 (5.80%) Legal
5 15 (4.35%) Public Sector
6 13 (3.77%) Advertising
6 13 (3.77%) Telecoms
7 12 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.19%) Law
9 10 (2.90%) Analytical Skills
9 10 (2.90%) Retail
10 7 (2.03%) Games
11 5 (1.45%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.16%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.58%) Military
13 2 (0.58%) Police
14 1 (0.29%) Japanese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.58%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 65 (18.84%) Driving Licence
2 32 (9.28%) Onboarding
3 9 (2.61%) Clustering
3 9 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.32%) Security Posture
5 7 (2.03%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (1.45%) Raspberry Pi
7 4 (1.16%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.16%) Housing Association
7 4 (1.16%) Social Media
8 3 (0.87%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Licensing
8 3 (0.87%) Reinsurance
8 3 (0.87%) Replication
9 2 (0.58%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (0.58%) Fat Client
9 2 (0.58%) iSeries
9 2 (0.58%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 198 (57.39%) Windows
2 103 (29.86%) Windows Server
3 46 (13.33%) Mac OS
4 38 (11.01%) Windows 10
5 22 (6.38%) Windows Server 2016
6 17 (4.93%) Windows Server 2012
7 16 (4.64%) Linux
8 13 (3.77%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (2.61%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (1.45%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.87%) Android
11 3 (0.87%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.29%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (37.10%) Problem-Solving
2 113 (32.75%) Customer Service
3 79 (22.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 60 (17.39%) ITIL
5 59 (17.10%) Cybersecurity
6 34 (9.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 34 (9.86%) Service Delivery
7 29 (8.41%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 24 (6.96%) Change Management
8 24 (6.96%) Mentoring
9 22 (6.38%) Disaster Recovery
10 20 (5.80%) Identity Management
10 20 (5.80%) Service Management
11 18 (5.22%) ITSM
12 17 (4.93%) Business Continuity
13 16 (4.64%) Project Delivery
13 16 (4.64%) Root Cause Analysis
14 14 (4.06%) Technical Leadership
15 13 (3.77%) Workflow
16 12 (3.48%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (12.46%) PowerShell
2 10 (2.90%) R
2 10 (2.90%) SQL
3 7 (2.03%) Bash
4 4 (1.16%) Python
5 2 (0.58%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.29%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 44 (12.75%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (6.96%) Degree
3 15 (4.35%) Azure Certification
3 15 (4.35%) DBS Check
4 14 (4.06%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (3.77%) CCNA
6 10 (2.90%) SC Cleared
6 10 (2.90%) Security Cleared
7 6 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.74%) Network+ Certification
8 5 (1.45%) HNC
8 5 (1.45%) HND
9 4 (1.16%) A+ Certification
10 3 (0.87%) MCSE
11 2 (0.58%) CCNP
12 1 (0.29%) ACSP
12 1 (0.29%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.29%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.29%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (13.04%) Cyber Essentials
2 25 (7.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (5.51%) SLA
4 15 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.58%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.58%) GDPR
5 2 (0.58%) QA
6 1 (0.29%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.29%) NIST
System Software
1 169 (48.99%) Active Directory
2 44 (12.75%) Hyper-V
3 27 (7.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.32%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (2.03%) vSphere
6 5 (1.45%) Terminal Services
7 4 (1.16%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.58%) Firmware
9 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 105 (30.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (2.90%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (2.32%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (2.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 7 (2.03%) Failover Clustering
4 7 (2.03%) SCCM
5 6 (1.74%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 245 (71.01%) Microsoft
2 36 (10.43%) VMware
3 25 (7.25%) Google
4 23 (6.67%) Meraki
5 21 (6.09%) Veeam
6 19 (5.51%) Cisco
6 19 (5.51%) Ubiquiti
7 13 (3.77%) HP
8 10 (2.90%) CrowdStrike
8 10 (2.90%) Dell
9 9 (2.61%) Fortinet
9 9 (2.61%) SonicWALL
10 8 (2.32%) Apple
11 7 (2.03%) CyberArk
11 7 (2.03%) Datto
12 6 (1.74%) ServiceNow
13 5 (1.45%) Draytek
13 5 (1.45%) Sage
13 5 (1.45%) Sophos
13 5 (1.45%) Synology