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 29 June 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 296 235
Rank change year-on-year +132 -61 +48
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 324 140 463
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.57% 0.89% 1.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.67% 0.96% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 305 114 403
10th Percentile £27,350 £27,575 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £29,000 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.35% -1.33%
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £46,375
90th Percentile £60,000 £59,250 £57,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year - +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 19,397 14,514 32,247
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.96% 92.19% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14,176 8,961 25,140
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £32,730
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,242
Median % change year-on-year - +8.61% -11.61%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.51% +8.57% -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 29 June 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 29 June 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.

1 219 (67.59%) Microsoft
2 208 (64.20%) Microsoft 365
3 177 (54.63%) Windows
4 169 (52.16%) Azure
5 153 (47.22%) Active Directory
6 142 (43.83%) Entra ID
7 124 (38.27%) Problem-Solving
8 102 (31.48%) Customer Service
9 97 (29.94%) Windows Server
10 95 (29.32%) Microsoft Intune
11 88 (27.16%) Microsoft Exchange
12 85 (26.23%) Firewall
13 83 (25.62%) DNS
14 82 (25.31%) SharePoint
15 75 (23.15%) DHCP
16 66 (20.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 60 (18.52%) Wi-Fi
18 57 (17.59%) ITIL
19 50 (15.43%) Cybersecurity
19 50 (15.43%) VPN
20 42 (12.96%) Microsoft Certification
21 41 (12.65%) Hyper-V
21 41 (12.65%) Mac OS
21 41 (12.65%) TCP/IP
22 40 (12.35%) PowerShell
23 39 (12.04%) Windows 10
24 38 (11.73%) Microsoft Office
24 38 (11.73%) VoIP
25 37 (11.42%) AWS
25 37 (11.42%) Cyber Essentials

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 88 (27.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 82 (25.31%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.78%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (2.78%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (2.78%) Exchange Server 2013
4 6 (1.85%) Confluence
4 6 (1.85%) IIS
Applications
1 38 (11.73%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 208 (64.20%) Microsoft 365
2 169 (52.16%) Azure
3 142 (43.83%) Entra ID
4 37 (11.42%) AWS
5 27 (8.33%) SaaS
6 23 (7.10%) Google Workspace
6 23 (7.10%) OneDrive
7 10 (3.09%) Power Platform
8 9 (2.78%) Mimecast
9 7 (2.16%) OCI
10 5 (1.54%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.54%) Cloudflare
10 5 (1.54%) Intacct
10 5 (1.54%) Nutanix
11 4 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (1.23%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.93%) n8n
13 2 (0.62%) IaaS
13 2 (0.62%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 85 (26.23%) Firewall
2 83 (25.62%) DNS
3 75 (23.15%) DHCP
4 60 (18.52%) Wi-Fi
5 50 (15.43%) VPN
6 41 (12.65%) TCP/IP
7 38 (11.73%) VoIP
8 37 (11.42%) WAN
9 35 (10.80%) LAN
10 13 (4.01%) VLAN
11 12 (3.70%) Wireless
12 6 (1.85%) SD-WAN
13 4 (1.23%) Network Security
14 3 (0.93%) NAS
14 3 (0.93%) Remote Desktop
15 2 (0.62%) Cisco ISE
15 2 (0.62%) DMVPN
15 2 (0.62%) Internet
15 2 (0.62%) SAN
16 1 (0.31%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.78%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.54%) MySQL
3 4 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.93%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 21 (6.48%) JIRA
2 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 132 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 26 (8.02%) Organisational Skills
3 21 (6.48%) Finance
4 18 (5.56%) Legal
5 13 (4.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (4.01%) Telecoms
6 12 (3.70%) Public Sector
7 11 (3.40%) Law
8 10 (3.09%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (3.09%) Retail
9 8 (2.47%) Advertising
10 6 (1.85%) Analytical Skills
10 6 (1.85%) Games
10 6 (1.85%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.23%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.62%) Military
12 2 (0.62%) Police
13 1 (0.31%) Japanese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.62%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 55 (16.98%) Driving Licence
2 28 (8.64%) Onboarding
3 9 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.47%) Clustering
5 7 (2.16%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (1.54%) Raspberry Pi
6 5 (1.54%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.23%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.23%) Housing Association
7 4 (1.23%) Social Media
8 3 (0.93%) Reinsurance
8 3 (0.93%) Replication
9 2 (0.62%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (0.62%) Fat Client
9 2 (0.62%) iSeries
9 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Licensing
9 2 (0.62%) Thin Client
10 1 (0.31%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.31%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 177 (54.63%) Windows
2 97 (29.94%) Windows Server
3 41 (12.65%) Mac OS
4 39 (12.04%) Windows 10
5 23 (7.10%) Windows Server 2016
6 18 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
7 16 (4.94%) Linux
8 14 (4.32%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (2.78%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (1.54%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.93%) Android
11 3 (0.93%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.31%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (38.27%) Problem-Solving
2 102 (31.48%) Customer Service
3 66 (20.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 57 (17.59%) ITIL
5 50 (15.43%) Cybersecurity
6 35 (10.80%) Service Delivery
7 31 (9.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (6.79%) Change Management
8 22 (6.79%) Disaster Recovery
8 22 (6.79%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 21 (6.48%) Mentoring
10 19 (5.86%) Identity Management
11 17 (5.25%) ITSM
11 17 (5.25%) Service Management
12 15 (4.63%) Business Continuity
12 15 (4.63%) Root Cause Analysis
13 14 (4.32%) Project Delivery
14 12 (3.70%) Technical Leadership
15 11 (3.40%) Workflow
16 10 (3.09%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (12.35%) PowerShell
2 10 (3.09%) SQL
3 8 (2.47%) R
4 7 (2.16%) Bash
5 5 (1.54%) Python
6 2 (0.62%) Google Apps Script
6 2 (0.62%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (12.96%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (6.79%) Degree
3 15 (4.63%) Azure Certification
3 15 (4.63%) DBS Check
4 12 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (3.40%) CCNA
5 11 (3.40%) SC Cleared
5 11 (3.40%) Security Cleared
6 6 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
7 5 (1.54%) HNC
7 5 (1.54%) HND
8 4 (1.23%) A+ Certification
9 3 (0.93%) MCSE
10 2 (0.62%) CCNP
11 1 (0.31%) ACSP
11 1 (0.31%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.31%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.31%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (11.42%) Cyber Essentials
2 23 (7.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (5.86%) SLA
4 15 (4.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.62%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.62%) GDPR
5 2 (0.62%) QA
6 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.31%) NIST
System Software
1 153 (47.22%) Active Directory
2 41 (12.65%) Hyper-V
3 25 (7.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.16%) vSphere
5 6 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.54%) Terminal Services
7 4 (1.23%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.62%) Firmware
9 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 95 (29.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (3.40%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (2.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 8 (2.47%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (2.16%) SCCM
5 6 (1.85%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.62%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 219 (67.59%) Microsoft
2 34 (10.49%) VMware
3 24 (7.41%) Google
4 23 (7.10%) Meraki
5 19 (5.86%) Cisco
5 19 (5.86%) Veeam
6 15 (4.63%) Ubiquiti
7 13 (4.01%) HP
8 12 (3.70%) Fortinet
9 10 (3.09%) Dell
10 9 (2.78%) SonicWALL
11 8 (2.47%) Apple
11 8 (2.47%) CrowdStrike
12 7 (2.16%) CyberArk
12 7 (2.16%) Datto
13 6 (1.85%) ServiceNow
14 5 (1.54%) Draytek
14 5 (1.54%) Sage
14 5 (1.54%) Sophos
14 5 (1.54%) Synology