IT Engineer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

IT Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £36,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 245 229 306
Rank change year-on-year -16 +77 +143
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 161 473 437
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.08% 1.40% 1.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.19% 1.46% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 127 427 375
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £37,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +7.14% -9.09%
75th Percentile £51,750 £47,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £58,500 £59,250 £75,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £34,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -5.80% +1.47%

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 13,554 32,482 41,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.99% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 24,960 29,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

IT Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IT Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

IT Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing IT Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025, 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 hybrid or remote work options featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 105 (65.22%) Windows
2 97 (60.25%) Microsoft
3 95 (59.01%) Microsoft 365
4 90 (55.90%) Azure
5 89 (55.28%) Active Directory
6 65 (40.37%) Social Skills
7 49 (30.43%) Windows Server
8 48 (29.81%) Problem-Solving
9 42 (26.09%) Firewall
10 36 (22.36%) VMware
11 35 (21.74%) Customer Service
12 31 (19.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 29 (18.01%) Wi-Fi
13 29 (18.01%) Microsoft Exchange
13 29 (18.01%) PowerShell
14 27 (16.77%) SharePoint
15 26 (16.15%) DNS
16 25 (15.53%) VMware Infrastructure
17 24 (14.91%) Finance
18 22 (13.66%) Microsoft Intune
18 22 (13.66%) Windows 10
19 21 (13.04%) Entra ID
19 21 (13.04%) Mac OS
20 19 (11.80%) SaaS
21 18 (11.18%) AWS
21 18 (11.18%) Analytical Skills
21 18 (11.18%) Cybersecurity
22 17 (10.56%) Migration
22 17 (10.56%) VLAN
22 17 (10.56%) Linux

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 29 (18.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (16.77%) SharePoint
3 10 (6.21%) Confluence
4 2 (1.24%) IIS
4 2 (1.24%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.62%) Apache
5 1 (0.62%) CMS
5 1 (0.62%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (7.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.62%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 6 (3.73%) Sage 200
1 6 (3.73%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 95 (59.01%) Microsoft 365
2 90 (55.90%) Azure
3 21 (13.04%) Entra ID
4 19 (11.80%) SaaS
5 18 (11.18%) AWS
6 11 (6.83%) IaaS
7 4 (2.48%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.86%) PaaS
9 2 (1.24%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.24%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.24%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.24%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.62%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.62%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.62%) Dropbox
10 1 (0.62%) GCP
10 1 (0.62%) GitHub
10 1 (0.62%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.62%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 42 (26.09%) Firewall
2 29 (18.01%) Wi-Fi
3 26 (16.15%) DNS
4 17 (10.56%) VLAN
5 16 (9.94%) DHCP
6 15 (9.32%) VPN
7 12 (7.45%) Internet
8 9 (5.59%) LAN
8 9 (5.59%) SAN
8 9 (5.59%) VoIP
9 8 (4.97%) WAN
10 7 (4.35%) NAS
11 6 (3.73%) TCP/IP
12 5 (3.11%) Network Security
13 4 (2.48%) SD-WAN
14 2 (1.24%) Intrusion Detection
14 2 (1.24%) Remote Desktop
14 2 (1.24%) SSL
14 2 (1.24%) Wireless
14 2 (1.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.07%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.62%) MariaDB
2 1 (0.62%) MySQL
2 1 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (3.11%) JIRA
2 1 (0.62%) Git
2 1 (0.62%) Hudson
General
1 65 (40.37%) Social Skills
2 24 (14.91%) Finance
3 18 (11.18%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (4.35%) Telecoms
5 6 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (1.86%) Legal
7 2 (1.24%) Marketing
7 2 (1.24%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.62%) Arabic Language
8 1 (0.62%) Aviation
8 1 (0.62%) Law
8 1 (0.62%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.21%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.24%) .NET
3 1 (0.62%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.62%) SAML
3 1 (0.62%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.62%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.32%) Driving Licence
2 14 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (7.45%) Data Centre
4 7 (4.35%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.73%) EPoS
6 5 (3.11%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.48%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (1.86%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.24%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.24%) iPhone
9 2 (1.24%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.62%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.62%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 105 (65.22%) Windows
2 49 (30.43%) Windows Server
3 22 (13.66%) Windows 10
4 21 (13.04%) Mac OS
5 17 (10.56%) Linux
6 12 (7.45%) Apple iOS
7 8 (4.97%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (4.35%) Debian
8 7 (4.35%) Ubuntu
8 7 (4.35%) Windows 7
9 6 (3.73%) CentOS
9 6 (3.73%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (2.48%) Android
11 2 (1.24%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.62%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (29.81%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (21.74%) Customer Service
3 31 (19.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 18 (11.18%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (10.56%) Migration
6 14 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (8.70%) ITSM
7 13 (8.07%) B2B
7 13 (8.07%) ITIL
8 12 (7.45%) Mentoring
8 12 (7.45%) Project Delivery
9 10 (6.21%) Information Security
9 10 (6.21%) Infrastructure Management
10 9 (5.59%) Computer Science
10 9 (5.59%) PRINCE2
10 9 (5.59%) Project Management
11 8 (4.97%) CRM
11 8 (4.97%) Disaster Recovery
11 8 (4.97%) SIEM
12 7 (4.35%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 29 (18.01%) PowerShell
2 10 (6.21%) Python
3 5 (3.11%) SQL
4 2 (1.24%) Bash
5 1 (0.62%) Java
5 1 (0.62%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.62%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (9.94%) Degree
2 11 (6.83%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (4.35%) MCSA
4 5 (3.11%) DV Cleared
4 5 (3.11%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.48%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.86%) A+ Certification
6 3 (1.86%) MCP
7 2 (1.24%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.24%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.62%) MCITP
8 1 (0.62%) NVQ Level 3
8 1 (0.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.73%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (3.73%) NIST
3 5 (3.11%) SLA
4 4 (2.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.86%) GDPR
6 2 (1.24%) ISO 9001
6 2 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (1.24%) NCSC
6 2 (1.24%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.24%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.62%) HIPAA
System Software
1 89 (55.28%) Active Directory
2 25 (15.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (8.07%) Hyper-V
4 6 (3.73%) pfSense
5 3 (1.86%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.86%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.86%) vSphere
6 2 (1.24%) Docker
6 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (1.24%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.24%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.62%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.62%) Firmware
7 1 (0.62%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 22 (13.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.24%) Ansible
3 2 (1.24%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 2 (1.24%) SCCM
4 1 (0.62%) CASB
4 1 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.62%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.62%) SCOM
4 1 (0.62%) Terraform
Vendors
1 97 (60.25%) Microsoft
2 36 (22.36%) VMware
3 6 (3.73%) Meraki
3 6 (3.73%) Sage
4 5 (3.11%) Apple
5 4 (2.48%) Cisco
6 3 (1.86%) SonicWALL
6 3 (1.86%) Veeam
6 3 (1.86%) WatchGuard
7 2 (1.24%) ConnectWise
7 2 (1.24%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.24%) Google
7 2 (1.24%) HP
7 2 (1.24%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.24%) SAP
7 2 (1.24%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.24%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.24%) Sophos
8 1 (0.62%) Okta
8 1 (0.62%) Zscaler