Hybrid/Remote IT Engineer Job Trends

IT Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £36,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 September 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 315 285
Rank change year-on-year +126 -30 -31
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 318 103 249
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.35% 0.64% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.43% 0.69% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 290 82 201
10th Percentile £27,738 £28,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £33,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £40,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.19% +2.67%
75th Percentile £48,750 £55,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £78,875 £57,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -

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 22,237 15,011 22,838
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 92.58% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 15,800 9,074 15,400
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.04% -6.08%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £99,625 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 7 September 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 7 September 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.

1 240 (75.47%) Microsoft
2 208 (65.41%) Microsoft 365
3 191 (60.06%) Windows
4 155 (48.74%) Active Directory
5 144 (45.28%) Azure
6 139 (43.71%) Entra ID
7 109 (34.28%) Problem-Solving
8 102 (32.08%) Customer Service
9 98 (30.82%) SharePoint
9 98 (30.82%) Windows Server
10 94 (29.56%) Microsoft Exchange
11 91 (28.62%) Microsoft Intune
12 88 (27.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 86 (27.04%) DNS
14 80 (25.16%) DHCP
15 79 (24.84%) Firewall
16 59 (18.55%) Cybersecurity
17 49 (15.41%) Hyper-V
18 48 (15.09%) ITIL
18 48 (15.09%) Wi-Fi
19 45 (14.15%) PowerShell
19 45 (14.15%) VPN
20 44 (13.84%) Continuous Improvement
20 44 (13.84%) TCP/IP
21 41 (12.89%) VMware
22 39 (12.26%) Degree
22 39 (12.26%) Mac OS
23 36 (11.32%) Microsoft Certification
24 35 (11.01%) VoIP
25 34 (10.69%) VMware Infrastructure

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 98 (30.82%) SharePoint
2 94 (29.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.20%) IIS
4 6 (1.89%) Confluence
5 3 (0.94%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (0.94%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (0.94%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 22 (6.92%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) NetSuite
1 2 (0.63%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 208 (65.41%) Microsoft 365
2 144 (45.28%) Azure
3 139 (43.71%) Entra ID
4 26 (8.18%) AWS
4 26 (8.18%) OneDrive
5 22 (6.92%) SaaS
6 18 (5.66%) Google Workspace
7 12 (3.77%) Mimecast
8 10 (3.14%) Nutanix
8 10 (3.14%) Power Platform
9 8 (2.52%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.89%) Cloudflare
11 5 (1.57%) IaaS
12 4 (1.26%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (0.94%) n8n
13 3 (0.94%) Serverless
14 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (0.63%) PaaS
15 1 (0.31%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 86 (27.04%) DNS
2 80 (25.16%) DHCP
3 79 (24.84%) Firewall
4 48 (15.09%) Wi-Fi
5 45 (14.15%) VPN
6 44 (13.84%) TCP/IP
7 35 (11.01%) VoIP
8 22 (6.92%) VLAN
9 16 (5.03%) LAN
9 16 (5.03%) WAN
9 16 (5.03%) Wireless
10 7 (2.20%) Network Security
11 4 (1.26%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (1.26%) SAN
12 3 (0.94%) Internet
12 3 (0.94%) IP Telephony
12 3 (0.94%) IPsec
12 3 (0.94%) NAS
12 3 (0.94%) SSL
13 2 (0.63%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.77%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.57%) MySQL
3 4 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.94%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 21 (6.60%) JIRA
2 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 143 (44.97%) Social Skills
2 20 (6.29%) Organisational Skills
3 19 (5.97%) Legal
4 16 (5.03%) Advertising
4 16 (5.03%) Telecoms
5 15 (4.72%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (4.72%) Finance
6 14 (4.40%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (3.46%) Games
8 10 (3.14%) Public Sector
9 7 (2.20%) Retail
10 6 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.89%) Police
11 5 (1.57%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.94%) Law
13 2 (0.63%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.63%) Military
14 1 (0.31%) Japanese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.63%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 58 (18.24%) Driving Licence
2 27 (8.49%) Onboarding
3 9 (2.83%) Clustering
3 9 (2.83%) Security Posture
4 6 (1.89%) Fat Client
4 6 (1.89%) Thin Client
5 5 (1.57%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.57%) Raspberry Pi
5 5 (1.57%) Replication
6 4 (1.26%) Cyber Security Posture
6 4 (1.26%) Housing Association
7 3 (0.94%) CCTV
7 3 (0.94%) iPad
7 3 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Licensing
7 3 (0.94%) Operational Technology
7 3 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.63%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (0.63%) iSeries
8 2 (0.63%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 191 (60.06%) Windows
2 98 (30.82%) Windows Server
3 39 (12.26%) Mac OS
4 28 (8.81%) Windows 10
5 20 (6.29%) Linux
6 11 (3.46%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (2.83%) Ubuntu
8 8 (2.52%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (2.20%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (1.26%) Debian
11 3 (0.94%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.94%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.63%) Android
13 1 (0.31%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (34.28%) Problem-Solving
2 102 (32.08%) Customer Service
3 88 (27.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 59 (18.55%) Cybersecurity
5 48 (15.09%) ITIL
6 44 (13.84%) Continuous Improvement
7 27 (8.49%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 25 (7.86%) Disaster Recovery
8 25 (7.86%) Service Delivery
9 24 (7.55%) Mentoring
10 21 (6.60%) Business Continuity
11 20 (6.29%) Identity Management
11 20 (6.29%) ITSM
12 19 (5.97%) Service Management
13 18 (5.66%) Change Management
14 17 (5.35%) Project Delivery
15 16 (5.03%) AI
15 16 (5.03%) Collaborative Culture
15 16 (5.03%) Incident Management
16 15 (4.72%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 45 (14.15%) PowerShell
2 11 (3.46%) R
3 9 (2.83%) SQL
4 3 (0.94%) Python
5 2 (0.63%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (12.26%) Degree
2 36 (11.32%) Microsoft Certification
3 15 (4.72%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (4.40%) CCNA
5 11 (3.46%) Azure Certification
6 9 (2.83%) DBS Check
7 8 (2.52%) Security Cleared
8 7 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.57%) HNC
9 5 (1.57%) HND
9 5 (1.57%) MCSE
10 4 (1.26%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.94%) CCNP
11 3 (0.94%) MCSA
11 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (0.94%) SC Cleared
12 2 (0.63%) A+ Certification
13 1 (0.31%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (10.38%) Cyber Essentials
2 21 (6.60%) SLA
3 17 (5.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (1.26%) GDPR
6 2 (0.63%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.31%) NIST
System Software
1 155 (48.74%) Active Directory
2 49 (15.41%) Hyper-V
3 34 (10.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (3.14%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (2.20%) vSphere
6 5 (1.57%) Terminal Services
7 4 (1.26%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.63%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 91 (28.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (2.52%) SCCM
2 8 (2.52%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 7 (2.20%) Failover Clustering
4 4 (1.26%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.63%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 2 (0.63%) SCOM
6 2 (0.63%) WSUS
Vendors
1 240 (75.47%) Microsoft
2 41 (12.89%) VMware
3 26 (8.18%) Veeam
4 19 (5.97%) Google
5 15 (4.72%) Ubiquiti
6 14 (4.40%) Apple
7 12 (3.77%) HP
7 12 (3.77%) Meraki
8 11 (3.46%) CrowdStrike
8 11 (3.46%) Datto
9 9 (2.83%) Cisco
10 7 (2.20%) Acronis
10 7 (2.20%) Draytek
10 7 (2.20%) Fortinet
10 7 (2.20%) ServiceNow
10 7 (2.20%) SonicWALL
11 6 (1.89%) Sophos
11 6 (1.89%) Synology
12 5 (1.57%) Freshdesk
13 4 (1.26%) Dell