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 21 October 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 260 256
Rank change year-on-year -39 -4 +115
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 115 237 281
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.71% 1.17% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 1.22% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 104 178 263
10th Percentile £27,825 £28,850 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,500 £31,250 £29,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
75th Percentile £49,000 £52,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £67,625 £60,000 £61,650
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -5.41% +5.71% -

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 15,262 19,501 22,262
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.71% 96.58% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 8,661 12,323 18,153
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.00% +3.31%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £56,252 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% -

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 21 October 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 21 October 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 76 (66.09%) Windows
2 73 (63.48%) Microsoft
3 71 (61.74%) Azure
4 70 (60.87%) Active Directory
4 70 (60.87%) Microsoft 365
5 43 (37.39%) Windows Server
6 42 (36.52%) Problem-Solving
7 37 (32.17%) Microsoft Intune
8 36 (31.30%) Firewall
9 35 (30.43%) Entra ID
10 30 (26.09%) Cybersecurity
11 29 (25.22%) Customer Service
12 26 (22.61%) Degree
13 25 (21.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 24 (20.87%) Hyper-V
14 24 (20.87%) SharePoint
15 20 (17.39%) ITIL
15 20 (17.39%) VPN
16 19 (16.52%) Microsoft Exchange
17 18 (15.65%) Linux
18 17 (14.78%) Windows 10
19 16 (13.91%) AWS
19 16 (13.91%) VMware
20 15 (13.04%) Cisco
21 14 (12.17%) DBS Check
21 14 (12.17%) DHCP
21 14 (12.17%) DNS
22 13 (11.30%) Microsoft Certification
22 13 (11.30%) PowerShell
23 12 (10.43%) Azure Certification

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 24 (20.87%) SharePoint
2 19 (16.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (4.35%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (3.48%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.87%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 71 (61.74%) Azure
2 70 (60.87%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (30.43%) Entra ID
4 16 (13.91%) AWS
5 9 (7.83%) GCP
6 8 (6.96%) Azure Stack
7 6 (5.22%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (5.22%) OneDrive
8 5 (4.35%) Power Platform
9 4 (3.48%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (3.48%) IaaS
9 4 (3.48%) SaaS
10 2 (1.74%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (1.74%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (1.74%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.74%) Contentstack
10 2 (1.74%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.87%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.87%) PaaS
11 1 (0.87%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 36 (31.30%) Firewall
2 20 (17.39%) VPN
3 14 (12.17%) DHCP
3 14 (12.17%) DNS
4 12 (10.43%) WAN
5 10 (8.70%) VoIP
6 8 (6.96%) TCP/IP
6 8 (6.96%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (5.22%) SD-WAN
8 5 (4.35%) LAN
8 5 (4.35%) Network Security
8 5 (4.35%) VLAN
9 4 (3.48%) Remote Desktop
9 4 (3.48%) Wireless
10 3 (2.61%) DKIM
10 3 (2.61%) DMARC
10 3 (2.61%) IP Telephony
11 2 (1.74%) Extranet
11 2 (1.74%) Intranet
11 2 (1.74%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.70%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (1.74%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
General
1 60 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 10 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (7.83%) Finance
3 9 (7.83%) Public Sector
4 6 (5.22%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (5.22%) Telecoms
5 4 (3.48%) Legal
6 3 (2.61%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.74%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.74%) Marketing
8 1 (0.87%) Electronics
8 1 (0.87%) Games
8 1 (0.87%) German Language
8 1 (0.87%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.35%) .NET
1 5 (4.35%) .NET Framework
1 5 (4.35%) Entity Framework
1 5 (4.35%) WinForms
2 1 (0.87%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 26 (22.61%) Driving Licence
2 13 (11.30%) Onboarding
3 9 (7.83%) Data Centre
3 9 (7.83%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (6.09%) Social Media
5 6 (5.22%) CCTV
6 5 (4.35%) Cyber Security Posture
7 3 (2.61%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.61%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.61%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (1.74%) BYOD
8 2 (1.74%) Clustering
8 2 (1.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.87%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.87%) Digital Signage
9 1 (0.87%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 76 (66.09%) Windows
2 43 (37.39%) Windows Server
3 18 (15.65%) Linux
4 17 (14.78%) Windows 10
5 12 (10.43%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (8.70%) Apple iOS
7 9 (7.83%) Mac OS
8 8 (6.96%) Rocky
9 6 (5.22%) Android
10 5 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (1.74%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (36.52%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (26.09%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (25.22%) Customer Service
4 25 (21.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 20 (17.39%) ITIL
6 11 (9.57%) Project Delivery
7 10 (8.70%) DevOps
7 10 (8.70%) Network Management
8 9 (7.83%) Data Protection
8 9 (7.83%) Information Security
8 9 (7.83%) ITSM
8 9 (7.83%) SIEM
9 8 (6.96%) Containerisation
9 8 (6.96%) Kalman Filter
10 7 (6.09%) IT Strategy
10 7 (6.09%) SDLC
10 7 (6.09%) Server Management
10 7 (6.09%) Web Filtering
11 6 (5.22%) Mentoring
11 6 (5.22%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 13 (11.30%) PowerShell
2 6 (5.22%) SQL
2 6 (5.22%) T-SQL
3 5 (4.35%) C#
4 2 (1.74%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.74%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (22.61%) Degree
2 14 (12.17%) DBS Check
3 13 (11.30%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (10.43%) Azure Certification
4 12 (10.43%) SC Cleared
4 12 (10.43%) Security Cleared
5 9 (7.83%) Network+ Certification
6 8 (6.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (6.96%) DV Cleared
7 7 (6.09%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (5.22%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (4.35%) CCNA
9 5 (4.35%) CCNP
9 5 (4.35%) MCP
9 5 (4.35%) MCSA
10 4 (3.48%) CISSP
10 4 (3.48%) MCSE
10 4 (3.48%) NVQ Level 3
11 3 (2.61%) CISM
12 2 (1.74%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.22%) GDPR
2 5 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.48%) SLA
4 3 (2.61%) NIST
5 2 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.74%) NCSC
5 2 (1.74%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.87%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 70 (60.87%) Active Directory
2 24 (20.87%) Hyper-V
3 7 (6.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.74%) BitLocker
4 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.74%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (1.74%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.74%) vSphere
5 1 (0.87%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 37 (32.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (8.70%) Jamf Pro
3 9 (7.83%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.61%) SmoothWall
5 2 (1.74%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (1.74%) Terraform
6 1 (0.87%) Ansible
6 1 (0.87%) Autotask
6 1 (0.87%) Plesk
6 1 (0.87%) WSUS
Vendors
1 73 (63.48%) Microsoft
2 16 (13.91%) VMware
3 15 (13.04%) Cisco
4 12 (10.43%) Dell
4 12 (10.43%) Meraki
5 9 (7.83%) Veeam
6 8 (6.96%) Google
7 5 (4.35%) ESET
7 5 (4.35%) Progress
7 5 (4.35%) Sage
7 5 (4.35%) Xamarin
7 5 (4.35%) Zoho
8 4 (3.48%) ConnectWise
8 4 (3.48%) Datto
8 4 (3.48%) Sophos
8 4 (3.48%) Ubiquiti
9 3 (2.61%) Apple
9 3 (2.61%) Draytek
9 3 (2.61%) HP
9 3 (2.61%) Mitel