IT Infrastructure Engineer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

IT Infrastructure Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Infrastructure Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £55,000 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 367 491 617
Rank change year-on-year +124 +126 +143
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Engineer 30 101 56
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.20% 0.30% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.31% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 23 86 55
10th Percentile £36,750 £37,000 £37,938
25th Percentile £41,750 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £56,875
90th Percentile - £57,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £43,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.35% -5.56% +2.27%

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 Infrastructure Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing IT Infrastructure Engineer.

IT Infrastructure Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing IT Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

IT Infrastructure Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IT Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 29 (96.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 28 (93.33%) Windows
3 22 (73.33%) Microsoft
4 20 (66.67%) Active Directory
5 16 (53.33%) Firewall
6 14 (46.67%) VMware
6 14 (46.67%) Windows Server
7 13 (43.33%) Azure
7 13 (43.33%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (36.67%) Data Centre
9 10 (33.33%) PowerShell
10 9 (30.00%) SAN
10 9 (30.00%) Linux
11 8 (26.67%) Microsoft Exchange
12 7 (23.33%) Mac OS
12 7 (23.33%) NAS
12 7 (23.33%) Microsoft Intune
12 7 (23.33%) AWS
12 7 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
13 6 (20.00%) Entra ID
13 6 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
13 6 (20.00%) High Availability
13 6 (20.00%) pfSense
13 6 (20.00%) CentOS
13 6 (20.00%) Debian
13 6 (20.00%) Ubuntu
14 5 (16.67%) DV Cleared
14 5 (16.67%) Security Cleared
14 5 (16.67%) Telecoms
14 5 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery

IT Infrastructure 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 8 (26.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (16.67%) SharePoint
3 2 (6.67%) IIS
4 1 (3.33%) CMS
4 1 (3.33%) Tomcat
4 1 (3.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (43.33%) Azure
1 13 (43.33%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (23.33%) AWS
3 6 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 4 (13.33%) SaaS
5 2 (6.67%) IaaS
5 2 (6.67%) OneDrive
6 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (3.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (3.33%) Dropbox
6 1 (3.33%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 16 (53.33%) Firewall
2 9 (30.00%) SAN
3 7 (23.33%) NAS
4 3 (10.00%) DNS
4 3 (10.00%) LAN
4 3 (10.00%) VLAN
4 3 (10.00%) VPN
4 3 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (6.67%) DHCP
5 2 (6.67%) Network Security
5 2 (6.67%) WAN
6 1 (3.33%) Internet
6 1 (3.33%) MPLS
6 1 (3.33%) SD-WAN
6 1 (3.33%) Unified Communications
6 1 (3.33%) VSAN
6 1 (3.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (16.67%) Telecoms
2 3 (10.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.33%) Law
4 1 (3.33%) Legal
4 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) .NET
1 1 (3.33%) .NET Framework
1 1 (3.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (36.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.33%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 28 (93.33%) Windows
2 14 (46.67%) Windows Server
3 9 (30.00%) Linux
4 7 (23.33%) Mac OS
5 6 (20.00%) CentOS
5 6 (20.00%) Debian
5 6 (20.00%) Ubuntu
6 3 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (6.67%) Windows 10
7 2 (6.67%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (96.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (20.00%) High Availability
4 5 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 4 (13.33%) Architectural Design
5 4 (13.33%) Infrastructure Management
6 3 (10.00%) ITIL
6 3 (10.00%) Mentoring
6 3 (10.00%) Migration
6 3 (10.00%) Presales
6 3 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (6.67%) Business Continuity
7 2 (6.67%) Coaching
7 2 (6.67%) CRM
7 2 (6.67%) Roadmaps
7 2 (6.67%) Virtual Environments
8 1 (3.33%) Analytics
8 1 (3.33%) Data Analytics
8 1 (3.33%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 10 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 3 (10.00%) SQL
3 2 (6.67%) Python
4 1 (3.33%) Bash
4 1 (3.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (16.67%) DV Cleared
1 5 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.33%) DBS Check
System Software
1 20 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 6 (20.00%) pfSense
2 6 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (10.00%) Hyper-V
3 3 (10.00%) vSphere
4 1 (3.33%) BitLocker
4 1 (3.33%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (3.33%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 7 (23.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.33%) CASB
2 1 (3.33%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (3.33%) SCCM
2 1 (3.33%) SCOM
2 1 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (3.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (73.33%) Microsoft
2 14 (46.67%) VMware
3 3 (10.00%) Cisco
4 1 (3.33%) Acronis
4 1 (3.33%) Apple
4 1 (3.33%) CheckPoint
4 1 (3.33%) Extreme Networks
4 1 (3.33%) F5
4 1 (3.33%) Google
4 1 (3.33%) Meraki
4 1 (3.33%) NetApp
4 1 (3.33%) Nimble Storage
4 1 (3.33%) Okta
4 1 (3.33%) SolarWinds
4 1 (3.33%) Veeam
4 1 (3.33%) WatchGuard
4 1 (3.33%) Zscaler