Hybrid/Remote IT Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends

IT Infrastructure Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Infrastructure Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £48,445 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 July 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 395 469
Rank change year-on-year +25 +74 +58
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Engineer 62 27 101
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.29% 0.16% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.18% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 62 21 81
10th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £36,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% +22.22% -
75th Percentile £54,688 £80,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £63,625 - £60,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -4.26% +10.59% -10.53%

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 20,074 15,237 30,562
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.00% 92.31% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 14,571 9,480 23,545
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +0.88% -8.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Infrastructure Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

IT Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote IT Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote IT Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing IT Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

IT Infrastructure Engineer salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

IT Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 16 July 2026, IT Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 58 (93.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 41 (66.13%) Microsoft
3 38 (61.29%) Azure
4 31 (50.00%) Entra ID
5 29 (46.77%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (37.10%) Active Directory
7 22 (35.48%) Firewall
8 18 (29.03%) Windows
9 17 (27.42%) Microsoft Intune
10 16 (25.81%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (24.19%) Cyber Essentials
11 15 (24.19%) Microsoft Exchange
12 13 (20.97%) AWS
12 13 (20.97%) ITIL
13 12 (19.35%) Mentoring
13 12 (19.35%) PowerShell
14 11 (17.74%) SharePoint
15 10 (16.13%) DHCP
15 10 (16.13%) Disaster Recovery
15 10 (16.13%) DNS
15 10 (16.13%) Migration
15 10 (16.13%) Veeam
15 10 (16.13%) VPN
16 9 (14.52%) LAN
16 9 (14.52%) WAN
17 8 (12.90%) Hyper-V
17 8 (12.90%) SC Cleared
17 8 (12.90%) Security Cleared
17 8 (12.90%) Service Delivery
18 7 (11.29%) Bash

IT Infrastructure 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 15 (24.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (17.74%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 38 (61.29%) Azure
2 31 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 29 (46.77%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (20.97%) AWS
5 7 (11.29%) Nutanix
5 7 (11.29%) OCI
6 4 (6.45%) Intacct
6 4 (6.45%) SaaS
7 1 (1.61%) GCP
7 1 (1.61%) IaaS
7 1 (1.61%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 22 (35.48%) Firewall
2 10 (16.13%) DHCP
2 10 (16.13%) DNS
2 10 (16.13%) VPN
3 9 (14.52%) LAN
3 9 (14.52%) WAN
4 7 (11.29%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (8.06%) Network Security
6 4 (6.45%) TCP/IP
6 4 (6.45%) VLAN
6 4 (6.45%) VoIP
7 1 (1.61%) Internet
7 1 (1.61%) SAN
General
1 16 (25.81%) Social Skills
2 10 (16.13%) Finance
3 7 (11.29%) Public Sector
4 6 (9.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.23%) Police
5 2 (3.23%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.23%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.29%) Enterprise Software
1 7 (11.29%) Linux Command Line
1 7 (11.29%) Onboarding
2 6 (9.68%) Driving Licence
3 4 (6.45%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.23%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.23%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (3.23%) iSeries
4 2 (3.23%) Replication
5 1 (1.61%) Clustering
5 1 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (29.03%) Windows
2 6 (9.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (93.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (20.97%) ITIL
3 12 (19.35%) Mentoring
4 10 (16.13%) Disaster Recovery
4 10 (16.13%) Migration
5 8 (12.90%) Service Delivery
6 7 (11.29%) Cloud Security
6 7 (11.29%) Coaching
6 7 (11.29%) Infrastructure as Code
6 7 (11.29%) Privileged Access Management
6 7 (11.29%) RBAC
6 7 (11.29%) Secrets Management
7 6 (9.68%) Data Migration
7 6 (9.68%) Mobile Device Management
7 6 (9.68%) Performance Optimisation
7 6 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (8.06%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (8.06%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 4 (6.45%) Customer Service
9 4 (6.45%) Preventative Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 12 (19.35%) PowerShell
2 7 (11.29%) Bash
3 1 (1.61%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (25.81%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (12.90%) SC Cleared
2 8 (12.90%) Security Cleared
3 6 (9.68%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (8.06%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.61%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (24.19%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (9.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 6 (9.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.61%) NIST
System Software
1 23 (37.10%) Active Directory
2 8 (12.90%) Hyper-V
3 3 (4.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (3.23%) Firmware
4 2 (3.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (27.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (11.29%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.61%) SCCM
Vendors
1 41 (66.13%) Microsoft
2 10 (16.13%) Veeam
3 7 (11.29%) Cisco
3 7 (11.29%) CyberArk
4 6 (9.68%) Meraki
4 6 (9.68%) VMware
5 5 (8.06%) Datto
5 5 (8.06%) SonicWALL
6 4 (6.45%) Draytek
6 4 (6.45%) Fortinet
6 4 (6.45%) Sage
6 4 (6.45%) Ubiquiti
7 2 (3.23%) Commvault
7 2 (3.23%) EMC
7 2 (3.23%) HP
7 2 (3.23%) IBM
8 1 (1.61%) Google