IT Technician Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

IT Technician
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Technician salary for remote or hybrid work is £31,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 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
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 387 365 592
Rank change year-on-year -22 +227 +131
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 43 231 67
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.27% 0.68% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.71% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 39 214 50
10th Percentile £25,000 £24,500 £21,000
25th Percentile £27,375 £25,500 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £27,000 £28,250
Median % change year-on-year +14.81% -4.42% +2.73%
75th Percentile £34,000 £30,750 £36,000
90th Percentile £38,750 £36,415 £37,000
UK median annual salary £30,000 £27,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -1.82% +10.00%

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 14,296 32,437 40,695
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 96.00% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 9,941 24,889 28,911
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,626
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,411
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 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

IT Technician
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

IT Technician
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

IT Technician salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

IT Technician
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

IT Technician salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, IT Technician 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 Technician in the job title.

1 36 (83.72%) Windows
2 28 (65.12%) Active Directory
2 28 (65.12%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (62.79%) Microsoft
4 25 (58.14%) Windows Server
5 22 (51.16%) DNS
6 21 (48.84%) Microsoft Exchange
7 19 (44.19%) VPN
8 17 (39.53%) Azure
9 16 (37.21%) Firewall
9 16 (37.21%) SharePoint
10 15 (34.88%) Entra ID
11 14 (32.56%) Social Skills
12 13 (30.23%) DHCP
13 12 (27.91%) Customer Service
13 12 (27.91%) Problem-Solving
14 11 (25.58%) Degree
15 10 (23.26%) Microsoft Office
16 9 (20.93%) Driving Licence
17 7 (16.28%) Time Management
17 7 (16.28%) ITIL
17 7 (16.28%) SLA
17 7 (16.28%) Windows 10
18 6 (13.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 6 (13.95%) LAN
18 6 (13.95%) Hyper-V
19 5 (11.63%) Android
19 5 (11.63%) Wireless
19 5 (11.63%) TCP/IP
19 5 (11.63%) WAN

IT Technician 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 21 (48.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (37.21%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (23.26%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 28 (65.12%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (39.53%) Azure
3 15 (34.88%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.98%) OneDrive
5 2 (4.65%) Google Workspace
5 2 (4.65%) Mimecast
5 2 (4.65%) Power Platform
5 2 (4.65%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 22 (51.16%) DNS
2 19 (44.19%) VPN
3 16 (37.21%) Firewall
4 13 (30.23%) DHCP
5 6 (13.95%) LAN
6 5 (11.63%) TCP/IP
6 5 (11.63%) WAN
6 5 (11.63%) Wireless
7 3 (6.98%) VoIP
8 2 (4.65%) IPv4
8 2 (4.65%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (4.65%) VLAN
8 2 (4.65%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) JIRA
1 1 (2.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (32.56%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.98%) Automotive
3 3 (6.98%) Legal
3 3 (6.98%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.33%) Back Office
5 1 (2.33%) Finance
5 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.93%) Driving Licence
2 4 (9.30%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.33%) EPoS
3 1 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 36 (83.72%) Windows
2 25 (58.14%) Windows Server
3 7 (16.28%) Windows 10
4 5 (11.63%) Android
5 3 (6.98%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (6.98%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (6.98%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (4.65%) Apple iOS
7 1 (2.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (27.91%) Customer Service
1 12 (27.91%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (16.28%) ITIL
2 7 (16.28%) Time Management
3 5 (11.63%) Mobile Device Management
4 4 (9.30%) Server Management
5 3 (6.98%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (6.98%) Virtual Environments
6 2 (4.65%) Analytical Thinking
6 2 (4.65%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (4.65%) ERP
6 2 (4.65%) Inventory Management
6 2 (4.65%) Service Delivery
6 2 (4.65%) Software Licensing
7 1 (2.33%) Coaching
7 1 (2.33%) Customer Experience
7 1 (2.33%) Desktop Virtualisation
7 1 (2.33%) DevOps
7 1 (2.33%) Patch Management
7 1 (2.33%) Server Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.33%) Perl
1 1 (2.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.33%) Python
1 1 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (25.58%) Degree
2 6 (13.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (4.65%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.28%) SLA
2 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 28 (65.12%) Active Directory
2 6 (13.95%) Hyper-V
3 3 (6.98%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (11.63%) AirWatch
2 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 27 (62.79%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.63%) Apple
3 3 (6.98%) VMware
4 2 (4.65%) Google
5 1 (2.33%) Citrix
5 1 (2.33%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.33%) Freshdesk
5 1 (2.33%) ServiceNow