Network Infrastructure Engineer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Network Infrastructure Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Network Infrastructure Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £60,822 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 374 556 643
Rank change year-on-year +182 +87 +166
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Infrastructure Engineer 23 36 30
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.15% 0.11% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.11% 0.073%
Number of salaries quoted 20 32 20
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,563 £37,375 £40,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,822 £48,919 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.33% +8.71% -5.26%
75th Percentile £65,272 £57,813 £47,813
90th Percentile £87,750 £63,250 £65,000
UK median annual salary £56,250 £50,000 £47,250
% change year-on-year +12.50% +5.82% -5.50%

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% -

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Network Infrastructure Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Network Infrastructure Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Network 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, Network 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 Network Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 20 (86.96%) Firewall
3 12 (52.17%) Azure
4 11 (47.83%) AWS
4 11 (47.83%) Data Centre
4 11 (47.83%) LAN
4 11 (47.83%) WAN
5 10 (43.48%) Cisco
5 10 (43.48%) BGP
5 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
6 9 (39.13%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (39.13%) VLAN
7 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
8 7 (30.43%) VPN
8 7 (30.43%) Active Directory
8 7 (30.43%) Windows Server
8 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (26.09%) Decision-Making
9 6 (26.09%) Technical Leadership
9 6 (26.09%) SC Cleared
9 6 (26.09%) Security Cleared
9 6 (26.09%) SolarWinds
9 6 (26.09%) Network Architecture
9 6 (26.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (26.09%) HSRP
9 6 (26.09%) Meraki
9 6 (26.09%) Firmware
9 6 (26.09%) CheckPoint
9 6 (26.09%) CCNP
9 6 (26.09%) Windows

Network 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 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (8.70%) Apache
2 2 (8.70%) IIS
2 2 (8.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (52.17%) Azure
2 11 (47.83%) AWS
3 5 (21.74%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (13.04%) AWS Direct Connect
5 2 (8.70%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (8.70%) Entra ID
5 2 (8.70%) Mimecast
5 2 (8.70%) Nutanix
5 2 (8.70%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 20 (86.96%) Firewall
2 11 (47.83%) LAN
2 11 (47.83%) WAN
3 10 (43.48%) BGP
4 9 (39.13%) VLAN
5 7 (30.43%) VPN
6 6 (26.09%) HSRP
6 6 (26.09%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (21.74%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (21.74%) DNS
7 5 (21.74%) WLAN
8 4 (17.39%) Cisco Firepower
8 4 (17.39%) Network Security
8 4 (17.39%) NX-OS
8 4 (17.39%) SD-WAN
9 3 (13.04%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (13.04%) DHCP
9 3 (13.04%) NetScaler
9 3 (13.04%) TCP/IP
9 3 (13.04%) VXLAN
General
1 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Finance
3 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.35%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 11 (47.83%) Data Centre
2 3 (13.04%) Management Information System
3 2 (8.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (8.70%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.35%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 7 (30.43%) Windows Server
2 6 (26.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (26.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (26.09%) Decision-Making
3 6 (26.09%) Network Architecture
3 6 (26.09%) Network Design
3 6 (26.09%) Technical Leadership
4 5 (21.74%) Change Management
4 5 (21.74%) ITIL
4 5 (21.74%) Kalman Filter
5 4 (17.39%) Business Continuity
5 4 (17.39%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (17.39%) Process Improvement
6 3 (13.04%) Cloud Security
6 3 (13.04%) Network Segmentation
6 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2
6 3 (13.04%) Project Delivery
6 3 (13.04%) Runbook
6 3 (13.04%) Service Delivery
7 2 (8.70%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (39.13%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (26.09%) CCNP
2 6 (26.09%) SC Cleared
2 6 (26.09%) Security Cleared
3 3 (13.04%) CCNA
4 2 (8.70%) Azure Certification
4 2 (8.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (4.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (26.09%) QA
System Software
1 7 (30.43%) Active Directory
2 6 (26.09%) Firmware
3 4 (17.39%) Hyper-V
4 2 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.70%) Ansible
3 1 (4.35%) SCCM
3 1 (4.35%) SCOM
3 1 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (43.48%) Cisco
2 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
3 6 (26.09%) CheckPoint
3 6 (26.09%) Fortinet
3 6 (26.09%) Meraki
3 6 (26.09%) SolarWinds
4 4 (17.39%) Infoblox
4 4 (17.39%) VMware
5 3 (13.04%) Dynatrace
6 2 (8.70%) Acronis
6 2 (8.70%) Darktrace
6 2 (8.70%) Palo Alto
6 2 (8.70%) WatchGuard
6 2 (8.70%) Yardi
7 1 (4.35%) Aruba
7 1 (4.35%) Citrix
7 1 (4.35%) HP
7 1 (4.35%) Zscaler