Operations Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Operations Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Operations Engineer salary in Work from Home is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 489 617 658
Rank change year-on-year +128 +41 -176
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Engineer 87 63 177
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.26% 0.14% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.15% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 83 59 115
10th Percentile £41,875 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £53,125 £45,000 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,500 £85,000 £82,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,100
% change year-on-year -8.33% +10.91% +4.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 32,441 41,897 64,856
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.99% 96.00% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 24,951 29,614 41,885
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Operations Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Operations Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Operations Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Operations Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Operations Engineer.

Operations Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Operations Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Operations Engineer over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Operations Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Operations 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 remote work options featuring Operations Engineer in the job title.

1 44 (50.57%) Azure
2 22 (25.29%) Kubernetes
3 21 (24.14%) AWS
4 19 (21.84%) Cybersecurity
4 19 (21.84%) Microsoft
4 19 (21.84%) Security Operations
5 18 (20.69%) CI/CD
5 18 (20.69%) DevOps
6 17 (19.54%) Docker
7 16 (18.39%) Linux
7 16 (18.39%) Terraform
7 16 (18.39%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (17.24%) Windows
9 14 (16.09%) Python
9 14 (16.09%) Juniper
9 14 (16.09%) Cisco
9 14 (16.09%) Configuration Management
9 14 (16.09%) Agile
9 14 (16.09%) JNCIA
9 14 (16.09%) JNCIP
9 14 (16.09%) Fortinet
9 14 (16.09%) SIEM
9 14 (16.09%) SaaS
9 14 (16.09%) Puppet
9 14 (16.09%) Linux Command Line
9 14 (16.09%) Palo Alto
10 13 (14.94%) Infrastructure as Code
11 11 (12.64%) Microsoft 365
11 11 (12.64%) Progress Chef
11 11 (12.64%) Salt

Operations 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 (4.60%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 44 (50.57%) Azure
2 21 (24.14%) AWS
3 14 (16.09%) SaaS
4 11 (12.64%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (8.05%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (6.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 4 (4.60%) IaaS
7 4 (4.60%) PaaS
8 2 (2.30%) Datadog
9 1 (1.15%) Azure Storage
9 1 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (1.15%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (10.34%) Firewall
2 6 (6.90%) Network Security
2 6 (6.90%) TCP/IP
3 5 (5.75%) DHCP
3 5 (5.75%) DNS
3 5 (5.75%) Internet
4 4 (4.60%) BGP
4 4 (4.60%) Ethernet VPN
4 4 (4.60%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 4 (4.60%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 4 (4.60%) MPLS
4 4 (4.60%) OSPF
4 4 (4.60%) tcpdump
4 4 (4.60%) Unified Communications
4 4 (4.60%) VPN
4 4 (4.60%) VXLAN
4 4 (4.60%) Wireshark
5 1 (1.15%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.05%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (4.60%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (4.60%) Octopus Deploy
1 4 (4.60%) TeamCity
2 3 (3.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 3 (3.45%) Bitbucket
3 2 (2.30%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.15%) MLflow
General
1 7 (8.05%) Social Skills
2 5 (5.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (4.60%) Law
3 4 (4.60%) Telecoms
4 3 (3.45%) Finance
4 3 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.15%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.15%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.90%) Node.js
2 3 (3.45%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 14 (16.09%) Linux Command Line
2 11 (12.64%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (8.05%) IoT
4 6 (6.90%) Cloud Native
4 6 (6.90%) Data Centre
4 6 (6.90%) Renewable Energy
5 4 (4.60%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 4 (4.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 4 (4.60%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (4.60%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 3 (3.45%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.30%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (2.30%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.15%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (1.15%) Cybercrime
8 1 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 16 (18.39%) Linux
2 15 (17.24%) Windows
3 11 (12.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (9.20%) Windows Server
5 4 (4.60%) VMS
6 1 (1.15%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (21.84%) Cybersecurity
1 19 (21.84%) Security Operations
2 18 (20.69%) CI/CD
2 18 (20.69%) DevOps
3 16 (18.39%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (16.09%) Agile
4 14 (16.09%) Configuration Management
4 14 (16.09%) SIEM
5 13 (14.94%) Infrastructure as Code
6 11 (12.64%) Cloud Operations
6 11 (12.64%) Innovative Thinking
6 11 (12.64%) ITIL
6 11 (12.64%) Platform Engineering
6 11 (12.64%) Software Testing
6 11 (12.64%) Test Automation
7 10 (11.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 9 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (10.34%) High Availability
9 8 (9.20%) Data Science
10 7 (8.05%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 14 (16.09%) Python
2 11 (12.64%) Java
2 11 (12.64%) Perl
3 9 (10.34%) PowerShell
4 7 (8.05%) SQL
5 6 (6.90%) JavaScript
5 6 (6.90%) TypeScript
6 3 (3.45%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 14 (16.09%) JNCIA
1 14 (16.09%) JNCIP
2 4 (4.60%) Azure Certification
3 3 (3.45%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.45%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.15%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (4.60%) NIST
1 4 (4.60%) QA
1 4 (4.60%) SLA
2 3 (3.45%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.15%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (19.54%) Docker
2 6 (6.90%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 22 (25.29%) Kubernetes
2 16 (18.39%) Terraform
3 14 (16.09%) Puppet
4 11 (12.64%) Ansible
4 11 (12.64%) Progress Chef
4 11 (12.64%) Salt
5 6 (6.90%) Opsgenie
6 3 (3.45%) CASB
7 1 (1.15%) HP Fortify
7 1 (1.15%) yum
Vendors
1 19 (21.84%) Microsoft
2 14 (16.09%) Cisco
2 14 (16.09%) Fortinet
2 14 (16.09%) Juniper
2 14 (16.09%) Palo Alto
3 6 (6.90%) VMware
4 5 (5.75%) ServiceNow
5 4 (4.60%) F5
6 3 (3.45%) Qualys
7 2 (2.30%) Forcepoint
7 2 (2.30%) LogRhythm
7 2 (2.30%) Varonis
8 1 (1.15%) CA
8 1 (1.15%) Citrix