Hybrid/Remote Support Engineer Job Trends

Support Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Support Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £36,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 July 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 183 181
Rank change year-on-year +65 -2 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 514 300 575
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.40% 1.81% 1.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.56% 1.97% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 427 254 524
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,825 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £40,000 £35,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +12.68% +1.43%
75th Percentile £43,750 £52,500 £45,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £58,000 £51,250
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% -3.69%

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 20,091 15,266 30,685
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 92.33% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 14,646 9,494 23,669
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,939 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +0.87% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Support Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Support Engineer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Support Engineer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Support Engineer job vacancies

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Support Engineer over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Support Engineer salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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

For the 6 months to 12 July 2026, Support 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 311 (60.51%) Microsoft
2 281 (54.67%) Microsoft 365
3 269 (52.33%) Windows
4 210 (40.86%) Azure
5 196 (38.13%) Active Directory
6 190 (36.96%) Problem-Solving
7 187 (36.38%) Entra ID
8 165 (32.10%) Customer Service
9 124 (24.12%) Windows Server
10 121 (23.54%) ITIL
11 118 (22.96%) Microsoft Intune
12 112 (21.79%) Microsoft Exchange
13 105 (20.43%) Firewall
14 104 (20.23%) Cybersecurity
15 99 (19.26%) Continuous Improvement
16 98 (19.07%) SharePoint
17 91 (17.70%) Degree
17 91 (17.70%) DNS
18 83 (16.15%) Microsoft Office
19 81 (15.76%) DHCP
20 75 (14.59%) SLA
20 75 (14.59%) Windows 10
21 66 (12.84%) SQL
22 65 (12.65%) Cisco
22 65 (12.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
23 61 (11.87%) Hyper-V
23 61 (11.87%) VPN
23 61 (11.87%) Wi-Fi
24 60 (11.67%) SaaS
24 60 (11.67%) TCP/IP

Support 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
1 112 (21.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 98 (19.07%) SharePoint
3 23 (4.47%) IIS
4 9 (1.75%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (1.75%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (1.75%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (1.17%) Confluence
6 1 (0.19%) JBoss
6 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 83 (16.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.19%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 3 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.19%) iTrent
3 1 (0.19%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.19%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 281 (54.67%) Microsoft 365
2 210 (40.86%) Azure
3 187 (36.38%) Entra ID
4 60 (11.67%) SaaS
5 41 (7.98%) AWS
6 26 (5.06%) Google Workspace
7 24 (4.67%) Mimecast
8 22 (4.28%) OneDrive
9 14 (2.72%) Power Platform
10 8 (1.56%) Power Automate
11 7 (1.36%) IaaS
12 6 (1.17%) Cloudflare
13 5 (0.97%) Intacct
13 5 (0.97%) Serverless
14 4 (0.78%) Azure Sentinel
14 4 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
15 3 (0.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 3 (0.58%) Amazon S3
15 3 (0.58%) Azure Logic Apps
15 3 (0.58%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 105 (20.43%) Firewall
2 91 (17.70%) DNS
3 81 (15.76%) DHCP
4 61 (11.87%) VPN
4 61 (11.87%) Wi-Fi
5 60 (11.67%) TCP/IP
6 51 (9.92%) VoIP
7 33 (6.42%) LAN
8 31 (6.03%) WAN
9 24 (4.67%) VLAN
10 15 (2.92%) Wireless
11 10 (1.95%) Network Security
12 8 (1.56%) Unified Communications
13 5 (0.97%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (0.97%) DMZ
13 5 (0.97%) Reverse Proxy
13 5 (0.97%) STUN
14 3 (0.58%) Internet
14 3 (0.58%) NAS
14 3 (0.58%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (6.61%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.14%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (1.95%) MySQL
4 6 (1.17%) Power BI
5 5 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.19%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 33 (6.42%) JIRA
2 8 (1.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 4 (0.78%) Browser DevTools
4 3 (0.58%) Git
5 2 (0.39%) Postman
6 1 (0.19%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.19%) JUnit
6 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 255 (49.61%) Social Skills
2 35 (6.81%) Back Office
2 35 (6.81%) Finance
3 33 (6.42%) Organisational Skills
4 30 (5.84%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (5.64%) Documentation Skills
5 29 (5.64%) Legal
6 20 (3.89%) Telecoms
7 19 (3.70%) Manufacturing
8 17 (3.31%) Advertising
9 16 (3.11%) Retail
10 15 (2.92%) Public Sector
11 12 (2.33%) Electronics
12 10 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (1.75%) Law
14 7 (1.36%) Games
15 6 (1.17%) Agriculture
16 4 (0.78%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.58%) Banking
18 2 (0.39%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.33%) Middleware
2 10 (1.95%) .NET
3 8 (1.56%) CSS
3 8 (1.56%) HTML
4 7 (1.36%) JSON
5 5 (0.97%) FreeSWITCH
6 4 (0.78%) AngularJS
6 4 (0.78%) COM
6 4 (0.78%) DCOM
6 4 (0.78%) LDAP
6 4 (0.78%) Web Services
7 3 (0.58%) EDI
7 3 (0.58%) HTML5
7 3 (0.58%) jQuery
8 2 (0.39%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.19%) Apache Camel
9 1 (0.19%) Elastic Stack
9 1 (0.19%) Mustache
9 1 (0.19%) Node.js
9 1 (0.19%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 66 (12.84%) Driving Licence
2 30 (5.84%) Self-Motivation
3 29 (5.64%) Onboarding
4 11 (2.14%) Client/Server
5 10 (1.95%) Video Conferencing
6 8 (1.56%) Clustering
7 6 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.17%) PKI
8 5 (0.97%) CMDB
8 5 (0.97%) IoT
8 5 (0.97%) iPhone
8 5 (0.97%) Mobile App
8 5 (0.97%) Raspberry Pi
8 5 (0.97%) Security Posture
9 4 (0.78%) Acoustics
9 4 (0.78%) Data Centre
9 4 (0.78%) Housing Association
9 4 (0.78%) Management Information System
9 4 (0.78%) Smartcard
9 4 (0.78%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 269 (52.33%) Windows
2 124 (24.12%) Windows Server
3 75 (14.59%) Windows 10
4 43 (8.37%) Mac OS
5 38 (7.39%) Linux
6 22 (4.28%) Windows Server 2016
7 17 (3.31%) Windows Server 2012
8 13 (2.53%) Android
9 12 (2.33%) Windows Server 2019
10 10 (1.95%) Windows Server 2008
11 8 (1.56%) Ubuntu
12 5 (0.97%) Debian
13 4 (0.78%) Apple iOS
14 3 (0.58%) CentOS
14 3 (0.58%) SUSE
15 2 (0.39%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.39%) Unix
15 2 (0.39%) VMS
16 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (36.96%) Problem-Solving
2 165 (32.10%) Customer Service
3 121 (23.54%) ITIL
4 104 (20.23%) Cybersecurity
5 99 (19.26%) Continuous Improvement
6 65 (12.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 58 (11.28%) Change Management
8 51 (9.92%) Ticket Management
9 49 (9.53%) Customer Experience
10 45 (8.75%) Analytics
11 42 (8.17%) Software Deployment
12 39 (7.59%) Patch Management
13 35 (6.81%) Customer Acquisition
14 34 (6.61%) Service Delivery
15 33 (6.42%) Incident Management
16 30 (5.84%) Identity Management
16 30 (5.84%) Workflow
17 27 (5.25%) Business Continuity
17 27 (5.25%) Collaborative Culture
18 26 (5.06%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 66 (12.84%) SQL
2 52 (10.12%) PowerShell
3 21 (4.09%) R
4 16 (3.11%) Python
5 12 (2.33%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.95%) Bash
7 7 (1.36%) C#
8 3 (0.58%) Java
9 2 (0.39%) Google Apps Script
9 2 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.39%) PHP
9 2 (0.39%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.19%) Bicep
10 1 (0.19%) Korn
10 1 (0.19%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 91 (17.70%) Degree
2 58 (11.28%) Security Cleared
3 51 (9.92%) SC Cleared
4 35 (6.81%) CTC Cleared
5 30 (5.84%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (3.50%) Azure Certification
6 18 (3.50%) DBS Check
7 9 (1.75%) CCNA
7 9 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (0.97%) HNC
8 5 (0.97%) HND
8 5 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (0.97%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (0.58%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.39%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.39%) MCSA
11 1 (0.19%) ACSP
11 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.19%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (14.59%) SLA
2 34 (6.61%) Cyber Essentials
3 23 (4.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.75%) QA
5 7 (1.36%) GDPR
6 5 (0.97%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.58%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.58%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.39%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.19%) DICOM
10 1 (0.19%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.19%) HL7
10 1 (0.19%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 196 (38.13%) Active Directory
2 61 (11.87%) Hyper-V
3 33 (6.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.97%) Docker
6 5 (0.97%) Terminal Services
6 5 (0.97%) vSphere
7 3 (0.58%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 118 (22.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.75%) SCCM
3 8 (1.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 8 (1.56%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (1.36%) Failover Clustering
5 6 (1.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 5 (0.97%) Terraform
7 4 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.58%) Ansible
8 3 (0.58%) Autotask
8 3 (0.58%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.39%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.19%) Grafana
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 311 (60.51%) Microsoft
2 65 (12.65%) Cisco
3 43 (8.37%) VMware
4 25 (4.86%) Google
5 22 (4.28%) Meraki
6 21 (4.09%) CrowdStrike
7 20 (3.89%) Veeam
8 19 (3.70%) Ubiquiti
9 15 (2.92%) ServiceNow
10 12 (2.33%) Apple
11 11 (2.14%) HP
12 10 (1.95%) Dell
13 7 (1.36%) Salesforce
14 6 (1.17%) ConnectWise
14 6 (1.17%) Sage
15 5 (0.97%) Freshdesk
15 5 (0.97%) Sophos
15 5 (0.97%) Synology
16 4 (0.78%) SonicWALL
17 3 (0.58%) Barracuda Networks