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 29 June 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 183 183
Rank change year-on-year +67 0 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 482 299 600
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.33% 1.90% 1.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.48% 2.06% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 401 252 545
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,775 £25,850
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £40,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +15.71% -
75th Percentile £43,750 £52,813 £45,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £58,000 £52,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% -3.70%

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 19,397 14,514 32,247
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.96% 92.19% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14,176 8,961 25,140
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £32,730
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,242
Median % change year-on-year - +8.61% -11.61%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.51% +8.57% -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 29 June 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 29 June 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.

1 283 (58.71%) Microsoft
2 260 (53.94%) Microsoft 365
3 244 (50.62%) Windows
4 197 (40.87%) Azure
5 184 (38.17%) Problem-Solving
6 178 (36.93%) Active Directory
7 171 (35.48%) Entra ID
8 153 (31.74%) Customer Service
9 119 (24.69%) ITIL
10 116 (24.07%) Windows Server
11 107 (22.20%) Microsoft Intune
12 101 (20.95%) Microsoft Exchange
13 97 (20.12%) Continuous Improvement
13 97 (20.12%) Firewall
14 92 (19.09%) Cybersecurity
15 90 (18.67%) Degree
16 89 (18.46%) SharePoint
17 80 (16.60%) Microsoft Office
18 78 (16.18%) DNS
19 76 (15.77%) Windows 10
20 75 (15.56%) SLA
21 69 (14.32%) DHCP
22 63 (13.07%) Cisco
22 63 (13.07%) SQL
23 58 (12.03%) Security Cleared
24 57 (11.83%) SaaS
25 56 (11.62%) Hyper-V
26 55 (11.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
26 55 (11.41%) Wi-Fi
27 54 (11.20%) Change Management

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
1 101 (20.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 89 (18.46%) SharePoint
3 18 (3.73%) IIS
4 9 (1.87%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (1.87%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (1.87%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (1.24%) Confluence
6 1 (0.21%) JBoss
6 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 80 (16.60%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.21%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 3 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.21%) iTrent
2 1 (0.21%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.21%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 260 (53.94%) Microsoft 365
2 197 (40.87%) Azure
3 171 (35.48%) Entra ID
4 57 (11.83%) SaaS
5 36 (7.47%) AWS
6 25 (5.19%) Google Workspace
7 23 (4.77%) Mimecast
8 21 (4.36%) OneDrive
9 14 (2.90%) Power Platform
10 7 (1.45%) IaaS
11 6 (1.24%) Power Automate
12 5 (1.04%) Cloudflare
12 5 (1.04%) Intacct
12 5 (1.04%) Serverless
13 4 (0.83%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
14 3 (0.62%) Amazon S3
14 3 (0.62%) Azure Logic Apps
14 3 (0.62%) Azure Storage
14 3 (0.62%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 97 (20.12%) Firewall
2 78 (16.18%) DNS
3 69 (14.32%) DHCP
4 55 (11.41%) Wi-Fi
5 54 (11.20%) TCP/IP
5 54 (11.20%) VPN
6 48 (9.96%) VoIP
7 33 (6.85%) LAN
8 30 (6.22%) WAN
9 20 (4.15%) VLAN
10 13 (2.70%) Wireless
11 8 (1.66%) Unified Communications
12 7 (1.45%) Network Security
13 5 (1.04%) DMZ
13 5 (1.04%) Reverse Proxy
13 5 (1.04%) STUN
14 3 (0.62%) Cisco IOS
14 3 (0.62%) NAS
15 2 (0.41%) Ethernet
15 2 (0.41%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (6.85%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.28%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (2.07%) MySQL
4 6 (1.24%) Power BI
5 5 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.21%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 32 (6.64%) JIRA
2 8 (1.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 4 (0.83%) Browser DevTools
4 3 (0.62%) Git
5 2 (0.41%) Postman
6 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.21%) JUnit
6 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 234 (48.55%) Social Skills
2 35 (7.26%) Back Office
3 33 (6.85%) Finance
3 33 (6.85%) Organisational Skills
4 27 (5.60%) Documentation Skills
4 27 (5.60%) Legal
5 25 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (4.15%) Manufacturing
6 20 (4.15%) Telecoms
7 14 (2.90%) Retail
8 12 (2.49%) Advertising
8 12 (2.49%) Electronics
8 12 (2.49%) Public Sector
9 10 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.66%) Law
11 6 (1.24%) Agriculture
11 6 (1.24%) Games
12 4 (0.83%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.62%) Banking
14 2 (0.41%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.07%) .NET
1 10 (2.07%) Middleware
2 8 (1.66%) CSS
2 8 (1.66%) HTML
3 7 (1.45%) JSON
4 5 (1.04%) FreeSWITCH
5 4 (0.83%) AngularJS
5 4 (0.83%) COM
5 4 (0.83%) DCOM
5 4 (0.83%) LDAP
5 4 (0.83%) Web Services
6 3 (0.62%) EDI
6 3 (0.62%) HTML5
6 3 (0.62%) jQuery
7 2 (0.41%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.21%) Apache Camel
8 1 (0.21%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.21%) Mustache
8 1 (0.21%) Node.js
8 1 (0.21%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 57 (11.83%) Driving Licence
2 30 (6.22%) Self-Motivation
3 27 (5.60%) Onboarding
4 11 (2.28%) Client/Server
5 8 (1.66%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (1.45%) Clustering
7 6 (1.24%) CMDB
7 6 (1.24%) PKI
8 5 (1.04%) iPhone
8 5 (1.04%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.04%) Raspberry Pi
9 4 (0.83%) CCTV
9 4 (0.83%) Data Centre
9 4 (0.83%) Housing Association
9 4 (0.83%) Management Information System
9 4 (0.83%) Smartcard
9 4 (0.83%) Social Media
10 3 (0.62%) Acoustics
10 3 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.62%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 244 (50.62%) Windows
2 116 (24.07%) Windows Server
3 76 (15.77%) Windows 10
4 38 (7.88%) Mac OS
5 36 (7.47%) Linux
6 23 (4.77%) Windows Server 2016
7 18 (3.73%) Windows Server 2012
8 13 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
9 11 (2.28%) Android
10 10 (2.07%) Windows Server 2008
11 8 (1.66%) Ubuntu
12 5 (1.04%) Debian
13 4 (0.83%) Apple iOS
14 3 (0.62%) CentOS
14 3 (0.62%) SUSE
15 2 (0.41%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.41%) Unix
15 2 (0.41%) VMS
16 1 (0.21%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (38.17%) Problem-Solving
2 153 (31.74%) Customer Service
3 119 (24.69%) ITIL
4 97 (20.12%) Continuous Improvement
5 92 (19.09%) Cybersecurity
6 55 (11.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 54 (11.20%) Change Management
8 51 (10.58%) Ticket Management
9 49 (10.17%) Customer Experience
10 45 (9.34%) Analytics
11 42 (8.71%) Software Deployment
12 38 (7.88%) Patch Management
13 35 (7.26%) Customer Acquisition
14 34 (7.05%) Service Delivery
15 31 (6.43%) Incident Management
16 29 (6.02%) Identity Management
17 26 (5.39%) Workflow
18 25 (5.19%) Collaborative Culture
18 25 (5.19%) Root Cause Analysis
19 24 (4.98%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 63 (13.07%) SQL
2 48 (9.96%) PowerShell
3 19 (3.94%) R
4 17 (3.53%) Python
5 12 (2.49%) JavaScript
6 10 (2.07%) Bash
7 7 (1.45%) C#
8 3 (0.62%) Google Apps Script
8 3 (0.62%) Java
9 2 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.41%) PHP
9 2 (0.41%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.21%) Bicep
10 1 (0.21%) Korn
10 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 90 (18.67%) Degree
2 58 (12.03%) Security Cleared
3 51 (10.58%) SC Cleared
4 35 (7.26%) CTC Cleared
5 28 (5.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (3.73%) Azure Certification
6 18 (3.73%) DBS Check
7 7 (1.45%) CCNA
7 7 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.04%) HNC
8 5 (1.04%) HND
8 5 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (1.04%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (0.62%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.41%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.41%) MCSA
11 1 (0.21%) ACSP
11 1 (0.21%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.21%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (15.56%) SLA
2 26 (5.39%) Cyber Essentials
3 21 (4.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.28%) QA
5 7 (1.45%) GDPR
6 4 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.62%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.62%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.62%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.41%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.21%) DICOM
9 1 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.21%) HL7
9 1 (0.21%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 178 (36.93%) Active Directory
2 56 (11.62%) Hyper-V
3 28 (5.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.24%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (1.04%) Docker
6 5 (1.04%) Terminal Services
6 5 (1.04%) vSphere
7 3 (0.62%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 107 (22.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 9 (1.87%) SCCM
3 8 (1.66%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (1.24%) Failover Clustering
5 5 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.04%) Terraform
6 3 (0.62%) Ansible
6 3 (0.62%) Autotask
6 3 (0.62%) Norton AntiVirus
7 2 (0.41%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.41%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.21%) Grafana
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 283 (58.71%) Microsoft
2 63 (13.07%) Cisco
3 38 (7.88%) VMware
4 24 (4.98%) Google
5 22 (4.56%) Meraki
6 19 (3.94%) CrowdStrike
7 18 (3.73%) Veeam
8 15 (3.11%) ServiceNow
8 15 (3.11%) Ubiquiti
9 12 (2.49%) Apple
10 11 (2.28%) HP
11 10 (2.07%) Dell
12 8 (1.66%) Salesforce
13 6 (1.24%) ConnectWise
13 6 (1.24%) Sage
14 5 (1.04%) Freshdesk
14 5 (1.04%) Sophos
14 5 (1.04%) Synology
15 4 (0.83%) Oracle
15 4 (0.83%) Siemens