Hybrid/Remote Support Engineer Job Trends

Support Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Support Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 January 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 187 132
Rank change year-on-year +89 -55 +73
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 430 306 637
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.72% 1.88% 2.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.90% 1.96% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 310 243 582
10th Percentile £26,875 £29,000 £25,275
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -
75th Percentile £46,000 £48,125 £50,000
90th Percentile £58,875 £57,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £35,015 £33,500
% change year-on-year -0.04% +4.52% +1.52%

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 14,803 15,578 25,078
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.74% 95.96% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 9,670 9,381 20,835
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,000 £33,757
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £43,381
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.93% -5.60%
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%

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 30 January 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 30 January 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.

1 213 (49.53%) Windows
2 195 (45.35%) Microsoft 365
3 172 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 159 (36.98%) Customer Service
5 150 (34.88%) Azure
6 127 (29.53%) Problem-Solving
7 116 (26.98%) ITIL
8 111 (25.81%) Cybersecurity
9 109 (25.35%) Degree
10 107 (24.88%) Active Directory
11 94 (21.86%) Entra ID
12 91 (21.16%) Windows 10
13 89 (20.70%) Continuous Improvement
14 88 (20.47%) Windows Server
15 86 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
16 84 (19.53%) SLA
17 80 (18.60%) Security Cleared
18 72 (16.74%) SC Cleared
19 71 (16.51%) Customer Experience
20 65 (15.12%) Analytics
21 63 (14.65%) SQL
22 62 (14.42%) Cisco
22 62 (14.42%) Software Deployment
22 62 (14.42%) Ticket Management
23 60 (13.95%) CTC Cleared
23 60 (13.95%) Customer Acquisition
23 60 (13.95%) Microsoft Intune
23 60 (13.95%) Patch Management
24 53 (12.33%) Firewall
25 52 (12.09%) Mentoring

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 45 (10.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 42 (9.77%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.40%) IIS
3 6 (1.40%) Tomcat
3 6 (1.40%) WebSphere
3 6 (1.40%) WebSphere Application Server
4 4 (0.93%) Anypoint
4 4 (0.93%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.23%) CMS
Applications
1 86 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.23%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 9 (2.09%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.93%) Markit EDM
2 4 (0.93%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.93%) Shopify
3 3 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.47%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.23%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 195 (45.35%) Microsoft 365
2 150 (34.88%) Azure
3 94 (21.86%) Entra ID
4 48 (11.16%) AWS
5 36 (8.37%) SaaS
6 23 (5.35%) Google Workspace
7 14 (3.26%) OneDrive
8 9 (2.09%) Azure Sentinel
8 9 (2.09%) GCP
9 8 (1.86%) Amazon S3
9 8 (1.86%) AWS CloudFormation
9 8 (1.86%) IaaS
9 8 (1.86%) Power Automate
9 8 (1.86%) Serverless
10 7 (1.63%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (1.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 6 (1.40%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (1.40%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (1.40%) Mimecast
11 6 (1.40%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 53 (12.33%) Firewall
2 46 (10.70%) DNS
3 44 (10.23%) VPN
4 39 (9.07%) DHCP
5 35 (8.14%) Wi-Fi
6 29 (6.74%) TCP/IP
7 25 (5.81%) LAN
8 24 (5.58%) VLAN
9 21 (4.88%) WAN
10 17 (3.95%) VoIP
11 8 (1.86%) SSL
12 7 (1.63%) IP Telephony
12 7 (1.63%) Wireless
13 5 (1.16%) Modbus
13 5 (1.16%) Remote Desktop
13 5 (1.16%) SAN
14 4 (0.93%) Internet
14 4 (0.93%) IPsec
15 3 (0.70%) DMZ
15 3 (0.70%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (10.93%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.02%) MySQL
3 11 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (2.09%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (1.40%) DB2
5 6 (1.40%) MariaDB
5 6 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (1.16%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.93%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.93%) MS Access
7 4 (0.93%) SAP Data Services
8 3 (0.70%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.47%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.47%) Power BI
10 1 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 8 (1.86%) JIRA
2 4 (0.93%) Toad
3 2 (0.47%) GitLab
3 2 (0.47%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.23%) Git
4 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 194 (45.12%) Social Skills
2 60 (13.95%) Back Office
3 38 (8.84%) Finance
4 25 (5.81%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (3.72%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (2.79%) Automotive
6 12 (2.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (2.79%) Legal
7 9 (2.09%) Telecoms
8 8 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (1.86%) Public Sector
9 7 (1.63%) Banking
10 6 (1.40%) Law
11 5 (1.16%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.93%) Local Government
13 3 (0.70%) French Language
14 2 (0.47%) Marketing
15 1 (0.23%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.23%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.95%) CSS
2 7 (1.63%) .NET
2 7 (1.63%) JSON
3 6 (1.40%) LAPP Stack
3 6 (1.40%) LDAP
3 6 (1.40%) WebSphere MQ
4 5 (1.16%) .NET Framework
4 5 (1.16%) Entity Framework
4 5 (1.16%) RESTful
4 5 (1.16%) WinForms
5 4 (0.93%) REST
5 4 (0.93%) SOAP
5 4 (0.93%) Web Services
5 4 (0.93%) XML
6 3 (0.70%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (0.70%) FreeSWITCH
6 3 (0.70%) LAMP
7 2 (0.47%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.47%) React
8 1 (0.23%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 53 (12.33%) Driving Licence
2 40 (9.30%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (3.95%) Onboarding
4 15 (3.49%) CCTV
5 8 (1.86%) Renewable Energy
6 7 (1.63%) Client/Server
6 7 (1.63%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (1.16%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (1.16%) Low-Code
7 5 (1.16%) Reinsurance
8 4 (0.93%) Cloud Native
8 4 (0.93%) Data Centre
8 4 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (0.93%) Solar Energy
9 3 (0.70%) CMDB
9 3 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.70%) Life Science
10 2 (0.47%) iPhone
10 2 (0.47%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.47%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 213 (49.53%) Windows
2 91 (21.16%) Windows 10
3 88 (20.47%) Windows Server
4 39 (9.07%) Linux
5 21 (4.88%) Unix
6 18 (4.19%) Mac OS
6 18 (4.19%) Windows Server 2012
7 15 (3.49%) Windows Server 2016
8 11 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (1.86%) Apple iOS
11 7 (1.63%) Debian
12 5 (1.16%) Android
13 4 (0.93%) Solaris
13 4 (0.93%) VMS
14 3 (0.70%) CentOS
14 3 (0.70%) Rocky
14 3 (0.70%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.70%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.23%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (36.98%) Customer Service
2 127 (29.53%) Problem-Solving
3 116 (26.98%) ITIL
4 111 (25.81%) Cybersecurity
5 89 (20.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 71 (16.51%) Customer Experience
7 65 (15.12%) Analytics
8 62 (14.42%) Software Deployment
8 62 (14.42%) Ticket Management
9 60 (13.95%) Customer Acquisition
9 60 (13.95%) Patch Management
10 52 (12.09%) Mentoring
11 38 (8.84%) DevOps
12 36 (8.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 36 (8.37%) Root Cause Analysis
13 28 (6.51%) Coaching
14 27 (6.28%) Service Delivery
15 24 (5.58%) Change Management
15 24 (5.58%) People Management
16 20 (4.65%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 63 (14.65%) SQL
2 33 (7.67%) PowerShell
3 25 (5.81%) Python
4 12 (2.79%) C#
5 11 (2.56%) Shell Script
6 10 (2.33%) Bash
7 6 (1.40%) PHP
7 6 (1.40%) T-SQL
8 5 (1.16%) Java
8 5 (1.16%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.93%) Bicep
9 4 (0.93%) Korn
9 4 (0.93%) VB
10 3 (0.70%) R
11 2 (0.47%) Google Apps Script
12 1 (0.23%) Go
12 1 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.23%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 109 (25.35%) Degree
2 80 (18.60%) Security Cleared
3 72 (16.74%) SC Cleared
4 60 (13.95%) CTC Cleared
5 30 (6.98%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (3.26%) DBS Check
7 12 (2.79%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 11 (2.56%) CCNA
8 11 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (2.56%) MCSA
9 9 (2.09%) MCSE
9 9 (2.09%) Network+ Certification
10 8 (1.86%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.63%) CCNP
11 7 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (1.40%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.70%) HNC
14 2 (0.47%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (19.53%) SLA
2 20 (4.65%) Cyber Essentials
3 16 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.33%) QA
5 9 (2.09%) GDPR
6 2 (0.47%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.47%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 107 (24.88%) Active Directory
2 36 (8.37%) Hyper-V
3 15 (3.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (3.26%) Docker
5 5 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.93%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.47%) Kamailio
8 2 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.47%) vSphere
8 2 (0.47%) XenApp
9 1 (0.23%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 60 (13.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (3.49%) Terraform
3 13 (3.02%) Ansible
4 12 (2.79%) Kubernetes
5 10 (2.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.93%) Autotask
6 4 (0.93%) SCOM
7 3 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.70%) Nagios
8 2 (0.47%) Grafana
8 2 (0.47%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 172 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 62 (14.42%) Cisco
3 31 (7.21%) Google
4 30 (6.98%) VMware
5 14 (3.26%) IBM
5 14 (3.26%) Oracle
6 10 (2.33%) Dell
7 8 (1.86%) SAP
8 7 (1.63%) Draytek
8 7 (1.63%) IFS
8 7 (1.63%) Mitel
8 7 (1.63%) Red Hat
8 7 (1.63%) Sage
8 7 (1.63%) WatchGuard
9 6 (1.40%) HP
9 6 (1.40%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.40%) Veeam
10 5 (1.16%) Progress
10 5 (1.16%) Siemens
10 5 (1.16%) TIBCO