IT Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

IT Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Engineer salary in Work from Home is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 May 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 231 316 440
Rank change year-on-year +85 +124 -75
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 460 419 493
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.36% 1.01% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.42% 1.06% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 410 362 455
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £24,600
25th Percentile £29,750 £28,813 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,001 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -7.89% +5.56%
75th Percentile £45,000 £50,938 £51,625
90th Percentile £56,500 £75,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £34,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -5.80% -1.43% -

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 32,351 39,695 67,533
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.97% 96.00% 97.37%
Number of salaries quoted 24,813 28,246 42,069
10th Percentile £33,036 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,318 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.89% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

IT Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

IT 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 IT Engineer.

IT Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing IT Engineer over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

IT Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, IT 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 IT Engineer in the job title.

1 267 (58.04%) Windows
2 258 (56.09%) Microsoft
3 253 (55.00%) Azure
4 246 (53.48%) Microsoft 365
5 217 (47.17%) Active Directory
6 156 (33.91%) Social Skills
7 154 (33.48%) Windows Server
8 144 (31.30%) Firewall
9 126 (27.39%) VMware
10 115 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 112 (24.35%) Hyper-V
12 94 (20.43%) Microsoft Exchange
13 93 (20.22%) ITIL
14 87 (18.91%) VMware Infrastructure
15 83 (18.04%) Problem-Solving
16 77 (16.74%) Entra ID
17 76 (16.52%) Cisco
18 73 (15.87%) Microsoft Intune
19 66 (14.35%) Customer Service
20 65 (14.13%) Wi-Fi
21 64 (13.91%) Degree
21 64 (13.91%) PowerShell
22 62 (13.48%) Driving Licence
23 61 (13.26%) SAN
24 60 (13.04%) Windows 10
25 59 (12.83%) DNS
26 52 (11.30%) DHCP
26 52 (11.30%) Windows Server 2016
27 51 (11.09%) SharePoint
28 50 (10.87%) Microsoft Office

IT 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 94 (20.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 51 (11.09%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.39%) IIS
4 6 (1.30%) Exchange Server 2000
4 6 (1.30%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.65%) SAS
6 2 (0.43%) Apache
6 2 (0.43%) CMS
6 2 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.43%) WordPress
7 1 (0.22%) Confluence
7 1 (0.22%) Moodle
7 1 (0.22%) nginx
7 1 (0.22%) Site Server
7 1 (0.22%) Tomcat
Applications
1 50 (10.87%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.65%) SPSS
3 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.65%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.22%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.22%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.22%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 253 (55.00%) Azure
2 246 (53.48%) Microsoft 365
3 77 (16.74%) Entra ID
4 38 (8.26%) AWS
5 12 (2.61%) Mimecast
6 7 (1.52%) Amazon EC2
6 7 (1.52%) Nutanix
7 6 (1.30%) IaaS
8 5 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (1.09%) Google Workspace
8 5 (1.09%) SaaS
9 4 (0.87%) Azure Storage
9 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (0.87%) OneDrive
9 4 (0.87%) PaaS
9 4 (0.87%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.87%) WhatsApp
10 3 (0.65%) Dropbox
10 3 (0.65%) Rubrik
11 2 (0.43%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 144 (31.30%) Firewall
2 65 (14.13%) Wi-Fi
3 61 (13.26%) SAN
4 59 (12.83%) DNS
5 52 (11.30%) DHCP
6 43 (9.35%) WAN
7 37 (8.04%) LAN
8 36 (7.83%) TCP/IP
9 35 (7.61%) VLAN
10 33 (7.17%) VPN
11 27 (5.87%) Network Security
11 27 (5.87%) Wireless
12 26 (5.65%) Internet
13 20 (4.35%) NAS
14 19 (4.13%) Remote Desktop
15 15 (3.26%) SD-WAN
16 14 (3.04%) VoIP
17 13 (2.83%) Unified Communications
18 11 (2.39%) Cisco Nexus
19 10 (2.17%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (10.43%) SQL Server
2 24 (5.22%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (0.87%) DB2
3 4 (0.87%) InfluxDB
4 3 (0.65%) Big Data
4 3 (0.65%) EDRMS
4 3 (0.65%) MySQL
4 3 (0.65%) Power BI
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (0.43%) JIRA
2 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
General
1 156 (33.91%) Social Skills
2 34 (7.39%) Finance
3 29 (6.30%) Organisational Skills
4 25 (5.43%) Law
5 23 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (4.13%) Legal
7 18 (3.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (2.83%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.61%) Games
10 8 (1.74%) Banking
10 8 (1.74%) Public Sector
11 7 (1.52%) Marketing
12 6 (1.30%) Retail
13 5 (1.09%) Japanese Language
14 4 (0.87%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.87%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (0.43%) Electronics
16 2 (0.43%) Military
16 2 (0.43%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.43%) .NET
1 2 (0.43%) CSS
1 2 (0.43%) HTML
2 1 (0.22%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.22%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (0.22%) LAMP
2 1 (0.22%) LDAP
2 1 (0.22%) RESTEasy
2 1 (0.22%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.22%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 62 (13.48%) Driving Licence
2 26 (5.65%) Self-Motivation
3 24 (5.22%) Enterprise Storage
4 17 (3.70%) iPad
5 13 (2.83%) Data Centre
5 13 (2.83%) Replication
5 13 (2.83%) Social Media
6 12 (2.61%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.17%) Cyberattack
8 9 (1.96%) Public Cloud
9 8 (1.74%) iPhone
9 8 (1.74%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.30%) Apple TV
10 6 (1.30%) Clustering
10 6 (1.30%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (1.09%) Fat Client
11 5 (1.09%) Thin Client
12 4 (0.87%) CCTV
12 4 (0.87%) Cybercrime
12 4 (0.87%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 267 (58.04%) Windows
2 154 (33.48%) Windows Server
3 60 (13.04%) Windows 10
4 52 (11.30%) Windows Server 2016
5 47 (10.22%) Linux
6 32 (6.96%) Windows Server 2019
7 29 (6.30%) Android
8 26 (5.65%) Windows Server 2012
9 23 (5.00%) Mac OS
10 20 (4.35%) Apple iOS
11 8 (1.74%) Mac OS X
11 8 (1.74%) Unix
12 7 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 7 (1.52%) Windows Server 2008
13 6 (1.30%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.43%) CentOS
15 1 (0.22%) Debian
15 1 (0.22%) Fedora
15 1 (0.22%) openSUSE
15 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 93 (20.22%) ITIL
3 83 (18.04%) Problem-Solving
4 66 (14.35%) Customer Service
5 37 (8.04%) Cybersecurity
6 36 (7.83%) Incident Management
7 29 (6.30%) Disaster Recovery
7 29 (6.30%) Migration
8 24 (5.22%) Information Security
9 23 (5.00%) Desktop Virtualisation
10 22 (4.78%) Service Delivery
11 20 (4.35%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 20 (4.35%) Security Operations
12 19 (4.13%) Agile
13 17 (3.70%) Data Loss Prevention
13 17 (3.70%) Line Management
14 16 (3.48%) Incident Response
14 16 (3.48%) Project Delivery
15 15 (3.26%) Continuous Improvement
15 15 (3.26%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 64 (13.91%) PowerShell
2 17 (3.70%) SQL
3 14 (3.04%) Python
4 4 (0.87%) Bash
5 2 (0.43%) PHP
6 1 (0.22%) Korn
6 1 (0.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 64 (13.91%) Degree
2 41 (8.91%) Microsoft Certification
3 34 (7.39%) Cisco Certification
4 24 (5.22%) Azure Certification
5 22 (4.78%) CCNA
6 15 (3.26%) Network+ Certification
7 13 (2.83%) CCNP
8 12 (2.61%) CISSP
9 10 (2.17%) CCIE
9 10 (2.17%) MCSE
9 10 (2.17%) Security Cleared
10 9 (1.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 7 (1.52%) SC Cleared
12 5 (1.09%) A+ Certification
12 5 (1.09%) MCP
13 4 (0.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
14 3 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
14 3 (0.65%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.26%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (1.96%) SLA
4 7 (1.52%) NIST
5 6 (1.30%) GDPR
6 3 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.65%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.43%) COBIT
7 2 (0.43%) NCSC
8 1 (0.22%) PMO
System Software
1 217 (47.17%) Active Directory
2 112 (24.35%) Hyper-V
3 87 (18.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (1.74%) vSphere
6 7 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (1.09%) VMware Server
8 4 (0.87%) Docker
9 3 (0.65%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.43%) Firmware
10 2 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.22%) NFS
11 1 (0.22%) Samba
11 1 (0.22%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 73 (15.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (7.61%) SCCM
3 13 (2.83%) Cisco CUCM
3 13 (2.83%) ServiceCenter
4 10 (2.17%) WSUS
5 9 (1.96%) Ansible
5 9 (1.96%) SCOM
6 6 (1.30%) Grafana
6 6 (1.30%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 4 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.87%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.65%) HAProxy
8 3 (0.65%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.43%) Check_MK
9 2 (0.43%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.43%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.43%) Terraform
10 1 (0.22%) CASB
10 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 258 (56.09%) Microsoft
2 126 (27.39%) VMware
3 76 (16.52%) Cisco
4 36 (7.83%) HP
4 36 (7.83%) Meraki
5 32 (6.96%) Citrix
6 25 (5.43%) Apple
6 25 (5.43%) Palo Alto
7 21 (4.57%) Fortinet
8 20 (4.35%) Aruba
9 17 (3.70%) Veeam
10 14 (3.04%) Dell
11 12 (2.61%) Sophos
12 11 (2.39%) Barracuda Networks
12 11 (2.39%) iManage
13 10 (2.17%) Draytek
13 10 (2.17%) IBM
14 8 (1.74%) ConnectWise
14 8 (1.74%) ESET
14 8 (1.74%) Oracle