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 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 233 302 460
Rank change year-on-year +69 +158 -86
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 479 396 518
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.38% 1.03% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.43% 1.07% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 421 341 469
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £24,700
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,001 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -9.09% +6.94%
75th Percentile £46,250 £51,000 £51,250
90th Percentile £57,500 £75,000 £66,500
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 33,422 36,879 72,309
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.21% 95.89% 97.34%
Number of salaries quoted 25,463 26,702 42,447
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.20% +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 1 June 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 1 June 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.

1 278 (58.04%) Windows
2 265 (55.32%) Microsoft
3 264 (55.11%) Azure
4 250 (52.19%) Microsoft 365
5 222 (46.35%) Active Directory
6 160 (33.40%) Social Skills
7 155 (32.36%) Windows Server
8 146 (30.48%) Firewall
9 130 (27.14%) VMware
10 127 (26.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 111 (23.17%) Hyper-V
12 95 (19.83%) ITIL
13 92 (19.21%) Microsoft Exchange
14 88 (18.37%) VMware Infrastructure
15 86 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
16 78 (16.28%) Entra ID
17 76 (15.87%) Cisco
18 73 (15.24%) Microsoft Intune
19 69 (14.41%) Wi-Fi
20 65 (13.57%) Driving Licence
20 65 (13.57%) Customer Service
21 61 (12.73%) SAN
22 60 (12.53%) Degree
22 60 (12.53%) PowerShell
23 59 (12.32%) DNS
24 58 (12.11%) Windows 10
25 54 (11.27%) DHCP
26 53 (11.06%) Linux
27 52 (10.86%) SharePoint
27 52 (10.86%) Windows Server 2016

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 92 (19.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (10.86%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.71%) IIS
4 6 (1.25%) Exchange Server 2000
4 6 (1.25%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.63%) SAS
6 2 (0.42%) Apache
6 2 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.42%) WordPress
7 1 (0.21%) CMS
7 1 (0.21%) Confluence
7 1 (0.21%) Moodle
7 1 (0.21%) nginx
7 1 (0.21%) Site Server
7 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
Applications
1 51 (10.65%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.63%) SPSS
3 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.21%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.21%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.21%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 264 (55.11%) Azure
2 250 (52.19%) Microsoft 365
3 78 (16.28%) Entra ID
4 35 (7.31%) AWS
5 11 (2.30%) Mimecast
6 8 (1.67%) Nutanix
7 7 (1.46%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (1.46%) IaaS
8 6 (1.25%) SaaS
9 5 (1.04%) Azure Storage
9 5 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (1.04%) Google Workspace
9 5 (1.04%) OneDrive
9 5 (1.04%) PaaS
10 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (0.84%) Power Platform
11 3 (0.63%) Dropbox
11 3 (0.63%) Rubrik
11 3 (0.63%) WhatsApp
12 2 (0.42%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 146 (30.48%) Firewall
2 69 (14.41%) Wi-Fi
3 61 (12.73%) SAN
4 59 (12.32%) DNS
5 54 (11.27%) DHCP
6 42 (8.77%) WAN
7 38 (7.93%) TCP/IP
8 36 (7.52%) VLAN
9 35 (7.31%) LAN
10 32 (6.68%) VPN
11 29 (6.05%) Network Security
12 27 (5.64%) Wireless
13 24 (5.01%) Internet
14 19 (3.97%) NAS
14 19 (3.97%) Remote Desktop
15 16 (3.34%) SD-WAN
16 13 (2.71%) Unified Communications
16 13 (2.71%) VoIP
17 11 (2.30%) Cisco Nexus
18 10 (2.09%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (9.19%) SQL Server
2 23 (4.80%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (0.84%) DB2
3 4 (0.84%) InfluxDB
4 3 (0.63%) Big Data
4 3 (0.63%) EDRMS
4 3 (0.63%) Oracle Database
4 3 (0.63%) Power BI
5 2 (0.42%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (0.42%) JIRA
2 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
General
1 160 (33.40%) Social Skills
2 33 (6.89%) Finance
3 27 (5.64%) Organisational Skills
4 24 (5.01%) Law
5 22 (4.59%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (4.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (3.55%) Legal
8 13 (2.71%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.51%) Games
10 9 (1.88%) Public Sector
11 8 (1.67%) Banking
12 6 (1.25%) Marketing
13 5 (1.04%) Japanese Language
14 4 (0.84%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.84%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.84%) Retail
15 3 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (0.42%) Electronics
16 2 (0.42%) Military
16 2 (0.42%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.42%) .NET
1 2 (0.42%) CSS
1 2 (0.42%) HTML
1 2 (0.42%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.21%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.21%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (0.21%) LAMP
2 1 (0.21%) LDAP
2 1 (0.21%) RESTEasy
2 1 (0.21%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 65 (13.57%) Driving Licence
2 27 (5.64%) Self-Motivation
3 25 (5.22%) Enterprise Storage
4 17 (3.55%) iPad
5 15 (3.13%) Data Centre
6 13 (2.71%) Management Information System
6 13 (2.71%) Replication
6 13 (2.71%) Social Media
7 10 (2.09%) Cyberattack
8 9 (1.88%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.88%) Public Cloud
9 8 (1.67%) iPhone
10 6 (1.25%) Apple TV
10 6 (1.25%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (1.04%) Clustering
12 4 (0.84%) CCTV
12 4 (0.84%) Cybercrime
12 4 (0.84%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 4 (0.84%) Fat Client
12 4 (0.84%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 278 (58.04%) Windows
2 155 (32.36%) Windows Server
3 58 (12.11%) Windows 10
4 53 (11.06%) Linux
5 52 (10.86%) Windows Server 2016
6 32 (6.68%) Windows Server 2019
7 28 (5.85%) Android
8 27 (5.64%) Windows Server 2012
9 22 (4.59%) Mac OS
10 18 (3.76%) Apple iOS
11 9 (1.88%) Unix
12 7 (1.46%) Mac OS X
12 7 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 6 (1.25%) Windows 7
13 6 (1.25%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.42%) CentOS
15 1 (0.21%) Debian
15 1 (0.21%) Fedora
15 1 (0.21%) openSUSE
15 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (26.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 95 (19.83%) ITIL
3 86 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
4 65 (13.57%) Customer Service
5 37 (7.72%) Incident Management
6 35 (7.31%) Cybersecurity
7 29 (6.05%) Disaster Recovery
8 28 (5.85%) Migration
9 23 (4.80%) Information Security
10 22 (4.59%) Service Delivery
11 21 (4.38%) Desktop Virtualisation
12 20 (4.18%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 19 (3.97%) Agile
13 19 (3.97%) Security Operations
14 17 (3.55%) Line Management
15 16 (3.34%) Continuous Improvement
15 16 (3.34%) Project Delivery
16 15 (3.13%) Incident Response
16 15 (3.13%) Time Management
17 14 (2.92%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 60 (12.53%) PowerShell
2 18 (3.76%) SQL
3 14 (2.92%) Python
4 2 (0.42%) Bash
4 2 (0.42%) PHP
5 1 (0.21%) Korn
5 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.21%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 60 (12.53%) Degree
2 44 (9.19%) Microsoft Certification
3 34 (7.10%) Cisco Certification
4 24 (5.01%) Azure Certification
5 22 (4.59%) CCNA
6 15 (3.13%) Network+ Certification
7 14 (2.92%) CCNP
8 12 (2.51%) CISSP
9 11 (2.30%) MCSE
9 11 (2.30%) Security Cleared
10 10 (2.09%) CCIE
11 9 (1.88%) SC Cleared
12 8 (1.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 6 (1.25%) A+ Certification
13 6 (1.25%) MCP
14 5 (1.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 4 (0.84%) CompTIA Security+
16 3 (0.63%) MCSA
17 2 (0.42%) CISA
17 2 (0.42%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.92%) Cyber Essentials
1 14 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (1.46%) NIST
2 7 (1.46%) SLA
3 6 (1.25%) GDPR
4 3 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (0.63%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.42%) COBIT
5 2 (0.42%) NCSC
6 1 (0.21%) PMO
System Software
1 222 (46.35%) Active Directory
2 111 (23.17%) Hyper-V
3 88 (18.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (3.76%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (3.55%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (2.09%) vSphere
7 8 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (1.04%) VMware Server
9 4 (0.84%) Docker
9 4 (0.84%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.63%) Firmware
10 3 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.21%) NFS
11 1 (0.21%) Samba
Systems Management
1 73 (15.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (7.10%) SCCM
3 13 (2.71%) Cisco CUCM
3 13 (2.71%) ServiceCenter
4 10 (2.09%) WSUS
5 9 (1.88%) Ansible
6 8 (1.67%) SCOM
7 6 (1.25%) Grafana
7 6 (1.25%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 4 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.84%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.63%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (0.63%) HAProxy
9 3 (0.63%) Kubernetes
9 3 (0.63%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.42%) Check_MK
10 2 (0.42%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.21%) QRadar
11 1 (0.21%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 265 (55.32%) Microsoft
2 130 (27.14%) VMware
3 76 (15.87%) Cisco
4 37 (7.72%) Meraki
5 35 (7.31%) HP
6 33 (6.89%) Citrix
7 25 (5.22%) Apple
8 24 (5.01%) Palo Alto
9 21 (4.38%) Fortinet
10 20 (4.18%) Veeam
11 19 (3.97%) Aruba
12 13 (2.71%) Dell
13 11 (2.30%) Barracuda Networks
13 11 (2.30%) Sophos
14 10 (2.09%) IBM
14 10 (2.09%) iManage
14 10 (2.09%) Oracle
15 9 (1.88%) Draytek
16 8 (1.67%) ConnectWise
16 8 (1.67%) ESET