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 7 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
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 230 301 454
Rank change year-on-year +71 +153 -80
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 481 395 529
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.36% 1.04% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.42% 1.08% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 422 340 475
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,813 £29,000 £28,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,000 £39,545
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% -6.43% +9.85%
75th Percentile £45,938 £52,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £56,250 £75,254 £67,500
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 33,958 36,556 73,265
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.27% 95.94% 97.31%
Number of salaries quoted 25,759 26,555 42,880
10th Percentile £33,500 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,250
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 7 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 7 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 (57.80%) Windows
2 264 (54.89%) Microsoft
2 264 (54.89%) Azure
3 251 (52.18%) Microsoft 365
4 223 (46.36%) Active Directory
5 157 (32.64%) Social Skills
6 153 (31.81%) Windows Server
7 147 (30.56%) Firewall
8 131 (27.23%) VMware
9 129 (26.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 111 (23.08%) Hyper-V
11 93 (19.33%) ITIL
12 91 (18.92%) Microsoft Exchange
13 89 (18.50%) VMware Infrastructure
14 87 (18.09%) Problem-Solving
15 79 (16.42%) Entra ID
16 75 (15.59%) Cisco
17 72 (14.97%) Microsoft Intune
18 70 (14.55%) Wi-Fi
19 66 (13.72%) Customer Service
20 64 (13.31%) Driving Licence
21 62 (12.89%) PowerShell
22 61 (12.68%) DNS
23 60 (12.47%) SAN
24 59 (12.27%) Degree
25 58 (12.06%) Windows 10
26 56 (11.64%) DHCP
27 54 (11.23%) Linux
27 54 (11.23%) Windows Server 2016
28 53 (11.02%) SharePoint

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 91 (18.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 53 (11.02%) SharePoint
3 14 (2.91%) IIS
4 6 (1.25%) Exchange Server 2000
4 6 (1.25%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.62%) 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 52 (10.81%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.62%) SPSS
3 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.21%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.21%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 264 (54.89%) Azure
2 251 (52.18%) Microsoft 365
3 79 (16.42%) Entra ID
4 35 (7.28%) AWS
5 12 (2.49%) Mimecast
6 9 (1.87%) Nutanix
7 7 (1.46%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (1.46%) IaaS
8 6 (1.25%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (1.25%) SaaS
9 5 (1.04%) Azure Storage
9 5 (1.04%) Google Workspace
9 5 (1.04%) OneDrive
9 5 (1.04%) PaaS
10 4 (0.83%) Dropbox
10 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (0.83%) Power Platform
11 3 (0.62%) Rubrik
11 3 (0.62%) WhatsApp
12 2 (0.42%) ClickUp
Communications & Networking
1 147 (30.56%) Firewall
2 70 (14.55%) Wi-Fi
3 61 (12.68%) DNS
4 60 (12.47%) SAN
5 56 (11.64%) DHCP
6 44 (9.15%) WAN
7 39 (8.11%) TCP/IP
8 36 (7.48%) LAN
8 36 (7.48%) VLAN
9 33 (6.86%) VPN
10 29 (6.03%) Network Security
10 29 (6.03%) Wireless
11 24 (4.99%) Internet
12 20 (4.16%) NAS
13 19 (3.95%) Remote Desktop
14 17 (3.53%) SD-WAN
15 13 (2.70%) Unified Communications
16 12 (2.49%) VoIP
17 11 (2.29%) Cisco Nexus
18 10 (2.08%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (8.94%) SQL Server
2 23 (4.78%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (0.83%) DB2
3 4 (0.83%) InfluxDB
4 3 (0.62%) Big Data
4 3 (0.62%) EDRMS
4 3 (0.62%) Oracle Database
4 3 (0.62%) Power BI
5 2 (0.42%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (0.42%) JIRA
2 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
General
1 157 (32.64%) Social Skills
2 31 (6.44%) Finance
3 26 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
4 23 (4.78%) Law
5 22 (4.57%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (4.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (3.53%) Legal
8 13 (2.70%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.49%) Games
10 9 (1.87%) Public Sector
11 7 (1.46%) Banking
12 5 (1.04%) Japanese Language
12 5 (1.04%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.04%) Marketing
13 4 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.62%) Retail
15 2 (0.42%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.42%) Electronics
15 2 (0.42%) Publishing
15 2 (0.42%) Welsh Language
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 64 (13.31%) Driving Licence
2 27 (5.61%) Self-Motivation
3 24 (4.99%) Enterprise Storage
4 17 (3.53%) iPad
5 14 (2.91%) Data Centre
6 13 (2.70%) Management Information System
6 13 (2.70%) Replication
6 13 (2.70%) Social Media
7 10 (2.08%) Cyberattack
7 10 (2.08%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.87%) Public Cloud
9 8 (1.66%) iPhone
10 6 (1.25%) Apple TV
11 5 (1.04%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (0.83%) CCTV
12 4 (0.83%) Clustering
12 4 (0.83%) Cybercrime
12 4 (0.83%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 4 (0.83%) Fat Client
12 4 (0.83%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 278 (57.80%) Windows
2 153 (31.81%) Windows Server
3 58 (12.06%) Windows 10
4 54 (11.23%) Linux
4 54 (11.23%) Windows Server 2016
5 33 (6.86%) Windows Server 2019
6 27 (5.61%) Android
6 27 (5.61%) Windows Server 2012
7 23 (4.78%) Mac OS
8 17 (3.53%) Apple iOS
9 8 (1.66%) Mac OS X
9 8 (1.66%) Unix
10 7 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (1.25%) Windows 7
11 6 (1.25%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.42%) CentOS
13 1 (0.21%) Debian
13 1 (0.21%) Fedora
13 1 (0.21%) openSUSE
13 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (26.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 93 (19.33%) ITIL
3 87 (18.09%) Problem-Solving
4 66 (13.72%) Customer Service
5 36 (7.48%) Incident Management
6 34 (7.07%) Cybersecurity
7 29 (6.03%) Disaster Recovery
8 28 (5.82%) Migration
9 23 (4.78%) Information Security
9 23 (4.78%) Service Delivery
10 20 (4.16%) Desktop Virtualisation
10 20 (4.16%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 19 (3.95%) Agile
11 19 (3.95%) Security Operations
12 17 (3.53%) Line Management
13 16 (3.33%) Project Delivery
14 15 (3.12%) Continuous Improvement
14 15 (3.12%) Incident Response
14 15 (3.12%) Time Management
15 13 (2.70%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 62 (12.89%) PowerShell
2 17 (3.53%) SQL
3 14 (2.91%) 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 59 (12.27%) Degree
2 41 (8.52%) Microsoft Certification
3 33 (6.86%) Cisco Certification
4 24 (4.99%) Azure Certification
5 21 (4.37%) CCNA
6 15 (3.12%) Network+ Certification
7 14 (2.91%) CCNP
8 12 (2.49%) CISSP
9 10 (2.08%) CCIE
9 10 (2.08%) MCSE
10 9 (1.87%) Security Cleared
11 7 (1.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 7 (1.46%) SC Cleared
12 6 (1.25%) A+ Certification
13 5 (1.04%) MCP
14 4 (0.83%) CompTIA Security+
15 3 (0.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 2 (0.42%) CISA
16 2 (0.42%) CISM
16 2 (0.42%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.12%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.46%) NIST
4 6 (1.25%) GDPR
4 6 (1.25%) SLA
5 3 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (0.62%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.42%) COBIT
7 1 (0.21%) NCSC
7 1 (0.21%) PMO
System Software
1 223 (46.36%) Active Directory
2 111 (23.08%) Hyper-V
3 89 (18.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (3.74%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (3.53%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (2.08%) vSphere
7 8 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (1.04%) VMware Server
9 4 (0.83%) Docker
9 4 (0.83%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.62%) Firmware
10 3 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.21%) NFS
11 1 (0.21%) Samba
Systems Management
1 72 (14.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (7.07%) SCCM
3 13 (2.70%) Cisco CUCM
3 13 (2.70%) ServiceCenter
4 10 (2.08%) WSUS
5 9 (1.87%) Ansible
6 7 (1.46%) SCOM
7 6 (1.25%) Grafana
7 6 (1.25%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 5 (1.04%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.62%) HAProxy
10 3 (0.62%) Kubernetes
10 3 (0.62%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.42%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.42%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.21%) Check_MK
12 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Clustering
12 1 (0.21%) QRadar
12 1 (0.21%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 264 (54.89%) Microsoft
2 131 (27.23%) VMware
3 75 (15.59%) Cisco
4 38 (7.90%) Meraki
5 33 (6.86%) HP
6 31 (6.44%) Citrix
7 26 (5.41%) Apple
8 24 (4.99%) Palo Alto
9 20 (4.16%) Fortinet
9 20 (4.16%) Veeam
10 19 (3.95%) Aruba
11 13 (2.70%) Dell
12 11 (2.29%) Barracuda Networks
12 11 (2.29%) Sophos
13 10 (2.08%) IBM
13 10 (2.08%) Oracle
14 9 (1.87%) Draytek
14 9 (1.87%) iManage
15 8 (1.66%) ConnectWise
15 8 (1.66%) Rapid7