IT Infrastructure Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

IT Infrastructure Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Infrastructure Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £44,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 489 576 793
Rank change year-on-year +87 +217 -234
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Engineer 113 57 108
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.32% 0.15% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.16% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 92 56 98
10th Percentile £37,000 £38,047 £37,693
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,250 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £58,438
90th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £65,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid 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 34,224 35,954 73,616
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.28% 95.93% 97.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25,903 26,270 42,683
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,875 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +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 Infrastructure Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

IT Infrastructure Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

IT Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure Engineer.

IT Infrastructure Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing IT Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

IT Infrastructure Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, IT Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 113 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 69 (61.06%) Windows
3 65 (57.52%) Azure
4 64 (56.64%) Active Directory
5 53 (46.90%) Microsoft 365
6 52 (46.02%) Microsoft
6 52 (46.02%) VMware
7 50 (44.25%) Firewall
8 44 (38.94%) Windows Server
9 37 (32.74%) VMware Infrastructure
10 30 (26.55%) PowerShell
10 30 (26.55%) Windows Server 2016
11 26 (23.01%) Linux
12 25 (22.12%) Cisco
13 24 (21.24%) DNS
13 24 (21.24%) DHCP
14 23 (20.35%) Hyper-V
15 20 (17.70%) Problem-Solving
16 19 (16.81%) ITIL
16 19 (16.81%) Wi-Fi
17 18 (15.93%) Microsoft Exchange
17 18 (15.93%) SCCM
18 17 (15.04%) WAN
19 16 (14.16%) SAN
20 14 (12.39%) TCP/IP
20 14 (12.39%) Windows Server 2019
20 14 (12.39%) Social Skills
20 14 (12.39%) Entra ID
21 13 (11.50%) IIS
21 13 (11.50%) Project Management

IT Infrastructure 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 18 (15.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (11.50%) IIS
3 9 (7.96%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.88%) Confluence
4 1 (0.88%) Moodle
Applications
1 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.88%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (2.65%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.77%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 65 (57.52%) Azure
2 53 (46.90%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (12.39%) Entra ID
4 9 (7.96%) AWS
4 9 (7.96%) Nutanix
5 8 (7.08%) Mimecast
6 4 (3.54%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.88%) IaaS
7 1 (0.88%) OCI
7 1 (0.88%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.88%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.88%) Slack
7 1 (0.88%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 50 (44.25%) Firewall
2 24 (21.24%) DHCP
2 24 (21.24%) DNS
3 19 (16.81%) Wi-Fi
4 17 (15.04%) WAN
5 16 (14.16%) SAN
6 14 (12.39%) TCP/IP
7 12 (10.62%) SD-WAN
8 9 (7.96%) LAN
8 9 (7.96%) VLAN
8 9 (7.96%) VPN
9 8 (7.08%) Network Security
10 6 (5.31%) BGP
11 4 (3.54%) WLAN
12 3 (2.65%) HTTP
12 3 (2.65%) NAS
13 2 (1.77%) Intrusion Detection
13 2 (1.77%) MPLS
13 2 (1.77%) OSPF
13 2 (1.77%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.42%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.88%) JIRA
General
1 14 (12.39%) Social Skills
2 7 (6.19%) Finance
3 6 (5.31%) Law
4 5 (4.42%) Japanese Language
4 5 (4.42%) Public Sector
5 4 (3.54%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.77%) Electronics
6 2 (1.77%) Legal
6 2 (1.77%) Welsh Language
7 1 (0.88%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.88%) Military
7 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.08%) Data Centre
2 7 (6.19%) Public Cloud
3 5 (4.42%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.54%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (3.54%) Fat Client
4 4 (3.54%) iPad
4 4 (3.54%) Thin Client
5 3 (2.65%) Clustering
6 2 (1.77%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (1.77%) Replication
7 1 (0.88%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.88%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.88%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 69 (61.06%) Windows
2 44 (38.94%) Windows Server
3 30 (26.55%) Windows Server 2016
4 26 (23.01%) Linux
5 14 (12.39%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (8.85%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (6.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (5.31%) Windows 10
9 2 (1.77%) Unix
9 2 (1.77%) Windows 7
9 2 (1.77%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.88%) Android
10 1 (0.88%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.88%) CentOS
10 1 (0.88%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 20 (17.70%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (16.81%) ITIL
4 13 (11.50%) Disaster Recovery
4 13 (11.50%) Project Management
5 11 (9.73%) Migration
6 10 (8.85%) Customer Service
7 9 (7.96%) Containerisation
8 8 (7.08%) Service Delivery
9 7 (6.19%) Preventative Maintenance
10 6 (5.31%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (5.31%) High Availability
10 6 (5.31%) Information Security
11 5 (4.42%) Capacity Management
11 5 (4.42%) Incident Management
12 4 (3.54%) Innovative Thinking
12 4 (3.54%) Project Delivery
12 4 (3.54%) Service Design
12 4 (3.54%) Storage Management
12 4 (3.54%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 30 (26.55%) PowerShell
2 6 (5.31%) Python
3 3 (2.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (11.50%) Degree
2 5 (4.42%) Azure Certification
3 4 (3.54%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.77%) CCNP
4 2 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.77%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (0.88%) CCNA
5 1 (0.88%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (0.88%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.88%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.88%) HNC
5 1 (0.88%) HND
5 1 (0.88%) MCP
5 1 (0.88%) MCSE
5 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 64 (56.64%) Active Directory
2 37 (32.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (20.35%) Hyper-V
4 8 (7.08%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (6.19%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (5.31%) vSphere
7 5 (4.42%) VMware Server
8 3 (2.65%) Docker
9 2 (1.77%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (15.93%) SCCM
2 10 (8.85%) WSUS
3 9 (7.96%) Ansible
4 6 (5.31%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 6 (5.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (5.31%) SCOM
5 4 (3.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (2.65%) HAProxy
7 2 (1.77%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (1.77%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.88%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 52 (46.02%) Microsoft
1 52 (46.02%) VMware
2 25 (22.12%) Cisco
3 10 (8.85%) Meraki
4 8 (7.08%) Citrix
5 7 (6.19%) Nasuni
5 7 (6.19%) Oracle
5 7 (6.19%) Rapid7
5 7 (6.19%) Veeam
6 6 (5.31%) Red Hat
7 5 (4.42%) NetApp
8 4 (3.54%) Aruba
8 4 (3.54%) Commvault
8 4 (3.54%) Extreme Networks
8 4 (3.54%) Fortinet
8 4 (3.54%) Google
9 2 (1.77%) Okta
9 2 (1.77%) Remedy
9 2 (1.77%) Zerto
10 1 (0.88%) HP