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 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 225 313 451
Rank change year-on-year +88 +138 -91
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 465 413 495
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.38% 1.02% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.43% 1.06% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 413 358 453
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £29,000 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% +4.90%
75th Percentile £45,000 £50,563 £50,000
90th Percentile £56,250 £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 32,489 38,930 69,374
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.09% 95.94% 97.35%
Number of salaries quoted 24,845 27,706 42,291
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +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 20 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 20 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.

1 274 (58.92%) Windows
2 263 (56.56%) Microsoft
3 261 (56.13%) Azure
4 252 (54.19%) Microsoft 365
5 222 (47.74%) Active Directory
6 161 (34.62%) Social Skills
7 158 (33.98%) Windows Server
8 144 (30.97%) Firewall
9 128 (27.53%) VMware
10 116 (24.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 114 (24.52%) Hyper-V
12 96 (20.65%) ITIL
13 95 (20.43%) Microsoft Exchange
14 87 (18.71%) VMware Infrastructure
15 83 (17.85%) Problem-Solving
16 79 (16.99%) Entra ID
17 75 (16.13%) Cisco
18 74 (15.91%) Microsoft Intune
19 68 (14.62%) Wi-Fi
20 67 (14.41%) Customer Service
21 64 (13.76%) Driving Licence
22 63 (13.55%) PowerShell
22 63 (13.55%) Degree
23 62 (13.33%) SAN
23 62 (13.33%) Windows 10
24 59 (12.69%) DNS
25 52 (11.18%) DHCP
25 52 (11.18%) SharePoint
25 52 (11.18%) Windows Server 2016
26 51 (10.97%) 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 95 (20.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (11.18%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.37%) IIS
4 6 (1.29%) Exchange Server 2000
4 6 (1.29%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.65%) SAS
6 2 (0.43%) Apache
6 2 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.43%) WordPress
7 1 (0.22%) CMS
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 51 (10.97%) 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
Cloud Services
1 261 (56.13%) Azure
2 252 (54.19%) Microsoft 365
3 79 (16.99%) Entra ID
4 37 (7.96%) AWS
5 12 (2.58%) Mimecast
6 7 (1.51%) Amazon EC2
6 7 (1.51%) IaaS
6 7 (1.51%) Nutanix
7 6 (1.29%) SaaS
8 5 (1.08%) Azure Storage
8 5 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (1.08%) Google Workspace
8 5 (1.08%) OneDrive
8 5 (1.08%) PaaS
9 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (0.86%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.86%) WhatsApp
10 3 (0.65%) Dropbox
10 3 (0.65%) Rubrik
11 2 (0.43%) ClickUp
Communications & Networking
1 144 (30.97%) Firewall
2 68 (14.62%) Wi-Fi
3 62 (13.33%) SAN
4 59 (12.69%) DNS
5 52 (11.18%) DHCP
6 43 (9.25%) WAN
7 37 (7.96%) LAN
7 37 (7.96%) TCP/IP
8 35 (7.53%) VLAN
9 33 (7.10%) VPN
10 27 (5.81%) Network Security
10 27 (5.81%) Wireless
11 25 (5.38%) Internet
12 20 (4.30%) NAS
13 19 (4.09%) Remote Desktop
14 15 (3.23%) SD-WAN
15 14 (3.01%) VoIP
16 13 (2.80%) Unified Communications
17 11 (2.37%) Cisco Nexus
18 10 (2.15%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (10.11%) SQL Server
2 24 (5.16%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (0.86%) DB2
3 4 (0.86%) InfluxDB
4 3 (0.65%) Big Data
4 3 (0.65%) EDRMS
4 3 (0.65%) Power BI
5 2 (0.43%) MySQL
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (0.43%) JIRA
2 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
General
1 161 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 33 (7.10%) Finance
3 29 (6.24%) Organisational Skills
4 25 (5.38%) Law
5 21 (4.52%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (4.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (3.66%) Legal
8 13 (2.80%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.58%) Games
10 9 (1.94%) Public Sector
11 8 (1.72%) Banking
12 6 (1.29%) Marketing
13 5 (1.08%) Japanese Language
13 5 (1.08%) Retail
14 4 (0.86%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.86%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (0.43%) Military
16 2 (0.43%) Publishing
16 2 (0.43%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.43%) .NET
1 2 (0.43%) CSS
1 2 (0.43%) HTML
1 2 (0.43%) Software Packaging
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%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 64 (13.76%) Driving Licence
2 26 (5.59%) Self-Motivation
3 25 (5.38%) Enterprise Storage
4 17 (3.66%) iPad
5 13 (2.80%) Data Centre
5 13 (2.80%) Replication
5 13 (2.80%) Social Media
6 12 (2.58%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.15%) Cyberattack
8 9 (1.94%) Public Cloud
9 8 (1.72%) iPhone
9 8 (1.72%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.29%) Apple TV
10 6 (1.29%) Clustering
10 6 (1.29%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (0.86%) CCTV
11 4 (0.86%) Cybercrime
11 4 (0.86%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (0.86%) Fat Client
11 4 (0.86%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 274 (58.92%) Windows
2 158 (33.98%) Windows Server
3 62 (13.33%) Windows 10
4 52 (11.18%) Windows Server 2016
5 48 (10.32%) Linux
6 32 (6.88%) Windows Server 2019
7 28 (6.02%) Android
8 27 (5.81%) Windows Server 2012
9 23 (4.95%) Mac OS
10 19 (4.09%) Apple iOS
11 9 (1.94%) Unix
12 8 (1.72%) Mac OS X
13 7 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 7 (1.51%) Windows Server 2008
14 6 (1.29%) Windows 7
15 2 (0.43%) CentOS
16 1 (0.22%) Debian
16 1 (0.22%) Fedora
16 1 (0.22%) openSUSE
16 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (24.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 96 (20.65%) ITIL
3 83 (17.85%) Problem-Solving
4 67 (14.41%) Customer Service
5 37 (7.96%) Incident Management
6 36 (7.74%) Cybersecurity
7 30 (6.45%) Disaster Recovery
7 30 (6.45%) Migration
8 24 (5.16%) Information Security
9 23 (4.95%) Desktop Virtualisation
10 21 (4.52%) Service Delivery
11 20 (4.30%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 19 (4.09%) Agile
12 19 (4.09%) Security Operations
13 17 (3.66%) Line Management
14 16 (3.44%) Continuous Improvement
14 16 (3.44%) Data Loss Prevention
15 15 (3.23%) Incident Response
15 15 (3.23%) Server Management
15 15 (3.23%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (13.55%) PowerShell
2 19 (4.09%) SQL
3 14 (3.01%) Python
4 4 (0.86%) Bash
5 2 (0.43%) PHP
6 1 (0.22%) Korn
6 1 (0.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 63 (13.55%) Degree
2 45 (9.68%) Microsoft Certification
3 35 (7.53%) Cisco Certification
4 24 (5.16%) Azure Certification
5 23 (4.95%) CCNA
6 15 (3.23%) Network+ Certification
7 14 (3.01%) CCNP
8 13 (2.80%) MCSE
9 12 (2.58%) CISSP
10 10 (2.15%) CCIE
10 10 (2.15%) Security Cleared
11 9 (1.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 8 (1.72%) SC Cleared
13 6 (1.29%) MCP
14 5 (1.08%) A+ Certification
15 4 (0.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 3 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
16 3 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
16 3 (0.65%) MCSA
17 2 (0.43%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (1.94%) SLA
4 7 (1.51%) NIST
5 6 (1.29%) 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
1 222 (47.74%) Active Directory
2 114 (24.52%) Hyper-V
3 87 (18.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (3.66%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (3.66%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (1.72%) vSphere
6 7 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (1.08%) VMware Server
8 4 (0.86%) Docker
9 3 (0.65%) Firmware
9 3 (0.65%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.22%) NFS
11 1 (0.22%) Samba
Systems Management
1 74 (15.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (7.74%) SCCM
3 13 (2.80%) Cisco CUCM
3 13 (2.80%) ServiceCenter
4 10 (2.15%) WSUS
5 9 (1.94%) Ansible
5 9 (1.94%) SCOM
6 6 (1.29%) Grafana
6 6 (1.29%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 4 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.86%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (0.86%) 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%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.43%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.43%) Terraform
10 1 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 263 (56.56%) Microsoft
2 128 (27.53%) VMware
3 75 (16.13%) Cisco
4 36 (7.74%) Meraki
5 35 (7.53%) HP
6 31 (6.67%) Citrix
7 25 (5.38%) Apple
7 25 (5.38%) Palo Alto
8 21 (4.52%) Fortinet
9 20 (4.30%) Aruba
10 18 (3.87%) Veeam
11 13 (2.80%) Dell
12 12 (2.58%) Sophos
13 11 (2.37%) Barracuda Networks
13 11 (2.37%) iManage
14 10 (2.15%) Draytek
14 10 (2.15%) IBM
15 9 (1.94%) Oracle
16 8 (1.72%) ConnectWise
16 8 (1.72%) ESET