Senior IT Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Senior IT Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior IT Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £55,000 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 557 590 849
Rank change year-on-year +33 +259 -281
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Engineer 45 43 52
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.11% 0.069%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.12% 0.071%
Number of salaries quoted 45 40 50
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,001 £35,875
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year - -2.22% +32.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £100,000 £76,875
90th Percentile £79,500 - £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +12.94%

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%

Senior IT Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Senior IT Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior 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 Senior IT Engineer.

Senior IT Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior IT Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Senior IT Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

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

1 33 (73.33%) Windows
2 30 (66.67%) Azure
3 28 (62.22%) Active Directory
4 22 (48.89%) Microsoft
5 20 (44.44%) VMware
6 18 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (37.78%) Windows Server
8 16 (35.56%) Firewall
9 14 (31.11%) Cybersecurity
9 14 (31.11%) VMware Infrastructure
10 13 (28.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 12 (26.67%) DNS
12 11 (24.44%) Hyper-V
12 11 (24.44%) Security Operations
12 11 (24.44%) Incident Response
13 10 (22.22%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 10 (22.22%) Cyberattack
13 10 (22.22%) Degree
13 10 (22.22%) Entra ID
13 10 (22.22%) DHCP
14 8 (17.78%) PowerShell
14 8 (17.78%) Driving Licence
15 7 (15.56%) CrowdStrike
15 7 (15.56%) Microsoft Intune
15 7 (15.56%) VMware ESXi
15 7 (15.56%) Linux
16 6 (13.33%) LAN
16 6 (13.33%) AWS
16 6 (13.33%) Offensive Security
16 6 (13.33%) Social Skills

Senior 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 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.44%) WordPress
3 1 (2.22%) Apache
3 1 (2.22%) nginx
3 1 (2.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 30 (66.67%) Azure
2 18 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (22.22%) Entra ID
4 6 (13.33%) AWS
5 3 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.22%) Akamai
6 1 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (2.22%) Dropbox
6 1 (2.22%) GitHub
6 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.22%) Mimecast
6 1 (2.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 16 (35.56%) Firewall
2 12 (26.67%) DNS
3 10 (22.22%) DHCP
4 6 (13.33%) LAN
5 5 (11.11%) SAN
5 5 (11.11%) TCP/IP
6 4 (8.89%) Internet
6 4 (8.89%) NAS
6 4 (8.89%) VoIP
6 4 (8.89%) VPN
6 4 (8.89%) WLAN
7 3 (6.67%) HTTP
7 3 (6.67%) Network Security
7 3 (6.67%) WAN
8 2 (4.44%) DKIM
8 2 (4.44%) DMARC
8 2 (4.44%) PBX
8 2 (4.44%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (4.44%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (2.22%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) Power BI
General
1 6 (13.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 3 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.22%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.22%) Legal
4 1 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.44%) CSS
1 2 (4.44%) HTML
2 1 (2.22%) ARM Templates
2 1 (2.22%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 10 (22.22%) Cyberattack
2 8 (17.78%) Driving Licence
3 4 (8.89%) Public Cloud
4 3 (6.67%) Data Centre
5 2 (4.44%) CCTV
5 2 (4.44%) Handset
5 2 (4.44%) Replication
6 1 (2.22%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (2.22%) Cybercrime
6 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.22%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.22%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 33 (73.33%) Windows
2 17 (37.78%) Windows Server
3 7 (15.56%) Linux
4 3 (6.67%) Windows 10
4 3 (6.67%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (4.44%) Mac OS
5 2 (4.44%) Mac OS X
5 2 (4.44%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (2.22%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.22%) Windows 7
6 1 (2.22%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (31.11%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (28.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 11 (24.44%) Incident Response
3 11 (24.44%) Security Operations
4 10 (22.22%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 6 (13.33%) Offensive Security
5 6 (13.33%) Task Automation
6 5 (11.11%) Customer Service
6 5 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (11.11%) Information Security
6 5 (11.11%) Migration
7 4 (8.89%) High Availability
7 4 (8.89%) ITIL
8 3 (6.67%) Change Management
8 3 (6.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 3 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (6.67%) Storage Management
9 2 (4.44%) Compliance Audit
9 2 (4.44%) Proactive Monitoring
9 2 (4.44%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.78%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.22%) Bash
2 1 (2.22%) Korn
2 1 (2.22%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (22.22%) Degree
2 2 (4.44%) SC Cleared
2 2 (4.44%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (4.44%) GDPR
4 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.22%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (62.22%) Active Directory
2 14 (31.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (24.44%) Hyper-V
4 7 (15.56%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (4.44%) Terminal Services
6 2 (4.44%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (2.22%) Firmware
7 1 (2.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (15.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.22%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 22 (48.89%) Microsoft
2 20 (44.44%) VMware
3 7 (15.56%) CrowdStrike
4 5 (11.11%) Cisco
5 4 (8.89%) Aruba
5 4 (8.89%) Extreme Networks
5 4 (8.89%) Fortinet
6 2 (4.44%) Citrix
6 2 (4.44%) Commvault
6 2 (4.44%) ConnectWise
6 2 (4.44%) Sage
6 2 (4.44%) Veeam
6 2 (4.44%) Zerto
7 1 (2.22%) Apple
7 1 (2.22%) Google
7 1 (2.22%) Meraki
7 1 (2.22%) Okta
7 1 (2.22%) Sparx