Hybrid/Remote Communications Engineer Job Trends

Communications Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Communications Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 374 - 527
Rank change year-on-year - - +164
Permanent jobs requiring a Communications Engineer 5 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.032% - 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% - 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £58,750 - -
25th Percentile £60,625 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - -
75th Percentile £75,625 - -
90th Percentile £78,250 - -
UK median annual salary £46,250 £32,000 £30,500
% change year-on-year +44.53% +4.92% -27.38%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work 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 14,790 15,407 26,327
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.74% 95.96% 95.81%
Number of salaries quoted 9,667 9,231 21,955
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,125 £76,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Communications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Communications Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Communications Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Communications Engineer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Communications Engineer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Communications Engineer job vacancies

Communications Engineer
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Communications Engineer over the 6 months to 2 February 2026.

Communications Engineer salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Communications Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 2 February 2026, Communications Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Communications Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Network Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) C
2 1 (20.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (20.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Signal Processing
2 1 (20.00%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (20.00%) TETRA
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Verification and Validation

Communications Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (20.00%) TETRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Military
1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (20.00%) GNSS
1 1 (20.00%) Verilog
1 1 (20.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Network Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Signal Processing
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
1 1 (20.00%) C++
1 1 (20.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared