Hybrid/Remote MIMO Job Trends

Multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring MIMO skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 407 - 506
Rank change year-on-year - - +299
Permanent jobs citing MIMO 1 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.006% - 0.017%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.058% - 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 4
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £32,350
Median % change year-on-year - - -53.79%
UK median annual salary - - £32,350
% change year-on-year - - -53.79%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

MIMO falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,712 2,407 3,192
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.53% 11.87% 13.72%
Number of salaries quoted 984 1,430 2,658
10th Percentile £25,750 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,594 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £38,000 £52,500 £50,250
% change year-on-year -27.62% +4.48% -4.29%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing MIMO and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

MIMO job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

MIMO
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing MIMO.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing MIMO

MIMO
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 (100.00%) 5G
1 1 (100.00%) NGN
1 1 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes