Wi-Fi Jobs with Work from Home Options

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Wi-Fi skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Wi-Fi over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 250 438 442
Rank change year-on-year +188 +4 -101
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 422 240 478
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.25% 0.58% 0.70%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.08% 5.19% 6.31%
Number of salaries quoted 355 211 378
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,000 £29,700
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £78,575
UK median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% -3.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

Wi-Fi is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,220 4,626 7,578
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.44% 11.18% 11.02%
Number of salaries quoted 3,366 3,453 4,949
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,316 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Wi-Fi
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Wi-Fi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Wi-Fi trend for jobs with a WFH option

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Wi-Fi.

Wi-Fi salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Wi-Fi over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Wi-Fi salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Wi-Fi
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 57 (13.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (12.32%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.42%) Exchange Server 2000
4 5 (1.18%) Confluence
5 4 (0.95%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 3 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 47 (11.14%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.95%) Trello
4 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.47%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.24%) 1Password
6 1 (0.24%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.71%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.47%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 170 (40.28%) Azure
2 154 (36.49%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (12.09%) Entra ID
4 47 (11.14%) AWS
5 22 (5.21%) SaaS
6 18 (4.27%) IaaS
7 13 (3.08%) PaaS
8 11 (2.61%) GCP
8 11 (2.61%) WhatsApp
9 10 (2.37%) OneDrive
10 9 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (1.90%) Slack
12 7 (1.66%) Nutanix
13 6 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
14 5 (1.18%) GitHub
14 5 (1.18%) Google Workspace
14 5 (1.18%) Mimecast
15 4 (0.95%) AWS IoT
15 4 (0.95%) Power Platform
16 3 (0.71%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 185 (43.84%) Firewall
1 185 (43.84%) LAN
2 183 (43.36%) WAN
3 91 (21.56%) SD-WAN
3 91 (21.56%) VPN
4 90 (21.33%) Wireless
5 88 (20.85%) DNS
6 80 (18.96%) DHCP
7 48 (11.37%) TCP/IP
8 47 (11.14%) Network Security
9 45 (10.66%) VLAN
10 42 (9.95%) MPLS
11 38 (9.00%) VoIP
12 34 (8.06%) Internet
13 24 (5.69%) Ethernet
13 24 (5.69%) RS-232
14 23 (5.45%) Cisco ISE
15 20 (4.74%) Remote Desktop
16 16 (3.79%) Bluetooth
17 15 (3.55%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.90%) MySQL
2 7 (1.66%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.42%) Tableau
4 5 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.47%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 18 (4.27%) JIRA
2 5 (1.18%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.71%) Git
4 2 (0.47%) Subversion
5 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
General
1 141 (33.41%) Social Skills
2 66 (15.64%) Finance
3 36 (8.53%) Retail
4 26 (6.16%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (6.16%) Manufacturing
4 26 (6.16%) Public Sector
5 24 (5.69%) Telecoms
6 22 (5.21%) Electronics
7 16 (3.79%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (3.79%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (3.08%) Marketing
9 12 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.37%) Japanese Language
11 9 (2.13%) Games
11 9 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.42%) French Language
12 6 (1.42%) Portuguese Language
12 6 (1.42%) Spanish Language
12 6 (1.42%) Swedish Language
12 6 (1.42%) Turkish Language
Job Titles
1 75 (17.77%) Network Engineer
2 65 (15.40%) IT Engineer
3 53 (12.56%) IT Support
4 50 (11.85%) Analyst
5 48 (11.37%) Senior
6 40 (9.48%) Project Manager
7 39 (9.24%) Support Engineer
8 37 (8.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 31 (7.35%) Embedded Engineer
10 30 (7.11%) IT Manager
11 28 (6.64%) IT Support Engineer
12 27 (6.40%) Software Engineer
13 26 (6.16%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 21 (4.98%) Help Desk Analyst
14 21 (4.98%) Presales Engineer
15 20 (4.74%) Infrastructure Manager
16 19 (4.50%) Network Manager
16 19 (4.50%) WAN Engineer
17 17 (4.03%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 17 (4.03%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.32%) Yocto
2 8 (1.90%) Laravel
3 7 (1.66%) Vue
4 6 (1.42%) CSS
4 6 (1.42%) HTML
4 6 (1.42%) React Native
5 4 (0.95%) Flask
6 2 (0.47%) Node.js
7 1 (0.24%) Flutter
7 1 (0.24%) JSON
7 1 (0.24%) LDAP
7 1 (0.24%) Middleware
7 1 (0.24%) NETCONF
7 1 (0.24%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.24%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 50 (11.85%) Data Centre
2 40 (9.48%) Driving Licence
3 36 (8.53%) Public Cloud
4 29 (6.87%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (4.50%) IoT
6 14 (3.32%) Device Driver
7 13 (3.08%) Social Media
8 12 (2.84%) PKI
9 11 (2.61%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.42%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.42%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.18%) ARM Cortex
11 5 (1.18%) CCTV
11 5 (1.18%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.18%) Smart Home
12 4 (0.95%) Cloud Native
12 4 (0.95%) Fat Client
12 4 (0.95%) Replication
12 4 (0.95%) Thin Client
13 3 (0.71%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 134 (31.75%) Windows
2 68 (16.11%) Windows Server
3 50 (11.85%) Windows 10
4 43 (10.19%) Linux
5 29 (6.87%) Windows Server 2016
6 28 (6.64%) Android
7 27 (6.40%) Mac OS
8 24 (5.69%) Apple iOS
9 22 (5.21%) Windows Server 2019
10 16 (3.79%) Embedded Linux
10 16 (3.79%) Windows Server 2012
11 14 (3.32%) Windows 7
12 11 (2.61%) Windows 8
13 7 (1.66%) Ubuntu
14 5 (1.18%) FreeRTOS
14 5 (1.18%) ThreadX
15 4 (0.95%) Windows Server 2008
16 3 (0.71%) Mac OS X
16 3 (0.71%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (18.01%) Customer Service
2 65 (15.40%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (14.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 58 (13.74%) Cybersecurity
5 54 (12.80%) Agile
5 54 (12.80%) ITIL
6 53 (12.56%) Project Management
7 39 (9.24%) Service Delivery
8 36 (8.53%) Mentoring
8 36 (8.53%) Project Delivery
9 34 (8.06%) ERP
10 33 (7.82%) Software Engineering
11 32 (7.58%) Migration
11 32 (7.58%) PRINCE2
12 31 (7.35%) Presales
13 29 (6.87%) Asset Management
14 27 (6.40%) Disaster Recovery
15 24 (5.69%) Continuous Improvement
16 22 (5.21%) Computer Science
17 21 (4.98%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (7.58%) C
2 23 (5.45%) Embedded C
3 13 (3.08%) PowerShell
4 8 (1.90%) Bash
4 8 (1.90%) PHP
4 8 (1.90%) Python
5 7 (1.66%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.42%) SQL
7 5 (1.18%) C++
8 4 (0.95%) Embedded C++
9 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.24%) VBA
Qualifications
1 71 (16.82%) Degree
2 55 (13.03%) Cisco Certification
3 36 (8.53%) CCNP
4 32 (7.58%) CCNA
5 16 (3.79%) APMP
6 15 (3.55%) Security Cleared
7 14 (3.32%) CISSP
8 13 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (2.37%) CCIE
9 10 (2.37%) SC Cleared
10 8 (1.90%) AWS Certification
10 8 (1.90%) CCSA
10 8 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.66%) RIBA
12 6 (1.42%) CCDP
12 6 (1.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 6 (1.42%) JNCIP
13 5 (1.18%) DBS Check
13 5 (1.18%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.95%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (4.03%) SLA
3 15 (3.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (3.55%) PCI DSS
4 8 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 8 (1.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (1.18%) GDPR
5 5 (1.18%) MISRA
6 3 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.71%) NIST
7 2 (0.47%) PMO
8 1 (0.24%) GRC
8 1 (0.24%) NCSC
8 1 (0.24%) QA
System Software
1 113 (26.78%) Active Directory
2 41 (9.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (7.58%) Hyper-V
4 18 (4.27%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (2.84%) Firmware
6 4 (0.95%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.71%) Docker
7 3 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.47%) vSphere
9 1 (0.24%) NFS
Systems Management
1 37 (8.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (7.82%) WSUS
3 9 (2.13%) SCCM
4 6 (1.42%) Ansible
5 5 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (1.18%) Terraform
6 4 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.95%) Autotask
6 4 (0.95%) PaperCut
6 4 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.71%) HAProxy
7 3 (0.71%) Nagios
7 3 (0.71%) OfficeScan
8 2 (0.47%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.24%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.24%) Nmap
9 1 (0.24%) OpenNMS
9 1 (0.24%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 164 (38.86%) Microsoft
2 159 (37.68%) Cisco
3 77 (18.25%) Meraki
4 55 (13.03%) VMware
5 50 (11.85%) Fortinet
6 40 (9.48%) Aruba
7 29 (6.87%) Palo Alto
8 21 (4.98%) Juniper
9 20 (4.74%) HP
9 20 (4.74%) Ruckus Wireless
10 16 (3.79%) Apple
11 15 (3.55%) Dell
12 13 (3.08%) CheckPoint
12 13 (3.08%) Ubiquiti
13 11 (2.61%) SolarWinds
14 9 (2.13%) BT
14 9 (2.13%) Draytek
15 7 (1.66%) Datto
15 7 (1.66%) IBM
15 7 (1.66%) Nokia