Wi-Fi Jobs with Work from Home Options

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Wi-Fi skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Wi-Fi over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 256 379 468
Rank change year-on-year +123 +89 -121
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 330 213 554
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.18% 0.65% 0.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.88% 5.49% 5.89%
Number of salaries quoted 264 187 411
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -15.84% -8.18%
75th Percentile £61,250 £53,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £64,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -13.98% -2.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

Wi-Fi 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 4,190 3,882 9,409
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.00% 11.83% 11.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,346 3,097 5,593
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £56,456
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +1.85% +2.65%
75th Percentile £67,968 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +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 26 July 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 49 (14.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (13.03%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.21%) Confluence
3 4 (1.21%) Exchange Server 2000
4 1 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.30%) IIS
Applications
1 36 (10.91%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.52%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.61%) Trello
4 1 (0.30%) 1Password
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.30%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 142 (43.03%) Azure
2 135 (40.91%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (13.94%) Entra ID
4 34 (10.30%) AWS
5 18 (5.45%) SaaS
6 14 (4.24%) IaaS
6 14 (4.24%) PaaS
7 8 (2.42%) GCP
7 8 (2.42%) Mimecast
7 8 (2.42%) Nutanix
8 6 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (1.82%) OneDrive
8 6 (1.82%) WhatsApp
9 5 (1.52%) Slack
10 4 (1.21%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.91%) Asana
11 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.61%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (0.61%) AWS IoT
12 2 (0.61%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 163 (49.39%) Firewall
2 161 (48.79%) WAN
3 152 (46.06%) LAN
4 89 (26.97%) VPN
5 83 (25.15%) SD-WAN
6 69 (20.91%) DNS
7 63 (19.09%) DHCP
8 56 (16.97%) Wireless
9 49 (14.85%) Network Security
10 45 (13.64%) VLAN
11 32 (9.70%) Internet
11 32 (9.70%) MPLS
12 27 (8.18%) TCP/IP
13 22 (6.67%) VoIP
14 19 (5.76%) Remote Desktop
15 18 (5.45%) Cisco ISE
16 13 (3.94%) IPsec
17 12 (3.64%) IPv4
17 12 (3.64%) IPv6
18 11 (3.33%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.42%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.12%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (2.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (1.82%) MySQL
4 4 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.61%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.30%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (1.52%) JIRA
2 3 (0.91%) Axure RP
3 2 (0.61%) Git
4 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.30%) Subversion
General
1 89 (26.97%) Social Skills
2 36 (10.91%) Finance
3 30 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (6.06%) Telecoms
5 18 (5.45%) Retail
6 15 (4.55%) Manufacturing
7 13 (3.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (3.64%) Public Sector
9 9 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.42%) Japanese Language
10 8 (2.42%) Marketing
11 7 (2.12%) Games
12 6 (1.82%) Electronics
12 6 (1.82%) Law
13 3 (0.91%) Advertising
13 3 (0.91%) Legal
13 3 (0.91%) Portuguese Language
13 3 (0.91%) Spanish Language
13 3 (0.91%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 70 (21.21%) Network Engineer
2 53 (16.06%) IT Engineer
3 49 (14.85%) IT Support
4 37 (11.21%) Senior
5 33 (10.00%) Analyst
6 31 (9.39%) Project Manager
6 31 (9.39%) Support Engineer
7 26 (7.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 22 (6.67%) Lead
9 21 (6.36%) IT Support Engineer
9 21 (6.36%) Network Manager
10 20 (6.06%) IT Manager
11 19 (5.76%) Infrastructure Manager
12 17 (5.15%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 16 (4.85%) Senior Network Engineer
14 14 (4.24%) 3rd Line Support
14 14 (4.24%) Embedded Engineer
15 13 (3.94%) IT Analyst
15 13 (3.94%) Presales Engineer
15 13 (3.94%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.42%) Laravel
1 8 (2.42%) Yocto
2 6 (1.82%) CSS
2 6 (1.82%) HTML
2 6 (1.82%) React Native
2 6 (1.82%) Vue
3 2 (0.61%) Flask
3 2 (0.61%) Node.js
4 1 (0.30%) JSON
4 1 (0.30%) Middleware
4 1 (0.30%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 47 (14.24%) Data Centre
2 31 (9.39%) Public Cloud
3 27 (8.18%) Driving Licence
4 13 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (3.64%) Management Information System
5 12 (3.64%) PKI
6 11 (3.33%) Social Media
7 8 (2.42%) Device Driver
7 8 (2.42%) IoT
7 8 (2.42%) Replication
8 7 (2.12%) Client/Server
8 7 (2.12%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.21%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.91%) CMDB
10 3 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.91%) Fibre Optics
10 3 (0.91%) Handset
10 3 (0.91%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.61%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 110 (33.33%) Windows
2 55 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 53 (16.06%) Windows 10
4 31 (9.39%) Windows Server 2019
5 29 (8.79%) Android
6 28 (8.48%) Windows Server 2016
7 26 (7.88%) Apple iOS
8 21 (6.36%) Linux
9 19 (5.76%) Windows 7
9 19 (5.76%) Windows Server 2012
10 16 (4.85%) Mac OS
11 11 (3.33%) Windows 8
12 9 (2.73%) Embedded Linux
13 4 (1.21%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.91%) Unix
15 2 (0.61%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.61%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (15.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 49 (14.85%) Cybersecurity
3 47 (14.24%) Customer Service
4 45 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (13.33%) Project Management
6 39 (11.82%) ITIL
7 37 (11.21%) Agile
8 30 (9.09%) PRINCE2
9 27 (8.18%) Project Delivery
9 27 (8.18%) Service Delivery
10 26 (7.88%) Mentoring
11 23 (6.97%) Computer Science
12 22 (6.67%) Asset Management
13 21 (6.36%) Migration
14 19 (5.76%) Presales
15 17 (5.15%) Preventative Maintenance
15 17 (5.15%) Software Engineering
16 16 (4.85%) Continuous Improvement
16 16 (4.85%) ERP
17 15 (4.55%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.24%) C
2 12 (3.64%) Embedded C
3 9 (2.73%) SQL
4 8 (2.42%) PHP
5 7 (2.12%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.52%) C++
6 5 (1.52%) Python
7 4 (1.21%) Embedded C++
7 4 (1.21%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.30%) Bash
8 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 54 (16.36%) Degree
2 53 (16.06%) Cisco Certification
3 33 (10.00%) CCNP
4 32 (9.70%) CCNA
5 21 (6.36%) Security Cleared
6 16 (4.85%) APMP
6 16 (4.85%) SC Cleared
7 15 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (4.24%) CISSP
9 13 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (3.03%) CCIE
10 10 (3.03%) MCSE
11 8 (2.42%) DBS Check
11 8 (2.42%) RIBA
12 5 (1.52%) CHECK Team Leader
12 5 (1.52%) CREST Certified
12 5 (1.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 4 (1.21%) AWS Certification
13 4 (1.21%) Cyber Scheme
13 4 (1.21%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.45%) Cyber Essentials
2 17 (5.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (4.55%) PCI DSS
4 12 (3.64%) SLA
5 5 (1.52%) GDPR
6 4 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 4 (1.21%) NCSC
6 4 (1.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.30%) GRC
8 1 (0.30%) NIST
8 1 (0.30%) QA
System Software
1 95 (28.79%) Active Directory
2 38 (11.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (10.61%) Hyper-V
4 17 (5.15%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (2.42%) Firmware
6 4 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.91%) vSphere
8 2 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.30%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 32 (9.70%) WSUS
2 24 (7.27%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (3.94%) SCCM
4 7 (2.12%) PaperCut
5 4 (1.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (1.21%) Autotask
5 4 (1.21%) Terraform
6 3 (0.91%) Nagios
6 3 (0.91%) OfficeScan
7 2 (0.61%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.30%) Ansible
8 1 (0.30%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.30%) Nmap
8 1 (0.30%) OpenNMS
8 1 (0.30%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 139 (42.12%) Cisco
2 131 (39.70%) Microsoft
3 61 (18.48%) Meraki
4 46 (13.94%) Fortinet
5 45 (13.64%) VMware
6 25 (7.58%) Aruba
6 25 (7.58%) Palo Alto
7 21 (6.36%) Ruckus Wireless
8 17 (5.15%) HP
9 15 (4.55%) SolarWinds
10 12 (3.64%) Juniper
10 12 (3.64%) Ubiquiti
11 10 (3.03%) BT
11 10 (3.03%) CheckPoint
12 9 (2.73%) Dell
13 8 (2.42%) Apple
13 8 (2.42%) Draytek
13 8 (2.42%) Nasuni
13 8 (2.42%) Rapid7
13 8 (2.42%) Veeam