Hybrid/Remote Wi-Fi Job Trends

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Wi-Fi skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 272 246
Rank change year-on-year +17 -26 +136
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 198 159 412
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.93% 0.97% 1.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.38% 8.11% 8.58%
Number of salaries quoted 157 131 336
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £44,700 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.26% -5.89% +11.76%
75th Percentile £57,000 £58,750 £60,313
90th Percentile £70,000 £86,250 £68,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £41,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year -4.19% -1.76% +6.25%

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 2,364 1,961 4,802
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.09% 11.91% 14.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,286 1,198 3,016
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,457 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.65% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -7.50%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Wi-Fi job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Wi-Fi.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Wi-Fi over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Wi-Fi salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Wi-Fi
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:

Application Platforms
1 53 (26.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (23.74%) SharePoint
3 9 (4.55%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (4.55%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (4.55%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 20 (10.10%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 103 (52.02%) Azure
2 98 (49.49%) Microsoft 365
3 69 (34.85%) Entra ID
4 45 (22.73%) AWS
5 19 (9.60%) SaaS
6 17 (8.59%) OneDrive
7 15 (7.58%) OCI
8 11 (5.56%) AWS Direct Connect
9 10 (5.05%) Google Workspace
10 9 (4.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 8 (4.04%) Power Platform
12 6 (3.03%) Mimecast
13 3 (1.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 3 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (1.52%) n8n
13 3 (1.52%) Power Automate
14 2 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
14 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (1.01%) Slack
14 2 (1.01%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 89 (44.95%) Firewall
2 64 (32.32%) DHCP
2 64 (32.32%) DNS
3 60 (30.30%) LAN
3 60 (30.30%) VPN
4 58 (29.29%) WAN
5 30 (15.15%) Wireless
6 29 (14.65%) Network Security
7 26 (13.13%) SD-WAN
7 26 (13.13%) VXLAN
8 23 (11.62%) TCP/IP
9 21 (10.61%) VoIP
10 20 (10.10%) WLAN
11 17 (8.59%) VLAN
12 15 (7.58%) Cisco ISE
12 15 (7.58%) NGFW
12 15 (7.58%) Wireshark
13 14 (7.07%) BGP
13 14 (7.07%) Cisco Nexus
13 14 (7.07%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.53%) Relational Database
2 4 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.52%) Power BI
4 2 (1.01%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.51%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 10 (5.05%) Git
2 7 (3.54%) JIRA
3 4 (2.02%) Eclipse
3 4 (2.02%) Subversion
4 2 (1.01%) Visual Studio
General
1 65 (32.83%) Social Skills
2 28 (14.14%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (11.62%) Public Sector
4 20 (10.10%) Telecoms
5 11 (5.56%) Finance
5 11 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.53%) Marketing
8 5 (2.53%) Retail
9 4 (2.02%) Advertising
10 3 (1.52%) Law
10 3 (1.52%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.01%) Billing
11 2 (1.01%) Electronics
12 1 (0.51%) Games
12 1 (0.51%) Legal
12 1 (0.51%) Police
12 1 (0.51%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 65 (32.83%) IT Engineer
2 62 (31.31%) IT Support
3 60 (30.30%) Support Engineer
4 54 (27.27%) IT Support Engineer
5 46 (23.23%) Senior
6 30 (15.15%) Analyst
7 27 (13.64%) Network Engineer
8 20 (10.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 17 (8.59%) Network Manager
9 17 (8.59%) Operations Manager
10 16 (8.08%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 16 (8.08%) 2nd Line Support
10 16 (8.08%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 15 (7.58%) Network Operations Manager
11 15 (7.58%) Senior Network Engineer
12 14 (7.07%) Network Analyst
13 13 (6.57%) Embedded Engineer
13 13 (6.57%) IT Analyst
14 12 (6.06%) Senior Analyst
14 12 (6.06%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.02%) Yocto
2 3 (1.52%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.52%) ARM Templates
2 3 (1.52%) Web Services
3 1 (0.51%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 31 (15.66%) Data Centre
2 28 (14.14%) Driving Licence
3 16 (8.08%) Onboarding
4 15 (7.58%) PKI
4 15 (7.58%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (6.57%) Raspberry Pi
6 8 (4.04%) CCTV
6 8 (4.04%) Embedded Systems
7 6 (3.03%) Device Driver
7 6 (3.03%) Management Information System
7 6 (3.03%) Social Media
8 5 (2.53%) Clustering
8 5 (2.53%) IoT
8 5 (2.53%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.52%) Digital Signage
9 3 (1.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (1.01%) ARM Cortex
10 2 (1.01%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.01%) iPad
10 2 (1.01%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 70 (35.35%) Windows
2 38 (19.19%) Windows Server
3 23 (11.62%) Windows 10
4 22 (11.11%) Mac OS
4 22 (11.11%) Windows Server 2016
5 17 (8.59%) Windows Server 2012
6 13 (6.57%) Windows Server 2019
7 10 (5.05%) Linux
7 10 (5.05%) Windows Server 2008
8 7 (3.54%) Apple iOS
9 6 (3.03%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (2.02%) Android
11 1 (0.51%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.51%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (49.49%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (16.16%) Continuous Improvement
3 31 (15.66%) ITIL
4 30 (15.15%) Cybersecurity
5 29 (14.65%) ITSM
6 27 (13.64%) Mentoring
7 26 (13.13%) Customer Service
8 25 (12.63%) Coaching
8 25 (12.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 18 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
10 17 (8.59%) Creative Thinking
10 17 (8.59%) Disaster Recovery
10 17 (8.59%) Project Delivery
10 17 (8.59%) Software Engineering
11 16 (8.08%) Load Balancing
12 15 (7.58%) Network Monitoring
12 15 (7.58%) Stakeholder Management
13 14 (7.07%) Incident Management
13 14 (7.07%) Incident Response
14 12 (6.06%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 27 (13.64%) Python
2 23 (11.62%) PowerShell
3 15 (7.58%) C
4 13 (6.57%) Embedded C
5 10 (5.05%) SQL
6 4 (2.02%) C++
6 4 (2.02%) Delphi
6 4 (2.02%) Pascal
6 4 (2.02%) PHP
7 3 (1.52%) Bicep
8 2 (1.01%) Bash
8 2 (1.01%) Google Apps Script
8 2 (1.01%) Rust
9 1 (0.51%) C#
9 1 (0.51%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.51%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 18 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (6.57%) CCNA
4 12 (6.06%) CCNP
5 11 (5.56%) SC Cleared
5 11 (5.56%) Security Cleared
6 10 (5.05%) Azure Certification
6 10 (5.05%) Degree
7 7 (3.54%) DBS Check
8 6 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (2.02%) A+ Certification
10 3 (1.52%) CCIE
10 3 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.52%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (1.01%) CCSA
11 2 (1.01%) CCSE
11 2 (1.01%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (1.01%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.01%) PMI Certification
11 2 (1.01%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (10.61%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (5.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 10 (5.05%) SLA
3 8 (4.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.52%) QA
5 2 (1.01%) GDPR
5 2 (1.01%) JTAG
6 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.51%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 76 (38.38%) Active Directory
2 28 (14.14%) Hyper-V
3 12 (6.06%) Firmware
4 6 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.52%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.52%) Terminal Services
6 2 (1.01%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 45 (22.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (9.09%) Terraform
3 15 (7.58%) Ansible
4 9 (4.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 7 (3.54%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (3.03%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 5 (2.53%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (2.02%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.52%) Autotask
10 1 (0.51%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.51%) SCCM
Vendors
1 101 (51.01%) Microsoft
2 49 (24.75%) Cisco
3 34 (17.17%) Aruba
4 23 (11.62%) Meraki
5 21 (10.61%) Palo Alto
6 15 (7.58%) Arista
6 15 (7.58%) NetScout
7 14 (7.07%) SolarWinds
8 13 (6.57%) Fortinet
9 12 (6.06%) CheckPoint
9 12 (6.06%) Qualys
9 12 (6.06%) ServiceNow
10 11 (5.56%) Dynatrace
10 11 (5.56%) VMware
11 10 (5.05%) Dell
11 10 (5.05%) HP
11 10 (5.05%) Veeam
12 9 (4.55%) Google
13 8 (4.04%) Apple
14 7 (3.54%) Ubiquiti