Hybrid/Remote Wideband Job Trends

Wideband
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Wideband skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 459 - 483
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Wideband 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.004% - 0.005%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.045% - 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
75th Percentile £72,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £51,750 -
% change year-on-year +35.27% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

Wideband 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 2,202 1,743 3,184
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.88% 10.38% 14.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,343 988 1,505
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,613 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £39,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +28.21% -25.71% +1.94%

Wideband
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Wideband job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Wideband
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Wideband
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Radio Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Radio Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) RF Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) RF Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analogue Electronics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Hazard Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared