Hybrid/Remote Wireless Job Trends

Wireless
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Wireless skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 279 231
Rank change year-on-year -9 -48 +35
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 162 147 373
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.74% 0.89% 1.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.84% 7.48% 9.06%
Number of salaries quoted 128 77 293
10th Percentile £37,750 £29,500 £34,400
25th Percentile £46,250 £33,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £96,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% +5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

Wireless 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 2,370 1,965 4,118
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.85% 11.92% 15.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,288 1,202 2,390
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £67,968
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -12.37% -5.96%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Wireless job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Wireless over the 6 months to 26 July 2026.

Wireless salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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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 19 (11.73%) SharePoint
2 15 (9.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (1.85%) Lightworks
1 3 (1.85%) Simulink
2 1 (0.62%) Acrobat
2 1 (0.62%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (4.94%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.23%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (1.23%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 55 (33.95%) Azure
2 37 (22.84%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 7 (4.32%) AWS
5 4 (2.47%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.85%) GCP
6 3 (1.85%) OCI
7 2 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.23%) Datadog
7 2 (1.23%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.23%) IaaS
7 2 (1.23%) PaaS
7 2 (1.23%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.23%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.62%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (0.62%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.62%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 63 (38.89%) Firewall
2 56 (34.57%) LAN
3 43 (26.54%) Network Security
4 42 (25.93%) WAN
5 33 (20.37%) Wi-Fi
6 30 (18.52%) VLAN
7 23 (14.20%) SD-WAN
8 21 (12.96%) Bluetooth
8 21 (12.96%) VPN
9 20 (12.35%) Cisco ISE
9 20 (12.35%) DNS
9 20 (12.35%) WLAN
10 19 (11.73%) Modbus
11 18 (11.11%) DHCP
12 12 (7.41%) BGP
12 12 (7.41%) OSPF
12 12 (7.41%) TCP/IP
13 11 (6.79%) Cisco Wireless
14 10 (6.17%) 5G
14 10 (6.17%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (7.41%) Git
2 3 (1.85%) Burp Suite
2 3 (1.85%) Metasploit
2 3 (1.85%) PetaLinux
3 2 (1.23%) Eclipse
3 2 (1.23%) Subversion
3 2 (1.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 67 (41.36%) Social Skills
2 18 (11.11%) Finance
2 18 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 15 (9.26%) Electronics
4 12 (7.41%) Manufacturing
5 11 (6.79%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (4.32%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (3.70%) Marketing
8 5 (3.09%) Law
8 5 (3.09%) Legal
9 3 (1.85%) Banking
9 3 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.23%) Military
10 2 (1.23%) Retail
11 1 (0.62%) French Language
11 1 (0.62%) Local Government
11 1 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 48 (29.63%) Senior
2 46 (28.40%) Network Engineer
3 25 (15.43%) Embedded Engineer
4 20 (12.35%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 20 (12.35%) Senior Network Engineer
4 20 (12.35%) Software Engineer
5 19 (11.73%) IT Support
6 18 (11.11%) Support Engineer
7 15 (9.26%) IT Engineer
8 14 (8.64%) IT Support Engineer
8 14 (8.64%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 10 (6.17%) Consultant
10 9 (5.56%) Cisco Engineer
10 9 (5.56%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 9 (5.56%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 9 (5.56%) Senior Software Engineer
10 9 (5.56%) Systems Engineer
11 7 (4.32%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 7 (4.32%) Linux Engineer
11 7 (4.32%) Senior Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.94%) Yocto
2 4 (2.47%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.96%) Embedded Systems
2 16 (9.88%) IoT
3 12 (7.41%) Raspberry Pi
4 10 (6.17%) Driving Licence
4 10 (6.17%) Security Posture
5 9 (5.56%) Data Centre
5 9 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (4.32%) Device Driver
7 5 (3.09%) FPGA
8 4 (2.47%) Clustering
9 3 (1.85%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.85%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.85%) Verilog
9 3 (1.85%) VHDL
10 2 (1.23%) ARM Cortex
10 2 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.23%) NB-IoT
10 2 (1.23%) PCIe
10 2 (1.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 31 (19.14%) Windows
2 20 (12.35%) Windows Server
3 16 (9.88%) Linux
4 12 (7.41%) FreeRTOS
5 7 (4.32%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (2.47%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.47%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.85%) Kali Linux
8 2 (1.23%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.62%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (30.25%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (18.52%) Software Engineering
3 22 (13.58%) Project Delivery
4 17 (10.49%) Collaborative Culture
5 16 (9.88%) Technical Leadership
6 15 (9.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 15 (9.26%) ITIL
6 15 (9.26%) Mentoring
7 14 (8.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (7.41%) Customer Service
9 11 (6.79%) Roadmaps
10 10 (6.17%) Coaching
10 10 (6.17%) High Availability
10 10 (6.17%) Migration
10 10 (6.17%) Presales
11 9 (5.56%) CI/CD
11 9 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (5.56%) TDD
11 9 (5.56%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 27 (16.67%) C
2 22 (13.58%) Python
3 21 (12.96%) PowerShell
4 17 (10.49%) C++
5 13 (8.02%) Embedded C
6 5 (3.09%) Rust
7 3 (1.85%) MATLAB
8 2 (1.23%) Bicep
9 1 (0.62%) Bash
9 1 (0.62%) SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (17.28%) CCNP
3 18 (11.11%) Degree
4 16 (9.88%) Azure Certification
5 14 (8.64%) DBS Check
6 13 (8.02%) CCNA
7 9 (5.56%) CCIE
8 6 (3.70%) SC Cleared
8 6 (3.70%) Security Cleared
9 4 (2.47%) CCSA
9 4 (2.47%) CCSE
9 4 (2.47%) JNCIP
9 4 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.85%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.85%) CCIE Security
10 3 (1.85%) CHECK Team Leader
10 3 (1.85%) CHECK Team Member
10 3 (1.85%) CREST Certified
10 3 (1.85%) JNCIE
10 3 (1.85%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.79%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (4.94%) GDPR
3 5 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.47%) JTAG
5 3 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.85%) ECSS
5 3 (1.85%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.85%) SLA
6 2 (1.23%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.23%) QA
7 1 (0.62%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.62%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 33 (20.37%) Active Directory
2 21 (12.96%) Firmware
3 14 (8.64%) Hyper-V
4 11 (6.79%) Embedded Firmware
5 10 (6.17%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (3.70%) vSphere
7 4 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.62%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 25 (15.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (11.11%) FortiGate
3 6 (3.70%) Terraform
4 4 (2.47%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (1.85%) Ansible
5 3 (1.85%) Nmap
6 2 (1.23%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.23%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.62%) WSUS
Vendors
1 63 (38.89%) Cisco
2 46 (28.40%) Microsoft
3 22 (13.58%) Palo Alto
4 19 (11.73%) Aruba
5 17 (10.49%) Meraki
6 15 (9.26%) Fortinet
7 11 (6.79%) Ubiquiti
8 10 (6.17%) Juniper
8 10 (6.17%) VMware
9 7 (4.32%) CheckPoint
10 6 (3.70%) Veeam
11 4 (2.47%) EMC
12 3 (1.85%) F5
12 3 (1.85%) iManage
12 3 (1.85%) Intapp
12 3 (1.85%) Litera
12 3 (1.85%) Sophos
12 3 (1.85%) Xilinx
13 2 (1.23%) Broadcom
13 2 (1.23%) HighQ