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 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 293 203
Rank change year-on-year -21 -90 +89
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 92 131 510
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.49% 0.90% 1.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.48% 6.95% 10.13%
Number of salaries quoted 66 75 439
10th Percentile £37,625 £30,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,899 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £82,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,250 £45,802
% change year-on-year -10.45% +9.71% +1.78%

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 2,055 1,886 5,037
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.86% 12.92% 15.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,012 1,126 3,316
10th Percentile £29,775 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.47%

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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 24 May 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 8 (8.70%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.09%) Acrobat
1 1 (1.09%) AutoCAD
1 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.09%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.26%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 32 (34.78%) Azure
2 11 (11.96%) Entra ID
3 10 (10.87%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (8.70%) AWS
5 5 (5.43%) GCP
6 3 (3.26%) OCI
7 2 (2.17%) AWS Direct Connect
7 2 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (2.17%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (2.17%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.17%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.09%) Datadog
8 1 (1.09%) IaaS
8 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.09%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (39.13%) Firewall
2 32 (34.78%) LAN
3 30 (32.61%) WAN
4 28 (30.43%) SD-WAN
5 23 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
5 23 (25.00%) Network Security
6 16 (17.39%) Cisco Wireless
6 16 (17.39%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (17.39%) WLAN
7 12 (13.04%) BGP
7 12 (13.04%) Bluetooth
7 12 (13.04%) Modbus
7 12 (13.04%) OSPF
8 10 (10.87%) Cisco Nexus
9 9 (9.78%) VPN
10 8 (8.70%) DNS
10 8 (8.70%) VLAN
11 7 (7.61%) DHCP
12 6 (6.52%) Profibus
12 6 (6.52%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 4 (4.35%) Eclipse
1 4 (4.35%) Git
1 4 (4.35%) Subversion
2 2 (2.17%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.09%) Burp Suite
3 1 (1.09%) Metasploit
General
1 34 (36.96%) Social Skills
2 15 (16.30%) Finance
3 12 (13.04%) Manufacturing
4 10 (10.87%) Telecoms
5 9 (9.78%) Electronics
6 6 (6.52%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (5.43%) Marketing
7 5 (5.43%) Retail
8 3 (3.26%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (3.26%) Banking
8 3 (3.26%) Law
9 2 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.17%) Legal
9 2 (2.17%) Military
9 2 (2.17%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 33 (35.87%) Network Engineer
2 30 (32.61%) Senior
3 15 (16.30%) Senior Network Engineer
4 13 (14.13%) Support Engineer
5 10 (10.87%) Embedded Engineer
5 10 (10.87%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 10 (10.87%) Software Engineer
6 9 (9.78%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 8 (8.70%) 3rd Line Support
7 8 (8.70%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 8 (8.70%) Cisco Engineer
7 8 (8.70%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 8 (8.70%) Systems Engineer
7 8 (8.70%) Systems Support Engineer
8 7 (7.61%) Consultant
8 7 (7.61%) IT Engineer
9 6 (6.52%) Network Consultant
9 6 (6.52%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 6 (6.52%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 6 (6.52%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.35%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.09%) NumPy
2 1 (1.09%) PyTorch
2 1 (1.09%) SciPy
2 1 (1.09%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.70%) Embedded Systems
2 6 (6.52%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.52%) Raspberry Pi
3 5 (5.43%) Driving Licence
3 5 (5.43%) Security Posture
4 4 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (3.26%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.26%) FPGA
5 3 (3.26%) IoT
5 3 (3.26%) Mobile App
5 3 (3.26%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.17%) iPad
6 2 (2.17%) iPhone
6 2 (2.17%) NB-IoT
6 2 (2.17%) PCIe
6 2 (2.17%) Photography
6 2 (2.17%) SCADA
6 2 (2.17%) Smart Meter
6 2 (2.17%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (11.96%) Windows
2 6 (6.52%) FreeRTOS
3 5 (5.43%) Windows Server
4 4 (4.35%) Linux
5 3 (3.26%) Apple iOS
5 3 (3.26%) Windows 10
6 2 (2.17%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (1.09%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (29.35%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (16.30%) Customer Service
3 14 (15.22%) Project Delivery
4 12 (13.04%) Software Engineering
5 11 (11.96%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (10.87%) Logistics
7 9 (9.78%) Collaborative Culture
7 9 (9.78%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (8.70%) Tech Ops
9 7 (7.61%) Network Design
9 7 (7.61%) Presales
10 6 (6.52%) CRM
10 6 (6.52%) Disaster Recovery
10 6 (6.52%) High Availability
10 6 (6.52%) ITIL
10 6 (6.52%) Kalman Filter
10 6 (6.52%) Project Management
10 6 (6.52%) TDD
10 6 (6.52%) Telesales
10 6 (6.52%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.96%) Python
2 10 (10.87%) C
3 7 (7.61%) C++
4 4 (4.35%) Embedded C
5 2 (2.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (22.83%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (19.57%) CCNP
3 13 (14.13%) DBS Check
4 10 (10.87%) CCIE
5 8 (8.70%) Azure Certification
6 7 (7.61%) CCNA
7 5 (5.43%) CCSA
7 5 (5.43%) CCSE
7 5 (5.43%) Degree
8 4 (4.35%) JNCIP
9 3 (3.26%) AWS Certification
9 3 (3.26%) CCIE Security
9 3 (3.26%) JNCIE
10 2 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (1.09%) CHECK Team Member
11 1 (1.09%) CREST Certified
11 1 (1.09%) DV Cleared
11 1 (1.09%) GPEN
11 1 (1.09%) OSCP
11 1 (1.09%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.43%) SLA
2 3 (3.26%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.17%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.17%) GDPR
4 1 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.09%) GRC
4 1 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.09%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (16.30%) Active Directory
2 12 (13.04%) Firmware
3 8 (8.70%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (5.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (4.35%) Hyper-V
6 2 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (2.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (18.48%) FortiGate
2 8 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (4.35%) Ansible
3 4 (4.35%) Terraform
4 1 (1.09%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.09%) Nessus
4 1 (1.09%) Nmap
4 1 (1.09%) Proxmox
4 1 (1.09%) SCCM
4 1 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.09%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 42 (45.65%) Cisco
2 21 (22.83%) Palo Alto
3 15 (16.30%) Microsoft
4 9 (9.78%) Fortinet
5 8 (8.70%) Meraki
6 6 (6.52%) Aruba
6 6 (6.52%) CheckPoint
6 6 (6.52%) Juniper
7 5 (5.43%) VMware
8 4 (4.35%) Atmel
8 4 (4.35%) Ubiquiti
9 3 (3.26%) F5
9 3 (3.26%) Veeam
10 2 (2.17%) Dynatrace
10 2 (2.17%) HP
10 2 (2.17%) SolarWinds
11 1 (1.09%) Arista
11 1 (1.09%) EMC
11 1 (1.09%) iManage
11 1 (1.09%) Intapp