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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 270 254
Rank change year-on-year +3 -16 -42
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 202 158 266
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.82% 0.95% 1.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.06% 8.96% 7.76%
Number of salaries quoted 167 74 165
10th Percentile £40,000 £29,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,875 £35,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.75% -15.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £121,250 £91,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -10.89% +8.60%

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 2,229 1,764 3,429
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.01% 10.65% 15.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,359 994 1,540
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 £73,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,250 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £49,000 £40,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +22.50% -20.79% -1.56%

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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 28 September 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 (9.41%) SharePoint
2 16 (7.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.99%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.98%) Lightworks
1 4 (1.98%) Simulink
2 2 (0.99%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.50%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.50%) Revit
Business Applications
1 8 (3.96%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.99%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (0.99%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 61 (30.20%) Azure
2 39 (19.31%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (14.85%) Entra ID
4 7 (3.47%) AWS
5 4 (1.98%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.49%) Google Workspace
7 2 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.99%) Datadog
7 2 (0.99%) GCP
7 2 (0.99%) IaaS
7 2 (0.99%) PaaS
7 2 (0.99%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.99%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.50%) Amazon EMR
8 1 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.50%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.50%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.50%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 68 (33.66%) Firewall
2 62 (30.69%) LAN
3 51 (25.25%) Network Security
3 51 (25.25%) WAN
4 41 (20.30%) Wi-Fi
5 33 (16.34%) VLAN
6 32 (15.84%) VPN
7 25 (12.38%) Bluetooth
8 23 (11.39%) DNS
9 21 (10.40%) Modbus
9 21 (10.40%) SD-WAN
10 20 (9.90%) DHCP
11 18 (8.91%) WLAN
12 16 (7.92%) Cisco ISE
13 15 (7.43%) LTE
14 14 (6.93%) TCP/IP
15 13 (6.44%) BGP
15 13 (6.44%) OSPF
16 11 (5.45%) Cisco Nexus
17 10 (4.95%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.49%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.50%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 15 (7.43%) Git
2 6 (2.97%) Burp Suite
2 6 (2.97%) Metasploit
3 4 (1.98%) PetaLinux
4 3 (1.49%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.49%) Maven
4 3 (1.49%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 73 (36.14%) Social Skills
2 21 (10.40%) Telecoms
3 15 (7.43%) Finance
4 14 (6.93%) Electronics
5 11 (5.45%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (4.46%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.47%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.48%) Law
8 5 (2.48%) Legal
8 5 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.49%) Marketing
10 2 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.99%) Military
10 2 (0.99%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.50%) Banking
11 1 (0.50%) French Language
11 1 (0.50%) Local Government
11 1 (0.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 58 (28.71%) Senior
2 57 (28.22%) Network Engineer
3 35 (17.33%) Embedded Engineer
4 27 (13.37%) Software Engineer
5 26 (12.87%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 21 (10.40%) Support Engineer
7 20 (9.90%) IT Support
8 18 (8.91%) Senior Network Engineer
9 17 (8.42%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 16 (7.92%) IT Engineer
11 15 (7.43%) IT Support Engineer
12 13 (6.44%) Consultant
13 12 (5.94%) Cisco Engineer
13 12 (5.94%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 12 (5.94%) Lead
14 11 (5.45%) Systems Engineer
15 10 (4.95%) Linux Engineer
16 9 (4.46%) Embedded Linux Engineer
16 9 (4.46%) LAN Engineer
16 9 (4.46%) Senior Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.43%) Yocto
2 8 (3.96%) 802.1X
3 7 (3.47%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 25 (12.38%) Embedded Systems
2 21 (10.40%) IoT
3 15 (7.43%) Raspberry Pi
3 15 (7.43%) Security Posture
4 13 (6.44%) Driving Licence
4 13 (6.44%) FPGA
5 12 (5.94%) Data Centre
5 12 (5.94%) Device Driver
6 11 (5.45%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.48%) VHDL
8 4 (1.98%) Clustering
8 4 (1.98%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.98%) Verilog
9 3 (1.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.49%) iPad
9 3 (1.49%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.49%) PMI
9 3 (1.49%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 35 (17.33%) Windows
2 24 (11.88%) Linux
3 20 (9.90%) Windows Server
4 12 (5.94%) FreeRTOS
5 11 (5.45%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (1.98%) Kali Linux
6 4 (1.98%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.98%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.49%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.99%) Unix
8 2 (0.99%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.50%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.50%) Debian
9 1 (0.50%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (24.75%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (19.80%) Software Engineering
3 27 (13.37%) Continuous Improvement
4 24 (11.88%) Project Delivery
5 22 (10.89%) Mentoring
6 21 (10.40%) Technical Leadership
7 18 (8.91%) Collaborative Culture
7 18 (8.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 16 (7.92%) Cybersecurity
9 15 (7.43%) CI/CD
9 15 (7.43%) ITIL
9 15 (7.43%) Network Design
10 12 (5.94%) Migration
10 12 (5.94%) Roadmaps
11 11 (5.45%) Collaborative Engineering
12 10 (4.95%) Coaching
12 10 (4.95%) Disaster Recovery
12 10 (4.95%) High Availability
12 10 (4.95%) Network Monitoring
12 10 (4.95%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (18.81%) C
2 25 (12.38%) Python
3 23 (11.39%) PowerShell
4 22 (10.89%) C++
4 22 (10.89%) Embedded C
5 7 (3.47%) Rust
6 4 (1.98%) MATLAB
7 3 (1.49%) Bicep
8 1 (0.50%) Bash
8 1 (0.50%) Go
8 1 (0.50%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (19.31%) Cisco Certification
2 30 (14.85%) CCNP
3 25 (12.38%) Degree
4 17 (8.42%) CCNA
5 16 (7.92%) DBS Check
6 14 (6.93%) Security Cleared
7 13 (6.44%) Azure Certification
8 11 (5.45%) SC Cleared
9 6 (2.97%) CHECK Team Member
10 4 (1.98%) CHECK Team Leader
10 4 (1.98%) CREST Certified
10 4 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.98%) OSCP
11 3 (1.49%) CCIE
11 3 (1.49%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.99%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.99%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.99%) Network+ Certification
13 1 (0.50%) CCIE Security
13 1 (0.50%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.94%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (5.45%) GDPR
2 11 (5.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.97%) PCI DSS
4 5 (2.48%) JTAG
5 4 (1.98%) ECSS
6 3 (1.49%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.49%) SLA
7 2 (0.99%) QA
8 1 (0.50%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.50%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 33 (16.34%) Active Directory
2 27 (13.37%) Firmware
3 13 (6.44%) Hyper-V
4 10 (4.95%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (4.46%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (2.48%) vSphere
7 4 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.50%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (12.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (7.43%) FortiGate
3 6 (2.97%) Nmap
4 4 (1.98%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (1.49%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.99%) Ansible
6 2 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.99%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (0.50%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.50%) Grafana
7 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 70 (34.65%) Cisco
2 51 (25.25%) Microsoft
3 26 (12.87%) Aruba
4 19 (9.41%) Meraki
5 17 (8.42%) Palo Alto
6 13 (6.44%) Fortinet
6 13 (6.44%) Juniper
7 12 (5.94%) Ubiquiti
8 10 (4.95%) VMware
9 6 (2.97%) EMC
9 6 (2.97%) Veeam
10 5 (2.48%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.98%) F5
11 4 (1.98%) Xilinx
12 3 (1.49%) Google
12 3 (1.49%) iManage
12 3 (1.49%) Intapp
12 3 (1.49%) Litera
12 3 (1.49%) Sophos
13 2 (0.99%) HighQ