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 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 285 223
Rank change year-on-year -30 -62 +48
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 105 143 510
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.54% 0.95% 1.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.93% 7.48% 10.01%
Number of salaries quoted 76 83 431
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,679 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £76,000 £73,125 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year - -3.23% +3.33%

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 2,128 1,913 5,094
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.96% 12.77% 15.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,074 1,151 3,319
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.05% - -5.94%

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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 7 June 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 (7.62%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.81%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.95%) Acrobat
1 1 (0.95%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.95%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (4.76%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 37 (35.24%) Azure
2 13 (12.38%) Entra ID
3 12 (11.43%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (8.57%) AWS
5 5 (4.76%) GCP
6 3 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (2.86%) OCI
7 2 (1.90%) AWS Direct Connect
7 2 (1.90%) Datadog
7 2 (1.90%) IaaS
7 2 (1.90%) PaaS
7 2 (1.90%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 44 (41.90%) Firewall
2 35 (33.33%) LAN
3 30 (28.57%) WAN
4 29 (27.62%) Network Security
5 27 (25.71%) SD-WAN
6 25 (23.81%) Cisco ISE
7 17 (16.19%) Wi-Fi
8 16 (15.24%) WLAN
9 15 (14.29%) Cisco Wireless
10 14 (13.33%) Bluetooth
10 14 (13.33%) Modbus
11 13 (12.38%) BGP
11 13 (12.38%) OSPF
11 13 (12.38%) VLAN
12 11 (10.48%) Cisco Nexus
12 11 (10.48%) VPN
13 10 (9.52%) DNS
14 9 (8.57%) DHCP
15 7 (6.67%) Profibus
15 7 (6.67%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 4 (3.81%) Eclipse
1 4 (3.81%) Git
1 4 (3.81%) Subversion
2 2 (1.90%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.95%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.95%) Metasploit
General
1 38 (36.19%) Social Skills
2 15 (14.29%) Finance
3 12 (11.43%) Telecoms
4 11 (10.48%) Electronics
4 11 (10.48%) Manufacturing
5 7 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (4.76%) Marketing
7 4 (3.81%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.86%) Banking
8 3 (2.86%) Law
8 3 (2.86%) Legal
8 3 (2.86%) Retail
9 2 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.90%) Military
9 2 (1.90%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.95%) Local Government
10 1 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 40 (38.10%) Network Engineer
2 35 (33.33%) Senior
3 17 (16.19%) Senior Network Engineer
4 14 (13.33%) Support Engineer
5 12 (11.43%) Embedded Engineer
5 12 (11.43%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 12 (11.43%) Software Engineer
6 10 (9.52%) IT Engineer
7 8 (7.62%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 8 (7.62%) Cisco Engineer
7 8 (7.62%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 8 (7.62%) Consultant
7 8 (7.62%) IT Support
7 8 (7.62%) Senior IT Engineer
8 7 (6.67%) 3rd Line Support
8 7 (6.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 7 (6.67%) IT Support Engineer
8 7 (6.67%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 7 (6.67%) Senior Software Engineer
8 7 (6.67%) Systems Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.81%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.95%) NumPy
2 1 (0.95%) PyTorch
2 1 (0.95%) SciPy
2 1 (0.95%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.57%) Embedded Systems
2 8 (7.62%) Data Centre
2 8 (7.62%) Driving Licence
3 7 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (6.67%) Raspberry Pi
4 6 (5.71%) Security Posture
5 4 (3.81%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.86%) FPGA
6 3 (2.86%) IoT
7 2 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.90%) NB-IoT
7 2 (1.90%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.90%) PCIe
7 2 (1.90%) Photography
7 2 (1.90%) Replication
7 2 (1.90%) SCADA
7 2 (1.90%) Smart Meter
7 2 (1.90%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.95%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (10.48%) Windows
2 7 (6.67%) FreeRTOS
3 5 (4.76%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.81%) Linux
5 2 (1.90%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.95%) Android
6 1 (0.95%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.95%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (27.62%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (17.14%) Project Delivery
3 15 (14.29%) Software Engineering
4 13 (12.38%) Customer Service
5 10 (9.52%) Collaborative Culture
5 10 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (8.57%) High Availability
7 7 (6.67%) Kalman Filter
7 7 (6.67%) Logistics
7 7 (6.67%) Network Design
7 7 (6.67%) Presales
7 7 (6.67%) TDD
7 7 (6.67%) Tech Ops
7 7 (6.67%) Unit Testing
8 6 (5.71%) CRM
8 6 (5.71%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (5.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (5.71%) Mentoring
8 6 (5.71%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.43%) C
1 12 (11.43%) Python
2 8 (7.62%) C++
3 5 (4.76%) Embedded C
3 5 (4.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (20.95%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (18.10%) CCNP
3 13 (12.38%) DBS Check
4 10 (9.52%) CCIE
5 9 (8.57%) Azure Certification
6 7 (6.67%) CCNA
6 7 (6.67%) Degree
7 5 (4.76%) CCSA
7 5 (4.76%) CCSE
8 4 (3.81%) JNCIP
9 3 (2.86%) AWS Certification
9 3 (2.86%) CCIE Security
9 3 (2.86%) JNCIE
10 2 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.90%) SC Cleared
10 2 (1.90%) Security Cleared
11 1 (0.95%) CWNA
11 1 (0.95%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.95%) GPEN
11 1 (0.95%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.86%) SLA
3 2 (1.90%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.90%) GDPR
4 1 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.95%) GRC
4 1 (0.95%) ISO 14001
4 1 (0.95%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.95%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (18.10%) Active Directory
2 14 (13.33%) Firmware
3 9 (8.57%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (3.81%) Hyper-V
6 3 (2.86%) vSphere
7 1 (0.95%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 21 (20.00%) FortiGate
2 9 (8.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (3.81%) Ansible
3 4 (3.81%) Terraform
4 2 (1.90%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (1.90%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.90%) WhatsUp Gold
5 1 (0.95%) Nessus
5 1 (0.95%) Nmap
5 1 (0.95%) Proxmox
5 1 (0.95%) SCCM
5 1 (0.95%) WSUS
Vendors
1 48 (45.71%) Cisco
2 24 (22.86%) Palo Alto
3 20 (19.05%) Microsoft
4 15 (14.29%) Fortinet
5 14 (13.33%) Meraki
6 9 (8.57%) Aruba
7 7 (6.67%) CheckPoint
7 7 (6.67%) Ubiquiti
8 6 (5.71%) Juniper
9 5 (4.76%) Veeam
9 5 (4.76%) VMware
10 4 (3.81%) Atmel
11 3 (2.86%) F5
11 3 (2.86%) SolarWinds
11 3 (2.86%) Sophos
12 2 (1.90%) Broadcom
12 2 (1.90%) Dynatrace
12 2 (1.90%) EMC
12 2 (1.90%) HP
12 2 (1.90%) WatchGuard