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 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 285 240
Rank change year-on-year -3 -45 +14
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 165 154 337
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.74% 0.93% 1.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.00% 7.73% 8.85%
Number of salaries quoted 131 81 267
10th Percentile £37,750 £29,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £34,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.75% -6.42% +9.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £110,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £48,750 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.71% -15.00% +8.70%

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 2,357 1,993 3,807
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.57% 12.00% 15.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,298 1,219 2,064
10th Percentile £29,625 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,889
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 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,625 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -3.85%

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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 3 August 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 (11.52%) SharePoint
2 15 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (1.82%) Lightworks
1 3 (1.82%) Simulink
2 1 (0.61%) Acrobat
2 1 (0.61%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (4.85%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.21%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (1.21%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 56 (33.94%) Azure
2 38 (23.03%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (16.97%) Entra ID
4 7 (4.24%) AWS
5 4 (2.42%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.82%) GCP
6 3 (1.82%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.82%) OCI
7 2 (1.21%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.21%) Datadog
7 2 (1.21%) IaaS
7 2 (1.21%) PaaS
7 2 (1.21%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.21%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.61%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 65 (39.39%) Firewall
2 57 (34.55%) LAN
3 44 (26.67%) Network Security
4 43 (26.06%) WAN
5 32 (19.39%) Wi-Fi
6 31 (18.79%) VLAN
7 23 (13.94%) VPN
8 21 (12.73%) DNS
8 21 (12.73%) SD-WAN
9 20 (12.12%) Bluetooth
10 19 (11.52%) Cisco ISE
10 19 (11.52%) WLAN
11 18 (10.91%) DHCP
11 18 (10.91%) Modbus
12 13 (7.88%) TCP/IP
13 12 (7.27%) BGP
13 12 (7.27%) OSPF
14 11 (6.67%) 5G
14 11 (6.67%) Cisco Wireless
15 10 (6.06%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (6.67%) Git
2 3 (1.82%) Burp Suite
2 3 (1.82%) Metasploit
2 3 (1.82%) PetaLinux
3 2 (1.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 68 (41.21%) Social Skills
2 19 (11.52%) Telecoms
3 16 (9.70%) Finance
4 15 (9.09%) Electronics
5 12 (7.27%) Manufacturing
5 12 (7.27%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (4.24%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (3.64%) Marketing
8 5 (3.03%) Law
8 5 (3.03%) Legal
9 3 (1.82%) Banking
9 3 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.21%) Military
10 2 (1.21%) Retail
11 1 (0.61%) French Language
11 1 (0.61%) Local Government
11 1 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 49 (29.70%) Senior
2 47 (28.48%) Network Engineer
3 25 (15.15%) Embedded Engineer
4 20 (12.12%) IT Support
4 20 (12.12%) Senior Network Engineer
5 19 (11.52%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 19 (11.52%) Software Engineer
5 19 (11.52%) Support Engineer
6 16 (9.70%) IT Engineer
7 15 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
7 15 (9.09%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 10 (6.06%) Consultant
9 9 (5.45%) Cisco Engineer
9 9 (5.45%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 9 (5.45%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 9 (5.45%) Senior Software Engineer
9 9 (5.45%) Systems Engineer
10 8 (4.85%) Linux Engineer
10 8 (4.85%) Senior Linux Engineer
11 7 (4.24%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.45%) Yocto
2 4 (2.42%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 22 (13.33%) Embedded Systems
2 17 (10.30%) IoT
3 11 (6.67%) Raspberry Pi
4 10 (6.06%) Driving Licence
4 10 (6.06%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (6.06%) Security Posture
5 9 (5.45%) Data Centre
6 8 (4.85%) Device Driver
7 5 (3.03%) FPGA
8 4 (2.42%) Clustering
9 3 (1.82%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.82%) iPad
9 3 (1.82%) Verilog
9 3 (1.82%) VHDL
10 2 (1.21%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.21%) NB-IoT
10 2 (1.21%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.21%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 32 (19.39%) Windows
2 20 (12.12%) Windows Server
3 17 (10.30%) Linux
4 12 (7.27%) FreeRTOS
5 8 (4.85%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (2.42%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.42%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.82%) Kali Linux
7 3 (1.82%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.61%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (29.70%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (18.18%) Software Engineering
3 22 (13.33%) Project Delivery
4 18 (10.91%) Collaborative Culture
5 16 (9.70%) Technical Leadership
6 15 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (9.09%) ITIL
6 15 (9.09%) Mentoring
7 14 (8.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 11 (6.67%) Customer Service
8 11 (6.67%) Migration
8 11 (6.67%) Roadmaps
9 10 (6.06%) CI/CD
9 10 (6.06%) Coaching
9 10 (6.06%) Presales
10 9 (5.45%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (5.45%) High Availability
10 9 (5.45%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (5.45%) TDD
10 9 (5.45%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 27 (16.36%) C
2 21 (12.73%) PowerShell
2 21 (12.73%) Python
3 18 (10.91%) C++
4 13 (7.88%) Embedded C
5 5 (3.03%) Rust
6 3 (1.82%) MATLAB
7 2 (1.21%) Bicep
8 1 (0.61%) Bash
8 1 (0.61%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (20.61%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (15.76%) CCNP
3 17 (10.30%) Degree
4 16 (9.70%) Azure Certification
5 13 (7.88%) DBS Check
6 12 (7.27%) CCNA
7 7 (4.24%) CCIE
8 6 (3.64%) SC Cleared
8 6 (3.64%) Security Cleared
9 4 (2.42%) JNCIP
9 4 (2.42%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.82%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.82%) CCIE Security
10 3 (1.82%) CCSA
10 3 (1.82%) CCSE
10 3 (1.82%) CHECK Team Leader
10 3 (1.82%) CHECK Team Member
10 3 (1.82%) CREST Certified
10 3 (1.82%) JNCIE
10 3 (1.82%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (4.85%) GDPR
3 5 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.42%) JTAG
5 3 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.82%) ECSS
5 3 (1.82%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.82%) SLA
6 2 (1.21%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.21%) QA
7 1 (0.61%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.61%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 33 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 20 (12.12%) Firmware
3 14 (8.48%) Hyper-V
4 11 (6.67%) Embedded Firmware
5 10 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (3.64%) vSphere
7 4 (2.42%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.61%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 25 (15.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (10.91%) FortiGate
3 6 (3.64%) Terraform
4 4 (2.42%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (1.82%) Ansible
5 3 (1.82%) Nmap
6 2 (1.21%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.21%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.61%) WSUS
Vendors
1 64 (38.79%) Cisco
2 47 (28.48%) Microsoft
3 22 (13.33%) Palo Alto
4 20 (12.12%) Aruba
5 17 (10.30%) Meraki
6 15 (9.09%) Fortinet
7 12 (7.27%) Ubiquiti
8 10 (6.06%) Juniper
8 10 (6.06%) VMware
9 6 (3.64%) CheckPoint
9 6 (3.64%) Veeam
10 4 (2.42%) EMC
11 3 (1.82%) F5
11 3 (1.82%) Google
11 3 (1.82%) iManage
11 3 (1.82%) Intapp
11 3 (1.82%) Litera
11 3 (1.82%) Sophos
11 3 (1.82%) Xilinx
12 2 (1.21%) HighQ