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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 289 195
Rank change year-on-year -25 -94 +102
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 86 125 539
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.47% 0.88% 1.66%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.31% 7.62% 10.49%
Number of salaries quoted 59 78 469
10th Percentile £37,750 £31,494 £27,500
25th Percentile £48,000 £45,719 £37,101
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,000 £85,000 £84,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -

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 1,997 1,641 5,138
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.88% 11.52% 15.79%
Number of salaries quoted 964 1,192 3,414
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,331 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £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 £88,750 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

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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 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 (9.30%) SharePoint
2 6 (6.98%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.33%) AutoCAD
2 1 (1.16%) Acrobat
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.16%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 26 (30.23%) Azure
2 9 (10.47%) Entra ID
2 9 (10.47%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (9.30%) AWS
4 5 (5.81%) GCP
5 4 (4.65%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (4.65%) OneDrive
6 3 (3.49%) OCI
7 2 (2.33%) AWS Direct Connect
7 2 (2.33%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.16%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 33 (38.37%) Firewall
2 31 (36.05%) SD-WAN
3 29 (33.72%) WAN
4 27 (31.40%) LAN
5 19 (22.09%) Cisco ISE
6 18 (20.93%) Network Security
7 17 (19.77%) Wi-Fi
8 15 (17.44%) Cisco Wireless
9 13 (15.12%) WLAN
10 12 (13.95%) Bluetooth
10 12 (13.95%) VPN
11 10 (11.63%) DNS
11 10 (11.63%) Modbus
11 10 (11.63%) VLAN
12 9 (10.47%) BGP
12 9 (10.47%) OSPF
13 8 (9.30%) DHCP
14 7 (8.14%) Cisco Nexus
14 7 (8.14%) TCP/IP
15 6 (6.98%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 4 (4.65%) Eclipse
1 4 (4.65%) Git
1 4 (4.65%) Subversion
2 2 (2.33%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.16%) Burp Suite
3 1 (1.16%) Metasploit
General
1 30 (34.88%) Social Skills
2 18 (20.93%) Finance
3 12 (13.95%) Manufacturing
4 9 (10.47%) Electronics
5 8 (9.30%) Telecoms
6 7 (8.14%) Retail
7 5 (5.81%) Marketing
8 4 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (3.49%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (3.49%) Banking
9 3 (3.49%) Law
10 2 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.33%) Military
10 2 (2.33%) Public Sector
11 1 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.16%) Legal
11 1 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 27 (31.40%) Network Engineer
2 26 (30.23%) Senior
3 15 (17.44%) Senior Network Engineer
4 11 (12.79%) Support Engineer
5 10 (11.63%) Embedded Engineer
5 10 (11.63%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 10 (11.63%) Software Engineer
6 9 (10.47%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 8 (9.30%) 3rd Line Support
7 8 (9.30%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 8 (9.30%) Systems Engineer
7 8 (9.30%) Systems Support Engineer
8 6 (6.98%) Network Manager
9 5 (5.81%) Analyst
9 5 (5.81%) Cisco Engineer
9 5 (5.81%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 5 (5.81%) IT Engineer
10 4 (4.65%) Financial Controller
10 4 (4.65%) Infrastructure Support
10 4 (4.65%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.16%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.16%) NumPy
1 1 (1.16%) PyTorch
1 1 (1.16%) SciPy
1 1 (1.16%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.98%) Data Centre
1 6 (6.98%) Embedded Systems
1 6 (6.98%) Raspberry Pi
2 5 (5.81%) iPad
2 5 (5.81%) iPhone
2 5 (5.81%) Mobile App
2 5 (5.81%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.65%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (4.65%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (3.49%) FPGA
4 3 (3.49%) IoT
5 2 (2.33%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.33%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.33%) NB-IoT
5 2 (2.33%) PCIe
5 2 (2.33%) Photography
5 2 (2.33%) SCADA
5 2 (2.33%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.33%) Smart Meter
6 1 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (16.28%) Windows
2 7 (8.14%) Windows Server
3 6 (6.98%) Apple iOS
3 6 (6.98%) Windows 10
4 4 (4.65%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (4.65%) Linux
5 2 (2.33%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (1.16%) Android
6 1 (1.16%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (24.42%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (19.77%) Customer Service
3 13 (15.12%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (13.95%) Logistics
4 12 (13.95%) Software Engineering
5 11 (12.79%) Project Delivery
6 8 (9.30%) Collaborative Culture
6 8 (9.30%) ITIL
6 8 (9.30%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (9.30%) Tech Ops
7 7 (8.14%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (8.14%) High Availability
7 7 (8.14%) Presales
7 7 (8.14%) Zero Trust
8 6 (6.98%) CRM
8 6 (6.98%) Problem Management
8 6 (6.98%) Project Management
8 6 (6.98%) Strategic Thinking
8 6 (6.98%) Telesales
9 5 (5.81%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 11 (12.79%) Python
2 10 (11.63%) C
3 7 (8.14%) C++
4 4 (4.65%) Embedded C
5 2 (2.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (20.93%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (18.60%) CCNP
3 11 (12.79%) CCIE
4 10 (11.63%) DBS Check
5 8 (9.30%) Azure Certification
6 6 (6.98%) CCNA
7 5 (5.81%) CCSA
7 5 (5.81%) CCSE
7 5 (5.81%) Degree
8 4 (4.65%) JNCIP
9 3 (3.49%) AWS Certification
9 3 (3.49%) CCIE Security
9 3 (3.49%) JNCIE
10 2 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (1.16%) CHECK Team Member
11 1 (1.16%) CREST Certified
11 1 (1.16%) DV Cleared
11 1 (1.16%) GPEN
11 1 (1.16%) OSCP
11 1 (1.16%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.14%) SLA
2 3 (3.49%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.33%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.33%) GDPR
4 1 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.16%) GRC
4 1 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (15.12%) Active Directory
2 12 (13.95%) Firmware
3 6 (6.98%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (6.98%) Hyper-V
3 6 (6.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (4.65%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (15.12%) FortiGate
2 7 (8.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (4.65%) Ansible
3 4 (4.65%) Terraform
4 1 (1.16%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.16%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.16%) Nessus
4 1 (1.16%) Nmap
4 1 (1.16%) Proxmox
4 1 (1.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 37 (43.02%) Cisco
2 17 (19.77%) Palo Alto
3 13 (15.12%) Microsoft
4 9 (10.47%) Fortinet
5 6 (6.98%) CheckPoint
5 6 (6.98%) VMware
6 4 (4.65%) Atmel
6 4 (4.65%) Meraki
7 3 (3.49%) Aruba
7 3 (3.49%) F5
7 3 (3.49%) Juniper
8 2 (2.33%) Dynatrace
8 2 (2.33%) HP
8 2 (2.33%) SolarWinds
8 2 (2.33%) Veeam
9 1 (1.16%) Arista
9 1 (1.16%) Facebook
9 1 (1.16%) iManage
9 1 (1.16%) Intapp
9 1 (1.16%) Qualys