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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 291 290 240
Rank change year-on-year -1 -50 -2
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 175 149 327
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.76% 0.90% 1.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.43% 7.66% 8.57%
Number of salaries quoted 138 81 249
10th Percentile £39,325 £29,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £33,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.75% -7.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £121,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £49,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.29% -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 2,355 1,944 3,817
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.21% 11.71% 15.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,337 1,170 1,938
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,750
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.95% -8.26%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £83,875 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.85% -18.00% -2.91%

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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 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 (10.86%) SharePoint
2 15 (8.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (1.71%) Lightworks
1 3 (1.71%) Simulink
2 1 (0.57%) Acrobat
2 1 (0.57%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (4.57%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.14%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (1.14%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 62 (35.43%) Azure
2 38 (21.71%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (16.57%) Entra ID
4 9 (5.14%) AWS
5 4 (2.29%) GCP
5 4 (2.29%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.71%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.71%) OCI
7 2 (1.14%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.14%) Datadog
7 2 (1.14%) IaaS
7 2 (1.14%) PaaS
7 2 (1.14%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.14%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.57%) Amazon EMR
8 1 (0.57%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 73 (41.71%) Firewall
2 63 (36.00%) LAN
3 51 (29.14%) WAN
4 49 (28.00%) Network Security
5 34 (19.43%) VLAN
6 32 (18.29%) Wi-Fi
7 31 (17.71%) VPN
8 25 (14.29%) SD-WAN
9 22 (12.57%) DNS
10 21 (12.00%) Cisco ISE
11 20 (11.43%) Bluetooth
12 19 (10.86%) DHCP
12 19 (10.86%) WLAN
13 18 (10.29%) Modbus
14 14 (8.00%) TCP/IP
15 13 (7.43%) BGP
15 13 (7.43%) Cisco Nexus
15 13 (7.43%) OSPF
16 11 (6.29%) Cisco Wireless
16 11 (6.29%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.71%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.57%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 11 (6.29%) Git
2 3 (1.71%) Burp Suite
2 3 (1.71%) Metasploit
2 3 (1.71%) PetaLinux
3 2 (1.14%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.14%) Maven
3 2 (1.14%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 70 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 20 (11.43%) Telecoms
3 16 (9.14%) Finance
4 13 (7.43%) Electronics
5 12 (6.86%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (5.71%) Manufacturing
7 6 (3.43%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (2.86%) Law
8 5 (2.86%) Legal
8 5 (2.86%) Marketing
9 3 (1.71%) Banking
9 3 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.14%) Military
11 1 (0.57%) French Language
11 1 (0.57%) Local Government
11 1 (0.57%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 55 (31.43%) Network Engineer
2 50 (28.57%) Senior
3 27 (15.43%) Embedded Engineer
4 22 (12.57%) Software Engineer
5 21 (12.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 20 (11.43%) IT Support
6 20 (11.43%) Support Engineer
7 19 (10.86%) Senior Network Engineer
8 16 (9.14%) IT Engineer
9 15 (8.57%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (8.57%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 11 (6.29%) Cisco Engineer
10 11 (6.29%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 11 (6.29%) Consultant
10 11 (6.29%) Systems Engineer
11 9 (5.14%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 9 (5.14%) Senior Software Engineer
12 8 (4.57%) Wireless Engineer
12 8 (4.57%) Wireless Network Engineer
13 7 (4.00%) LAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.71%) Yocto
2 9 (5.14%) Terraform
3 7 (4.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.00%) Embedded Systems
2 15 (8.57%) Data Centre
2 15 (8.57%) IoT
3 13 (7.43%) Security Posture
4 11 (6.29%) Raspberry Pi
5 10 (5.71%) Driving Licence
5 10 (5.71%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (4.57%) Device Driver
7 5 (2.86%) FPGA
8 4 (2.29%) Clustering
9 3 (1.71%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.71%) iPad
9 3 (1.71%) Verilog
9 3 (1.71%) VHDL
10 2 (1.14%) ARM Cortex
10 2 (1.14%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.14%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.14%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 32 (18.29%) Windows
2 20 (11.43%) Windows Server
3 16 (9.14%) Linux
4 12 (6.86%) FreeRTOS
5 7 (4.00%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (2.29%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.29%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.71%) Kali Linux
7 3 (1.71%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.57%) Debian
8 1 (0.57%) OpenWrt
8 1 (0.57%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (17.71%) Software Engineering
3 23 (13.14%) Project Delivery
4 21 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (10.29%) Collaborative Culture
5 18 (10.29%) ITIL
5 18 (10.29%) Technical Leadership
6 17 (9.71%) Mentoring
7 15 (8.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 13 (7.43%) High Availability
8 13 (7.43%) Roadmaps
9 12 (6.86%) Cybersecurity
10 11 (6.29%) Customer Service
10 11 (6.29%) Migration
11 10 (5.71%) CI/CD
11 10 (5.71%) Coaching
11 10 (5.71%) Network Design
11 10 (5.71%) Presales
12 9 (5.14%) Network Monitoring
12 9 (5.14%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 30 (17.14%) C
2 25 (14.29%) Python
3 22 (12.57%) PowerShell
4 18 (10.29%) C++
5 15 (8.57%) Embedded C
6 6 (3.43%) Rust
7 3 (1.71%) MATLAB
8 2 (1.14%) Bicep
9 1 (0.57%) Bash
9 1 (0.57%) Go
9 1 (0.57%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (21.14%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (16.57%) CCNP
3 16 (9.14%) Azure Certification
4 15 (8.57%) Degree
5 14 (8.00%) CCNA
5 14 (8.00%) DBS Check
6 8 (4.57%) Security Cleared
7 7 (4.00%) CCIE
7 7 (4.00%) SC Cleared
8 4 (2.29%) AWS Certification
8 4 (2.29%) JNCIP
8 4 (2.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.71%) CCIE Security
9 3 (1.71%) CCSA
9 3 (1.71%) CCSE
9 3 (1.71%) CHECK Team Leader
9 3 (1.71%) CHECK Team Member
9 3 (1.71%) CREST Certified
9 3 (1.71%) JNCIE
9 3 (1.71%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.86%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (4.57%) GDPR
3 7 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.86%) JTAG
5 3 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.71%) ECSS
5 3 (1.71%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.71%) SLA
6 2 (1.14%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.14%) QA
7 1 (0.57%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.57%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 34 (19.43%) Active Directory
2 21 (12.00%) Firmware
3 14 (8.00%) Hyper-V
4 10 (5.71%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (5.14%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (3.43%) vSphere
7 4 (2.29%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.57%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 25 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (10.86%) FortiGate
3 4 (2.29%) Ansible
3 4 (2.29%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (1.71%) Nmap
5 2 (1.14%) Progress Chef
5 2 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.14%) WhatsUp Gold
6 1 (0.57%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.57%) WSUS
Vendors
1 71 (40.57%) Cisco
2 50 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 24 (13.71%) Palo Alto
4 22 (12.57%) Aruba
5 18 (10.29%) Meraki
6 15 (8.57%) Fortinet
7 12 (6.86%) Ubiquiti
8 11 (6.29%) Juniper
9 10 (5.71%) VMware
10 8 (4.57%) CheckPoint
11 6 (3.43%) Veeam
12 4 (2.29%) EMC
12 4 (2.29%) F5
13 3 (1.71%) Google
13 3 (1.71%) iManage
13 3 (1.71%) Intapp
13 3 (1.71%) Litera
13 3 (1.71%) Sophos
13 3 (1.71%) Xilinx
14 2 (1.14%) HighQ