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 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 267 259 208
Rank change year-on-year -8 -51 +170
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 146 222 365
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.89% 1.09% 1.57%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.52% 9.18% 11.40%
Number of salaries quoted 76 127 311
10th Percentile £29,500 £35,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +20.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £78,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £104,375 £103,400 £80,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £54,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -21.30% +13.68% -5.00%

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 1,714 2,419 3,203
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.47% 11.88% 13.74%
Number of salaries quoted 984 1,443 2,660
10th Percentile £25,250 £31,250 £32,234
25th Percentile £31,000 £42,238 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £38,000 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -27.62% +2.94% -2.86%

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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 17 October 2025.

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 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.68%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (3.42%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (3.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 46 (31.51%) Azure
2 15 (10.27%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (7.53%) AWS
4 5 (3.42%) Mimecast
5 3 (2.05%) Amazon Ads
6 2 (1.37%) Facebook Ads
6 2 (1.37%) GCP
6 2 (1.37%) Google Ads
6 2 (1.37%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.37%) SaaS
7 1 (0.68%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 59 (40.41%) Firewall
2 56 (38.36%) LAN
3 49 (33.56%) WAN
4 39 (26.71%) SD-WAN
5 38 (26.03%) Software-Defined Radio
6 34 (23.29%) Wireshark
7 23 (15.75%) VPN
8 17 (11.64%) Wi-Fi
9 15 (10.27%) Bluetooth
10 14 (9.59%) Network Security
11 13 (8.90%) DHCP
11 13 (8.90%) DNS
12 12 (8.22%) BGP
13 11 (7.53%) RS-232
14 10 (6.85%) VLAN
15 9 (6.16%) OSPF
16 8 (5.48%) WLAN
17 7 (4.79%) EIGRP
18 6 (4.11%) Cisco IOS
18 6 (4.11%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.68%) FileMaker
1 1 (0.68%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.68%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.74%) KGDB
2 3 (2.05%) Git
3 2 (1.37%) Eclipse
3 2 (1.37%) JIRA
3 2 (1.37%) Subversion
4 1 (0.68%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.68%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 75 (51.37%) Finance
2 49 (33.56%) Social Skills
3 27 (18.49%) Telecoms
4 15 (10.27%) Electronics
5 7 (4.79%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.42%) Marketing
7 3 (2.05%) Advertising
7 3 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.05%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.37%) Retail
9 1 (0.68%) Avionics
9 1 (0.68%) Dutch Language
9 1 (0.68%) French Language
9 1 (0.68%) Games
9 1 (0.68%) German Language
9 1 (0.68%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.68%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.68%) Police
9 1 (0.68%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 51 (34.93%) Embedded Engineer
1 51 (34.93%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 51 (34.93%) Software Engineer
2 45 (30.82%) Network Engineer
3 12 (8.22%) Analyst
3 12 (8.22%) Senior
4 8 (5.48%) 3rd Line Support
4 8 (5.48%) IT Support
4 8 (5.48%) Network Analyst
4 8 (5.48%) Network Support
4 8 (5.48%) Network Support Analyst
4 8 (5.48%) Senior Network Engineer
4 8 (5.48%) Support Analyst
5 6 (4.11%) Junior
5 6 (4.11%) Technical Engineer
6 5 (3.42%) Lead
7 4 (2.74%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (2.74%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 4 (2.74%) AWS Engineer
7 4 (2.74%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.68%) JSON
1 1 (0.68%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 42 (28.77%) Embedded Systems
2 38 (26.03%) e-Learning
2 38 (26.03%) MicroBlaze
2 38 (26.03%) RISC-V
3 32 (21.92%) Data Centre
4 24 (16.44%) Management Information System
5 8 (5.48%) Driving Licence
6 5 (3.42%) Blackberry
6 5 (3.42%) IoT
7 3 (2.05%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (2.05%) Low-Code
7 3 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.05%) Virtual Team
7 3 (2.05%) Web3
8 2 (1.37%) CCTV
8 2 (1.37%) Digital Signage
8 2 (1.37%) NB-IoT
8 2 (1.37%) Raspberry Pi
9 1 (0.68%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 43 (29.45%) Linux
2 38 (26.03%) Embedded Linux
3 22 (15.07%) Windows
4 10 (6.85%) Windows Server
5 8 (5.48%) Apple iOS
5 8 (5.48%) Windows 10
6 6 (4.11%) Android
7 5 (3.42%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.37%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (1.37%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (37.67%) Software Engineering
2 41 (28.08%) Agile
3 40 (27.40%) Innovative Thinking
4 38 (26.03%) Digital Signal Processing
4 38 (26.03%) Signal Processing
5 34 (23.29%) Load Balancing
6 32 (21.92%) Network Monitoring
7 30 (20.55%) Network Virtualisation
8 29 (19.86%) Change Management
8 29 (19.86%) Customer Service
9 27 (18.49%) Capacity Planning
10 25 (17.12%) Asset Management
10 25 (17.12%) Problem Management
10 25 (17.12%) Problem-Solving
11 24 (16.44%) Coaching
11 24 (16.44%) Network Planning
12 13 (8.90%) High Availability
13 11 (7.53%) Process Improvement
14 9 (6.16%) Incident Response
14 9 (6.16%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 51 (34.93%) C
2 49 (33.56%) C++
3 12 (8.22%) Python
4 2 (1.37%) Embedded C
4 2 (1.37%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.68%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.68%) SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (28.08%) SC Cleared
1 41 (28.08%) Security Cleared
2 15 (10.27%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (10.27%) Degree
3 12 (8.22%) CCNP
4 7 (4.79%) CCIE
5 5 (3.42%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.74%) DBS Check
7 3 (2.05%) CCNA
8 2 (1.37%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.37%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.37%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.68%) JNCIA
9 1 (0.68%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.05%) SLA
2 2 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.68%) GDPR
3 1 (0.68%) NIST
System Software
1 51 (34.93%) Firmware
2 40 (27.40%) Embedded Firmware
3 17 (11.64%) Active Directory
4 9 (6.16%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (5.48%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.68%) Docker
6 1 (0.68%) Forefront TMG
6 1 (0.68%) ISA Server
6 1 (0.68%) KVM
6 1 (0.68%) vSphere
6 1 (0.68%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 12 (8.22%) Ansible
2 6 (4.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.11%) Terraform
3 5 (3.42%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.68%) Puppet
4 1 (0.68%) SCCM
Vendors
1 59 (40.41%) Cisco
2 34 (23.29%) Palo Alto
3 30 (20.55%) Meraki
3 30 (20.55%) SolarWinds
4 26 (17.81%) CheckPoint
5 25 (17.12%) Microsoft
6 11 (7.53%) Aruba
6 11 (7.53%) Ubiquiti
7 9 (6.16%) Fortinet
7 9 (6.16%) Sophos
7 9 (6.16%) VMware
8 8 (5.48%) Juniper
9 7 (4.79%) F5
9 7 (4.79%) HP
10 6 (4.11%) Dell
11 5 (3.42%) Adobe
11 5 (3.42%) Barracuda Networks
11 5 (3.42%) Google
11 5 (3.42%) iManage
11 5 (3.42%) ServiceNow