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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 290 271 235
Rank change year-on-year -19 -36 +6
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 177 153 312
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.76% 0.93% 1.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.65% 8.03% 8.28%
Number of salaries quoted 140 83 230
10th Percentile £39,775 £29,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £34,250 £43,375
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 £68,125 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £121,250 £84,964
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +7.53%

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 2,314 1,905 3,767
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.92% 11.53% 15.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,341 1,137 1,825
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 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -12.04% -6.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £86,461 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% -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 31 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 (10.73%) SharePoint
2 15 (8.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (1.69%) Lightworks
1 3 (1.69%) Simulink
2 1 (0.56%) Acrobat
2 1 (0.56%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (4.52%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.13%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (1.13%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 62 (35.03%) Azure
2 38 (21.47%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (16.38%) Entra ID
4 9 (5.08%) AWS
5 4 (2.26%) GCP
5 4 (2.26%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.69%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.69%) OCI
7 2 (1.13%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.13%) Datadog
7 2 (1.13%) IaaS
7 2 (1.13%) PaaS
7 2 (1.13%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.13%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.56%) Amazon EMR
8 1 (0.56%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 73 (41.24%) Firewall
2 62 (35.03%) LAN
3 51 (28.81%) WAN
4 49 (27.68%) Network Security
5 34 (19.21%) VLAN
6 32 (18.08%) Wi-Fi
7 31 (17.51%) VPN
8 25 (14.12%) SD-WAN
9 22 (12.43%) DNS
10 20 (11.30%) Bluetooth
10 20 (11.30%) Cisco ISE
11 19 (10.73%) DHCP
12 18 (10.17%) Modbus
12 18 (10.17%) WLAN
13 14 (7.91%) TCP/IP
14 13 (7.34%) BGP
14 13 (7.34%) Cisco Nexus
14 13 (7.34%) OSPF
15 11 (6.21%) 5G
15 11 (6.21%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.69%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.56%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 11 (6.21%) Git
2 4 (2.26%) Burp Suite
2 4 (2.26%) Metasploit
3 3 (1.69%) PetaLinux
4 2 (1.13%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.13%) Maven
4 2 (1.13%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 71 (40.11%) Social Skills
2 20 (11.30%) Telecoms
3 15 (8.47%) Finance
4 13 (7.34%) Electronics
5 12 (6.78%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (5.65%) Manufacturing
7 6 (3.39%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (2.82%) Law
8 5 (2.82%) Legal
8 5 (2.82%) Marketing
9 3 (1.69%) Banking
9 3 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.13%) Military
11 1 (0.56%) French Language
11 1 (0.56%) Local Government
11 1 (0.56%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 55 (31.07%) Network Engineer
2 51 (28.81%) Senior
3 27 (15.25%) Embedded Engineer
4 22 (12.43%) Software Engineer
5 21 (11.86%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 20 (11.30%) IT Support
6 20 (11.30%) Support Engineer
7 19 (10.73%) Senior Network Engineer
8 16 (9.04%) IT Engineer
9 15 (8.47%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (8.47%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 11 (6.21%) Cisco Engineer
10 11 (6.21%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 11 (6.21%) Systems Engineer
11 10 (5.65%) Consultant
12 9 (5.08%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 9 (5.08%) Senior Software Engineer
13 8 (4.52%) Wireless Engineer
13 8 (4.52%) Wireless Network Engineer
14 7 (3.95%) LAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.65%) Yocto
2 8 (4.52%) Terraform
3 7 (3.95%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.86%) Embedded Systems
2 15 (8.47%) IoT
3 14 (7.91%) Data Centre
4 13 (7.34%) Security Posture
5 11 (6.21%) Raspberry Pi
6 10 (5.65%) Driving Licence
6 10 (5.65%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (4.52%) Device Driver
8 6 (3.39%) FPGA
9 4 (2.26%) Clustering
10 3 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.69%) iPad
10 3 (1.69%) Verilog
10 3 (1.69%) VHDL
11 2 (1.13%) ARM Cortex
11 2 (1.13%) Cloud Native
11 2 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.13%) Onboarding
11 2 (1.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 32 (18.08%) Windows
2 20 (11.30%) Windows Server
3 17 (9.60%) Linux
4 12 (6.78%) FreeRTOS
5 7 (3.95%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (2.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.69%) Kali Linux
7 3 (1.69%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.56%) Debian
8 1 (0.56%) OpenWrt
8 1 (0.56%) Unix
8 1 (0.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (27.68%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (17.51%) Software Engineering
3 23 (12.99%) Project Delivery
4 21 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (10.17%) Collaborative Culture
5 18 (10.17%) ITIL
6 17 (9.60%) Mentoring
6 17 (9.60%) Technical Leadership
7 15 (8.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 13 (7.34%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (7.34%) High Availability
8 13 (7.34%) Roadmaps
9 11 (6.21%) Customer Service
10 10 (5.65%) CI/CD
10 10 (5.65%) Coaching
10 10 (5.65%) Migration
10 10 (5.65%) Network Design
10 10 (5.65%) Presales
11 9 (5.08%) TDD
11 9 (5.08%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 30 (16.95%) C
2 25 (14.12%) Python
3 22 (12.43%) PowerShell
4 18 (10.17%) C++
5 15 (8.47%) Embedded C
6 6 (3.39%) Rust
7 3 (1.69%) MATLAB
8 2 (1.13%) Bicep
9 1 (0.56%) Bash
9 1 (0.56%) Go
9 1 (0.56%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (20.34%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (15.82%) CCNP
3 16 (9.04%) Azure Certification
4 15 (8.47%) Degree
5 14 (7.91%) CCNA
5 14 (7.91%) DBS Check
6 9 (5.08%) Security Cleared
7 8 (4.52%) SC Cleared
8 6 (3.39%) CCIE
9 4 (2.26%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.26%) CHECK Team Member
9 4 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.69%) CCIE Security
10 3 (1.69%) CCSA
10 3 (1.69%) CCSE
10 3 (1.69%) CHECK Team Leader
10 3 (1.69%) CREST Certified
10 3 (1.69%) JNCIE
10 3 (1.69%) JNCIP
10 3 (1.69%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.78%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (5.08%) GDPR
3 8 (4.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.82%) JTAG
5 4 (2.26%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.69%) ECSS
6 3 (1.69%) SLA
7 2 (1.13%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.13%) QA
8 1 (0.56%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.56%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 34 (19.21%) Active Directory
2 21 (11.86%) Firmware
3 14 (7.91%) Hyper-V
4 10 (5.65%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (5.08%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (3.39%) vSphere
7 4 (2.26%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.56%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 25 (14.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (10.73%) FortiGate
3 4 (2.26%) Ansible
3 4 (2.26%) Failover Clustering
3 4 (2.26%) Nmap
4 2 (1.13%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.13%) WhatsUp Gold
5 1 (0.56%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 70 (39.55%) Cisco
2 50 (28.25%) Microsoft
3 23 (12.99%) Palo Alto
4 22 (12.43%) Aruba
5 18 (10.17%) Meraki
6 14 (7.91%) Fortinet
7 12 (6.78%) Ubiquiti
8 10 (5.65%) Juniper
8 10 (5.65%) VMware
9 7 (3.95%) CheckPoint
10 6 (3.39%) Veeam
11 4 (2.26%) EMC
11 4 (2.26%) F5
12 3 (1.69%) Google
12 3 (1.69%) iManage
12 3 (1.69%) Intapp
12 3 (1.69%) Litera
12 3 (1.69%) Sophos
12 3 (1.69%) Xilinx
13 2 (1.13%) HighQ