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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 308 285 180
Rank change year-on-year -23 -105 +154
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 87 126 524
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.52% 0.91% 1.75%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.03% 7.13% 13.20%
Number of salaries quoted 59 73 454
10th Percentile £28,000 £37,736 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,750 £46,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,500 £85,000 £91,750
UK median annual salary £48,500 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.82% +22.22% -

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 1,731 1,766 3,970
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.32% 12.72% 13.28%
Number of salaries quoted 949 1,182 3,441
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,050 £30,750
25th Percentile £33,375 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £40,500 £53,300 £48,500
% change year-on-year -24.02% +9.90% -7.62%

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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 12 March 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 6 (6.90%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.60%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.15%) AutoCAD
1 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.15%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 28 (32.18%) Azure
2 10 (11.49%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (10.34%) Entra ID
4 5 (5.75%) AWS
5 4 (4.60%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (4.60%) Google Workspace
5 4 (4.60%) OneDrive
6 2 (2.30%) AWS Direct Connect
6 2 (2.30%) GCP
7 1 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 37 (42.53%) SD-WAN
2 35 (40.23%) WAN
3 34 (39.08%) Firewall
4 31 (35.63%) LAN
5 23 (26.44%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (16.09%) Cisco ISE
7 13 (14.94%) DNS
7 13 (14.94%) Wireshark
8 12 (13.79%) Cisco Wireless
8 12 (13.79%) DHCP
8 12 (13.79%) VLAN
8 12 (13.79%) VPN
9 11 (12.64%) Bluetooth
9 11 (12.64%) WLAN
10 10 (11.49%) Network Security
11 8 (9.20%) TCP/IP
12 6 (6.90%) 5G
12 6 (6.90%) BGP
12 6 (6.90%) Modbus
12 6 (6.90%) OSPF
Development Applications
1 4 (4.60%) Eclipse
1 4 (4.60%) Git
1 4 (4.60%) Subversion
2 2 (2.30%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.15%) Burp Suite
3 1 (1.15%) Metasploit
General
1 31 (35.63%) Social Skills
2 27 (31.03%) Finance
3 15 (17.24%) Telecoms
4 8 (9.20%) Manufacturing
4 8 (9.20%) Retail
5 7 (8.05%) Electronics
6 4 (4.60%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.45%) Marketing
8 2 (2.30%) Law
9 1 (1.15%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.15%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 32 (36.78%) Network Engineer
2 17 (19.54%) Senior
3 10 (11.49%) Senior Network Engineer
4 9 (10.34%) Embedded Engineer
4 9 (10.34%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 9 (10.34%) Software Engineer
5 8 (9.20%) Support Engineer
6 7 (8.05%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 6 (6.90%) 3rd Line Support
7 6 (6.90%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 6 (6.90%) Network Manager
7 6 (6.90%) Systems Engineer
7 6 (6.90%) Systems Support Engineer
8 4 (4.60%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
8 4 (4.60%) Project Support Officer
8 4 (4.60%) Sales Executive
8 4 (4.60%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (4.60%) Senior Support Analyst
8 4 (4.60%) Support Analyst
8 4 (4.60%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.15%) NumPy
1 1 (1.15%) PyTorch
1 1 (1.15%) SciPy
1 1 (1.15%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 16 (18.39%) Data Centre
2 13 (14.94%) Management Information System
3 6 (6.90%) iPad
3 6 (6.90%) iPhone
3 6 (6.90%) Raspberry Pi
4 5 (5.75%) Driving Licence
4 5 (5.75%) Mobile App
5 4 (4.60%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (4.60%) Onboarding
5 4 (4.60%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (3.45%) Cloud Native
6 3 (3.45%) FPGA
7 2 (2.30%) CCTV
7 2 (2.30%) Digital Signage
7 2 (2.30%) IoT
7 2 (2.30%) NB-IoT
7 2 (2.30%) PCIe
7 2 (2.30%) Photography
7 2 (2.30%) SCADA
7 2 (2.30%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 15 (17.24%) Windows
2 9 (10.34%) Apple iOS
3 8 (9.20%) Windows 10
4 7 (8.05%) Windows Server
5 5 (5.75%) Linux
6 2 (2.30%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (2.30%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.30%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.15%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (27.59%) Customer Service
2 16 (18.39%) Change Management
2 16 (18.39%) Problem Management
2 16 (18.39%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (16.09%) Asset Management
3 14 (16.09%) Coaching
4 13 (14.94%) Network Monitoring
4 13 (14.94%) Network Virtualisation
5 12 (13.79%) Capacity Planning
5 12 (13.79%) Load Balancing
5 12 (13.79%) Logistics
5 12 (13.79%) Network Planning
6 11 (12.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (12.64%) Software Engineering
7 8 (9.20%) Mentoring
7 8 (9.20%) Project Delivery
7 8 (9.20%) Tech Ops
8 7 (8.05%) Project Management
8 7 (8.05%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (6.90%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.34%) C
2 7 (8.05%) Python
3 6 (6.90%) C++
4 4 (4.60%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 12 (13.79%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (11.49%) CCNP
3 8 (9.20%) Degree
4 7 (8.05%) CCIE
5 6 (6.90%) DBS Check
6 5 (5.75%) CCNA
7 3 (3.45%) Azure Certification
8 2 (2.30%) CCSA
8 2 (2.30%) CCSE
8 2 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.30%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.30%) Security Cleared
9 1 (1.15%) BICSI RCDD
9 1 (1.15%) CHECK Team Member
9 1 (1.15%) CREST Certified
9 1 (1.15%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.15%) GPEN
9 1 (1.15%) JNCIP
9 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.15%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.75%) SLA
2 1 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.15%) GRC
2 1 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (16.09%) Active Directory
2 11 (12.64%) Firmware
2 11 (12.64%) Hyper-V
3 6 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (4.60%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (2.30%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (1.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (9.20%) FortiGate
2 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.30%) Ansible
3 2 (2.30%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.15%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.15%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.15%) Nessus
4 1 (1.15%) Nmap
4 1 (1.15%) Proxmox
4 1 (1.15%) SCCM
4 1 (1.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 43 (49.43%) Cisco
2 21 (24.14%) Palo Alto
3 20 (22.99%) Meraki
4 15 (17.24%) CheckPoint
5 14 (16.09%) SolarWinds
6 12 (13.79%) Microsoft
7 7 (8.05%) Fortinet
8 6 (6.90%) VMware
9 5 (5.75%) Aruba
10 4 (4.60%) Atmel
10 4 (4.60%) Google
10 4 (4.60%) HP
11 2 (2.30%) Dynatrace
12 1 (1.15%) F5
12 1 (1.15%) Facebook
12 1 (1.15%) Juniper
12 1 (1.15%) Peplink
12 1 (1.15%) Qualys
12 1 (1.15%) Salesforce
12 1 (1.15%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud