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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 269 259 218
Rank change year-on-year -10 -41 +188
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 154 282 368
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.95% 1.22% 1.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.56% 7.67% 11.02%
Number of salaries quoted 78 193 315
10th Percentile £29,500 £35,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £37,250
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 £77,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £121,250 £87,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.53% -7.00%

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 1,799 3,676 3,338
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.12% 15.86% 13.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,040 1,614 2,802
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £68,813 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,985
% change year-on-year -20.00% -1.93% -2.89%

Wireless
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Wireless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Wireless trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Wireless
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Wireless.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Wireless

Wireless
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Wireless over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Wireless salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Wireless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (11.69%) Skype for Business
2 10 (6.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.60%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.65%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (3.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.30%) Carpe Diem
Cloud Services
1 36 (23.38%) Azure
2 18 (11.69%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (7.14%) AWS
4 5 (3.25%) Mimecast
5 3 (1.95%) Amazon Ads
6 2 (1.30%) Facebook Ads
6 2 (1.30%) GCP
6 2 (1.30%) Google Ads
6 2 (1.30%) SaaS
7 1 (0.65%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (33.12%) Firewall
2 45 (29.22%) LAN
3 40 (25.97%) WAN
4 39 (25.32%) Software-Defined Radio
5 26 (16.88%) SD-WAN
6 25 (16.23%) VPN
7 22 (14.29%) Wireshark
8 20 (12.99%) Unified Communications
9 18 (11.69%) Skype
10 17 (11.04%) Wi-Fi
11 14 (9.09%) BGP
11 14 (9.09%) Bluetooth
11 14 (9.09%) DNS
12 13 (8.44%) Network Security
13 12 (7.79%) DHCP
14 11 (7.14%) OSPF
15 8 (5.19%) EIGRP
15 8 (5.19%) RS-232
15 8 (5.19%) VLAN
15 8 (5.19%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.30%) EDMS
1 2 (1.30%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.65%) FileMaker
2 1 (0.65%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (3.90%) KGDB
2 3 (1.95%) Git
3 2 (1.30%) Eclipse
3 2 (1.30%) JIRA
3 2 (1.30%) Subversion
4 1 (0.65%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.65%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 64 (41.56%) Finance
2 39 (25.32%) Social Skills
3 21 (13.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (9.74%) Telecoms
5 12 (7.79%) Electronics
6 11 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.25%) Marketing
8 3 (1.95%) Advertising
8 3 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.30%) Law
9 2 (1.30%) Retail
10 1 (0.65%) Avionics
10 1 (0.65%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.65%) French Language
10 1 (0.65%) Games
10 1 (0.65%) German Language
10 1 (0.65%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.65%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.65%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.65%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 49 (31.82%) Software Engineer
2 48 (31.17%) Embedded Engineer
2 48 (31.17%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 31 (20.13%) Network Engineer
4 18 (11.69%) Collaboration Specialist
5 15 (9.74%) Senior
6 14 (9.09%) Analyst
7 11 (7.14%) IT Support
8 10 (6.49%) Support Analyst
9 8 (5.19%) 3rd Line Support
9 8 (5.19%) Network Analyst
9 8 (5.19%) Network Support
9 8 (5.19%) Network Support Analyst
10 7 (4.55%) Lead
10 7 (4.55%) Senior Network Engineer
11 6 (3.90%) Junior
12 5 (3.25%) IT Analyst
12 5 (3.25%) IT Engineer
13 4 (2.60%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 4 (2.60%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.65%) JSON
1 1 (0.65%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 45 (29.22%) Embedded Systems
2 38 (24.68%) e-Learning
2 38 (24.68%) MicroBlaze
2 38 (24.68%) RISC-V
3 21 (13.64%) Data Centre
4 18 (11.69%) Digital Signage
4 18 (11.69%) Video Conferencing
5 12 (7.79%) Management Information System
6 5 (3.25%) Blackberry
6 5 (3.25%) Driving Licence
6 5 (3.25%) IoT
7 3 (1.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (1.95%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.95%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.95%) Web3
8 2 (1.30%) Housing Association
8 2 (1.30%) iPhone
8 2 (1.30%) NB-IoT
8 2 (1.30%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 45 (29.22%) Linux
2 38 (24.68%) Embedded Linux
3 24 (15.58%) Windows
4 10 (6.49%) Windows Server
5 9 (5.84%) Android
6 6 (3.90%) Apple iOS
6 6 (3.90%) Windows 10
7 5 (3.25%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.30%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (35.71%) Software Engineering
2 41 (26.62%) Agile
3 40 (25.97%) Innovative Thinking
4 39 (25.32%) Digital Signal Processing
4 39 (25.32%) Signal Processing
5 26 (16.88%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (14.29%) Load Balancing
7 20 (12.99%) Network Monitoring
8 19 (12.34%) Network Virtualisation
9 18 (11.69%) Change Management
9 18 (11.69%) Customer Service
9 18 (11.69%) User Experience
10 15 (9.74%) Capacity Planning
11 13 (8.44%) Asset Management
11 13 (8.44%) High Availability
11 13 (8.44%) Problem Management
12 12 (7.79%) Coaching
12 12 (7.79%) Network Planning
13 11 (7.14%) ITIL
13 11 (7.14%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 48 (31.17%) C
2 46 (29.87%) C++
3 13 (8.44%) Python
4 4 (2.60%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.95%) SQL
6 2 (1.30%) Embedded C
6 2 (1.30%) Progress 4GL
7 1 (0.65%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 41 (26.62%) SC Cleared
1 41 (26.62%) Security Cleared
2 16 (10.39%) Cisco Certification
3 14 (9.09%) Degree
4 13 (8.44%) CCNP
5 7 (4.55%) CCIE
6 5 (3.25%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.60%) CCNA
7 4 (2.60%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.30%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.30%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.30%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.65%) JNCIA
9 1 (0.65%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.60%) SLA
2 2 (1.30%) GDPR
2 2 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.65%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.65%) NIST
3 1 (0.65%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 48 (31.17%) Firmware
2 40 (25.97%) Embedded Firmware
3 22 (14.29%) Active Directory
4 10 (6.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (3.90%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.65%) Docker
7 1 (0.65%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (0.65%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.65%) KVM
7 1 (0.65%) vSphere
7 1 (0.65%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 13 (8.44%) Ansible
2 6 (3.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.90%) Terraform
3 4 (2.60%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.65%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.65%) Autotask
4 1 (0.65%) Puppet
4 1 (0.65%) SCCM
Vendors
1 65 (42.21%) Cisco
2 27 (17.53%) Microsoft
3 23 (14.94%) Palo Alto
4 19 (12.34%) Meraki
4 19 (12.34%) SolarWinds
5 18 (11.69%) Mitel
5 18 (11.69%) Polycom
5 18 (11.69%) ShoreTel
6 14 (9.09%) CheckPoint
7 11 (7.14%) Aruba
8 10 (6.49%) Ubiquiti
8 10 (6.49%) VMware
9 9 (5.84%) HP
9 9 (5.84%) Sophos
10 8 (5.19%) Dell
10 8 (5.19%) Fortinet
10 8 (5.19%) Juniper
11 7 (4.55%) F5
11 7 (4.55%) iManage
12 5 (3.25%) Intapp