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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 292 237
Rank change year-on-year +5 -55 -1
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 171 145 334
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.75% 0.88% 1.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.17% 7.36% 8.81%
Number of salaries quoted 136 81 263
10th Percentile £38,875 £29,500 £34,600
25th Percentile £46,250 £34,750 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,000 £54,556
Median % change year-on-year +12.75% -6.52% +9.11%
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £79,375 £121,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £49,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.29% -15.00% +9.89%

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 2,384 1,970 3,793
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.50% 11.92% 15.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,317 1,207 2,022
10th Percentile £29,625 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,796
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.10% -16.00% -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 10 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 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 15 (8.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.58%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (1.75%) Lightworks
1 3 (1.75%) Simulink
2 1 (0.58%) Acrobat
2 1 (0.58%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (4.68%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.17%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (1.17%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 60 (35.09%) Azure
2 38 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (16.96%) Entra ID
4 8 (4.68%) AWS
5 4 (2.34%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.75%) GCP
6 3 (1.75%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.75%) OCI
7 2 (1.17%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.17%) Datadog
7 2 (1.17%) IaaS
7 2 (1.17%) PaaS
7 2 (1.17%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.17%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.58%) Amazon EMR
8 1 (0.58%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.58%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 70 (40.94%) Firewall
2 61 (35.67%) LAN
3 48 (28.07%) Network Security
3 48 (28.07%) WAN
4 32 (18.71%) VLAN
4 32 (18.71%) Wi-Fi
5 27 (15.79%) VPN
6 23 (13.45%) SD-WAN
7 21 (12.28%) DNS
8 20 (11.70%) Bluetooth
8 20 (11.70%) Cisco ISE
9 19 (11.11%) WLAN
10 18 (10.53%) DHCP
10 18 (10.53%) Modbus
11 14 (8.19%) TCP/IP
12 12 (7.02%) BGP
12 12 (7.02%) Cisco Nexus
12 12 (7.02%) OSPF
13 11 (6.43%) 5G
13 11 (6.43%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.75%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.58%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 11 (6.43%) Git
2 3 (1.75%) Burp Suite
2 3 (1.75%) Metasploit
2 3 (1.75%) PetaLinux
3 2 (1.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 68 (39.77%) Social Skills
2 21 (12.28%) Telecoms
3 17 (9.94%) Finance
4 15 (8.77%) Electronics
5 12 (7.02%) Manufacturing
5 12 (7.02%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (4.09%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (3.51%) Marketing
8 5 (2.92%) Law
8 5 (2.92%) Legal
9 3 (1.75%) Banking
9 3 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.17%) Military
11 1 (0.58%) French Language
11 1 (0.58%) Local Government
11 1 (0.58%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.58%) Retail
Job Titles
1 52 (30.41%) Network Engineer
2 49 (28.65%) Senior
3 25 (14.62%) Embedded Engineer
4 20 (11.70%) IT Support
4 20 (11.70%) Senior Network Engineer
5 19 (11.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 19 (11.11%) Software Engineer
5 19 (11.11%) Support Engineer
6 16 (9.36%) IT Engineer
7 15 (8.77%) IT Support Engineer
7 15 (8.77%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 11 (6.43%) Cisco Engineer
8 11 (6.43%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 11 (6.43%) Consultant
9 9 (5.26%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 9 (5.26%) Senior Software Engineer
9 9 (5.26%) Systems Engineer
10 8 (4.68%) Linux Engineer
10 8 (4.68%) Senior Linux Engineer
10 8 (4.68%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.26%) Yocto
2 5 (2.92%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.87%) Embedded Systems
2 17 (9.94%) IoT
3 12 (7.02%) Data Centre
4 11 (6.43%) Raspberry Pi
4 11 (6.43%) Security Posture
5 10 (5.85%) Driving Licence
5 10 (5.85%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (4.68%) Device Driver
7 5 (2.92%) FPGA
8 4 (2.34%) Clustering
9 3 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.75%) iPad
9 3 (1.75%) Verilog
9 3 (1.75%) VHDL
10 2 (1.17%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.17%) NB-IoT
10 2 (1.17%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 32 (18.71%) Windows
2 20 (11.70%) Windows Server
3 17 (9.94%) Linux
4 12 (7.02%) FreeRTOS
5 8 (4.68%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (2.34%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.34%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.75%) Kali Linux
7 3 (1.75%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.58%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (29.24%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (17.54%) Software Engineering
3 23 (13.45%) Project Delivery
4 18 (10.53%) Collaborative Culture
4 18 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 17 (9.94%) ITIL
5 17 (9.94%) Technical Leadership
6 16 (9.36%) Mentoring
7 15 (8.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 12 (7.02%) Roadmaps
9 11 (6.43%) Customer Service
9 11 (6.43%) High Availability
9 11 (6.43%) Migration
10 10 (5.85%) CI/CD
10 10 (5.85%) Coaching
10 10 (5.85%) Cybersecurity
10 10 (5.85%) Network Design
10 10 (5.85%) Presales
11 9 (5.26%) TDD
11 9 (5.26%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 27 (15.79%) C
2 22 (12.87%) PowerShell
2 22 (12.87%) Python
3 18 (10.53%) C++
4 13 (7.60%) Embedded C
5 5 (2.92%) Rust
6 3 (1.75%) MATLAB
7 2 (1.17%) Bicep
8 1 (0.58%) Bash
8 1 (0.58%) SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (21.64%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (16.96%) CCNP
3 18 (10.53%) Degree
4 17 (9.94%) Azure Certification
5 14 (8.19%) CCNA
5 14 (8.19%) DBS Check
6 7 (4.09%) CCIE
6 7 (4.09%) SC Cleared
6 7 (4.09%) Security Cleared
7 4 (2.34%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.34%) JNCIP
7 4 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.75%) CCIE Security
8 3 (1.75%) CCSA
8 3 (1.75%) CCSE
8 3 (1.75%) CHECK Team Leader
8 3 (1.75%) CHECK Team Member
8 3 (1.75%) CREST Certified
8 3 (1.75%) JNCIE
8 3 (1.75%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.02%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (4.68%) GDPR
3 5 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.34%) JTAG
5 3 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.75%) ECSS
5 3 (1.75%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.75%) SLA
6 2 (1.17%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.17%) QA
7 1 (0.58%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.58%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 34 (19.88%) Active Directory
2 20 (11.70%) Firmware
3 14 (8.19%) Hyper-V
4 11 (6.43%) Embedded Firmware
5 10 (5.85%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (3.51%) vSphere
7 4 (2.34%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.58%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 25 (14.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (11.11%) FortiGate
3 7 (4.09%) Terraform
4 4 (2.34%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (1.75%) Ansible
5 3 (1.75%) Nmap
6 2 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.17%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (0.58%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.58%) WSUS
Vendors
1 68 (39.77%) Cisco
2 49 (28.65%) Microsoft
3 23 (13.45%) Palo Alto
4 20 (11.70%) Aruba
5 17 (9.94%) Meraki
6 15 (8.77%) Fortinet
7 12 (7.02%) Ubiquiti
8 11 (6.43%) Juniper
9 10 (5.85%) VMware
10 8 (4.68%) CheckPoint
11 6 (3.51%) Veeam
12 4 (2.34%) EMC
12 4 (2.34%) F5
13 3 (1.75%) Google
13 3 (1.75%) iManage
13 3 (1.75%) Intapp
13 3 (1.75%) Litera
13 3 (1.75%) Sophos
13 3 (1.75%) Xilinx
14 2 (1.17%) HighQ