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 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 266 262 199
Rank change year-on-year -4 -63 +184
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 143 213 362
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.90% 1.07% 1.66%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.43% 8.92% 11.94%
Number of salaries quoted 76 113 310
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £33,500 £43,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £61,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.89% +23.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £82,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £104,375 £110,000 £80,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £54,750 £46,500
% change year-on-year -26.94% +17.74% -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 1,697 2,388 3,033
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.70% 12.03% 13.88%
Number of salaries quoted 994 1,378 2,533
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% -1.79% +1.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,964 £85,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +5.00% -4.76%

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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 6 November 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 (2.80%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.70%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 42 (29.37%) Azure
2 14 (9.79%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (5.59%) AWS
4 5 (3.50%) Mimecast
5 4 (2.80%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.10%) Amazon Ads
6 3 (2.10%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.40%) Facebook Ads
7 2 (1.40%) Google Ads
7 2 (1.40%) SaaS
8 1 (0.70%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 56 (39.16%) Firewall
2 54 (37.76%) LAN
3 45 (31.47%) WAN
4 39 (27.27%) SD-WAN
5 36 (25.17%) Software-Defined Radio
6 34 (23.78%) Wireshark
7 21 (14.69%) VPN
7 21 (14.69%) Wi-Fi
8 18 (12.59%) DNS
9 16 (11.19%) DHCP
10 15 (10.49%) Bluetooth
11 12 (8.39%) Network Security
12 11 (7.69%) BGP
12 11 (7.69%) RS-232
12 11 (7.69%) VLAN
13 8 (5.59%) OSPF
13 8 (5.59%) WLAN
14 7 (4.90%) EIGRP
15 6 (4.20%) Cisco Wireless
15 6 (4.20%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.70%) FileMaker
1 1 (0.70%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.80%) KGDB
2 2 (1.40%) Git
2 2 (1.40%) JIRA
3 1 (0.70%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.70%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.70%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.70%) Subversion
General
1 72 (50.35%) Finance
2 48 (33.57%) Social Skills
3 28 (19.58%) Telecoms
4 15 (10.49%) Electronics
5 7 (4.90%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.50%) Marketing
7 3 (2.10%) Advertising
7 3 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.10%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.10%) Retail
8 1 (0.70%) Avionics
8 1 (0.70%) Dutch Language
8 1 (0.70%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (0.70%) French Language
8 1 (0.70%) German Language
8 1 (0.70%) Italian Language
8 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.70%) Police
8 1 (0.70%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 48 (33.57%) Embedded Engineer
1 48 (33.57%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 48 (33.57%) Software Engineer
2 43 (30.07%) Network Engineer
3 11 (7.69%) Analyst
3 11 (7.69%) Senior
4 8 (5.59%) 3rd Line Support
4 8 (5.59%) Network Analyst
4 8 (5.59%) Network Support
4 8 (5.59%) Network Support Analyst
4 8 (5.59%) Support Analyst
5 7 (4.90%) Senior Network Engineer
5 7 (4.90%) Technical Support
6 6 (4.20%) IT Support
6 6 (4.20%) Junior
6 6 (4.20%) Technical Engineer
7 5 (3.50%) IT Engineer
8 4 (2.80%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 4 (2.80%) Lead
8 4 (2.80%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.70%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 40 (27.97%) Embedded Systems
2 36 (25.17%) e-Learning
2 36 (25.17%) MicroBlaze
2 36 (25.17%) RISC-V
3 32 (22.38%) Data Centre
4 25 (17.48%) Management Information System
5 8 (5.59%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.80%) IoT
7 3 (2.10%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (2.10%) Low-Code
7 3 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.10%) Virtual Team
7 3 (2.10%) Web3
8 2 (1.40%) Blackberry
8 2 (1.40%) CCTV
8 2 (1.40%) Digital Signage
8 2 (1.40%) NB-IoT
9 1 (0.70%) iPad
9 1 (0.70%) iPhone
9 1 (0.70%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 42 (29.37%) Linux
2 36 (25.17%) Embedded Linux
3 23 (16.08%) Windows
4 9 (6.29%) Apple iOS
4 9 (6.29%) Windows Server
5 6 (4.20%) Android
5 6 (4.20%) Mac OS
5 6 (4.20%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.40%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (36.36%) Software Engineering
2 39 (27.27%) Agile
3 38 (26.57%) Innovative Thinking
4 36 (25.17%) Digital Signal Processing
4 36 (25.17%) Signal Processing
5 33 (23.08%) Load Balancing
6 32 (22.38%) Network Monitoring
7 30 (20.98%) Network Virtualisation
8 28 (19.58%) Change Management
9 27 (18.88%) Capacity Planning
9 27 (18.88%) Customer Service
10 26 (18.18%) Asset Management
10 26 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
11 24 (16.78%) Coaching
11 24 (16.78%) Network Planning
11 24 (16.78%) Problem Management
12 12 (8.39%) High Availability
13 11 (7.69%) Process Improvement
14 9 (6.29%) Incident Response
15 8 (5.59%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 48 (33.57%) C
2 47 (32.87%) C++
3 11 (7.69%) Python
4 1 (0.70%) Embedded C
4 1 (0.70%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.70%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 39 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 15 (10.49%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (9.09%) Degree
4 12 (8.39%) CCNP
5 7 (4.90%) CCIE
6 3 (2.10%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.40%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.40%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.40%) CCNA
7 2 (1.40%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.40%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.70%) BICSI RCDD
8 1 (0.70%) JNCIA
8 1 (0.70%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.70%) GDPR
2 1 (0.70%) NIST
2 1 (0.70%) SLA
System Software
1 48 (33.57%) Firmware
2 38 (26.57%) Embedded Firmware
3 20 (13.99%) Active Directory
4 12 (8.39%) Hyper-V
5 7 (4.90%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (1.40%) Docker
7 1 (0.70%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (0.70%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.70%) KVM
7 1 (0.70%) vSphere
7 1 (0.70%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 12 (8.39%) Ansible
2 6 (4.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (3.50%) Terraform
4 4 (2.80%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.70%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.70%) Puppet
5 1 (0.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 62 (43.36%) Cisco
2 32 (22.38%) Meraki
2 32 (22.38%) Palo Alto
3 30 (20.98%) SolarWinds
4 25 (17.48%) CheckPoint
5 24 (16.78%) Microsoft
6 15 (10.49%) Aruba
7 11 (7.69%) HP
7 11 (7.69%) Ubiquiti
8 9 (6.29%) Fortinet
8 9 (6.29%) Sophos
9 7 (4.90%) Juniper
9 7 (4.90%) VMware
10 6 (4.20%) Dell
11 5 (3.50%) Barracuda Networks
11 5 (3.50%) F5
11 5 (3.50%) Google
12 4 (2.80%) ConnectWise
12 4 (2.80%) Datto
12 4 (2.80%) ESET