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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 300 198
Rank change year-on-year -19 -102 +100
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 87 126 521
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.47% 0.87% 1.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.34% 7.59% 10.24%
Number of salaries quoted 60 81 453
10th Percentile £37,750 £31,250 £27,600
25th Percentile £48,750 £45,625 £37,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,500 £85,000 £87,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +5.56%

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 2,004 1,661 5,089
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.87% 11.49% 15.65%
Number of salaries quoted 971 1,201 3,372
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,313 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,068 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.14% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £86,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

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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 May 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 8 (9.20%) SharePoint
2 6 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.30%) AutoCAD
2 1 (1.15%) Acrobat
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.15%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 28 (32.18%) Azure
2 9 (10.34%) Entra ID
2 9 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (9.20%) AWS
4 5 (5.75%) GCP
5 4 (4.60%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (4.60%) OneDrive
6 3 (3.45%) OCI
7 2 (2.30%) AWS Direct Connect
7 2 (2.30%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 34 (39.08%) Firewall
2 32 (36.78%) SD-WAN
3 31 (35.63%) WAN
4 29 (33.33%) LAN
5 21 (24.14%) Cisco ISE
6 20 (22.99%) Network Security
7 17 (19.54%) Cisco Wireless
8 16 (18.39%) Wi-Fi
9 14 (16.09%) WLAN
10 11 (12.64%) Bluetooth
10 11 (12.64%) VPN
11 10 (11.49%) BGP
11 10 (11.49%) Modbus
11 10 (11.49%) OSPF
12 9 (10.34%) DNS
12 9 (10.34%) VLAN
13 8 (9.20%) Cisco Nexus
13 8 (9.20%) DHCP
14 6 (6.90%) TCP/IP
15 5 (5.75%) LTE
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 30 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 18 (20.69%) Finance
3 12 (13.79%) Manufacturing
4 9 (10.34%) Telecoms
5 8 (9.20%) Electronics
6 7 (8.05%) Retail
7 5 (5.75%) Marketing
8 4 (4.60%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (3.45%) Banking
9 3 (3.45%) Law
10 2 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.30%) Military
10 2 (2.30%) Public Sector
11 1 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.15%) Legal
11 1 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 30 (34.48%) Network Engineer
2 26 (29.89%) Senior
3 15 (17.24%) Senior Network Engineer
4 10 (11.49%) Support Engineer
5 9 (10.34%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 9 (10.34%) Embedded Engineer
5 9 (10.34%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 9 (10.34%) Software Engineer
6 8 (9.20%) 3rd Line Support
6 8 (9.20%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 8 (9.20%) Systems Engineer
6 8 (9.20%) Systems Support Engineer
7 6 (6.90%) Cisco Engineer
7 6 (6.90%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 6 (6.90%) Network Manager
8 5 (5.75%) Analyst
8 5 (5.75%) Consultant
9 4 (4.60%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 4 (4.60%) Network Consultant
9 4 (4.60%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.30%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.15%) NumPy
2 1 (1.15%) PyTorch
2 1 (1.15%) SciPy
2 1 (1.15%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.90%) Data Centre
1 6 (6.90%) Embedded Systems
1 6 (6.90%) Raspberry Pi
2 5 (5.75%) Mobile App
2 5 (5.75%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.60%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (4.60%) iPad
3 4 (4.60%) iPhone
3 4 (4.60%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (3.45%) FPGA
4 3 (3.45%) IoT
4 3 (3.45%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.30%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.30%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.30%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.30%) NB-IoT
5 2 (2.30%) PCIe
5 2 (2.30%) Photography
5 2 (2.30%) SCADA
5 2 (2.30%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 13 (14.94%) Windows
2 7 (8.05%) Windows Server
3 5 (5.75%) Apple iOS
3 5 (5.75%) Windows 10
4 4 (4.60%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (4.60%) Linux
5 2 (2.30%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (1.15%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (25.29%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (19.54%) Customer Service
3 13 (14.94%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (13.79%) Logistics
5 11 (12.64%) Project Delivery
5 11 (12.64%) Software Engineering
6 9 (10.34%) Collaborative Culture
7 8 (9.20%) ITIL
7 8 (9.20%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (9.20%) Tech Ops
8 7 (8.05%) Disaster Recovery
8 7 (8.05%) High Availability
8 7 (8.05%) Presales
8 7 (8.05%) Zero Trust
9 6 (6.90%) CRM
9 6 (6.90%) Problem Management
9 6 (6.90%) Project Management
9 6 (6.90%) Strategic Thinking
9 6 (6.90%) Telesales
10 5 (5.75%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 11 (12.64%) Python
2 9 (10.34%) C
3 6 (6.90%) C++
4 4 (4.60%) Embedded C
5 2 (2.30%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (22.99%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (19.54%) CCNP
3 11 (12.64%) CCIE
3 11 (12.64%) DBS Check
4 8 (9.20%) Azure Certification
5 7 (8.05%) CCNA
6 5 (5.75%) CCSA
6 5 (5.75%) CCSE
6 5 (5.75%) Degree
7 4 (4.60%) JNCIP
8 3 (3.45%) AWS Certification
8 3 (3.45%) CCIE Security
8 3 (3.45%) JNCIE
9 2 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.15%) CHECK Team Member
10 1 (1.15%) CREST Certified
10 1 (1.15%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.15%) GPEN
10 1 (1.15%) OSCP
10 1 (1.15%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.05%) SLA
2 3 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.30%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.30%) GDPR
4 1 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.15%) GRC
4 1 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (14.94%) Active Directory
2 11 (12.64%) Firmware
3 6 (6.90%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (6.90%) Hyper-V
3 6 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (4.60%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (17.24%) FortiGate
2 7 (8.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (4.60%) Ansible
3 4 (4.60%) Terraform
4 1 (1.15%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.15%) Nessus
4 1 (1.15%) Nmap
4 1 (1.15%) Proxmox
4 1 (1.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 40 (45.98%) Cisco
2 19 (21.84%) Palo Alto
3 14 (16.09%) Microsoft
4 9 (10.34%) Fortinet
5 6 (6.90%) CheckPoint
5 6 (6.90%) VMware
6 4 (4.60%) Aruba
6 4 (4.60%) Atmel
6 4 (4.60%) Juniper
6 4 (4.60%) Meraki
7 3 (3.45%) F5
8 2 (2.30%) Dynatrace
8 2 (2.30%) HP
8 2 (2.30%) SolarWinds
8 2 (2.30%) Veeam
9 1 (1.15%) Adobe
9 1 (1.15%) Arista
9 1 (1.15%) iManage
9 1 (1.15%) Intapp
9 1 (1.15%) Oracle