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 11 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 260 276 178
Rank change year-on-year +16 -98 +207
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 117 195 378
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.77% 1.04% 1.83%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.73% 8.19% 13.00%
Number of salaries quoted 67 101 322
10th Percentile £28,150 £36,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £32,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £61,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% +23.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,250 £110,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% -5.00%

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 1,340 2,381 2,908
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.76% 12.66% 14.10%
Number of salaries quoted 924 1,376 2,476
10th Percentile £27,040 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,982 £87,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.25% +6.00% -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 11 December 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 8 (6.84%) SharePoint
2 7 (5.98%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.85%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 45 (38.46%) Azure
2 14 (11.97%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (6.84%) Entra ID
4 7 (5.98%) AWS
5 5 (4.27%) Mimecast
6 4 (3.42%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (3.42%) Google Workspace
6 4 (3.42%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.71%) SaaS
8 1 (0.85%) Amazon Ads
8 1 (0.85%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 51 (43.59%) LAN
1 51 (43.59%) WAN
2 47 (40.17%) Firewall
2 47 (40.17%) SD-WAN
3 33 (28.21%) Wireshark
4 24 (20.51%) VPN
5 19 (16.24%) DNS
6 17 (14.53%) Software-Defined Radio
7 16 (13.68%) DHCP
7 16 (13.68%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (11.11%) Bluetooth
8 13 (11.11%) RS-232
9 10 (8.55%) BGP
9 10 (8.55%) VLAN
10 9 (7.69%) Cisco Wireless
10 9 (7.69%) Network Security
11 8 (6.84%) TCP/IP
11 8 (6.84%) WLAN
12 7 (5.98%) OSPF
13 6 (5.13%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.85%) FileMaker
1 1 (0.85%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.71%) JIRA
2 1 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 56 (47.86%) Finance
2 48 (41.03%) Social Skills
3 29 (24.79%) Telecoms
4 15 (12.82%) Electronics
5 7 (5.98%) Retail
6 5 (4.27%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.27%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.56%) Marketing
8 2 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.71%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.85%) Advertising
9 1 (0.85%) Dutch Language
9 1 (0.85%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.85%) French Language
9 1 (0.85%) German Language
9 1 (0.85%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.85%) Police
9 1 (0.85%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 35 (29.91%) Network Engineer
2 30 (25.64%) Embedded Engineer
2 30 (25.64%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 30 (25.64%) Software Engineer
3 13 (11.11%) Analyst
4 12 (10.26%) Support Analyst
5 10 (8.55%) Senior
6 8 (6.84%) 3rd Line Support
6 8 (6.84%) Network Analyst
6 8 (6.84%) Network Support
6 8 (6.84%) Network Support Analyst
7 6 (5.13%) IT Support
7 6 (5.13%) Network Manager
7 6 (5.13%) Senior Network Engineer
7 6 (5.13%) Technical Support
8 5 (4.27%) Junior
8 5 (4.27%) Support Engineer
9 4 (3.42%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 4 (3.42%) IT Support Engineer
9 4 (3.42%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 31 (26.50%) Data Centre
2 25 (21.37%) Management Information System
3 17 (14.53%) e-Learning
3 17 (14.53%) Embedded Systems
3 17 (14.53%) MicroBlaze
3 17 (14.53%) RISC-V
4 6 (5.13%) Driving Licence
4 6 (5.13%) iPad
4 6 (5.13%) iPhone
5 4 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.42%) Mobile App
5 4 (3.42%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.42%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (2.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (2.56%) IoT
6 3 (2.56%) Low-Code
6 3 (2.56%) Web3
7 2 (1.71%) CCTV
7 2 (1.71%) Digital Signage
7 2 (1.71%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 22 (18.80%) Windows
2 18 (15.38%) Linux
3 17 (14.53%) Embedded Linux
4 14 (11.97%) Apple iOS
5 10 (8.55%) Windows Server
6 9 (7.69%) Windows 10
7 7 (5.98%) Mac OS
8 6 (5.13%) Android
9 2 (1.71%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (28.21%) Load Balancing
2 32 (27.35%) Change Management
3 31 (26.50%) Network Monitoring
4 30 (25.64%) Customer Service
4 30 (25.64%) Network Virtualisation
4 30 (25.64%) Software Engineering
5 28 (23.93%) Problem Management
6 27 (23.08%) Asset Management
6 27 (23.08%) Capacity Planning
7 25 (21.37%) Coaching
8 24 (20.51%) Network Planning
8 24 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
9 21 (17.95%) Agile
10 19 (16.24%) Innovative Thinking
11 17 (14.53%) Digital Signal Processing
11 17 (14.53%) Signal Processing
12 11 (9.40%) High Availability
12 11 (9.40%) Process Improvement
12 11 (9.40%) Service Delivery
13 9 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 30 (25.64%) C
1 30 (25.64%) C++
2 9 (7.69%) Python
3 1 (0.85%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (16.24%) SC Cleared
1 19 (16.24%) Security Cleared
2 12 (10.26%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (8.55%) CCNP
4 8 (6.84%) Degree
5 6 (5.13%) CCIE
6 1 (0.85%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.85%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.85%) BICSI RCDD
6 1 (0.85%) CCNA
6 1 (0.85%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.27%) SLA
2 2 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.85%) GDPR
3 1 (0.85%) NIST
System Software
1 30 (25.64%) Firmware
2 21 (17.95%) Active Directory
3 19 (16.24%) Embedded Firmware
4 14 (11.97%) Hyper-V
5 9 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (3.42%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.85%) Docker
7 1 (0.85%) vSphere
7 1 (0.85%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 11 (9.40%) Ansible
2 10 (8.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (4.27%) Terraform
4 4 (3.42%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.71%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.85%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 57 (48.72%) Cisco
2 31 (26.50%) Meraki
2 31 (26.50%) Palo Alto
3 30 (25.64%) SolarWinds
4 24 (20.51%) CheckPoint
5 22 (18.80%) Microsoft
6 13 (11.11%) Aruba
7 9 (7.69%) HP
7 9 (7.69%) VMware
8 8 (6.84%) Ubiquiti
9 7 (5.98%) Sophos
10 5 (4.27%) Barracuda Networks
10 5 (4.27%) Dell
10 5 (4.27%) F5
10 5 (4.27%) Fortinet
11 4 (3.42%) Google
11 4 (3.42%) Juniper
12 2 (1.71%) Datto
12 2 (1.71%) ESET
12 2 (1.71%) Veeam