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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 308 287 211
Rank change year-on-year -21 -76 +68
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 100 145 512
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.52% 0.97% 1.54%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.72% 7.54% 10.09%
Number of salaries quoted 74 84 439
10th Percentile £34,275 £30,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,371 £40,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,625 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,750 £95,000 £82,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £49,875 £46,151
% change year-on-year -9.77% +8.07% +2.56%

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 2,118 1,922 5,074
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.04% 12.86% 15.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,062 1,154 3,324
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,250 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.50% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £46,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.16% - -5.94%

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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 31 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 (8.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.00%) Acrobat
1 1 (1.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (4.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 34 (34.00%) Azure
2 12 (12.00%) Entra ID
3 11 (11.00%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (8.00%) AWS
5 5 (5.00%) GCP
6 3 (3.00%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (3.00%) OCI
7 2 (2.00%) AWS Direct Connect
7 2 (2.00%) Datadog
7 2 (2.00%) IaaS
7 2 (2.00%) PaaS
7 2 (2.00%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.00%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 40 (40.00%) Firewall
2 32 (32.00%) LAN
3 30 (30.00%) WAN
4 28 (28.00%) SD-WAN
5 26 (26.00%) Network Security
6 24 (24.00%) Cisco ISE
7 17 (17.00%) Wi-Fi
8 16 (16.00%) Cisco Wireless
8 16 (16.00%) WLAN
9 13 (13.00%) Bluetooth
9 13 (13.00%) Modbus
10 12 (12.00%) BGP
10 12 (12.00%) OSPF
11 11 (11.00%) VLAN
12 10 (10.00%) Cisco Nexus
12 10 (10.00%) DNS
12 10 (10.00%) VPN
13 9 (9.00%) DHCP
14 7 (7.00%) LTE
15 6 (6.00%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 4 (4.00%) Eclipse
1 4 (4.00%) Git
1 4 (4.00%) Subversion
2 2 (2.00%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.00%) Burp Suite
3 1 (1.00%) Metasploit
General
1 37 (37.00%) Social Skills
2 16 (16.00%) Finance
3 12 (12.00%) Manufacturing
4 10 (10.00%) Electronics
4 10 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 6 (6.00%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (5.00%) Marketing
6 5 (5.00%) Retail
7 4 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (3.00%) Banking
8 3 (3.00%) Law
8 3 (3.00%) Legal
9 2 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.00%) Military
9 2 (2.00%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.00%) Local Government
10 1 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 36 (36.00%) Network Engineer
2 32 (32.00%) Senior
3 16 (16.00%) Senior Network Engineer
4 14 (14.00%) Support Engineer
5 11 (11.00%) Embedded Engineer
5 11 (11.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 11 (11.00%) Software Engineer
6 9 (9.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 8 (8.00%) 3rd Line Support
7 8 (8.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 8 (8.00%) Cisco Engineer
7 8 (8.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 8 (8.00%) Consultant
7 8 (8.00%) IT Engineer
7 8 (8.00%) Systems Engineer
7 8 (8.00%) Systems Support Engineer
8 7 (7.00%) IT Support
9 6 (6.00%) IT Support Engineer
9 6 (6.00%) Network Consultant
9 6 (6.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.00%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.00%) NumPy
2 1 (1.00%) PyTorch
2 1 (1.00%) SciPy
2 1 (1.00%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.00%) Embedded Systems
2 7 (7.00%) Data Centre
2 7 (7.00%) Driving Licence
2 7 (7.00%) Raspberry Pi
3 5 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (5.00%) Security Posture
4 4 (4.00%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.00%) FPGA
5 3 (3.00%) IoT
6 2 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.00%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.00%) NB-IoT
6 2 (2.00%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.00%) PCIe
6 2 (2.00%) Photography
6 2 (2.00%) Replication
6 2 (2.00%) SCADA
6 2 (2.00%) Smart Meter
6 2 (2.00%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (12.00%) Windows
2 6 (6.00%) FreeRTOS
2 6 (6.00%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.00%) Linux
4 2 (2.00%) Apple iOS
4 2 (2.00%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (2.00%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.00%) Android
5 1 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (29.00%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (16.00%) Project Delivery
3 15 (15.00%) Customer Service
4 14 (14.00%) Software Engineering
5 11 (11.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (10.00%) Logistics
7 9 (9.00%) Collaborative Culture
8 8 (8.00%) High Availability
8 8 (8.00%) Tech Ops
9 7 (7.00%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (7.00%) ITIL
9 7 (7.00%) Kalman Filter
9 7 (7.00%) Network Design
9 7 (7.00%) Presales
9 7 (7.00%) Project Management
10 6 (6.00%) CRM
10 6 (6.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 6 (6.00%) Mentoring
10 6 (6.00%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.00%) C
1 11 (11.00%) Python
2 7 (7.00%) C++
3 5 (5.00%) Embedded C
4 3 (3.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (21.00%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (18.00%) CCNP
3 14 (14.00%) DBS Check
4 10 (10.00%) CCIE
5 8 (8.00%) Azure Certification
6 7 (7.00%) CCNA
7 6 (6.00%) Degree
8 5 (5.00%) CCSA
8 5 (5.00%) CCSE
9 4 (4.00%) JNCIP
10 3 (3.00%) AWS Certification
10 3 (3.00%) CCIE Security
10 3 (3.00%) JNCIE
11 2 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (1.00%) CCSP
12 1 (1.00%) CHECK Team Member
12 1 (1.00%) CREST Certified
12 1 (1.00%) CWNA
12 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (1.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (4.00%) SLA
2 2 (2.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.00%) GDPR
2 2 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.00%) GRC
3 1 (1.00%) ISO 14001
3 1 (1.00%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (18.00%) Active Directory
2 13 (13.00%) Firmware
3 8 (8.00%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (6.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (5.00%) Hyper-V
6 3 (3.00%) vSphere
7 1 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (19.00%) FortiGate
2 8 (8.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (4.00%) Ansible
3 4 (4.00%) Terraform
4 2 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.00%) WhatsUp Gold
5 1 (1.00%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (1.00%) Nessus
5 1 (1.00%) Nmap
5 1 (1.00%) Proxmox
5 1 (1.00%) SCCM
5 1 (1.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 46 (46.00%) Cisco
2 22 (22.00%) Palo Alto
3 17 (17.00%) Microsoft
4 11 (11.00%) Fortinet
4 11 (11.00%) Meraki
5 7 (7.00%) Aruba
6 6 (6.00%) CheckPoint
6 6 (6.00%) Juniper
6 6 (6.00%) Ubiquiti
6 6 (6.00%) VMware
7 5 (5.00%) Veeam
8 4 (4.00%) Atmel
9 3 (3.00%) F5
9 3 (3.00%) Sophos
10 2 (2.00%) Broadcom
10 2 (2.00%) Dynatrace
10 2 (2.00%) EMC
10 2 (2.00%) HP
10 2 (2.00%) SolarWinds
11 1 (1.00%) iManage