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

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 312 281 188
Rank change year-on-year -31 -93 +120
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 79 124 549
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.44% 0.92% 1.69%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.05% 7.63% 10.64%
Number of salaries quoted 56 77 478
10th Percentile £37,750 £31,459 £27,451
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,625 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,250 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.43% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £67,375
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -

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 1,953 1,625 5,158
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.78% 12.03% 15.86%
Number of salaries quoted 954 1,191 3,433
10th Percentile £29,500 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,380 £33,250 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,058 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.82% -2.75% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £89,850 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -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 27 April 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 7 (8.86%) SharePoint
2 6 (7.59%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.27%) AutoCAD
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.27%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 21 (26.58%) Azure
2 10 (12.66%) Entra ID
3 8 (10.13%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (8.86%) AWS
5 4 (5.06%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (5.06%) GCP
5 4 (5.06%) OneDrive
6 2 (2.53%) AWS Direct Connect
6 2 (2.53%) Google Workspace
6 2 (2.53%) OCI
6 2 (2.53%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 29 (36.71%) Firewall
2 27 (34.18%) SD-WAN
3 25 (31.65%) WAN
4 23 (29.11%) LAN
5 18 (22.78%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (17.72%) Cisco ISE
6 14 (17.72%) Network Security
7 12 (15.19%) Bluetooth
7 12 (15.19%) Cisco Wireless
7 12 (15.19%) DNS
7 12 (15.19%) VPN
8 11 (13.92%) WLAN
9 10 (12.66%) Modbus
9 10 (12.66%) VLAN
10 9 (11.39%) DHCP
11 8 (10.13%) TCP/IP
12 7 (8.86%) BGP
12 7 (8.86%) OSPF
13 6 (7.59%) RS-232
14 5 (6.33%) 5G
Development Applications
1 4 (5.06%) Eclipse
1 4 (5.06%) Git
1 4 (5.06%) Subversion
2 2 (2.53%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.27%) Burp Suite
3 1 (1.27%) Metasploit
General
1 30 (37.97%) Social Skills
2 17 (21.52%) Finance
3 12 (15.19%) Manufacturing
4 9 (11.39%) Electronics
5 7 (8.86%) Retail
5 7 (8.86%) Telecoms
6 5 (6.33%) Marketing
7 4 (5.06%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (2.53%) Banking
9 2 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.53%) Law
9 2 (2.53%) Military
9 2 (2.53%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.27%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 22 (27.85%) Senior
2 21 (26.58%) Network Engineer
3 12 (15.19%) Support Engineer
4 11 (13.92%) Senior Network Engineer
5 10 (12.66%) Embedded Engineer
5 10 (12.66%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 10 (12.66%) Software Engineer
6 9 (11.39%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 8 (10.13%) 3rd Line Support
7 8 (10.13%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 8 (10.13%) Systems Engineer
7 8 (10.13%) Systems Support Engineer
8 6 (7.59%) IT Engineer
8 6 (7.59%) Network Manager
9 5 (6.33%) Cisco Engineer
9 5 (6.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 5 (6.33%) Consultant
10 4 (5.06%) 2nd Line Support
10 4 (5.06%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 4 (5.06%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.27%) NumPy
1 1 (1.27%) PyTorch
1 1 (1.27%) SciPy
1 1 (1.27%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.59%) Data Centre
1 6 (7.59%) Embedded Systems
1 6 (7.59%) iPad
1 6 (7.59%) iPhone
1 6 (7.59%) Raspberry Pi
2 5 (6.33%) Mobile App
2 5 (6.33%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.06%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (5.06%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (3.80%) FPGA
4 3 (3.80%) IoT
5 2 (2.53%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.53%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.53%) NB-IoT
5 2 (2.53%) PCIe
5 2 (2.53%) Photography
5 2 (2.53%) SCADA
5 2 (2.53%) Smart Meter
6 1 (1.27%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.27%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (18.99%) Windows
2 7 (8.86%) Apple iOS
2 7 (8.86%) Windows Server
3 6 (7.59%) Windows 10
4 4 (5.06%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (5.06%) Linux
5 2 (2.53%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (2.53%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.27%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.32%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (21.52%) Customer Service
3 13 (16.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (15.19%) Logistics
4 12 (15.19%) Software Engineering
5 11 (13.92%) Project Delivery
6 8 (10.13%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (10.13%) Tech Ops
7 7 (8.86%) Collaborative Culture
7 7 (8.86%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (8.86%) ITIL
7 7 (8.86%) Project Management
8 6 (7.59%) CRM
8 6 (7.59%) High Availability
8 6 (7.59%) Presales
8 6 (7.59%) Problem Management
8 6 (7.59%) Strategic Thinking
8 6 (7.59%) Telesales
8 6 (7.59%) Zero Trust
9 5 (6.33%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.66%) C
1 10 (12.66%) Python
2 7 (8.86%) C++
3 4 (5.06%) Embedded C
4 2 (2.53%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (20.25%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (17.72%) CCNP
3 10 (12.66%) DBS Check
4 9 (11.39%) CCIE
5 6 (7.59%) Azure Certification
5 6 (7.59%) Degree
6 5 (6.33%) CCNA
7 4 (5.06%) CCSA
7 4 (5.06%) CCSE
8 3 (3.80%) JNCIP
9 2 (2.53%) AWS Certification
9 2 (2.53%) CCIE Security
9 2 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (2.53%) JNCIE
9 2 (2.53%) SC Cleared
9 2 (2.53%) Security Cleared
10 1 (1.27%) CHECK Team Member
10 1 (1.27%) CREST Certified
10 1 (1.27%) GPEN
10 1 (1.27%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.86%) SLA
2 3 (3.80%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.53%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.53%) GDPR
4 1 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.27%) GRC
4 1 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (17.72%) Active Directory
2 12 (15.19%) Firmware
3 7 (8.86%) Hyper-V
4 6 (7.59%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (7.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (5.06%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (10.13%) FortiGate
2 7 (8.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (3.80%) Ansible
3 3 (3.80%) Terraform
4 2 (2.53%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.27%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (1.27%) Nessus
5 1 (1.27%) Nmap
5 1 (1.27%) Proxmox
5 1 (1.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 31 (39.24%) Cisco
2 12 (15.19%) Microsoft
3 11 (13.92%) Palo Alto
4 8 (10.13%) Fortinet
5 6 (7.59%) VMware
6 5 (6.33%) CheckPoint
6 5 (6.33%) Meraki
7 4 (5.06%) Aruba
7 4 (5.06%) Atmel
8 3 (3.80%) HP
8 3 (3.80%) Juniper
9 2 (2.53%) Dynatrace
9 2 (2.53%) F5
9 2 (2.53%) Google
9 2 (2.53%) SolarWinds
9 2 (2.53%) Veeam
10 1 (1.27%) Arista
10 1 (1.27%) Facebook
10 1 (1.27%) Qualys
10 1 (1.27%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud