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

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 296 296 214
Rank change year-on-year 0 -82 +55
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 150 146 484
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.70% 0.88% 1.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.31% 7.40% 10.12%
Number of salaries quoted 116 81 396
10th Percentile £37,750 £29,500 £29,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £33,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,313 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £43,600 £47,500
% change year-on-year +8.94% -8.21% +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 2,377 1,972 4,783
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.12% 11.93% 14.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,290 1,208 3,000
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,359 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.44% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -7.50%

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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 12 July 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 17 (11.33%) SharePoint
2 12 (8.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.00%) Lightworks
1 3 (2.00%) Simulink
2 1 (0.67%) Acrobat
2 1 (0.67%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (5.33%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.67%) Carpe Diem
2 1 (0.67%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 51 (34.00%) Azure
2 30 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (15.33%) Entra ID
4 7 (4.67%) AWS
5 3 (2.00%) GCP
5 3 (2.00%) OCI
5 3 (2.00%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.33%) AWS Direct Connect
6 2 (1.33%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.33%) Datadog
6 2 (1.33%) IaaS
6 2 (1.33%) PaaS
6 2 (1.33%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.33%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.67%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 60 (40.00%) Firewall
2 50 (33.33%) LAN
3 39 (26.00%) WAN
4 38 (25.33%) Network Security
5 30 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
6 26 (17.33%) SD-WAN
7 23 (15.33%) Cisco ISE
7 23 (15.33%) VLAN
8 22 (14.67%) Bluetooth
9 20 (13.33%) Modbus
10 19 (12.67%) VPN
11 17 (11.33%) WLAN
12 16 (10.67%) DHCP
12 16 (10.67%) DNS
13 12 (8.00%) BGP
13 12 (8.00%) OSPF
14 11 (7.33%) Cisco Wireless
15 10 (6.67%) Cisco Nexus
15 10 (6.67%) LTE
16 9 (6.00%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (8.67%) Git
2 4 (2.67%) Eclipse
2 4 (2.67%) Subversion
3 3 (2.00%) PetaLinux
4 2 (1.33%) Burp Suite
4 2 (1.33%) Metasploit
4 2 (1.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 58 (38.67%) Social Skills
2 18 (12.00%) Finance
3 17 (11.33%) Telecoms
4 15 (10.00%) Electronics
5 11 (7.33%) Manufacturing
6 9 (6.00%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (4.00%) Law
8 6 (4.00%) Marketing
9 4 (2.67%) Legal
10 3 (2.00%) Banking
10 3 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.33%) Military
12 1 (0.67%) French Language
12 1 (0.67%) Local Government
12 1 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 45 (30.00%) Senior
2 44 (29.33%) Network Engineer
3 25 (16.67%) Embedded Engineer
4 21 (14.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 21 (14.00%) Software Engineer
5 18 (12.00%) Senior Network Engineer
6 16 (10.67%) IT Support
7 15 (10.00%) Support Engineer
8 14 (9.33%) IT Engineer
9 13 (8.67%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 11 (7.33%) IT Support Engineer
11 10 (6.67%) Consultant
12 9 (6.00%) Cisco Engineer
12 9 (6.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 9 (6.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 9 (6.00%) Senior IT Engineer
12 9 (6.00%) Senior Software Engineer
13 8 (5.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 8 (5.33%) Systems Engineer
14 7 (4.67%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.67%) Yocto
2 4 (2.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.33%) Embedded Systems
2 15 (10.00%) IoT
3 13 (8.67%) Raspberry Pi
4 10 (6.67%) Data Centre
4 10 (6.67%) Driving Licence
5 9 (6.00%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (6.00%) Security Posture
6 6 (4.00%) Device Driver
7 5 (3.33%) FPGA
8 4 (2.67%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.67%) Clustering
9 3 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (2.00%) Verilog
9 3 (2.00%) VHDL
10 2 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (1.33%) Photography
10 2 (1.33%) Replication
10 2 (1.33%) SCADA
10 2 (1.33%) Smart Meter
10 2 (1.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (16.00%) Windows
2 17 (11.33%) Windows Server
3 13 (8.67%) Linux
4 12 (8.00%) FreeRTOS
5 6 (4.00%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (2.67%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.67%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.33%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 22 (14.67%) Project Delivery
4 16 (10.67%) Collaborative Culture
5 13 (8.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (8.67%) Customer Service
6 12 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 12 (8.00%) ITIL
6 12 (8.00%) Mentoring
7 11 (7.33%) High Availability
7 11 (7.33%) Technical Leadership
8 10 (6.67%) Presales
8 10 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (6.00%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (6.00%) Migration
9 9 (6.00%) Network Design
9 9 (6.00%) Roadmaps
9 9 (6.00%) TDD
9 9 (6.00%) Unit Testing
10 8 (5.33%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 27 (18.00%) C
2 20 (13.33%) Python
3 16 (10.67%) C++
3 16 (10.67%) PowerShell
4 13 (8.67%) Embedded C
5 5 (3.33%) Rust
6 3 (2.00%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.67%) Bicep
7 1 (0.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (22.00%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (17.33%) CCNP
3 17 (11.33%) Degree
4 15 (10.00%) DBS Check
5 14 (9.33%) Azure Certification
5 14 (9.33%) CCNA
6 10 (6.67%) CCIE
7 5 (3.33%) CCSA
7 5 (3.33%) CCSE
7 5 (3.33%) SC Cleared
7 5 (3.33%) Security Cleared
8 4 (2.67%) JNCIP
8 4 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (2.00%) AWS Certification
9 3 (2.00%) CCIE Security
9 3 (2.00%) JNCIE
10 2 (1.33%) CHECK Team Leader
10 2 (1.33%) CHECK Team Member
10 2 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.33%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (4.67%) GDPR
3 4 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.67%) JTAG
4 3 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (2.00%) ECSS
4 3 (2.00%) SLA
5 2 (1.33%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.33%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.33%) QA
6 1 (0.67%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.67%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 30 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 22 (14.67%) Firmware
3 11 (7.33%) Embedded Firmware
3 11 (7.33%) Hyper-V
4 7 (4.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (3.33%) vSphere
6 3 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.67%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 22 (14.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (12.00%) FortiGate
3 5 (3.33%) Terraform
4 4 (2.67%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (2.00%) Ansible
6 2 (1.33%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (1.33%) Nmap
6 2 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.33%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.67%) SCCM
7 1 (0.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 56 (37.33%) Cisco
2 40 (26.67%) Microsoft
3 22 (14.67%) Palo Alto
4 18 (12.00%) Meraki
5 16 (10.67%) Fortinet
6 14 (9.33%) Aruba
7 9 (6.00%) Juniper
7 9 (6.00%) Ubiquiti
8 8 (5.33%) CheckPoint
9 7 (4.67%) VMware
10 6 (4.00%) Veeam
11 4 (2.67%) Atmel
11 4 (2.67%) EMC
12 3 (2.00%) F5
12 3 (2.00%) SolarWinds
12 3 (2.00%) Sophos
12 3 (2.00%) Xilinx
13 2 (1.33%) SonicWALL
13 2 (1.33%) WatchGuard
13 2 (1.33%) Yahoo!