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

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 256 270 182
Rank change year-on-year +14 -88 +195
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 121 169 350
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.79% 0.98% 1.78%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.97% 7.44% 12.64%
Number of salaries quoted 73 89 301
10th Percentile £28,500 £36,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,213 £47,500 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.40% +25.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,525 £110,000 £90,000
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 1,349 2,272 2,768
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.83% 13.18% 14.07%
Number of salaries quoted 923 1,318 2,340
10th Percentile £27,580 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,966 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,300 £85,000
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -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 23 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 7 (5.79%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.96%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.83%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.83%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 49 (40.50%) Azure
2 12 (9.92%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (7.44%) AWS
3 9 (7.44%) Entra ID
4 5 (4.13%) Mimecast
5 4 (3.31%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (3.31%) Google Workspace
5 4 (3.31%) OneDrive
6 3 (2.48%) GCP
7 2 (1.65%) SaaS
8 1 (0.83%) Amazon Ads
8 1 (0.83%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 55 (45.45%) WAN
2 53 (43.80%) LAN
3 50 (41.32%) SD-WAN
4 48 (39.67%) Firewall
5 34 (28.10%) Wireshark
6 25 (20.66%) VPN
7 21 (17.36%) DNS
8 17 (14.05%) DHCP
9 15 (12.40%) Software-Defined Radio
9 15 (12.40%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (10.74%) Bluetooth
10 13 (10.74%) Cisco Wireless
10 13 (10.74%) RS-232
11 12 (9.92%) Network Security
12 11 (9.09%) VLAN
13 10 (8.26%) BGP
13 10 (8.26%) WLAN
14 8 (6.61%) TCP/IP
15 7 (5.79%) OSPF
16 6 (4.96%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.83%) FileMaker
1 1 (0.83%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.83%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.65%) JIRA
2 1 (0.83%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.83%) Metasploit
General
1 54 (44.63%) Finance
2 47 (38.84%) Social Skills
3 29 (23.97%) Telecoms
4 15 (12.40%) Electronics
5 9 (7.44%) Retail
6 7 (5.79%) Manufacturing
7 5 (4.13%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (3.31%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.31%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.48%) Marketing
10 2 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.83%) Advertising
11 1 (0.83%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.83%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.83%) French Language
11 1 (0.83%) German Language
11 1 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.83%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.83%) Police
11 1 (0.83%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 39 (32.23%) Network Engineer
2 28 (23.14%) Embedded Engineer
2 28 (23.14%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 28 (23.14%) Software Engineer
3 13 (10.74%) Analyst
3 13 (10.74%) Senior
4 12 (9.92%) Support Analyst
5 9 (7.44%) 3rd Line Support
5 9 (7.44%) Senior Network Engineer
6 8 (6.61%) Network Analyst
6 8 (6.61%) Network Support
6 8 (6.61%) Network Support Analyst
7 7 (5.79%) Network Manager
8 6 (4.96%) Support Engineer
9 5 (4.13%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 5 (4.13%) IT Support
9 5 (4.13%) Junior
9 5 (4.13%) Technical Support
10 4 (3.31%) Infrastructure Support
10 4 (3.31%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 31 (25.62%) Data Centre
2 25 (20.66%) Management Information System
3 15 (12.40%) e-Learning
3 15 (12.40%) Embedded Systems
3 15 (12.40%) MicroBlaze
3 15 (12.40%) RISC-V
4 7 (5.79%) Driving Licence
5 6 (4.96%) iPad
5 6 (4.96%) iPhone
6 5 (4.13%) Mobile App
7 4 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (3.31%) Onboarding
7 4 (3.31%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (2.48%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (2.48%) IoT
8 3 (2.48%) Low-Code
8 3 (2.48%) Web3
9 2 (1.65%) CCTV
9 2 (1.65%) NB-IoT
9 2 (1.65%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 22 (18.18%) Windows
2 18 (14.88%) Linux
3 15 (12.40%) Apple iOS
3 15 (12.40%) Embedded Linux
4 9 (7.44%) Windows 10
4 9 (7.44%) Windows Server
5 7 (5.79%) Android
5 7 (5.79%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.65%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (27.27%) Load Balancing
2 32 (26.45%) Change Management
2 32 (26.45%) Customer Service
2 32 (26.45%) Network Monitoring
3 31 (25.62%) Network Virtualisation
4 28 (23.14%) Problem Management
4 28 (23.14%) Software Engineering
5 27 (22.31%) Asset Management
5 27 (22.31%) Capacity Planning
6 26 (21.49%) Coaching
7 25 (20.66%) Problem-Solving
8 24 (19.83%) Network Planning
9 19 (15.70%) Agile
10 17 (14.05%) Innovative Thinking
11 15 (12.40%) Digital Signal Processing
11 15 (12.40%) Signal Processing
12 11 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
13 10 (8.26%) High Availability
13 10 (8.26%) Process Improvement
13 10 (8.26%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 28 (23.14%) C
1 28 (23.14%) C++
2 9 (7.44%) Python
3 1 (0.83%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.83%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (14.88%) SC Cleared
1 18 (14.88%) Security Cleared
2 11 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (8.26%) CCNP
4 7 (5.79%) Degree
5 6 (4.96%) CCIE
6 3 (2.48%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.83%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.83%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.83%) BICSI RCDD
7 1 (0.83%) CCSP
7 1 (0.83%) CHECK Team Member
7 1 (0.83%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.83%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.83%) GPEN
7 1 (0.83%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.13%) SLA
2 3 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.83%) GDPR
3 1 (0.83%) GRC
3 1 (0.83%) NIST
3 1 (0.83%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 28 (23.14%) Firmware
2 22 (18.18%) Active Directory
3 17 (14.05%) Embedded Firmware
4 13 (10.74%) Hyper-V
5 11 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (3.31%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.83%) Docker
7 1 (0.83%) vSphere
7 1 (0.83%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 11 (9.09%) Ansible
2 10 (8.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (5.79%) FortiGate
4 4 (3.31%) Terraform
5 2 (1.65%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.83%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.83%) Nessus
6 1 (0.83%) Nmap
6 1 (0.83%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.83%) SCCM
Vendors
1 58 (47.93%) Cisco
2 33 (27.27%) Palo Alto
3 30 (24.79%) SolarWinds
4 29 (23.97%) Meraki
5 24 (19.83%) CheckPoint
6 20 (16.53%) Microsoft
7 12 (9.92%) Aruba
8 11 (9.09%) VMware
9 9 (7.44%) HP
10 7 (5.79%) Fortinet
10 7 (5.79%) Ubiquiti
11 6 (4.96%) F5
11 6 (4.96%) Sophos
12 5 (4.13%) Barracuda Networks
12 5 (4.13%) Dell
13 4 (3.31%) Google
14 3 (2.48%) Juniper
15 1 (0.83%) Citrix
15 1 (0.83%) Qualys
15 1 (0.83%) Veeam