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

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 271 184
Rank change year-on-year +6 -87 +140
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 105 171 462
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.67% 1.05% 1.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.23% 7.89% 13.16%
Number of salaries quoted 68 93 403
10th Percentile £28,175 £36,550 £26,400
25th Percentile £36,063 £47,500 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £62,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.40% +21.36% +0.04%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,963 £108,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £48,000 £55,000 £45,150
% change year-on-year -12.73% +21.82% +0.33%

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 1,453 2,168 3,511
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.29% 13.35% 13.59%
Number of salaries quoted 887 1,212 3,023
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% - -
75th Percentile £71,375 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -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 27 January 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 6 (5.71%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.95%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.95%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 44 (41.90%) Azure
2 10 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (8.57%) Entra ID
4 7 (6.67%) AWS
5 4 (3.81%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (3.81%) Google Workspace
5 4 (3.81%) OneDrive
6 3 (2.86%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.90%) GCP
8 1 (0.95%) Amazon Ads
8 1 (0.95%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.95%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (48.57%) WAN
2 48 (45.71%) SD-WAN
3 46 (43.81%) Firewall
3 46 (43.81%) LAN
4 30 (28.57%) Wireshark
5 22 (20.95%) VPN
6 19 (18.10%) DNS
7 18 (17.14%) Wi-Fi
8 16 (15.24%) DHCP
9 12 (11.43%) Bluetooth
9 12 (11.43%) Cisco Wireless
10 11 (10.48%) VLAN
11 10 (9.52%) Network Security
11 10 (9.52%) RS-232
12 9 (8.57%) TCP/IP
13 8 (7.62%) BGP
13 8 (7.62%) WLAN
14 7 (6.67%) Cisco ISE
15 5 (4.76%) MPLS
15 5 (4.76%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.95%) FileMaker
1 1 (0.95%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.90%) Eclipse
1 2 (1.90%) Git
1 2 (1.90%) Subversion
2 1 (0.95%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.95%) JIRA
2 1 (0.95%) Metasploit
General
1 45 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 40 (38.10%) Finance
3 28 (26.67%) Telecoms
4 12 (11.43%) Electronics
5 9 (8.57%) Retail
6 7 (6.67%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.81%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (3.81%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.81%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.90%) Law
8 2 (1.90%) Marketing
9 1 (0.95%) Advertising
9 1 (0.95%) Dutch Language
9 1 (0.95%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.95%) French Language
9 1 (0.95%) German Language
9 1 (0.95%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.95%) Police
9 1 (0.95%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 37 (35.24%) Network Engineer
2 16 (15.24%) Embedded Engineer
2 16 (15.24%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 16 (15.24%) Software Engineer
3 14 (13.33%) Senior
4 13 (12.38%) Analyst
5 12 (11.43%) Support Analyst
6 9 (8.57%) Senior Network Engineer
7 8 (7.62%) 3rd Line Support
7 8 (7.62%) Network Analyst
7 8 (7.62%) Network Support
7 8 (7.62%) Network Support Analyst
8 7 (6.67%) Network Manager
8 7 (6.67%) Support Engineer
9 6 (5.71%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 5 (4.76%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 5 (4.76%) Systems Engineer
10 5 (4.76%) Systems Support Engineer
11 4 (3.81%) Senior Analyst
11 4 (3.81%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.95%) NumPy
1 1 (0.95%) PyTorch
1 1 (0.95%) SciPy
1 1 (0.95%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 31 (29.52%) Data Centre
2 25 (23.81%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.71%) Driving Licence
3 6 (5.71%) iPad
3 6 (5.71%) iPhone
4 5 (4.76%) Mobile App
5 4 (3.81%) e-Learning
5 4 (3.81%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (3.81%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.81%) MicroBlaze
5 4 (3.81%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.81%) RISC-V
5 4 (3.81%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.90%) CCTV
6 2 (1.90%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (1.90%) IoT
6 2 (1.90%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.90%) Raspberry Pi
6 2 (1.90%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (18.10%) Windows
2 13 (12.38%) Apple iOS
3 9 (8.57%) Windows 10
4 8 (7.62%) Windows Server
5 7 (6.67%) Linux
6 5 (4.76%) Android
6 5 (4.76%) Mac OS
7 4 (3.81%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (1.90%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (32.38%) Customer Service
2 31 (29.52%) Change Management
3 30 (28.57%) Network Monitoring
3 30 (28.57%) Network Virtualisation
4 28 (26.67%) Load Balancing
4 28 (26.67%) Problem Management
5 27 (25.71%) Asset Management
6 26 (24.76%) Capacity Planning
6 26 (24.76%) Coaching
7 24 (22.86%) Network Planning
8 21 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (15.24%) Software Engineering
10 12 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (10.48%) Logistics
12 10 (9.52%) Project Delivery
13 9 (8.57%) High Availability
13 9 (8.57%) Mentoring
13 9 (8.57%) Service Delivery
14 8 (7.62%) Root Cause Analysis
15 7 (6.67%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 16 (15.24%) C
2 15 (14.29%) C++
3 8 (7.62%) Python
4 2 (1.90%) Embedded C
5 1 (0.95%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (10.48%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (9.52%) CCNP
3 6 (5.71%) Degree
3 6 (5.71%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.71%) Security Cleared
4 5 (4.76%) CCIE
4 5 (4.76%) DBS Check
5 3 (2.86%) CCNA
6 1 (0.95%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.95%) BICSI RCDD
6 1 (0.95%) CCSA
6 1 (0.95%) CCSE
6 1 (0.95%) CCSP
6 1 (0.95%) CHECK Team Member
6 1 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.95%) CREST Certified
6 1 (0.95%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.95%) GPEN
6 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.95%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.76%) SLA
2 2 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.95%) GDPR
3 1 (0.95%) GRC
3 1 (0.95%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (18.10%) Active Directory
2 16 (15.24%) Firmware
3 11 (10.48%) Hyper-V
4 9 (8.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (5.71%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (3.81%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.95%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (7.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (6.67%) FortiGate
3 6 (5.71%) Ansible
4 2 (1.90%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (1.90%) Terraform
5 1 (0.95%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.95%) Nessus
5 1 (0.95%) Nmap
5 1 (0.95%) Proxmox
5 1 (0.95%) SCCM
Vendors
1 55 (52.38%) Cisco
2 30 (28.57%) Meraki
2 30 (28.57%) Palo Alto
3 27 (25.71%) SolarWinds
4 25 (23.81%) CheckPoint
5 18 (17.14%) Microsoft
6 9 (8.57%) Aruba
6 9 (8.57%) VMware
7 8 (7.62%) Fortinet
8 7 (6.67%) HP
9 4 (3.81%) Google
9 4 (3.81%) Ubiquiti
10 3 (2.86%) Barracuda Networks
10 3 (2.86%) Dell
10 3 (2.86%) F5
10 3 (2.86%) Juniper
10 3 (2.86%) Sophos
11 2 (1.90%) Atmel
12 1 (0.95%) Peplink
12 1 (0.95%) Qualys