Wireless Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Wireless
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Wireless skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Wireless over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 308 203 303
Rank change year-on-year -105 +100 +166
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 125 539 437
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.76% 1.59% 1.03%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.02% 10.22% 9.17%
Number of salaries quoted 78 469 313
10th Percentile £31,494 £27,500 £28,850
25th Percentile £45,719 £37,101 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +10.53% -13.64%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -10.00%

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 3,109 5,274 4,765
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.95% 15.58% 11.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,624 3,414 3,541
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,569
25th Percentile £25,087 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -4.76%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Wireless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Wireless trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Wireless.

Wireless salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Wireless over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Wireless salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (14.40%) Skype for Business
2 16 (12.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (4.80%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.20%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (2.40%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 46 (36.80%) Azure
2 30 (24.00%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (11.20%) AWS
4 13 (10.40%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.40%) IaaS
5 3 (2.40%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.60%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.60%) GCP
6 2 (1.60%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.60%) IBM Cloud
6 2 (1.60%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (37.60%) WAN
2 42 (33.60%) LAN
3 41 (32.80%) Firewall
4 23 (18.40%) DHCP
4 23 (18.40%) VPN
5 22 (17.60%) DNS
6 21 (16.80%) Unified Communications
7 20 (16.00%) Wi-Fi
7 20 (16.00%) WLAN
8 18 (14.40%) BGP
8 18 (14.40%) Skype
9 17 (13.60%) OSPF
10 16 (12.80%) TCP/IP
11 14 (11.20%) SD-WAN
12 13 (10.40%) Network Security
13 12 (9.60%) Bluetooth
14 11 (8.80%) VLAN
15 10 (8.00%) Cisco ISE
16 9 (7.20%) Modbus
16 9 (7.20%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.60%) EDMS
1 2 (1.60%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (5.60%) Git
2 6 (4.80%) Jenkins
3 4 (3.20%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (1.60%) KGDB
5 1 (0.80%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.80%) Subversion
General
1 32 (25.60%) Social Skills
2 20 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (16.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 16 (12.80%) Electronics
4 15 (12.00%) Finance
5 9 (7.20%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (6.40%) Telecoms
7 7 (5.60%) Manufacturing
8 6 (4.80%) Aerospace
9 5 (4.00%) Law
9 5 (4.00%) Local Government
9 5 (4.00%) Wearables
10 3 (2.40%) Marketing
10 3 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.40%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.60%) Legal
11 2 (1.60%) Police
11 2 (1.60%) Welsh Language
12 1 (0.80%) Games
Job Titles
1 31 (24.80%) Senior
2 26 (20.80%) Software Engineer
3 21 (16.80%) Network Engineer
4 18 (14.40%) Collaboration Specialist
4 18 (14.40%) Senior Software Engineer
5 16 (12.80%) Embedded Engineer
6 15 (12.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 11 (8.80%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 10 (8.00%) IT Support
9 9 (7.20%) Analyst
10 7 (5.60%) Consultant
10 7 (5.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (5.60%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 7 (5.60%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 6 (4.80%) Desktop Support
12 5 (4.00%) 2nd Line Support
12 5 (4.00%) Desktop Support Technician
12 5 (4.00%) IT Support Technician
12 5 (4.00%) Radio Engineer
12 5 (4.00%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.00%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.80%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 19 (15.20%) Embedded Systems
2 18 (14.40%) Digital Signage
2 18 (14.40%) Video Conferencing
3 13 (10.40%) Data Centre
4 8 (6.40%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (5.60%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (4.80%) Device Driver
7 5 (4.00%) Public Cloud
8 4 (3.20%) IoT
9 3 (2.40%) Blackberry
9 3 (2.40%) GNSS
9 3 (2.40%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (2.40%) Legacy Code
9 3 (2.40%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.60%) CCTV
10 2 (1.60%) e-Learning
10 2 (1.60%) iPhone
10 2 (1.60%) MicroBlaze
10 2 (1.60%) NHS
10 2 (1.60%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 38 (30.40%) Windows
2 17 (13.60%) Windows 10
2 17 (13.60%) Windows Server
3 16 (12.80%) Linux
4 11 (8.80%) FreeRTOS
4 11 (8.80%) Mac OS
5 10 (8.00%) Apple iOS
6 7 (5.60%) Android
7 2 (1.60%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (1.60%) Windows 7
7 2 (1.60%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (1.60%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.80%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (24.80%) ITIL
2 28 (22.40%) Software Engineering
3 23 (18.40%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (16.80%) Customer Service
5 18 (14.40%) Service Delivery
5 18 (14.40%) User Experience
6 17 (13.60%) Change Management
7 15 (12.00%) Problem Management
8 12 (9.60%) High Availability
9 11 (8.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 11 (8.80%) Root Cause Analysis
9 11 (8.80%) Time Management
10 10 (8.00%) Mentoring
11 9 (7.20%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (7.20%) Disaster Recovery
11 9 (7.20%) Roadmaps
12 7 (5.60%) Business Continuity
12 7 (5.60%) Digital Signal Processing
12 7 (5.60%) TDD
12 7 (5.60%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (17.60%) C
2 19 (15.20%) C++
3 13 (10.40%) Python
4 5 (4.00%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.20%) Embedded C
6 3 (2.40%) Embedded C++
6 3 (2.40%) SQL
7 2 (1.60%) Assembly Language
7 2 (1.60%) Progress 4GL
Qualifications
1 21 (16.80%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (11.20%) CCNA
3 13 (10.40%) CCNP
3 13 (10.40%) Security Cleared
4 11 (8.80%) Degree
5 7 (5.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 7 (5.60%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (5.60%) SC Cleared
6 5 (4.00%) CCIE
7 4 (3.20%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.40%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.60%) CHECK Team Leader
9 2 (1.60%) CHECK Team Member
9 2 (1.60%) CREST Certified
9 2 (1.60%) OSCP
10 1 (0.80%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.80%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.80%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.60%) SLA
2 4 (3.20%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (3.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (3.20%) NIST
3 3 (2.40%) IEC 62304
3 3 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.40%) MISRA
3 3 (2.40%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.60%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.60%) GRC
5 1 (0.80%) GDPR
5 1 (0.80%) HIPAA
System Software
1 31 (24.80%) Active Directory
2 15 (12.00%) Firmware
3 10 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (7.20%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (4.80%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.60%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.80%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 17 (13.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.80%) Ansible
3 5 (4.00%) AirWatch
3 5 (4.00%) Terraform
4 2 (1.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (1.60%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.80%) Autotask
5 1 (0.80%) SCCM
Vendors
1 49 (39.20%) Cisco
2 44 (35.20%) Microsoft
3 20 (16.00%) Mitel
4 18 (14.40%) Polycom
4 18 (14.40%) ShoreTel
5 15 (12.00%) Apple
5 15 (12.00%) Palo Alto
6 11 (8.80%) Meraki
6 11 (8.80%) VMware
7 10 (8.00%) F5
8 9 (7.20%) Juniper
9 8 (6.40%) iManage
10 6 (4.80%) Aruba
10 6 (4.80%) Fortinet
10 6 (4.80%) HP
10 6 (4.80%) SolarWinds
11 5 (4.00%) CheckPoint
11 5 (4.00%) Citrix
11 5 (4.00%) ServiceNow
11 5 (4.00%) Xilinx