Wireless Jobs with Work from Home Options

Wireless
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Wireless skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Wireless over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 212 299 471
Rank change year-on-year +87 +172 -159
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 512 437 462
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.49% 1.10% 0.63%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.83% 9.71% 5.55%
Number of salaries quoted 441 321 338
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,870 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £58,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £45,802 £45,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +1.78% -10.89% +1.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

Wireless is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,206 4,499 8,321
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.15% 11.31% 11.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3,330 3,315 5,130
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Wireless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Wireless trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Wireless over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

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 32 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (4.49%) SharePoint
3 16 (3.13%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.17%) Exchange Server 2000
5 4 (0.78%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.39%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (3.71%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.56%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.17%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.59%) Revit
5 1 (0.20%) Simulink
5 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 141 (27.54%) Azure
2 103 (20.12%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (6.64%) AWS
4 25 (4.88%) Entra ID
5 14 (2.73%) IaaS
6 12 (2.34%) OneDrive
7 11 (2.15%) Google Workspace
8 7 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (1.37%) Rubrik
9 6 (1.17%) GCP
10 5 (0.98%) AWS Direct Connect
10 5 (0.98%) Datadog
10 5 (0.98%) GitHub
11 4 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (0.78%) Nutanix
11 4 (0.78%) PaaS
12 3 (0.59%) Asana
12 3 (0.59%) Dropbox
12 3 (0.59%) Intacct
12 3 (0.59%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 185 (36.13%) Firewall
2 152 (29.69%) WAN
3 132 (25.78%) LAN
4 92 (17.97%) Wi-Fi
5 63 (12.30%) SD-WAN
6 56 (10.94%) VPN
7 55 (10.74%) DNS
8 53 (10.35%) TCP/IP
9 51 (9.96%) Network Security
10 41 (8.01%) DHCP
11 35 (6.84%) OSPF
12 30 (5.86%) BGP
13 28 (5.47%) IPsec
13 28 (5.47%) VLAN
14 27 (5.27%) Internet
15 26 (5.08%) VoIP
16 25 (4.88%) WLAN
17 23 (4.49%) RS-232
18 22 (4.30%) MPLS
19 21 (4.10%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.52%) Data Warehouse
2 16 (3.13%) Big Data
2 16 (3.13%) Data Lake
3 5 (0.98%) NoSQL
4 4 (0.78%) DB2
4 4 (0.78%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.39%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (0.98%) Burp Suite
1 5 (0.98%) Jenkins
1 5 (0.98%) JIRA
1 5 (0.98%) Metasploit
2 2 (0.39%) Git
2 2 (0.39%) Subversion
General
1 170 (33.20%) Social Skills
2 65 (12.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 51 (9.96%) Finance
4 42 (8.20%) Electronics
5 32 (6.25%) Games
6 27 (5.27%) Manufacturing
7 25 (4.88%) Telecoms
8 22 (4.30%) Legal
9 20 (3.91%) Analytical Skills
10 18 (3.52%) Retail
11 12 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (2.34%) Public Sector
12 11 (2.15%) Military
13 10 (1.95%) Banking
14 8 (1.56%) Marketing
15 4 (0.78%) Law
15 4 (0.78%) Local Government
15 4 (0.78%) Police
15 4 (0.78%) Publishing
16 3 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 92 (17.97%) Senior
2 82 (16.02%) Network Engineer
3 74 (14.45%) Embedded Engineer
4 47 (9.18%) Architect
5 42 (8.20%) Software Engineer
6 39 (7.62%) Support Engineer
7 37 (7.23%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 37 (7.23%) Junior
8 31 (6.05%) Consultant
9 30 (5.86%) Senior Network Engineer
10 28 (5.47%) IT Support
11 27 (5.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 27 (5.27%) IT Engineer
12 26 (5.08%) Firmware Engineer
13 25 (4.88%) Solutions Architect
14 24 (4.69%) IP Architect
14 24 (4.69%) IT Support Engineer
14 24 (4.69%) Lead
15 23 (4.49%) Junior Embedded Engineer
15 23 (4.49%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.54%) Yocto
2 12 (2.34%) 802.1X
3 8 (1.56%) HTML
4 5 (0.98%) XMPP
5 4 (0.78%) WebSphere MQ
6 3 (0.59%) CSS
7 2 (0.39%) .NET
7 2 (0.39%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.39%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.39%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (0.39%) ASP.NET Web API
7 2 (0.39%) TAPI
7 2 (0.39%) WPF
8 1 (0.20%) NETCONF
8 1 (0.20%) OAuth
8 1 (0.20%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 53 (10.35%) Data Centre
2 40 (7.81%) Driving Licence
3 36 (7.03%) IoT
3 36 (7.03%) Management Information System
4 24 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (3.32%) Device Driver
6 15 (2.93%) PKI
7 13 (2.54%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
8 11 (2.15%) Video Conferencing
9 8 (1.56%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.56%) CCTV
9 8 (1.56%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.56%) Replication
9 8 (1.56%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.17%) ARM Cortex
10 6 (1.17%) Clustering
10 6 (1.17%) Embedded Systems
10 6 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.17%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 109 (21.29%) Windows
2 76 (14.84%) Windows Server
3 58 (11.33%) Linux
4 28 (5.47%) Embedded Linux
5 25 (4.88%) Windows 10
6 13 (2.54%) Mac OS
7 9 (1.76%) Apple iOS
7 9 (1.76%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.98%) Android
9 5 (0.98%) FreeRTOS
9 5 (0.98%) Kali Linux
9 5 (0.98%) ThreadX
9 5 (0.98%) Unix
10 4 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (18.16%) Software Engineering
2 58 (11.33%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (10.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 49 (9.57%) Computer Science
4 49 (9.57%) Cybersecurity
4 49 (9.57%) ITIL
5 42 (8.20%) Coaching
6 41 (8.01%) Mathematics
7 37 (7.23%) Agile
8 36 (7.03%) Customer Service
8 36 (7.03%) Mentoring
8 36 (7.03%) Physics
9 32 (6.25%) Project Delivery
10 31 (6.05%) Presales
11 29 (5.66%) Business Development
12 28 (5.47%) Penetration Testing
13 27 (5.27%) Migration
13 27 (5.27%) Technical Leadership
14 25 (4.88%) Cloud Security
14 25 (4.88%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 86 (16.80%) C
2 68 (13.28%) Embedded C
3 27 (5.27%) Python
4 20 (3.91%) PowerShell
5 14 (2.73%) Bash
6 5 (0.98%) Assembly Language
6 5 (0.98%) C#
6 5 (0.98%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.78%) SQL
8 3 (0.59%) Java
9 2 (0.39%) C++
10 1 (0.20%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.20%) Perl
10 1 (0.20%) Ruby
10 1 (0.20%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 131 (25.59%) Degree
2 73 (14.26%) Cisco Certification
3 63 (12.30%) CCNA
4 49 (9.57%) Security Cleared
5 32 (6.25%) SC Cleared
6 31 (6.05%) CCNP
7 14 (2.73%) Network+ Certification
8 13 (2.54%) AWS Certification
8 13 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (2.34%) CREST Certified
10 11 (2.15%) OSCP
11 10 (1.95%) DBS Check
12 9 (1.76%) Azure Certification
12 9 (1.76%) CCIE
13 8 (1.56%) CCSA
13 8 (1.56%) CHECK Team Member
13 8 (1.56%) DV Cleared
14 7 (1.37%) CHECK Team Leader
14 7 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
15 6 (1.17%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.32%) Cyber Essentials
1 17 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (2.34%) SLA
3 11 (2.15%) SOC 2
4 10 (1.95%) NIST
5 8 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 8 (1.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (1.17%) GRC
6 6 (1.17%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.98%) MISRA
8 4 (0.78%) GDPR
System Software
1 73 (14.26%) Active Directory
2 63 (12.30%) Firmware
3 41 (8.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 30 (5.86%) Embedded Firmware
5 28 (5.47%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.17%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.98%) Terminal Services
7 5 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.98%) vSphere
7 5 (0.98%) XenDesktop
8 3 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.59%) XenApp
9 2 (0.39%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.20%) NFS
Systems Management
1 35 (6.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (3.91%) SCCM
3 14 (2.73%) Ansible
3 14 (2.73%) Cisco CUCM
4 13 (2.54%) ServiceCenter
5 12 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (1.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (1.17%) FortiGate
7 6 (1.17%) Microsoft Clustering
7 6 (1.17%) Nmap
8 5 (0.98%) SCOM
9 3 (0.59%) Cisco Prime
9 3 (0.59%) Nessus
9 3 (0.59%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.59%) WSUS
10 2 (0.39%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.20%) OpenNMS
Vendors
1 161 (31.45%) Cisco
2 142 (27.73%) Microsoft
3 71 (13.87%) Aruba
4 63 (12.30%) VMware
5 60 (11.72%) Fortinet
6 54 (10.55%) Palo Alto
7 53 (10.35%) Juniper
8 49 (9.57%) Meraki
9 37 (7.23%) HP
10 28 (5.47%) Ruckus Wireless
11 22 (4.30%) CheckPoint
12 16 (3.13%) Apple
12 16 (3.13%) Databricks
13 13 (2.54%) Citrix
13 13 (2.54%) Veeam
14 12 (2.34%) Google
15 9 (1.76%) Draytek
15 9 (1.76%) Ekahau
15 9 (1.76%) SolarWinds
15 9 (1.76%) Sophos