Wi-Fi Jobs with Work from Home Options

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
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 Wi-Fi skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Wi-Fi over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 256 420 461
Rank change year-on-year +164 +41 -111
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 426 225 514
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.23% 0.59% 0.69%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.17% 5.11% 6.06%
Number of salaries quoted 359 197 384
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,000 £27,975
25th Percentile £34,125 £35,375 £37,332
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.89% -12.17%
75th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £78,200
UK median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% -5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

Wi-Fi 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 5,217 4,404 8,481
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.02% 11.45% 11.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,325 3,281 5,133
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,750
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 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

Wi-Fi
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Wi-Fi trend for jobs with a WFH option

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Wi-Fi.

Wi-Fi salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Wi-Fi over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Wi-Fi salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Wi-Fi
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 56 (13.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (11.74%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.41%) Exchange Server 2000
4 5 (1.17%) Confluence
5 4 (0.94%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 48 (11.27%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.94%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.70%) Trello
4 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.23%) 1Password
5 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.70%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.23%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.23%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.23%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 177 (41.55%) Azure
2 158 (37.09%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (12.44%) Entra ID
4 46 (10.80%) AWS
5 20 (4.69%) IaaS
6 17 (3.99%) SaaS
7 15 (3.52%) PaaS
8 10 (2.35%) GCP
8 10 (2.35%) OneDrive
9 9 (2.11%) Cloud Computing
9 9 (2.11%) WhatsApp
10 7 (1.64%) Nutanix
10 7 (1.64%) Slack
11 6 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (1.41%) Mimecast
12 5 (1.17%) GitHub
12 5 (1.17%) Google Workspace
12 5 (1.17%) Power Platform
13 4 (0.94%) AWS IoT
14 3 (0.70%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 188 (44.13%) Firewall
2 187 (43.90%) LAN
3 185 (43.43%) WAN
4 94 (22.07%) Wireless
5 91 (21.36%) SD-WAN
5 91 (21.36%) VPN
6 89 (20.89%) DNS
7 82 (19.25%) DHCP
8 48 (11.27%) TCP/IP
9 47 (11.03%) Network Security
10 45 (10.56%) VLAN
11 42 (9.86%) MPLS
12 39 (9.15%) VoIP
13 37 (8.69%) Internet
14 24 (5.63%) RS-232
15 22 (5.16%) Cisco ISE
15 22 (5.16%) Ethernet
16 19 (4.46%) Remote Desktop
17 15 (3.52%) Bluetooth
17 15 (3.52%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.11%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.88%) MySQL
3 5 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (1.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.47%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 18 (4.23%) JIRA
2 5 (1.17%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.70%) Git
4 2 (0.47%) Subversion
5 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
General
1 140 (32.86%) Social Skills
2 65 (15.26%) Finance
3 36 (8.45%) Retail
4 29 (6.81%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (5.87%) Telecoms
6 24 (5.63%) Manufacturing
6 24 (5.63%) Public Sector
7 21 (4.93%) Electronics
8 15 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (2.58%) Games
11 10 (2.35%) Japanese Language
12 7 (1.64%) Marketing
12 7 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.41%) French Language
13 6 (1.41%) Portuguese Language
13 6 (1.41%) Spanish Language
13 6 (1.41%) Swedish Language
13 6 (1.41%) Turkish Language
Job Titles
1 80 (18.78%) Network Engineer
2 69 (16.20%) IT Engineer
3 56 (13.15%) IT Support
4 49 (11.50%) Senior
5 46 (10.80%) Analyst
6 45 (10.56%) Support Engineer
7 40 (9.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 36 (8.45%) Project Manager
9 31 (7.28%) Embedded Engineer
10 30 (7.04%) IT Support Engineer
11 27 (6.34%) IT Manager
11 27 (6.34%) Software Engineer
12 26 (6.10%) Embedded Software Engineer
13 21 (4.93%) Help Desk Analyst
14 20 (4.69%) Infrastructure Manager
14 20 (4.69%) Presales Engineer
15 19 (4.46%) Network Manager
16 18 (4.23%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 18 (4.23%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
17 17 (3.99%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.05%) Yocto
2 8 (1.88%) Laravel
3 7 (1.64%) Vue
4 6 (1.41%) CSS
4 6 (1.41%) HTML
4 6 (1.41%) React Native
5 4 (0.94%) Flask
6 2 (0.47%) Node.js
7 1 (0.23%) Flutter
7 1 (0.23%) JSON
7 1 (0.23%) LDAP
7 1 (0.23%) Middleware
7 1 (0.23%) NETCONF
7 1 (0.23%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.23%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 51 (11.97%) Data Centre
2 40 (9.39%) Driving Licence
3 35 (8.22%) Public Cloud
4 29 (6.81%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (4.46%) IoT
6 13 (3.05%) Device Driver
6 13 (3.05%) Social Media
7 12 (2.82%) PKI
8 11 (2.58%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.64%) Client/Server
9 7 (1.64%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.41%) Private Cloud
10 6 (1.41%) Replication
11 5 (1.17%) ARM Cortex
11 5 (1.17%) CCTV
11 5 (1.17%) Smart Home
12 4 (0.94%) Fat Client
12 4 (0.94%) Thin Client
13 3 (0.70%) Apple TV
13 3 (0.70%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 134 (31.46%) Windows
2 70 (16.43%) Windows Server
3 51 (11.97%) Windows 10
4 43 (10.09%) Linux
5 29 (6.81%) Android
5 29 (6.81%) Windows Server 2016
6 25 (5.87%) Apple iOS
6 25 (5.87%) Windows Server 2019
7 20 (4.69%) Mac OS
8 16 (3.76%) Windows Server 2012
9 15 (3.52%) Embedded Linux
10 14 (3.29%) Windows 7
11 11 (2.58%) Windows 8
12 7 (1.64%) Ubuntu
13 5 (1.17%) FreeRTOS
13 5 (1.17%) ThreadX
14 4 (0.94%) Mac OS X
14 4 (0.94%) Windows Server 2008
15 3 (0.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (18.08%) Customer Service
2 65 (15.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 65 (15.26%) Problem-Solving
3 57 (13.38%) ITIL
4 54 (12.68%) Cybersecurity
5 51 (11.97%) Agile
6 50 (11.74%) Project Management
7 38 (8.92%) Service Delivery
8 37 (8.69%) Mentoring
9 34 (7.98%) ERP
9 34 (7.98%) Migration
9 34 (7.98%) Project Delivery
10 33 (7.75%) Software Engineering
11 32 (7.51%) Asset Management
12 29 (6.81%) Presales
12 29 (6.81%) PRINCE2
13 26 (6.10%) Disaster Recovery
14 25 (5.87%) Continuous Improvement
15 22 (5.16%) Computer Science
16 21 (4.93%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (7.51%) C
2 23 (5.40%) Embedded C
3 12 (2.82%) PowerShell
4 8 (1.88%) PHP
4 8 (1.88%) Python
5 7 (1.64%) Bash
5 7 (1.64%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.64%) SQL
6 6 (1.41%) C++
7 5 (1.17%) Embedded C++
8 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.23%) VBA
Qualifications
1 70 (16.43%) Degree
2 62 (14.55%) Cisco Certification
3 41 (9.62%) CCNP
4 37 (8.69%) CCNA
5 16 (3.76%) APMP
5 16 (3.76%) Security Cleared
6 14 (3.29%) CISSP
7 13 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (2.58%) SC Cleared
10 10 (2.35%) CCIE
11 8 (1.88%) AWS Certification
11 8 (1.88%) CCSA
12 7 (1.64%) MCSE
13 6 (1.41%) CCDP
13 6 (1.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 6 (1.41%) JNCIP
13 6 (1.41%) RIBA
14 5 (1.17%) DBS Check
14 5 (1.17%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (4.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 18 (4.23%) SLA
3 15 (3.52%) PCI DSS
4 8 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 8 (1.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (1.17%) GDPR
5 5 (1.17%) MISRA
6 3 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.70%) NCSC
6 3 (0.70%) NIST
7 1 (0.23%) GRC
7 1 (0.23%) PMO
7 1 (0.23%) QA
System Software
1 118 (27.70%) Active Directory
2 40 (9.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (7.75%) Hyper-V
4 17 (3.99%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (3.29%) Firmware
6 4 (0.94%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.70%) Docker
7 3 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.47%) vSphere
9 1 (0.23%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.23%) NFS
Systems Management
1 40 (9.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (7.51%) WSUS
3 11 (2.58%) SCCM
4 5 (1.17%) Ansible
4 5 (1.17%) PaperCut
4 5 (1.17%) Terraform
5 4 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (0.94%) Autotask
5 4 (0.94%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.70%) HAProxy
6 3 (0.70%) Nagios
6 3 (0.70%) OfficeScan
6 3 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.23%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.23%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.23%) Nmap
7 1 (0.23%) OpenNMS
7 1 (0.23%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 165 (38.73%) Microsoft
2 163 (38.26%) Cisco
3 77 (18.08%) Meraki
4 53 (12.44%) VMware
5 49 (11.50%) Fortinet
6 38 (8.92%) Aruba
7 28 (6.57%) Palo Alto
8 21 (4.93%) HP
8 21 (4.93%) Ruckus Wireless
9 19 (4.46%) Juniper
10 15 (3.52%) Dell
11 14 (3.29%) CheckPoint
12 13 (3.05%) SolarWinds
12 13 (3.05%) Ubiquiti
13 10 (2.35%) BT
13 10 (2.35%) Draytek
14 9 (2.11%) Apple
15 7 (1.64%) Datto
15 7 (1.64%) IBM
15 7 (1.64%) Nokia